2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class navigation system

1
Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 Serial number ofyour service module for
receivin gtraff icreport s
Registering forthe SIRIUS XMtraffic
repor tserv ice X
Call thetraff icrepo rtprov ider' sphon e
num bershown onthesc reen .
i You canalso have thesat ellit eser vice
act ivat edonline .Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt <0010002D00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DF (USA)or
htt <0010002D00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001F .com
(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe operator.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes.
If registrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account . Compass
function
In the compass view,youcan seethecurrent
direction oftravel, thecurrent heightabove
sea level andthecoordinat esofthe vehicle
position, forexample.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller. X
Select Position inthe navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Compass andpress Wtoconf irm. Example
display:compass
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel,
rounded
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s.
X To exit thedisplay: confirmBack by
pressing Worpress thek button . Upda
tingthedigital map
Introdu ction The
digital mapbecomes outdatedinthe
same wayasconv ention alroad maps.
Optimal routeguidance canonly beprovided
by the navigation systeminconj unct ionwith
the most up-to- datemapsoftware. 92
Other
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Information
aboutnew version sof the digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter .You canhave the
digital mapupdated atthe centerwith aDVD ,
or you can update themap yourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
digital map.Duringthis time, youwillonly
be able toswitch onradio mode andto
accept incomingcalls. Theupdate willbe
complet edmore quickly ifthe vehicle is
stat ionary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengin e
switch edoff and thestart erbatter yhas
insuffic ientpower, COMAND may
automatic allyswitch offduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe batter y.Ifthis
occur s,rest artthe update withtheengin e
runn ing. G
War
ning
Never leavetheengin erunn inginan enclos ed
space. Theexhaust gasescontain carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustgasesconstitutes
a health hazard andcould leadtoloss of
con sciousnes sor even death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD intothe DVD changer
(Y page 128).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compat iblewith thenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, COMAND
start supdating thedigital map.
If the map data hasalready beeninstalled,
the display showsversion dataanda
message tothis effec t.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
While theupdate isrunn ing,youwillsee a
message tothis effec tand apro gressbar.The nav
igati on system isnot opera tional unti lthe
up date iscomp lete.
i Youcanno teje ctthe DVD during the
up date. Ifyo usw itch offCOMAND during
the update, the update isinte rrupte d.It
then continuesfrom where itwa s
inte rrupte dwh en the system isres tarte d.
CO MAND maypro mpt youto cha nge theDVD
du ring theupdate.
X Pre ssthe 8 load /eje ctbutton.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
X Inse rtthe requested DVD.
Once theupdate hasbe en succes sfully
comp leted ,yo uwi llsee ames sage tothis
eff ect.
X To confi rm the mes sage:pre ssW the
CO MAND controller.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
The update iscomp lete.
If the updateisnot succes sfully comp leted ,
yo uwi llsee ames sage tha tthe map update
is not possible.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. Other
settings
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Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle and
switching offCOMAND.
"Continuing routeguidance"refers toswitching COMAND backon
and driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 69).
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
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Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
Navigation
Unavailable message
appea rs. COMAND
hasanintegrated harddrive onwhich thedigital mapis
stored.
To protect thehard drive fromdamage, COMAND switchesitoff
in very high temperatures. Thenavigation systemwillthen be
temporarily unavailable.
X Let the vehicle andCOMAND cooldown.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain. If
an area ofthe hard dischasamalfunction ,COMAND canno
longer access themap data inthis area, forexample when
calculating aroute.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain.
The navigation systemwillbeoperational untilithas toaccess
the faulty areaofthe hard drive again. Themessage willthen
reappear.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
willsee amessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe COMAND controller.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thesystem software updatedatan authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty orscratc hed
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problems
withthenavigation system
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Using
theaddress book Intr
oduct ion G
War
ning!
Please devoteyour attent ion first and
forem osttothe trafficsituatio nyou arein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
con dition spermit youtodo so. Othe rwise you
could beinvolv edinan acciden tinw hich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areimported fromdifferent
sources (mobilephone,memory card,
COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Address bookentriesare not deleted
when themobile phoneisremoved. Forthis
reason, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 45). Calling
upthe address book
X Press theKfunct ionbutton.
You seethetelephone basicmenu orthe
address bookifit was open previously .
