2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class ESP

Route
guidanc eis acti ve X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssthe 9button.
X Sel ect Posi tion in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press the9button toconfirm.
You willsee themap withacrosshair atthe
destination.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SaveCrosshair Position and
press the9button toconfirm.
COMAND storesthecrosshair positionas
a destination inthe listofprevious
destinations. Del
eting oneofthe previous
destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select FromLastDestinations and
press the9button toconfirm.
The listofprevious destinations appears.
X Select thedesired destination andpress
the 9button toconfirm.
The destination addressappears.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
confirm.
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould bedeleted. X
Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Map
operation andsettings Notes
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos forthe map does notindicate approval,
support oradvertisement ofthe navigation
system bythe respective companies. Adjust
ingthe map scale
X To call upthe scale bar:press theU
or T button.
The map scale appea rsat the upper edge
of the screen.
X To zoom inthe map :press theU
button asoften asnecessary.
X To zoom outthemap :press theT
button asoften asnecessary. Map
withscale
: Map scale
; Currently setmap scale asindicated by
the needle onthe scale bar
= Current mapscale expressed asanumber
with unit Map
operat ionand settings
81Navigation Z

Unit
ofmeasurement =inthe COMAND
displa ydepends onthe selection madeforthe
instrument cluster(seethevehicle
Operator's Manual). Moving
themap
Showin gthe crosshair X
To hide themenu: pressthe9 button
and when theFull Screen menu
itemis
shown, pressthe9button.
X To scroll themap: press the=;
9: buttons.
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map. Ifyou
press oneofthe buttons again,the map
moves underthecrossha irin the
correspo ndingdirection. :
Current vehicl eposi tion
; Cross hair
= Detail sof the crossha irposi tion
? Map scale selected
Displ ay= may bethe name ofastreet, for
exampl e,provid edthe digitalmap contains
the necessary data.Oritm aysho wthegeo-
co ord inat eposi tiono fthe crosshair ifthe
Geo-coordinates displa
yis switched on
(Y page 85). Hiding
thecrosshair andcentering the
map onthe vehicle position or
destination X
Press thek button.
The crosshair disappearsand themap is
set tothe vehicle position.
or
X Set themap tothe vehicle position; seethe
explanation below. Centering
themap onthe vehicle or
destination position
Centering themap onthe vehicle
position X
To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Vehicle Position Map and
press
the 9button toconfirm or,ifthe crosshair
is shown, pressthe% backbutton.
This hides thecrosshair.
Centering onthe destination X
To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press the9button toconfirm .
The crosshair iscent ered onthe
destination. 82
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

X
Sel ect Reception Volume or
Tra nsmission Volume and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X Sel ect avol ume settingusing the
9: buttons.
X To clos ethe scale :pre ssthe 9or=
bu tton. Tel
epho neope ratio n In
co ming call
Reje cting oracc epti ngacall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you seea
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. X
To rejec t:sel ect Rejec t usi
ng the =
bu tton andpres sthe 9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOM AND.
X To acc ept: confirm Accept by
pres sing the
9 button.
or
X Press the6 button onCOM AND.
i You canalso accep tthe call byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(Y page 181).
Once youhave accepted thecall, youcan use
hands-free mode.Thecallvolume canbe
adjusted (Ypage 27).Formore information ,
see the"Function sduring asingle call
conn ection" section (Ypage 101). The
displa yshows thephone number orthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored
in the address book)orshows theCall from
Unknown (phone
number withheld)
message.
i You canalso accept acall using the
6 button whenCOMAND isshowing the
displa yof adifferent mainfunction.Once
you have accepted thecall, thedispla y
switches totelephone mode.Afterthe call
is finished, youseethedispla yof the
previous mainapplication again. Making
acall
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 99)
X En tert he digits usingthenumber keypad.
X To make acall: press the6 button on
COMAND.
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
telep hone basicmen u X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 99).
X En tert he required digits.Proceed as
described inthe "Ent ering characters inthe
address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
X To make acall: select °inthe character
bar and press the9button toconfirm .
Redialing X
Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 99). 100
Telephone
operationTelephone

