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74 COM
AND
COMAND radio
6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
or
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" "Station list".
The stat ion li stappear s. TheRdot in
fr ont of alist ent ryindicates the cur-
rentl yselec tedstation .Anumb erin
fr ont of the list entry indi cates the pre-
se t po sition inthe station pres etmem-
ory.
6 Select the st atio n. Tuning in stations
usingmanual tuni ng
i Manualtuning is only available in theMW ,
LW and SW wav ebands.
6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
St ati on searc hsc an s up ordown and
st op s at thene xtstat ion th at thera dio
can receive. Tuning in stati
onsus ing station presets
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"P rese ts" .
or 6
Press nafte r selecting the main area.
Th epreset menu appears. TheRdot
in front of apreset position ind icat es
that th ecurre ntly sele cted station is
st or ed th ere.
6 Select the sta tion preset andbriefly
press n.
Tuning in stati onsby ent eringthe fre
quency ma nually
6 Select "Audio" "Audio" "Radio" 
"Ra dio" "Frequenc yinput".
6 To in crease or de crease the
nu mb er: slide qm ror turn ym z.
i Youcanonly tune in to currently per mitted
number s.
6 Toselect the next numb er: slide
o m p.
6 Tosetthe frequen cy:press n.
COMA NDtune sint o the frequ ency en-
tered.
i Ifyo u enter a frequen cyin the medium
wav eband which is out side the frequency range,
COMA NDtunes into the nex tlow est freq uen cy. Tw
enty stat ions canbe stor ed ineach
waveband. Sto
ring stations manual ly
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"Radio" "Save station" .
or
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"P rese ts" .
All th reeo fthe sewillbring upase lec-
tion list. TheRdot in front of aprese t
po sition indicates th atthe curre ntly se-
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AND
COMAND radio
6 Toselect apreset positio n:slide
q m ror turn ym z.
St or ingth estation to these lected
pr es et position
If yo uha ve called up thestation preset dis-
play using "Save station" :
6 Press nbriefly.
In thetwo oth ercases:
6 Press andh old nuntil youhear asig-
nal.
Th echanne lis store d. Storing
using autosto re
i This func tion au tomatically stores stations
whic hca n be re ceived in order of their rec eption
quali ty.An y statio nsstored manually in thepre-
se tmemory wil l be lost ifCOMA NDfind s20 st a-
ti ons. If CO MAND fin dsfewer than 20 station s,
for example 9, then the stat ions stored in preset
pos itions 1 – 9 will be los t.
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
6 Select "Autostore" .
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"P rese ts" "Autostor e".
or
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"Radio" "Save station" "Auto-
store".
COM ANDsearche sfor stat ions wh ich
ca nbe re ceived. The available stati ons
ar eau tom atically stored inthep reset
po siti ons. COMAND
is equipp ed with anRDS fr e-
quenc ydiversity syste minth eFM wave-
ba nd .Th e syste mconsistsof alist ening
receiv eranda search ing rec eive r.
The sear ching receive rconstantl yscan s
the FMwaveband andco llec ts data from
al l the st ations wh ich ca nbe rece ived, e.g.
re ce pti on quality an dRD S data su chas
pr og ramm ena me an d alter native freque n-
cies .CO MA ND stor es thedata andco n-
stantly updates thepreset me mory.The
li st en ing re ce iver istheref oreab leto
swit ch ins tant an eously toan alte rnative
fr equenc ywith abetter signal.
i Thef reque ncy diversity system only func-
ti ons for station swhich tran smit RDS dat a.
Switch ing RDS frequen cydive rsity on or
off
i Youcan prevent CO MAND from swit ching
bet ween differe nt region alfrequen cies forthe
same station by swit ching off RD Sfrequen cydi-
ve rsit y.
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AND
COMAND radio
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" .
Th etick next to "Freque ncy fix" indi-
ca test hat th efu nction is sw itch ed on.
6 Select "Freque ncyfix" .
Th efu nction issw itche don or off de-
pe nd ing onthe pr evious stat us.
