key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2005 W211 Comand Manual

100 Telephone*Phone bookOn the multifunction steering wheel 
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 89).

Pressj or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi-
function display.

Presss
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
If your vehicle is equipped with voice con-
trol system* you can add up to 20 spoken
names to each phone book entry.
Via the voice control system* you can dial
a number by speaking the name.
(
Voice control system* Operator's man-
ual).

Select a phone book entry (
page 99).

Press the
New
soft key.
The voice control system* prompts you
to speak a name.

Speak the name.
The voice control system* prompts you
to speak the name again.

Repeat the name.
The name is stored.

Select the phone book entry to be de-
leted from COMAND (
page 99).

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

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The entry is deleted.
Adding spoken names to a phone
book entry
Deleting a phone book entry

101 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)

SMS (Mail)
SMS messages can be received if your ve-
hicle is equipped with a telephone and
SMS messaging is available from your car-
rier.
Received messages are saved in the folder
SMS inbox.
Open the Telephone main menu
(page 89).

Press the
SMS
soft key.
The folder SMS inbox appears.The SMS inbox shows the list of re-
ceived messages. The list is sorted
chronologically, the last message re-
ceived is displayed at the top of the list.
The corresponding date and time ap-
pears in the status bar when the select-
ed message has been received.

Use or  to select another mes-
sage.
iIncoming new messages are indicated
by the symbol in the status bar.
Symbol appears in the status bar if
the SMS memory is full.
In addition, a corresponding message
is displayed when the folder is opened.SMS inbox
iIf no SMS messages have been re-
ceived the
SMS
soft key is without func-
tion and therefore shaded out.


102 Telephone*SMS (Mail)The SMS inbox offers the following op-
tions:
Switching between subject and sender.

Reading a message (
page 102).

Deleting a message (
page 103).
Switching between subject and sender
The SMS messages can be displayed with
the sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox
(
page 101) you can either see the
Subject

soft key or the
Sender
soft key.

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
texts appears;
or

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).

In the SMS inbox (
page 101),
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
You can either see the
Sender
soft key or the
Contents
soft key.

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears.
or
iThe symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
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 98).
Reading a message

103 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)

Press the
Contents
soft key.
The message text appears;

To return to the SMS inbox press the Back
soft key.

In the SMS inbox (
page 101),
use or to select the message
to be deleted.

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

109 Navigation*
Important notes
The following instructions have to be fol-
lowed when interrupting a trip during route
guidance, and later continuation:
Continuation of the trip within 2 hours
after interruption:
The system automatically resumes
route guidance.

Continuation of the trip between
2 and 12 hours after interruption: 
Continue route guidance manually
in the Navigation main menu
(page 110).

Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption:
Route guidance must be restarted.
Select the destination from the
Last
destinations
memory (
page 147),
or

Re-enter the destination
(page 117).
Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.
Example: Menu to select a streetYou can select a list item using or .
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page
soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti-
vated.
Trip interruption during route guid-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.
Trip continuation means trip continua-
tion with COMAND switched ON.
Selection lists

110 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press .
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.

Use or  to select a menu item
and press;
or

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

Continue route guidanceContinues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memoryDestinations can be selected from the Destination memory
(page 148),

Destination entryProvides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 117),

Last destinationsYou can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147),

POIs(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 151). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
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 134).
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 134), 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 109).
iDestination memory
and
Last destinations

can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

111 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home
soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 115).

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

Setting
soft key
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(
page 111).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.

Press the
Mode
soft key in the Navigation
main menu (page 110).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.

Use or  to select an option.

Press .
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:

Bass / Treble (
page 112).

Balance / Fader (
page 112).

Volume (
page 112).

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (page 110).
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements


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

Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key,
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
Setting balance and fader

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

Press or .
The vertical line moves, adjusting the
balance accordingly,
or

Press or .
The horizontal line moves, adjusting
the fader accordingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key,
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.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 111),
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.
iThe lines can be moved simultaneously
using  and .

113 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Press the  or  key to select the
desired setting.

Press or the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
iThe solid circle . shows the current
setting.

114 Navigation*Destination entryEntering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu

Use, , ,, or to
select a character

Press.
The character is entered.
Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad

Use the
-  keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession.After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character. The
character selected appears black.

Wait until the character display disap-
pears, or press.
The character is entered.
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.