Mercedes Benz Command 203 Users Manual P 6515 6644 13MY03_COMAND

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COMAND Operator’s Manual

Mercedes-Benz

Order-No. DaimlerChrysler 6515 6644 13 Blaupunkt 8 622 403 128 Index C Parts-No. 203 584 33 96 US Edition C 05/02

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instructions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. This will help you derive
a greater benefit from the system. Please
also follow the instructions and warnings
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
could result in damage to the vehicle or
personal injury to you or others.
Your COMAND system may have some or
all of the equipment described in this manual. Therefore, you may find explanations
for optional equipment not installed in your
vehicle. If you have any questions about
the operation of any equipment, your authorized Mercedes-Benz Center will be
glad to demonstrate the proper procedures.
We continuously strive to improve our product and ask for your understanding that
we reserve the right to make changes in

design and equipment. Therefore, information, illustrations and descriptions in this
manual might differ from the equipment installed in your vehicle. As such, the information, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be reasonably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an integral part of the vehicle and should therefore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
1
2
3

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Entering a destination and
calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching another system on . . . . .
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . .
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Memory functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . .
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching another system on . . . . .
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . .
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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24
24
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28
29
30
34
40
42
42
44
48
50
50
51
53
54
55

Naming a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Muting CD playback . . . . . . . . . . . .
Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multifunctional display . . . . . . . . . .
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjusting sound settings . . . . . . . .

55
58
60
60
62
63
63

Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching telephone operation on .
Switching telephone operation off .
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editing the phone book. . . . . . . . . .

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68
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74
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76
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79
79
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98

Contents

SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reading SMS messages received .
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telephone is ready for operation .
Service numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Calling a service number . . . . . . .
Changing personal service
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the number for
roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . .

103
103
104
106
107
108
108
109
110

Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Changing the navigation CD . . . . . 119
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Switching the navigation system
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Entering destination address . . . . 123
Continue destination input . . . . . . 128
Selecting a destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering Points of Interest . . . . . . 137
Selecting the last destinations . . . 141
Calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 144
Requesting destination and
route information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Beginning route guidance . . . . . . . 152
Turning onto a street. . . . . . . . . . . 154
Following the course of the road . 155
Driving through an intersection. . . 155
Changing to map display. . . . . . . . 156
Mix of map and symbol display. . . 157
Altering the map scale . . . . . . . . . 158
Selecting map orientation. . . . . . . 159
Marking a way point . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a detour. . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Resetting functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Deviating from the calculated
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Contents

Driving on a non-digitized road. . . 168
Interrupt route guidance during a journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 170
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 171
Activating audio functions . . . . . . 171
Canceling route guidance. . . . . . . 173
Destination memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retrieving a destination from the destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saving the current destination . . . 175
Saving the current vehicle
location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 178
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 179
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Entering the vehicle location . . . . 180
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Info Services/System settings. . . . 183
Info Services*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Requesting and displaying
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Activating the main settings menu 187
Adjusting the brightness. . . . . . . . 188
Activating settings menu . . . . . . . 188
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 189
Setting date and time . . . . . . . . . . 190
Switching beep tones on and off . 197
Setting the display dimming characteristics (day and night display) . . . . . 198
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Auxiliary audio source . . . . . . . . . . . .
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching auxiliary audio source
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching auxiliary audio source
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

200
200
200
202

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Contents

Introduction
Where to find it
Where to find it
This Operator’s Manual is designed to provide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.

Audio

Info Services* and System settings

Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, cassette player*, CDplayer, CD changer and adjust the audio
system settings.

This chapter provides information on how
to:

At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.

앫

Request and display info services such
as news, weather, stocks and sports

앫

Adjust COMAND system settings

Telephone
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers.

Navigation

Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
앫

Destination input

앫

Route selection and calculation

앫

Route guidance including detour

앫

Destination memory

Introduction
Symbols
Symbols
You will find the following symbols in these
operating instructions:
*

The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equipment, your COMAND system equipment may deviate from some
descriptions and illustrations.

Warning

A warning draws your attention to possible
dangers to your safety or the safety of
others.

왘

This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.

왘

A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.

(컄 page 3)

!
Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.

컄컄

i
Helpful hints or further information you
may find useful.

Display

This symbol tells you where
to look for further information on this subject.
The continuation symbol
marks an interrupted procedure which will be continued
on the next page.
Words appearing in the mulifunction display are printed
in the type shown here.

Introduction
Operating safety
Operating safety
Warning

Any alterations made to electronic components and the software can cause malfunctions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer and telephone* are interconnected. When one of the
components is not operational or has not
been removed/replaced properly, the function of other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Warning

In order to avoid distraction, which could
lead to an accident, system settings should
be entered with the vehicle at a standstill.
The driver should only operate the system
when traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 50 feet (approximately 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encourage the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read navigational maps, instructions, or downloaded information.

While the navigation system provides directional assistance, the driver must remain focused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This always remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. CD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

Introduction
Operating safety

At a glance
COMAND control unit
Multifunction display
Quick reference COMAND

At a glance
COMAND control unit
COMAND control unit
1

Z-

MAP

INFO

MUT

DISP

PWR
Z+

24
23
22
21

NAV

TEL

DETR

2
ABC

4
FM
AM

JKL

TUV

WXYZ

SYS

14
BACK

VOL-RPT

OPR

DEL

MNO

0
+

GHI

PQRS

3
DEF

15
16

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At a glance
COMAND control unit
/

Function

Page

1 Switching COMAND on
and off

2 Switching the navigation
system on
Quick reference

122
116

3 CD drive for an audio or a
navigation CD
4 Zooming in for more detailed map

158

5 Zooming out for less detailed map

158

6 Route guidance is active:
Switching between map
and symbol display or activating the map
Route guidance is
not active:
Activating the location
map
7 Selecting a detour during
route guidance

156

149
163

Function
8 Requesting destination
and route information

Page
147

9 Muting of:
앫

Audio source

앫

Voice output during
route guidance

153

10 Setting the display dimming characteristics
(day and night display)

198

11 Ejecting an audio or a navigation CD

Navigation (Destination
input):
Selecting destination via
the map
13 Subsequent dialing

30
34

CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs

51, 53

Page

131
84

Displaying a long list entry in full in a window

127

Removing a window

127

14 Subsequent dialing

12 Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually

Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number

Function

15 From within a system:
Return to the previous
menu
Telephone:
Ending a call

78
82

At a glance
COMAND control unit
Function
16 General:
Altering or deleting
entries
CD operation:
Deleting a CD name
Telephone:
Altering or deleting the
unlock code or a telephone number
17 Turn to highlight a function or a menu field
Press to start a function
or activate a submenu

Page
18

57
83

Function
18 Turn to adjust the volume of
앫

Audio source

앫

Hands-free operation
of the telephone

앫

Voice output during
route guidance

Press to repeat the current voice output
19 Radio operation:
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
CD operation:
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
20 Requesting and displaying Info Services
Adjusting system settings

Page

30
31
51
53
184
187

Function

Page

21 Switching radio operation on
Quick reference

Changing the radio band

22 Switching CD operation
on
Quick reference

23 Switching telephone
operation on
Quick reference

24 Color screen, e.g. with
main radio menu

At a glance
COMAND control unit
Screen displays
Screen displays include:
앫

Main system menus, e.g. the main radio menu

앫

Lists for the selection of entries,
e.g. the city list (컄 page 19)

앫

Input menus, e.g. during destination
input (컄 page 18)

앫

Selection menus, e.g. during route
calculation (컄 page 20)

앫

Symbol display (컄 page 20) or map
(컄 page 132) in navigation

앫

Pop-up windows (컄 page 171)

Status line and symbol bar

Main menu structure

Symbols

Status line
FM1

The radio is switched on in
FM Band; the current station has been saved in memory location 1 in the FM
preset menu

AM, WB

AM or Weather Band WB

CD, TEL
NAV, SVC
SYS, AUX

The corresponding system
is active

3
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Main radio menu

1 Status line, displays active system
2 Station frequency and function that
has been switched on
3 Menu fields to call further menus or
functions
4 Symbol bar

Meaning

Symbol bar
>

Reception strength of the
mobile phone

Incoming SMS message1
1 if available from carrier

At a glance
COMAND control unit

i
The symbol bar appears in all system
main menus.
For symbol and map displays in navigation:

You will see the message “Caution. Please
start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut
down in 3 minutes”.
왘

Start the engine.

The symbol bar appears on the left hand
side of the display and shows different
symbols.

If you do not start the engine, you can
continue using COMAND until the next
message appears.

Pop-up screen messages

You will see the message “Caution. Please
start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut
down in 10 seconds”.

Battery voltage gets low

왘

You can still operate COMAND without the
engine running.

You will see the message “Caution.
COMAND will shut down now”.

!
To prevent the car battery from running
down, you will be receiving two messages asking you to start the engine
when battery power gets low.

왘

Start the engine.

Transmitting an emergency call
via TELE AID*
Refer to the vehicle operating instructions
for information regarding the operation
TELE AID emergency call system and on
how to transmit an emergency call.
You will see the message “Tele Aid active”.
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to remove the window.

COMAND will mute an audio source or one
of the two service sources Voice output in
navigation or Voice recognition system.

At a glance
Multifunction display
Multifunction display
The starter switch must be in position 1 or
2. Refer to vehicle operating instructions.

Function

5 Moving within a menu system

1 Multifunction display in speedometer

F next display

Operating the control system

G previous display

2 Adjusting the volume

I lowers the volume

J raises the volume
3 Making a call
K Accept incoming call or
starts dialing
L End a call or end Tele Aid

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4 Switching between menu systems
E next system
H previous system

You can operate the following systems
with steering wheel buttons 4 and 5:
앫

Radio

앫

CD (CD changer and CD drive)

앫

Auxiliary audio source, e.g. tape recorder (컄 page 200)

앫

Telephone

For more detailed information, refer to
“Multifunction display” in the chapters discussing the radio, CD, telephone operation.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Quick reference COMAND
The section “Quick reference COMAND”
summarizes information regarding the
main functions of your COMAND system.
You should read this section with particular care if you are operating COMAND for
the first time.

Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off
Switching on

For detailed information, please refer to
the pages indicated and the respective
system chapters.
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COMAND switches on the last active
system and displays the corresponding
menu.
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왘

Press #.
The Mercedes logo and the lettering
Mercedes-Benz will appear. The display
then changes and an alert box will appear.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
The navigation system was the last system used
The menu displayed will vary according to
the last navigation function used.
If route guidance was active:
앫

the symbol display or

앫

the map

If route guidance was active and the
COMAND was switched off for more than
2 hours:
앫

Switching another system on

If COMAND is switched off for more
than 30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams and detours are deleted. You will
see a corresponding message. Selecting a detour (컄 page 163).

왘

If destination input was active:
앫

Press a system key, e.g. d.
The main CD menu will appear.

Switching off
왘

Press #.
The COMAND control unit will switch
off.

the main destination input menu

an inquiry menu (컄 page 169)

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Adjusting the volume
At the multifunction steering wheel

For the service sources
앫

To raise the volume
왘

Press J.

and
앫

To lower the volume
왘

Press I.

At the COMAND operating unit
왘

Turn the the left-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

For the audio sources
앫

Radio

앫

CD (CD drive and CD changer)

Radio operation

Voice output during route guidance
(navigation system)
Voice Recognition System (refer to separate operating instruction)

you can set the volume jointly.
For the service source
앫

Telephone

you can alter the listening volume for the
telephone only.

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Switching on
왘

Press c.
The radio is switched on. The station
last tuned to will begin to play.

you can set the volume jointly.

Changing the radio band
왘

Press c to switch between FM-,
AM- and WB-Band.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Selecting a station

Loading a CD into the CD drive and loading
CDs in the CD changer (컄 page 45).

CD operation

Automatic seek tuning
왘

Press g or h on the rocker
switch briefly.

Track select
왘

FM- and AM-Bands, Weather Band WB

You will hear the previous or next track.
If more than 9 seconds of playing time
has elapsed, the CD changes back to
the start of the current track.

The radio will tune in to the next receivable station (FM/AM) or channel (WB)
with descending/ascending frequency.
Switching another system on
왘

Selecting a CD

Press any system key, e.g. d.

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COMAND will switch to CD mode.
You will find more information regarding
this topic in section “Radio operation” in
chapter “Audio” (컄 page 28).

Press the rocker switch g/h.

Switching on
왘

Press d.
The main CD menu will appear.
Playback will begin in
앫

CD drive with the first track on the
CD

앫

CD changer with the first track on
the first CD detected in the magazine.

왘

Press one of the number keys
Key 0

select the CD drive

Keys 1 - 6 select the corresponding
magazine slot of the
CD changer
The message “Loading CD ...” appears
on the display. Playback then will begin
with track 1.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
CD track scan
왘

Entering the unlock code

Telephone operation

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Scan”.
The tracks on the CD will be played one
after the other for 8 seconds each,
“Scan” will appear in red.

왘

Asterisks instead of digits will appear in
the input line.
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v again to end the function.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the entry.
If entered code is correct and the phone is registered in a network, the phone
is ready for use.

Switching another system on
왘

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter the unlock code.

Press any system key, e.g a.
COMAND will switch to Telephone operation.

You will find more information in section
“CD operation” in chapter “Audio”
(컄 page 50).

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Outgoing call

Switching on

Enter a telephone number

왘

Press a.
The menu to enter the unlock code will
appear.

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter the telephone number.
The menu changes when the first digit
is entered.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Begin dialing
왘

When the “Send” button is highlighted,
press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm your input.

Entering a destination and calculating a route
Switching the navigation system on

Dialing will begin. If the phone number
together with a name is stored in the
phone book, the name appears on the
screen.

왘

Press b.
If the navigation system has not been
booted up, the message “Navigation
being activated. Please obey all traffic
rules” will appear.
The navigation menu displayed will vary
according to the last navigation function used (컄 page 13).

Conducting a call

If route guidance was switched off, the
main destination input menu will be
displayed.

When the call is answered, the call time appears in the screen.
Ending a call
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/push-button v to confirm the “End” button.

Switching another system on
왘

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Main destination input menu

Press any system key, e.g. b.
COMAND switches to the navigation
system.

You will find more information in chapter
“Telephone” (컄 page 78).

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Entering a city

Entering destination address

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to highlight the first letter
and press to confirm.

왘

Enter other characters until the desired
city appears in the input line.

Correcting entry
앫

Last character
왘

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address...”.

“City/Suburb Entry” input menu
왘

The main address menu will appear.
The entry behind “City...” is either
empty or the city you last entered will
appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-button v in the main address menu and
confirm “City...”.
The “City/Suburb Entry” input menu
will appear.

Adopting the city last selected
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.

앫

Press r briefly.

Complete entry
왘

Press r longer than 2 seconds.

Activating the city list
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds until
the city list appears.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND

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City list
왘

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v again to confirm the city.
A selection menu will appear.

i
If several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Street…”.

You have now selected the destination and
can calculate the route.

The input menu “Street Entry” will appear.

왘

The further sequence corresponds to the
“Entering a city” section.
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “OK”.
The “Route Mode” selection menu will
appear.

Now enter the street and activate the
street list. Then confirm the street in
this list.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Route types available:
앫

Fast Route

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Short Route

Including P/avoiding traffic routes Q

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“Route mode” selection menu

Select a route and then a traffic route
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to move the cursor on the
entry you want and press to confirm.
A checkmark appears P.

앫

Freeway

앫

Ferry

앫

Toll

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “OK”.

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The selected route and the destination
you have entered will appear on the
display.

Symbol display

You will hear the message “The route is
being calculated”.

CALC. ROUTE

Calculation of route

2.9 miles

Distance to destination
(as the crow flies)

After a few seconds, you will see the symbol display.

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Day and night display, switching off
screen
왘

Press Ä repeatedly until the desired
display appears.

Selecting beeps
You can switch different beeps on and off.
앫

Beeps when you accept an entry or enter a destination on the map

The display changes in this order:

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The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
You will see the arrow indicating the direction of travel if COMAND recognizes the
road you are travelling on. You will e.g.
hear the message “Please turn right”. Route guidance will begin.
You will find more information in chapter
“Navigation” (컄 page 123).

앫

Day display

앫

Night display

앫

Screen off

앫

Day display

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It is also possible to carry out the
change between day and night display
automatically via the headlight switch
(컄 page 198).

Acknowledgement beep

앫

Info beep
Beeps when you see the messages announcing a drop of battery voltage
(컄 page 10)

앫

Alarm beep
Beeps if the device has a serious malfunction or if you are listening to a disaster announcement on the radio. You
can only switch off the beep if you also
switch off COMAND.

You will find more information in chapter
“System settings” (컄 page 197).