X With thetelephone basicmenu shown,
select Phone bysliding VZtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Address Bookfromthemenu and
press Wtoconfirm . Address
bookwith¥address bookentry and¤
navigable data
i Anaddress bookentryis made upofa
surname, afirst name andacompany name
and may containuptofive telephone
numbers foreach private andbusiness
address.
X To browse inthe addr essbook: turn
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X To close theaddr essbook: pressthe
÷ button. Searching
foranadd ress book entry
X Call upthe address book(Ypage 112).
X Select Search inthe address bookby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
If there aremore thaneight entries, the
search menuandthecharacter barappea r. 112
Using
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Sub
sequent ope rationwillde pend onhow
comp lete the addre ssdata items are and
wh ethe rthey correspond withthedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspond, forexample, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can callup
th is ent rywith avoic ecom man dand diala
phon enum ber,forexam ple.You canadd one
voic etag per addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith out
or with avoic etag (¦ icon)
(Y page 112).
X Sele ctOpt ionsby slidin gVY the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceNam eand pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctAdd orCha nge andpres sW to
con firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emguides you
thr ough thedialogues.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 112).
X Sele ctOpt ionsby slidin gVY the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceNam eand pres sW to
con firm. X
Sele ctDel ete andpres sW tocon firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select YesorNo and press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes,COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No,the process willbeaborted.
Listening toav oice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 112).
X Sele ctOpt ionsby slidin gVY the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceNameand pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctLis ten andpres sW tocon firm.
You hear thevoic etag . Imp
orting conta cts
Not esand requiremen ts You
canimpo rtcon tactsfrom themobil e
phon eand themem orycardint oth eaddre ss
book .
Please observethat:
R Bluet ooth®
must beact ivat ed.
R theext ern aldevic ecan sendcon tactsand/
or vCard svia Bluet ooth®
.
R theext ern aldevic ein theveh icle must be
swit chedon and connectedto COMA ND
(Y page 42).
Imp orting data X
Start thedata trans feronthedevic e(see
oper atingins truct ionsof theres pec tive
devic e)or ins ert themem orycard.
X Sele ctAdd ressBoo kin theaddre ssbook
by slidin gVÆ andturnin gcVd the 116
Using
thead dress bookTelep hone
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Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adisplay
on/off X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 131).
X Select CDbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase byturnin g
cVd andpress Wtoconf irm.
This switches thefunct iononO oroff ª.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognit iontechn ology.
Infor mation aboutnewversions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognit ion
software updatedtherewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 92). Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmulti-chan nelformats ,for
example) orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected. X
Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 131).
X Select DVD-Abysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Groupbyturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select theaudio format byturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress thek button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence
You willhear thetrack sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2, 3,etc. ).
In MP3 mode, playbackproceeds inthe
order inwhich thetrack swere written to
the disc bythe program usedtocreate the
MP3 disc. Thisiscommon lyalphabetical
order. Onceallthe track sin afolder have
been played,the track sin the next folder
are playe d.
R Random Tracks
All the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5etc. ).
R Random Folder(MP3mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplaye din random order. 136
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
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The
following functionsaffect onlyone
screen :
R audio andvideo functionsaswell aspicture
sett ings
R switchin gbetween fullscreen andthe
menu
Switching betweenoperatingmodes The
curren tsett ings aresaved whenyouexit
an operatin gmode (e.g.audio CDmode). If
you callupthis operatin gmode againlater,
ther eare two possibilities:
R the operatin gmode hasbeen adjusted on
the other screen .
R the operatin gmode hasnotbeen adjusted.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as itis on the other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
are detailed later(Y page 178).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc hon video DVDmode (Ypage 174).
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menuwhile thenavigation menu
(Y page 154)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm.
X In both cases, selectDVD-Vid eousing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm. X
Select Brightn ess,Contras tor Color
using the9: buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
As etting scale appears.
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
Changing thepictu reform at X
To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menuwhile thenavigation menu
(Y page 154)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm.
X Select DVD-Vid eousing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
The äicon infron tof one ofthese menu
items –16:9 Optimiz ed,4:3 or
Widescr een–indicat esthe curren tly
select edformat .
X Select aformat usingthe9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm. System
settings Notes
You cansetallsystem settings individually for
each screen without affectingthe other
screen .You make these settings using the
remote control. Selecting
thedisplay language
X Select System usingthe9=;
button son the remote controland press
the 9button toconf irm.
The system menuwillappear onthe
selected rear-compartmentscreen . 168
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settingsRearSeatSystem
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