With the optional COMAND APS control and display system you'll reach your destination fully relaxed and with no detours. It combines audio settings with a telephone and navigation system. The newly developed control concept makes operating the system – despite a much wider range of functions – far more user-friendly and intuitive than ever before. The pivoting 7-inch display with new graphic elements and new colours is positioned at the same height as the instrument cluster and thus ideally within the driver's field of vision.
COMAND APS can be controlled either via an input pad in the centre console using the multifunction steering wheel or via the ergonomically placed controller in front of the armrest. All key functions can now also be accessed using voice control: destination input for the navigation system uses whole words to identify all town and street names; you can simply dial a stored phone number by saying the name, and the system will read out your text messages if you prefer.
The integrated Bluetooth also provides safe hands-free operation using the mobile phone, while the DVD player plays CDs and MP3 files as well as video and audio DVDs. The navigation system hard drive can store up to 1000 MP3 songs – and to access many more, you can also insert a memory card into the PCMCIA slot which is also included.
The optional Harman Kardon® Logic 7® audio system with Dolby Digital 5.1 and 450 watt output makes every journey into an acoustic experience. With twelve high-performance speakers and the Logic 7® multi-channel surround-sound technology you’ll feel as though you’re in a concert hall – from every seat. As you drive, the volume automatically adjusts according to the speed of your vehicle.
Communication without compromise: even while you are on the road, you will remain fully contactable in the new C-Class Estate. With the optional new convenience telephony from Mercedes-Benz you can charge your mobile phone, make and receive calls using the hands-free system and access all the important functions of your telephone on the screen in the centre console.
All you need for convenience telephony is a Mercedes-Benz telematics device with a screen, a compatible mobile phone and a holder which is connected to the exterior aerial via a fixed interface in the centre console. The functions of your phone can be accessed via the screen - incoming text messages are also displayed here. And even if you need to contact someone yourself, you can quite safely and intuitively select the person to call using the control unit.
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