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51
Safety
Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
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52 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
The distance warning syst em lamp in the
instr umen tcl uste rlights up ifthe dist an ce
to th e vehi cle in front is too small. If yo u
ap proa chaveh icle infront at high spee d,
yo u will alsohear an inte rmit tent si gnal. If yo
udo not brak eor steer yo urself ,the
ve hicl e is auto matically braked ge ntly.
If th ereis an increase drisk ofcollisio n,
PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated ( =page 36).
Yo umu st ap plyt he bra kesyo urself in or-
der to mainta in the correct dista nce to the
ve hicle infront andto avoid aco llisio n.
Th ePR E-SA FE®
Br ake als ore ac ts to sta-
tionary ob stacl es atspee ds of upto
appro xima tely70 km /h, e.g .stopped or
parked veh icles. 6
To switc hon or of f:swit ch the PRE-
SA FE®
Br ak eon or off using the on-
board comp uter (
=page 284).
The : symbol appea rson the left of
the driver 'sdis play afte rswitching on
the dista ncewa rning system.
In comp lexroad and tra ffic co nditions the
PRE-SAFE ®
Br ak eca nno tal wa yscorrectly
id en tify dange rous situations. Ifvisu al
an d/ oraudible warnings are given or ifth e
ve hicl ebr ak es slightly when the drivin gsit-
uati onisnot critic al ,it is po ssib le to st op
the PR E-SA FE®
Br ak e interven ing at any
point during th is if yo u:
! depress theac ce lerator pedal furthe r
beyond the pressure point or activate
kickdown.
! relea sethe brake pe dal G
Risk of acc ident A
warning is onlygive n an d braking assist-
ance is on lyprovide dby the PR E-SA FE®
Bra keif objects can be de tected clea rly. De-
te ction can beimpaire din pa rticu lari f:
! thes ensors aredir tyor cov ered
! itis snow ingorrain ing heav ily
! thereis inte rferen cefrom anothe rrad ar
sou rce
! ther eis stron gra da r refl ection, e. g.in
multi- storeycarpa rks
The PR E-SA FE®
Br ak edo es not reac t to:
! people an danimals
! oncom ing veh icles and cross traf fic
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak ema yno td etec t narrow ve-
hi cles ,e .g. moto rcyc lesand veh iclestravel-
ling onapa rallel but offset cou rse. G
Risk of accident PRE
-SAFE ®
Br ak eDistronic brak es your ve-
hi cle, depe nding on itss peed,at ama ximum
of 4m /s².Th is cor respon dsto ap proxi-
mately 40%of you rvehi cle’ sm axim um brak-
ing power. You mu stthen al sobrake to
avoi da col lisi on. G
Risk of accident If
no visual or audible warnings aregiven in
a critica ldr ivin gsit ua tion ,this means the
PRE -SAFE ®
Bra kehas no t detected the risk
of collisi on,is de activa tedor has faile d.
Yo um ust then brak eyou rselfto avoid a col-
li sion. 216_R
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58 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
De arradio user,
This radio can be operat edby anyone inac-
cordance with the re levant EC Di recti ve.
Th eequipment corresp onds to the current
Eu rop eanand harmonise dnationa lsta nd-
ar ds.
Th isgu aran tees th atthe equipment con-
fo rms to the rele vantspecific ations
regardi ngelec tromag netic compatibility. Th
is means that int erfere nc e cause dby
yo ur equipment in othe re lect ric al/ele c-
tro nicequipment and interfere ncein yo ur
equipment caus ed byother electri cal/
electro niceq uipment canb epr ev en ted to
a larg eex tent.
Th eequip mentisap prove dby the vehicle
manuf acturer inacc orda nce with Europe-
an Autom otive EMC Di rective 95 /54/ EC.
Th isme ans tha tcorrect ope rationof the
equipment in yourvehicle is auth orised.
Th eequip mentdoes notrequire certifica-
tion.
The equ ipme ntconform sto the relevant
equipment-specific EMC specific ations in
ac co rdance with th efollo wing European
sta ndards:
! EN55013
! EN55020 For
safety reasons, so meCOMA ND func-
ti ons arerestricted orunavailabl ewh en
the vehicl eis being driven .You wi llnot ice
this, for ex amp le,bec ause yo uwi lleither
not beableto select certai n menu item sor
because COMAND will display amessa ge
to th ateffect. COMA
NDintrod uction Oper
ating safety G
Risk of acc ident Yo
ur atte ntion must always be focused on
th etraf fic condi tion s.