Many FM stat ions trans mittr af fic an-
nouncements (TA).
You can switch annou ncemen ts onando ff
or interrupt acurrent announc ement. Sw
itching anno unce mentson or off
6 First op tion: select "Audio""Audio"
 "Ra dio "Radi o" "TA" .
The tick next to "TA"indicates th atthe
function is switch ed on.
6 Seco nd op tion:pre ssand holdthe
o button unt il"TA" appe arsin the
displ ayor disappears from th edispl ay.
You have switched the function on or
of f.If the fu nction is sw itche don, you
wi ll see theTA symb olinthestat us
li ne.
Onc etra ffic an nounc ements have be en
sw itch ed on, CO MAND selec tsan RDS sta-
tion. Thet raff ican nounce ments arep layed
from:
! the currently sele cted FM stati on
! an RDS stat ion from theprogr amme
servic eofthe currently sele cted FM
stati on
! the RDS station with the best re cepti on
quality Wh
en traff icann ouncements are sw itched
on, atra ffic an nouncem ent will interrupt
the audio signa lfr om thecurrently activat-
ed audio or vi deoso urce.
i Telephone conver sations and navigation an-
nou ncem ents are not interrupted.
A di spla ymessa geappears in the display
in ev eryau dio op erating mode. Inter
rupting atraf fica nnou ncement
6 Briefly press the obutton during
the tra ffic an nouncem ent.
COMAND switch es back to th eau dio
so urce before you ha vehea rdthean-
nounceme nt.Su bseque nt announc e-
me nts will interrupt thea udio source
agai n. Sw
itching offRDS
6 Pres sand hol dthe o button until
"TA" disappears from the displ ay. RDS
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COM
AND
COMAND TV*
Tu ning incha nnels usin gthe na vigation me
nu
6 Ifth em enu syste mishidden
( = page 98) ,sli de om por turn ym z.
The nav igat ion menu appears and
COM ANDsk ips to the previous or
ne xt cha nnelin th echann ellist.
Tuni nginchannel sus ingch anne l presets
6
Select "Video" "Video" "TV" .
6 Display the menusyste mifne cessary
(= page 98).
6 Select "TV"  "Prese ts" .
Th echa nnel preset li stappears.
The Rdot in fron to fa preset position
in dicates th atthe cu rrently selected
stat ion is stor ed there.
6 Select the channe l preset and briefly
pr ess n. Tuni
ngin stations using the stat ion list
i Assoon as thevehicle or COMAND is in op-
eration, the background reception function lists
th ec hannel sth at can currently bereceived in
th echa nnellist .
i Thec hann el li stcontains thefo llowing inf or-
mat ion, if it is tran sm itte d and can be re ceived:
! The nam esofthech annels that can be re-
ce ived
! The nam esofthecu rrent programmes
(onl ypossible for digital ch annels)
! Time information forth ecu rrent pro-
gr am me s (on lypossible for dig italchan ne ls)
! Preview of thefo llowing program mes
(only pos sible for digital ch annels)
Th e ba ckground-reception func tion requires a
certain amount of timetoupdat ethisin fo rma-
ti on. COMA NDcan only display the in formation
if the TVcha nnels are tran sm itting it and there-
ce ption conditions are adequa te. 6
Select "Video" "Video" "TV" .
6 Disp lay theme nusyst em if neces sary
( = page 98).
6 Select "TV"  "Statio nlist" .
The stat ion li stappear s.
It is so rtedalphabe tica llya nd contains:
! Ana logu eTV channel s(allst an d-
ar ds)
! Digita lTV cha nnels( DV B-Ts tand-
ar d)
! Digita l radio stat ions (DVB-T stand-
ar d)
The Rdot in front of alist entry indi-
ca test he cur rentl yselecte dchann el.
An umber in front of the listentry indi-
ca tes the preset position in the chan nel
preset memory.
6 To tune in a channel: slideqm ror
turn ym zun til th edesir edchannel is
se lect ed.
