light MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2003 R230 Comand Manual

180 NavigationSettings

SettingsCOMAND normally determines the vehicle
location automatically with the GPS. In ex-
ceptional cases, this may not be possible.
You can then enter the current vehicle lo-
cation manually in connection with a
crossroad.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Settings” in the
main destination input menu and press
to confirm.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Location...” and
press to confirm.
The input menu to enter the city will ap-
pear.

Enter the city/suburb and then the
street and select the required entries
from the corresponding list. See “Ente-
ring destination address”
(page 123).
After you have selected the street, you will
see a prompt for the intersection.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the appropriate
cross street and press to confirm.
The input menu “Location/Intersec-
tion” will appear.
Location is ahead or behind an intersection
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right (location is
ahead) or to the left (location is behind)
and press to confirm.
The message “Chosen location accep-
ted” will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm.
Entering the vehicle location

181 Navigation
Settings
In order to ensure an exact fix on position,
you have to calibrate COMAND to new ti-
res every time tires are changed.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Settings” in the
main destination input menu and press
to confirm.
A menu of options will appear.
Menu “Settings”1Activate menu “Calibration”
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 1 and press to
confirm.
The menu “Calibration” will appear.2Enter the tread depth and the tire type
3Return to the main destination input
menu

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to start calibration.
A menu of options will appear.
CalibrationiMercedes-Benz recommends that you
have tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

182 NavigationSettings4Tread depth
≥ 4 mm (3/16 in.)
5Tread depth < 4 mm (3/16 in.)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired
menu field and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.Enter the new tire type

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the apropriate di-
gits one by one and press to confirm.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the entry.
The main destination input menu will
appear.
iEnter the front axle tire parameters.

185 Info Services/System settings
Info Services

Press ( in any menu.
The main service menu will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
New information service is requested
from the Response Center.4This message appears
5Cancels the requestYou will hear a beep tone if there is a new
incoming message.
There are three ways to cancel the request
and switch to a main menu, e.g. radio main
menu:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Cancel”.

Press *.
or

Automatically after 15 seconds.
iThe characters are displayed in light
grey
In 1 During an active request
transmission
In 2 If no information is available

186 Info Services/System settingsInfo Services
6Displays the new message
7Switches back to the main menu
There is more than one message
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move to the next page.
Activate the main service menu

Press *.
Switch back to e.g. radio main menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “No” and press
to confirm.
iIf information cannot be retrieved, one
of the following messages will be dis-
played in 4: 
“Data Connection Cannot be Estab-
lished”
Request has failed because Re-
sponse Center cannot be accessed.
Try again later.

“No Cellular Connection Available”
Vehicle may be in a cellular weak si-
gnal area. Try again later.

“Cellular System Busy”
Request has failed because cellular
system is busy. Try again later.

“Data transmission failure”
Request has failed because a data
transfer error has occured. Try again
later.
i
“Tele Aid Call in Progress”
Request has failed because SOS or
Roadside Assistance Call is in pro-
gress.

“Tele Aid. Please visit workshop”
A hardware malfunction has been
detected. Contact your authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

“To subscribe to information ser-
vices dial phone number”
You have not yet subscribed to ser-
vice.

“No information available at this ti-
me. Press SVC.”
No new information is available.

187 Info Services/System settings
System settings

System settings
Main system settings menu1Date and time
You can select the time format
(
page 196)
2Adjusts the brightness
3Activates “Settings” menu
4Switches an auxiliary audio source on
(page 200)
5Country setting, with a time zone
(page 192)

Press (.
The main service menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “System Set-
tings” and press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
1Previous settings
2Current settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.
Activating the main settings menu
iYou will see information 5 if the clock
has been set to GPS reception and if a
country, e.g. USA and a time zone was
selected.
Adjusting the brightness
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189 Info Services/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Settings” in the
main system settings menu and press
to confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Pages back, if the arrow is filled in
3Pages forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired lan-
guage and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the xx language” and loads the se-
lected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

Selecting the language

191 Info Services/System settings
System settings
Setting the time in increments of 30 mi-
nutes
You can set the time to any local time (time
zone) in increments of 30 minutes.
1COMAND receives GPS time
2Setting the clock (increments of 30 mi-
nutes)
3Selecting the country and the time
zone (
page 192)
4Selecting the time format (
page 196)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Date/Time...”
in the settings menu and press to con-
firm.
The menu displays the date and the
time, minutes are highlighted.Activating the setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Setting mode is active, the minutes will
appear in red.
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193 Info Services/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Country (ti-
me)...” in the settings menu and press
to confirm.
An input menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the initial letter
for the country name and press to con-
firm.
The letter appears in 1.

Enter further letters.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer then 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Country List”
and press to confirm.
The country list appears.
Country list3Country entered previously
4Pages back for more countries
5Pages forward for more countries
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired
country in the list and press to confirm.
The time zone list appears for countries
with several time zones (e.g. Canada,
USA).Selecting time zone

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the country.
The “Time zone” menu will appear sho-
wing the available time zones.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the required time
zone and press to confirm.

Then set the automatic time conversi-
on as described next.

195 Info Services/System settings
System settings
Manually setting date and clock
You must manually set the date and clock,
if
COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Date/time menu1Day, month, year, hours, minutes
Day is highlighted when the menu
appears
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Date/Time...”
in the settings menu (
page 188) and
press to confirm.
The menu displays date and time.Setting

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in red letters, setting
mode is active.
Move the day forward or back

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right or left.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in black letters, set-
ting mode is switched off. The cursor
moves one position to the right.

Repeat the operating steps to subse-
quently change month, year, hours and
minutes.
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