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ContentsTelephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching telephone operation on . 96
Switching telephone operation off . 97
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Editing the phone book . . . . . . . . . 116
SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reading SMS messages received . 122
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Telephone is ready for operation . 125Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Calling a service number. . . . . . . . 126
Changing personal service
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Changing the number for Roadside
Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Changing the navigation CD . . . . . 137
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switching the navigation system
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Entering destination address . . . . 141
Continuing destination input. . . . . 146
Selecting a destination via
the map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Entering Points of Interest . . . . . . 155
Selecting the last destinations . . . 159
Calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 162
Requesting destination and route
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Beginning route guidance . . . . . . . 170
Turning onto a street. . . . . . . . . . . 172
Following the course of the road . 173
Driving through an intersection. . . 173
Changing to map display. . . . . . . . 174
Mix of map and symbol display . . . 175
Altering the map scale . . . . . . . . . 176
Selecting map orientation . . . . . . . 177
Marking a way point . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Resetting functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Deviating from the calculated
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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Driving on a non-digitized road . . . 186
Interrupting route guidance during
a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 188
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 189
Activating audio functions . . . . . . 189
Canceling route guidance . . . . . . . 191
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Retrieving a destination from
the destination memory . . . . . . . . 192
Saving the current destination . . . 193
Saving the current vehicle
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 196
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 197
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Entering the vehicle location . . . . 198
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Info Services*/System settings. . . 201
Info Services*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Requesting and displaying
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Activating the main settings menu 205
Adjusting the brightness. . . . . . . . 206
Activating settings menu . . . . . . . 206
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 207
Setting date and time . . . . . . . . . . 208
Switching beep tones on and off . 215
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
(day and night display) . . . . . . . . . 216
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Auxiliary audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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25 Audio
Radio operation
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Muting the radio audio
(muting on/off)
28
3
Selecting a station via
number keypad (presets)
Selecting a station via di-
rect frequency entry
Saving a station
Selecting a station from
the preset menu FM/AM
Selecting a station from
the WB preset menu
32
32
34
38
38
4
Activating the input
mode for station fre-
quency
in the main radio menu
in the presets
32
39
5
Return to previous menu
6
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to perform a func-
tion or access a subme-
nu
7
Adjusting the volume
14
8
Automatic seek tuning
ascending/descending
Manual tuning ascen-
ding/descending
30
31
9
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
Adjusting system set-
tings
202
205
a
Switching to radio opera-
tion
28
b
Color screen with main
radio menu
Function
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63 Audio
Sound settings
Sound settings
COMAND is equipped with a standard am-
plifier.
You can set
the sound Bass/Treble individually
the sound-center (Fader and Balance)
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.Audio sources include:
Radio FM, AM, WB
CD (CD drive, CD changer*)
Satellite radio*
auxiliary audio source, e.g. tape deck (if
connected)
You can activate the main Sound menu in
the audio sources through the menu field
“Sound”.
Service sources include:
Telephone*
Voice output in the navigation
Voice control system
See separate operating instructions for te-
lephone and voice recognition system.
You can activate the main Sound menu in
the “NAVI Settings” menu (
page 199),
through the menu field “Sound”. Activating the main sound menu
For audio sources
Main sound menu1Radio (FM) is switched on
2Actual sound settings (Bass/Treble)
3Actual sound-center (Fader and Balan-
ce)
4Slider switch to alter the value
5Resets Bass/Treble to “0”, and the Ba-
lance to the middle of the vehicle
6Activates predefined sound optimizati-
ons
Adjusting sound settings
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73 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Function
Page
1
Main satellite radio menu
with menu section 4
74
2
Main satellite radio menu
with menu section 5
3
Information list: Station
category, station name,
title and artist
4
Menu section, first level
74
5
Menu section, second le-
vel
6
Preset menu with 10 me-
mory presets
Saving a station
Selecting a station
79
7
Satellite category list
Select a category
76
8
Main sound menu
Sound settings
83
9
Satellite station list
Select a station
77
a
Displays the current sta-
tion information
82
b
Displays the current
track information
81
c
Displays the service in-
formation
82
Function
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202Info Services*/System settingsInfo Services*
Info Services*In chapter “Info Services/System set-
tings” you will find detailed information on
the following topics:
Requesting and displaying Info Services
Adjusting the brightness
Selecting the language for the menu
text displays and the voice output
Setting the date and time
Selecting beep tones
Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings
Switching an auxiliary audio source on
and offIf you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading the chapter “At a glance”
(
page 6).
When you subscribe to Info Services, you
can download information directly to your
COMAND. You can select from news, wea-
ther, sports, stocks, and calendar remin-
ders.
To personalize your selections, visit
www.MBUSA.com or call
1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Main service menu1New information service is requested
from Response Center
2Shows date and time of the message
3The main settings menu will appear
(
page 205)
iThis function is not available in some
countries.
Requesting and displaying
Info ServicesiBefore you can use Info Services, Tele
Aid must be activated at the Response
Center and Info Services selected.
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206Info Services*/System settingsSystem settings1Previous settings
2Current settings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.Darkening 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 208)
3Switching beep tones on and off
(
page 215)
4Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
(page 216)
5Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings (
page 217)
Adjusting the brightness
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Info Services*/System settings
System settings
If the settings menu is displayed
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
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
A screen with the factory setting will
appear for 8 seconds.
The main system 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 con-
firm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings
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