At a glance
Quick reference COMAND

Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
Sound settings

Audio
Radio operation
Radio operation
Quick reference

PWR
Z+

Z-

MAP

DETR

INFO

MUT

NAV

TEL

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FM
AM

DISP

2
ABC

JKL

TUV

WXYZ

SVC

MNO

0
+

OPR

DEL

GHI

PQRS

3
DEF

4
BACK

VOL-RPT

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Audio
Radio operation
Function

Page

Function

1 Switching COMAND on
and off

6 Turn to highlight a function or a menu field

2 Muting the radio audio
(muting on/off)

3 Selecting a station via
number keypad (presets)

Press to perform a function or access a submenu

Selecting a station via direct frequency entry

Saving a station

Selecting a station from
the preset menu FM/AM

Selecting a station from
the WB preset menu

in the main radio menu
in the presets

7 Adjusting the volume

8 Automatic seek tuning
ascending/descending

Manual tuning ascending/descending
9 Requesting and displaying Info Services
Adjusting system settings

4 Activating the input
mode for station frequency

10 Switching to radio operation
32
39

Page

31
184
187
28

11 Color screen with main
radio menu

5 Return to previous menu

Audio
Radio operation
Menu overview

Audio
Radio operation
Function

Page

1 Main radio menu FM

Function
9 Preset menu
Save a station automatically FM, AM
Select a station

2 Current frequency band
(FM) and memory preset
selected (e.g. 1)

Page
36
38

3 Current frequency
4 Symbol indicates stereo
reception
5 Menu fields
6 Main sound menu
Sound settings
7 Main Weather Band WB
menu
8 Auto preset
Saves 10 stations automatically
Select a station

63
29

36
38

Audio
Radio operation
In chapter “Audio” you will find detailed information regarding
앫

radio operation

앫

CD operation and

앫

sound adjustments

Switching on

You can operate the telephone and the
navigation system while the radio is on.

3
2

Muting
왘

If you have not done so already, please familiarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance”.

The symbol R will appear in the symbol
bar.
왘

Main radio menu FM

Muting will also be canceled if you
switch to a different audio source, e.g.
CD, or if you alter the volume.

1 Frequency band (FM, AM, WB) and memory location of station, e.g. “1”
2 Station frequency
3 Symbol bar
왘

Press c to switch to radio operation.
The station last tuned will begin to play.

Press Ö again to resume listening to
the current station.
The symbol R will have disappeared.

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Press Ö while listening to the radio.

Switching another system on
왘

Press any system key, e.g. d.
COMAND will switch to CD mode.

Audio
Radio operation
Changing the Radio band
You can select between FM-, AM- and WBBand.
AM Band

Frequency band

Frequency range

FM
AM

87.7 - 107.9 FM
530 - 1710 AM

Weather Band WB

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If a weather band station cannot be received on this channel, an automatic
search run of all 7 channels will take
place. As soon as a weather band station is received, the search stops and the
channel appears in the display. The automatic search will perform two cycles
through the 7 channels.
Message “No WB”
A weather band station cannot be received on any of the 7 channels.

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왘

Press c until “AM” is displayed in
the upper left hand corner of the display.
The AM station last tuned to will begin
to play. The frequency will appear in
the display.

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왘

In the AM or FM main radio menu, turn
the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight WB and press to confirm.
The channel last tuned to will appear in
the display.

Audio
Radio operation
Selecting a station

Automatic seek tuning

FM- and AM-Bands, Weather Band WB
The radio will tune in to the next receivable
station (FM, AM) or channel (WB) with descending/ascending frequency depending
on the direction of seek.

You can use the following functions:
앫

Automatic seek tuning (컄 page 30)

앫

Seek tuning at the multifunction steering wheel (컄 page 31)

앫

Manual tuning (컄 page 31)

앫

Station selection via number keypad
(presets) (컄 page 32)

앫

Station selection via direct frequency
entry (컄 page 32)

앫

Automatic station scan (컄 page 33)

앫

Station selection from the preset menu
(컄 page 38)

WB
Alternatively, you can select the channel
directly:
왘

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왘

Press g or h on the rocker
switch briefly.

Press a number key 1 through 7.

Audio
Radio operation
Seek tuning at the multifunction steering wheel

FM Band

Manual tuning (FM, AM)

The frequency displayed will change in increments of 0.2 MHz.

If the multifunctional display shows the
station frequency, then:
왘

AM Band

Press F or G to select a higher/
lower frequency preset.

Tuning will take place in increments of
10 kHz.

The up/down arrows have different
functions depending on which mode the
seek function in the multifunction display is programmed to.

Activating the AM Band (컄 page 29).
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The two available options are Memory
Scan or Frequency Scan (Station
search). Refer to the vehicle operator’s
manual on how to program this option.

왘

Press g or h on the rocker
switch longer than 2 seconds.
The menu fields will appear in light grey
lettering.

Audio
Radio operation
Station selection via number keypad
(presets)

i
FM and AM presets are independent
and can only be accessed while in the
corresponding band.

FM- and AM-Bands

Station selection via direct frequency
entry (FM, AM)

Saving stations for FM and AM
(컄 page 34).

Weather Band WB
왘

Tune the radio to the selected channel.
The memory preset number will appear
in the status line.

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왘

Press one of the number keys, such as
2 briefly.
The radio will tune to the frequency assigned to that memory location. If none
has been set by you, the radio will not
change the station.

The “XX Presets” (XX = FM, AM or WB)
menu field provides an overview of
which stations have been allocated to
which memory presets (컄 page 35).

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1 Input line
왘

Press t.
Input line 1 will appear in the main radio menu.

왘

Enter the desired frequency with the
number keys within 8 seconds, e.g.
1027 for 102.7 FM.
The station you have selected will begin to play.

Audio
Radio operation

Weather Band WB

Automatic station scan

If you do not make another entry within The stations on same band (FM/AM/WB)
8 seconds, the function will be canceled can be scanned one after the other for 8
and you will listen to the station last tu- seconds each.
ned to.
Frequency band

Frequency range

FM
AM

87.7 - 107.9 FM
530 - 1710 AM

The individual weather stations stored in
the memory on 7 channels will be scanned
one after the other.
The scan function stops automatically
when the first station received has been
scanned twice.
End scan function and play a station
왘

If you enter a frequency that is outside
the allowable input range, the message
“Invalid input” appears. Enter a valid
frequency.

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Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v again if you hear the desired
station.
The station selected will appear with
the station frequency. “Scan” will appear in black lettering again.

1 Scan function is active
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Scan”.
The scan function will begin, “Scan”
will appear in red lettering.

Audio
Radio operation
Memory functions
You can use the following functions:
앫

Saving stations manually FM

앫

Saving stations manually AM
(컄 page 36)

앫

Saving stations automatically FM, AM
(컄 page 36)

앫

Selecting a station from the FM/AM
preset menu (컄 page 38)

앫

Selecting channels from the WB preset
menu (컄 page 38)

앫

Selecting a station by entering the stations frequency in the FM/AM presets
(컄 page 39)

Saving stations manually (FM)
In the main radio menu

i
There are 10 presets available (1 - 9,
0).
An existing entry is overwritten in the
memory list when a new input is given.

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왘

Press one of the number keys, e.g. 3,
longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (컄 page 197).

The radio saves the current station at
the memory preset selected. The memory preset selected will appear in the
status line, e.g. “FM3”.

Audio
Radio operation
왘

On the memory list

The FM preset memory will appear.

2
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “FM Presets” in the
main radio menu and press to confirm.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v or corresponding number
key longer than 2 seconds.

There are 2 presets for each of the FM
and AM waveband, standard FM/AM
presets (saving stations manually) and
Auto presets (saving stations automatically).
The standard FM/AM presets are not
affected by the Auto presets. This is a
second option for storing a station range you are currently receiving.

The current station will be saved at the
memory preset selected.

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1 Preset of the station currently selected
2 Frequency of the station currently selected
3 Current frequency appears in red lettering
4 Memory preset allocated
5 Memory preset available

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired memory
preset.

You will see the main radio menu
앫

automatically after 8 seconds

앫

if you press *.

Audio
Radio operation
Saving stations manually (AM)

Saving stations automatically (FM, AM)

On the memory list

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왘

Activate the AM Band (컄 page 29).

Save a station in the same way as described for the FM Band (컄 page 34)

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “AM Presets”.
The AM preset memory will appear.

앫

in the AM main radio menu

앫

on the memory list

The standard AM presets are not affected by the Auto presets. This is a second option for storing a station range
you are currently receiving.

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1 Function is active
If the FM/AM main radio menu is displayed
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Auto Presets” and
press the button longer than
2 seconds.
Message 1 will appear.

Audio
Radio operation
Select other station
왘

Weather Band

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the memory position
and press to confirm.
The main radio menu appears.
앫

automatically after 8 seconds

앫

if you press *.

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The radio stores the 10 strongest stations.
The station frequencies available will appear in the memory list.

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왘

Activate the Weather Band WB.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “WB Presets” and press
to confirm.
The WB Presets will appear. Channels 1
to 7 are listed in the memory. The memory position of the channels are fixed
and cannot be altered.

Audio
Radio operation
Selecting a station from the preset
menu (FM, AM)

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왘

Activate the FM or AM memory
(컄 page 35).

You can use one of the following two ways
to select a station from the FM/AM presets
왘

Press the corresponding number key
(e.g. 3) to select the desired station.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight a memory preset in the
FM/AM preset list and press briefly to
confirm.

Selecting a channel from the WB preset
menu

In both cases, the main radio menu will
then appear automatically after 8 seconds, indicating the memory preset
number.

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왘

Activate the WB Presets (컄 page 37).

왘

Use one of the two ways to select a
channel from the WB presets as described on the left.
The main WB menu will then appear automatically after 8 seconds, indicating
the memory preset number.

Audio
Radio operation
Selecting a station by entering the station frequency in the presets (FM/AM)

For both FM/AM Bands

왘

If you enter a frequency which is not
within the given range, the message “Invalid input” will appear.

The station frequency can be entered in
FM and AM Bands in the corresponding
presets list.

An input line 1 will appear on the top
line in place of the current station name.
왘

Press t.

Enter a valid frequency.

Use the number keys to enter the frequency.
The frequency is entered into 1 beginning from the right. After 8 seconds at
the most, the station selected will begin to play.

Frequency band

Frequency range

FM
AM

87.7 - 107.9 FM
530 - 1710 AM

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1 Input line

Audio
Radio operation
Multifunction display

1 No audio source has been switched on
2 The radio is switched on
3 Frequency band and the memory preset, if applicable
4 Frequency of the station selected

5 “SP” (memory) - appears if “Memory”
instead of “Station search” or “Freq.”
(depending on model) has been selected in the “Vehicle” submenu. Refer to
“Control system” in chapter “Controls
in detail” in your vehicle's operating instructions for further information.

왘

Press # at the COMAND control
unit to switch on COMAND.

왘

Press c at the COMAND control
unit to switch to radio operation.

왘

Repeatedly press key E or H at
the multifunction steering wheel until
display 2 appears.

Audio
Radio operation
왘

Repeatedly press F or G at the
multifunction steering wheel until the
desired station frequency appears.

왘

Press E or H at the multifunction steering wheel to display the next
or previous system.

Audio
CD operation
CD operation
Quick reference
r

PWR
Z+

14
13

NAV

TEL

Z-

MAP

DETR

INFO

MUT

DISP

2
ABC

4
FM
AM

JKL

TUV

WXYZ

SVC

OPR

DEL

6
BACK

VOL-RPT

MNO

0
+

GHI

PQRS

3
DEF

7
8

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Audio
CD operation
Function

Page

CD drive in the
control unit and
CD changer operation

Function
6 Track selection with the
number keypad

Page
51

7 Return to previous menu

1 Switching COMAND on
and off

2 CD drive for audio CD or
navigation CD

3 Muting CD playback (muting on/off)

4 Ejecting an audio CD or a
navigation CD

5 Selecting a CD
Selecting a track

53
51

10 Turn to the right:
Raises the volume

11 Press briefly:
Previous track or start of
the track (depending on
playback time)/next
track

Press longer than
2 seconds:
Deletes a complete
name

Page

Turn to the left:
Lowers the volume

8 Press briefly:
Deletes the character
that has been entered
last

Function

Press longer than
2 seconds:

9 Turn to highlight a function or a menu field

Fast forward/fast reverse

Press to perform a function or activate a submenu

12 Requesting and displaying Info Services

184

Adjusting system settings

187

13 Switching on CD operation (CD drive, CD changer)

14 Color screen with main
CD menu

Audio
CD operation
!

General information on CD operation
Health hazard

The CD drive and CD changer are Class 1 laser products. There is a danger of invisible
laser radiation when you open or damage
the cover.
Do not remove the cover. The CD drive and
the CD changer do not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safety reasons, have any necessary service work
performed by an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.

앫

Only touch the CD on the sides.

앫

Avoid touching the CD surface with
your fingers.

앫

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe them from the inside to the outer
edge. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

the CD drive in the COMAND operating
unit

앫

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean the CDs.

You can play audio CDs or read data
from the navigation CD.

앫

Do not expose the CDs to heat or direct
sunlight.

the CD changer with 6 magazine slots.

앫

Do not write or put stickers on CD.

Use only CDs with a diameter of 12 cm,
do not use 8-cm CDs.

An 8-cm CD adapter may cause damage
to the CD changer and should not be
used.
CD playback locations are
앫

앫

The status line in the main CD menu
(컄 page 50) indicates which component is
being used for CD playback.

Tips on caring for your CDs

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You can name a CD (컄 page 55). This
name then will appear on the display
during CD playback.

Audio
CD operation
Loading a CD into the CD drive

B ME
AP

OUL

2
S T O

ABC

4
GHI

7
S
PQR

NAV

DEL

5
JKL

8
TUV

3
6
MNO

9
WXY

0
RET

SYS

RPT

1 Eject button
2 CD drive

Press 1 to eject any CD if necessary.

Loading CDs in the changer

왘

Insert a CD as illustrated with the label
facing up into 2 until it is automatically
pulled in.

The CD changer is located on the left side
of the cargo compartment (model 463) or
in the glove box (models 203 and 209). It
can accomodate up to 6 CDs.

DEF

VOL-

왘

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Changing the navigation CD
(컄 page 119)

!
After the navigation CD has been changed, the message “Program is being
loaded. Please wait.” and a progress indicator are displayed. This indicates
that COMAND is currently loading the
program stored on the navigation CD.
Do not interrupt the loading process.
Do not eject the navigation CD until the
loading process has been completed.
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왘

Open the sliding door by pushing in the
direction of the arrow above. Push the
door completely open until it locks in
the open position.

Audio
CD operation

i
You can also slide out the magazine if
COMAND is switched off.
However, the eject button will not function if the battery is not connected or
drained.

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왘

Press the green eject button.
The magazine will slide upwards.

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왘

Pull the disk tray forward until it stops.

i
Do not attempt to remove the tray from
the magazine.

Audio
CD operation

3
2

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왘

Place a CD in the tray. The CD should
be inserted with the label side up.

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1 Arrow tip on the rack wall
왘

왘

Slide the magazine into the CD changer
until it clicks into place (listen for the
click).

왘

Press the button 3 to close the magazine compartment.

Push the CD tray into the magazine
completely.

i
Make sure that 1 is pointing in the direction of the arrow 2.

Audio
CD operation
Menu overview

Audio
CD operation

Function
1 Main CD menu

Page
50

2 Status line
CD 0: The CD drive is in
operation
CD 1-6: The CD changer
is in operation
3 Main sound menu
Sound settings

4 “CD Naming” menu
Naming a CD

5 “Settings” menu
Selecting the playback
mode

6 “CD Select” menu
Selecting a CD
Track select

53
51

Audio
CD operation
왘

Switching on

1
2

Press d.

The main CD menu will appear.
Playback begins if a CD was inserted in
one of the playback locations.

If you switch on CD mode, COMAND will
check which playback unit (CD drive or
CD changer) was used last.

Playback locations are

If there is no CD in one of the units,
COMAND automatically switches to the
unit with CD.

CD 0

CD drive

CD 1 - CD 6 magazine slot 1 to 6 in
the CD changer
앫

Playback will begin with the first
track on the CD.

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Main CD menu

1 CD function with the number of the magazine slot currently playing
2 Track number and elapsed playback
time will appear. Also, the name of the
CD will appear here, see “Naming a
CD” (컄 page 55)
3 Scan function and menu fields

CD drive

앫

CD changer
The CD changer searches for inserted CDs in magazine slots 1 to 6
and plays the first track on the first
CD detected.

