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17 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Begin dialing
When the “Send” button is highlighted,
press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm your input.
Dialing will begin. If the phone number
together with a name is stored in the
phone book, the name appears on the
screen.
Conducting a call
When the call is answered, the call time ap-
pears in the screen.
Ending a call
Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v to confirm the “End” button.
Switching another system on
Press any system key, e.g. b.
COMAND switches to the navigation
system.
You will find more information in chapter
“Telephone” (
page 78).Switching the navigation system on
Main destination input menu
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 func-
tion used (
page 13).
If route guidance was switched off, the
main destination input menu will be
displayed.
Entering a destination and calcula-
ting a route
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18 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDEntering destination address
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address...”.
The main address menu will appear.
The entry behind “City...” is either
empty or the city you last entered will
appear.
“City/Suburb Entry” input menu
Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v in the main address menu and
confirm “City...”.
The “City/Suburb Entry” input menu
will appear.
Adopting the city last selected
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.Entering a city
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the first letter
and press to confirm.
Enter other characters until the desired
city appears in the input line.
Correcting entry
Last character
Press r briefly.
Complete entry
Press r longer than 2 seconds.
Activating the city list
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds until
the city list appears.
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19 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
City list
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v again to confirm the city.
A selection menu will appear.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Street…”.
The input menu “Street Entry” will ap-
pear.
The further sequence corresponds to the
“Entering a city” section.
Now enter the street and activate the
street list. Then confirm the street in
this list.You have now selected the destination and
can calculate the route.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “OK”.
The “Route Mode” selection menu will
appear.
iIf 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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20 At a glanceQuick reference COMAND“Route mode
” selection menu
Select a route and then a traffic route
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move the cursor on the
entry you want and press to confirm.
A checkmark appears P.Route types available:
Fast Route
Short Route
Including P/avoiding traffic routes Q
Freeway
Ferry
Toll
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “OK”.
The selected route and the destination
you have entered will appear on the
display.
You will hear the message “The route is
being calculated”.
Symbol displayAfter a few seconds, you will see the sym-
bol display.
CALC. ROUTE Calculation of route
2.9 miles Distance to destination
(as the crow flies)
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Quick reference COMAND
The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
You will see the arrow indicating the direc-
tion of travel if COMAND recognizes the
road you are travelling on. You will e.g.
hear the message “Please turn right”. Rou-
te guidance will begin.
You will find more information in chapter
“Navigation” (
page 123).Day and night display, switching off
screen
Press Ä repeatedly until the desired
display appears.
The display changes in this order:
Day display
Night display
Screen off
Day displayYou can switch different beeps on and off.
Acknowledgement beep
Beeps when you accept an entry or en-
ter a destination on the map
Info beep
Beeps when you see the messages an-
nouncing a drop of battery voltage
(page 10)
Alarm beep
Beeps if the device has a serious mal-
function or if you are listening to a di-
saster 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” (
page 197).
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iIt is also possible to carry out the
change between day and night display
automatically via the headlight switch
(page 198).
Selecting beeps
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23 Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
Sound settings
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24 AudioRadio operation
Radio operationQuick reference
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