MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2008 R230 Comand Manual

221
Glossary
Audio sourceThis includes the systems radio, CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger), MP3-CD and DVD (only audible).
Autostore Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance Defines sound-center left/right.
Bird’s-eye view The map is shown in three dimensions
with sky and horizon.
Bit rate (MP3) Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of bits transmit-
ted per time unit.
Bluetooth® Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency. COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD/DVD player, as well as for other op-
tional equipment (CD changer, telepho-
ne*, etc.).
CD (Compact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CD-R (CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-RW (CD
Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written to and
deleted many times. DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium for storing lar-
ge amounts of data.
DVD-R (D
igital Versatile Disc Recordable)
->DVD which can be written to once
and read many times.
DVD+R (D
igital Versatile Disc Recordable)
->DVD which can be written to once
and read many times.
DVD-RW (D
igital Versatile Disc Rewritable)
->DVD which can be read, written to
and deleted many times.
DVD+RW (D
igital Versatile Disc Rewritable)
->DVD which can be read, written to
and deleted many times.

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

223
Glossary
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.
Roaming For this function, the mobile phone
uses the network of a contract partner.
There are home type and non-home
type systems. The Roaming indicator in
the COMAND display indicates that a
call is being made using a non-home
type system.
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*,
navigation (voice output during desti-
nation guidance) and ->Voice control
system
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, read
and delete short text messages (if SMS
service is provided by your carrier)
Soft keys Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec-
ted operating mode.
Surround Playback method resulting in an impro-
ved spatial listening experience com-
pared to conventional stereo playback. 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 ac-
tivated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. Refer also to the vehicle op-
erating 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.
UDF (U
niversal Disc Format)
Standard for recording data on e.g.
DVDs.

224 Glossary
Unlock codeYour unlock code prevents unauthori-
zed persons from using your telephone.
The unlock code is a number string,
which you have to enter when switch-
ing on the telephone.
Voice output During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays),
COMAND also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.
Voice control system* One of the service sources of
COMAND.
As a voice-operated control system, it
controls the COMAND systems via
voice. Refer to the separate operating
instructions.
WB Weather Band

225 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Activating
Address book menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Destination Entry menu . . . . . . . . . 136
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 130
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Settings menu (DVD operation) . . . . 83
sound functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 214
ACTIVATING TELEPHONE. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adding
note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Address book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
changing an address book entry. . . 195
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
details on a mobile phone
internal memory entry . . . . . . . . . . 198
details on an address book entry . . 194
exporting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
importing a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
new entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
using an entry in other
system modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Adjusting
bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
bass or treble control . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 170
Automatic station scan. . . . . . . . . . . 47
B
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Bluetooth®
notes about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
CD
loading
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 55
REPEAT TRACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
TRACK MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer
CD MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
REPEAT CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . 60, 70
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
CHECK SIM CARD (EMERGENCY CALL
"911" ONLY POSSIBLE WITH TEL.) 102
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Index

226 Index
CONNECTING CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 130
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 153
D
DATA HAS BEEN SAVED. 188, 190, 191
DEACTIVATING TELEPHONE . . . . . . 104
Deleting
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
SMS message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Details
on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
on an address book entry . . . . . . . . 194
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Displaying
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
route on the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
subtitles (DVD operation) . . . . . . . . . 85
DVD
loading
into the CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . 77
DVD operation
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . . 76
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E
Ejecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
MP3-CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ending
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 111
ENTER PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . 102
Entering
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
via selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
via 12-button keypad . . . . . . . . . . 211
destination address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
name or number in the phone book 119
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ENTRY IMPORTED TO
ADDRESS BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ERROR OCCURED WHILE SAVING
DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exporting
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
F
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Frequency range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I
Important notes
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Importing
mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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

We reserve the right to modify
the technical details
of the COMAND system as given
in the data and illustrations
of this Operator’s Manual.
Press time: 04/19/2007
Reprinting, translation and copying,
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