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COMAND Operator’s Manual
Order-No. 6515 6731 13 Part-No. 209 584 17 71 US Edition A 2007COMAND Operator’s Manual C-Class / CLK-Class
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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: 04/17/2006
Reprinting, translation and copying,
even of excerpts, is not permitted
without prior authorization in writing.
Title illustration no. P00.01-2899-31
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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
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 41
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 42
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
General Information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 51
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching to CD changer* mode . . 54
Loading CDs into the CD changer* 54CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 56
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 58
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 65
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 66
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 66
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . 68
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 69
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Contents
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 81
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing the program category . . . 83
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 86
Displaying service information . . . . 87
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching telephone operation on . 94
Switching telephone operation off . 94
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching to telephone operation . 98
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trip interruption during route
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 118
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . 119
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Activating the Enter street menu . 120
Selecting the state/province . . . . 121
Entering destination address . . . . 122
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 133
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 135
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Recalculating an existing route . . . 135
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Partially digitized areas/unverified
roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 145
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 146
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Saving the current location . . . . . . 153
Defining route guidance displays . 153
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Last destinations memory. . . . . . . 159
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 160
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map. . . . . . 166
Entering a POI by phone number . 167
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
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Contents
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Service main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Activating the Service main menu 176
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Reading SMS message received. . 178
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 179
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 179
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting the time zone . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 183
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . 184
Selecting display settings . . . . . . . 185
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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