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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. 
         
        
        
     
        
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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.  
         
        
        
     
        
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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 
         
        
        
     
        
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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 
         
        
        
     
        
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Contents
Tele Aid*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 155
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 155
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting the time zone  . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 161
Switching verification and 
notification tones on and off  . . . . 162
Making display settings  . . . . . . . . 163
Resetting all settings to 
the factory settings  . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 
         
        
        
     
        
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8 IntroductionSymbols
 SymbolsYou will find the following symbols in these 
operating instructions:
*  The asterisk identifies optional 
equipment. Since not all models 
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system equip-
ment may deviate from some 
descriptions and illustrations.
This symbol points to instructions for 
you to follow.
A number of these symbols appearing 
in succession indicates a multiple-step 
procedure.
 The continuation symbol 
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued 
on the next page.
(
page 9)  This symbol tells you where 
to look for further infor-
mation on this subject.
->  This symbol is used in the 
glossary. It indicates that  
the term immediately follo-
wing the symbol is also exp-
lained in the glossary. 
Display 
Messages, menu items or 
soft key names appearing in 
the COMAND color display 
are printed in the type 
shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to ha-
zards that may endanger your health or life, 
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in 
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you 
may find useful.
 
         
        
        
     
        
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13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio menu
34
2
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3
Color display with Radio 
main menu
35
4
1 - 0, *
Station selection
Saving stations manually
Selecting a station from 
the preset memory
38
40
43
5
Push the joystick to 
H,h,g,G 
Function selection
g and G
e.g. 
Automatic seek tuning
H and h
e.g. Manual tuning
Press E to confirm
37
37
Function
Page
6
J
Muting
34
7
Volume control
28
8
e Switching on and off
27
9,
a
d and D
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
37
37 
         
        
        
     
        
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15 At a glance
CD operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio menu
34
2
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3
Color screen with CD 
changer* main menu
The status bar indicates 
CD status information
49
49
4
1 - 0, *
Selecting a CD (CD 
changer* only) 
Track select
51
52
5
Push the joystick to 
H and h
Selecting a CD (CD 
changer* only) 
Push the joystick to 
g and G
Track select
Press E to confirm
51
52
Function
Page
6
l
Ejecting/loading a CD into 
the CD driveiThere are two l 
buttons. One is on the 
display unit. The other is 
located left of the CD 
AUDIO slot behind the 
display.
The CD changer* is 
located in the glove box.
45
7
J
Muting
55
8
Volume control
28
9
e Switching on and off
27
Function
Page
a,
b
d and D
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
52
54