After the magazine was changed
The message “Loading CD ...” appears if
the CD changer was used last.
Error messages (컄 page 60).
Switching another system on
왘

Press any system key, e.g. c.
COMAND will switch to radio operation.

Audio
CD operation
With the rocker switch g/h

Track select

With the number keypad

Next track
왘

Press h briefly.

Previous track or start of title (if more than
9 seconds of playing time has elapsed)
왘

Press g briefly.

Select any desired track
왘

Press g/h as often as necessary.
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You can select a track
앫

with the rocker switch g/h

앫

with the number keypad

앫

in the “CD Select” menu

왘

Press t and enter the number of the
track you wish to select, e.g. 2.

i
If you enter a two-digit number, you
must enter the second number within 3
seconds. Otherwise the system will
switch to the track of the first number
entered.

Audio
CD operation
You will hear the selected track
앫

automatically after 3 seconds

앫

if you press t.

왘

In the “CD Select” menu

Press t and the number key for the
track you wish to select, e.g. 2.
You will hear the track you have chosen

The new track number will appear in
the main CD menu.

앫

automatically after 3 seconds

앫

if you press t.

The main CD menu with the new track
number will appear.

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “CD Select” in the main
CD menu and press to confirm.
The “CD Select” menu will appear.

Audio
CD operation
With the number keypad

Selecting a CD

왘

In the “CD Select” menu

Press a number key, e.g. 2 to select
the corresponding CD.
The message “Loading CD ...” will appear if the selected magazine slot is
loaded.
Key 0

CD drive

1
2

3
4

Keys 1 - 6 magazine slots 1 to 6 of
the CD changer
No CD has been inserted:
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You can select a CD
앫

with the number keypad

앫

in the “CD Select” menu

COMAND will show the messages
앫

“CD drive: No CD” or

앫

“CD changer: No CD”.

i
If it is not possible to play a CD selected
from the CD drive (message: “Error”),
COMAND will automatically load the
next CD in the magazine.

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1 Current track and the name of the CD
playing if this was entered previously
(컄 page 55)
2 Current CD in red color
3 Magazine slots contains a CD
Position 0: CD drive
Position 1-6: magazine slots in the CD
changer
4 Magazine slot does not contain a CD

Other error messages (컄 page 60).

Audio
CD operation
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “CD Select” in the main
CD menu and press to confirm.

Fast reverse

Fast forward/reverse

왘

The “CD Select” menu will appear.
왘

The message “T Reverse” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired CD and
press to confirm.

Ending the function
왘

The message “Loading CD ...” will appear in 1. Playback will then begin with
track 1, the main CD menu will appear.

If you select an empty magazine slot
with a number key, e.g. 4 the message
“No CD” is displayed.

Release g or h.
Playback will resume.

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If magazine slots are empty, it is not
possible to select them with the righthand rotary/push-button v.

Press g longer than 2 seconds and
keep it depressed.

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Fast forward
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Press h longer than 2 seconds and
keep it depressed.
The message “Forward S” will appear.
The display shows the current position
via the time indicator display.

Audio
CD operation
CD track scan
The tracks on a CD can be scanned one after the other for 8 seconds each.

Use one of these ways to switch off the
function
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v again.

왘

Press g or h.

Naming a CD

1
2
3

The function will switch off automatically when the starting track is reached.
Playback will resume with the desired
track.

i
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Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to activate “Scan” function.
Scan will begin and “Scan” will appear
in red.

For the CD changer, it is also possible to
scan all of the CDs in the magazine slots
1-6 for 8 seconds each (always track 1).
Activate the function “CDs Scan” in the
settings menu (컄 page 58).

4
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1 Input line
2 Character set (letters, digits, special
characters)
3 Character selected appears magnified,
magnified “M” is starting point
4 “Delete Names” function

Audio
CD operation
Naming the CDs inserted in the CD changer or CD drive

Deleting the character that has been entered last

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “CD Naming” in the
main CD menu and press to confirm.

왘

The “CD Naming” menu will appear.

Deleting a complete name

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired character
and press to confirm.

왘

The character is entered in 1.
왘

Repeat the last step to enter additional
characters.

Press r briefly.
The input marker moves to the left as it
deletes.
Press r longer than 2 seconds.

Altering an entered name
왘
왘

Delete one character at a time or the
entire name.
Then enter the new name.

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
The name of the CD currently playing
will appear in the main CD menu above
the track number.

i
The CD will retain this name even if you
later insert it in a different magazine
slot.

Audio
CD operation

왘

Deleting a CD name

The CD names are stored in the names
list in alphabetical order. If the name
memory is full, the following message
will appear: “Attention, name memory
is full. New entry only possible after deleting old one”.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the name you wish to
delete and press to confirm.
The name is deleted, the following entry will then move up one position.

왘

Confirm the message by confirming
“OK”. The input menu will appear again.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to return to the main CD menu.

Paging backward/forward in the name memory (if the : and ; symbols are shown)

Use the “Delete Names” function to delete names from the memory.

왘
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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Delete Names” in the
main CD menu and press to confirm.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the : or ; symbol and
press to confirm.

The list of CD names will appear.

Audio
CD operation
왘

Playback mode

1
2

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” and press to
confirm.

“Magazine Mix” appears in the main CD
menu.

The “CD Settings” menu will appear.

Select this function to repeat the current
track until you switch the function off.

Activating playback mode
왘

3
4

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired function and
press to confirm.
Playback mode is active P.

Standard
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1 Current playback mode
2 up to 4 functions can be selected for
the CD changer only
P Playback mode active
Q Playback mode is not active

i
You can only select one playback mode
at a time.

This function is automatically active when
another CD has been selected. CD playback begins in ascending order.
Magazine Mix (CD changer only)
Select this function to play all of the tracks
of all of the CDs in the magazine slots 1-6
in random order.

i
When CDs are played in random order,
it is possible that several tracks from
the same CD are played in a row.

Track Repeat

“Track Repeat” appears in the main CD
menu.
Track-Mix
Select this function to play the tracks on
the CD currently selected in random order.
“Track-Mix” appears in the main CD menu.
CD Repeat (CD changer only)
Select this function to repeat the current
CD until you switch the function off.
“CD Repeat” appears in the main CD menu.

Audio
CD operation
CDs Scan (CD changer only)

Switching off playback mode

Select this function to scan all of the CDs
in the magazine slots 1-6 for 8 seconds
each (track 1).

왘

i
This function will begin with the CD following the CD currently playing.

Return to the main CD menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the current playback
mode and press to confirm.
The checkmark disappears. Playback
automatically changes to “Standard”
P.

Scan function will end
앫

automatically after all CDs have
been scanned

앫

if you press g/h.

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Press *.
The playback mode selected appears in
the main CD menu below the track
number, e.g. “Magazine Mix”.

Audio
CD operation
Muting CD playback
왘

Press Ö while a CD is being played.

There is no magazine inserted in the CD
changer.

CD operation is muted, the symbol R
will appear in the symbol bar.
왘

“No Magazine”

Error messages

왘

Press Ö once again if you wish to
continue playback. The symbol R is faded out of the symbol bar.

“CD Magazine empty”

There are no CDs in the magazine.

왘

COMAND also cancels muting, if you
앫

alter the volume

앫

press g/h.

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앫

1 CD changer error messages
2 CD drive error messages

COMAND is unable to activate the CD
changer.
왘

If necessary, contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

CD changer
There is no CD in the magazine slot selected.
왘

“No CD changer”

Load CDs into the magazine and insert
it into the CD changer.

“No CD”

select a different audio source,
e.g. radio

앫

Load CDs into the magazine and insert
it into the CD changer.

앫

Select another magazine slot.

CD drive
No CD is in the CD drive or the CD in
the drive is not ready to play.

Audio
CD operation
“Being activated”

The CD changer is not yet ready for operation.

If an error occurs in the operation of the
CD drive or CD changer, COMAND automatically switches to the other device
after 3 seconds.

“Reading error”
The CD that has been inserted cannot be
read.
“Temperature is too high”
CD operation will switch off automatically
after 3 seconds.
왘

If it is not possible to play the CD selected in the CD changer, the system will
automatically select the next CD in the
magazine.

Press the corresponding key to select a
different audio source.

“Error”
Another error has occurred.

Audio
CD operation

Multifunctional display

1 No audio source has been switched on
2 CD unit is switched on
3 If the CD changer is switched on, the
number of the CD currently playing appears
4 Track number

왘

Press d on COMAND.

왘

Press F or G until the desired
track number 4 appears.

왘

Press E or H to display the next
or previous system.

CD unit is switched on.
왘

Press E or H repeatedly until
display 2 appears.

Audio
Sound settings
Sound settings
Adjusting sound settings

Audio sources include:

COMAND is equipped with a standard amplifier.

앫

Radio FM, AM, WB

앫

CD (CD drive, CD changer)

You can set

앫

auxiliary audio source, e.g. tape deck (if
connected)

앫

the sound Bass/Treble individually

앫

the sound-center (Fader and Balance)

앫

select predefined sound optimization.

See individual audio mode descriptions for
instructions on this feature.
Adjustments to the sound have a different
effect on the audio and service sources.
The predefined sound optimizations are
available for the audio sources only.

Activating the main sound menu
For audio sources

You can activate the main Sound menu in
the audio sources through the menu field
“Sound”.
Service sources include:
앫

Telephone

앫

Voice output in the navigation

앫

Voice recognition system

See separate operating instructions for telephone and voice recognition system.
You can activate the main Sound menu in
the “NAVI Settings” menu (컄 page 181),
through the menu field “Sound”.

Main sound menu

1 Radio (FM) is switched on
2 Actual sound settings (Bass/Treble)
3 Actual sound-center (Fader and Balance)
4 Slider switch to alter the value
5 Reset Bass/Treble to “0”, and the Balance to the middle of the vehicle
6 Activate predefined sound optimizations

Audio
Sound settings
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Sound“ in the main
menu for radio or CD operation and
press to confirm.

For service sources

왘

The main sound menu will appear displaying the actual settings.

The “NAVI Settings” menu will appear
(컄 page 181).
왘

i
It is also possible that “AM Bass/Treble”, “WB Bass/Treble”, “CD Bass/Treble” or “AUX Bass/Treble” are indicated
in 1.
Fader
Balance

defines sound-center front/
back
defines sound-center left/
right

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
destination input menu (컄 page 122)
and press to confirm.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Sound” and press to
confirm.
The “Speech Bass/Treble” menu will
appear.

1 Volume difference
Set the difference between voice output during route guidance and an active audio source
“0”

The volume of the audio source
is not affected during voice output.

“10”

The audio source is set very low
during voice output.

i
No predefined sound optimizations are
available for service sources.
During adjustment in the “Speech
Bass/Treble” menu, COMAND will issue a repetative voice output of “Sample” to allow you to set the settings as
you prefer.

Audio
Sound settings

Setting Bass/Treble/Fader/Balance

The sound-center adjustments affect
the settings for the radio (FM/AM/WB)
and CD operation.
Adjustments which are made to the navigation system will affect the voice recognition system and the telephone.
Reset the Settings to “0”
왘
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to set the desired value.

왘

Press the button.

1 Setting mode active
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to move the cursor to the parameter
you want to adjust and press to confirm.
The setting mode is active. The activated sound parameter is shown in red.

The value is set. The sound feature is
shown in black.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Reset” and press to
confirm.
COMAND sets treble and bass to “0”
and sets the sound-center into the
middle of the vehicle.

Return to the main audio menu
왘

Press *.

Audio
Sound settings
Return to the main sound menu

Activating sound optimization

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Bass/Treble” and
press to confirm.

Return to the main audio menu
왘

Press *.

Available sound optimizations

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Other Options” in the
main sound settings menu and press to
confirm.
The “Other Options” (FM/AM, WB or
CD) menu will appear.
P - actual sound optimization

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbuttonv to highlight the desired
sound optimization and press to confirm.
The new sound optimization is
active P.

i
You can only select one sound optimization at a time.

앫

Standard - COMAND set the sound linear for the center of the vehicle

앫

Speech - the emphasis is on the spoken word

앫

Driver-optimized - COMAND optimizes
the sound for the driver’s seat position

앫

Ambience
Small, medium and large rooms are simulated

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COMAND does not offer sound optimization for the service sources.

Telephone
Important notes
Multifunction display
Telephone operation
SMS function
Emergency call
Service numbers

Telephone
Important notes
Important notes
In chapter “Telephone”, you will find detailed information regarding the telephone*, including emergency call, SMS
function and service numbers.

Warning

Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving a vehicle. Whether or not prohibited by law, for
safety reasons, the driver should not use the
cellular telephone while the vehicle is in motion. Stop the vehicle in a safe location before answering or placing a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the cellular
phone while driving, please be sure to pay
attention to the traffic situation at all times.
Use the cellular phone1 only when the traffic
situation allows.
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e.
without beeing connected to an external antenna) from inside the vehicle while the engine is running. Doing so could lead to
malfunction of the vehicle’s electronic systems, possibly resulting in an accident and
personal injury.
1 Observe all legal requirements

Radio transmitters, such as a portable
telephone or a citizens band unit
should only be used inside the vehicle
if they are connected to a separate exterior antenna that has been approved
by Mercedes-Benz.
앫

Please read the chapter “Telephone”
first before attempting to operate your
telephone.

앫

Always drive with extreme caution
when you operate the telephone
hands-free.

앫

For safety reasons, you should not use
the mobile telephone handset to make
a call while driving the vehicle.
If the signal strength is very weak (display in the symbol field of all menus):
Wait until reception improves before
making a call.

Telephone
Important notes
앫

Close the windows and reduce all outside noise as much as possible when
you use hands-free operation.

앫

A brief disconnection from the cellular
network is not a malfunction, as this
can occur when the network switches
areas. The phone will automatically try
to sign on to a network again.

앫

If the message “Locked. Please enter
code” appears, enter the unlock code
to enable all telephone functions
(컄 page 78).
If a menu other than the telephone
menu is displayed on the COMAND
screen, the display will change if an
outgoing call is sent out via the multifunction steering wheel.

In the following situations, it is not possible
or not yet possible to use the telephone:
앫

앫

COMAND prepares the telephone for
use. Select other system functions, e.g.
radio, by pressing the corresponding
button or wait until the telephone is active.

The telephone is already unlocked but
is not or not yet registered in the network.
The message “No Service” appears.
The telephone will try to register into
an existing network. If the network is
available, the telephone will be ready
for use.

앫

The above message also appears
앫

if the network is no longer available
due to weak signals

앫

if you try to make a call (message
appears for 8 seconds)

The message “Telephone is being activated. Please wait.” appears.

One of the two messages “No telephone” or “Telephone not connected” appears.
Please connect the telephone.

앫

The message “Telephone defective”
appears.
Please contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

Telephone
Important notes
In the following situation, it is not yet possible to use the functions “Dial number
from phone book”, “Redial” and
“Speed-dial”:
앫

The mobile telephone has been
plugged into its holder correctly, the
COMAND operating unit has been switched on and the phone book download
function has been actuated (see telephone operation guide).
Once the download process has been
completed, the above functions become available.

It is not possible to make a call when one
of the following messages appears:
앫

“System busy, redial?”
Dialing has failed because system is
busy.

앫

“No service, redial?”
Dialing has failed because network
cannot received.

앫

“Phone off”
Tele Aid is active, the telephone function will switch on automatically after
Tele Aid is ended.

Telephone
Multifunction display
Multifunction display
Function

Page

Using the control system

E next

2 Adjusting the dial/idle
tone volume during a call

H previous
5 Pages through the phone
book in alphabetical order

I lowering
J raising

F forward

3 To make a call

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Turn the electronic key in the steering
lock to position “1” or “2”, refer to vehicle operating instructions.

