MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

161 Service
Tele Aid*
Ending the connectionOn the COMAND control unit
Press
/
.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Press
t
.
COMAND reverts to the system last ac
-
tive before Tele Aid was activated.
A call to the Mercedes-Benz Response
Center will be initiated. Information re
-
garding the operation of your vehicle, the
nearest authorized Mercedes-Benz Center
or Mercedes-Benz USA products and ser
-
vices is available to you. Refer to your vehi
-
cle Operator's Manual for additional
information.
When a call to the Mercedes-Benz Re
-
sponse Center is initiated,
Connecting
ap
-
pears on the display. When the connection is made, the mes
-
sage
Call Connected
appears on the dis
-
play.Even after the connection has been ended,
the service will remain active for 5 minutes
in order to transmit any required data. Dur
-
ing this time, phone calls can not be made,
nor can SMS messages be received.The transmitted data can contain, e.g., text
messages or address details of a Mer
-
cedes-Benz Center.
Cancelling text messages 
Press

after you have read the mes
-
sage.The message disappears.
Starting route guidanceYou are prompted to confirm if route guid
-
ance to the address is to be started.
Use

to select the
Yes
menu item
and confirm with

.
The system starts the route calcula
-
tion, and subsequently the route guid
-
ance to the defined address ( page
128)
.
Information

162

163
System
System settings

164 SystemSystem settings
Press

.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time
soft key

For setting the date and time.

Lang.
soft key

For setting the language
( page
166)
.

Tones
soft key

For switching confirmation beeps

and acoustic signals ON and OFF ( page
167)
.

Display
soft key

For changing the display settings ( page
167)
.

VC tips
soft key

To call up the Voice control settings* ( page
168)
.

Reset
soft key

For reversing COMAND to the factory
settings
( page
171)
.

In the System menu, press the
Time

soft key.
The Date/Time settings menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time

165 System
System settings
Setting the time The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat
-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.

This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use

or

to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.Setting the minutes:

With GPS reception, each time you
press

or

changes the time in in
-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.Setting the hours:

Each time you press

or

, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date 
Use

or

to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere is no automatic change from day
-
light saving time to standard time.

This has to be changed manually.When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.


166 SystemSystem settings
Setting the format: 
Use

or

to select a format.

Press

.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce
-
ments.
In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the lan
-
guage already set in the vehicle in
-
strument cluster (
 Vehicle
Operator’s manual).

All other options:

The system switches to the re
-
quested language.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set
Setting the language

167 System
System settings

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis
-
played.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.

In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.
The following soft key and option are avail
-
able:
Bright.
soft key

Provides access to adjusting the dis
-
play brightness
( page
168)
.

Switching the display dimming charac
-
teristics
( page
168)
.
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.Empty square
= sound OFF

Solid square
= sound ON
Display settings

168 SystemSystem settingsSwitching the display dimming

characteristics You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day
mode

The display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night
mode

The display is constantly set to night
-
time design.

Automatic

The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus
-
ter.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
Adjusting display brightness 
Press the
Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press

or

.
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Use this function to:
Start or delete voice control individual
-
ization
( page
169)

Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window
Open the System menu
( page
164)
.

Press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears. Voice control settings*

169 System
System settings

Press the

key to select the
Help
Window
menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat
-
ed.

Press

.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle shows whether the help window is activated or deactivated.In the following display example, the
help window is activated.

Press

or

to select the menu
item with the empty circle
.

Press

.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualizationThe individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni
-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni
-
tion of other users.Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
whilst the second stage trains specific
commands.
From the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.

Press

to select menu item
Individualization
.

Press

.
The Individualization menu appears.

170 SystemSystem settingsStarting individualization
Press

to select menu item
Start
new individualization
.

Press

.
The individualization process starts. The system now guides you through
the individualization process using a di
-
alog, all operations are voice inputs.
After completion of the first stage, the sys
-
tem prompts you to save the data from the
first stage.
If you don’t save the first stage:
Individualization is cancelled,

Data from an existing first stage re
-
mains unchanged.
If you save the first stage:
Data from an existing first stage is
over-written but is not saved until the
second stage is started.
If you don’t start the second stage:
Data from the first stage remains un
-
changed,

The individualization process is fin
-
ished.
After completion of the second stage, the
system prompts you to save the data of the
second stage.If you don’t save the second stage:
Individualization is cancelled,

Data from an existing second stage re
-
mains unchanged.
If you save the second stage:
Data from an existing second stage is
deleted and all new data is saved,

Individualization is finished.
iYou can only activate the individualiza
-
tion function when the car is station
-
ary. If the car is moving, the following
message appears:
Individualization
only possible when car is station
-
ary
.
iIf you later decide to start the second
stage, you must restart the individual
-
ization process from the beginning of
the first stage.