MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class 2008 W463 Comand Manual

181 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger).
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
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of bits transmit-
ted 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 written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Cockpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer etc.).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth’s surface.
DVD
(Digital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium for storing lar-
ge amounts of data.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
911 provider. It does not initiate a
->Tele Aid call. Please note that the
911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
Fader
Defines sound-center front/back.
Folder
Alternative designation for songs/
tracks. Data saved on a storage medi-
um can be grouped into folders for
improved organization. Can be likened
to a filing cabinet containing a number
of folders, each of which holds a num-
ber of documents.

182 Glossary
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.
GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communica-
tion)
A standard network protocol used
throughout the world for digital cellular
communication.
Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is dis-
played facing driving direction pointing
up.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660
A standard file system for recording
data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs; an
extension of ISO 9660.
LOGIC7 Surround
Playback method resulting in an impro-
ved spatial listening experience com-
pared to conventional stereo playback.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing digital audio
data.
Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Mixed data types are written to
the CD in a number of sessions.
Navigation DVD
Contains all available destination
addresses (town, road, intersection,
house number, special destinations)
and the digital map material for a coun-
try or a region for destination entry,
route calculation and destination
guidance at time of DVD production.
DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all
routes within an area.
North Up
The map is displayed facing north du-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest)
Points of Interest include service stati-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,
sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.

183 Glossary
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. The ROAMING indicator in the
COMAND display indicates that a call is
being made using a contract partner.
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.
Service source
This includes the system navigation
(voice output during destination guid-
ance).
SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for acces-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(Short Message Service)
With this function you can receive and
read short text messages (if SMS ser-
vice is provided by your provider).
Soft keys
Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec-
ted operating mode.
Tele Aid
(Telematic Alarm Identification on De-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and ma-
nual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially
activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. Refer also to the vehicle
operating instructions.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle’s battery is char-
ged, properly connected, not damaged,
and cellular and GPS coverage is avai-
lable.

184 Glossary
Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unauthori-
zed persons from using your telephone.
The unlock code is a number string
you must enter when switching
on the telephone if you have locked
the phone before turning it off or if the
phone is set to lock automatically.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays),
COMAND also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.
WB
Weather Band

185 Index
Index
A
Accepting
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Activating
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 108
System main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
the help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Actvating
Sound functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding
Destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 163
Adjust
Balance/fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adjusting
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Altering
Map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Arriving
At destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 151
B
Balance control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Bluetooth®
notes about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
C
CALC RTE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 96
Calling up
Main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
CD
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Loading
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 57
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD changer
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing
Map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
COMAND
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Compass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 108
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 131
D
Destination input
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Dialing
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Displaying
Compass screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
During route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . 140
Index

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E
Ejecting
CD
at the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
At the COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 CD
at the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
navigation DVD
At the COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . . 179
Ending
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 96
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Entering
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
House number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
PIN-code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
F
Frequency range
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
GPS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
H
Hands-free microphone
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
I
Important notes
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L
Last destinations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Loading
CD
Into the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
into the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
navigation DVD
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M
Making
Conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Memory
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Memory functions
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Menu
Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

187 Index
Index
MP3 CD
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 68
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Muting
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
O
OFF MAP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Opening
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 14
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
P
Partially digitized areas
. . . . . . . . . . 134
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . . 86
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK ON
CELL PHONE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PIN-code
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 92
Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
PUK
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Q
Quick-dialing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
R
Radio operation
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Radio station
Saving station manually . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reading
SMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rejecting
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Resetting
all settings to the factory settings 173,
176
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

188 Index
S
Satellite radio
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Satellite radio operation
Automatic tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Saving
Current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting
Audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD (CD changer only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
folder (MP3-CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting
display dimming characteristics . . . 172
Map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Station
Satellite radio station
Station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Subscribing
To satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
to MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching off
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hands-free microphone. . . . . . . . . . 100
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD drive in the COMAND . . . . . . . . 58
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 100
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 78
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
T
Tele Aid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED, PLEASE
WAIT.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Time of Arrival/Dist. to Dest. . . . . . 150
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Traffic routes
Minimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Trail settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
U
Unlock code
Entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

189 Index
Index
V
Verified roads
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Voice control individualization. . . . 174
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Volume
adjusting
At the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic volume control. . . . . . . . . 35
W
Weather Band WB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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