audio 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

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.

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

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

163 Index
manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
saving manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
direct frequency entry . . . . . . . . . . 34
from the preset menu . . . . . . . . . . 37
from the WB preset . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
number keypad (presets). . . . . . . . 34
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Refusing a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Reset audio adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
adding a stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
avoiding a road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
changing the calculation
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
viewing the maneuver list . . . . . . . . 129
S
Satellite radio
additional text information . . . . . . . . 75
calling up SIRIUS information
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
manual channel input . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
opening main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
scan search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a station. . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 72
soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
storing of station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio operation
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Saving
a destination in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 140
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scan search
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scanning tracks
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Searching
destination
by address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
by intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
by Point of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 112
from Previous Destination . . . . . . 119
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 118