2008 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class sat nav

165 Navigation*
Destination input
To cancel the compass screen in vehicles
with Navigation
Press any soft key, then press the Back
soft key.
or
Press b or c.
To cancel the Compass screen in vehicles
without Navigation
Press the A, B, a or {
buttons.Compass screen
1Pointer shows the steering angle on a
half circle scale in degrees
2Steering icon shows the position of the
vehicle wheels
3Dynamic compass displays the driving
direction at the top of the screen, the
white arrow always points to North
If your vehicle is equipped with Navigation
4Height indication, the scale scrolls as
the vehicle's altitude changes
5Status bar shows GPS coordinates,
height above sea level and the number
of currently received satellites
i
Compass screen is activated during
route guidance:
COMAND continues to provide route
guidance via voice instructions
(
page 168). The Navigation screens
are visible in the instrument cluster
multifunction display.
i
Keep in mind, steering angle 1 and the
steering icon 2 are approximations.

188 Navigation*
During route guidance
Display in Map
In the Settings menu (page 185),
press the
Map soft key.
The available options are displayed.
The symbol _ indicates the present
setting.You can select the following map
information:Time of Arrival/Dist. to
Dest.
The status bar displays the estimated
time of arrival and the distance to
destination. If a stopover destination is
active, the corresponding stopover
time and distance information are
displayed.
GPS coordinates
The status bar displays the following
data:
your current position in the form of
coordinates
the number of satellites currently
received
the height above sea level
No display
The status bar displays the road you
are currently driving on.
Use the joystick to g or G to select
the option with the symbol -.
Press button E.
The selected option is activated.
Press the Back s o f t k e y t o c o n f i rm a nd
return to the map.
i
If the split screen is active the road
name will appear on the status bar.

220 Glossary
DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium for storing lar-
ge amounts of data, e.g. movies.
DVD-R
(D
igital Versatile Disc Recordable)
->DVD which can be written to once
and read many times.
DVD+R
(D
igital Versatile Disc Recordable)
->DVD which can be written to once
and read many times.
DVD-RW
(D
igital Versatile Disc Rewritable)
->DVD which can be read and written
to many times.
DVD+RW
(D
igital Versatile Disc Rewritable)
->DVD which can be read and written
to many times.DVD Video
(D
igital Versatile Disc Video)
Prerecorded disc containing video con-
tent that can be read many times but
not written to.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
911 provider. It does not initiate a
->Tele Aid* call. Please note that the
911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
Fader
Defines sound-center front/back.
Folder
Alternative designation for songs/
tracks. Data saved on a storage medi-
um can be grouped into folders for
improved organization. Can be likened
to a filing cabinet containing a number
of folders, each of which holds a num-
ber of documents.GPS
(Global Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile Communica-
tion)
A standard network protocol used
throughout the world for digital cellular
communication
Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is dis-
played facing driving direction pointing
up.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).

227 Index
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
into the RSE CD/DVD player. . . . . 93
MP3 CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
M
Making
a conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Monitor off /on (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
MP3 CD
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
loading (see CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a folder (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 74
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Muting
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
Muting (rear seat entertainment*). 110
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Opening
the Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

228 Index
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 172
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK
ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Playback options
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126, 130
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING DISC... (rear
seat entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . 93, 94PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE...
(rear seat entertainment
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Audio operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear monitor (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rejecting
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control) . . . . . . . . 112Resetting
all settings to the factory
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 214
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
S
Satellite radio*
important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving
current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50