key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2004 W211 Comand Manual

143 Service
Data entry
Moving the cursor to any position in a
text
Press the Keypad soft key:
The mode is changed to text.

Press or :
The cursor moves to the left or to the
right in the text.

Press the Keypad soft key:
The mode is now reversed from text
mode to keypad mode.
Deleting characters

Move the cursor behind the character
to be deleted (
page 144).

Press the Delete soft key.
The character to the left of the input
cursor is deleted.Inserting characters

Move the cursor to the desired posi-
tion.

Enter the character to be inserted as
described under “Entering characters”
(page 142).
Exiting the Selection menu

Press the Back soft key,
or

Use and  or  to select the
field .

Press.
In both cases the system accepts the
data entered.Upper and lower case characters, accent-
ed characters, special characters, and
numbers can be entered.
Entering characters

Use the or
-  keys to enter
a character.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession:
ok
Entry via 12 button keypadi Example: key:
1 depression = J
2 depressions = K
3 depressions = L
4 depressions = 5


144 ServiceData entry
After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display appears.
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next character.

If necessary, press$.
This switches between upper and lower
case characters.

Wait until the character display disap-
pears,
or

Press.
The character is entered.Moving the cursor to any position in the
text

Press the Keypad soft key:
The mode changes to text.

Press or :
The cursor is moved to the left or to the
right in the text.

Press the Keypad soft key again:
The mode now reverses from text
mode to keypad mode.
Deleting characters

Move the cursor behind the character
to be deleted (
page 144).
The characters to the left of the input
cursor are deleted.Inserting characters

Move the cursor to the desired posi-
tion.

Enter the character to be inserted as
described under “Entering characters”
(page 143).
Exiting the Selection menu

Press the Back soft key.
or

Use and  or  to select the
field .

Press.
In both cases, the system accepts the
data entered.
iUse to enter a space “ ”.
ok

148 SystemSystem settings
Press.
The System menu appears.
The following options are available in the
system settings:

Lang. soft key
for setting the language (
page 150).

Tones soft key
for switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals On and Off
(page 151).

Display soft key
for changing the display settings
(page 151).

VC tips soft key
to call up the Voice control settings
(page 152).

Reset soft key
for reversing COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 155).

Time soft key
for setting the date and time.

Press the Time soft key.
The settings display appears.
The following options are now available:

Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menuSelectable soft keys
Setting the date/time

149 System
System settings
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.Setting the date

Use or  to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Date/Time format

Press the Format soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.


150 SystemSystem settings
Setting the format: 
Use or  to select a format.

Press.
The appropriate format is selected.

Finally, press the Back soft key.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.

In the System menu, press the
(page 148) Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.

Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster.

Other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.

Finally, press the Back soft key.
iList entry 1-3:
Date formats
List entry 4 and 5:
Time formats
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
Setting the language

151 System
System settings

In the System menu, press the
(page 148) Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.
The requested sounds are switched On
or Off.

Press the Back soft key.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.

Open the System menu (
page 148).

Press the Display soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following options are available:

Switching the display design (day or
night) (
page 152), or

Adjusting the display brightness
(page 152).
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound Off
Solid square = sound OnDisplay settings

152 SystemSystem settingsSetting the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day mode:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night mode:
The display is constantly set to night-
time design.

Automatic:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.Adjusting display brightness

In the Display Settings menu, press the
Bright. soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:

start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 153)

activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window

Open the System menu (
page 148).

Press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears. Voice control settings

153 System
System settings

Press the  key to select the Help
Window menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat-
ed.

Press.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle
shows whether the help window is
activated or deactivated.
For example: help window is activated

Press  or  to select the menu
item with the empty circle .

Press.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualization
The individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni-
tion of other users.
Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
whilst the second stage trains specific
commands.

From the System menu (
page 148),
press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.

Press to select menu item
Individualization.

Press.
The Individualization menu appears.

155 System
System settings
Canceling individualization
You can cancel individualization at any
time during either the first or second
stage. All existing data remains un-
changed.
During any individualization stage,
press the Cancel soft key.
Individualization is cancelled.
Deleting individualization

From the Individualization menu,
press to selec t m enu it em Delete
individualization.

Press.
A prompt appears, which asks if you re-
ally want to delete the data.

Press to select Yes.

Press.
The individualization is deleted.Actuating the Reset function resets CO-
MAND to the factory settings.
In addition, it deletes:

SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina-
tion memory and in the Last destina-
tion memory.
Reset activation

Call up the System menu (
page 148).

Press the Reset soft key.
iThis function is not available if no indi-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function


158 GlossaryPUK
(P
ersonal U
nblocking K
ey)
Personal unlocking code, must be en-
tered if the wrong PIN was entered
three consecutive times.
SCAN search
Plays receivable radio stations, or CD
tracks in succession, each for approx.
8 seconds.
SIM
(S
ubscriber I
dentity M
odule)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for access-
ing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort M
essage S
ervice)
With this function, you can receive,
read and delete short text messages
(if SMS service is provided by your ser-
vice provider).Soft keys
Keys to activate different functions,
depending on the selected operating
mode.
TDMA
(T
ime D
ivision M
ultiple A
ccess)
A method of digital wireless communi-
cation transmission allowing a large
number of users to access a single ra-
dio-frequency channel without interfer-
ence. Each user is given a unique time
slot within each channel.
Tele Aid*
(Tele
matic A
larm I
dentification on D
e-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and man-
ual emergency, roadside assistance
and information. Tele Aid is initially
activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided the vehicle's battery is charged,
properly connected, not damaged and
cellular and GPS coverage are avail-
able.
Telematics*
Compound word made up of the terms
Telecommunication and Informatics.
Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unautho-
rized persons from using your tele-
phone. The unlock code is a number
string, which you have to enter when
switching on the telephone.
UTC
(U
niversal T
ime C
oordinated)
The mean sun time associated with lon-
gitude zero (world time). It functions as
basis for the time zones.
WB
Weatherband