Satellite MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2007 W211 Comand Manual

80 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Two options are available:
Storing using the number keys
Storing using the Presets menu
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.
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.
Storing stations
i
When storing a station out of the cate-
gory
All, later selection of this channel
does not lead into the category mode.
Calling the Sirius Service Center

145 Navigation*
During route guidance
You can set the following to be displayed in
the status bar:
Time of arrival/Dist. to Dest.
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
page 131), the estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance to
the destination will be displayed. If you
have entered a stopover destination
(
page 140), the corresponding data
will be displayed.
Current-Location display
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
page 131), the following data will
be displayed:
The current position as coordi-
nates.
The number of satellites that can
currently be received.
The current elevation (ALT = alti-
tude) above sea level.
No display
The name of the current road is dis-
played.
In the Display menu (page 143),
press the
Map soft key.
The possible options appear.
Use % or &0to select the desired
option.
Press '.
The map display is switched.
Finally, press the Back soft key or wait
for the screen to change.
i
During route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is al-
ways pointing up,
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Map display menu
i
The COMAND uses GPS to calculate
the elevation above sea level. For rea-
sons of tolerance, this value may devi-
ate from the actual value.
i
The solid circle shows the current
setting.

173 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
- > C D w h i c h c a n b e r e a d a n d w r i t t e n b u t
not deleted.CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.
DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.Fader
(Fader control)
Volume control between front and rear
speakers.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
Glossary

177 Index
A
Accepted calls (telephone). . . . . . . . 93
Accessing CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Adding spoken names to a
phone book entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Answering call (telephone). . . . . . . . 90
Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 30
Autostore (in Radio mode) . 40, 43, 173
B
Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . . . 110
Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 62
C
Call (Telephone)
answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 95
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . 91
refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Calling up Destination memory . . . 149
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 52, 61
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 77
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
see also MP3 CD
copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 63
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 65
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 63
random CD (CD changer mode) . . . . 71
repeat (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . 71
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
CD changer
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
permissible file system (MP3) . . . . . . 61
permissible MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CD slot
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 64, 65
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
single CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 173
CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 173
Changing
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142
CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 77
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Index

179 Index
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Frequency input (in Radio mode). . . 41
G
Global Positioning System
see GPS
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 173
Greenwich meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
GSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87, 174
H
Hands-free microphone
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 174
J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 174
L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 148
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 148
starting route guidance to
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 174
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105
LOGIC7
® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 174
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode). . . . . 41
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 43
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 161
Missed calls (telephone). . . . . . . 92, 93
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . 53, 61, 174
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 52
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 53
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 51
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 61

180 Index
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 52
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 53
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Multi session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CDs (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Multifunction steering wheel
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
N
Navigation announcements
see also current navigation announce-
ment
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 106
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Navigation soft key displays
show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 113
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 89
O
Outgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 62
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
file systems (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 61
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 61
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUK
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
adding spoken names . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
switching display between number
and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 85PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 84, 85
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD. . . . . . . . . 85
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 174
Points of interest
see POI
Presets (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . 77
Program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 174
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 174
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
folder (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

181 Index
Reading SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
READY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Refusing call (telephone) . . . . . . . . . 91
Repeat
CD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 71
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Retracting CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . 160
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Root directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Route display (Navigation mode). . 137Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 106
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
starting to a destination
of Destination memory . . . . . . . . 150
of Last Destinations. . . . . . . . . . . 148
with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Route guidance info menu . . . . . . . 136
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
S
Safety Instructions
for CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 61
for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 45
for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 82
Satellite radio operation. . . . . . . . . . 75
Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 62Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Search radio station . . . . . . . . . . 38, 42
Selecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
destination
of destination memory. . . . . . . . . 149
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 148
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
telephone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 69
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

182 Index
Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
for navigation announcements . . 110
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 110
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
for navigation announcements . . 110
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 42
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 110
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
for navigation announcements . . 110Showing soft key displays
(Navigation mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87, 175
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 45
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sirius Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sirius Service Center
calling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Soft key displays
showing in Navigation mode . . . . . . 136
Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 175
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Speed dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Spoken names to a
phone book entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Starting route guidance. . . . . . . . . . 128Station (radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 42
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 42
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 42
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Station (satellite radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Stop-over destination
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Storing
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . 126
destination in Destination memory . 150
location selected via the map . . . . . 127
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
satellite radio station. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Subscriber Identity Module
see SIM card