Format MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

189 Voice Control
Navigation
“Find address”
You can use the “Find address” command
to select a previously saved address and
start route guidance.
Example of dialog:
sFind address
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
of saved addresses in the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
tStarting route guidance
“Start route guidance”
You can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start route guidance once a
valid destination has been entered.
sStart route guidance
tStarting route guidance
“Route information”
You can use the “Route information” com-
mand to have the following information on
your currently planned route read out:

Distance to destination

Remaining driving time

Expected arrival time
“Guidance instructions on”
When you use the “Guidance instructions
on” command, voice control repeats the
last driving tip. If the driving tip output has
been switched off up to this point, it is now
switched on again.
“Guidance instruction off ”
You can use this command to switch off
the route guidance voice output.
“Cancel route guidance”
You can use this command to stop route
guidance.
Example of dialog:
sCancel route guidance
tAre you sure you want to cancel
route guidance?
sYes
tCancelling route guidance
Voice control cancels route guidance.
or
sNo
tContinuing route guidance.
The dialog with voice control is terminated.
Route guidance remains activated.
“Zoom in/out"
You can use these commands to zoom the
map display one step in or out.
“Zoom in/out completely”
You can use these commands to set the
map display directly to the smallest or larg-
est scale.

191 Voice Control
Address book
“
The address book gives you the option of
storing information about people in the
form of entries.
Using voice control, you can dial a phone
number stored in the address book or start
route guidance for a stored address.
Apart from the speaker-dependent voice
tags stored in the address book, voice con-
trol can recognize all the entries in the
name fields of the address book. Recogni-
tion of the entries in the address book de-pends on the text that was entered. To
make a call you must say the text of the en-
try.
Check the address book entries for the fol-
lowing:

The name entries, e.g. last name and
first name, are in the right fields.

Do not use abbreviations or acronyms.

Avoid unnecessary spaces in names.

Do not use special characters.
You can improve voice recognition by sav-
ing a speaker-dependent voice tag for ad-
dress book entries.
Use a speaker-dependent voice tag:

for names which are difficult to pro-
nounce

to distinguish names which sound sim-
ilar

for names which are not pronounced as
they are written
Voice control can store up to 50 of these
address book entries by means of a speak-
er-dependent voice tag.You can use voice control at any time to:

save a name

select a name

delete a name

list the address book

delete the address book

open the address book

open an entry from the address book

list the phone book

list the destination memory
To open the address book: press the
! button on the multi-function
steering wheel.
Give the “Address book” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the address book com-
mands explained below.
Address book
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the address book functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
Overview
Operation

211 Voice Control
Troubleshooting
Voice control has a comprehensive help
function to assist the user.
The voice control help function provides:

general information about how best to
operate voice control

a list of the possible commands
“Help voice control”
You can use the “Help voice control” com-
mand to obtain information about how
best to operate voice control.
“Help”
If you press the ! button and say the
command “Help”, you will receive help for
the application currently selected.
If you select the “Help” command during a
voice dialog, for example after the “Dial
number” command, you will receive help
explaining how the dialog continues.
You can also request the help function for
a specific system, for example with the
“Help phone” command.
If you have activated the help window, you
will see a selection of the possible com-
mands on the display (
page 167).
Help function

213 Technical terminology
AAC
(A
dvanced Audio Coding)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses. Based on
the MPEG2 standard.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per unit time.
Bluetooth
®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
Writeable ->CD-ROM.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
CD which can be read, written and de-
leted.CD text
CD text is an extension of an audio CD,
which contains text information such
as title, artist and name of the individu-
al pieces of music.
->COMAND displays
this information on the corresponding
screens if the selected audio CD con-
tains this information.
COMAND control system
(Co
ckpit Management and Data
System)
Central information and operating unit
for various vehicle functions, such as
radio, DVD changer and other equip-
ment, such as telephone, navigation
system.
Dolby Digital
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.
DTMF
(D
ual Tone Multi-Frequency)
DTMF tones control answering machi-
nes or other devices, e. g. for remote
queries.
DTS
(D
igital Theater Sound)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format
for storing large data volumes, e.g.
films.
DVD+R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD+RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
DVD-R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD-RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
Geo-coordinates
Indicate the geographical position of a
location on the earth's surface.

214 Technical terminology
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.
Gracenote Media Database
Media database that is stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive.
Gracenote
® music recognition techno-
logy
Music recognition software that is
stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive. If
the selected audio CD does not contain
any
->CD text, ->COMAND can
recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Kilobyte
Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.
LOGIC7
®
Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7
® cre-
ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.
MLP
(M
eridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
Multisession
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
Music Register
Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.
Notebook
Portable personal computer (PC).
NTSC
(N
ational Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.

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.

218 Index
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dolby Digital
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Driving maneuver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
DTMF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DTS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting from the DVD changer. . . . . 57
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading the DVD changer . . . . . . . . . 55
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DVD audio
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61DVD video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stop function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Video game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
DVD+R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD+RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
E
Emergency calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
F
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
G
GPS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Gracenote Media Database. . . . . . . . 64
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Switching read function on/off . . . . . 65
Gracenote® music recognition techno-
logy
End user licence agreement (EULA) . 64
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
H
Highway information. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
I
ID3 tag
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ISO9660
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
J
Joliet
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

219 Index
K
Kilobyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
L
List entry
Selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LOGIC7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
M
Making calls
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Map
Information on map . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Map display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Menu COMAND
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MLP
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 214MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . 23
Multisession
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Music Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 214
Recording music files . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
N
Navigation
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Block Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 119
Driving maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 153
Off map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
POI input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traffic lane recommendation . . . . . 150
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 153
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
NTSC
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
O
Off map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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