2008 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class radio

130 Telephone*
Telephone operation
If no SIM card is in the telephone, the mes-
sage
Please insert SIM card (Emer-
gency Call 911 only possible
with phone)
appears.
Insert a SIM card. Refer to the mobile
phone operator’s manual.
Entry incorrect:
You will hear a warning sound. The mes-
sage
Code incorrect will appear.
You need to re-enter your code.
Entering the PUK
If you enter your code incorrectly three
times in a row, you need to enter the PUK
number.The PUK can only be entered at the mobile
phone. Refer to the mobile phone
operator’s manual.When the COMAND is switched on, you
can switch to telephone operation from
any other system (e.g. radio):
Press a.
The Telephone menu will appear.
Telephone menu
!
If the code is entered incorrectly three
times in a row, the SIM card will be
blocked. The message
SIM-card
blocked
is displayed briefly. After that
the message
PIN blocked. Please
enter PUK on cell phone
is
displayed.
i
The PUK number is provided by your
telephone service provider.
Switching to telephone operation

131 Telephone*
Telephone operation
The telephone is ready for operation
Message
Ready and the reception
strength Ö are shown on the status bar.
Other messages
ROAMING
The telephone is using a non home type
system
No Serv
The telephone is not logged into a net-
work
Full screen messages:
Phone not inserted
Plug the mobile phone into the mobile
phone cradle*. Refer to the separate
mobile phone operator’s manual.
Phone not available
Your vehicle may not have a mobile phone
cradle* installed and/or the telephone
control unit may not be coded properly.
Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center. The system detects an incoming call, the
phone rings.
Incoming calls are indicated in a window in
any system (e.g. radio).
The window shows:
the caller’s number if it is transmitted
or
the caller’s name if her or his name and
number are saved in the phone book or
Unknown.Accepting a call
Press k.
or
Press E to confirm accept.
The display will change to the
call menu (
page 136). In the status
bar, the off-hook symbol will appear.
An active audio source will be muted.
You talk over the hands-free set.
Rejecting a call
Press K.
or
Push the joystick to H to highlight
reject and than press E.
Incoming call
i(except CLK-Class)
In vehicles equipped with Rear view
camera*, the window will appear over
the Rear view camera display. After ac-
cepting or rejecting a call, the Rear view
camera is fully visible until deactivated
(
page 42).

214 System
System settings
In the System menu, press the Reset
soft key.
The Reset inquiry menu will appear.
No
is highlighted.If you do not wish to reset to the factory
settings
Press the Back soft key or press E.
The System menu will appear.
Accepting the factory settings
Push the joystick to H or h
direction to select
Yes.
Press E.
The inquiry
Do you really want to
reset?
will appear.
Select Yes.
The message
All data has been
reset. COMAND will now
restart.
will appear.
Resetting all settings to the factory
settings
i
All your personal data, e.g. Last desti-
nation entries or Radio main menu pre-
set entries, will be deleted.
i
The factory settings are:
Time - Central Time
Language - Instrument cluster
Verification tone - On
Notification tone - On
Display setting - Automatic

215 System
SMS*

SMS*
With the SMS Received list, you can
receive SMS messages provided that SMS
messaging is available from your mobile
phone service provider.
Activate the System menu
(
page 208).
Press the SMS soft key.
The Received list will appear.The status bar shows date and time of
the message.
One line is provided for each message.
Symbol = = Message unread
Symbol z = SMS message
Press the Detail soft key.
The list entry will appear in full in a
window.
Line-by-line scrolling through the SMS
Received list:
Push the joystick to g or G
to highlight the desired message.
Back to the System main menu:
Press the Back soft key.
i
The functions described here apply if
your vehicle is equipped with mobile
phone cradle* and a Mercedes-Benz
specified mobile phone*.
i
If you have received new SMS
messages, n is displayed on the
status bar. Additionally, a message
received tone is played.
i
If another system is active (e.g. radio),
a window with the message
Received
a new SMS
appears when SMS
message is coming in.
SMS Received list
i
If there is no SMS message, the SMS
soft key appears grayed out.

219 Glossary
Aspect ratio
Width and height proportions of a video
screen or signal - usually either 4:3
(NTSC) or 16:9 for widescreen DVDs.
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger*).
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.Bluetooth®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(Compact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CDDA
(C
ompact Disc Digital Audio)
File type for a convential audio ->CD-
ROM.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-ROM
(CD
Read Only Memory)
->CD which can only be read.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.CD text
Additional information which may be
included on ->CD (e.g. track name, CD
title).
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
etc.).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.

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

229 Index
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
cross street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 98
frequency (audio search function) . . 33
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
memory (audio search function) . . . . 33
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 117
source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 110
street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
display dimming characteristics . . . 210
map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
POI Icons displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching
between the rear monitors (rear seat en-
tertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
to AUX mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
to CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
to DVD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
to MP3 CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 130Switching off
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD drive in the COMAND. . . . . . . . 64
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . 131
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66