On lyuse COMAND or thet elep hone*w hen
th eroad andtraf fic con dition spe rmit.
Be ar inmi nd that ,at asp eed of on ly
50 km /h, you rveh icle iscov ering adis-
ta nce ofnea rly1 4 m per second. The
na vigat ionsyst em*will not provid eyou with
in fo rmation ab outstop sign s,give -way
si gn s,traf fic re gulat ions or roa dsaf etyfe a-
tures. It isuptoyou topa yat te nt ionto these
wh ile drivin gth e ve hicle. Only entera new
des tina tion when the veh icle isstat iona ry. Funct
ion restri ctions wh en the
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70 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
i The"L OG IC7 ®
on" func tion of theharman /
ka rdon LOGIC7 ®
Su rround Sound system allows
play back of discret e5.1 and stereo recordings
wit han optim um surrou ndsound stage for ea ch
pas seng er.It en ablesoptim umplay back ofmu-
sic and films on a CDor audio and video DVDs
wit hh igh-resolution surround format s,su ch as
MLP, DTS orDo lby Digita l.
For ideal sound perception from all seats,
LO GIC7 ®
dis trib ut es the 5.1 surround informa-
ti on over the 13-c hannel arc hite ctu re. This re-
sult sinso und charac teristic slike those int ended
by the sound engin eer when the original was re-
co rded.
Harma n/kardon LOGI C7®
co nver tseac htwo-
ch annel stereo sound sour ceinto mu lti-ch annel
surround sound. LOGIC7 ®
rea dsthe surround in-
formation st ored during theor igin alreco rdi ng
and dis trib ut es it over the13channels. This does
no tc rea teany spe cial eff ects;you can sim ply
he ar what was always there.
In addition, harman /kardon LOGIC7 ®
mo ves
th e percei ved sound source away from the loud-
speak ers and thereby genera tes a nat ural 360°
so un d stage for every passenger. i
Ifyo u select "LOG IC7 ®
off ",playbac kof all
playable forma tsisas it is on the medium. Opti-
mum sound effects are not guaran teed at all
seats due to thespatial ch aracteristic sof the ve-
hicl e.
Se ttin gsur round sound
Yo uca nselect "LOGIC7 ®
on" and
" LOG IC7®
off" in surr oundsoun dmo de.
6 Select "Sound" "3D soun d".
Se ttin gt he surrou ndsou nd
1 Curr entse tting
6 To make the setting: slideqm ror
turn ym z. 6
Tostore the setting: pressn.
Th eset ting is st ored and yo uexit the
menu.
6 To exit the menu without stor ing:
pre ssthe L back button or slide
om p.
i Plea se bear thefo llowing in mind:
! For an opt imum sound effec tfor all seats
when LOGIC7 ®
is swit ched on, the ba lance
and fade should beset to the centre of the
passe nger comp artme nt.
! You will ac hieve the bes tsou ndresults by
playing high -qualit yaudio and video DVDs.
! Theb it rat eshould be at least 128 kbps for
MP 3trac ks.
! Surround-sou ndplay back does notwo rkfor
mo nosign al sources, suc has them edium
wa veband in radio mode.
! Ifth e radio rec eption is poor, e.g. in a tunnel,
yo u sh ould sw itch offLO GIC7 ®
bec ause it
ma y ot herwise swit chautomat ically be-
tw een stereo and mono and therefore cause
temp orary distortio nsinthes ound.
! Onsom estereo recordings, the sound char-
acter istics ma y dif fer from conventio nal
stereo play back.
P82.86-4842-31 216_R
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78 COM
AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3
Yo umu stobs erve the fol lowing when as-
signin gtrack name s:
! Trac kna mes musthave atleas tone
cha racter.
! Track nam esmu sthave th eex tens ion
"m p3".
! There mus tbe afull stop betweenth e
tra ck name an d theextensi on.
