service MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

125 Navigation
Introduction
Highway information
When driving on highways, you can have
the next gas stations, service areas, etc. as
well as the distance to them displayed in
the right-hand half of the screen.
To set: Display menu system if applica-
ble (
page 119).
Select “Navi” K “Highway Informati-
on”.
Depending on the previous status, the
function will be switched off C or on D.
Example display: Function on
1Information type: Rest area
2Name of rest area
3Distance from the current vehicle loca-
tion
i If the digital map does not supply any data,
only a stylized road without highway information
is displayed in the right-hand half of the screen.

138 Navigation
Destination input
1Current vehicle location (displayed if
the vehicle location is close to the
crosshairs position)
2Crosshairs
3Information on crosshairs position
4Set map scale
i The display 3 depends on the setting se-
lected in “Information On Map” (
page 123). It
may display the current road if corresponding
data is available in the digital map. Or it displays
the geo-coordinate position of the crosshairs if
“Geo-coordinates display” is activated
(
page 124) and if there is adequate GPS re-
ception.
Moving the map and selecting a desti-
nation
To move the map: Slide qmr, omp or
wmx.
To set the map scale: Rotate ymz.
Rotating clockwise makes the map
smaller, rotating counterclockwise en-
larges it.
To select a destination: Press n.
If the crosshairs are outside the digital
map, a route to this destination cannot
be calculated and the message “The
crosshair is off the map” is displayed.
Select “OK”.
If the destination is within the digital
map, COMAND tries to find the desti-
nation on the map.
If the destination can be found, the En-
ter Destination menu is displayed with
the address of the destination. Other-
wise you will see the entry “Destination
From Map”.
To start route calculation: Select
“Start”, see also (
page 135).
i If route guidance is active, you can enter a
stopover destination. Stopover destinations may
be predefined destinations in the following cate-
gories suggested by COMAND for you to select:

“Mercedes-Benz Service”

“Hospital”

“Gas Station”

“Parking Lot”

“Restaurant”
However, you can also enter destinations other
than those that have been predefined. Select the
menu item “OTHER” for this purpose.
You can influence the route guidance to the main
destination in a specific way using the stopover
function. Once the stopover destination has
been reached, COMAND automatically recalcu-
lates the route to the main destination.
Entering predefined destinations
If necessary switch to navigation mode
and display menu system
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “Stopover”.
Entering stopover destination

179 Voice Control
Phone operation
You can use voice control to:

place a call by using your voice to input
a phone number

store names and numbers in the ad-
dress book

dial a number from the address book

listen to the phone book

retrieve and manage your voice mail
and recorded announcement services

redial
Voice control recognizes whether:

your phone is switched on

your phone is connected via Bluetooth

the car phone is registered with the rel-
evant mobile phone network

it is possible to dial

the PIN has been entered
If it is not possible to dial, voice control is-
sues a message to this effect.
i You can still operate your phone using the
keypad.
Phone operation
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.
Operation

182 Voice Control
Phone operation
“Save name” (address book)
(
page 192)
“Dial name” (address book)
(
page 192)
“Delete name” (address book)
(
page 193)
“Find name” (address book)
(
page 193)
“List phone book” and dialing a phone
number
You can use the “List phone book” com-
mand to listen to all entries in the phone
book in which a phone number is also
stored and, if required, select an entry.
Example of dialog:
sList phone book
The system reads out all the ad-
dress book entries with phone num-
bers.
To select a name and number: press
the ! button at the selected entry.If there is more than one phone number
for an entry, voice control queries this.
tDo you want to make a work call or
a home call?
sHome call
To cancel the dialog: press the L
button.
The system confirms by responding
“Cancel”.
You have cancelled the dialog.
“Redial”
You can use the “Redial” command to redi-
al the number most recently called.
Managing announcement services or
voice mail
You can also use voice control to manage
your voice mail or recorded announcement
services.
Controls
Press the ! button while a phone
call is in progress.
An acoustic signal confirms that the
system is activated.
Say the required digits (“zero” to
“nine”).
or
Say the required words “Star” or
“Hash”.
Say the concluding command “Okay”.
The system dials the number entered.

188 Voice Control
Navigation
Selecting next point of interest
You can use the following commands to
select nearby points of interest.

