display MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2008 R171 Comand Manual

105 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox offers the following op
-
tions:
Switching between subject and sender.

Reading a message
( page
105)
.

Deleting a message
( page
106)
.
Switching between subject and sender The incoming SMS can be displayed by the
sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox ( page
104)
you can either see the
Subject
soft key or the
Sender
soft key.

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
text(s) appears;
or

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).

In the SMS inbox
( page
104)
,
use

or

to select a message.

Press

.
The message text appears.

To scroll through the message text,
press

or

as required.
Switching between subject and senderYou can either see the
Sender
soft key or
the
Subject
soft key.

Press the
Sender
soft key
.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears;
or
iThe
symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
iThe sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.The sender’s name only appears if the
number and the name are stored in the
phone book
( page
101)
.
Reading a message


106 Telephone*SMS (Mail)
Press the
Subject
soft key.
The message text appears.

To return to the SMS inbox, press the
back soft key.

In the SMS inbox
( page
104)
,
use

or

to select the message
to be deleted.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The message is now deleted.

Press the
Back
soft key or

.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.Deleting a message Exiting from the SMS menu

108 Navigation*Important notesSafety instructionsWarning
G
For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.Do not watch display screen or operate but
-
tons while the vehicle is in motion - let navi
-
gation announcements guide you. Stop at a
safe location before using buttons or mak
-
ing corrections.Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given. Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate
-
ly 14 m) every second.
Warning
G
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec
-
ommendation on how to best reach your se
-
lected destination.During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care
-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in
-
structions.
Warning
G
The Navigation DVD module contains a

Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe
-
ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali
-
fied personnel.

110 Navigation*Important notesIf your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position.
COMAND may issue navigation announce
-
ments not suited to your actual position. Moving the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation. While determining the exact position,
route guidance is subject to the following
restrictions: 
COMAND does not output navigation
announcements.

The display
OFF
ROAD
and an arrow indi
-
cating the direction of the destination
appear instead of the detailed naviga
-
tion displays.
Once the system is correctly repositioned,
route guidance continues with navigation
announcements and detailed navigation
displays.
The following instructions have to be fol
-
lowed when interrupting a trip during route
guidance, and later continuation:
Continuation of the trip within 2
hours
after interruption:
The system automatically resumes
route guidance.

Continuation of the trip between
2 and
12 hours after interruption:

Continue Route guidance manually
in the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.
Route guidance with GPSiGPS (
Global
Positioning
System) sig
-
nals received make it possible to deter
-
mine the current vehicle position.Deviations from the actual position
may occur 
if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed, e. g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s location
Determination of location after

vehicle transport
iThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer
( page
109)
.
Trip interruption during route guid
-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve
-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.Trip continuation means trip continua
-
tion with COMAND switched ON.

112 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press

.
The Navigation main menu appears if
no route guidance is active.
aa
Use

or

to select a menu item
and press

;
or

Press one of the soft keys.The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance
:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory
:
Destinations can be selected from the Destination memory
( page
153)
,

Destination entry
:
Provides access to the Destination en
-
try menu
( page
115)
,

Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
151)
, or of such that
have been saved as current locations ( page
130)
.

POIs
:
(Points
of Interest)

Provides access to POIs input ( page
155)
. POIs include gas sta
-
tions, airports, rest areas, hospitals,
etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid
-
ance is to be cancelled
( page
135)
.
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted
( page
135)
, and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in
-
terruption
( page
110)
.
iDestination memory
( page
152)
and
Last destinations
( page
151)

can be selected only if destinations are
already stored in the system.

115 Navigation*
Destination entry


Destination entry
Entering charactersFor character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.
Entering a character via keypad menu
Use

, 
, 
, 
,+
or
(
to
select a character
.

Press

.
The character is entered.
Entering a character via 12 button key
-
pad
Use the
3
- "
keys to enter a char
-
acter.A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession:After pressing the first time, the char
-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec
-
tions and the data stored on the navi
-
gation DVD.

The character selected appears magni
-
fied or black.

The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.
iSymbol “
” represents a space.
iUse
"
to enter a space.


116 Navigation*Destination entry
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.

Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character.The selected character appears black.

Wait until the character display disap
-
pears, or press

.
The character is entered.
Deleting a character
Press the
Delete
soft key if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys
-
tem is deleted.
Confirming the data entry After entering all the characters the data
entry must be confirmed.
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
.One frequently used destination address
can be established as the home address.
Open the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.

Press the
Home
soft key.
A message
No home address stored

appears;
or
If a home address has already been es
-
tablished, the home address appears.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last character) with the Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe
symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the entry.Entering a home address
ok
ok

117 Navigation*
Destination entry

Start route guidance to an established
home address
( page
131)
;
or
Enter or change the home address, us
-
ing the
Change
soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap
-
pears.
Selectable menu items
Destination memory
:
You can select destinations from the Destination memory
( page
152)
,
only if destinations have already been
stored.

Destination entry
:
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
,

Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
151)
, only if the sys
-
tem has already stored destinations.

POIs
:
You can enter POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals
( page
155)
.

Current
location

Provides access to save the current lo
-
cation as home address, or select a
home address using the map.
Saving current location as home

address 
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item.

Press

.

To save the displayed address as home
address, press

.
Selecting a home address using the
map
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item and
press

.


118 Navigation*Destination entry
Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “
Moving
the map and selecting a destination
”
( page
127)
.

Or, to store the selected destination as
home address, press

.

Open the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.

Use

or

to select the
Destination
entry
menu item.

Press

.
The Destination entry menu appears.The destination displayed last can now
be adopted
( page
120)
, or another
location can be entered
( page
120)
.

Open the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city ( page
119)
, the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:Selectable soft keys
Map
soft key

Provides access to destination input di
-
rectly via road map
( page
127)
,

Region
soft key

Provides access to the region input ( page
119)
,
Destination entry menu
Entering a destination

119 Navigation*
Destination entry

Street
soft key

Provides access to the input of the des
-
tination street
( page
122)
,

CityCtr
soft key

Provides access to the input of a city
section (center)
( page
121)
,

POIs
soft key

Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest)
( page
155)
,

List
soft key

Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list
( page
120)
.
In the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
the region currently selected
is indicated by the characters in parenthe
-
sis in the status bar.
To change the region press the
Region

soft key.
The region list appears.

Use

or

to select a region.
The selected region appears black.

Press

.
Selecting a different region deletes the
city last entered. The first city of the
newly selected region appears (in al
-
phabetical order).
The Destination entry menu (
 page
118)
represents the starting point.
iThe
Street
, CityCtr
and
POIs
soft key
functions refer to the city on display.
If you wish to choose global POIs not
referring to a city
( page
155)
.
Selecting the region
Entering a city