
Contents1
ContentsNotes about this Owner's Manual
Operating
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Overview
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Control panel with screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Switching on and off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Switching the navigation system display screen 
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Notes on road safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Cleaning and care  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Handling: General information
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Control switches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
The multi-function steering wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . 
Display
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A guide to the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Working with the alphanumeric keyboard . . . . . 
Function symbols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Drives
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CD player  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
General notes on handling CDs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
iPod interface* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
USB Interface* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Aux-in connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
RADIO, CD/MP3
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RADIO
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Band function  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Main radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
"Memory" Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Tuning Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Radio setups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
CD/MP3
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Control button: Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
"Manual" Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setup CD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Sound settings
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Basic sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
GALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Volume setting of other functions  . . . . . . . . . . . 
TEL (telephone)
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Mobile phone system
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Using the telephone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Main telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
"Memory" menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Telephone setup menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Speech dialogue system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
NAV, INFO
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NAV (navigation system)
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General safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Main navigation menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Memory Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Route menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
"Nav-Info" menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setup Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
INFO (Traffic information)
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Traffic information setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
SETUP
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SETUP
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
"Display" Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Index
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Handling: General information
14The multi-function steering wheelIntroduction
The multi-function steering wheel enables quick and easy 
operation of selected functions of the navigation system.
To minimise distraction when using the navigation system and its compo-
nents, the multi-function steering wheel has integrated buttons for operating 
the basic audio functions. However, this applies only if your vehicle equip-
ment was  factory-fitted.
The functions are operated by pressing and scrolling the controls   to   on 
the multi-function steering wheel  ⇒fig. 14 :•Press the   button   repeatedly to switch the display between the 
various modes and the phone book*    ⇒fig. 14 .•Scroll and press the left thumbwheel   to select a function from one of 
the menus.•The telephone voice control system*  ⇒page 75 is enabled by pressing 
the talk button  . Press the talk button again to deactivate the telephone 
speech control system*.•Scroll the right thumbwheel   up/down to raise/lower the volume as 
desired. When you adjust the volume for one audio mode, this will automati-
cally change the volume settings of the other audio systems as well. You can 
set the volume for the telephone* or speech control system* independently 
of the audio systems.
Fig. 14  Multifunction 
steering wheel: Control 
switches
Fig. 15  Dash panel 
display: Phone book entry 
of on-board phone 
memory (telephone 
mode)
AA
AD
MODE
AB
A1AA
AC
AD
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Handling: General information15
Operating
RADIO, CD/MP3
TEL (telephone)
NAV, INFO
SETUP
•Press the right thumbwheel   while the route guidance is enabled to 
repeat the last navigation voice cue*.Note
If certain equipment has not been installed in the vehicle, the multi-function 
steering wheel assigned to that equipment will be inoperative.Radio modeSelecting the radio
– Press the   button    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  until a 
station/station name from the ra dio station list appears on the 
dash panel display.
Changing between stations in the radio station list
– Use the left thumbwheel    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  to scroll 
up/down
1).
Tun ing
– Press the left thumbwheel   once to start the station search  ⇒page 14, fig. 14 .
– Press the left thumbwheel   again to stop the station search.
If you hear only a hissing noise when you change stations, the current station 
number has not been assigned or the selected station is currently not within 
the reception range.
CD/MP3 ModeSelecting CD/MP3 mode
– Press the   button    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  until a CD or MP3 
track appears on the dash panel display.
Next/previous track
– Use the left thumbwheel    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  to scroll 
up/down.
Fast forward
– Press and hold the left thumbwheel   to start the fast forward  ⇒page 14, fig. 14 .
– Release the left thumbwheel again to continue listening to the  CD.Scroll the left thumbwheel up or down several click stops to skip up or down 
through the tracks.Te l e p h o n e  m o d eSelecting a phone number
– Press the   button    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  until a telephone 
number appears on the dash panel display.
Making a call
– Use the left thumbwheel    ⇒page 14, fig. 14  to scroll up and 
down through the phone book.
1)When the navigation system display shows the radio memory list you can also use the
left thumbwheel to select a station from the list.
