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90 Telephone*SMS (Mail)Switching between subject and sender
The incoming SMS can be displayed with
the sender or the subject. Selection of the
sender prompts the system to display the
telephone number. 
In the SMS inbox (
page 89) press the
Subject soft key:
The first characters of the message
text appears;
or

In the SMS inbox press the Sender soft
key:
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).

In the SMS inbox (
page 89), use
or  to select a message.

Press.
The message text appears.

To scroll through the message text,
press or  as required.
Switching between content and sender

Press the Contents soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears;
or

Press the Sender soft key.
The message text appears.
iThe sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.
The sender’s name only appears if, in
addition, the number and the name are
stored in the phone book (
page 85).
Reading a message

91 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)

In the SMS inbox (
page 89), use
or to select the message to be de-
leted.

Press the Delete soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.

Use to select the menu item Yes.

Press.
The message is now deleted.

Press the Back soft key.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.Deleting a message Exiting from the SMS menu

94 Navigation*Important notesWarning
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For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.
Do not watch display screen or operate but-
tons while the vehicle is in motion - let voice
instructions guide you. Stop at a safe loca-
tion before using buttons or making correc-
tions.
Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.
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.
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec-
ommendation on how to best reach your se-
lected destination.
During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in-
structions.
Warning
G
The Navigation DVD module contains a
Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.
Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe-
ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali-
fied personnel.

96 Navigation*Important notes
If your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position. Mov-
ing the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation.
Travelling abroad
The navigation DVD covers the continental
U.S., Hawaii and Canada.
Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or the
Customer Assistance Center in the U.S. at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
or in Canada at 1-800-387-0100 for other
DVDs that may be available.
Change the navigation DVD
(page 95).The system may require some time to find
its exact location after the vehicle was
transported by a car, train or ferry. To rem-
edy the situation, proceed as follows:

Switch COMAND ON.

Call up the Navigation main menu
(page 98).

Resume driving and press .
The display changes to map display.
Continue driving until the displayed po-
sition or the displayed road corre-
sponds to the present location. The
system now is correctly repositioned.
Route guidance after vehicle
transport !GPS (G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
Deviations from the actual position
may occur

if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e. g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s condi-
tion
If the reception of the GPS signal is un-
available, you will have to manually en-
ter the current vehicle position
(
page 96).
Determination of location after
vehicle transportiThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer (
page 95).

98 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press .
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use or  to select a menu item.

Press , or press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.Selectable menu items:

Continue route guidance:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory:
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory (
page 135),

Destination entry:
Provides access to the Enter Destina-
tion menu (
page 102),

Last destinations:
Destinations reached previously can be
selected from the Last destinations
destination memory (
page 133).

POIs:
(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 136). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
Selectable soft keys:

Home soft key:
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 102).
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 120).
iThis menu item only appears if:
The route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 120), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption, or

if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 97).
iLast destinations can be selected only
if destinations are already stored in the
system (
page 133).

100 Navigation*Navigation main menuSetting bass / treble 
Press the Bass or Treble soft key in
the Setting menu.

Press or .
The bass or treble settings can be ad-
justed.

Press or the Back soft key
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is activated (stored).
Setting balance and fader

Press the Bal/Fad soft key in the Set-
ting menu.
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti-
cal line represents the balance setting.
The horizontal line represents the fader
setting.

Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the balance accordingly,
or

Press or .
The cursor moves vertically, adjusting
the fader accordingly.

Press or the Back soft key,
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is activated (stored).Adjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.

In the Setting menu (
page 99), press
the Nav.Vol. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.
iThe cursor can be moved simulta-
neously in vertical and horizontal direc-
tion (diagonally) using  and .

101 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Press the  or  key to select the
desired setting.

Press.
The new setting is stored.

Press .
The full-screen display of the map ap-
pears. The vehicle’s current location is
indicated.

Press any soft key.
The soft key display appears.1Symbol = current position

Press the Memory soft key.
The system stores the current position
as a destination in the Last
Destinations memory (
page 132).
While storage takes place, the Memory
soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
iThe solid circle . shows the current
setting.Saving current location
iSuch destinations are marked in the
Last destinations destination mem-
ory with (
page 132).
For permanent storage, the destination
can be stored in the standard destina-
tion memory (page 133).

103 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable menu items:
Destination memory:
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (
page 135),

Destination entry:
accesses the Enter Destination
(page 102) menu,

Last destinations:
You can select the destinations
last reached from the Last
destinations destination memory
(page 133),

POIs:
accesses the POIs input (
page 136).
POIs include gas stations, airports or
hospitals, for example,

Current location
accesses the menu to save the current
location as home address
(page 103).
Saving current location as home
address

Use  or  to select the
Current location menu item.

Press .

To save the displayed address as home
address, press .
otherwise

Press the soft key Map.

Proceed as described under “Destina-
tion input using the map”
(page 114).
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 105), or another
location can be entered (
page 106).
iThis item can only be selected if the
system has already stored destinations
(page 133).
Enter Destination menu


104 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable soft keys:
Map soft key:
Allows access to destination input di-
rectly via road map (
page 114).

Region soft key:
For access to the region input
(page 105).

Street soft key:
Allows access to input of the destina-
tion street (
page 109).

CityCtr soft key:
Allows access to the selection of a city
section (center) (
page 108).

POIs soft key:
For access to the POI input (Points of
interest) (
page 136).

List soft key:
Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list (
page 107).

Call up the Enter Destination menu
(page 103). The Enter Destination
menu represents the starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city
(
page 105), the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:

Map soft key:
Allows access to further destination in-
put directly via road map (
page 114).

Region soft key:
For access to the region input
(page 105).
Narrowing of the destination
iWhen pressing the Street, CityCtr,
or POIs soft key, the soft key function
refers to the city on display.
To choose from global POIs, see
(page 136).

105 Navigation*
Destination entry

In the Enter Destination menu
(page 103), press the Region soft
key.
The region list appears.

Useor  to select a region.

Press .Selecting a different region deletes the
city last entered. The first city of the
newly selected region appears (in al-
phabetical order).
The Enter Destination menu (
page 102)
represents the starting point.Enter city (USA) appears in the status
bar. The characters in parenthesis indicate
the selected region (
page 105).
Acceptance of the displayed destina-
tion

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds.
Selecting the region
iThe region currently selected is indicat-
ed by the characters in parenthesis in
the status bar.Entering a city
iDo not confuse the button with the
symbol in the main screen. ok