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214 System settings
System settings

System settings
Press C.
In the Service main menu, press the
System soft key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
set date and time
switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 217)
adjust display settings (page 217)
activate and deactivate the Voice
control system* help window
(
page 219)
start Voice control system*
individualization (
page 219)
reset system settings (page 220) Setting date
Activating the System settings
menu Setting the date/time
i
Exact settings of date, time and current
time zone allow you:
correct navigation for
routes with time
-dependent traffic
guidance
correct calculation of the expected
time of arrival
i
If time/date information is transmitted
by the GPS, you cannot set the date.
A satellite symbol is displayed on the
status bar if the system uses GPS data.

222 Glossary
Emergency callThis function places a call to a local
911 provider. It does not initiate a
->Tele Aid call. Please note that the
911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
GPS (G
lobal Positioning System)
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
Dynamic map alignment, map is dis-
played facing driving direction pointing
up.
ID3 tag Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660 A standard file system for recording
data on CDs.
Joliet Standard for recording data on CDs; an
extension of ISO 9660.
MP3 The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 A means of compressing digital audio
data. Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
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.
North Up The map is displayed facing north du-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest) Points of Interest include service stati-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,
sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services

227 Index
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 55
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 55
DVD
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 77
MP3-CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 68
Loading/ejecting
navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
M
Making
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Map orientation
2D Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
2D North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft key sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MP3-CD
CD-ROM MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
FOLDER MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
loading
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 68
REPEAT FOLDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
REPEAT TRACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
MP3-CD operation
folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Muting
audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 71
current voice instructions . . . . . . . . 152
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 93
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 133
NAVIGATION BEING ACTIVATED.
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
NAVIGATION IS NOT ACTIVE. . . . . . 133
NEW RTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 108
O
Off-map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Off-road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Opening
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 155
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
PIN BLOCKED PLEASE ENTER
PUK ON CELL PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PIN code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

228 Index
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
R
Radio station
saving station automatically . . . . . . . 49
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reading
SMS message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
S
Satellite radio
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Saving
current position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
phone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
sender phone number . . . . . . . . . . . 188
scene/chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
a folder (MP3-CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
CD (CD changer only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
city center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
country (system settings) . . . . . . . . 216
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
House Number Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
MP3-CD track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
POI . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 178, 179, 180
region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
via route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
SEND FAILED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
SERVICE UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
date/time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
display dimming characteristics . . . 218
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
symbol displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Starting
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Station
radio station
station selection via direct
frequency entry (FM, AM) . . . . . . . 46
station selection via number
keypad (presets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
satellite radio station
station selection via direct channel
entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

229 Index
Switching
between subject and sender. . . . . . 186
between subtitles (DVD operation) . . 85
between text and sender . . . . . . . . 187
the GPS info setting on/off . . . . . . 170
to CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
to MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 108
Switching off
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 115
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 115
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 92
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
T
Tele Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . 102, 108
TELEPHONE UNAVAILABLE. . . 102, 108
TO PREVENT THE DRIVER FROM BEING
DISTRACTED, THE PICTURE IS FADED
OUT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
TRANSMITTING DATA . . . . . . . 120, 197
TRANSMITTING DATA TO
TELEPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 190
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
V
Via function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Voice control system*. . . . . . . . . . . 219
Help Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Volume
adjusting
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 35