2006 MERCEDES-BENZ R-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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching the COMAND
control unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . 34Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 43
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 44
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
General information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 53
Loading/Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . 53
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switching to CD changer* mode . . 56Accessing the CD changer* . . . . . . 56
Retracting the CD changer* . . . . . . 56
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 61
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 63
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 70
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 71
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 71
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . 73
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 74
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rear Audio/Video*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selecting the audio source . . . . . . . 85
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear Seat Entertainment
(RSE) operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
General information on
CD/DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 89
Operating the Rear Seat
Entertainment* (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the batteries . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 93Switching the rear monitor
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Loading/ejecting CDs. . . . . . . . . . . 94
Connecting external
video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the headset volume . . . . 97
Adjusting the display brightness . . . 97
Switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . 98
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . 100
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . 103
Switching to AUX mode . . . . . . . . 109
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
RSE audio playback through
speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Muting on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Setting bass and treble . . . . . . . . . 113
Monitor off /on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . 117
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Changing the program category . . 119
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . 122
Displaying service information . . . 123
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Switching telephone operation
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Switching telephone operation
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching to telephone
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Contents
Navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 150
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 154
Saving current location. . . . . . . . . 155
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Activating the Enter street menu . 156
Selecting the state/province . . . . 157
Entering destination address . . . . 158
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 169
Displaying the compass screen . . 170
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 173
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Recalculating an existing route. . . 173
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 177
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 178
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 179
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Saving the current location. . . . . . 186
Defining route guidance displays . 186
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 192
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 193
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 199
Entering a POI by phone number . 200
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Activating the Service main menu 210
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Reading SMS message received . . 212
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 213
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Selecting the time zone . . . . . . . . 216
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 217
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 218
Selecting display settings . . . . . . . 219
Selecting Voice control* settings . 220
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

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* (CD, MP3 CD) and
AUX operation.
Rear Audio/Video*
Hear you can learn about the rear audio*
functions and the rear seat entertainment*
operation.
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 system 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
210
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*.
210
4Push the joystick to
g,G
Function selection
Press E to confirm
5e Switching on and off34