lock MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2008 A209 Comand Manual

222 Glossary
Regional code
The regional code prevents video DVDs
from being played on DVD players not
having the same code as the ->DVD.
The factory setting of the Rear Seat En-
tertainment* CD/DVD player is code
1. It can only play back video DVDs also
having code 1 or no code.
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 systems telephone*
and navigation (voice output during
destination guidance)
SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for acces-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort 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.
Subtitle
A textual representation of the spoken
audio in a video program.Tele Aid*
(Tele
matic 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.
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.

226 Index
Changing
aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
camera view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
DVD language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
CODE INCORRECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Compass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
Connecting
external video sources (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
headsets (rear audio operation*) . . . 84
headsets (rear seat entertainment*). 92
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 146
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 169
D
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Displaying
full screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 108
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
soft keys during playback . . . 101, 107
the compass screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Displaying and switching
between subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
DRIVE EMPTY (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DVD
playback requirements (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
E
Ejecting
CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
at the RSE CD/DVD player . . . . . . 94
MP3 CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . 127
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ending
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . 124Entering
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone . . . 129
F
Frequency range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Headsets
adjusting volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
connecting (rear audio operation*) . . 84
connecting (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

228 Index
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 172
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK
ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Playback options
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126, 130
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING DISC... (rear
seat entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . 93, 94PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE...
(rear seat entertainment
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Audio operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear monitor (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rejecting
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control) . . . . . . . . 112Resetting
all settings to the factory
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 214
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
S
Satellite radio*
important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving
current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

229 Index
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
cross street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 98
frequency (audio search function) . . 33
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
memory (audio search function) . . . . 33
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 117
source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 110
street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
display dimming characteristics . . . 210
map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
POI Icons displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching
between the rear monitors (rear seat en-
tertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
to AUX mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
to CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
to DVD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
to MP3 CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 130Switching off
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD drive in the COMAND. . . . . . . . 64
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . 131
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

230 Index
Traffic routes
minimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Trail settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
U
Unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone . . . . 129
Unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
V
Verified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Voice control individualization. . . . 212
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Volume
adjusting
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear audio* headsets . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear Seat Entertainment*
headsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 38
W
Weather Band WB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47