Exa mpleof aco rre cttrack nam e:
Trac k1.mp3
i COMA ND does not suppor tID3 tags. Permissi
bleMP3 formats
COMA NDsupports the MP EG1Audio Lay-
er 3f ormat .
i This format is generally known as "M P3" in
everyday usage. Per
miss ible bit and sampli ngrates
! Fixe dan d variabl ebit rates upto
32 0k bit/s
! Samp ling rates of 24kHz to 48kHz
i Onlyus eMP 3trac ks with abi trat eof at
least 128 kbit /sand a sampling rat eof at least
44.1 kHz. Smaller rat escanca use a notic eable
de teriora tion in quality. This is especially the
case if you have activa ted a surround sound
fun ction*. No
tes on co pyright
The music trac ks that yo ucreatefo r MP3
mo deandca n play ba ckinMP 3mod ear e
ge ne rally subject to copyright prot ection in
ac cord ance with the applica bleint erna-
tion al an d nationa lregulations.
In man yco un tries ,re product ions are not
permitt edwithout the pri orconse ntof the
co pyright holder, noteven for priv ate use. Make
sure th atyou know th eap plicable
co pyright reg ulat ions andt hat you comp ly
with these.
If yo uown these ri ghtsyourself ,e. g. for
yo ur own compos itio ns andr ecordings,
or the copyr ight holder has gra nted you
permis sion, these restr iction sdono ta p-
pl y.
i Discs with co py pro tection ar enot co mpati-
ble wit hthe CD audio standard and there fore
ma yno tbe able tobe play ed by COMA ND.
There may be pla yback proble mswhen pla ying
co pied discs.
Ther eis a large variety of dis cs,d isc-writing sof t-
ware and writers available .This varie tymeans
th at there is no guaran teetha tthe system will be
able toplay discs that youha ve copied yourself.
There may be playback problems ifyo u play CDs
th at youha ve copied yours elf wi thast orage ca-
pac ity of more than 700 MB. These CDsare not
co mpatible with cu rrently applicable standards. No
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80 COM
AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3 Lo
ad ing int oth e DVD chan ge r*
Th eDVD cha nger*ha sa fixed magazine
wi th six trays.
1 Disc sl ot
2 Load button (all magazine tra ys)
3 Magazine tra ybuttons 1 to 6
i Each ma gazine tray butt on3 indicat es
th es tatu sof thec orrespondin gmaga zine tr ay
by means of an LE D.
! LEDoff = mag azine tray is emp ty
! LEDco nstantly lit = magazine tray is loaded
Loadin gan in dividu al ma gazine tray
6 Press desired magazine traybutton 3.
If a discis load ed ,it wi llbe ejec ted.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 . 6
Waitunt ilthe LEDforma gazine button
3 which yo u pressed flas hes quickly.
6 Slide a disc into sl ot1 .
Th eDVD cha nger*dr aw sth edis cin
an d pla ysit if:
! itha s been loaded corre ctly
! itis aper missible type of disc
Lo adi ng allsi x magazin etrays
6 Press load button 2.
Th eDVD cha nger*checks the lo ad sta-
tu sof all magazi netray sand switches
to the first empty tra y.
6 Waituntil the LED forco rre spondi ng
ma gazine tr aybutton 3flash esquick-
ly.
6 Slide a disc into sl ot1 .
Th eD VD chan ger *switc hesto the next
em ptyma gazine tray. 6
Repe atthe last tw ost eps until all tr ays
are lo aded.
Th eDVD changer* plays the last disc
lo ad ed if:
! itha s been lo aded corre ctly
! itis ap ermi ssible type of di sc
COMA NDsupports 16 bitfu llsize type I
an d II PCMC IAcards.
i NotallPC MC IAcards and storag emedia are
desi gned for thet em peratures whic hoccu r in
th e ve hicle.
Du eto the wide ran geofPC MC IAcardsavailable
on themarket, it cannot be guaran teed tha tplay-
bac kwill be pos sible wi thevery mak eofPCMCIA
ca rd.
P82.86-5643-31 Load
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87
COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3
i This func tion is on lyavailable in audio DVD
mode* .The numb er of audio forma tsavailable
dep ends on theDVD.
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "DVD-A"
 "Group" .
i The"G roup" menu item ca nnotbe select ed
if on ly on eaudio format is stored on theDV D.
Th e list ofavailabl ea udio format sap-
pear s. ARdot ind icates theform at
cur rently select ed.
6 Tocha nge the settin g:slide qm ror
turn ym z.
