service MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2007 W203 Comand Manual

178 Service
SMS*
Press the Detail soft key.
The list entry will appear in full in a
window.
Line-by-line scrolling through the SMS
Received list:
Push the joystick to g or G
to highlight the desired message.
Back to the Service main menu:
Press the Back soft key.
In the SMS Received (page 177) list,
push the joystick to g or G to
highlight the desired message.
Press E.
The message is displayed. In the status
bar, the name or the phone number of
the sender will appear.Line-by-line scrolling through the message
text:
Push the joystick to g or G.
Back to the SMS Received list:
Press the Back soft key.
Reading SMS message received

179 Service
Tele Aid*

Tele Aid*
Tele Aid* incorporates the following
functions:
Emergency call system
Roadside Assistance
Information
For certain emergency situations, the
system automatically triggers an
emergency call. An emergency call can
also be triggered manually by pressing the
corresponding button. Refer to your
vehicle Operator’s Manual for additional
information.If the system initiates an emergency call,
Connecting call and theß symbol will
appear on the status bar. All active
connections are terminated.
During the emergency call,
Call
Connected appears on the status bar. No
operation from COMAND is possible, so
you cannot disconnect the emergency call.Roadside Asssistance will assist if
technical problems with your vehicle are
experienced.
Roadside Assistance can be requested
manually by pressing the corresponding
button. Refer to your vehicle Operator’s
Manual for additional information.
Upon request of Roadside Assistance, the
system initiates the call to the Assistance.
Connecting call and theß symbol will
appear on the status bar. All active
connections are terminated except
Emergency call.
Emergency call system
Roadside Assistance

180 Service
Tele Aid*
If the connection is made, the message
Call Connected appears on the status
bar.
During activation of a Roadside Assistance
call
it is possible to switch to navigation
you can initiate an Emergency call.
Terminating the connection
Press K.
COMAND reverts to the system last
active before Tele Aid was activated.A call to the Response Center will be
initiated by pressing the corresponding
button. Information regarding the opera-
tion of your vehicle, the nearest authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center or Mercedes-Benz
USA products and services is available to
you. Refer to your vehicle Operator’s Man-
ual for additional information.
When an information call is initiated,
Connecting call and theß symbol will
appear on the status bar. All active
connections are terminated except
Emergency call and Roadside Assistance
call.When the connection is made, the
message Call Connected appears on
the status bar.
During activation of an Information call
it is possible to switch to navigation
you can initiate an Emergency call or
Roadside Assistance call.
Terminating the connection
Press K.
COMAND reverts to the system last
active before Tele Aid was activated.
Information

182 System settings
System settings

System settings
Press C.
In the Service main menu
(
page 176), press the System soft
key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
select the time zone and daylight
savings time settings
select the language (page 183)
switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 184)
adjust display settings (page 185)
activate and deactivate the Voice
control system* help screen
start Voice control system*
individualization
reset all settings to the factory settings
(
page 186)You can select the applicable time zone
and daylight saving time settings.
In the System settings menu, press the
Time soft key.
The available time zones are shown.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the time zone.
Press E.
You can now select the daylight saving
time settings.
Activating the System settings
menu Selecting the time zone

189 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger*).
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of bits transmit-
ted per time unit.
CD
(Compact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
etc.).Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth’s surface.
DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium for storing lar-
ge amounts of data.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
911 provider. It does not initiate a
->Tele Aid* call. Please note that the
911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.

191 Glossary
Navigation DVD
Contains all available destination
addresses (town, road, intersection,
house number, special destinations)
and the digital map material for a coun-
try or a region for destination entry,
route calculation and destination
guidance at time of DVD production.
DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all
routes within an area.
North Up
The map is displayed facing north du-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest)
Points of Interest include service stati-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,
sight-seeing points, etc.Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. The ROAMING indicator in the
COMAND display indicates that a call is
being made using a contract partner.
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a storage
medium.
Scan rate (MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volt-
age samples are taken during the con-
version of an analog signal into a digital
signal. The analog-to-digital converter
converts the samples into digital sig-
nals.Service source
This includes the systems telephone*
and navigation (voice output during
destination guidance).
SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for acces-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort Message Service)
With this function you can receive and
read short text messages (if SMS ser-
vice is provided by your provider).

193 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 116
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 182
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 169
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adjusting
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 157
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 102
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 56
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer*
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 116
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 137

195 Index
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MP3 CD
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 69
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . 28
Muting
audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 99
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Opening
the Audio menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 140
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . 93, 99
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . 93, 99
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER
PUK ON CELL PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD
(EMERGENCY CALL 911 ONLY
POSSIBLE WITH PHONE). . . . 93, 94, 98
Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 47