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188 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsDarkening screen
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
The triangle 2 will move to the left.
Brightening screen

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
The triangle 2 will move to the right.Confirming new settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Settings menu 1Selecting the language
Navigation CD must be inserted
2Setting date and time (
page 190)
3Switching beep tones on and off
(
page 197)
4Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
(page 198)
5Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings (
page 199)
Activating settings menu

189 Info Services/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Settings” in the
main system settings menu and press
to confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Pages back, if the arrow is filled in
3Pages forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired lan-
guage and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the xx language” and loads the se-
lected 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.

Selecting the language

190 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsYou can select the following languages
“Adopt from Instrument Cluster”
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster

“Deutsch”

“English” (metric)
Distance measured in km,
speed in km/h

“English” (imperial)
Distance measured in yards and miles,
speed in miles per hour (mph)

“Español”

“Français”

“Italiano”

“Nederlands”COMAND is equipped with an integrated
clock, which it shows in the main system
settings menu.
Automatically
COMAND automatically sets date and time
if the GPS time is received.
However, you can make the following ad-
justments:
Set the time in increments of 30 minu-
tes (
page 191)

Set the time by selecting a country and
the time zone (
page 192)Manually
You must always set the clock manually
(
page 195), if

COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Setting date and timeiThe clock displays e.g. the estimated
time of arrival at the destination during
route guidance.

191 Info Services/System settings
System settings
Setting the time in increments of 30 mi-
nutes
You can set the time to any local time (time
zone) in increments of 30 minutes.
1COMAND receives GPS time
2Setting the clock (increments of 30 mi-
nutes)
3Selecting the country and the time
zone (
page 192)
4Selecting the time format (
page 196)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Date/Time...”
in the settings menu and press to con-
firm.
The menu displays the date and the
time, minutes are highlighted.Activating the setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Setting mode is active, the minutes will
appear in red.
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195 Info Services/System settings
System settings
Manually setting date and clock
You must manually set the date and clock,
if
COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Date/time menu1Day, month, year, hours, minutes
Day is highlighted when the menu
appears
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Date/Time...”
in the settings menu (
page 188) and
press to confirm.
The menu displays date and time.Setting

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in red letters, setting
mode is active.
Move the day forward or back

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

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The day appears in black letters, set-
ting mode is switched off. The cursor
moves one position to the right.

Repeat the operating steps to subse-
quently change month, year, hours and
minutes.
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196 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsAdopting settings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear with the changed settings.Selecting the time format
1Date display in day, month format
2Date display in month, day format
3Time display in 24-hour format
4Time display in 12-hour format
P Setting is active
Q Setting is not activeIn the “Date/Time” menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Time format”
and press to confirm.
The “Time format” menu will appear.
Setting

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired entry
and press to confirm. A checkmark will
appear P.
iIf you have selected an invalid setting,
the message “Invalid input” will appear.
iIf the 12-hour format is selected, either
AM (a
nte m
eridiem) or PM (p
ost m
eri-
diem) will appear after the time.

198 Info Services/System settingsSystem settings1Changes by pressing Ä
2Changes by pressing Ä and head-
lights switch
P Setting active
Q Setting not activeIf the settings menu (
page 188) is dis-
played

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Display (day/
night)...” and press to confirm.
The “Display (Day/Night)” menu will
appear. The setting 2 is active, when
calling up the menu for the first time.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired set-
ting and press to confirm.
The desired setting is active.
Setting 2 has been selected
When the headlights are switched on, the
screen will change to night display.Changing the display

Press Ä to access the following dis-
plays in succession.
Day display

Night display

Screen off

and the Day display again
Setting the display dimming charac-
teristics (day and night display)
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199 Info Services/System settings
System settings
If the settings menu is displayed
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Factory set-
tings” and press to confirm.
An inquiry menu will appear. “Yes” is
highlighted.
Accepting the factory settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
A screen with the factory setting will
appear for 8 seconds.
The main sytem settings menu is reac-
tivated.The factory settings are:

Acknowledgement beep – off

Info beep – off

Language – English (imp.)

Time display – 24 h

Date format –DD.MM (day, month)
If you do not wish to reset to factory
settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “No” and press
to confirm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings
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