K Accept an incoming
call

Start dialing operation

Activate the redial
memory

L End a call
Interrupt dialing

Page

4 Changing from system to
system, displaying network
provider

1 Multifunction display on
the speedometer

Function

G backward

79
83

The message
READY appears

Telephone
Multifunction display
Display overview

Telephone
Multifunction display

Function

Page

1 The telephone is switched off
Switching telephone operation on

2 Entering the unlock code

3 The system is searching for
the corresponding network

4 The telephone is ready for use

5 The vehicle is currently outside the transmission or reception range

Function

Page

6 Phone book is empty and/or
has not been loaded into the
COMAND telephone memory

7 Name selected from the
phone book

Function

Page
79

10 Reception strength is indicated by up to 5 bars for a connected and functional
telephone.

8 Dialing begins

11 Number of the memory location and the name stored here

9 Dialing is completed and the
name is displayed.
The display will remain until
you end the call

12 Call time

Telephone
Telephone operation
Telephone operation
Quick reference

Telephone
Telephone operation

Function

Page

1 Switching the COMAND
on/off

2 Entering the unlock code
Entering a telephone number
Speed-dialing (only with
COMAND)
Quick-dialing (for the first 10
memory locations)
Entering the emergency call
“9-1-1”

78
82
95
97
107

3 Subsequent dialing

4 Subsequent dialing

7 Turning
Highlights a menu field, a list
entry, or a symbol
Pressing
Activates a sub-menu, confirms an entry/selection
앫

Page

Function

Page

8 Sets the volume for handsfree operation of the telephone (during a call)

9 Switching the telephone
operation on/off

10 Color screen with main telephone menu

“Send” is highlighted
Begin dialing

앫

“End” is highlighted
Ends the call

앫

5 Calls the previous menu, unless the main telephone menu
is displayed
6 Deletes the last digit or the
whole entry if the unlock code
or a phone number are entered

Function

“Mute” is highlighted
Switches off the microphone of the hands-free
telephone

Telephone
Telephone operation
Menu overview

5
6

7
8

11
9

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Telephone
Telephone operation

Function

Page

Function

1 Main telephone menu

7 Input line

2 Telephone system is active

8 Alphabet to enter the name

3 Accepting a call using
COMAND
Begin dialing

9 Menu fields to activate submenus

4 Ending a call

The last incoming calls are
stored

5 Microphone mute

10 “Phone book” selection menu
is activated when the input
line 7 is empty
Phone book with names
is activated according to input
of up to 3 letters

16 Redial memory, the last 10
numbers (L01-L10) dialed are
stored

6 Reception strength is indicated by up to 5 bars for a connected and functional
telephone
M

Incoming SMS message

ROAM indicator
RM in black - using a
home type system
RM in red - using a non
home type system

103
103

Page

Function
14 Notebook, noting a telephone
number
Dialing from the notebook

15 “Calls” function

L01

11 Main telephone menu with
other menu fields is activated
via the symbol “V”
12 SMS list
Reading or deleting an SMS
message

104

13 “Service Number” menu
Selecting a service number
for an outgoing call or changing a service number

108

Page

last number or
name dialed

L01-L10 numbers or names
dialed previously

17 Telephone menu for entering
telephone numbers
Switch back to the main telephone menu via the “ABC/
123” menu field

Telephone
Telephone operation
Switching telephone operation on

Asterisks instead of digits will appear in
the input line.
If entered code is correct and the phone is registered in a network, the phone
is ready for use.

4
3

Your unlock code prevents unauthorized persons from using your telephone.
Be sure to memorize this code, a three
digit number, carefully.
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1 Status line, telephone is not yet logged
onto network
2 Input line for unlock code
왘

Press a.
The menu to enter the unlock code will
appear.

Entering the unlock code
왘

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter the unlock code.

Timeport phones use a three-digit code.
V60 phones use a four-digit code. The
head unit will unlock the phone using
the first three digits of the four-digit
V60 unlock code.
If you enter an incorrect code, the system returns to the menu for entering
the unlock code.

i
You must always enter the unlock code
when you switch on the telephone the
first time (if phone is in locked mode).

Ready for operation display

3 Telephone is ready for operation,
“Send” is highlighted
4 Reception strength, indicated by up to
5 bars
RM appears, if the telephone is not
using the home system

Telephone
Telephone operation
If the phone memory has been downloaded to COMAND, the menu fields “Phone
Book”, “Last Calls” and “Calls” will be available.

Incoming call
Accepting the call at the multifunction
steering wheel

Accepting a call
왘

Press K.
Audio source is automatically muted.

If the memory was not downloaded, the
menu fields will be dimmed out.

You can also accept a call, if another
display, e.g. navigation, is shown on the
multifunction display.

Outgoing calls (컄 page 82).
Switching telephone operation off
Use one of these ways

Ending a call

왘

When the telephone is connected to
the coiled cord, press a on the
COMAND control unit.

The main telephone display appears.

or
왘

When the telephone is in portable mode, press # on the phone.

Press L.

1 CALL

The system detects an incoming call,
the phone rings
2 Reception strength
The more bars appear, the stronger the
signal of the cellular network

Communication between the multifuntion display and the COMAND screen:
If different systems appear, the changes made to COMAND will have no effect on the driver information display.
앫

Press the COMAND key a to
switch to the telephone functions.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Switching the microphone for the
hands-free telephone off

Accepting a call using COMAND

2
3

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the “Mute” button and
press to confirm.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v again to cancel muting.

Setting the volume for hands-free operation
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1 “Call”
The system detects an incoming call,
the phone rings.
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.
The display will change to the
call menu. An active audio source will
be muted.

Call menu

2 “00:01:21 h”
The call time appears
3 Phone number

i
No telephone menu is shown on the
screen
앫

first press a

앫

then you can accept or refuse the
call.

Raising the volume
왘

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.

Lowering the volume
왘

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Refusing or ending a call
Use one of the three ways:
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button.
or

왘

Press a.

Accepting an incoming call using the
mobile telephone handset
The telephone is located in the storage
compartment under the armrest. See your
vehicle’s operating instructions.
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.

왘

Remove the telephone from its cradle
and conduct your call.

or
왘

Press *.

The hands-free operation will switch
off.
Ending a call
왘

Put the phone back in its cradle.

Warning

Telephone
Telephone operation
Outgoing calls
You can use the following functions:
앫

Dialing a telephone number
(컄 page 82)

앫

Dialing a number from the phone book
(컄 page 85)

앫

Redial (컄 page 91)

앫

Dialing from calls list (컄 page 94)

앫

Speed-dialing (only with COMAND)
(컄 page 95)

앫

Dialing a telephone number from
the notebook (컄 page 97)

앫

Emergency call (컄 page 106)

왘

Dialing a telephone number
Entering a telephone number

The menu changes when the first digit
is entered.

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왘

Press a.
The main telephone menu will appear.

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter the telephone number.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Correcting input

Interrupt dialing

Begin dialing

To correct only the last digit

Use one of the three ways:

왘

Press r briefly.

To correct the whole entry
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button.
or

Press r longer than 2 seconds.
왘

Press a.
or

왘

Press *.

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왘

When the “Send” button is highlighted,
press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm your input.
Dialing will begin. If a name is associated with the phone number stored in
the phone book, the name appears on
the screen.
COMAND will mute an active audio
source.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Conducting a call

Ending a call, use one of the three ways:

Subsequent dialing

When the call is initiated, the call time appears in the screen.

왘

Transmitting other dial tones:

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button
or call has been finished by the other
party.
or

왘

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Press a.

왘

During a call you can press the number
keys 1 through 0, u and t.
The numbers dialed will appear in the
menu for 10 seconds after the last key
is pressed (subsequent dialing display).

Press *.

During a conversation, you can enter a
telephone number in the notebook or
edit an existing one (컄 page 97).

Telephone
Telephone operation
왘

Dialing a number from the phone book

You are paging the phone book backwards or forwards in alphabetical order. Name and memory location
appear.

Dialing using the multifunction steering
wheel
In order to use this feature, the phone
book must have previously been downloaded to the COMAND memory. This is performed automatically each time the
portable phone is connected to the coiled
cord.
The telephone is ready for operation
(컄 page 78).

Press F or G.

or
왘

Press F or G longer than 2 seconds.
You are scrolling through the phone
book very quickly.

왘

Press E or H as often as necessary until the telephone mode appears
in the multifunction display.

If ENTER CODE appears, enter your unlock
code first (컄 page 78).
The message NO ENTRY appears when the
portable phone has been put into the cradle and no entries are stored in the phone
book.

The name that is selected appears in
the display.

i
If you do not wish to place a call, press
L. The process will be cancelled and
the message READY appears again.

Telephone
Telephone operation
The message DIALING appears in the
display. COMAND will mute an active
audio source.
When the call is initiated, the call time
appears in the display. The name will
reappear.
왘

Press L to end the call.
The message READY will reappear. The
audio source will switch on again.

왘

Press K when desired name appears in the display.
The telephone number is dialed.

i
Phone numbers are stored in the phone
book according to memory locations. A
memory location starts with “M”.
Memory locations available: M01 - M99

Telephone
Telephone operation
왘

Dialing with COMAND
Opening phone book with names

Enter up to 3 letters by highlighting
them one by one with the right-hand rotary/push-button v and press to confirm.

The input appears in 1.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
or

왘

2
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1 Input line
2 Activating “Phone book” selection
menu (no input in 1) or opening the
phone book page (컄 page 88)

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds after
input of the last letter.
The relevant page of the phone book
will appear.

If the input line is empty
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
The “Phone book” selection menu will
appear.

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“Phone Book” selection menu

3 Opens the first page of the phone book
(names)
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Read phone
book...”.
The first page of the phone book will
appear.

Telephone
Telephone operation

The phone book stored in the phone
memory is being downloaded.

4
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
The main telephone menu appears, indicating the selected name.

6
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Phone Book page (names)

4 Highlighted entry, sorted alphabetically
5 Page back in the list
6 Page forward in the list

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Begin dialing
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.
The “End” button is highlighted.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Ending a call, use one of the three ways:
왘

Opening phone book (phone number)

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button
or the call has been finished by the
other party.

왘

Press a.

왘

Press *.

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1 Input line
2 Activates “Phone book” selection
menu (no input in 1) or opens the
relevant phone book page
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
or

or
왘

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter up to 2 digits one by one.
The input appears in 1.

or
왘

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds after
input of the last digit.
The relevant page of the phone book
will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “ABC/123” and press
to confirm.
The menu for entering the phone number will appear.

Telephone
Telephone operation
If the input line is empty
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press the
button.

4
3

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
The main telephone menu appears indicating the selected phone number and
memory location.

The “Phone book” selection menu will
appear (컄 page 87).

Begin dialing (컄 page 88), then conducting a call.
Ending a call (컄 page 89).

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Phone book page (phone numbers)

3 Phone book entries sorted according to
memory locations
Memory locations available:
M01 - M99
4 Page back in the list, if filled
5 Page forward in the list, if filled

i
If there is no entry in the numbers list,
the message “No entry in telephone
book” appears in the telephone menu.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Redial
Dialing using the multifunction steering
wheel

1 The telephone is ready for operation.
2 Number in the redial memory
3 Number in the redial memory, dialing
has begun

4 Dialing is completed. Name or still the
dialed number (name has not been saved).
5 Reception strength - the more bars appear, the stronger the signal of the cellular network received

6 Memory location number, the last 10
dialed telephone numbers are stored
L01, number dialed last
L01 to L10, numbers dialed previously
7 Call time

Telephone
Telephone operation
The telephone is switched on

왘

If you do not wish to place a call, press
L. The telephone display 1 appears.

Press E or H repeatedly until the
corresponding telephone menu 1 appears in the display.
The telephone is ready for operation.

왘

Press K.
The redial memory appears with the
last number dialed.

왘

Press F or G.
This allows you to page forward or
backward through the redial memory.
The number selected will appear in the
display with the corresponding memory location.

왘

Press K, when the desired number
or name appears in the display 2.
Dialing will begin 3. When the dialing
has been completed, the name 4 is displayed if the name has been stored in
the phone book, otherwise you will
continue to see the phone number.
The display is maintained for the duration of the call.

왘

Press L to end the call.
The telephone display 1 appears.

i
Press E or H to display the next
or previous system.

Telephone
Telephone operation
왘

Dialing with COMAND

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Last Calls” in the main
telephone menu and press to confirm.
or
if there is a blank input line in the main
telephone menu

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v when the “Send” button is
highlighted.
The “Last Calls” menu will appear.

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Redial memory list

1 Memory locations L01 - L10
L01

the last number or name
dialed

i
If there is no entry in the numbers list,
the message “No entry in list” appears
in the telephone menu.

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired phone number or name and press to confirm.
The main telephone menu appears with
the desired phone number or name.

L02 - L10 numbers or names dialed
previously

Telephone
Telephone operation
Begin dialing
왘

왘

Dialing from calls list

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.

The main telephone menu appears indicating the number or name selected.

The message “Dialing” will appear. The
“End” button is highlighted.

Begin dialing, ending a call, see above.

Use one of these three ways, to end a call:
왘

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button
or the call has been finished by the
other party.

왘

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Incoming calls memory

Press a.

왘

or
Press *.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to select the desired phone number
or name and press to confirm.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Calls” in the main telephone menu and press to confirm.
The incoming calls memory will appear.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Speed-dialing (only with COMAND)
Warning
For all memory locations

If you enter “1” and confirm this memory location using one of the described ways in
“Begin dialing”, the emergency number
9-1-1 (default input) will be dialed.

You can enter up to 2 digits

The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a criminal offense.

Begin dialing
Use one of these ways
왘

Press the last number key for more
than 2 seconds.

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The main telephone menu is displayed
왘

Use the number keys, e.g. 1 and 4 to
enter the memory location number.

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.
The phone number or name will appear
in the menu. The telephone will dial the
phone number that has been stored in
this memory location.
When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.

Telephone
Telephone operation

i
If the memory location called is free, the
message “Memory location not allocated” will appear.
왘

Quick-dialing for the first 10 memory
locations

Warning

If you press “1” the emergency number
9-1-1 (default input) will be dialed.
The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a criminal offense.

Ending a call (컄 page 94).

왘

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The main telephone menu is displayed
왘

Press 2 to 0 longer than 2 seconds.
The phone number or name will appear
in the menu. The telephone will dial the
phone number that has been stored in
this memory location.
When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.

Ending a call (컄 page 94).

Telephone
Telephone operation
Notebook
You can enter a telephone number in the
notebook or edit an existing one
앫

during a conversation

앫

in the main telephone menu without
having a call

Opening the notebook

Closing the notebook and storing input

The main telephone menu is displayed

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the “V” symbol and
press to confirm.
Other menu fields will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Notebook” is highlighted and
press to confirm.

Press *.

Dialing a telephone number from
the notebook
왘

Open the notebook.

왘

When the notebook phone number appears, press the right-hand rotary/
push-button v to confirm the “Send”
button.

Entering the telephone number

Dialing begins.

왘

Press number keys 1 through 0, u
and t.

Correcting input

You can transfer the notebook phone
number to the phone book
(컄 page 102).

To delete only the last digit
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왘

Press r briefly.

To delete the whole entry
왘

Press r longer than 2 seconds.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Changing entries in the phone book

Editing the phone book
You can edit the phone book and transfer
a phone number from the notebook.
왘

In the main telephone menu, turn the
right-hand rotary/push-button v until
“Phone book” is highlighted and press
to confirm.

1
2
3

The “Phone book” selection menu will
appear.
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“Phone book” selection menu

1 Changing entries in the phone book
2 Adding entries in the phone book
(컄 page 101)
3 Transferring a telephone number from
the notebook (컄 page 102)

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
The phone book will either display
앫

the list of names sorted alphabetically

앫

the list of phone numbers sorted by
memory locations.

Telephone
Telephone operation
왘

Changing a name

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired letters one
by one and press to confirm.
The name will appear in the input line.
The input cursor indicates the current
input position.

i
You can enter up to 20 characters.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired phone book
entry and press to confirm.

왘

Select a character by pressing the key
as listed below the corresponding number of times.

Key

Character

Correcting an input

Deleting the last digit

왘

Press r briefly.

Deleting the whole entry

왘

Press r longer than 2 seconds.

You can also select characters using
the number keys. Each number key has
more than one assignment. See table.

Blank

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4 Phone book entry selected
5 Character list
6 Zoom
7 Confirming the changed entry
8 Deleting the entry

Input with number keys

‘

7
9

An input menu appears.

Telephone
Telephone operation
The selected character is automatically adopted in the input line after 2 seconds

Changing a telephone number

Entering a telephone number
왘

or
왘

Press t or turn the right-hand rotary/
push-button v.

The telephone number appears in 10.

Correcting input

Storing changed names

앫

Use one of these ways
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Apply” is highlighted and
press to confirm.

Press the number keys 1 through 0,
u and t.

Deleting last digit
왘

앫

Press r briefly.

Deleting the whole entry
왘

Press r longer than 2 seconds.

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or
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the last letter of the name.
Now change the phone number.

If you do not wish to save the changes
왘

Press *.

100

9 Current name or name previously changed (light brown)
appears only if you have entered a
name for the telephone number
10 Input line, highlighted when activated
11 Storing a telephone number in the phone book

Storing the phone number in the phone
book
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 11 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
The main telephone menu will appear.

Telephone
Telephone operation
Deleting an entry in the phone book

왘

Adding an entry to the phone book
Entering a name

The query 2 appears. “Yes” is highlighted.

1
2
3

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Delete” in the input
menu (컄 page 99) and press to confirm.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Yes”.
The main telephone menu appears. The
entry is deleted.

