2006 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class display

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 16
MP3 CD operating elements . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio* operating elements . . 20
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 22
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 24
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 26
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting the multifunction display 29
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching the COMAND
control unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . 34
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 40
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 41
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 51
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 55
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 57
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 64
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 65
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 65
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . 67
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Contents
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 68
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 116
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . 117
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Activating the Enter street menu . 118
Selecting the state/province . . . . 119
Entering destination address . . . . 120
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 131
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 133
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Contents
Recalculating an existing route . . 133
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 137
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 138
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 139
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Saving the current location . . . . . 146
Defining route guidance displays . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 152
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 153
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . 156
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 159
Entering a POI by phone number . 160Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Activating the Service
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Reading SMS message received. . 172
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 173
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Selecting the time zone . . . . . . . . 176
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 177
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 178
Selecting display settings . . . . . . . 179
Selecting Voice control* settings . 180
Resetting all settings to
the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

8 Introduction
Symbols

Symbols
You 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 in-
structions for you to follow.
A number of these symbols
appearing in succession in-
dicates a multiple-step pro-
cedure.
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.
WarningG
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.
i
Helpful hints or further information you
may find useful.


13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu40
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color display with Radio
main menu41
41 - 0, *
Station selection
Saving stations manually
Selecting a station from
the preset memory
42
46
49
5Push 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
43
43
FunctionPage
6J
Muting
40
7Volume control35
8e Switching on and off34
9d and D
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
43
43

15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu40
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color screen with single
CD main menu
The status bar indicates
CD status information
55
55
41 - 0, *
Track select
58
5Push the joystick to
g and G
Track select
Press E to confirm
58
FunctionPage
6l
Ejecting/loading a CD into
the CD drive
i
There are two l
buttons. One is on the
display unit. The other is
located left of the CD
AUDIO slot behind the
display.
51
7J
Muting
61
8Volume control35
9e Switching on and off34
ad and D
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
58
60

19 At a glance
MP3 CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu40
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color screen with MP3
main menu
The status bar indicates
MP3 CD status
information
69
41 - 0, *
Track select
73
5Push the joystick to
H and h
Selecting a folder
Push the joystick to
g and G
Track select or
Activating playback mode
Selecting a folder
Press E to confirm
70
72
75
71
6l
Ejecting/loading a MP3
CD into the CD drive
i
There are two l
buttons. One is on the
display unit. The other is
located left of the CD
AUDIO slot behind the
display.
51
7J
Muting
74
8Volume control35
9e Switching on and off34
ad and D
Fast forward/reverse
74
FunctionPagei
Depending on vehicle production date
the MP3 CD feature may not be
available in your vehicle.

25 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
114
135
138
2c
Switches to map display
Changing the map display
(split and full view)
135
137
3Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
4Color screen with
Navigation main menu
114
5Entering a house or street
number
Entering a POI by phone
number120,
121
160
6Push the joystick to
H,h,g,G,F,f
Function selection,
Scrolling on map
Press E to confirm
7l
Updating software/
changing map data
i
There are two l
buttons. One is on the
display unit. The other is
located left of the DVD
NAVIGATION slot behind
the display.
165
FunctionPageFunctionPage
8J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
134
134
9j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
134
134
aVolume control35
be Switching on and off34