Answ
ering ma chines orothe rdevices canbe
con trolled byDTMF tones, e.g. forremot e
query functions.
X Ifyou would liketolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,for example,
select thecorr espondin gnumber.
X To transmit individu alchar acter s:onc e
a con nection hasbeen established tothe
answer phone,selectdesired
charact ers?and press the9button to
con firm.
or
X Press thecorr espondin gkey onthe
COMAND numberkeypad.
Ever ycharact erselect edwill be
tran smitt edimmediately.
X To send aphone bookentry asa
sequence ofchar acter s:select Name using
the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentryand
press the9button tocon firm.
The entryisimmediately sentasa
charact erstr ing.
X To retu rntothe call displa y:select
Back again
andpress the9button to
con firm.
i You canalso send DTMF tonesusing the
Voice ControlSystem (Ypage 181). Using
thephone book Introd
uction
The phone bookdisplays thenames and
phone numbers ofall ofthe address book
ent ries saved inthe COMAND addressbook.
If an address bookentrydoes nothave a
telephon enumber, itdoes notappear inthe
phone book.
You canimport contact sordownload vCards.
i Inaddition, youcan also import contacts
from anSD memory cardifthe SDmemory
card contains vCards. The
funct ions:
R importin gcont acts
R receiving vCards
R deleting contacts
are described indetail inthe "Address book"
section (Ypage 110).
i The stored phonebookandthevCards
remain inCOMAND, evenifyou use
COMAND withanother mobilephone. The
entr iescan beviewed without amobile
phone. Forthis reason, deletethephone
book before sellingortrans ferring
ownership ofyour vehicle. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephone basicmenu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
If the phone bookcontains entries,they will
be display edinalphabetical order.
Character bar=isactive.
The charact erbar serves toreduce the
number ofentr iesneeded. :
d symbol foraphone bookentry
received fromthemobile phone
; Tocall upoptions
= Character bar
? Toclose thephone book
A ¦ symbol foravoice tag(Ypage 191) 102
Using
thephone bookTelephone

X
Enter character sand save the entry .
Pro cee das descri bedund er"Ente ring
cha racter s"inthe "Ente ring cha racter sin
the addre ssand phone books "se ctio n
(Y page 22) . Us
ingca lllists In
trodu ction
For telepho ny via the Blueto oth ®
inte rface,
CO MAND showsalist of cal lsrec eived
(i nclu ding misse dcal ls)or alist of cal lsdialed .
i Theres pectiv emenu itemc anonlybe
selec tedifcalls have alread ybeen receive d
or dialed onCOMA ND.
Dis playin gmis sed calls intheC OMAND
displa yis not supported byallmobile
phones.
These listsremain inCOMAND, evenafter
another mobilephonehasbeen connected. Opening
thecall listand selecting an
entry
X Press the% function button.
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu usingthe:=; buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
the9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
The correspondin glist appears. Ex
ample display: listofcalls received
: List ofincom ingcalls
; Date/ timeandphone number ofthe
select edent ry
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Doingso
displays onlynames orphone numbers
without adate ortime.
X Select anent ryusing the9:
button s.
X To dial aphone number :press the6
button .
X To close thelist: press thek button . Displaying
detailsabout alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showasho rten ed list entry
in full.
X Sel ect alist entry usin gth e9:
but tons .
X Sel ect Opt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Details and
press9 toconfi rm.
The detai led displ ayappe ars.
X To return tothe list: pressthe =
or ; repeated lyunti lthe list is
hi ghl ighted . 10
6 Us
ingca lllistsTel epho ne

