2007 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class Comand Manual

111 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Selecting the language
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Lang. soft key and press to select.
The languages list will appear.
Press G or g to select the desired
language.
or
Select Instrument cluster.
The display will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.Selecting the source of the speakers
If two audio sources (eg audio CD and
AUX 2) are playing back simultaneously,
one at the left monitor the other at the
right monitor, you can select which source
can be played through the vehicle
speakers via the COMAND AUX channel.
At the COMAND, you can set the volume,
bass and treble, balance and fader and
sound functions* (
page 82).
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Speaker soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select Left
source
or Right source.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.RSE is set to playback
At the COMAND open the Audio menu
(
page 42).
Press the AUX soft key.
Playback begins.
Press during playback (CD or
MP3 CD mode, DVD mode).
The respective operation is muted and
theß symbol is displayed in the status
bar of the corresponding main menu.
Press again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
RSE audio playback through
speakers
Muting on/off

112 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
In the CD menu (page 97), MP3 CD
menu (
page 99) or AUX menu
(
page 108) turn the thumb wheel to
highlight the
Bass or Treble soft key
and press to select.
Press H or h.
Bass or Treble is adjusted.
Press E or wait until the display
changes.
The new setting is saved.
Press on remote.
The monitor is switched off.
Press on remote again.
The monitor is switched on again.
Setting bass and treblei
Press H or h and keep it depressed
to move the slider continuously.
Release the soft key to set the current
value.
Monitor off /on

113 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
The remote control is operated with two
batteries type AAA 1.5 V. If you press any
button on the remote and the LED does not
light or is red in color, discharged batteries
are most likely the cause.
Remove the cover h of the battery
compartment f on the back of the
remote control.
Press the retainer clip g in the
direction of the arrow and remove
the cover h.
Remove batteries k.
Insert the new batteries. Please make
sure you insert the batteries in the
correct polarity direction (+/-).
Left battery:
Plus (+) must point upward.
Right battery:
Plus (+) must point downward.
Insert the cover h with the location
lugs j into the battery compartment
f and then snap the retainer clip g
into the compartment.
Replacing remote batteries
WarningG
Keep batteries out of the reach of children.
Immediately seek medical help if a child
swallows a battery. Batteries are not to be
short-circuited, dismantled or thrown into
fire.
Environmental NoteH
Batteries contain materials that can harm
the environment if disposed of improperly.
Recycling of batteries is the preferred
method of disposal. Many states require
sellers of batteries to accept old batteries
for recycling.

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115 Satellite radio*
Important notes
Subscribing
Satellite radio operation

116 Satellite radio*
Important notes

Important notes
In chapter “Satellite radio”, you will find
detailed information regarding
selecting a station and a program cate-
gory
memory functions
sound adjustments
If you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance”.
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Optional satellite radio equipment and a
subscription to satellite radio service
provider are required for the satellite ra-
dio operation described here.
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Note that categories and channels
shown in illustrations are dependent on
programming content delivered by the
service provider. Programming content
is subject to change. Therefore, channel
and categories shown in illustrations
and descriptions contained in this ma-
nual may differ from the channels and
categories delivered by the service pro-
vider.
Satellite radio service may be unavai-
lable or interrupted from time to time
for a variety of reasons, such as envi-
ronmental or topographic conditions
and other things we can’t control. Ser-
vice might also not be available in cer-
tain places (e.g., in tunnels, parking
garages, or within or next to buildings)
or near other technologies.
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Sirius Satellite Radio provides approxi-
mately 100 channels, so called
streams, of digital-quality radio, among
others music, sports, news, and enter-
tainment commercial-free.
Sirius Satellite Radio uses a fleet of
high-power satellites to broadcast 24
hours per day, coast-to-coast, in the
contiguous U.S.
This diverse, satellite-delivered pro-
gramming is available for a monthly
subscription fee. For more information,
call the Sirius Service Center
(
page 117) or contact
www.siriusradio.com.

117 Satellite radio*
Subscribing

Subscribing
Press B to switch to satellite radio
operation.
The Satellite radio main menu will ap-
pear and displays the
Weather chan-
nel. You cannnot select any other
station.
Press the Service soft key to display
the Service information display.
The Service information display will ap-
pear.
Service information display
1Phone number of the provider,
(SIRIUS) or “Call Service Provider”
2The Electronical Serial Number (ESN)
of your satellite receiver
Contact satellite radio service provider
at the telephone number displayed in
the screen.After the connection is made:
Follow the instructions given by the
operator.
The activation process may take up to
10 minutes. If it is successful, you will
see the display with the message
Acquiring Signal... (page 118)
followed by the Satellite radio main
menu (
page 118).
Subscribing to satellite radioi
Depending on subscription status, soft
keys may or may not appear on the left
and right side of the service information
display.
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Credit card information may be re-
quired for your application.
The activation process takes up to ap-
proximately 10 minutes.
If a satellite receiver is not installed or
not properly installed:
The message
No Satellite Radio
will appear.

118 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation

Satellite radio operation
See “Subscribing to satellite radio” for im-
portant subscription information
(
page 117).
Press B to switch to satellite radio
operation.
The message will appear at start up or
when the signal is not available.After the COMAND acquires the
signal, the Satellite radio main menu will
appear. The station last tuned to will begin
to play.
Satellite radio main menu
1Program category
2Station name
3Memory preset selected if available
and channel number
Switching on
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No Satellite receiver:
The message
No Satellite Radio
will appear in a window.
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The Sound soft key is available if
COMAND is equipped with a sound
amplifier*.
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You can display 2 in full:
Station information (page 122)