2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class key

158 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region 
Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears.

Please see “
Selecting the region
”
( page
119)
.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.

Press

.
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered, or a POI can be selected
from a list.
Entering POI names 
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city
( page
119)
.
After entering the name, the list of POIs
referring to the entry appears.
Selecting a POI 
Use

or

to select a POI.

The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis
-
tance), and the direction to the POI.

159 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
appears.

Press
%
;
or
In the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
, press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use

, 
, 
, 
, +

or
(
to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.

Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col
-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected
( page
147)
.
POI symbols are indicated only if the
map scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1
mi (100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi

(500 m).To change the map scale (
 page
133).


160 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to se
-
lect the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
You are prompted to confirm the se
-
lected POI as the destination.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
appears.

166 SystemSystem settings
Press

.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time
soft key

For setting the date and time

Lang.
soft key

For setting the language
( page
168)

Tones
soft key

For switching confirmation beeps

and acoustic signals ON and OFF ( page
168)

Display
soft key

For changing the display settings ( page
169)

Reset
soft key

For resetting COMAND to the factory
settings
( page
170)

Press the
Time
soft key.
The Date/Time setting menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Setting the time The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat
-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.

This enhances:
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time
iThere is no automatic change from day
-
light saving time to standard time.

This has to be changed manually.When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.

167 System
System settings

Use

or

to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.Setting the minutes:

With GPS reception, each time you
press

or

changes the time in in
-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.Setting the hours:

Each time you press

or

, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date 
Use

or

to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the Date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set


168 SystemSystem settingsSetting the format
Use

or

to select a format.

Press

.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce
-
ments.

In the System menu
( page
166)
,
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
 Vehicle Operator’s manual);

All other options:

The system switches to the requested
language.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu, press the ( page
166)
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis
-
played.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set
Setting the language
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF

169 System
System settings

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

Open the System menu
( page
166)
.

Press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.
The following option and soft key are avail
-
able:
Switching the display dimming charac
-
teristic

Bright.
soft key

Provides access to adjusting the dis
-
play brightness
( page
170)
Setting the display dimming

characteristics You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day
mode
:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night
mode
:
The display is constantly set to night
-
time design.

Automatic
:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus
-
ter.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.Empty square
= sound OFF

Solid square
= sound ON
Display settings

170 SystemSystem settingsAdjusting display brightness 
In the Display Settings menu, press the Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press

or

.
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Actuating the Reset function resets
COMAND to the factory settings. In addition, it deletes:
Telephone*: All phone book entries

SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina
-
tion memory and in the Last destina
-
tions memory.
Reset activation
Call up the System menu
( page
166)
.

Press the
Reset
soft key.
A prompt appears asking if resetting
the system and deleting the data is re
-
ally intended.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
You are prompted again to confirm if
you really want to reset the system and
delete the data.
Reset function