6 Toconfirm the selec tion: pressn. Tuni
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COM
AND
CO MAND navigati onsystem *(introduct ion)
Th edig ital map s generated by th emap
so ftware bec omeoutdated inthesa me
way as co nvent ional road maps .Op timu m
ro ute guidan ce can only beprovi dedby
th en aviga tion syst em in conjun ction wi th
the mostup -to-d atema p software.
In fo rm ation about new map software ver-
si ons can beobtai nedfrom a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre.
Yo uca n update th emap software yourself
us ing aDVD. No
tes about han dling DVDs
! Only ho lddiscs bythe edge.
! Handl edis cs ca refully to prevent re ad
pr ob lems. !
Avoi dgettin g scratch es,fi nge rprints
an d dust on dis cs.
! Useac om merciall y-avai lable clea ning
cloth to cle andiscs. Donot wipe them
with acircul armo tion, but onl yin
st raigh tline sfrom the centre out-
wards.
! Plac e discs back in their ca sesa fter
use.
! Prote ctdisc sfrom heat and dir ect sun-
ligh t. Up
dating proc ess
Th eupd ating pro cess has the following
ph ases:
! Load the DVD into th esingle DVD drive
or the DVD cha nger*(de pend ing
on the ve rsion fitted inyour vehi cle)
! Upd ating proc ess
i Theu pdating process can take between
10 and 60 minut es, depending on the siz eof the
map softwa re. If theradio was switched on be-
fore you start edthe updat ingprocess, you can
still adj ustth evo lume . You can also use
COMA ND tooperateth eau toma tic air cond itio n-
ing andto cancel the process .Ot he r fun ctions
are not operational. CO
MAND navig ationsyst em*
(intro duction) Safety
notes G
Risk of accide nt For
safety reas ons,only entera new desti-
nat ion when the vehic le is stationary. You
ma yot he rwis ebe dist racted fr omthetraf fic
con ditions, ca usean ac cidentand injure
you rselfand ot hers.
CO MA ND calcul ates the routeto th ede sti-
na tion with out ta king acco un to fth ef ollo w-
in g, fore xample:
! Traffic li ghts
! Stop andgive waysigns
! Parking or stoppi ngproh ibited signs
! Lanenar rowi ng
! Other roa dand traf fic controls and reg-
ulatio ns
COMAND ma ygive inco rrec tn avigat ion
co mmands ifthe reality does not corre-
spond to the data in th edi gital map.For
ex ample ,if the traffic ro uti ng has been
chang edor the direction of aone-way road
ha sbe en re versed. For
this re ason, you must alw aysobserve
ap plicab le ro adandtraffic controls an dre g-
ul ations during your jour ney. Road an dtraf-
fi c controls and regulations always have
pr iority over the navigati oncomm ands gen-
er ated by the system. Map software
Up
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AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC)
An RDS -TMC radio stat ion tr ansm its free-
of -cha rge RDS-TMC tra ffic reports inaddi-
tion to th eradi oprogra mme.CO MA ND can
re ce ive th eRD S-TMC tra ffic reports and
take the minto consi deration fordy na mi c
ro ute guida nce. Thena vigatio nsyste mis
thu sab le to, for exa mple,guide youar ound
a traf fic jam.
Th erem aybe dif ferences betwe enthe re-
po rts receiv edandt he actual traf fic sit ua-
tion.
6 Toswitcho n:select the"Dynamic
ro ute" route type 1
.
Pr oceed as described in th e"S elec ting
th ero utet ype" section (
=page 141). 6
Toswitch off:select the"Fastest
ro ute" or"Short ro ute".
Pr oceed as described inthe"Selecti ng
the ro ute type" sectio n (
=pa ge 141).
i COMA ND calculates a new route if you
change the rou tetype setting with rou teguid-
anc eact ive.
If yo uch ange the route type set ting when rou te
guidan ceis inac tive ,COMA ND uses the new set-
ti ng for then extroute guidanc e.
Th eRD S-TM Csta tusindi catorislo ca ted
in the lower right- hand corner of the
COMA NDdisplay.
