warning MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

153 Navigation
Route guidance
Route guidance from an off-road posi-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle location is within the area
covered by the digital map, but the map it-
self does not contain any information on
the location, the vehicle is in an off-road
position. COMAND can guide you from
such a position to a destination.
At the start of route guidance you will see
the message “Off Mapped Road”, an arrow
and the distance to the destination. The ar-
row indicates the direction of the actual
destination.
The blue marking for the route on the map
starts from the nearest road known to the
system.
As soon as the vehicle is travelling again on
a road known to the system, route guid-
ance continues in the usual manner.
Route guidance from an off-map posi-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle location is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi-
cle is in an off-map position.
COMAND can guide you from such a posi-
tion to a destination.At the start of route guidance you will see
the message “Off Map”, an arrow and the
distance to the destination. The arrow indi-
cates the direction of the actual destina-
tion.
The blue marking for the route on the map
starts from the nearest road known to the
system.
As soon as the vehicle is travelling again on
a road known to the system, route guid-
ance continues in the usual manner.
Off-road during route guidance
The actual path of the road may deviate
from the data in the digital map due to road
works.
In cases like this, the system is temporarily
not able to locate the vehicle location on
the digital map; the vehicle is thus in an off-
road position.
The display then shows the message “Off
Mapped Road”, an arrow and the distance
to the destination. The arrow indicates the
direction of the actual destination.
As soon as the vehicle location is found
again, route guidance continues in the usu-
al manner.
i During an active telephone call, the naviga-
tion announcements are suppressed.
If you missed an announcement, you can
request a current announcement at any
time.
To request current announcement:
Select “Navi”
K 6.
or
In the map display with the menu sys-
tem displayed (
page 119) select
6.
To switch off navigation announce-
ments: Press
V during the announce-
ment.
Navigation announcements
G Warning
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting
your attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.


176 Voice Control
Overview
The following symbols indicate:
sthat you have to say something
tthat there is a voice output from the
voice control
uthat the system shows information
on the display.
You can use the voice control system to
operate the following systems depending
on the equipment in your vehicle:

Phone

Navigation

Address book

Audio (radio, satellite radio*,
DVD changer, memory card,
music register)
Say the commands without pausing
between individual words. If you enter a
command that does not exist or is incor-
rect, the voice control system asks you for
a new command with “Please repeat” or
“Please repeat your entry!”.
Overview
Operating Safety
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in. While
the system permits hands-free phone oper-
ation, attention to traffic may be diverted
not only by physical operation of a phone,
but also by the distraction of a phone con-
versation while driving. As such, for safety
reasons, we encourage the driver to stop the
vehicle in a safe place before answering or
placing a phone call.
For safety reasons, you should only select a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, especially
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. Their ob-
servance always remains in the driver’s per-
sonal responsibility. DVD maps do not cover
all areas nor all routes within an area.
Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 13.5 m) every second.
G Warning
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting
your attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.
G Warning
Please do not use the Voice Control System
in an emergency, as the tone of your voice
may change in a stressful situation. This
could cause a delay in completing your
phone call in a timely manner. This could
distract you in an emergency situation and
cause you to be involved in an accident.
Symbols only used in this chapter
Usage

179 Voice Control
Phone operation
You can use voice control to:

place a call by using your voice to input
a phone number

store names and numbers in the ad-
dress book

dial a number from the address book

listen to the phone book

retrieve and manage your voice mail
and recorded announcement services

redial
Voice control recognizes whether:

your phone is switched on

your phone is connected via Bluetooth

the car phone is registered with the rel-
evant mobile phone network

it is possible to dial

the PIN has been entered
If it is not possible to dial, voice control is-
sues a message to this effect.
i You can still operate your phone using the
keypad.
Phone operation
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.
Operation

183 Voice Control
Navigation
Navigation
G Warning
For safety reasons, you should only select a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, especially
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. Their ob-
servance always remains in the driver’ per-
sonal responsibility. DVD maps do not cover
all areas nor all routes within an area.
Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 13.5 m) every second.
G Warning
During route guidance, you will not receive
information on:

traffic lights

stop and yield signs

parking or stopping zones

one-way streets

narrow bridges, or

other traffic regulation data.
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs, even if they contradict navigation sys-
tem instructions.
G Warning
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting
your attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.
G Warning
Please do not use the Voice Control System
in an emergency, as the tone of your voice
may change in a stressful situation. This
could cause a delay in completing your
phone call in a timely manner. This could
distract you in an emergency situation and
cause you to be involved in an accident.

