sat nav MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2004 W163 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Quick reference MCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching the MCS operating
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CD operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 18
Telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation system*, entering a
destination and calculating
a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching radio operation on . . . . . 30
Switching another system on . . . . . 30
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Inserting or ejecting a tape. . . . . . . 40
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . 44
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fast forward and rewind . . . . . . . . . 45
Music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tape scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . 47
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
General information on
CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Inserting or ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . 51
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching CD operation on
and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a CD
MCS with CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Music seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CD track random play . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Elapsed time display . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 70
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Calling up the SAT main menu . . . . 71
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Calling up the SIRIUS information
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Telephone* operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching telephone
operation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Switching telephone
operation off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Inserting or ejecting the
navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching the navigation
system on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Entering destination address . . . . 103
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 122
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Saving the current
vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Editing the Previous
Destination list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Voice prompt frequency . . . . . . . . 142
Selecting the guidance display . . . 143
Selecting the estimated time
displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Selecting which Point of Interest
(POI) icons are displayed . . . . . . . 146
Setting map and screen
orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching between the light
and the dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Setting the display dimming
characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selecting the language and unit
of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Integrated clock adjustment . . . . . 153
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

5
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the MCS
operator. Each chapter has its own guide
color to provide fast access to information.At a glance
This chapter will give you an overview of all
MCS control elements and system compo-
nents. If you are operating MCS for the first
time or if you have rented or borrowed the
vehicle, this is the chapter you should read
first.Audio
Here you will find detailed information on
how to use the radio, cassette player, sin-
gle CD player*, CD changer* and adjust
the audio system settings.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use service
numbers. Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route selection and calculation

Route guidance

Destination memory
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust MCS system settings.Directories
The table of contents and index will help
you to quickly locate the information you
need.

11 At a glance
MCS control unit
Function
Page
1
Switches the radio oper-
ation on
26
2
Color display
3
Delete the last input, re-
turn to previous screen
4
Press to:
Open and close the con-
trol panel
Cassette compartment
and CD/DVD slot are lo-
cated behind control
panel
40,
51
5
Press to:
Switch the MCS on and
off
Turn to:
Adjust the volume of an
audio source, or naviga-
tion voice prompt during
active route guidance
announcement.
14
16
Function
Page
6
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number
34
36
59, 58
84
86
7
Joystick:
Activates equipment
functions and submenus
via menu fields
Pressing :
Confirms a selection
8
Switches the navigation*
system on
Activates the navigation
menu
102
Function
Page
9
Repeats current (last)
voice instruction
a
Softkeys
b
Ending a call
87
c
Accepting an incoming
call
Sending a call
85
d
Switches telephone* op-
eration on
84
e
Switches satellite radio*
operation on
71
f
Switches CD operation
on (single CD player*,
CD changer*)
56
g
Switches tape operation
on
44

12 At a glanceMCS control unitMain menu structureMain radio display
1Active system/function display field
2Inserted cassette icon
3Inserted navigation DVD or audio CD
icon
4Inserted CD changer icon
5Telephone roaming indicator
6Telephone signal strength meter
7Selected station preset / CD
8Softkey menu Active system / function display field
Display screen
System
Display
FM
AM, WB
CD
CHANGER
SAT
PHONE
TAPE
Roaming
indicator
S
R
R (highlight-
ed)
Meaning
FM radio band selected
AM radio band or Weather
Band WB selected
Single CD player* select-
ed
CD changer* selected
Satellite radio* selected
Telephone* selected
Tape selected
Signal in home network
Roaming
Roaming on non-home
type system

16 At a glanceQuick reference MCS
Turn the rotary/push-button.
For the audio sources

Radio

Tape

CD* (single CD and CD changer)

Satellite radio*
you can set the volume jointly.
For the service source

Telephone*
you can alter the listening volume for the
telephone only.For the service sources

Voice output during route guidance
(navigation system*)
and

Voice Control System* (refer to sepa-
rate operating instruction)
you can set the volume jointly.
Switching on

Press .
The radio is switched on. The station
last tuned to will begin to play.
Changing the radio band

Press the softkey AM, FM or WB.
Adjusting the volume
iThe volume of the navigation voice
prompt can only be adjusted during
active route guidance. Turn the rotary
push button during an announcement,
or press Navi Voice to repeat the
current/last voice instruction and turn
the rotary push button during the
announcement to adjust the volume.
During a navigation announcement, the
volume of the audio source is lowered
automatically.
Radio Operation

70 Satellite radio*General informationSIRIUS satellite radio provides 100 chan-
nels of digital-quality radio, among others
music, sports, news, and entertainment,
free of commercials. SIRIUS satellite radio
uses a fleet of high-power satellites to
broadcast 24 hours per day, coast to
coast.
This diverse, satellite-delivered program-
ming is available for a monthly subscrip-
tion fee.
For more information call the SIRIUS Ser-
vice Center, (
page 75) or contact
www.siriusradio.comProgram categories
The channels are categorized. Categories
allow you to tune to stations broadcasting
a certain type of program (category mode)
(
page 74).
Introduction to satellite radioiAdditional satellite radio equipment
and a subscription to satellite radio ser-
vice provider is required for the satel-
lite radio operation described here.
Feature description is based on prelim-
inary information available at time of
printing.
iAt time of printing, no date for the avail-
ability of optional equipment required
for satellite radio operation had been
set.
Contact your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center for details and availability
for your vehicle.
Note that categories and channels
shown in illustrations are dependent on
programming content delivered by the
service provider. Programming con-
tent is subject to change. Therefore,
channel and categories shown in illus-
trations and descriptions contained in
this manual may differ from the chan-
nels and categories delivered by the
service provider.
iSatellite radio service may be unavail-
able or interrupted from time to time
for a variety of reasons, such as envi-
ronmental or topographic conditions
and other things beyond the service
provider's or our control. Service might
also not be available in certain places
(e.g., in tunnels, parking garages, or
within or next to buildings) or near oth-
er technologies.

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.

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