AD
MODE
ABAAAAAA
MODE
ABAA
AA
MODE
ABAA
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CD/MP345
Operating
RADIO, CD/MP3
TEL (telephone)
NAV, INFO
SETUP
The CD Menu has the following options:
The SETUP CD function has the following submenus:
Note
If your vehicle has the corresponding equipment, you can select CD tracks on 
the instrument panel display 
⇒page 47 using the multi-function steering 
wheel*.Control button: SourceSelecting an audio source– Starting from any one of the CD menus, press the control button  for  Source .
– Use the rotary pushbutton to select the desired device.Depending on vehicle equipment, the following options are available:•CD•AUX*
Various submenus are available, depending on the equipment selected.Note
•Sound settings can be adjusted individually for each piece of equipment 
⇒ page 53.•The audio source selected is shown in the title line of the display.
Control button
functions  ⇒page 44, 
fig. 49
CD submenus
  Changer *
CD 1 to CD 6 (CD changer)
CD (internal CD drive)
Sound ⇒ page 53
Balance
Fader
Treble
Bass
GALA*
Volume settings
CD Control
Rewind
Forward
Next
Previous
Display tracks
Name CD
a)
Shuffle
Info (name)
b)
a)Valid for audio CDs.b)Valid for MP3 CDs.
Setup CD submenus
Press the 
 button while in 
CD mode  ⇒page 52.
Display track (MP3)
A1A2A3SETUP
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CD/MP3
46CD main menuSelecting a CD trackFig. 50  CD: Track list (main menu)– Press the   function selector button.
– Using the rotary pushbutton, select the desired track from the 
current CD  ⇒fig. 50 .If your vehicle is equipped with a CD changer*, you can select CDs using the 
Changer  submenu  ⇒page 47.
If your vehicle is equipped with a CD changer*, you can select the CD inserted 
in the CD drive  ⇒page 24 using the  CD position. The CDs in the CD changer 
take up positions  CD1 to CD6 .
If your vehicle does  not have a CD changer, simply press the   button 
to play a CD inserted in the CD drive  ⇒page 24.
If you do not use the navigation system for a while, the display of the CD track 
list will be minimised. The minimised display only shows the CD track you are 
currently listening to. Turn the rotary pushbutton to display the complete CD 
track list again. When you load an MP3 CD* into the CD player 
⇒fig. 50  the CD main menu 
will show the structure of directories on the MP3 CD. To repeat the tracks in 
one of the directories, use the rotary pushbutton to activate the function 
Repeat this directory .
Note
If your vehicle has the corresponding equipment, you can select CD tracks on 
the instrument cluster display  ⇒page 47, “Starting a CD from the dash panel 
display” using the multi-function steering wheel*.Pausing and resuming CD playbackInterrupting the play of a CD track
– Briefly press the ON/OFF button during CD playback, or
– Turn the ON/OFF button anti-clockwise until the mute symbol  appears in the status line of the MMI display, or
– Turn the right-side thumbwheel on the multi-function steering  wheel downwards. The CD playback will be paused.
Resuming playback
– Briefly press the ON/OFF button again, or
– Turn the ON/OFF button clockwise. The CD playback will then be  resumed.
NoteIf your vehicle is equipped with a phone pre-installation* the CD playback is 
interrupted for the duration of your telephone calls.
CD/MP3
CD/MP3
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CD/MP347
Operating
RADIO, CD/MP3
TEL (telephone)
NAV, INFO
SETUP
Starting a CD from the dash panel displaySelecting CD track (CD player activated):
– Press the   button on the multi-function steering wheel 
⇒page 14 until  TR appears at the top of the dash panel display.
– Scroll and press the left thumbwheel on the multi-function  steering wheel to select the CD track.
Selecting CD track (CD player deactivated):
– Press the   function selector button.
– Press the   button on the multi-function steering wheel  ⇒page 14 until  TR appears at the top of the dash panel display.
– Scroll and press the left thumbwheel on the multi-function  steering wheel to select the CD track.
Start fast forward:
– Keep the left thumbwheel on the multi-function steering wheel  ⇒page 14 pressed down.
CD changerSelect folder from USB or iPodFig. 51  CD: Selecting folder from USB or iPodThe USB or iPod functions as a CD changer. Only the first five folders 
stored on the device are displayed, irrespective of the total number 
stored. These are named as CD 1 - CD 5. The sixth folder, CD 6, 
displays all the audio tracks stored on the device
– Starting from any one of the CD menus, press the control button 
for  Changer .
