
SETUP153
Operating
RADIO, MEDIA (audiovisual 
systems)
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
SETUPIntroductionGeneral safety precautionsWe recommend that you only make adjustments to the system configuration 
while the vehicle is stationary. In this way you can be sure that you will not 
be unnecessarily distracted from the traffic when reading the messages on 
the display. Please note  ⇒page 6, “Notes on road safety”.Selecting system setup functionIn addition to the main setup menus for the individual main func-
tions, the Settings , Sound  and Display  submenus are available for 
adjusting system settings. These setup submenus are the same for 
all of the main functions. – Press the   button 
⇒page 9 in addition to any other main 
function button that is already activated. The Setup main menu 
corresponding to that function (e.g. Radio) will appear in the 
display  ⇒fig. 193 .
– While in the Setup main menu, press any one of the control  buttons  ⇒page 9 to call up the corresponding submenu (e.g. 
radio  to   ⇒fig. 193 ).
The setup menu operates in conjunction with a function button already 
pressed  ⇒page 9 and opens additional menu items for the main Radio, CD, 
MP3 and Navigation functions. By pressing the control buttons, the Setup 
submenus  Settings, Sound  and Display  are opened ⇒fig. 193. These Setup 
submenus are always the same, regardless of the setup menu of the main 
function you are in.
Fig. 193  Display: Radio 
setup menu
SETUP
A1
A3
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154The following submenus are available in the Setup function:
Note
Additional menu options can be called up for each main function. These are 
listed in the Setup main menu. You can, for example, set the traffic 
programmes in the  RADIO SETUP function ⇒page 42.
Settings control buttonSetting the menu language
Display texts can be shown in different languages.–Press the  Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select  Menu language  ⇒fig. 194 .
– Select the desired menu language.The display texts for the navigation system and the instrument panel display 
will appear in the language you have selected. The language for the audible 
navigation commands are also changed.
The following languages can be selected:•German•English•French•Italian•Dutch
Control button
functions
⇒ page 153, fig. 193
Setup submenus
Settings
Menu language
Distance unit 
Time setting
Default settings
Speech command system
Delete user data
Sound
⇒ page 59
Balance
Fader
Treble
Bass
DSP
Volume settings
Display
Switch off display
Brightness
A1A2A3
Fig. 194  Setup: Menu 
language settings
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156Factory settings
Settings can be reset to default factory settings in this func-
tion.– Press the  Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Default settings  ⇒page 154, fig. 194.
–Confirm  Reset system to factory presets?  with Ye s. The settings 
(e.g. navigation* setup and route criteria*) are reset to default 
settings.User data is  not deleted.Deleting user data
You can delete user data from the navigation system.– Press the  Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Delete user data  ⇒page 154, fig. 194 .
–Confirm  Are you sure you want to delete all user data?  with Ye s. 
User data (e.g. directory data, last destinations, radio memory 
list) will be deleted.
Display control buttonSwitch off displaySwitch off the display
–Press the  Display control button in the Setup menu.
– Select  Switch off display  ⇒ fig. 196 . The display is switched off, 
the navigation systems remain on.
Switch on the display
– Press or rotate the control knob  ⇒page 9 or
– Press a function selector button  ⇒page 9, or
–Press the   ⇒ page 9 button or 
 ⇒ page 5 button to 
switch the display back on.Fig. 196  Setup: Switch 
off the display
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Operating
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systems)
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Brightness
You can set display brightness manually.– Press the  Display control button in the Setup menu.
–Select  Brightness  ⇒ page 156, fig. 196.
– Rotate the control knob to change the brightness of the display  ⇒fig. 197 .The brightness of the display adjusts automatically to ambient light. In addi-
tion, the brightness of the display can be adjusted with the general instru-
ment lighting settings and the Brightness  function in the navigation system.
Note
For further information on how to adjust the instrument lighting settings, 
please refer to the Owner's Manual.
Fig. 197  Setup: 
Adjusting the brightness 
of the display
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)159
Operating
RADIO, MEDIA (audiovisual 
systems)
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Navigation 
system
you are not shown the destination entry 
screen with the final destination?
The Route with stopover  function is on. Select the  Route without stopover item has been set 
using the control knob in the  Route function, the screen for entering the destination will 
appear with a final destination ⇒ page 120.
the navigation system does not calculate 
route detours, although there has been a traf-
fic jam reported on the current route?
Either the dynamic navigation function has not been activated  ⇒page 121 or the calculated 
detour to avoid the traffic jam would take longer than estimated waiting time in the traffic jam. 
Another possibility is that there are no TMC traffic announcements available for your route.
you cannot leave the active side menu?
Press the   button to leave the side menu  ⇒page 125.
the system does not find any special destina-
tions along the route?
