MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

171 System
System settings
Canceling individualizationYou 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
164)
.

Press the
Reset
soft key.
iThis function is not available if no indi
-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function


172 SystemSystem settings
A prompt appears asking if resetting
the system and deleting the data is re
-
ally intended.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
You are prompted again to confirm if
you really want to reset the system and
delete the data.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
This resets the entire system.iIf you do not want to reset the system
and not delete the data:
Use

to select the menu item
No.

Press

.
You will exit the reset screen.

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
(Binary digi
t)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans
-
mitted per time unit.
Bluetooth®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(Compact
Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit
Man
agement 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
(Digital
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
(Global
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

174 GlossaryGSM
(Global
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
(Personal
Identification
Number)
Personal identification number, must
be entered to activate the telephone.
POI
(Point
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
(Personal
Unblocking
Key)
Personal unblocking code, must be en
-
tered if the wrong PIN was entered
three consecutive times.

175 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
(Subscriber
Identity
Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for access
-
ing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(Short
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
(Universal
Time
Coordinated)

The mean sun time associated with lon
-
gitude zero (world time). It functions as
basis for the time zones.
WB
Weatherband

176

177 Index
AAccepted calls (telephone). . . . . . . . 93Accessing CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 62Adding spoken names to a phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Answering call (telephone). . . . . . . . 90Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 30Autostore (in Radio mode) . 40,
43,
173
BBalance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,
173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
Bluetooth®notes about. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CCall (Telephone)answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
95
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . 91refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Calling up Destination memory . . . 149Cancellingroute guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
52,
61
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 77CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173see also MP3 CDcopy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
63
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
65
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
63
random CD (CD changer mode) . . . . 71repeat (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . 71selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67CD changeraccessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18permissible file system (MP3) . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61CD slotCD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,
64,
65
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17single CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
Changingdetour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 77COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Index

178 IndexControlsCD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 24Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173entering destination via . . . . . . . . . 125Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
63
Copyright (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,
62
Current navigation announcement 129repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 DDeletingdestinationfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 150from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 149detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Destinationdeletingfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 150from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 149Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152storing in Destination memory . . . . 150Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 149calling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149selecting destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 149starting route guidance to a stored des
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tination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Displayadjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 168switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 137DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 105,
173
EEjecting CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 160Emergency calls “911”. . . . . . . . . . . . 85Endingcall (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
95
ENTER UNLOCK CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Enteringdestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115frequency (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 FFader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,
173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110File structure (MP3 CD). . . . . . . . . . . 52

179 Index
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Forwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Frequency input (in Radio mode). . . 41 GGlobal Positioning Systemsee GPSGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,
173
Greenwich meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . 173GSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,
87,
174
HHands-free microphoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Home addressentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 IID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
JJoliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
LLanguage setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 148selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 148starting route guidance to Last

destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
List (Satellite radio mode)program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77List (Telephone mode)accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Loading CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105LOGIC7®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,
174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
MManual tuning (in Radio mode). . . . . 41Memorydestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,
43
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 161Missed calls (telephone). . . . . . . 92,
93
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . 53,
61,
174
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 62MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 62MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 52tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 53tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 51MP3 CDejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61

180 IndexMP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 53safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Multi session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174CDs (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Multifunction steering wheelcontrols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 NNavigation announcementssee also current navigation announce
-
mentafter vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 106switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Navigation soft key displaysshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 113NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,
89
OOutgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 PPermissiblebit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61file systems (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
61
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61
Personal Identification Numbersee PINPersonal Unblocking Keysee PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97adding spoken names . . . . . . . . . . . . 99deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98switching display between number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 85
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 83,
85
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD. . . . . . . . . 85POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,
174
Points of interestsee POIPresets (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . 77Program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Program type listsee program category listProvider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
RRadio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37RandomCD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71folder (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49