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1 Name and telephone number of the
entry to be deleted (light brown)
2 Query (light brown)
3 COMAND will delete the entry from the
phone book
4 The entry remains in the phone book

If you don't want to delete the entry:
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.
The phonebook list will appear.

2
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1 Input line
2 Transferring name

101

Telephone
Telephone operation
왘

While in the selection menu
(컄 page 98), turn the right-hand rotary/push-button v until “Add an entry...” is highlighted and press to
confirm.

Entering and storing a telephone number

왘

4
Storing a phone number in the notebook

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until the desired character is highlighted and press to confirm.

왘

While in the “Phone book” selection
menu (컄 page 98), turn the right-hand
rotary/push-button v to highlight
“Copy notebook...” and press to confirm.

왘

Now you can enter a new name and
phone number or edit an existing entry,
and store the entry.

Repeat this action.
The name will appear in the input line.
Confirm the name as described under
“Storing changed names”
(컄 page 100).
Now change the phone number.

Correcting an input (컄 page 99).

102

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the input.
COMAND stores the phone number
and the main telephone menu will appear.

An input menu will appear.
왘

왘

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3 Previously entered name
4 Input line for phone number, entering
phone number with numeric keys 1 to
0, key u and key t
5 COMAND stores the phone number

Telephone
SMS function
SMS function
With this function you can receive, read
and delete short text messages1.

왘

Activating

COMAND may have to read in SMS
messages first. The message “SMS loading...” will appear. The reading operation may take up to 30 seconds.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “V” in the main telephone menu and press to confirm.
Other menu fields will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 2 and press to confirm.
The SMS list will appear.

1 If available from your carrier.

2
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1 The symbol M will appear when a new
SMS message arrives, symbol “RM”
(roaming mode) that may have been
displayed before will be replaced
2 Activates the SMS list

103

Telephone
SMS function
Reading SMS messages received

왘

Use the appropriate arrow symbols to
page through the list.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired SMS message and press to confirm.
The SMS message will appear.

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1 Current SMS message is highlighted,
telephone number or name (if it is in
the phone book), date and time appear
in brown
The SMS messages (max. 10) are listed
in the order when they were received.

104

COMAND does not display so called
„chained“ SMS messages. These contain more than 160 characters. For you
to be able to read these messages, the
sender should send the message again
in normal mode.

2
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SMS view

2 Deleting displayed SMS message

Telephone
SMS function
왘

Deleting an SMS message

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to highlight “Delete” and
press to confirm.
The menu “Delete SMS” will appear.

왘

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1 Deletes current SMS message
2 SMS message is not deleted

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Yes”.

If you don't want to delete the SMS message:
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.
The SMS view will appear.

If there was only one SMS message:

The message is deleted, the main telephone menu will appear.

You can also delete an SMS message by
pressing r.

If there are other SMS messages:

After you have deleted the oldest SMS
message, COMAND highlights the current SMS message in the list.

The message is deleted, the next SMS
message will appear.

105

Telephone
Emergency call
Emergency call
You can make an emergency call to an
emergency rescue station with a mobile
communication network.
The emergency call will be placed as long
as the corresponding mobile communication network is available. To do this, switch
the telephone on if you have not already
done so.

i
The emergency call will also be placed if
the phone is locked.
Emergency calls may not be possible with
all mobile phone networks or if certain network services and/or telephone functions
are active. Check with your local network
operating company.

i
This function places a call to the local
9-1-1 provider. It does not initiate a Tele
Aid call.

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Warning

The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a criminal offense.

!
If you enter “1” and press the righthand rotary/push-button v, the number stored in memory location “1” (default is 9-1-1) will be dialed.
Pressing or holding “1” longer than 2
seconds will also initiate the call.

!
It will not be possible to complete the
emergency call if the cellular system is
busy. The message “System busy,
redial?” appears.
Take appropriate measures to alert an
emergency service as soon as possible.

Telephone
Emergency call
Telephone is ready for operation

i
Please ensure that the number stored in
the memory location is the number you
want to dial in case of an emergency
(default is 9-1-1).

Initiating an emergency call
If the telephone main menu or a memory
menu is displayed
왘

Press number key 1 longer than 2 seconds (quick-dialing).
The telephone begins dialing, the “End”
button is highlighted.

The function will also be performed if
the telephone is locked.

When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.
Do not place the emergency call

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If there is an active Tele Aid call, the telephone main menu will disappear and you
will see the message “Phone off”.

왘

After the Tele Aid call is ended the telephone main menu will reappear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the “End” button and
press to confirm or press *.

Ending the call, use one of the three ways:
왘

See your vehicle’s operator’s manual.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button.
or

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왘

Press a.
or

왘

Press *.

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Telephone
Service numbers
Service numbers
왘

Calling a service number

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Service No.” in the
main telephone menu and press to
confirm.

Begin dialing
왘

The menu “Service No.” will appear.

왘

One of the messages “Personal Service
Number” or “Roadside Assistance” will
appear. The “End” button is highlighted.

Use the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the service you require
and press to confirm.

When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.

The main telephone menu will appear.

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1 Personal Service Number
2 Number for Roadside Assistance

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “Send” button.

Use one of these three ways to end a call
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the “End” button.
or

왘

Press a.
or

왘

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Press *.

Telephone
Service numbers
Changing personal service number

왘

Enter the new service number with
number keys 1 through 0.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the service number.

i
Pressing the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and inserting an empty input
line will delete the personal service
number.

The new service number is now stored
in the “Service No.” menu.
Returning to the menu “Service No.”
The menu “Service No.” will appear automatically after 7 seconds
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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Change 1” in the
“Service No.” menu and press to confirm.

or
왘

Press *.

The “Change Service No. 1” menu will
appear.

109

Telephone
Service numbers
Changing the number for roadside
assistance

Select a new country service number from
the list
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the country abbreviation you want and press to confirm.
The new service number is now stored
in the “Service No.” menu.

Returning to the menu “Service No.”
The menu “Service No.” will appear automatically after 7 seconds
or
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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Change 2” in the
“Service No.” menu and press to confirm.
The “Change Service No. 2” country list
will appear.

110

왘

Press *.

Navigation
Important notes
Quick reference
Destination input
Route guidance
Destination memory
Settings

111

Navigation
Important notes
Important notes

Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.

앫

One-way streets

앫

Narrow bridges

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.

The route calculated by COMAND is a recommendation on how the best reach your
selected destination.

앫

Similar traffic regulation data

Do not watch display screen or operate buttons while the vehicle is in motion - let voice
instructions guide you. Stop at a safe location before using buttons or making corrections.

앫

Traffic lights

앫

Stop and yield signs

앫

Parking or stopping zones

Warning

112

During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on

You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive carefully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND instructions.

Navigation
Important notes

Warning

The CD reader 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 CD reader
does not contain any parts which can be serviced by the user. For safety reasons, have
any service work which may be necessary
performed only by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

COMAND calculates the route with the
help of data that is stored on the navigation CD.

The CD drive can read navigation CDs
and playback audio CDs.

Only use Mercedes-Benz navigation
CDs. Using other navigation CDs might
lead to malfunctions.
Because of changes in local traffic patterns (e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data, errors in calculation may
occur.

If an audio CD is in the CD drive and
b is pressed, the message “No CD
available. Insert NAVI-CD type DX only”
will be displayed.
앫

Remove the audio CD and insert a
navigation CD (컄 page 119).

As a result, the recommended route
may deviate from the ideal route. The
data stored on the CD only reflects local conditions at the time of CD production.

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Navigation
Important notes
!
GPS (Global Positioning System) signals received make it possible to determine the current vehicle position.
Deviations from the actual position
may occur
앫

if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e.g. in parking garages
and tunnels

앫

if road conditions are bad

앫

depending on the vehicle’s condition

114

If the reception of the GPS signal is unavailable, you will have to manually enter the current vehicle position
(컄 page 180).

Travelling abroad

If your vehicle has been transported by
a car, train or ferry, COMAND needs
some time to find its exact position.
Moving the vehicle a few yards is typically enough to remedy this situation.

Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or
the Client Assistance Center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
for available CDs.

If you intend to travel through different regions or abroad, you will need the respective navigation CD.

왘

Change the navigation CD
(컄 page 119).

Navigation
Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have your tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measurements taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See calibration (컄 page 181).

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Navigation
Quick reference
Quick reference
1

Z+

Z-

MAP

PWR

NAV

TEL

DETR

INFO

MUT

DISP

2
ABC

4
18

FM
AM

JKL

TUV

WXYZ

SVC

OPR

DEL

BACK

VOL-RPT

116

MNO

0
+

GHI

PQRS

3
DEF

13
14

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Navigation
Quick reference
Function

Page

1 Switching COMAND on
and off

2 Switching the navigation
system on

122

3 Zooming in for more detailed map

133,
158

4 Zooming out for less detailed map

133,
158

5 Route guidance active:
Switches between map
and symbol display

156

Route guidance not active:
Activates location map
6 Selecting a detour during
route guidance

Function
7 CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CD

163

i
Pay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
8 Route guidance active:
Displays estimated time
of arrival and current distance to destination

147

Route guidance not active:
Displays last
destination driven

149

Page

147

Function

Page

9 Muting current route instructions or

153

Switching off voice output for the duration of
the current route
guidance

153

10 Ejecting navigation CD

119

11 Entering destination via
the map

131

12 Displaying and removing
a long list entry in full in
a window

138

13 Switching back to the
previous menu
14 When entering information:
Deletes last character or
complete entry

124

117

Navigation
Quick reference
Function

Page

15 Turn to
Highlight menu field, list
entry or character
Alter the map scale

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Press to
Confirm entry/selection,
starting function or activating submenu
Activate map scale bar
16 Turn to
During voice output:
Lower (left)/raise (right)
the volume
Press to
Repeat current route instructions

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133

Function

Page

17 Requesting and displaying Info Services

184

System settings

187

18 Color screen

Navigation
Quick reference
Changing the navigation CD

왘

Insert another navigation CD, e.g. a regional version, with the label facing up.
The illustrated message will appear.
COMAND loads the program stored on
the navigation CD.

왘

i
If you do not remove an ejected CD, it
will be automatically retrieved by the
CD drive after 10 seconds.
The CD drive can

앫

read navigation CDs, or

Do not interrupt the loading process.
Do not eject the navigation CD until the
loading process has been completed.

앫

playback audio CDs.

Press q.
COMAND ejects the inserted
navigation CD.

왘

Remove the CD.

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Navigation
Destination input
Destination input
Menu overview

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Navigation
Destination input
Function

Page

1 Main destination input
menu

Function

Page

4 “Destination via map”
menu

앫

Entering a destination address

123

Setting destination via
location on map

131

앫

Retrieving a destination from the destination memory

174

Setting destination via
coordinates

135

앫

Selecting a destination via the map

131

앫

Entering Points of Interest

137

앫

Selecting the last 12
destinations

141

5 “Settings” menu

2 Main address menu
Entering a destination
address

123

Entering vehicle location

180

Calibrating tires

181

6 “Points of Interest”
menu
Setting destination via
Point of Interest listing
7 Activating list of last
12 destinations for a recalculation

137
141

3 Main destination
memory menu
Selecting destination
from the destination
memory

174

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Navigation
Destination input
Switching the navigation system on

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Main destination input menu
왘

Press b.
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used:

Route guidance has been switched off
앫

the main destination input menu or

앫

the location map (컄 page 149).

왘

Press c.

Route guidance has been switched on

앫

the symbol display with an arrow indicating your driving direction
(컄 page 144) or

Potential fault messages during preparation of navigation startup:

앫

the map with the symbol indicating
current vehicle location
(컄 page 144)

Route guidance has been switched on,
COMAND has been switched off for
more than 2 hours
앫

an inquiry menu (컄 page 169)

i
The following message will appear
when COMAND is preparing for navigation startup: “Navigation being activated. Please obey all traffic rules.”. Then,
one of the 3 displays will appear.

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Changing over to another system, for
e.g. radio

앫

“Navigation cannot be activated. An
error has occurred”.

앫

“CD-Reading error. Please use another CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation CD.

앫

“No CD available. Please insert
NAVI-CD type DX only”.
Insert a current DX-coded navigation CD. Using other navigation CDs
might lead to malfunctions.

If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the message “Navigation being activated. Please obey all traffic rules”.

Navigation
Destination input
왘

Entering destination address
Select one of the following possibilities to
enter a destination:

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address”.
The main address menu will appear.

앫

Entering a destination address

앫

Selecting destination via the map
(컄 page 131)

Switching back to the main destination input menu

앫

Entering Points of Interest
(컄 page 137)

왘

앫

Selecting last destinations
(컄 page 141)

앫

Selecting from destination memory
(컄 page 174)

Press *.

Main address menu

1 Info/status line
2 Selecting city/suburb or selecting destination that has been entered at last
3 Selecting a street
4 Selecting a city center (컄 page 130)

i
If you have previously entered a city/
suburb, you can highlight 3 and 4.

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Navigation
Destination input
Select city/suburb

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v in the main address menu
and confirm and confirm “City/Suburb”.

왘

i
For quicker input, COMAND will offer
available characters from the character
set 6 based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the navigation CD.

The input menu “City/Suburb Entry”
will appear.
To adopt the city last selected:
왘

Enter other characters until the desired
city name appears in 5.

Activate the city list.
Correcting the entry

To select another city:
왘

“City/Suburb Entry” input menu

5 Input line, selected characters (invers)
or last city selected
6 Character set
7 Zoom
8 Move the insertion point one position
to the right
9 Activate the city list

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until the desired letter in character
set 6 is highlighted.
The zoom 7 enlarges the currently
highlighted character.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to enter the character in input line 5.
COMAND supplements the new entry
with additional letters so that the
stored name of a city/suburb will appear.

앫

Last character entered
왘

앫

Press r briefly.

All of the characters entered
왘

Press r longer than 2 seconds.

Navigation
Destination input
Activating the city list

If the input menu “City/Suburb Entry” is
displayed
왘

앫

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight menu field 9 with and
press to confirm.
The city list will appear.

You can now do the following in the city
list:
City list

10 Selected city is highlighted
11 Display the previous page, if :
12 Display the next page, if ;

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to highlight one of the arrows 11 or 12.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
or

왘

Display the previous/next page

앫

Confirm the city/suburb that has already been highlighted

앫

Select another city/suburb
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v until the desired city/
suburb is highlighted.

Confirming the city
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
A selection menu will appear.

i
If several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.

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Navigation
Destination input
Entering a street

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to highlight the desired character in the character set 17.
The zoom 18 enlarges the highlighted
character.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to enter the character in input line 16.
COMAND supplements the new entry
with additional letters so that a saved
street name will appear.

13 City previously selected
14 Selecting a street
15 Selecting a city center (컄 page 130)
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to activate the input menu
“Street”.

왘

“Street Entry” input menu

16 Input line with letters that have already
been entered
17 Character set
18 Zoom
19 Move the insertion point one position
to the right
20 Activate the street list

Enter other characters until the desired
street name appears in 16.

i
For quicker input, COMAND will offer
available characters from the character
set 17 based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the navigation CD.
Correcting the entry (컄 page 124).

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Navigation
Destination input
If the input menu “Street Entry” is displayed

Activating the street list

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight menu field 20 with and
press to confirm.
The street list appears.

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Street list

Here you can, as in the city list
(컄 page 125), select another street or
display the previous/next page.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
This will confirm city/suburb and street
of the desired destination. The selection menu “Destination Entry” appears.

i
If several options of a street are available, another menu will appear where you
must make and confirm your desired
selection.

21 Street previously selected
22 Display the previous page, if :
23 Display the next page, if ;

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Navigation
Destination input
You have now selected the destination and
can define your destination address more
precisely in the following manner:

Continue destination input

앫

Adding an intersection

앫

Adding a house number

Adding an intersection

i
1

In order to do so, “House no.” must be
shown in black.

2
4

3
5

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앫

Selecting it via the map (컄 page 131)

앫

Selecting a city center, if you do not
want to select a street (컄 page 130)

“Destination Entry” selection menu

1 Adding an intersection
2 Adding a house number
3 Selecting a destination via the map
(컄 page 131)
4 Saving a destination address in the
destination memory (컄 page 175)
5 Confirming the destination and the calculating route (컄 page 141)

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or
Confirm the destination and calculate the
route (컄 page 141)
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “OK” in the menu
“Destination Entry”.

If the menu “Destination Entry” is displayed
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
A list of roads intersecting with the previously input street will appear.

Navigation
Destination input
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the name of the intersection.

Adding a house number
Depending on the data stored on the navigation CD, you can add a house number to
the destination address.

In order to do so, the menu field “House
no.” must be shown in black in the selection menu “Destination Entry”.

The previous/next page can be displayed as described for the city list
(컄 page 125).
왘

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm the selection.
The selection menu “Destination Entry”
will appear, indicating the intersection.

