2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Comand Manual

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COMAND Operator’s Manual
Order-No. 6515 6716 13 Part-No. 230 584 86 83 US Edition B 2005COMAND Operator’s Manual 230

We reserve the right to modify
the technical details
of the COMAND system as given
in the data and illustrations
of this Operator’s Manual.
Press time: 12/08/2004
Reprinting, translation and copying,
even of excerpts, is not permitted
without prior authorization in writing.
Title illustration no. P00.01-2917-31

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. This will help you derive
a greater benefit from the system. Please
also follow the instructions and warnings
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
could result in damage to the vehicle or
personal injury to you or others.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND system
equipment may differ. Therefore, you may
find explanations for optional equipment
not installed in your vehicle. If you have
any questions about the operation of any
equipment, your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate
the proper procedures. We continuously strive to improve our pro-
duct and ask for your understanding that
we reserve the right to make changes in
design and equipment. Therefore, informa-
tion, illustrations and descriptions in this
manual might differ from the equipment in-
stalled in your vehicle. As such, the infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be reaso-
nably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27 Switching the COMAND
control unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Switching the radio operation on . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 46
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 49
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 56
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 General information
on DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD operation . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting bright ness, contrast
and color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Saving phone numbers . . . . . . . . . 109
Navigation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 120
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 122 Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Activating the Destination Entry
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 138
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 139
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Recalculating an existing route . . . 139
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 143
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 144
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 146
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Saving the current location . . . . . . 151
Defining route guidance displays . 151
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Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Last destinations memory . . . . . . 155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 156
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a POI around
your current location . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 164
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Service main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Activating the Service main menu 168
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reading SMS message received. . 171
Saving a sender phone number . . 172
Deleting a SMS message* . . . . . . 175 Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Entries in the address book . . . . . 176
Selecting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Details on an address book entry . 178
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 185
Deleting an address book entry . . 186
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 187
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 190
Information call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote Door Unlock and
Stolen Vehicle Recovery . . . . . . . . 192
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Input via selection menu. . . . . . . . 193
Input via 12-button keypad. . . . . . 195
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 198
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 201
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 201
Voice control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Voice control system* functions . 203
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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