– Select the folder (CD 1 - CD 6) required. The tracks stored in the  folder will be listed.
– Select the audio track required using the central control switch.The name of the selected folder is displayed on the upper line of the screen 
(CD 1 - CD 6).
If a CD is inser ted into the CD drive  ⇒page 24, that CD can be selected in CD  
position.
MODECD/MP3MODE
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Operating
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TEL (telephone)
NAV, INFO
SETUP
Note
You can also start a route guidance in demo mode ⇒ page 107 for simulation 
purposes.Navigation system voice guidanceRoute calculation is announced with a voice message. During this time, the 
display will show a list of the selected route criteria options ( ⇒page 103) 
and the dash panel display will show an arrow. This arrow faces in the direc-
tion of the entered destination.
When route calculation is complete, guidance is given by spoken driving 
instructions and symbols. The spoken navigation directions are given in good 
time before a turn-off.
You can use the following options to repeat the last navigation voice 
message:•Press the rotary pushbutton while in the Nav-Info menu.•Press the control button for  Nav-Info if you are not  already in the Nav-Info  
menu.•press the right thumbwheel on the multi-function steering wheel* 
⇒ page 14.
If the navigation CD is inserted in the CD player  ⇒page 25, the language in 
which the navigation system voice guidance is given can be changed 
⇒ page 116.Caution
If driving instructions run contrary to traffic laws, the traffic laws always take 
precedence.
Note
•You can adjust the volume of the voice guidance prompts as they are 
being announced using the on/off button  ⇒page 11 on the navigation 
control console or the right thumbwheel on the multi-function steering 
wheel*  ⇒page 14.•If the vehicle is in a location that cannot be read by the navigation system 
(e.g. car park or garage), a voice message will inform you of such. The arrow 
in the dash panel display faces in the direction of the entered destination.•In neighbouring countries, the instructions given are slightly different to 
those of your country of origin, as the navigation CD for these countries only 
contains the main roads.Dynamic navigation
The dynamic navigation function calculates routes based on 
the currently available TMC traffic messages.If the dynamic navigation function  ⇒page 103 is activated and a TMC radio 
station is set, the system constantly checks whether relevant TMC messages 
are available for the selected route. If the navigation system then determines 
that a TMC traffic message is relevant for the current route, the system will 
automatically calculate a new route plan to the destination.
The navigation system receives and processes the traffic announcements 
issued by certain channels (TMC) in addition to regular programming. The 
reception of TMC traffic messages is free of charge in Germany.
Note
•Please note that the TMC messages sent by the radio stations may not 
always be complete and correct.
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TEL (telephone)
NAV, INFO
SETUP
If a change of lanes is necessary before making the turn-off, you will be 
informed of this 
⇒page 86, fig. 93 .
The navigation display in the dash panel display is shown during a route 
guidance even when you select other functions in the navigation system (e.g. 
radio or CD). When you operate other functions of the dash panel display via 
the multi-function steering wheel, the navigation display will temporarily be 
replaced by the function you want to use.
Note
•To switch from the navigation display to the on-board computer display, 
press the Reset button. Press the button repeatedly to exit.•For more information about the on-board computer RESET button, please 
refer to your Owner's Manual.Switching on the navigation system
The navigation functions can be selected with the   func-
tion button.Fig. 96  Display: Main navigation system menu
– Press the   function button  ⇒page 8. The main navigation 
menu  ⇒fig. 96 , the route plan ⇒ page 102, fig. 113 or the 
previous active navigation function menu will appear on the 
display.
– Press one of the control buttons  ⇒page 10 (  to   
⇒ page 106, fig. 120 ) to move to the appropriate submenus.The Navigation menu has the following options:
NAV
Control button
functions
⇒fig. 96
Navigation system options
 Memory
Last destinations
Top  ca te gor ie s
Load from directory
Store in directory
Edit destination memory
Load route
Store route
Delete route
Store current position
 Route
Route with stopover
Route without stopover
Route list
Route criteria
Avoid route from here
 Nav-Info
Destination data
Current position
Satellites detected
Current geographic position
Repeat voice guidance cue
NAV
A1
A3
A1A2A3
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