An input menu will appear.

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to calculate the route (컄 page 141).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 2 and press to confirm.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired numbers
one after the other and press to confirm.
The numbers will appear in the input
line.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
A list will appear.

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Navigation
Destination input

왘

Selecting a city center

The house numbers usually appear on
the list in blocks, e.g.

You can activate the list “Center Entry” in
the main address menu (컄 page 123) or after selecting a city (컄 page 126).

1-5

odd numbers

42-50

even numbers

1-50

mixed numbers

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired block and
press to confirm.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to calculate the route (컄 page 141).

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Center” and press to
confirm.
The list “Center Entry” will appear.

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
The selection menu “Destination Entry”
will appear.

왘

The selection menu “Destination Entry”
will appear.
왘

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to calculate the route (컄 page 141).

Navigation
Destination input
Selecting a destination via the map
Activating the map from the main destination input menu

Setting the map center
1 To the previous destination
2 To the current vehicle location
3 Activate the “City/Suburb Entry” input
menu and select the corresponding
city center after input
4 Activate the coordinate destination input menu
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Destination via Map...”
(Destn via Map) in the main destination
input menu and press to confirm.
The selection menu “Destination via
Map” will appear.

“Destination via Map” menu

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1, 2, 3 or 4 and press to
confirm.
1 and 2

The map with the crosshairs
will appear

The “City/Suburb Entry”
menu will appear
(컄 page 124)

왘

Enter the city in the input menu and
confirm it.
Then, the map with the crosshairs
will appear. The crosshairs are centered on the city center.

4 The coordinate destination input
menu will appear (컄 page 135).

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Navigation
Destination input
Continue destination input via the map

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Map” and press to confirm.
The map with the crosshairs will appear.

Map with crosshairs

5 Street name or name of the symbol
(e.g. parking area) that the crosshairs
are centered on
6 Crosshairs to select the destination
7 Symbol for current vehicle location
8 Current map scale

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Moving the crosshairs
왘

Use the number keys (refer also to the
arrows shown on the keypad) to move
the crosshairs around the map.
1 to the top left

2 up

During destination input, the map will
always appear facing north (north is on
top).

3 to the top right

Map appearance is dependent on the
selected map scale.

6 to the right

4 to the left
7 to the bottom left
8 down
9 to the bottom right

Navigation
Destination input

Altering the map scale

As you move the crosshairs towards the
edge of the screen using the number
keys, an adjacent section of the map is
activated. It may take a few seconds to
point to each new map.

Activating the scale selector 10.
왘

Press + or ,.
or

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

Adjacent map sections overlap somewhat so that destinations at the edge of
the map can be marked as well.

A division mark corresponds to an available scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.
9 Current map scale
10 Scale selector
11 New map scale (filled arrow)
12 Square increase section of the map

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Navigation
Destination input
Zooming in for more detailed map

Zooming out for less detailed map

왘

Press +.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
A filled arrow for the new scale 11 and
a square 12 appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to calculate the map with the new scale.

134

왘

Press ,.
or

The crosshairs highlight the desired destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.

왘

Then calculate the route (컄 page 141).

The new scale will appear.
왘

Confirming destination and calculating
route

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to calculate the map with the
new scale.
This will take place automatically after
6 seconds.

Navigation
Destination input
Destination entry via coordinates

Activating the adjustment mode

You can enter a destination if the corresponding coordinates are known.

왘

Adjustment range

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

앫

The entry will appear in red.
Altering the setting
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v.

앫

or
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Coordinate Destination...” in the Destination via Map menu
(컄 page 131) and press to confirm.

0-179°

0-59 min

0-59 s

0.1-0.9 s

Latitude (N - North or S - South)
0-89°

0-59 min

0-59 s

0.1-0.9 s

Store the new setting and move the marking to the next entry

Changing between western (W) and eastern (E) longitude

왘

“Coordinate Destination” menu
왘

Enter cordinates with the number keys.

Longitude (W - West or E - East)

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
The entry will appear in black.

왘

Subsequently repeat operating sequence and enter coordinates completely.

Press u repeatedly.

Changing between northern (N) and
southern (S) latitude
왘

Press t repeatedly.

The “Coordinate Destination” input
menu will appear.

135

Navigation
Destination input
Starting the adjustment mode

Activate the map with crosshairs

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “OK” and press to confirm.

Store the coordinate destination in the
destination memory with a name
왘

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Confirming coordinate destination
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
The above display appears.

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Save” and press to
confirm.
This will activate the destination memory (컄 page 175).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Map” and press to confirm.
This will activate the map
(컄 page 132).

Navigation
Destination input
Entering Points of Interest

왘

This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking facilities or shopping centers.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Special destinations”
in the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.

Around the current area of vehicle location or previous destination area

The selection menu “Point of Interest”
will appear.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 to 4 and press to confirm.
1, 2, 4

A Category list will appear

The input menu “City/Area”
will appear (컄 page 139)

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Category list

“Points of Interest” selection menu

5 Display previous page, if :
6 Display next page, if ;

Select a Point of Interest
1 Around the current area of vehicle location
2 Around the previous destination area
3 In the surrounding area of another city
4 As regional destination, e.g. airport

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Navigation
Destination input
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 or 2 and press to confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

왘

Display the entry in full in a window 9

왘

Press u.

왘

Press u again to remove 9.

9
Selecting the desired destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the entry in the selection list and press to confirm.

왘

Then calculate the route (컄 page 141).

A corresponding list will appear.

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Not all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.

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7 Point of Interest entry with distance to
destination in miles (as the crow flies)
8 Symbol for long entry
9 Complete entry in a window

Navigation
Destination input
In the surrounding area of another city

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
in the city list and press to confirm.

Regional destinations

The list “Select Category” will appear.

i
If several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.

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Not all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.

“City/Area” input menu
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Select City...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The input menu “City/Area” will appear.

왘

Select the city and activate the city list
(컄 page 125).

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.

왘

Select the desired destination.

왘

Then calculate the route (컄 page 141).

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Regional...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

i
Not all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.

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Navigation
Destination input
Activating the list

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight highlight the desired category and press to confirm.

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왘

An input menu, e.g. “Airport” will appear.
왘

Select an entry (컄 page 124) and then
activate the list.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “List” and press to confirm.
The list will appear.

140

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.

왘

Then calculate the route (컄 page 141).

Navigation
Destination input
왘

Selecting the last destinations
This function allows you to display up to 12
destinations you last selected.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Last destinations...” in
the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The list “Last destinations...” will appear.

1
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
and press to confirm.

왘

Then calculate the route.

Calculating a route
First select the calculation mode and then
calculate your route.
Selecting calculation mode
COMAND calculates the route either as
the Fast Route 1 or Short Route 2 whereby
traffic routes 3, 4 and 5 can be included or
avoided (with several selections).

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1 Destination selected last

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Navigation
Destination input
Selecting a route mode P
1 Route calculated for optimum driving
time
2 Route calculated for optimum driving
route
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired route mode
and press to confirm.

Including P or avoiding Q traffic routes, several selections are available
3 Calculate the route with/without freeways
4 Calculate the route with/without ferry
connections, car trains
5 Calculate the route with/without toll
roads
6 COMAND calculates the route with the
selected settings

i
Toll roads appear in green on the map.
왘

142

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired type of road
and press the button.

Calculating the route
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “OK” and press to confirm.
As soon as calculation begins, you will
see a corresponding message and hear
the voice output “The route is being
calculated”.

i
In the event that no reasonable alternate route for that destination exists,
COMAND will calculate the route including 3 to 5 even if these selections are
to be avoided.

Navigation
Destination input

7
8
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7 Calculation method
8 Destination
Cancel route calculation
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Cancel” and press to
confirm.

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During the calculation, the symbol display
will appear after a few seconds.

The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.

9 Calculation of route
10 Arrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
11 Distance to the destination (as the
crow flies)

Position 12 now indicates the driving direction.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.

The main destination input menu will
appear.

143

Navigation
Route guidance
Route guidance
Route guidance principles

144

Navigation
Route guidance
Function

Page

1 Name of the street onto
which you should turn or

154

Distance to destination or

155

Name of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)

155

2 Arrow indicating driving
direction or

154

앫

Destination direction

앫

Symbol for new calculation of the route

168

Destination flag

170

앫

3 Name of the street on
which you are travelling

Function
앫

앫

149

Distance bar to the
next maneuver

154

앫

Distance to the next
maneuver in miles

155

Function

Page

“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area

5 Activating the map

156

“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized

6 Marking a way point

160

7 Mixture of map and symbol display

157

“DEST AREA” - vehicle is approaching the
destination, the destination area is not digitized

8 Activating the symbol
display

156

Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.

“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calculated

143

앫

“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated

170

앫

“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route

4 Other display types
앫

Page

9 Selecting
map orientation

159

10 Current map scale

158

11 Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)

151

12 Destination flag

145

Navigation
Route guidance
After the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
앫

Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated

앫

Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8

앫

Mix
Before the vehicle makes a turn,
COMAND switches automatically from
the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.

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In the map display, menu fields 6, 8, 9
are removed after 6 seconds.

The map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to display the menu fields again.

If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.

Navigation
Route guidance
왘

Requesting destination and route information
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route information.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 to 8 and press to confirm.

i
If the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in gray
and display the last available information. The message “Off Road: dest. info
not up-to-date” appears underneath.

Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.

Route guidance is switched off
“Destination Info” selection menu

1 Estimated time of arrival at destination
2 Current distance to destination
3 Display route list
4 Display location map
5 Display current destination
6 Request route mode
7 Activate route map
8 Display stop-over

The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.

147

Navigation
Route guidance
Displaying the entry in full in a window

Displaying route list

왘

Press u.

왘

Press u again to remove the window.

Displaying the next/previous page (if arrows are filled)
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight ;/: and press to confirm.

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 and press to confirm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.

148

Switching back to the symbol or map display
왘

Press * twice.

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The route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(컄 page 142), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be deleted from the route list.

Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the location map

Altering the map scale (컄 page 158).

If route guidance is active

Switching back to the symbol or map display

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Location map” and
press to confirm.

왘

Press * twice.

If route guidance is switched off
왘

The location map faces north (Northup).

Press l.
The location map will appear.

왘

1 Geographic longitude and latitude for
your current location
2 Number of satellites received
3 Scale used the last time the location
map was activated
4 Current vehicle location in the center of
the screen
5 Name of the street the vehicle is
currently travelling on

Press l again to activate the main
destination input menu.

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If the location map appears after
COMAND has been switched on,
press b to activate the main destination input menu.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Displaying current destination

Requesting route mode

Selecting calculation mode
(컄 page 141)

Selecting a detour during destination
guidance (컄 page 163)
Marking a way point (컄 page 160)
Switching back to the symbol or map display
After 15 seconds, COMAND will return automatically to the symbol or map display.
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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Current Destination”
and press to confirm.
You will see the current destination.

Switching back to the symbol or map display
왘

Press *.

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1 Settings for route calculation mode
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Options” and press
to confirm.
The settings for the current route are
displayed.

or
왘

Press *.

Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the route map

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Route Map” and
press to confirm.

Displaying a stop-over
You can display this information if you
have previously selected a way point
(컄 page 160).

The route map faces north (North-up)
and shows the general view for the
whole route.
The map scale selected depends on the
route.
Switching back to the symbol or map display
1 Current vehicle location
2 Route displayed as blue line
3 Destination

왘

Press *.

1 Way point
Place, type of stop-over and name
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Stop” and press to
confirm.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Beginning route guidance

During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
앫

Symbol display

앫

Map display

앫

Mix of map and symbol display
(컄 page 157)

Voice output
During the trip, apart from visual information (symbol or map displays), COMAND
also provides all of the necessary route information via voice output.
Once the route has been calculated, the
symbol display will appear.
If you now are at the maneuver point, you
will also hear a voice output, e.g. “Please
turn right”.

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COMAND gives you spoken recommendations
앫

when route guidance begins

앫

after the route has been calculated

앫

before and during a change in the driving direction

앫

on reaching the destination or a way
point

Warning

Voice output is intended to direct you while
driving without diverting your attention from
the road and driving. Please always use this
feature instead of consulting the symbol or
map display for directions while driving
which may cause you to divert your attention from driving and increase your risk of accident.

Navigation
Route guidance
If an audio source is switched on, e.g. the
radio, the voice output will be mixed with
that of the audio source.
You can individually set the audio volume
differential between voice output/audio
source (컄 page 64). COMAND mutes navigation voice outputs during telephone/
Tele Aid operation.
Repeating current voice output
왘

Press the left-hand rotary/push-button
v briefly.

Switching the voice output off for the
duration of the current route guidance
왘

Press Ö longer than 2 seconds during a voice output.

At the COMAND control unit
왘

You will see the message “Voice output
is muted”.
Switching the voice output on again
The current route guidance has been completed.
Voice output will automatically switch on
again.

Muting current voice output

During a voice output

왘

Press Ö briefly during a voice output. You will hear the next announcement normally.

Altering the voice output volume

Press the left-hand rotary/push-button
v.

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v during a voice output.
COMAND will accept this setting for
following voice outputs.

At the multifunctional steering wheel
You can alter the volume with the steering
wheel keys during a voice output as well.
To raise the volume
왘

Press J.

To lower the volume
왘

Press I.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Turning onto a street

Advance notice of right turn

Just before a right turn

Example of a traffic situation with voice
output

1 “Prepare to turn right” (advance notice)
2 “Turn right after 250 feet”
3 “Please, turn next right”
Manual recall of the current voice instruction
왘

Press left-hand rotary/push-button v.

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4 Name of the street you are to turn onto
5 Arrow indicating driving direction
6 Name of the street you are travelling on
7 Distance in miles to right turn

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As you approach a junction or interchange (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advise you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.

8 Name of the street you will to turn onto
9 Right-turn arrow
10 Name of the street you are now driving
on
11 Distance graph to turning point, reduces as you approach the intersection

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In special situations, e.g. when turning
quickly several times in succession,
there may be deviations in the accuracy
of the voice instructions.

Navigation
Route guidance
Following the course of the road

Driving through an intersection

Before you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued route, e.g.
앫

“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)

앫

“Bear left after 250 feet”

앫

“Please bear left”

Please note the following difference in
voice output

1 Distance to destination
2 Arrow indicating driving direction
3 Name of the road you are currently driving on
4 Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point

1 Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2 Part of the street, not to be followed
3 Name of the street you should drive on
4 Distance graph to turning-point

Situation

Example of voice
output

Making a turn
onto a street

...turn left/right.

Driving through ...bear left/right.
an intersection

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As you approach a junction or interchange (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advise you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.

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Navigation
Route guidance
You can select one of the two possibilities:

Changing to map display

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm 1.
or

왘

Press l.
The map will appear in the scale last selected.

1 Activating map display

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2 Return to symbol display
3 Last scale selected
Altering the map scale (컄 page 158)
4 Actual vehicle location
5 Name of the street you will turn onto

COMAND will remove the menu bar (except for 3) after 6 seconds.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

Navigation
Route guidance
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Mix of map and symbol display
If the function Mix is switched on, the symbol display is activated automatically from
the map display before making a maneuver. After you have made the maneuver,
the map will appear again.
Switching the mix function on
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the symbol display and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in red.

Switching the mix function off
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the map or symbol display and press to confirm.

Map display before a maneuver, mix function is switched on

Before a maneuver off e.g. a U-turn, COMAND will activate the symbol display.
After you have made the U-turn, the map
will appear again.

“Mix” appears in black again.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Altering the map scale
Activate the scale selector
왘

Press + or ,.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
The scale bar will appear.

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A division mark corresponds to an available scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.

1 Current map scale
2 Scale selector
3 New map scale
Zooming in for more detailed map
왘

Press +.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The map will appear automatically.

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Zooming out for less detailed map
왘

Press ,.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The map will appear automatically.

Navigation
Route guidance
Selecting map orientation

Selecting driving direction pointing up

To return to North-up
왘

You can either select the map north or position it with the driving direction pointing
up.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
The north arrow will appear again.

Map orientation

Characteristics

North-up

North arrow always
points to the top
The symbol for the current vehicle location is
turning on the map

Heading-up: Map is displayed facing driving
direction pointing up
왘

North-up: Map is displayed facing north

1 Selecting map orientation
North arrow ! or compass needle <
(black tipping pointing to the north)
2 Symbol for current vehicle location

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
Symbol 2 points in the driving direction, the compass needle will appear.

Heading-up

The symbol for the current vehicle location always points to the top
The compass needle is
turning, the black point
always points north

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Navigation
Route guidance
Marking a way point
You can store a way point during route
guidance.

