navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2004 W163 Comand Manual

150 System settingsSystem settingsWhen the parking lights are turned on, the
display switches to the dark mode and au-
tomatically dims the display.
Audio mode
Press the softkey ADJ in any au-
dio menu.
The main audio adjust menu appears
and the current settings are displayed.

If you want to switch to the light mode,
press the softkey LGHT.
or

If you want to switch to the dark mode,
press the softkey DARK.
Navigation mode

Press any softkey in the naviga-
tion mode.
The softkeys are activated.

If you want to switch to the light mode,
press the softkey LGHT.
or

If you want to switch to the dark mode,
press the softkey DARK.Adjusting the brightness
in the dark mode
You can adjust the display brightness of
your MCS in conjunction with your vehicles
instrument clusters illumination.
Please refer to your Operator’s Manual for
additional instructions.
Switching between the light and the
dark mode

151 System settings
System settings
You can set the monitor’s dimming charac-
teristics for the navigation mode.
Press .
Use the joystick to select the menu
SYSTEM SETUP and press .

Select the Display Setup menu by
pushing the joystick up or down and
press .
The display menu appears with the
current settings.

Select the Map Color menu by push-
ing the joystick up or down and press
.You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:

“Day” mode: The display colors are al-
ways bright.

“Night” mode: The display colors are al-
ways dark.

“Auto” mode: The display switches au-
tomatically between Night and Day
mode when the parking lights are
turned on and off.

After selecting the mode, press .

To return to the setup mode, use the
joystick to select Return and press
.
Setting the display dimming charac-
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152 System settingsSystem settingsThe language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
The selectable languages depend on the
MCS unit installed and the navigation DVD
inserted.
Press .
Use the joystick to select the menu
SYSTEM SETUP and press .

Select the Language/Unit menu by
pushing the joystick up or down and
press .
The Language/Unit menu appears and
the current settings are displayed.

Select the desired language by pushing
the joystick up or down and press .

Certain languages allow you to select
the unit of measure, e. g. US or metric.

After selecting the unit of measure,
press .

To return to the setup mode, use the
joystick to select Return and press
.
Selecting the language and unit of
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157 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio, tape
and CD (CD drive in the control unit and
CD changer) as well as an external
source, e.g. tape recorder.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
9-1-1 provider. It does not initiate a
->TELE AID call. Please note that the
9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
GPS
(G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.Heading-up
The map is displayed facing driving di-
rection pointing up during route guid-
ance.
MCS
(M
odular C
ontrol S
ystem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio, tape and
CD player*, as well as for other option-
al equipment (CD changer, telephone,
etc.).Mix
Display representation during destina-
tion guidance. The symbol display is ac-
tivated automatically from the map
display as the vehicle approaches a
maneuver point. After you have made
the maneuver, the map will appear
again.
Navigation DVD
Contains all the destination addresses
(town, road, intersection, house num-
ber, special destinations) and the digi-
tal map material for a country or a
region for destination entry, route cal-
culation and destination guidance.

158 GlossaryNorth-up
The map is displayed facing due north
during route guidance.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. There are home type and non
home type systems. MCS displays the
system currently used with the
RM indicator.
Service numbers
includes a personal service number
and the number for roadside assis-
tanceService source
This includes the systems telephone,
navigation (voice output during desti-
nation guidance) and ->Voice control
system
TELE AID*
(Tele
matic A
larm I
dentification on D
e-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and man-
ual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially ac-
tivated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquintance
call.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle's battery is
charged, properly connected, not dam-
aged, and cellular and GPS coverage is
available.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 on
switching on the telephone.
Voice control system
One of the service sources of MCS.
As voice-operated control system it
controls the MCS systems via voice, re-
fer to the separate operating instruc-
tions.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays), MCS
also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.

159 Index
A
Address book
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
saving a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting
clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-theft system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audio mode
switching between the light/
dark mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 157B
Blank skip
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
C
Cassette
listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CD
tips on caring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
selcting a CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
elasped time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
inserting/ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . 51
loading CDs in the changer . . . . . . . . 52
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
music search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
player locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
selecting a CD
MCS with CD changer . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 59
using the joystick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
using the number keypad . . . . . . . 59
CD track
random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing
radio band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 31
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Conduct a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
D
Dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . 150
Delete
destinations from the
previous list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Destination
adding to Today’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . 137
cancelling the current . . . . . . . . . . . 127
confirming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 140

160 Indexentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 103
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 132
searching
by address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
by intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
by Point of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 112
from Previous Destination . . . . . . 119
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 118
selecting
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Destination list
previous
delete entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Dialing
a number from the
telephone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
interrupt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87quick-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
subsequent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
tetelephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
setting dimming
characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Dolby B
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
DVD-ROM version information . . . . 155
E
Editing
address book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
previous Destination list . . . . . . . . . 141
Today’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ejecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 157
ending/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
initiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Entering
address
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
destination address . . . . . . . . . 21, 103
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 86
time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 84
Error messages
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
F
Fault messages
during preparation of
navigation startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103G
Global Positioning
System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 157
Guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143H
Hands-free operation
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Heading-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

161 Index
I
Important notes
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Inserting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD drive with an audio CD . . . . . . . . 51
the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98L
Language
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Light mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Listening
a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Loading
CDs in the changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52M
Main menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Main menu structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maneuver list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Mapaltering the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
selecting a destination . . . . . . . . . . 120
Map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
MCS
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MCS operating unit
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Menu overview
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 68
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Message
“CD ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“CHANGER ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“DISPLAY IS TOO HOT ...” . . . . . . . . . 13“Error reading DVD-ROM.
Please check the disk” . . . . . . . . . . 103
“MAG. EMPTY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“MUSIC CD INSERTED PLEASE
REPLACE WITH A
NAVIGATION DISC” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
“NAVIGATION DISC INSERTED ...” . . 58
“NO CD” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“NO MAGAZINE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“NO SERVICE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“NO TAPE ...”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“PHONE IS OFF ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“PLEASE ENTER UNLOCK
CODE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“Please insert DVD-ROM” . . . . . . . . 103
“SYSTEM BUSY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“TAPE ERROR, TAPE MAY BE
TOO TIGHT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“TELEPHONE NOT ATTACHED” . . . . . 79
Music search
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
Muting
voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

162 IndexN
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
inserting/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Navigation system
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
changing state/province. . . . . . 22, 105
entering
a city name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 105
a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
a street name . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 106
an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
an address number . . . . . . . . 24, 107
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . 103
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
travelling aboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Noise reduction
tape operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
North-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
O
Opening
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Outgoing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86P
Pause
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
POI icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Point of Interest
display of icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
by Place Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
by Place Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
sorted by distance . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
sorted by Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
within a City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Previous Destination list
delete destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Program category list
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Q
Quick reference
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
MCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
naviagation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 66
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91R
Radio band
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
Radio station
automatic scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
automatic seek tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
automatically saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

164 IndexSelecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
a CD from CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 18
a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
estimated time display . . . . . . . . . . 145
guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . 19, 72
unit of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Service source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings
map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
navigation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Points of Interest icon options . . . . 146
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SIRIUS information menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Soft key functions
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sound
optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Station see radio station/
satellite radio
Storing
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching off
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switching on
another system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 30
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 56
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 84System information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
display dimming characteristics . . . 151
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
T
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . . 47
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
inserting/ejecting a tape . . . . . . . . . 40
listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
scan function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17