191 Voice Control
Address book
“
The address book gives you the option of
storing information about people in the
form of entries.
Using voice control, you can dial a phone
number stored in the address book or start
route guidance for a stored address.
Apart from the speaker-dependent voice
tags stored in the address book, voice con-
trol can recognize all the entries in the
name fields of the address book. Recogni-
tion of the entries in the address book de-pends on the text that was entered. To
make a call you must say the text of the en-
try.
Check the address book entries for the fol-
lowing:

The name entries, e.g. last name and
first name, are in the right fields.

Do not use abbreviations or acronyms.

Avoid unnecessary spaces in names.

Do not use special characters.
You can improve voice recognition by sav-
ing a speaker-dependent voice tag for ad-
dress book entries.
Use a speaker-dependent voice tag:

for names which are difficult to pro-
nounce

to distinguish names which sound sim-
ilar

for names which are not pronounced as
they are written
Voice control can store up to 50 of these
address book entries by means of a speak-
er-dependent voice tag.You can use voice control at any time to:

save a name

select a name

delete a name

list the address book

delete the address book

open the address book

open an entry from the address book

list the phone book

list the destination memory
To open the address book: press the
! button on the multi-function
steering wheel.
Give the “Address book” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the address book com-
mands explained below.
Address book
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the address book functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
Overview
Operation

195 Voice Control
Radio and Satellite Radio*
You can use voice control to:

select the waveband

find a station

select a frequency (FM, AM)

select a category (Satellite radio)

listen to the station list

save a voice tag for a station

delete a station list (voice tags only)

delete a station (voice tag only)

select a channel number (Satellite ra-
dio)The names of all received and stored sta-
tions are available for voice recognition. To
improve voice recognition, you can store a
voice tag for a specific speaker.
To select the radio or satellite radio
application: press the ! button on
the multi-function steering wheel.
Say the command “Radio” or “Satellite
Radio”.
Press the ! button.
Say one of the radio or satellite radio
commands explained below.
You can always give the commands for the
radio when you are listening to the radio,
even if a different application is shown on
the display.
“Help Radio”
Using the “Help Radio” command, you can
have all the commands for the radio read
out.
“Help Satellite Radio”
Using the “Help Satellite Radio” command,
you can have all the commands for the sat-
ellite radio read out.
Selecting a waveband
You can set the waveband with the follow-
ing commands:

“FM”

“AM”
“Next station”/“Previous station”
You can start manual tuning and set the
next station using the following com-
mands:

“Next station”

“Previous station”
“Next category”/“Previous category”
You can use the following commands to
change the category on satellite radio:

“Next category”

“Previous category”
Radio and Satellite Radio*
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the radio functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
OperationCommands

198 Voice Control
DVD changer
You can use voice control to:

select a CD/DVD

select a track

select a directory in MP3 operation

select a group in Audio DVD operation
i On the command “Next/previous CD/
DVD”, the DVD changer changes from one CD/
DVD to the next, skipping any empty compart-
ments. If you select an empty compartment with
the “CD/DVD 1 to CD/DVD 6” command, the
current compartment remains selected.
To select the CD application: press
the ! button.
Say one of the following commands:

“CD player/CD changer”

“DVD audio”

“DVD video”

“MP3”
Press the ! button.
Give one of the CD or DVD commands
explained below.
“Help CD”/“Help DVD”/“Help MP3”
With the commands:

“Help CD”

“Help DVD audio”

“Help DVD video”

“Help MP3”
you can have all the commands for the CD,
DVD or MP3 read out.
“Next CD/DVD”
With the “Next CD”/“Next DVD” com-
mands, you can select the next audio CD/
DVD from your DVD changer.
“Track 1” to “Track 99”
With the “Track 1” to “Track 99” com-
mands, you can select a track number
from the inserted CD/DVD.
“Next track”
You can use the “Next track” command to
select the next track.
“Previous track”
With the “Previous track” or “Repeat track”
commands, you can have the track just
played repeated. If the command is spoken
as the first few seconds of the track are
played, the previous track is selected.
“Group 1” to “Group 9”
With the “Group 1” to “Group 9” com-
mands, you can select a group on an in-
serted audio DVD.
DVD changer
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the radio functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
Operation
Commands