“Next gas station”

“Next car park”

“Next Mercedes-Benz Service”

“Next restaurant”

“Next hospital”
Example of dialog:
sNext gas station
uThe system shows a numbered list
of gas stations on the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
uLine number one accepted. Would
you like to start route guidance?
sYes
The route guidance for this point of inter-
est is started.
or
sNo
tDo you want to save the destina-
tion?sYes
The dialog continues as shown in the sec-
tion “Save destination”
“Last destinations”
You can use the “Last destinations” com-
mand to reselect a destination from a list
of the previously selected destinations.
Example of dialog:
sLast destinations
uThe system shows a numbered list
of the previously selected destina-
tions
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
uLine number one accepted. Would
you like to start route guidance?
sYes
The route guidance for this destination is
started.
“Save destination”
You can use the “Save destination” com-
mand to save the current destination in the
address book by means of a voice tag.
i If the desired voice tag already exists in the
address book, the system asks if you want to add
the address.
Example of dialog:
sSave destination
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
tPlease repeat the name.
sSmith
tWhere would you like to save: home
or work?
sWork
tThe destination has been saved.

203 Voice Control
Command list

Cancel route guidance/navigation/
nav/destination guidance

Exit route guidance/navigation/nav/
destination guidance

Stop route guidance/navigation/
nav/destination guidance

Terminate route guidance/naviga-
tion/nav/destination guidance

Next gas station

Next Mercedes-Benz Service

Next workshop

Next MB service

Next hospital

Next car park

Next restaurant
Address book commands

Address book

List address book

Read out/play address book

Delete address book

Spell entry

Spell name

Find entry

Delete name

List destination memory

Read out/play destination memory



car

car phone

landline

landline phone

landline phone

mobile

mobile phone

mobile phone

work

home

Work

Office

Company/business

Car

Car phone

Landline

Landline phone

Landline phone

Mobile

Mobile phone

Work car

Work car phone

Car phone work/office/business/
company

Work/office/business/company/
landline

Work/office/business/company/
landline telephone/phone

Landline telephone/phone work/of-
fice/business/company

215 Technical terminology
PAL
(P
hase Alternating Line)
TV standard, widespread mainly in Eu-
rope.
PCM
(P
ulse Code Modulation)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD-audio or DVD-video.
The audio data are provided in com-
pressed form, similar to ->MP3,
->MPEG1 Audio-Layer 3, but in contrast
are not subject to losses.
PDA
(P
ersonal Digital Assistant)
Small portable computer featuring
functions for managing dates, addres-
ses and appointments, for example.
PIN
(P
ersonal Identification Number)
Personal identification number, to be
entered to activate the telephone.
Provider
Service provider offering access to a
mobile phone network or services
within the network.RDS
(R
adio Data System)
Digital data transmission system for
FM radio stations.
Region code
Because of the region code, video
DVDs can only be played on DVD
equipment with the same code as that
of the ->DVD. The factory setting of the
COMAND is code 2 (

page 75). It can
only play video DVDs which also have
code 2 or code 0 (no region code).
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a data sto-
rage medium.
Scan rate (->MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volta-
ge samples are taken during the con-
version of an analogue signal into a
digital signal. The analogue-to-digital
converter converts the samples into di-
gital signals.UDF
(U
niversal Disc Format)
Standard for recording data, e.g. for
DVDs.
vCard
An address book entry may contain up
to 8 telephone numbers that are placed
in a vCard (business card). When an
entry of this kind is stored in the mobile
phone’s telephone book, a separate
entry in the vCard is created there for
every telephone number.
Voice Control
A system which can be used to operate
the ->COMAND or the telephone using
speech.
WAV
Standard audio file format for storing
audio on PCs.
WMA
(W
indows® Media Audio)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.

220 Index
P
PAL
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Passcode
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
PCM
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
PCMCIA card
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PCMCIA memory card
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Phone
Accepting/ending a call (COMAND) 101
Entering a phone number . . . . . . . . 101
Redial (COMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Single call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
POI category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Provider
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215R
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning to a station (COMAND) . . . . . 42
RDS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Region code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Route mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
S
SatRadio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Service information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 51
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Storing channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Subscribing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Scan rate
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Selecting
Satellite radio* channel. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sound
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Stopover destination
Entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switching on
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . 47
System settings
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
T
Time
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Traffic lane recommendation . . . . . 150
U
UDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Updating
Gracenote
® music recognition
technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Map software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
V
vCard
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215