2005 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

55 Audio
CD operation
On
Press J during playback.
The CD operation is muted and theß
symbol is displayed in the status bar.
The soft keys on the left side are
greyed out in some submenus.
Off

Press J again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
The soft keys on the left side are
selectable again.The following options are available:

Normal sequence (
page 57)

Track mix (
page 57)

CD mix (
page 57)

Repeat track (
page 57)

Repeat CD (
page 57)
Muting
iCOMAND will also deactivate muting if
you
press A to select another audio
source

change the volume

press either g or h.
Playback modeiIf the CD changer* is connected, the
playback modes
Repeat CD
and
CD mix
are available additionally.

56 AudioCD operationActivating playback mode
E.g.:
Mode
Repeat
track


Press the
Setting
soft key.
The setting menu will appear.
CD changer* setting menu

Push the joystick to g or G to
select the playback mode
Repeat
track
.

Press E.
The mode is activated. The CD
changer* main menu will then appear. REPEAT TRACK
will appear in the
status bar.
iThe playback mode
Normal
sequence

is not displayed in the status bar.

57 Audio
CD operation
Explanation of the playback modes
Normal sequenceTracks are played in ascending order
(e.g. 1, 2, 3 and so on). If just one CD is
inserted, the first track is played when
the last one is over.
If more than one CD is available, the
first track of the next CD is played
when the last track of the current CD is
over. The CDs are changed in normal
order.

Track mixTracks are played in random order. If
more than one CD is available, the next
available CD is played when the current
CD is over. The CDs are changed in
normal order.

CD mix
(CD changer* only)
At least 4 tracks of any CD are played
in random order. Then follows the next
available CD. The CDs are changed in
random order.

Repeat track The system repeats the current track
until you switch the function off.

Repeat CD
(CD changer* only)
The system repeats the current CD
until you switch the function off.

58 AudioAUX operation

AUX operation
Open the Audio menu (
page 34).

Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu is displayed. The exter-
nal audio source is played back if it is
connected and switched to playback.At the COMAND, you can set the following
for the AUX operation:

Volume (
page 27)

Balance control and fader (
page 29)

Bass and treble control (
page 30)

Sound functions* (
page 30)
iAn external audio source can be con-
nected to the COMAND.
For further information please contact
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
iFor instructions on how to operate the
external audio source, please see the
operation manual of the device con-
nected.

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions 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.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND system
equipment may differ. 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 pro-
duct and ask for your understanding that
we reserve the right to make changes in
design and equipment. Therefore, informa-
tion, illustrations and descriptions in this
manual might differ from the equipment in-
stalled in your vehicle. As such, the infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be reaso-
nably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 49
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 61
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the program category . . . 63
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 66
Displaying service information . . . . 67
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching telephone operation on . 74
Switching telephone operation off . 74
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching to telephone operation . 78

Contents
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . . 98
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . . 99Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating the Enter street menu . 100
Selecting the state/province . . . . 101
Entering destination address . . . . 102
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 113
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 115
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Recalculating an existing route . . . 115
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Arriving at destination. . . . . . . . . . 119
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 120
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 121
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selecting a detour. . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Saving the current location . . . . . . 128
Defining route guidance displays . 128Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Last destinations memory. . . . . . . 134
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 135
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selecting a POI on the map. . . . . . 141
Entering a POI by phone number . 142
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Activating the Service
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Reading SMS message received . . 154