“Way Point” menu

1 Activate “Way Point” menu
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear.

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2 Select a category
3 Activate the main address menu
(컄 page 123)
4 Activate the “Points of Interest” selection menu (컄 page 137)
5 Activate the main destination memory
menu (컄 page 174)
6 Activate the “Coordinate Destination”
input menu (컄 page 135)

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 2 to 6 press to confirm.

왘

Select the desired way point.

왘

Start route guidance.

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Route guidance
Starting route guidance

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After you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and
“House No...” may appear in black, indicating that it is possible to select them.

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Start
Guidance…”.

You will now see the information corresponding to route calculation and hear the
voice output: “The route to your intermediate destination is being calculated”.
The previously selected route mode will be
maintained.
After you reach the way point, you will continue to follow the route to the original input destination.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Cancel the calculation
왘

Deleting way point

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Cancel”.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Delete stopover...”.
The way point has been deleted.

If you do not want to delete the way point
왘

Press *.

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It is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (컄 page 167).
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Stop” in the symbol or
map display and press to confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear, “Delete stop-over...” is highlighted.
If the menu bar is not visible in the
map:
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
The menu bar will appear.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Selecting a detour

1
2

1 It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2 Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated
앫

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List not activated:
“Cancel” cannot be selected

2
앫

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List activated:
“Cancel” is highlighted

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Main detour menu

3 It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (컄 page 165)

왘

Press ) at any time.
The main detour menu will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.

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Traffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
If you switch off COMAND for more than
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Traffic jam ahead
If a traffic jam lies ahead, you can block the
route sections following the next intersection/the next turn-off.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Traffic Jam Ahead...” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The traffic jam menu will appear.

Entering the length of the blocked route
section
Increasing the blocked section
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.

Decreasing the blocked section

COMAND suggests reasonable route
sections.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.

Minimum/maximum length of detour is
governed by the logical grouping of rou- Calculating detour
te sections. If additional detour seg왘 Press the right-hand rotary/pushments are required after the original
button v.
detour, they must be requested indiviThe route will be re-calculated. An indually.
formation menu will appear.
Traffic jam menu

1 Length of the blocked route section in
miles

Then COMAND continues route
guidance.

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You can also select “Traffic Jam Ahead”
during the course of a detour. The current detour will then be cancelled.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Detour in route list

Displaying an entry in full in a window

왘

Press u.

왘

Press u again to remove the window.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Detour in Route List” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The message “The route list is being
calculated” will appear.
Then the route list will appear.

Route list

1 Street cannot be blocked off
2 Symbol “+”: street contains several
sections which can be blocked off
3 Blocked street will appear in red

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Navigation
Route guidance
Calling detailed route list

Blocking off several streets/street sections

Canceling blocking function, do not recalculate the route

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
With each turn, you will block another
section.
The road name will appear in red.

The traffic jam menu will appear.
Ending the blocking function, re-calculating the route with the blocks selected
왘

Undoing street block
왘

The street name will appear in black
again.

Detailed route list

4 Symbol “-” - sections of a road are displayed
왘

Press +.
The detailed route list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.

Switching back to the route list
왘

Press ,.
The symbol “+” appears in front of the
street section.
The blocking function is still active.

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Press *.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
COMAND re-calculates the route in the
previously selected calculation mode.
A corresponding message will appear.
Then the symbol display will appear
again and COMAND will continue route
guidance.

Navigation
Route guidance
Resetting functions

왘

Press r.

A selection menu will appear.

If you have not selected any way point
(컄 page 160) or detour (컄 page 163)
menu fields 1 to 4 are shaded out and
cannot be selected.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
COMAND will re-calculate the route
using the previously selected calculation mode.
You will see the corresponding information.

1 Delete a way point
2 Cancel a detour (traffic jam ahead)
3 Cancel a detour (street sections blocked in the route list)
4 Reset all functions

The corresponding information will appear
on the display.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Deviating from the calculated route

If applicable, the message “NEW ROUTE”
will appear along with an arrow outline indicating the driving direction.
After the new calculation has been successfully completed, COMAND continues
route guidance.
The arrow indicating the driving direction
will appear as usual.

If you deviate from a recommended route,
the COMAND automatically calculates a
new route from the current vehicle location to the requested destination.

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Driving on a non-digitized road
If the symbol display is active, the map
showing the current vehicle location relative to the route will appear after 5 seconds.
COMAND automatically changes back to
the symbol display if a known road is used
again.

Navigation
Route guidance
Interrupt route guidance during a
journey
The car is parked for longer than 2 hours
and the remaining distance to the destination is more than 0.3 miles.

Recalculating and continuing the active
route guidance
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Yes”.
You will hear the voice output “The route is being recalculated”.

Recalculating and continuing the active
route guidance
왘

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If the remaining distance to the route is
less than 0.3 miles, route guidance
ends and the main destination input
menu will appear.
The message “Manual route exclusions
have been reset” will appear, if
앫

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.
The destination input menu will appear.

you have selected a detour and the
COMAND was switched off for longer than 30 minutes during active
route guidance.

Manually entered traffic jams are deleted.
왘

Press * to remove the message.

The inquiry menu can also appear if the
current stop-over is entered.
Inquiry menu

After COMAND has been switched on
again, the inquiry menu shown above appears.

If the journey is interrupted for less than
2 hours, active route guidance will be
continued automatically. You will hear
the voice output “The route is being recalculated”.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Arriving at destination

Then the main destination input menu appears and you can now enter another destination.

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You will also hear voice outputs and see
display messages when you approach
and arrive at way points.

When you reach the destination, you will
see the destination flag. You will hear the
voice output “You have reached your destination”.

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Navigation
Route guidance
Activating audio system

Activating audio functions

During route guidance (you see either symbol or map display) you can select another
COMAND system by pressing the corresponding key.

During route guidance, you can operate an
audio source that is active in the background. Although the options are limited,
you can operate the audio source without
having to fully switch to the corresponding
system.

The main menu of the selected audio source will appear and you will e.g. hear the
radio.
Route guidance and the navigation’s voice
output remain active.
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The voice output is added to the audio
playback.
You can individually adjust the volume levels for voice output and audio playback
(컄 page 64).

왘

Press c.
The main radio menu will appear.
The station last tuned to will begin to
play.

왘

Selecting a station (컄 page 30).

Returning to navigation system
왘

Press b.

1 A window is shown in the symbol or
map display, providing details about
the active audio source

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Route guidance
Removing the window
This is done automatically after 3 seconds.
or
왘

Press *.

The radio is active
앫

Selecting a memorized station from the
respective memory (FM, AM or WB)
왘

앫

Press number keys 1 through 0.

Performing station seek
왘

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Press g or h briefly.

앫

Starting manual search

CD mode is active

왘

앫

Press g or h longer than
2 seconds.
The search run will start in the desired direction - frequency ranges
FM, AM or WB.

앫

Selecting CD with number keys
0

CD drive

1-6

CD changer

Selecting previous/next track
왘

앫

Press g or h briefly.

Skipping backwards/forwards
왘

Hold g or h longer than
2 seconds.

Navigation
Route guidance
Continuing route guidance

Canceling route guidance

왘

Press *.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to highlight “No” and press
to confirm.
The map or the symbol display will appear.

왘
왘

While the map or symbol display is active, press b.
A query will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Yes”.
The main destination input menu will
appear.

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Destination memory
Destination memory
You can save frequently used destinations
in the destination memory.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Destination memory”
in the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.

Retrieving a destination from the
destination memory

The main destination memory menu
will appear.

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3
4
5
6

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Main destination memory menu

1 Info/status line
2 Retrieving destination from the destination memory for destination input
3 Sorting destination memory
4 Deleting destination in the destination
memory
5 Saving the current destination
6 Saving current vehicle location with a
name

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Display destinations...” in the main destination memory menu.
After the message “Compiling sorted
destination list”, the destination memory will appear.

Navigation
Destination memory
왘

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
Then calculate the route (컄 page 141).

Saving the current destination
When you have entered or reached the current destination, you can save the destination in the destination memory.

In the selection menu “Destination Entry”
(컄 page 128)
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save” is highlighted and press
to confirm.

In the main destination memory menu

Displaying longer entries (컄 page 165).

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save current destination...” is
highlighted and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.

Input menu

1 Name entered
2 Saving the destination without entering
a name

If all memory locations are used, the
message “Destination memory is full”
will appear. Press the right-hand rotary/push-button v to remove the message.
The main destination memory menu will
appear.
Deleting a destination in destination
memory (컄 page 179).

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Destination memory
Saving with a name
You can enter a name for the current destination.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired character
and press to confirm.

The letter you have selected appears in
the input line.
왘

Enter the other letters until the name is
complete.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
The destination memory will activate.
The current destination has been saved
with a name and appears in red.

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to move the entry to the desired
point in the list and press to confirm.
Saving after destination has been entered:
The main destination entry menu will
appear, “Start Guidance...” is highlighted.
Saving on arrival at destination:
The main destination entry menu will
appear.

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3 Starting route guidance
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm 3.
Route guidance begins.

Navigation
Destination memory
Saving without a name
If you do not wish to enter a name,
COMAND will save the destination with
city and street name.
왘

While you are in the input menu, turn
the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight “Save without names” and
press to confirm.
The destination memory will appear.

Saving the current vehicle location

왘

With this function, you can save the current vehicle location in the destination memory. Enter a name so you will be able to
retrieve it at a later date.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Save current location...” in the main destination memory
menu and press to confirm.
The input menu “Save Location” will
appear.

왘

Enter a name.

왘

Then activate the destination memory
and save the position in the desired
memory location, see “Saving with a
name”.
The main destination input menu will
appear.

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Destination memory
왘

Sorting destination memory

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to move the entry to the desired position and press to confirm.
The entry is saved at that location.
The entry is shown in black again. The
main destination memory menu is reactivated automatically.

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Sort destinations...” in
the main destination memory menu
and press to confirm.
After the message “Compiling sorted
destination list”, the destination memory will appear.

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
The entry is now shown in red.

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Destination memory
왘

Deleting a destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the entry you wish to delete and press to confirm.

If you do not want to delete the destination
왘

The inquiry “Do you really want to delete the destination?” will appear.
왘

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왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Yes” and press to confirm.
The entry has been deleted from the
list. The following entries will each
move up one position. The delete function is still active.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.
The destination memory will appear.

Activating the main destination memory
menu
왘

Press *.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Delete Destination in
Memory” in the main destination memory menu and press to confirm.
After the message “Compiling sorted
destination list”, the destination memory will appear.

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Settings
Settings
Entering the vehicle location

왘

COMAND normally determines the vehicle
location automatically with the GPS. In exceptional cases, this may not be possible.
You can then enter the current vehicle location manually in connection with an intersection.
왘

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
destination input menu and press to
confirm.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Location...” and press
to confirm.

Enter the city/suburb and then the
street and select the required entries
from the corresponding list. See entering destination address (컄 page 123).

After you have selected the street, you will
see a prompt for the intersection.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the appropriate cross
street and press to confirm.
The input menu “Location/Intersection” will appear.
Location is ahead or behind an intersection
왘

The input menu to enter the city will appear.

The message “Chosen location accepted” will appear.
왘

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right (location is ahead) or to
the left (location is behind) and press to
confirm.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm.

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Settings
Calibration
In order to ensure an exact fix on position,
you have to calibrate COMAND by entering
the correct tire information whenever tires
are changed.

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Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
destination input menu and press to
confirm.
A list of options will appear.

Menu “Settings”

1 Activate menu “Calibration”
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
The menu “Calibration” will appear.

2 Enter the tread depth and the tire type
3 Return to the main destination input
menu
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to start calibration.
A list of options will appear.

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Navigation
Settings
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the entry.
The main destination input menu will
appear.

4 Tread depth ≥ 4 mm (3/16 in.)
5 Tread depth < 4 mm (3/16 in.)
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.

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Enter the new tire type

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Enter the front axle tire parameters.
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the apropriate digits
one by one and press to confirm.

Info Services/System settings
Info Services*
System settings
Auxiliary audio source

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Info Services/System settings
Info Services*
Info Services*
In chapter “Info Services/System settings” you will find detailed information on
the following topics:
앫

Requesting and displaying Info Services

If you have not done so already, please familiarize yourself with these functions by
reading the chapter “At a glance”
(컄 page 6).
Requesting and displaying
Info Services

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This function is not available in some
countries.
앫

Adjusting the brightness

앫

Selecting the language for the menu
text displays and the voice output

앫

Setting the date and time

앫

Selecting beep tones

앫

Setting the display dimming characteristics (day and night display)

앫

Resetting all settings to the factory settings

앫

Switching an auxiliary audio source on
and off

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When you subscribe to Info Services, you
can download information directly to your
COMAND. You can select from news, weather, sports, stocks, and calendar reminders.
To personalize your selections visit
앫

www.MBUSA.com or call

앫

1-800-FOR-MERCedes.

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Before you can use Info Services, Tele
Aid must be activated at the Response
Center and Info Services selected.

Main service menu

1 New information service is requested
from Response Center
2 Shows date and time of the message
3 The main settings menu will appear
(컄 page 187)

Info Services/System settings
Info Services*
왘

Press ( in any menu.

You will hear a beep tone if there is a new
incoming message.

The main service menu will appear.

There are three ways to cancel the request
and switch to a main menu, e.g. radio main
menu:

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The characters are displayed in light
grey

왘

In 1

During an active request transmission

In 2

If no information is available

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm 1.
New information service is requested
from the Response Center.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v and confirm “Cancel”.

왘

Press *.
or

왘

Automatically after 15 seconds.

4 This message appears
5 Cancels the request

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Info Services/System settings
Info Services*

If information cannot be retrieved, one
of the following messages will be displayed:

앫

“Data Connection Cannot be Established”

앫

“No Cellular Connection Available”

앫

Vehicle may be in a cellular weak signal area. Try again later.
앫

“Cellular System Busy”
Request has failed because cellular
system is busy. Try again later.

앫

“Data transmission failure”
Request has failed because a data
transfer error has occured. Try again
later.

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A driver’s attention to the road must always
be his/her primary focus when driving.

“Tele Aid. Please visit workshop”

For your safety and the safety of others, we
recommend that you pull over to a safe location and stop the vehicle before requesting
or receiving any info services.

“To subscribe to information services dial phone number”
You have not yet subscribed to service.

앫

Warning

Request has failed because SOS or
Roadside call is in progress.
A hardware error has been detected. Contact your Mercedes-Benz
Center.

Request has failed because Response Center cannot be accessed.
Try again later.
앫

“Tele Aid Call in Progress”

“No information available at this time. Press SVC.”
No new information is available.

Info Services/System settings
System settings
System settings
Activating the main settings menu

왘

Press (.
The main service menu will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “System Settings” and
press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will appear.

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6 Displays the new message
7 Switches back to the main menu
There is more than one message
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to move to the next page.

Activating the main service menu
왘

Press *.

Switching back to e.g. radio main menu
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.

Main system settings menu

You will see information 5 if the clock
has been set to GPS reception and if a
country, e.g. USA and a time zone was
selected.

1 Date and time
You can select the time format
(컄 page 196)
2 Adjusting the brightness
3 Activating “Settings” menu
4 Switching an auxiliary audio source on
(컄 page 200)
5 Country setting, with a time zone
(컄 page 192)

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
Darkening screen

Adjusting the brightness

왘

Activating settings menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The triangle 2 will move to the left.

Brightening screen
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The triangle 2 will move to the right.

Confirming new settings
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1 Previous settings
2 Current settings
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.

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왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
The main system settings menu will appear.

Settings menu

1 Selecting the language
Navigation CD must be inserted
2 Setting date and time (컄 page 190)
3 Switching beep tones on and off
(컄 page 197)
4 Setting the display dimming characteristics (day and night display)
(컄 page 198)
5 Resetting all settings to the factory settings (컄 page 199)

Info Services/System settings
System settings
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
system settings menu and press to
confirm.

Selecting the language

왘

The language affects the menu text displays and the voice output during route
guidance.

The settings menu will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired language
and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loading the xx language” and loads the selected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

1 Current language setting appears in
red
2 Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3 Page forward for more languages

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
You can select the following languages
앫

“Adopt from Instrument Cluster”
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster

Setting date and time
COMAND is equipped with an integrated
clock, which it shows in the main system
settings menu.

Manually
You must always set the clock manually
(컄 page 195), if
앫

COMAND does not receive a GPS time

앫

“Deutsch”

앫

“English” (metric)

The clock displays e.g. the estimated
time of arrival at the destination during
route guidance.

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

앫

the dates of the change between summer and winter time are not available

Distance measured in km,
speed in km/h
앫

“English” (imperial)

Automatically

Distance measured in yards and miles,
speed in miles per hour (mph)

COMAND automatically sets date and time
if the GPS time is received.

