2006 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class service

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

7
Where to find it
Introduction

Where to find it
This Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, CD player (CD, MP3
CD), CD changer* and AUX.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.
Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input
Route guidance including detour
Last destinations and destination
memory
POIs
Today’s plan
Service
Here you will find all the information about:
SMS*
Tele Aid*
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
WarningG
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
radio*, telephone* and navigation module
are interconnected. When one of the com-
ponents is not operational or has not been
removed/replaced properly, the function of
other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
only by qualified personnel.
WarningG
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 44 feet (approxima-
tely 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encoura-
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
MP3 CD operating elements
Satellite radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Service operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

26 At a glance
Service operating elements

Service operating elements

27 At a glance
Service operating elements
FunctionPage
1C
Service main menu
170
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color screen with Service
main menu
i
The SMS soft key appears
if the vehicle is equipped
for phone operation and a
Mercedes-Benz specified
mobile telephone* is
inserted in phone cradle*.
170
4Push the joystick to
g,G
Function selection
Press E to confirm
5e Switching on and off34