6 To exit themenu: slide om p.
Th efo llo wing op tion sare avai lable to you:
! "Norma ltr ac k se quen ce"
Yo u will he arthe tra cksin the nor mal
order (e.g. tra ck1,2, 3, etc .).
! "Random tracks"
Yo uw illh ea rthe trac ks in a random or-
de r(e .g. track 3, 8,5, etc.).
! "Rand om folder" (only in MP3m ode)
Yo u will he arthe tra cksin the active
fo lder andan ysubfolders ina random
orde r. !
"Repeat folder" (onlyin MP3 mode)
Th e tra cks in the active folder willbe
repe ated until you switc hthe func tion
off.
6 Toselect an optio n:select "Audio"
"Audio" .
6 Select "CD" or"DVD-A" or"MP 3".
The option listappe ars . A R dot indi-
cates theoption selected.
6 Select an option.
Th eoption issw itche don. For allop-
tions exce pt"Nor maltr ac k se quence" ,
yo uwi ll see aco rrespo nding display in
the mainarea.
i The "Norm altrack sequenc e"opt ion is au to-
ma tica llyselect ed when youch ange th eme dium
yo uare current lylistening toor wh en yousel ect
a differ ent me dium .If an option is sele cted, it re-
mains sele cted aft erCOMA ND is swit ched on /
off. You can con
nect an externa lau dio sou rce
(AU X)to COMAN D.Please consult a
Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre for furth er
in fo rm ation. Switc
hing to audio AUXmo de
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Aux" .
Th eaudio AUX menu appears.
Yo u wil lhea r theme diumi nth eexter-
na l audi osourceif it is co nnectedan d
sw itched to playba ck.
i Please se ethe correspondin goperatin gin-
struc tion sfor howto operate the ex ternal audio
so urce.
Yo uca nset the follo wing inaudio AUX
mod e:
! Volume ( =page 68)
! Bala nce and fa de (=page 69)
! Treble and bass ( =pa ge 69)
! 3Dsoun d* (= page70) Setting the
audioform at Pl
ayback opt ions Aud
ioAU X* 216_R
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94 COM
AND
COMAND DVD video i
Dependin gon theDVD, menu items 2and
3 maynot function in gener alor may not func-
ti on atcertain point sin the DVDme nu. Mo
ving up onelevel in theDVD menu
6 Press theL back button.
or 6 Select the co rrespo ndingme nuitemin
the DVD menu.
or
6 Select anym enu it em from the DVD
menu.
6 Select "Goup"from thesele ction
menu.
i Depend ingon the DVD, the "Goup"me nu
item may not function in gener alor may not func-
ti on atcertain point sin the DVDme nu. Back to
thefilm
6 Press the Lback button repeatedly
un tilyo u see th efilm.
or 6
Select the correspo ndingme nuitemin
the DVD menu.
or
6 Select anym enu ite mfrom the DVD
menu.
6 Select the"Back (to the movie)" menu
ite m fro mthe sele ction me nu.
i Depending on the DVD, the "Bac k(to the
mo vie) "me nu item maynotfunct ion in general
or may not funct ionat certain point sin the DVD
me nu.
i This func tion is not availabl e on allDVDs. If
it is available, youca nse tth eDV Dmenu lan-
guage, the audio language and thea udio format.
Th enu mb erofset ting sis de termin edbytheDVD
co ntent .The settings mayalso be possible in the
DVD menu (
=page 93).
6 Select "Video" "Video" "Video
DVD" .
6 Disp lay theme nusyst em if necessary
( = page 91).
6 Select "DVD-V" "DVD funct ions" . 6
Select "Menu languag e"or"Audio lan-
guage" .
Bo th of the sewillbri ng up aselection
list. The Rdot in front of alist ent ry
indicates the cur rently se lected lan-
guag e.
6 Tochange the setting: slideqm ror
turn ymz until th edes ired se tting is
reac hed.
6 Tostore the setting: pressn.
6 To exit the menu: slide om p.
i These functio nsare not available on all
DVDs . Thenumber of subtitle lang uages and
ca me ra angle savailable depends on the content
of theDVD. The set ting sma yalso be possible in
the DVD menu (
=page 93).
6 Select "Video" "Video" "Video
DVD" .
6 Display the me nusyst em if necessary
( = page 91).
6 Select "DVD-V"  "DVD functio ns". Setting
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