MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2004 W203 Comand Manual

204Info Services*/System settingsInfo Services*
iIf information cannot be retrieved, one
of the following messages will be dis-
played:
“Data Connection Cannot be Estab-
lished”
Request has failed because Re-
sponse Center cannot be accessed.
Try again later.

“No Cellular Connection Available”
Vehicle may be in a cellular weak si-
gnal area. Try again later.

“Cellular System Busy”
Request has failed because cellular
system is busy. Try again later.

“Data transmission failure”
Request has failed because a data
transfer error has occured. Try again
later.
i
“Tele Aid Call in Progress”
Request has failed because SOS or
Roadside call is in progress.

“Tele Aid. Please visit workshop”
A hardware malfunction has been
detected. Contact your Mercedes-
Benz Center.

“To subscribe to information ser-
vices dial phone number”
You have not yet subscribed to ser-
vice.

“No information available at this ti-
me. Press SVC.”
No new information is available.
Warning
G
A driver’s attention to the road must always
be his/her primary focus when driving.
For your safety and the safety of others, we
recommend that you pull over to a safe loca-
tion and stop the vehicle before requesting
or receiving any info services.

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings

System settings
6Displays the new message
7Switches back to the main menu
There is more than one message
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move to the next page.
Activating the main service menu

Press *.
Switching back to e.g. radio main menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
Main system settings menu1Date and time
You can select the time format
(
page 214)
2Adjusts the brightness
3Activates “Settings” menu
4Switches an auxiliary audio source on
(page 218)
5Country setting, with a time zone
(page 210)

Press (.
The main service menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “System Settings” and
press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Activating the main settings menu
iYou will see information 5 if the clock
has been set to GPS reception and if a
country, e.g. USA and a time zone was
selected.

206Info Services*/System settingsSystem settings1Previous settings
2Current settings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.Darkening screen

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The triangle 2 will move to the left.
Brightening screen

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The triangle 2 will move to the right.
Confirming new settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Settings menu 1Selecting the language
Navigation CD must be inserted
2Setting date and time (
page 208)
3Switching beep tones on and off
(
page 215)
4Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
(page 216)
5Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings (
page 217)
Adjusting the brightness
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Activating settings menu

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
system settings menu and press to
confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3Page forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired language
and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the [name of language] language”
and loads the selected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

Selecting the language

208Info Services*/System settingsSystem settingsYou can select the following languages
“Adopt from Instrument Cluster”
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster

“Deutsch”

“English” (metric)
Distance measured in km,
speed in km/h

“English” (imperial)
Distance measured in yards and miles,
speed in miles per hour (mph)

“Español”

“Français”

“Italiano”

“Nederlands”COMAND is equipped with an integrated
clock, which it shows in the main system
settings menu.
Automatically
COMAND automatically sets date and time
if the GPS time is received.
However, you can make the following ad-
justments:
Set the time in increments of 30 minu-
tes (
page 209)

Set the time by selecting a country and
the time zone (
page 210)Manually
You must always set the clock manually
(
page 213), if

COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Setting date and timeiThe clock displays e.g. the estimated
time of arrival at the destination during
route guidance.

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings
Setting the time in increments of 30 mi-
nutes
You can set the the time to any local time
(time zone) in increments of 30 minutes.
1COMAND receives GPS time
2Setting the clock (increments of 30 mi-
nutes)
3Selects the country and the time zone
(
page 210)
4Selects the time format (
page 214)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Date/Time...” in the
settings menu and press to confirm.
The menu displays the date and the
time, minutes are highlighted.Activating the setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Setting mode is active, the minutes will
appear in red.
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210Info Services*/System settingsSystem settingsAltering the time
Setting the clock ahead
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
Each click will move the time 30 mi-
nutes ahead.

Setting the clock back
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
Each click will move the time 30 mi-
nutes back.
Canceling setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The minutes appear in black lettering.Switching back to the main system set-
tings menu

Press
*
.
or

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
You will see the new time.
Selecting the country and the time
zone
You can select among several countries. If
a country has multiple time zones, e.g.
Canada and USA, you can select the appli-
cable time zone.
COMAND will indicate this information in
the main system settings menu.
1Input line
2Activating country list

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Country (Time)...” in
the settings menu and press to con-
firm.
An input menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the initial letter for the
country name and press to confirm.
The letter appears in 1.

Enter additional letters.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Country List” and press
to confirm.
The country list appears.
Country list3Country entered previously
4Page back for more countries
5Page forward for more countries
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired country in
the list and press to confirm.
The time zone list appears for countries
with several time zones (e.g. Canada,
USA).Selecting time zone

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the country.
The “Timezone” menu will appear sho-
wing the available time zones.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the required time zone
and press to confirm.

Then set the automatic time conversi-
on as described next.

212Info Services*/System settingsSystem settingsAutomatic time conversion
1Setting change summer/winter time

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Checkmark P indicates that auto-
matic time change is active.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
The settings are adopted and the main
system settings menu will appear.
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Position 1
Meaning
Automatic sum-
mer/winter time
The time in this
country/timezone
changes, the dates
of the time change
are known
Summer time
The dates of the
time changs are
not known, the
change to winter
time must be made
manually

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings
Manually setting date and clock
You must manually set the date and clock,
if
COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Date/time menu1Day, month, year, hours, minutes
Day is highlighted when the menu
appears
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Date/Time...” in the
settings menu (
page 206) and press
to confirm.
The menu displays date and time.Setting

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in red letters, setting
mode is active.
Moving the day forward or back

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right or left.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in black letters, set-
ting mode is switched off. The cursor
moves one position to the right.

Repeat the operating steps to subse-
quently change month, year, hours and
minutes.
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