1 RDS -TMC statusind icator
He re you can se ethe disp lays wh ich ar e
pos sible. 1
AnRDS-T MC radio station can be re-
ce ived
2 Dynam icroute guidanc eis sw itche don
3 Thereis an RDS-TM Ctra ffic report
rega rding slow-moving traff icon the
ro ute (th e letters TMCarei ny ello w)
4 Thereis an RDS- TMCtra ffic report re-
garding atra ffic jamo n the route (the
letter sTMC are in red)
5 Thereare warnings concerning the
rou te(e.g. motorist dri ving against the
tr af fico nthe mo torw ay,an im als on the
ca rria ge wa y) CO
MAND na viga tio nsyst em*
(dyn amicroute guidance with RDS-
TMC) Sw
itch ingdy na mi c rout egui dance
on /o ff 1R
DS-TMC and dyna mic route guidanc earenot
available in al lcou ntrie s. RD
S-TM Cst at us indica tor
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Con
trols
On-board computer
Yo uwi ll fi nd the exp lana tions forth e in di-
vi du alme nus in th efollo wing table. Basic
menus
P54.32-3664- 00Commands/basic me nus Trip (
=pa ge 277) Na
viga tio n* ( =pa ge 278) Au
dio( =page 280) Teleph
one* ( =pag e282) Standard
disp lay Na
vigation tips Se
lect radio station Answe
rca ll Trip
comput erafte r start Op
erating CDplayer /CD
cha nger/a udio DVD* /MP3 Se
lect a phon ebook entry Trip
comput erafte r reset Ope
rating vid eoDVD Re
dial Range Oper
ating the TV* Digi
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trols
On-board computer
Fu rth erinforma tion on lane reco mm enda-
tions ( =page 169).
i COMA ND can only disp layth e lane recom-
me ndatio nsifth e relevan tdata isavailable on
th edigital map.
Na vigat ionstat usdispl aysin thein stru-
ment cl uster
The followi ngmessa ges can be disp layed
in the multi-func tion display when ro ute
guida nceis acti ve: !
<
Youha ve rea ched the destination.
! "Area ofdest. reached"
Yo uha ve arrive din thear ea of the des-
tination. Thisme ssag eap pe ars if the
special destinat ion is relative ly large,
for exam ple.
! "New route"
COMA NDcalcul ates a newr oute,e.g.
be causey ou have deviated from the
calculated route or as a resu ltof a traf-
fi c ja m rep ort. COMAND then contin-
ues ro utegu idan ce.
! "Calculating route"
COMA NDis calc ulat ing ane wroute.
COMA NDthen begins route gu idan ce.
! "Off map"
Th evehicl e’s pos itio n is outsi dethe
range of the dig ital map. Theve hicle is
in an off-map pos itio n (
=pa ge 171).
! "Off road"
The vehicle ison aro ad that isnot on
the digita lmap (
=page 171)or the ve-
hicl e is nolonge ron a road ,e. g. ina car
park.
! "No route"
CO MA ND is unable tocalculat ea ro ute
to the select ed destinat ion. !
"Directi on of dest."
Th eve hicle hasdr iven in toan off-map
pos ition during rout egui dance
( = page 171).
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
Yo uc an operat e the audio equipment you
ha ve just sw itchedon using th efu nc tions
in the "Audio"men u.
If no audio equipment has been switc hed
on, the "Aud iooff" messag eap pe arsin the
mu lti-fu nc tion display. Sel
ecting aradio station
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
6 Switch onCO MA ND and select "Radio"
( = page 73).
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"A ud io" menu.
6 Press % or$ tosele cta stat ion. La
ne recom-
mendati ondis-
play Mea
ning Lan
ewithout low-
er bou ndaryline La
ne continu es
throug hchang eof
dir ection Lan
ewith lower
bo und ary li ne Additiona
llane after
a cha ngeof direc-
tion Lan
ewith arrow Lane re
comm ended
fo rt he ch ange ofdi-
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