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Order-No.6515678213Part-No.2515844571USEditionA2008 O
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Welcome to COMAND! We continuously strive to improve our pro-
duct and ask for your understanding that
Please make yourself familiar with your
we reserve the right to make changes in
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
design and equipment. Therefore, informa-
tions in this manual before operating the
tion, illustrations and descriptions in this
COMAND system. This will help you derive
manual might differ from the equipment in-
a greater benefit from the system. Please
stalled in your vehicle. As such, the infor-
also follow the instructions and warnings
mation, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
contained in this manual may not be reaso-
could result in damage to the vehicle or
nably relied upon in making any claims
personal injury to you or others.
with respect to the actual performance of
The asterisk* identifies optional equip- the product.
ment. Depending on model, version and
These operating instructions form an inte-
configuration, your COMAND system
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
equipment may differ. Therefore, you may
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
find explanations for optional equipment
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
not installed in your vehicle. If you have
is sold.
any questions about the operation of any
equipment, your authorized Mercedes- We extend our best wishes for many miles
Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate of safe, pleasurable driving.
the proper procedures.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company
Contents
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 63
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Switching on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Wheretofindit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view camera* Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 65
Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (except CLK-Class). . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Operatingsafety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Playback mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ataglance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Radiooperatingelements . . . . . . . . . . 12 Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 44 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14 Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 45 Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 71
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 16 Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 72
MP3 CD operating elements . . . . . . . . 18 Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 72
Satellite radio* operating elements. . . 20 Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 46 Tips on creating MP3 tracks. . . . . . 73
Telephone* operating elements. . . . . . 22 Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 46 Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 24 Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 74
System operating elements. . . . . . . . . 26 Memory functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 28 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
M, GL and R-Class steering wheel . 28 General information on MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CLK-Class steering wheel. . . . . . . . 31 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 54 Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Loading/Ejecting a CD. . . . . . . . . . 54 Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 79
QuickreferenceCOMAND. . . . . . . . . . 37 CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching the COMAND control Switching to CD changer* mode . . 57 Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 M, GL and R-Class CD changer*. . . 57 AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CLK-Class CD changer* . . . . . . . . . 62
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Contents
Switching to AUX mode . . . . . . . .107
Rear Audio/Video*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Rear Audio operation* RSE audio playback through Importantnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
(except CLK-Class). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Muting on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Switching telephone operation on 126
Selecting the audio source. . . . . . . 85 Setting bass and treble. . . . . . . . .111 Switching telephone operation off 126
Switching off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Monitor off /on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Emergency call “911”. . . . . . . . . .127
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Replacing remote batteries. . . . . .112 Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) Switching to telephone operation 130
operation* (except CLK-Class). . . . . . . 87 Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
General information on CD/DVD Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Outgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Permissible CDs/DVDs. . . . . . . . . . 88 Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
DVD playback requirements. . . . . . 89 Subscribing to satellite radio . . . .115
Operating the Rear Seat Satellite radio operation. . . . . . . . . . .116
Entertainment* (RSE). . . . . . . . . . . 89 Switching on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Changing the program category. .117 Importantnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Switching the rear monitor on Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Memory functions. . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Route guidance after the vehicle
Loading/ejecting CDs. . . . . . . . . . . 93 Displaying information . . . . . . . . .119 has been transported . . . . . . . . . .144
Connecting external video sources. 94 Displaying service information . . .120 Trip interruption during
Adjusting the headset volume . . . . 95 Station list updates. . . . . . . . . . . .120 route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Navigationmainmenu . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . 96 Activating the Navigation
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 98 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . 101 Setting the routing mode . . . . . . .148
Contents
Saving current location. . . . . . . . . 149 Last destinations and destination Resetting all settings to the
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 factory settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Activating the Enter street menu . 150 Last destinations memory . . . . . . 191 SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Selecting the state/province . . . . 151 Destination memory. . . . . . . . . . . 192 SMS Received list. . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Entering destination address . . . . 152 POIs (Points of Interest). . . . . . . . . . . 195 Reading SMS message received. . 216
Selecting home address. . . . . . . . 163 Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Displaying the compass screen Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 198 Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . 217
(except CLK-Class). . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Entering a POI by phone number . 199 Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 217
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Today’s plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 167 Adding a destination to
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Recalculating an existing route . . 167 Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Voice instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Partially digitized areas/unverified System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 177 Activating the System menu . . . . 208
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 177 Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Selecting the language. . . . . . . . . 209
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 178 Switching verification and
Info menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 notification tones on and off. . . . . 209
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Selecting display settings. . . . . . . 210
Stopover function. . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Switching the screen off or on . . . 211
Saving the current location . . . . . 185 Selecting Voice control* settings
Defining route guidance displays . 185 (except CLK-Class). . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Contents
Introduction
Wheretofindit
(cid:1) Wheretofindit
This Operator’s Manual is designed to pro- (cid:2) Last destinations and destination
vide support information for you, the Rear Audio/Video* memory
COMANDoperator. Each chapter has its
Hear you can learn about the rear audio* (cid:2) POIs
own guide color to provide fast access to
functions and the rear seat entertainment*
information. (cid:2) Today’s plan
operation.
