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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calling up the Audio main menu . . . 38
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 40
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 41
Tuning to a station on Weather
Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 47
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 49
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 50
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 56Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 59
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 68
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 69
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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27 At a glance
Menu system
Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*
and AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
ServiceOpening main menus
Audio (
page 38):
Press .
Satellite radio* (
page 83):
Press 5.
Telephone* (
page 102):
Press .
Navigation* (
page 125):
Press .
Service (
page 185):
Press .Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar
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31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*, AUX
and Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
Setting the volume
Turn the rotary control 4 located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheelThe volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)
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32 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDA common balance setting applies to the
following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*When adjusting the balance, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting balance
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the
Balance
soft key.
The Balance menu appears.
Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the balance accordingly.
Storing new settings:
Press or the
Back
soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.
BalanceiFor Navigation* a different balance set-
ting is possible. You find the descrip-
tion under “Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements”
(page 127).
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33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:
Radio (FM waveband)
Radio (AM waveband)
Radio (Weather Band)
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
Navigation*Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 127).
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.
Bass and treble
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34 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDStoring new settings:
Press or the
Back
soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.
If the vehicle is equipped with a sound sys-
tem*, the sound functions are available for
the following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*The following sound functions are avail-
able:
Default SettingsResets the sound functions* to the fac-
tory setting.
StandardNormal stereo playback.
SpeechPlayback optimized for speech compre-
hension.
LOGIC7 Surround7-channel-surround playback (not for
mono-sources like AM waveband or
Weather Band in radio mode).Different sound functions* can be activat-
ed for each one of the operating modes.
Example:
For CD mode: the
LOGIC7 Surround
function,
for Satellite radio* mode: the
Speech
func-
tion.
Switching sound functions*
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the
Sound
soft key.
Sound functions*
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37
Audio main menu
Radio operation
Single CD operation
MP3 operation
CD changer* operation
Audio AUX operation
Audio
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38 AudioAudio main menu
Press .
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus appears:
Press the
Back
soft key as often as
necessary until the Audio main
menu appears;
or
Press again.Various audio sources can be selected in
the Audio main menu.
Selectable soft keys
Radio
soft key
Station settings for WB, FM, and AM
wavebands appear (
page 40),
CD soft key or
MP3
soft key
The Single CD main menu (
page 51)
or the MP3 main menu (
page 56) ap-
pears,
CDC
soft key
The CD changer main menu appears
(page 74),
AUX
soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 82).
Calling up the Audio main menu
iThe
CD, MP3
or
CDC
soft key is available
only if a CD is loaded in the appropriate
compartment.
The Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing 5 (page 83).
