key MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2007 R171 Comand Manual
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Contents
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a city . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a street . . . . . . . . . 124
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 124
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 125
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Storing map locations. . . . . . . . . . 130
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Starting route guidance menu . . . 131
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Navigation announcements . . . . . 132
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 135
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . 135
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 137During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 139
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Displaying the route on the map . 140
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 141
Detour function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Defining route guidance displays . 146
Setting symbols display . . . . . . . . 147
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 148
Map display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 149
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 150
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 151
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 152
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 157
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 159
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 162
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 166
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 166
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 168
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 ! - "
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
44
46
42
FunctionPage
4 #, $, %, &
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
41
42, 46
5 '
Confirmation
6 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
8 *
Volume adjustment
31
9 + and,
Station search
Manual tuning
42
44
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15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 Single CD slot49
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
52
FunctionPage
5 % and &
Selecting tracks
51
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
Single CD ejection
50
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
a *
Volume adjustment
31
b + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
51
52
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17 At a glance
MP3 operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 MP3 CD slot57
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
61
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Depending on vehicle production date
COMAND may not be equipped with
the MP3 functionality. If so, the CD
changer* may be used for playback of
MP3 CDs.
FunctionPage
5 # and $
Selecting folders
% and &
Selecting tracks
59
60
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
MP3 CD ejection
58
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
a *
Volume adjustment
31
b + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
60
62
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19 At a glance
CD changer* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
! - 0
Selecting CDs
73
70
FunctionPage
4 # and $
Selecting CDs
% and &
Selecting tracks
70
72
5 '
Confirmation
6CD changer65
7Magazine CD slot 65
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9Magazine compartment
buttons 1 to 6
65
a )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
b *
Volume adjustment
31
c + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
72
74
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21 At a glance
Satellite Radio* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 SAT main menu80
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3! - "
Entering channel manual-
ly
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
81
84
81
FunctionPage
4 #, $, %, &
Program category tuning
Station tuning
Station memory,
selecting presets
81
82
81, 84
5 '
Confirmation
6(
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
8 *
Volume adjustment
31
9 + and,
Station tuning
82
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23 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 1
Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
92
89
89
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
FunctionPage
3! - "
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
91
91
95
98
4 #, $, %, &
Selection buttons
5 '
Confirmation
FunctionPage
6 2
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
94
99
95
7 3
Ending or refusing a call
94
8 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
9 *
Volume adjustment
31
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25 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 4
Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
112
135
2 5
Switching map display
134
3 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4 #, $, %, &, 6,7
8
Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
FunctionPage
5 '
Confirmation
6Navigation computer109
7Navigation DVD slot109
8 (
Switching navigation
announcements OFF
132
9 9
Current navigation
announcement
Switching navigation
announcements ON
132
132
FunctionPage
a :7
Ejecting navigation DVDs
109
b )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
c *
Volume adjustment
31
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29 At a glance
Menu system
Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*
and AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
Service
Opening main menus
Audio (page 38):
Press -.
Satellite radio* (page 77):
Press ;.
Telephone* (page 92):
Press 1.
Navigation* (page 112):
Press 4.
Service (page 161):
Press <.
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar
The functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key sec-
tions 1.Messages or settings are displayed in the
main area 2.
The settings can be changed by operating
controls accordingly.
The status bar 3 is divided into three ar-
eas.
Left side:
The selected operating mode is given. In
this example: Radio
Center:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
FM = selected waveband
1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
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A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.
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30 At a glance
Menu system
Right side:
General status information is displayed, re-
gardless of the selected operating mode.
In this example (
page 29):
ROAMING = telephone* is logged into a
mobile communications network out-
side your home network.
= telephone* signal strength
Menu functions and submenus
Using the soft keys you can switch func-
tions ON or OFF or open submenus.
Example: Radio main menu:
The Scan soft key switches the scan
search ON or OFF.
The Autost. soft key opens the sub-
menu for the Autostore settings.
In some situations, soft keys may not have
any function and thus not be available.
Should a soft key not be available, it will
appear shaded out, its characters will ap-
pear white.
Example:
Presets, Scan and Autost. soft key.Exiting from submenus
You can exit the current submenu by
pressing the
Back soft key. The display
switches to the next higher menu level.
The system does not accept setting modi-
fications which have not been stored.
There are exceptions where pressing the
Back soft key will also store new settings.
These exceptions, whenever applicable,
are referenced on the following pages.
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This information is also displayed in
Navigation* mode (only in map dis-
plays).