light MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2005 W211 Comand Manual

99 Telephone*
Phone book
The following options are now available:
Switching between number and
name(
page 99).

Selecting a phone book entry and est-
sablishing a connection(
page 99).

Adding spoken names to a phone book
entry (
page 100). This option is only
available for vehicles with voice control
system*.

Deleting a phone book entry
(page 100).
Switching between number and name

Open the phone book from COMAND
(page 98).

Press the
123
soft key.
This switches the display to number
display. The name of the highlighted
entry is shown in the status bar;
or

Press the
ABC
soft key.
This switches the display to name dis-
play. The number of the highlighted en-
try is shown in the status bar.
On the COMAND control unit

Open the phone book (
page 98).
A list of phone book entries appears,
beginning with a specific first letter (ini-
tial).
Changing initials

Press or  once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down. At the end of the list of letters is the
category
Other
. This category combines
all entries without a name, or entries
whose names start with a special char-
acter (e.g.
* or
#).
Selecting an entry

If necessary, change the initial letter
(page 99).

Select an entry using  or .
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel-
erates.
Establishing a connection

Press.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the appropriate number.
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection

106 Navigation*Important notesSafety InstructionsWarning
G
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 navi-
gation announcements guide you. Stop at a
safe location before using buttons or mak-
ing corrections.
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.

132 Navigation*Route guidanceDisplay example 1
The road currently travelled on is indicated
in the status bar at the bottom, in this ex-
ample
I-80 E
(Interstate 80 East).
The information 1.2 mi indicates the dis-
tance to the next driving maneuver.The circle shows the current vehicle lo-
cation. The arrow in the circle designates
the current driving direction.
The remaining route is highlighted in color. Display example 2
On the right-hand side of the display the
symbol for the next driving maneuver is in-
dicated (here left turn).
On the very right is a distance bar. The
dark blue part of the bar and the informa-
tion 700ft, in this example, indicate the
distance to the next driving maneuver.
iThe display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo-
meters (km) and meters (m). iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.

136 Navigation*During route guidance1Estimated time of arrival
2Remaining driving time in hours and
minutes
3Remaining journey (distance)
Points 1, 2 and 3 refer to the stop-
over destination. You'll only see the de-
tails for the final destination when you
arrive at your stopover and the system
has calculated the route to the main
destination.Selectable soft keys:

Route
soft key
Provides access to the display of the
route on the map (
page 136).

Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (page 111).

In the Info menu (
page 135), press
the
Route
soft key.The map appears. The route remaining
is highlighted in blue color.
The destination is marked with a flag
, any stop-over destination is marked
with a flag . The current vehicle posi-
tion is identified with the symbol.
Depending on the distance to the des-
tination, it may take some time before
the route display appears.
iThe estimated time of arrival does not
refer to the time zone of destination,
but always refers to the time zone of
the vehicle's current location. For a
correct calculation, make sure that the
system clock is set correctly
(page 162).
Displaying the route on the map
s

155 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.
3 seconds, or when pressing the
Details

soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.

Press 
or

In the Destination entry menu
(page 117), press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use, , , , ,
or  to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected (
page 142).
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To change the map scale (
page 133).


163 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.
Setting the 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.