The system is able to find special destinations which are located directly on or in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the calculated route. If there are no special destinations along the next section of 
your route you can also search using the option  In immediate vicinity ⇒ page 110.
the instrument panel display does not show 
the on-board computer which was it was last 
set to, but is now displaying the compass/ 
street name?
You can deactivate the display of the compass or current road/street in Setup Navigation 
⇒page 138.
INFO
you can see TMC traffic announcements on 
the display but cannot hear them?
You can activate the function by selecting  TMC announcement in Setup Info ⇒page 149.
you call up the TMC function  Show on map 
⇒ page 144 but the map display does not 
show any arrows/symbols indicating a traffic 
obstruction?
Select the  Map contents  function in the navigation setup menu, rotate the control knob to 
select  TMC announcements  and the arrows/symbols will appear on the map  ⇒page 134.
Category
What's wrong if...
Solution
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Index161
Index
AAnswer call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Answering the phone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Audio sources: selecting . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
AudioPilot® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auto intersection zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Automatic seek mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Aux-in  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Connecting a portable player  . . . . . . . . . . . . 33BBluetoothSettings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Bluetooth®  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71CCall options Answer calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Compact discs Basic settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Concept for handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Control panel
Cleaning and care  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DDeleting data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Directory Deleting all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Entries: creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Entries: deleting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Entries: editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Entries: searching  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing entry list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display Arrows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brightness  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cleaning and care  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Elements: alphanumeric keyboard  . . . . . . . 18
Elements: status line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selected option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
See also Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Display (navigation system) Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5 Drives
Aux-in connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
iPod: interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MP3 Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Navigation DVD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
USB: interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
DSP ("Digital Signal Processing")  . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dynamic navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
EEmergencies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ending a call  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Entering a navigation destination From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Post code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Special destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Street  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20FFrequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Function buttons INFO (navigation system)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
NAME (directory)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
NAV (navigation system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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162SETUP (system setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  153
TEL (phone)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
Functions AudioPilot® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
DSP ("Digital Signal Processing")  . . . . . . . .  60
GALA (speed-dependant volume adjustment)  .60
HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
INFO (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
MUTE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
PTY filter (radio programmes) . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
RPT (CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
RPT (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
SCAN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
SCAN (CD)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
SCAN (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
STORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
TP (traffic programme)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42GGALA (speed-dependant volume adjustment)  .  60HHands free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
Hanging up  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
IINFO (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
INFO (traffic information) Function button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  142
Instrument panel Navigation system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101
Phone status messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
Intersection map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  137
iPod Adapters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Inserting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30LList info (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58MMaking calls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
MEDIA (function button)See "Compact discs"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 51
See "Compact discs" or "MP3" . . . . . . . . . . .  48
See "MP3"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
Memory cards See MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28 Mobile
Adapter: removing and installing  . . . . . . . .  69
Inserting/Removing the mobile phone . . . .  70
Phone status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
Mobile phone "Missed calls" list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
"Numbers dialled" list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
"Received calls" list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
Bluetooth® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
Directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
Functions: "hands free"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
Functions: call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
Functions: hanging up  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 76
Functions: redialling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
Functions: rejecting calls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
Menu: "Memory" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79
PIN Code  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83
Storing number in directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
Switching off speech control system . . . . . .  88
Switching on speech control system . . . . . .  88
Voice mailbox  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
Mobile phone adapter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69 Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
Mobile phone system Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
Motorway info  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  136
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MP3
Basic settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 57
List info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing a card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Scan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SD/MMC Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting a track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Settings menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Track info  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MP3 sound See Sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Multi-function steering wheel CD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
MP3 Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Radio mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Telephone mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mute  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10NNAME (directory) Setting a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
NAME (function button) See "Directory" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
NAV (function button) See "Navigation system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 NAV SETUP
Auto intersection zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Intersection map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Navigation Map presentation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Menu: "Memory"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Navigation - Route guidance Start  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Navigation maps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Avoiding route sections  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Changing/Interrupting route guidance  . . . 115
Compass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Delete last destinations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Demo mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Destinations: loading  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Destinations: store in directory  . . . . . . . . . 117
Dynamic navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How does the navigation system work? . . . . 98
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Map content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Map control button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Map display with side menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  126, 132
Map position  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Map type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Motorway info  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Moving the cursor over the map . . . . . . . . . 129
Navigation DVDs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Navigation maps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Nav-Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Opening and closing the display  . . . . . . . . . .  5
Route control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Route guidance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Route plan information before starting route 
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Route with stopover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Routes: criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Routes: deleting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Routes: loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Routes: route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Routes: storing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Routes: with/without stopover . . . . . . . . . . 120
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Scroll  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Settings menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Single destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switch on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Top categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Top destinations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Turn list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Voice guidance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Zoom map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
navigation system (fault)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Navigation system voice guidance  . . . . . . . . . 100
Navigation systems Cleaning and care  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
PPhone book  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
PIN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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