2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class pin

176 Navigation
POIs (Points of Interest)

POIs (Points of Interest)
This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking
facilities, shopping centers and many
more.
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 130).
Press G to select menu item POIs.
Press E.
The
POIs main menu will appear
(
page 177).
or
Press c.
You can now select a POI visible on the
map (
page 180).
or
In the Destination Entry menu
(
page 136) or on the map, with the
soft keys displayed, press the
POIs
soft key.
If you have not entered a location in the
Destination Entry menu prior to
pressing the
POIs soft key:
The system uses the location last
entered, e.g.:
NEW YORK CITY. You
can select a POI near that location.
If no location has ever been entered,
the system naturally cannot use one. In
this case, you can select a special
destination near your position.
If you have entered a location in the
Destination Entry menu prior to
pressing the
POIs soft key:
You can select a POI near that location.
In either case, proceed as described in
paragraph “Selecting a POI around
your current location” at “Selecting a
POI category” (
page 177).
Entering POIs

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Glossary
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.
Roaming For this function, the mobile phone
uses the network of a contract partner.
There are home type and non-home
type systems. The Roaming indicator in
the COMAND display indicates that a
call is being made using a non-home
type system.
Root directory The uppermost directory on a storage
medium.
Scan rate (MP3) Indicates the frequency at which volt-
age samples are taken during the con-
version of an analog signal into a digital
signal. The analog-to-digital converter
converts the samples into digital sig-
nals. Service source
This includes the systems telephone*,
navigation (voice output during desti-
nation guidance) and ->Voice control
system
SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for acces-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS (S
hort Message Service)
With this function you can receive, read
and delete short text messages (if SMS
service is provided by your carrier)
Soft keys Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec-
ted operating mode.
Surround Playback method resulting in an impro-
ved spatial listening experience com-
pared to conventional stereo playback. Tele Aid
(Tele
matic Alarm Identification on De-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and ma-
nual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially ac-
tivated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. Refer also to the vehicle op-
erating instructions.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle’s battery is char-
ged, properly connected, not damaged,
and cellular and GPS coverage is avai-
lable.
UDF (U
niversal Disc Format)
Standard for recording data on e.g.
DVDs.

226 Index
CONNECTING CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 130
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 153
D
DATA HAS BEEN SAVED. 188, 190, 191
DEACTIVATING TELEPHONE . . . . . . 104
Deleting
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
SMS message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Details
on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
on an address book entry . . . . . . . . 194
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Displaying
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
route on the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
subtitles (DVD operation) . . . . . . . . . 85
DVD
loading
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 77
DVD operation
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . . 76
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E
Ejecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
MP3-CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ending
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 111
ENTER PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . 102
Entering
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
via selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
via 12-button keypad . . . . . . . . . . 211
destination address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
name or number in the phone book 119
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ENTRY IMPORTED TO
ADDRESS BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ERROR OCCURED WHILE SAVING
DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exporting
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
F
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Frequency range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I
Important notes
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Importing
mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

227 Index
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 55
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 55
DVD
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 77
MP3-CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 68
Loading/ejecting
navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
M
Making
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Map orientation
2D Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
2D North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft key sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MP3-CD
CD-ROM MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
FOLDER MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
loading
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 68
REPEAT FOLDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
REPEAT TRACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
MP3-CD operation
folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Muting
audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 71
current voice instructions . . . . . . . . 152
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 93
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 133
NAVIGATION BEING ACTIVATED.
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
NAVIGATION IS NOT ACTIVE. . . . . . 133
NEW RTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 108
O
Off-map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Off-road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Opening
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 155
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
PIN BLOCKED PLEASE ENTER
PUK ON CELL PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PIN code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176