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
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
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* operating elements
Service operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND
27 At a glance
Service operating elements
FunctionPage
1C
Service main menu
176
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*.
176
4Push the joystick to
g,G
Function selection
Press E to confirm
5e Switching on and off34
31 At a glance
Menu system
Menu system
The menu system allows for easy
operation of COMAND.
Main menus are provided for the following
main functions:
Audio (AM/FM radio, CD, CD
changer*, MP3 CD, AUX)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation
ServiceCalling up main menus Menu display
A display may consist of three areas.
Example: FM menu
1Soft keys area
2Main area
3Status bar
The functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key
sections 1.
Main functionActivating main
menu
Audio
(
page 40)
Press A.
Satellite radio*
(
page 82)
Press B.
Telephone*
(
page 98)
Press a.
Navigation
(
page 116)
Press b.
Service
(
page 176)
Press C.
87 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
You can call the provider service center for
questions or releases, whenever you need.
Press the Service soft key.
The Service information display will ap-
pear.
1Phone number of the provider,
(SIRIUS) or “Call Service Provider”
2The Electronical Serial Number (ESN)
of your satellite receiver
Press the Back soft key to switch back
to the Satellite radio main menu.
While receiving a new channel list the mes-
sage
Updating station list will ap-
pear.
The station last tuned will be muted until
the update is completed. You cannot ope-
rate the satellite radio.
After completion of the update, the
Satellite radio main menu will appear.
The station last tuned to will begin to play.Refer to chapter “At a glance” on how to
adjust sound settings.
Volume (page 34)
Balance control and fader (page 36)
Bass and treble control (page 37)
Sound functions* (page 37)
Displaying service information
Station list updates
Sound settings
177 Service
SMS*
SMS*
With the SMS Received list, you can
receive SMS messages provided that SMS
messaging is available from your mobile
phone service provider.
Activate the Service main menu
(
page 176).
Press the SMS soft key.
The Received list will appear.The status bar shows date and time of
the message.
One line is provided for each message.
Symbol = = Message unread
Symbol z = SMS message
i
The functions described here apply if
your vehicle is equipped with mobile
phone cradle* and a Mercedes-Benz
specified mobile phone*.
i
If you have received new SMS
messages, n is displayed on the
status bar. Additionally, a message
received tone is played.
i
If another system is active (e.g. radio),
a window with the message
Received
a new SMS
appears when SMS
message is coming in.
SMS Received list
i
If there is no SMS message, the SMS
soft key appears greyed out.
193 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 116
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 182
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 169
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adjusting
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 157
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 102
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 56
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer*
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 116
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 137