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184 GlossaryFader
Defines sound-center front/back.
Folder
Alternative designation for songs/
tracks. Data saved on a storage medi
-
um can be grouped into folders forimproved 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
(Global
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).
ISO9660
A standard file system for recording
data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs; an
extension of ISO 9660.
LOGIC7 Surround
Playback method resulting in an impro
-
ved spatial listening experience com
-
pared to conventional stereo playback.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing digital audio
data.
Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Mixed data types are written to
the CD in a number of sessions.
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Navigation DVD
Contains all available destination
addresses (town, road, intersection,
house number, special destinations)
and the digital map material for a coun
-
try or a region for destination entry,
route calculation and destination
guidance at time of DVD production.
DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all
routes within an area.
North Up
The map is displayed facing north du
-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest)
Points of Interest include service stati
-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key)must be entered if the wrong PIN wasentered three consecutive times.
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. The ROAMING indicator in the
COMAND display indicates that a call is
being made using a contract partner.
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a storagemedium.
Scan rate (MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volt
-
age samples are taken during the con
-
version of an analog signal into a digitalsignal. The analog-to-digital converterconverts the samples into digital sig
-
nals.
Service source
This includes the systems telephone
and navigation (voice output during
destination guidance).
SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module)Card provided by the GSM telephoneservice provider. Necessary for acces
-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(Short
Message
Service)
With this function you can receive and
read short text messages (if SMS ser
-
vice is provided by your provider).
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186 GlossarySoft keys
Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec
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ted operating mode.
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
activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call.
Refer also to the vehicle
operating 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.
Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unauthori
-
zed persons from using your telephone.
The unlock code is a number string
you must enter when switchingon the telephone if you have lockedthe phone before turning it off or if the
phone is set to lock automatically.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa
-
tions (symbol or map displays),
COMAND also provides all of the
necessary
spoken route information
via voice output.
WB
Weather Band
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187 Index
AAcceptingcall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Activatingdestination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 118System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . 40today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Actvatingsound functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Addingdestination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 171Adjustbalance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Adjustingdisplay brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Alteringmap scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Arrivingat destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 159AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
BBalance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Bluetooth®notes about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 CCALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 181,
182
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,
105
Calling upmain menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Cancellingroute guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147CDejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 66general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55loadinginto the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 61Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD changerCD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Changingmap display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141COMANDswitching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 118Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 139 DDestination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Dialingsubsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Displayingphone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149During route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . 148
Index
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188 Index EEjectingCDat the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56MP3 CDat the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74navigation DVDat the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . . 99Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . . 181Endingcall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,
105
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 96Enteringcity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129destination address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131PIN-code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104the unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 FFrequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
GGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 HHands-free microphoneswitching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 IImportant notestelephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 LLast destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161LoadingCDinto the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 59into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56MP3 CDat the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74into the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 59navigation DVDinto the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MMakinga conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Map orientationHeading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Memorydestination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 162last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Memory functionsradio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Menufunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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MP3 CDfast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 80loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 74track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . 28Mutingaudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 NNavigationImportant notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 OOFF MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Openingthe Audio menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Operating elementsCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,
14
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 PPartially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 142Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . . 97PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102PIN-codeentering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . 102PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN
-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH PHONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 98, 102Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
PUKentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 QQuick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 RRadio operationmuting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Radio stationsaving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 52ReadingSMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 180Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Rejectingcall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Resettingall settings to the factory settings . . 43Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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190 Index SSatellite radioimportant notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Satellite radio operationautomatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Savingcurrent location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Selectingan audio source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47CD (CD changer only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 63city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150folder (MP3-CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 87street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Settingdisplay dimming characteristics . . . . 42map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156routing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 102SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Startingroute guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Stationsatellite radio stationstation selection via direct channel entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Subscribingto satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Switchingto CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61to MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 74to telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 102Switching offCOMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 109telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Switching onCD operationCD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62CD drive in the COMAND . . . . . . . . 62COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 109satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 86telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
TTele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED, PLEASE WAIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED, PLE
-
ASE WAIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98The unlock codeentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Time of Arrival/Dist. to Dest. . . . . . 158Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Traffic routesminimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Trail settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 UUnverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 VVerified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Volumeadjustingat the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 35
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191 Index
WWeather Band WB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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