Input
menu withdata fields
: Selected datafieldwithcursor
; Cha racter bar
i IfCOMAND isnot equi pped withahard
disk, youcan only editdata fieldswith
telepho nenumbers.
X Ent ercharacters andsave theentry.
Proceed asdescribe dunder "Entering
characters" inthe "Entering characters in
the addre ssand phone books" section
(Y page 23). De
leting anaddr essbookentry
X Opt ion 1:select Delete in
the address
book using the:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
X Opt ion2:search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 109).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press 9tocon firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option chosen ,a prompt
will appear.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the entrywill bedeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i Delet ingamobile phonebookentryonly
deletes theentryinthe address book,not
on the mobile phone. Displaying
thedeta iledview foran
add ress book entry
Selecting anentry X
Search foranaddress bookentryand
select itin the listusing the9:
button s(Y page 109).
or
X Select anaddress bookentryby browsing
(Y page 109).
X In both cases, pressthe9button .
The detailed displayappears. Det
ailed display forhome details
: Returns tothe previous menu
; Select eddata field
= @ icon forhome details
? Calls upoption s
A \Symbol forbusiness details
X Select adata fieldusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To close thedeta iledview: select Back and
press the9button tocon firm.
Showing thedeta ilsofan add ress book
entry X
Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Details and
press 9tocon firm.
The display isshown infull.
X To close thedeta iledview: pressthe
=, ;,%or9 button . 110
Using
theadd ress bookTelephone

Cha
nging anaddress book entry
Cha nging anent ry X
Opt ion1:sear chfor anaddre ssbook entry
and selec titf rom thelistu sing the
9: buttons(Ypage 109).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Change and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Option 2:call upthe detailed viewforan
address bookentry (Ypage 110).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Change Entry and
press the9
button toconfirm.
Irrespective ofthe option, theinput menu
cont aining datafields appea rs.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Enterin g
characters" inthe "Enterin gcharacters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
Changing thecategory ofatelephone
number datafield X
Display thedetailed viewforanaddress
book entry (Ypage 110)andhighlig htthe
telephone numberdatafield.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Change Category and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select anumber category, e.g.Home .
X Select atelephone category,e.g.Mobile Phone .
X Select Preferred if
desired andpress the
9 button toconfirm.
Depending onthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª.T hephone
number isdispla yedasthe first number inthe
phone bookandcanbediale d
immediately.
X Select Save and
press 9toconfirm .
The new category isstored. Calling
anumber storedinan entry
Co nditio ns The
mobi lephone mustbeconnected viathe
Blue tooth ®
interface .
Option 1 X
Displ aydetai lsfor anadd ress book entry
(Y pag e110).
X Select thetelep hone numbe rdata field
usin gth e9: buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
The telepho nemak esthecall. Thedispl ay
swit ches totelepho nemod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Dis play details foranaddre ssbook entry.
X Sel ect thete lepho nenum berdatafiel d
usin gth e9: buttons .
X Sel ect Opt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Call and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The telephone makes thecall.
Opti on3 X
Sel ect anaddre ssbook entry inthe list
us ing the 9: buttons.
X Pre ssthe 6 button.
The telephone makes thecall. Us
ingthe addres sbo ok
111Tel epho ne Z

Star
ting route guidance toan entry
Option 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 109)withthe¤symbol andselect
it from thelist.
X Display detailsforanaddress bookentry
(Y page 110).
X Select theaddress datafieldusing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to conf irm.
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 109)withthe¤symbol andselect
it from thelist.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Navigate and
press the9button
to conf irm.
If the address dataiscomplete andit
matches thedigital map,route guidance
starts.
Subsequent operationwilldepend onhow
complete theaddress dataitems areand
whether theycorrespon dwith thedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspon d,for example, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(Ypage 191). Once you have
assign edavoic etag toan addre ssbook entry,
you can callupthis ent rywith avoic e
com man dand dialaphon enum ber, for
exam ple.You canadd onevoic etag per
addre ssbook entry. X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ symbo l)
(Y page 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAdd or
Cha nge and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emguides you
thr ough thedialogs.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres s9 tocon firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No 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 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctLis ten and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
You hear thevoic etag . 112
Using
thead dress bookTelep hone