2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class change time

148 Navigation*During route guidanceOne of the following orientations can be
selected:
2D North
up
Fixed map orientation, north is always
pointing up;

2D Heading
up
Dynamic map orientation, driving direc
-
tion is always pointing up.

In the Display menu
( page
146)
,
press the
View
soft key.
Both options appear.
Changing map orientation 
Use

or

to select the desired
option.

Press

.
The orientation changes.

Finally, press the
Back
soft key or wait
for the screen to change.
You can set the following to be displayed in
the status bar:
Time of arrival/Dist. to Dest.

If the full-screen map display is activat
-
ed
( page
134)
, the estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance to
the destination will be displayed. If you
have entered a stopover destination ( page
143)
, the corresponding data
will be displayed.

Current-Location display

If the full-screen map display is activat
-
ed
( page
134)
, the following data will
be displayed:
The current position as coordi
-
nates.

The number of satellites that can
currently be received.

The current elevation (ALT = altitu
-
de) above sea level.
Setting map orientation
iEmpty circle
= deactivated

Solid circle
= activated
iDuring route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot
-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol
:
Fixed map orientation, north is al
-
ways pointing up;

Compass symbol
:
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Map display menu

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

173 Glossary
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
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Binary digi
t)
The smallest unit of digital information.
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.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit
Man
agement and
Data Sys
-
tem)

Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys
-
tems, including the radio and CD play
-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.
DVD
(Digital
Versatile
Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im
-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu
-
ments.
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.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line runningthrough Greenwich, England.
Glossary

181 Index
Route guidanceafter vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 110cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 110starting to destinationof Destination memory . . . . . . . . 152of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 151with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 SSafety instructionsfor CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 64for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 48for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 86Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
65
Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 83in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Searching station (Radio mode). . . . 41SelectingCD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 70destinationof Last destination memory . . . . . 151folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59home address using map (navigation) . 117phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,
157
station in Satellite radio mode . . . . . 80trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Settingbalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32for navigation announcements . . 114bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33for navigation announcements . . 114date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,
45
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113system language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33for navigation announcements . . 114volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 114
Showing soft key displays in

Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,
175
SIM CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

183 Index
TTele Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,
175
Telephoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Telephone mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Tipson caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,
64
on caring for MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . 55on copyright (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . 57,
65
on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 55on creating MP3 tracks. . . . . . . . . . . 56on data storage media (MP3 mode) . 54on telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . 86on the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trackforwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52randomin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 75in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53repeatin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53reversein CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52selectingin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transmittingnumber sequences (telephone) . . . 100Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Trip interruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
UUniversal Time Coordinatedsiehe UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,
175
VVehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS MUTED. 132Volumeautomatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 32setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 114
WWarning. . 40,
48,
49,
54,
57,
64,
65,
86,
92,
108,
137
WB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
175
Weather Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45WRONG PIN NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . 91