At a glance System
Satellite radio*
Here you will find an overview of Here you will find all the information about:
This chapter provides information on how
allCOMAND control elements and system to select a station and a program category. (cid:2) COMAND system settings
components. If you are operating
(cid:2) SMS*
COMANDfor the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the Telephone* (cid:2) Tele Aid*
chapter you should read first.
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
Directories
Audio initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
The glossary explains the most important
ne book.
Here you will find all the information on technical terms.
how to use the radio, CD player (CD,
The table of contents and index directory
MP3 CD), CD changer* (CD, MP3 CD) and
Navigation will help you quickly locate the information
AUX operation.
This chapter provides detailed information you need.
on the following topics:
(cid:2) Destination input
(cid:2) Route guidance including detour
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Introduction
Symbols
(cid:1) Symbols
You will find the following symbols in these (cid:3) This symbol points to instructions for
G
operating instructions: Warning you to follow. A number of these sym-
bols appearing in succession indicates
* The asterisk identifies optional
Warning notices draw your attention to ha- a multiple-step procedure.
equipment. Since not all models
zards that may endanger your health or life,
have the same standard equip- (cid:4)(cid:4) The continuation symbol
or the health or life of others.
ment, your COMANDsystem equip- marks an interrupted proce-
ment may deviate from some dure which will be continued
descriptions and illustrations. H on the nextpage.
Environmental Note
((cid:4)page9) This symbol tells you where
to look for further infor-
Environmental notes provide tips on envi-
mation on this subject.
ronmental protection.
-> This symbol is used in the
! glossary. It indicates that
the term immediately follo-
Highlights hazards that may result in
wing the symbol is also exp-
damage to your COMAND.
lained in the glossary.
Display Messages, menu items or
i
soft key names appearing in
Helpful hints or further information you
the COMAND color display
may find useful.
are printed in the type
shown here.
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Introduction
Operatingsafety
(cid:1) Operatingsafety
G G While the navigation system provides direc-
Warning Warning
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
Any alterations made to electronic compo- In order to avoid distraction which could
attention to traffic and street signs, and
nents and the software can cause malfunc- lead to an accident, the driver should enter
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
tions. system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
driving.
still and operate the system only when road,
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
weather and traffic conditions permit. The navigation system does not supply any
radio*, telephone* and navigation module
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
are interconnected. When one of the com- Bear in mind that at a speed of just
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ponents is not operational or has not been 30mp/h (approximately 50 km/h),your car
ways remains your personal responsibility
removed/replaced properly, the function of is covering a distance of 44 feet (approxima-
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
other components may be impaired. tely 14 m) every second.
areas nor all routes within an area.
This condition might seriously impair the COMAND supplies you with information to
operating safety of your vehicle. help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
We recommend that you have any service
destination. For safety reasons, we encoura-
work on electronic components carried out
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
only by qualified personnel.
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
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Description:COMAND control unit and read the instruc- tions in this manual before Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC M, GL and R-Class CD changer* . 57.
