set station MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual

43 Audio
Radio operation
Use, ,  or  to select a
preset.
Press for more than 2 seconds.
The station will be stored in the respec-
tive memory location.
Storing using Autostore
The Autostore function places stations into
the Autostore memory sorted by reception
quality.
The system stores the station with the
strongest signal in preset 1.
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 37).
Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears.
Use to select the
Reprogram Autostore header entry.
Press.
The Autostore search starts. After a de-
lay the new preset assignment ap-
pears. The system tunes to the station
stored on preset 1.
To tune-in another station from the
Autostore preset list (
page 39).
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The Autostore feature stores presets in
a separate memory, not in the regular
presets seen under the
Presets soft key.
As such, the Autostore memory is only
temporary.

76 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Main area, in this example:
ROCK = selected category (page 77)
Vault = name of the selected station
Status bar, in this example:
SAT (on the left) = the selected mode
SAT5 = location in the program
memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored
Ch16 = number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys
Presets
shows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 79) and re-
quest stored stations (
page 76).
Info
shows additional text information relat-
ed to the current channel.
Scan
is used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 79).
Service
displays a screen showing the tele-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the particular receiver.
You can also adjust the following:
Bass and treble (page 32)
Balance and fader (page 31)
Sound functions (page 33)
Volume (not on soft keys)
(
page 30)
The following options are available:
Tuning via station presets (page 76)
Tuning via manual channel input
(
page 77)
Tuning via the program category list
(
page 77)
Tuning a station within the selected
category (
page 78)
Tuning via scan search (page 79)
Tuning via station presets
Ten Satellite radio station presets are
available.
You can access the presets via number
keys or via the Presets menu.
Selecting a station
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The Presets memory is empty at first-
time activation of the system.

77 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Accessing via number keys
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu.
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets list appears.
Use  or  to choose a preset and
press,
or
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Tuning via manual channel input
Example: Tuning in channel 12
Press.
Press  and .
The system tunes to channel 12.
Tuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort-
ed alphabetically.Only one entry is visible at a time. The en-
try appears at the top of the main screen.
Selecting a category
Example 1: category
ALL
The station list of category
ALL contains all
receivable channels (channel mode).
Use or  to select the category
All from the list.
The station listened to before remains
tuned.
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If an entry is made and such a channel
is not available, the message
Channel
unavailable appears. The channel select-
ed last continues playing.

79 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Pressj.
The search proceeds in descending or-
der and stops at the first receivable
station.
Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays a channel for
approx. 8 seconds and then skips to
the next channel within the current
category.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search stops automatically at the
station that was playing when scan
search was started.
Press the Scan soft key.
The scan search starts.
Press the Scan soft key again.
The scan search ends.
Additional text information (artist and title)
related to the current broadcast can be
displayed.
Press the Info soft key.Two options are available:
Storing using the number keys
(
page 79).
Storing using the Presets menu
(
page 80).
Storing via number keys
Press and hold a number key between
 and  for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.
Obtaining additional text
information
Storing stations
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When storing a station out of the cate-
gory
All, later selection of this channel
does not lead into the category mode.

80 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Storing via Presets menu
Press the Presets soft key.
The Preset list appears.
Use or  to select a preset loca-
tion.
Press for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.Resetting Presets menu
The
Presets soft key is active indicated by
its color changed.
Press the Presets soft key.
All channels in the Preset list are delet-
ed.
Press the Service soft key.The telephone number of the Sirius
Service Center and the twelve-digit
electronic serial number (ESN) of the
particular receiver appear.
It may be necessary to call the Sirius Ser-
vice Center if, for example:
you want to cancel the subscription or
to re-subscribe at a later date,
you forget to pay the bill, or
you sell the car to another person.
Calling the Sirius Service Center

168 System
System settings
Starting individualization
Press to select menu item Start new
individualization
.
Press.
The individualization process starts.
The system now guides you through
the individualization process using a di-
alog, all operations are voice inputs.
After completion of the first stage, the sys-
tem prompts you to save the data from the
first stage.If you don’t save the first stage:
Individualization is cancelled,
Data from an existing first stage re-
mains unchanged.
If you save the first stage:
Data from an existing first stage is
over-written but is not saved until the
second stage is started.
If you don’t start the second stage:
Data from the first stage remains un-
changed,
The individualization process is fin-
ished.After completion of the second stage, the
system prompts you to save the data of the
second stage.
If you don’t save the second stage:
Individualization is cancelled,
Data from an existing second stage re-
mains unchanged.
If you save the second stage:
Data from an existing second stage is
deleted and all new data is saved,
Individualization is finished.
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You can only activate the individualiza-
tion function when the car is station-
ary. If the car is moving, the following
message appears:
Individualization only
possible when car is stationary
.
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If you later decide to start the second
stage, you must restart the individual-
ization process from the beginning of
the first stage.

177 Index
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Frequency input (in Radio mode). . . 41
G
Global Positioning System
see GPS
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 171
GPS position display
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Greenwich meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
GSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87, 172
H
Hands-free microphone
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 172
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 172
J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 172
L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 147
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 147
starting route guidance to
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 172
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 107
LOGIC7®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 172
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 172
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode). . . . . 40
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 42
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 159
Missed calls (telephone). . . . . . . 92, 93
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . 52, 172
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 51
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 52
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 50

179 Index
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
folder (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reading SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
READY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Refusing call (telephone) . . . . . . . . . 91
Repeat
CD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 71
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Retracting CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Root directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Route display (Navigation mode). . 136
Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 108
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
starting to a destination
of Destination memory . . . . . . . . 149
of Last Destinations. . . . . . . . . . . 147
with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Route guidance info menu . . . . . . . 135
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111S
Safety Instructions
for CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 60
for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 44
for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 82
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
permissible rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Search radio station . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41

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

181 Index
Stop-over destination
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Storing
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 128
destination in Destination memory . 149
location selected via the map . . . . . 129
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Subscriber Identity Module
see SIM card
Switching
display dimming characteristics . . . 166
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
phone book display between
number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
sound functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
to Audio AUX mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
to CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
to Navigation mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
to Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
to Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
to Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
waveband (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Switching ON/OFF
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
GPS position display . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . . 96
mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
navigation announcements . . . . . . . 131
telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
T
Tele Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 173
Telematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Telephone mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Telephone switching ON/OFF . . . . . 85
Tips
on caring of CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 60
on caring of MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
on copyright (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
on creating MP3 tracks. . . . . . . . . . . 52
on data storage media (MP3) . . . . . . 50
on telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . 83Track
forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
random
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
repeat
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
selecting
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Transmitting number sequences
(telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108