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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.
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There 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.
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The date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.


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System settings
Setting the format:
Use or  to select a format.
Press.
The appropriate format is selected.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the lan-
guage already set in the vehicle in-
strument cluster (
Vehicle
Operator’s manual).
All other options:
The system switches to the re-
quested language.
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List entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
Setting the language

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System settings
Use or  to select an entry.
Press.
Press the Back soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
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 or wait for
screen to change.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
Display soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following soft key and option are avail-
able:
Bright. soft key
Provides access to adjusting the dis-
play brightness (
page 166).
Switching the display dimming charac-
teristics (
page 166).
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
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The square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ON
Display settings

166 System
System settings
Switching 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
Press the Bright. soft key.
The Brightness display appears.
Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.
Press the Back soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:
Start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 167)
Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window
Open the System menu (page 162).
Press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Voice control settings*

167 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.
In the following display example, the
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 162),
press the
VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Press to select menu item
Individualization.
Press.
The Individualization menu appears.

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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 select menu item
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
COMAND 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 162).
Press the Reset soft key.
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This function is not available if no indi-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function


172 Glossary
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile Communica-
tion)
Set of standards used for cellular com-
munication; widely used in Europe.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Latitude
One of the two -> coordinates that indi-
cate the geographical position on the
earth's surface. The latitude indicates
the north-south position in relation to
the equator. LOGIC7®
A 7-channel surround matrix that con-
verts any 2-channel material into
breathtaking multi-channel surround
sound, creating a natural, 360-degree
“enveloping” soundfield with a maxi-
mum “audio sweetspot” for all passen-
gers.
Longitude
One of the two -> coordinates that indi-
cate the geographical position on the
earth's surface. The longitude indicates
the east-west position in relation to the
-> Greenwich meridian.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for -
>MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data. Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
PIN
(P
ersonal Identification Number)
Personal identification number, must
be entered to activate the telephone.
POI
(P
oint of Interest)
Points of Interest include service sta-
tions, rest areas, parking lots, hospi-
tals, sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
Service provider offering access to a
mobile communication network or oth-
er services within the network.
PUK
(P
ersonal Unblocking Key)
Personal unblocking code, must be en-
tered if the wrong PIN was entered
three consecutive times.

173 Glossary
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a storage
medium.
Scan rate (MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volt-
age samples are taken during the con-
version of an analog signal into a digital
signal. The analog-to-digital converter
converts the samples into digital sig-
nals.
SCAN search
Plays receivable radio stations, or CD
tracks in succession, each for approx.
8 seconds.
SIM
(S
ubscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for access-
ing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort Message Service)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.
Tele Aid
(Tele
matic Alarm Identification on De-
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 Time Coordinated)
The mean sun time associated with lon-
gitude zero (world time). It functions as
basis for the time zones.
WB
Weatherband

178 Index
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 51
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 52
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Multi session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
CDs (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Multifunction steering wheel
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
N
Navigation announcements
see also current navigation announce-
ment
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 108
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Navigation soft key displays
show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 115
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 90
O
Outgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
file systems (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
adding spoken names . . . . . . . . . . . 100
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
selecting entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
switching display between number
and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 85
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 84, 85
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD. . . . . . . . . 85
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 172
Points of interest
see POI
Presets (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . 76
Program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 172
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 172

180 Index
Selecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
destination
of destination memory. . . . . . . . . 148
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 147
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
telephone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 112
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 112
volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
Showing soft key displays (Navigation
mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 88, 173
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 44
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sirius Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sirius Service Center
calling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Soft key displays
showing in Navigation mode . . . . . . 135
Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 173
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Spoken names to a phone book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting route guidance. . . . . . . . . . 130
Station (radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 42
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Station (satellite radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79