menu setting MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2004 R230 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 16
Telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Entering a destination and
calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching another system on . . . . . 28
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching another system on . . . . . 50
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Naming a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Muting CD playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multifunctional display . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting sound settings . . . . . . . . 63
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 69
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching another system on . . . . . 75
Changing the program category . . . 75
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Displaying track information . . . . . . 81
Displaying station information . . . . 82
Displaying service information . . . . 82
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 84

ContentsTelephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching telephone operation on . 96
Switching telephone operation off . 97
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Editing the phone book . . . . . . . . . 116
SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reading SMS messages received . 122
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Telephone is ready for operation . 125Service numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Calling a service number. . . . . . . . 126
Changing personal service
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Changing the number for Roadside
Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Changing the navigation CD . . . . . 137
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switching the navigation system
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Entering destination address . . . . 141
Continuing destination input. . . . . 146
Selecting a destination via
the map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Entering Points of Interest . . . . . . 155
Selecting the last destinations . . . 159
Calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 162
Requesting destination and route
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Beginning route guidance . . . . . . . 170
Turning onto a street. . . . . . . . . . . 172
Following the course of the road . 173
Driving through an intersection. . . 173
Changing to map display. . . . . . . . 174
Mix of map and symbol display . . . 175
Altering the map scale . . . . . . . . . 176
Selecting map orientation . . . . . . . 177
Marking a way point . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Resetting functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Deviating from the calculated
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Contents
Driving on a non-digitized road . . . 186
Interrupting route guidance during
a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 188
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 189
Activating audio functions . . . . . . 189
Canceling route guidance . . . . . . . 191
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Retrieving a destination from
the destination memory . . . . . . . . 192
Saving the current destination . . . 193
Saving the current vehicle
location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 196
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 197
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Entering the vehicle location . . . . 198
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Info Services*/System settings. . . 201
Info Services*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Requesting and displaying
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Activating the main settings menu 205
Adjusting the brightness. . . . . . . . 206
Activating settings menu . . . . . . . 206
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 207
Setting date and time . . . . . . . . . . 208
Switching beep tones on and off . 215
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
(day and night display) . . . . . . . . . 216
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Auxiliary audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

7 At a glance
COMAND control unit
/
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
Quick reference
140
134
3
CD drive for an audio or a
navigation CD
4
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
176
5
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
176
6
Route guidance is active:
Switching between map
and symbol display or ac-
tivating the map
Route guidance is
not active:
Activating the location
map
174
167
7
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
181
8
Requesting destination
and route information
165
9
Muting of:
Audio source

Voice output during
route guidance
28
171
a
Setting the display dim-
ming characteristics
(day and night display)
216
b
Ejecting an audio or a na-
vigation CD
45
c
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number

30
34
51, 53
96
100
Function
Page
Navigation (Destination
input):
Selecting destination via
the map
149
d
Subsequent dialing
Displaying a long list en-
try in full in a window
Removing a window
102
145
145
e
Subsequent dialing
102
f
From within a system:
Return to the previous
menu
Telephone:
Ending a call
99
Function
Page

27 Audio
Radio operation
Function
Page
1
Main radio menu FM
2
Current frequency band
(FM) and memory preset
selected (e.g. 1)
3
Current frequency
4
Symbol indicates stereo
reception
5
Menu fields
6
Main sound menu
Sound settings
63
7
Main Weather Band WB
menu
29
8
Auto preset
Saves 10 stations auto-
matically
Select a station
36
38
9
Preset menu
Save a station automati-
cally FM, AM
Select a station
36
38

Function
Page

34 AudioRadio operationYou can use the following functions:
Saving stations manually FM

Saving stations manually AM
(page 36)

Saving stations automatically FM, AM
(page 36)

Selecting a station from the FM/AM
preset menu (
page 38)

Selecting channels from the WB preset
menu (
page 38)

Selecting a station by entering the sta-
tions frequency in the FM/AM presets
(page 39)Saving stations manually (FM)
In the main radio menu

Press one of the number keys, e.g. 3,
longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 215).The radio saves the current station at
the memory preset selected. The me-
mory preset selected will appear in the
status line, e.g. “FM3”.
Memory functions
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iThere are 10 presets available (1 - 9,
0).
An existing entry is overwritten in the
memory list when a new input is given.

43 Audio
CD operation
Function
Page
1
CD drive in the
control unit and
CD changer operation
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
CD drive for audio CD or
navigation CD
45
3
Muting CD playback (mu-
ting on/off)
60
4
Ejecting an audio CD or a
navigation CD
45
5
Selecting a CD
Selecting a track
53
5 1
6
Track selection with the
number keypad
51
7
Return to previous menu
8
Press briefly:
Deletes the character
that has been entered
last
Press longer than
2 seconds:
Deletes a complete
name
55
55
9
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to perform a func-
tion or activate a subme-
nuFunction
Page
a
Turn to the right:
Raises the volume
Turn to the left:
Lowers the volume
b
Press briefly:
Previous track or start of
the track (depending on
playback time)/next
track
Press longer than
2 seconds:
Fast forward/fast re-
verse
51
54
c
Requesting and dis-
playing Info ServicesAdjusting system settings
202
205
d
Switching on CD operati-
on (CD drive, CD chan-
ger)
50
e
Color screen with main
CD menuFunction
Page

49 Audio
CD operation
Function
Page
1
Main CD menu
50
2
Status line
CD 0: The CD drive is in
operation
CD 1-6: The CD changer
is in operation
3
Main sound menu
Sound settings
63
4
“CD Naming” menu
Naming a CD
55
5
“Settings” menu
Selecting the playback
mode
58
6
“CD Select” menu
Selecting a CD
Track select
53
51

55 Audio
CD operation
The tracks on a CD can be scanned one af-
ter the other for 8 seconds each.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to activate “Scan” function.
Scan will begin and “Scan” will appear
in red.Use one of these ways to switch off the
function

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v again.

Press g or h.
Playback will resume with the desired
track.
1Input line
2Character set (letters, digits, special
characters)
3Character selected appears magnified,
magnified “M” is starting point
4“Delete Names” function
CD track scan
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iThe function will switch off automati-
cally when the starting track is reached.iFor the CD changer, it is also possible to
scan all of the CDs in the magazine slots
1-6 for 8 seconds each (always track 1).
Activate the function “CDs Scan” in the
settings menu (
page 58).
Naming a CD
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2
3
4

58 AudioCD operation1Current playback mode
2up to 4 functions can be selected for
the CD changer only
P Playback mode active
Q Playback mode is not active

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” and press to
confirm.
The “CD Settings” menu will appear.
Activating playback mode

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired function and
press to confirm.
Playback mode is active P.
Standard
This function is automatically active when
another CD has been selected. CD play-
back begins in ascending order.
Magazine Mix (CD changer only)
Select this function to play all of the tracks
of all of the CDs in the magazine slots 1-6
in random order.“Magazine Mix” appears in the main CD
menu.
Track Repeat
Select this function to repeat the current
track until you switch the function off.
“Track Repeat” appears in the main CD
menu.
Track-Mix
Select this function to play the tracks on
the CD currently selected in random order.
“Track-Mix” appears in the main CD menu.
CD Repeat (CD changer only)
Select this function to repeat the current
CD until you switch the function off.
“CD Repeat” appears in the main CD me-
nu.
Playback modeiYou can only select one playback mode
at a time.
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2
34
iWhen CDs are played in random order,
it is possible that several tracks from
the same CD are played in a row.