앫

“Español”

앫

“Français”

However, you can make the following adjustments:

앫

“Italiano”

앫

“Nederlands”

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앫

Set the time in increments of 30 minutes (컄 page 191)

앫

Set the time by selecting a country and
the time zone (컄 page 192)

Info Services/System settings
System settings
Setting the time in increments of 30 minutes
You can set the the time to any local time
(time zone) in increments of 30 minutes.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Date/Time...” in the
settings menu and press to confirm.

Activating the setting mode

The menu displays the date and the
time, minutes are highlighted.

2
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왘

4
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1 COMAND receives GPS time
2 Setting the clock (increments of 30 minutes)
3 Selecting the country and the time
zone (컄 page 192)
4 Selecting the time format (컄 page 196)

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
Setting mode is active, the minutes will
appear in red.

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
Altering the time
앫

Setting the clock ahead
왘

Switching back to the main system settings menu

You can select among several countries. If
a country has multiple time zones, e.g.
Canada and USA, you can select the applicable time zone.

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to the right.
Each click will move the time 30 minutes ahead.

앫

COMAND will indicate this information in
the main system settings menu.

Setting the clock back
왘

Selecting the country and the time
zone

Turn the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v to the left.
Each click will move the time 30 minutes back.

Canceling setting mode
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
The minutes appear in black lettering.

왘

Press *.
or

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
You will see the new time.
1 Input line
2 Activating country list

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
왘

Selecting time zone

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Country (Time)...” in
the settings menu and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the initial letter for the
country name and press to confirm.
The letter appears in 1.

왘

Enter additional letters.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
or

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Country List” and press
to confirm.
The country list appears.

Country list

3 Country entered previously
4 Page back for more countries
5 Page forward for more countries
왘

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds to
confirm the country.
The “Timezone” menu will appear showing the available time zones.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired country in
the list and press to confirm.

왘

The time zone list appears for countries
with several time zones (e.g. Canada,
USA).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the required time zone
and press to confirm.

왘

Then set the automatic time conversion as described next.

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
Automatic time conversion

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1 Setting change summer/winter time

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Position 1

Meaning

Automatic summer/winter time

The time in this
country/timezone
changes, the dates
of the time change
are known

Summer time

The dates of the
time changs are
not known, the
change to winter
time must be made
manually

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
Checkmark P indicates that automatic time change is active.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
The settings are adopted and the main
system settings menu will appear.

Info Services/System settings
System settings
Manually setting date and clock

Setting

You must manually set the date and clock,
if

왘

앫

COMAND does not receive a GPS time

앫

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

앫

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.
The day appears in red letters, setting
mode is active.

Move the day forwards or back

the dates of the change between summer and winter time are not available

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right or left.

왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

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Date/time menu

1 Day, month, year, hours, minutes
Day is highlighted when the menu
appears
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Date/Time...” in the
settings menu (컄 page 188) and press
to confirm.

The day appears in black letters, setting mode is switched off. The cursor
moves one position to the right.
왘

Repeat the operating steps to subsequently change month, year, hours and
minutes.

The menu displays date and time.

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Info Services/System settings
System settings
Adopting settings
왘

Selecting the time format

In the “Date/Time” menu
왘

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.
The main system settings menu will appear with the changed settings.

The “Time format” menu will appear.

Setting

If you have selected an invalid setting,
the message “Invalid input” will appear.

왘

1 Date display in day, month format
2 Date display in month, day format
3 Time display in 24-hour format
4 Time display in 12-hour format
P Setting is active
Q Setting is not active

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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Time format” and press
to confirm.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm. A checkmark will appear P.

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If the 12-hour format is selected, either
AM (ante meridiem) or PM (post meridiem) will appear after the time.

Info Services/System settings
System settings
Adopting settings
왘

Switching beep tones on and off

Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v longer than 2 seconds.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Beeps” in the settings
menu and press to confirm.
The “Beeps” menu will appear.

The main system setting menu will appear.

왘

or
왘

왘

Press *.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 or 2 and press to confirm.
The beep selected is switched on or off
accordingly.

The “Date/Time” menu will appear.

Acknowledgement beep

1 Acknowledgement beep
2 Info beep
P Tone is switched on
Q Tone is switched off

You will hear this beep if you confirm a
function or select an entry.
Info beep
You will hear this beep if COMAND provides information, e.g. navigation turn
is approaching.

197

Info Services/System settings
System settings
Setting the display dimming characteristics (day and night display)

If the settings menu (컄 page 188) is displayed
왘

The “Display (Day/Night)” menu will
appear. The setting 2 is active, when
calling up the menu for the first time.

1
2

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Display (day/night)...”
and press to confirm.

왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired setting and
press to confirm.
The desired setting is active.

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1 Changes by pressing Ä
2 Changes by pressing Ä and headlights switch
P Setting active
Q Setting not active

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Setting 2 has been selected
When the headlights are switched on, the
screen will change to night display.

Changing the display
왘

Press Ä to access the following displays in succession.
앫

Day display

앫

Night display

앫

Screen off

앫

and the Day display again

Info Services/System settings
System settings
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings

If the settings menu is displayed

The factory settings are:

왘

앫

Acknowledgement beep – off

앫

Info beep – off

앫

Language – English (imp.)

앫

Time display – 24 h

앫

Date format –DD.MM (day, month)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Factory settings” and
press to confirm.
An inquiry menu will appear. “Yes” is
highlighted.

Accepting the factory settings
왘

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Press the right-hand rotary/pushbutton v.

If you do not wish to reset the factory
settings

A screen with the factory setting will
appear for 8 seconds.

왘

The main system settings menu is reactivated.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will appear.

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Info Services/System settings
Auxiliary audio source
Auxiliary audio source
Connecting

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Mercedes-Benz recommends that any
auxiliary audio unit is installed and connected by an authorized MercedesBenz Center.
The auxiliary audio source (e.g. tape recorder) will be installed in the glove compartment of your vehicle and connected to the
socket available for this purpose. You will
require a separate connecting cable for
this.

200

Switching auxiliary audio source on

Refer to the seperate operating instructions for information on how to
operate the auxiliary audio source (e.g.
CD changer).
COMAND will play back voice outputs during route guidance even if the auxiliary audio source has been switched on.
It is possible to use the telephone while the
auxiliary audio source is in operation.

1
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1 Adjusting sound settings (컄 page 63)

Info Services/System settings
Auxiliary audio source
왘

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Aux” in the main system settings menu and press to confirm.
The “Aux” menu will appear. The auxiliary audio source will switch on if it has
been connected to the COMAND control unit.

Adjusting the volume (컄 page 14).

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The sound adjustments for the auxiliary
audio source are independent of those
selected for the COMAND audio sources.

Adjusting the volume level of an auxiliary audio source
왘

Adjust volume of vehicle radio to a
comfortable listening level.

왘

Connect adapter cable to portable tape
deck and to vehicle (socket in glove
box).

왘

Press ( button on COMAND unit.

왘

Activate the “Aux” menu as described.

왘

Press “Play” button on the portable
tape deck.

왘

Adjust the volume on the portable tape
deck so that the audio system output is
at or near the same comfortable level
previously set in radio mode.

왘

Volume can now be adjusted using
either COMAND or volume controls on
multifunction steering wheel.

Muting auxiliary audio source
왘

Press Ö.
Symbol R will appear.

Canceling mute function
왘

Press Ö again.
Symbol R will disappear.

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Only the volume setting of the tape
player can be controlled using the
COMAND system.

201

Info Services/System settings
Auxiliary audio source
Switching auxiliary audio source off
왘

Press e.g. c on the COMAND
control unit.
The COMAND audio source selected
will switch on.

202

Glossary

Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit and CD
changer) as well as an external source,
e.g. tape recorder.
COMAND
(Cockpit Management and Data System)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and CD
player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer, telephone,
etc.).
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
9-1-1 provider. It does not initiate a
->TELE AID call. Please note that the
9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.

GPS
(Global Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special receivers. Employs CD digital maps for
navigation.

Mix
Display representation during destination guidance. The symbol display is activated automatically from the map
display before a turn-off. After you have
made the turn, the map will appear
again.

Heading-up
The map is displayed facing driving direction pointing up during route
guidance.

Multifunction display
Two displays in the combination instrument that show important information
about the COMAND systems radio, CD
and telephone. The displays can be
called up using the control buttons on
the multifunction steering wheel.

Info Services*
With this function you can request information on news, weather, stocks,
sports and reminders. Info Services is
an additional optional feature to basic
Tele Aid service. Tele Aid can be initially activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquaintance call.

Navigation CD
Contains all the destination addresses
(town, road, intersection, house number, special destinations) and the digital map material for a country or a
region for destination entry, route calculation and destination guidance.

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Glossary

North-up
The map is displayed facing due north
during route guidance.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. There are home type and non
home type systems. COMAND displays
the system currently used with the
RM indicator.
Service numbers
includes a personal service number
and the number for roadside assistance
Service source
This includes the systems telephone,
navigation (voice output during destination guidance) and ->Voice recognition system

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SMS
(Short Message Service)
With this function you can receive, read
and delete short text messages (if SMS
service is provided by your carrier)
TELE AID*
(Telematic Alarm Identification on Demand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and manual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquaintance call.
The Tele Aid system is operational providing that the vehicle's battery is charged, properly connected, not damaged,
and cellular and GPS coverage is available.

Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unauthorized persons from using your telephone.
The unlock code is a number string,
which you have to enter on switching
on the telephone.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informations (symbol or map displays),
COMAND also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.
Voice recognition system
One of the service sources of
COMAND.
As voice-operated control system, it
controls the COMAND systems via
voice. Refer to the separate operating
instructions.

Index

A
Adjust
Sound 63
for audio sources 63
for service sources 64
Sound-center 65
Volume difference 64
Adjusting the volume 14
Amplifier 66
Arrow indicating the direction to the
destination 143
Audio sources 63
Auxiliary audio source 200
connecting 200
B
Beeps 197
Acknowledgement beep
Info beep 197
C
Calibration

181

197

CD operation
CD track scan 55
Fast forward/backward 54
Naming CD 55
Deleting a CD name 57
Playback mode 58
Selecting a CD 53
Track select 51
Changing the navigation CD 45, 119
COMAND control unit 6
Cross hairs 132
moving 132
Current vehicle location 132
D
Date and time 190
AM 196
automatic time conversion 194
automatically setting 190
manually setting 195
PM 196
selecting country and time zone 193

selecting time format 196
setting the time in 30 minute
steps 191
Day and night display 21, 198
Destination
confirming on the map 134
Destination address 123
Points of Interest 137
requesting 147
saving 175
selecting the last destinations 141
selecting via the map 131
Destination and route information 147
Location map 149
Route list 148
Route map 151
Stop-over (way point) 151
Destination flag 170
Destination memory
deleting a destination 179
sorting 178

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Index

Detour
calculating 164
Traffic jam ahead 164
Dialing
from calls list 94
Redial 91
Speed dialing 95
Subsequent dialing 84
Dialing operation 83
Distance bar 145
E
Emergency call 106
entering emergency call number 107
initiating 107
Ending a call
at the COMAND control unit 81
at the multifunctional steering
wheel 79
Enter
Unlock code 78

206

Entering
House number 129
Intersection 128
Vehicle location 180
Error messages
CD operation 60

Incoming call 79
accepting at the COMAND control
unit 80
accepting at the multifunctional steering wheel 79
refusing a call 81

F
Factory settings
reset 199
Fault messages
during preparation of navigation
startup 122

L
Language
selecting 189
Latitude 135
List
Country list 193
Route list
detailed route list 166
route list 165
Loading
CD drive with an audio CD 45
CDs in the changer 45
Longitude 135

G
GPS 114
GPS time

191

I
Important notes
Navigation 112
Telephone 68

Index

M
Main menu structure 9
Map
altering the map scale 133
Compass needle 159
Heading-up 159
Map with cross hairs 132
moving the cross hairs 132
North arrow 159
North-up 159
Symbol for current vehicle
location 159
Memory functions
Radio operation 34
Menu
“City/Suburb” input menu 124
“Destination info” selection
menu 147
“Incoming calls memory” 94
“Phone book” 98

“Phone book” selection menu 87
“Points of Interest” selection
menu 137
“Settings” 188
“Street” input menu 126
“Way point” 160
Category list 137
Main address menu 123
Main destination entry menu 122
Main destination memory menu 174
Main radio menu FM 28
Main system setting menu 184, 187
Phone book page (names) 88
Phone book pages (phone
numbers) 90
Ready for operation display
(Telephone) 78
SMS view 104
Traffic jam menu 164
Menu fields 9

Menu overview
CD operation 48
Destination input 120
Radio operation 26
Telephone mode 76
Message
“Being activated” 61
“CALC. ROUTE” 145
“Caution. COMAND will shut down
now”. 10
“Caution. Please start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut down in 10
seconds” 10
“Caution. Please start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut down in 3
minutes” 10
“CD Magazine empty” 60
“CD-Reading error. Please use another
CD” 122
“Compiling sorted destination
list” 174, 179

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Index

“DEST AREA” 145
“Destination memory is full” 175
“Error” 61
“Loading CD ...” 50
“Manual route exclusions have been
reset” 169
“Navigation cannot be activated. An error has occurred” 122
“NEW ROUTE” 145
“No CD available. Please insert NAVICD type DX only” 122
“No CD changer” 60
“No CD” 60
“No magazine” 60
“NO ROUTE” 145
“No telephone” 69
“OFF ROAD” 145
“Personal service number” 108
“Reading error” 61
“Roadside Assistance” 108

208

“SMS loading...” 103
“Telephone defective” 69
“Telephone is being activated. Please
wait.” 69
“Temperature is too high” 61
“The route list is being
calculated” 165
“Voice output is muted” 153
CALL 79
Mix 157
Multifunction display 11
CD operation 62
Radio operation 40
Telephone mode 71
Display overview 72
Muting 28
CD playback 60
N
Notebook

O
Outgoing calls

P
Phone book 98
adding an entry 101
changing entries 98
deleting an entry 101
Phone number
begin dialing 83
correcting 83
interrupt dialing 83
Points of Interest
entering 137
Q
Quick reference
CD operation 42
Navigation 116
Radio operation 24
Quick reference COMAND

Index

R
Radio station
automatically saving 36
deleting in memory 39
manually saving 36
saving station manually 34
selecting from memory 37
Reception quality of the mobile phone 9
Redial 91
ROAM indicator 77
Route
calculating 141
including or avoiding traffic
routes 142
selecting calculation mode 141
cancel route calculation 143
Fast route 141
selecting 142
Short route 141

Route guidance
advance notice of right turn 154
arriving at destination 170
beginning 152
beginning (way point) 161
canceling 173
changing to the map display 156
deviating from the calculated
route 168
following the course of the road 155
Mix of map and symbol display 157
retrieving a destination 174
turning onto a street 154
S
Saving
current destination 175
current vehicle location 177
Radio station 34, 36
Screen displays 9

Selecting
City center 130
Destination via the map 131
Service number
changing number for roadside
assistance 110
changing personal service
number 109
Service numbers 108
calling 108
Service sources 63
Setting
Date and time 190
automatically 190
date and time
manually 190
Settings
Brightness (system) 188
Factory settings 199

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Index

SMS 103
deleting 105
Incoming SMS message 9
Sound 63
Setting Bass/Treble/Balance 65
Sound impressions 66
Sound-center
Balance 64
Fader 64
Speed dialing (only with COMAND) 95
Station
Radio station
Automatic station scan 33
Manual tuning 31
Seek tuning 30
selecting 30
Station selection via direct frequency entry 32
Station selection via number keypad (presets) 32

210

Station frequency 28
Storing
in the phone book 102
Notebook input 97
Street list 127
Switch on
Radio operation 28
Switching another system on
CD mode 28
Radio operation 50
Switching off
Beeps 197
COMAND control unit 13
Mix 157
Telephone mode 79
Switching on
Auxiliary audio source 200
Beeps 197
CD operation 15, 50

COMAND control unit 12
Mix 157
Navigation 122
Navigation system 17
Radio operation 14
Telephon operation 16
Telephone mode 78
Symbol display 144
T
Travelling abroad

114

V
Voice output
“Bear left after 250 feet” 155
“Please bear left” 155
“Please, make the next right
turn” 143
“Prepare to turn right” 154

Index

“The route is being calculated” 142
“The route to your intermediate destination is being calculated” 161
“Turn right after 250 feet” 154
W
Way point
deleting

162

211

Index

212

Index

213

Index

214

Index

215

Index

216

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.
Reprinting, translation and copying,
even of excerpts, is not permitted
without prior authorization in writing.
Press time: 05/08/2002
Printed in Germany

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