display MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2005 R171 Comand Manual

190 SystemSystem settings
Press.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys

Time
soft key
For setting the date and time

Lang.
soft key
For setting the language (
page 193)

Tones
soft key
For switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON and OFF
(
page 193)

Display
soft key
For changing the display settings
(
page 194)

VC tips
soft key
To call up the Voice control settings*
(
page 195)

Reset
soft key
For resetting COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 199)

Press the
Time
soft key.
The Date/Time setting menu appears.
Calling up the System menu
iThis softkey is only available for vehi-
cles with voice control system*.
Setting the date/time

192 SystemSystem settingsSetting the date 
Use or  to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Setting the Date/Time format

Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
Setting the format:

Use or  to select a format.

Press.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.
iList entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set

193 System
System settings
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (
page 190),
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:

Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);

All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu, press the
(page 190)
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Setting the language
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF

194 SystemSystem settings
Use or  to select an entry.

Press.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

Open the System menu (
page 190).

Press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following option and soft key are avail-
able:

Switching the display dimming charac-
teristic

Bright.
soft key
Provides access to adjusting the display
brightness
(page 195)
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:

Day mode
:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ON
Display settings

195 System
System settings

Night mode
:
The display is constantly set to night-
time design.

Automatic
:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.
Adjusting display brightness

In the Display Settings menu, press the Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:

Start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 196)

Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window

Open the System menu (
page 190).

Press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Voice control settings*

196 SystemSystem settings
Press the  key to select the
Help
Window
menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat-
ed.

Press.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle
shows whether the help window is
activated or deactivated.
In the following display example, the
help window is activated.

Press  or  to select the menu
item with the empty circle .

Press.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualization
The individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni-
tion of other users.
Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
while the second stage trains specific com-
mands.

206 IndexD
Deleting
destination
from Destination memory . . . . . . 174
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 173
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Destination
deleting
from Destination memory . . . . . . 174
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 173
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
storing in destination memory . . . . 175
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
calling up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . . 174
storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Detour (navigation)
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Dialed calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Display
adjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 157
DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 121, 201
E
Ejecting CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ending call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 111
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Entering
frequency (in Radio mode) . . . . . . . . 45
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
unlock code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
F
File structure (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Frequency input (Radio mode) . . . . . 45G
Global Positioning System
see GPS
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
GPS position display
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Greenwich meridian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99, 112, 201H
Hands-free microphone
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

207 Index
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 202
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 202J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 202L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 172
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
starting route guidance to Last destina-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 202
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 121
Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 122Logic7® Surround . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 202
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 202
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 44
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 46, 47
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 187
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mix, see random
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . 59, 202
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 57
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 59
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 56
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 59
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 57, 202
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
N
Navigation announcements
see also current navigation announce-
ment
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 122
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

208 IndexNavigation soft key displays
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 131
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 103
Normal sequence
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55O
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
file systems (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUK
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
switching display between number and
name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 97
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 96, 97
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 97
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Points of interest
see POI
Presets
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 202
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 202
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
track (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
track (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
track (single CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Refusing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Repeat
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reset function (system) . . . . . . . . . 199
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Root directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 202
Route display (Navigation mode). . 157

209 Index
Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 122
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
starting to destination
of Destination memory . . . . . . . . 174
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 173
with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126S
Safety instructions
for CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 68
for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 49
for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 94
Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 90
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Searching station (Radio mode). . . . 42
Selecting
CD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 75
destination
of Last destination memory . . . . . 172
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
home address using map (navigation) .
132
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 180
station in Satellite radio mode . . . . . 87
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 77
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 127
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
for navigation announcements . . 127
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 46
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
system language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
for navigation announcements . . 127
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 128
Showing soft key displays in Naviga-
tion mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 203
SIM CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 100