Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 10
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 12
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 14
MP3 CD operating elements . . . . . . . . 16
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the multifunction
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear view camera* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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
Contents
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 116
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . 117
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Activating the Enter street menu . 118
Selecting the state/province . . . . 119
Entering destination address . . . . 120
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 131
Displaying the compass screen . . 132
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 135
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Recalculating an existing route . . . 135Voice 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
9 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
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND
22 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
114
137
145
2c
Switches to map display
Changing the map display
(split and full view)
137
139
3Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
4Color screen with
Navigation main menu
114
5Entering a house or street
number
Entering a POI by phone
number120,
121
167
6Push the joystick to
H,h,g,G,F,f
Function selection,
Scrolling on map
Press E to confirm
7l
Updating software/
changing map data
i
There are two l
buttons. One is on the
display unit. The other is
located left of the DVD
NAVIGATION slot behind
the display.
172
FunctionPageFunctionPage
8J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
136
136
9j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
136
136
aVolume control33
be Switching on and off32
29 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)
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 80)
Press B.
Telephone*
(
page 96)
Press a.
Navigation*
(
page 114)
Press b.
Service
(
page 176)
Press C.
32 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Quick reference COMAND
Switching on
Turn the key in the starter switch to
position 1 or 2 if the COMAND was
switched off by turning the key in the
starter switch to position 0 and
removing it.
or
Press e.
In both cases, the system will activate
the operating mode which was active
when the system was switched off.Switching off
Turn the key in the starter switch to
position 0 and pull the key out.
or
Press e.
When the audio is playing, the volume
knob will adjust the audio volume, and also
the volume for telephone and navigation.
During a telephone call (talking or ringing),
the volume knob will adjust the telephone
voice and ringer volume.
The volume for the navigation announce-
ments can only be changed while an
announcement is being made.
When you adjust the volume, the system
will automatically store the setting for the
current operating mode.
i
You have the following options to
control the system:
at the COMAND
at the multifunction steering wheel
(refer to vehicle Operator’s Manual)
This Operator’s Manual describes the
control at the COMAND.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
descriptions and illustrations refer to
the COMAND.
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off
i
For an explanation of starter switch
positions, refer to vehicle Operator’s
Manual.
i
If the key is not in the starter switch in
position 1 or 2, the system will automa-
tically stop after around 30 minutes.
Volume
37 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
The Rear view camera is activated by
shifting into reverse gear. The area behind
the vehicle appears in the COMAND
screen if COMAND is already switched on.
If COMAND is switched on while in reverse,
the Rear view camera display will appear
immediately following the COMAND
startup screens.Switch back to the COMAND operating
mode
Shift into P, N or D.
or
Press A, c, b, C, a,
B while in reverse to activate the
corresponding main menu (
page 29).
Rear view camera*i
The following audio sources remain
available while the Rear view camera is
activated:
FM/AM radio, Weather band WB
CD (CD drive, CD changer*)
MP3 CD
Satellite radio*
Telephone (ringing, talking)
Navigation announcements
For additional information about the
Rear view camera please refer to the
separate Operator’s Manual.