key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2007 W211 Comand Manual

101 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox offers the following op-
tions:
Switching between subject and sender.
Reading a message (page 101).
Deleting a message (page 102).
Switching between subject and sender
The SMS messages can be displayed with
the sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox
(
page 100) you can either see the Subject
soft key or the
Sender soft key.
Press the Subject soft key.
The first characters of the message
texts appears;
or
Press the Sender soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).
In the SMS inbox (page 100),
use% or & to select a message.
Press'.
The message text appears.
To scroll through the message text,
press% or & as required.
Switching between content and sender
You can either see the
Sender soft key or the
Contents soft key.
Press the Sender soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears.
or
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The symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
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The sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.
The sender’s name only appears if, in
addition, the number and the name are
stored in the phone book (
page 97).
Reading a message


102 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
Press the Contents soft key.
The message text appears;
To return to the SMS inbox press the
Back soft key.
In the SMS inbox (page 100),
use% or &0to select the message
to be deleted.
Press the Delete soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.
Use# to select the menu item Yes.
Press'.
The message is now deleted.
Press the Back soft key.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.
Deleting a message
Exiting from the SMS menu

107 Navigation*
Important notes
Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption:
Route guidance must be restarted.
Select the destination from the Last
destinations
memory (page 148),
or
Re-enter the destination
(
page 114).
Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.
Example: Menu to select a streetYou can select a list item using% or &.
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti-
vated.
Selection lists

108 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Press 5.
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.
Use% or & to select a menu item
and press';
or
Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance
Continues a cancelled route guidance,
Destination memory
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory (page 149),
Destination entry
Provides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 114),
Last destinations
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 148),
POIs
(Points of Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 152). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menu
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If route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 132).
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This menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 132), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 106).
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Destination memory and Last destinations
can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

109 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 113).
Mode soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (
page 109).
Setting soft key
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(
page 109).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the Mode s o f t k e y i n t h e N a v i g a t i o n
main menu (
page 108).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.
Use% or & to select an option.
Press '.
This will switch the option ON or OFF.
Upon completion, press the Back soft
key.The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:
Bass / Treble (page 110).
Balance / Fader (page 110).
Volume (page 110).
Press the Setting soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 108).
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
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Empty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements

110 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Setting bass/treble
Press the Bass or Treble soft key in the
Setting menu.
Press# or $.
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.
Press' or the Back soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
Setting balance and fader
Press the Bal/Fad soft key in the Setting
menu.
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti-
cal line represents the balance setting.
The horizontal line represents the fader
setting.
Press# or $.
The vertical line moves, adjusting the
balance accordingly,
or
Press% or &.
The horizontal line moves, adjusting
the fader accordingly.
Press' or the Back soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.Adjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu (page 109),
press the
Nav.Vol. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.i
The lines can be moved simultaneously
using 7 and 8.

111 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Press the % or & key to select the
desired setting.
Press' or the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
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The solid circle . shows the current
setting.

112 Navigation*
Destination entry
Entering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu
Use#, $, %, &, 8 or 70to
select a character
Press'.
The character is entered.
Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad
Use the! - " keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession.After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character. The
character selected appears black.Wait until the character display disap-
pears, or press'.
The character is entered.
Entering data
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For more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.

113 Navigation*
Destination entry
Deleting a character
Press the Delete soft key, if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys-
tem is deleted.
Confirming the data entry
After entering all the characters data entry
must be confirmed.
Press and hold ' for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the entry;
or
Use$ or & to select the sym-
bol and press'.One frequently used destination address
can be established as the Home address.
Call up the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Press the Home soft key.
A message
No home address stored a p p e a r s
or if a home address has already been
established, the home address ap-
pears.
To start route guidance to the estab-
lished home address press'.
or
To enter or change the home address,
press the
Change soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap-
pears.i
Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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The symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized data entry.
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Entering a home address


114 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable menu items
Destination memory
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (page 149) only if
destinations have alreday been stored.
Destination entry
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(
page 114).
Last destinations
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 148) only if the sys-
tem has already stored destinations.
POIs
You can input POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals.
Current location
Provides access to store the current lo-
cation as home address (
page 114)
or select a home address using the
map (
page 114).Storing current location as home
address
Use % or & to select the
Current location menu item and
press'.
To store the displayed address as
home address, press '.
Select a home address using the map
Use % or & to select the
Current location menu item and
press'.
Press the Map soft key.
Proceed as described under “Moving
the map and selecting a destination”
(
page 124).
Or, to store the selected destination as
home adress, press'.
Call up the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Use % or & to select the
Destination entry menu item and
press'.
The Destination entry menu appears.
Destination entry menu