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Radio operation
Tuning via station presets 
Ten presets each are available for FM and 
AM. 
On COMAND control unit
The presets are accessed using the num-
ber keypad, or via the Presets menu.
Accessing via number keypad: 
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press one of the number keys
! - ".
The system tunes to the station stored 
under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu:
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Use $, #, % or & to choose a 
preset and press';
or
Press one of the number keys
! - ".
The system tunes to the station stored 
under this number.On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the 
instrument cluster to the Radio display 
(
page 27).
Pressj.
The system tunes to the next station 
stored in the station presets;
or
Pressk.
The system tunes to the previous sta-
tion stored on the station presets.
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Audio search function Memory must be 
set in the multifunction display 
(
page 28). 
         
        
        
     
        
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Radio operation
Tuning via Autostore presets 
The Autostore function allows placing of 
stations into the presets sorted by recep-
tion quality (
page 46). 
The system will store the station with the 
strongest signal in preset 1.
Ten presets each are available for FM and 
AM.
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears. It 
can take several seconds until all fre-
quencies are displayed.
Use $, #, % or & to choose a 
preset and press';
or
Press one of the number keys
! - ".
The system tunes to the station stored 
under this number.Tuning via scan search 
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search performs two runs. 
During the first run, stations with ex-
tremely good reception are played. 
During the second run, stations with 
weaker reception are played.
Scan search plays each receivable sta-
tion for approx. 8 seconds.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search automatically stops at the 
station listened to before the scan 
search was started.
Starting scan search 
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press the Scan soft key. 
Scanning begins.
 
         
        
        
     
        
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Ending Scan search manually
Press the Scan soft key again.
Manual tuning 
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press+ or, for at least 2 
seconds to scroll up or down.
Manual tuning is activated.
Keep the button pressed or release it 
and keep tapping+ or, in 
quick succession.
The frequency will change by the tuning 
increments for the respective wave-
band each time one of the buttons is 
pressed or for as long as a button is 
pressed and held. 
Manual tuning is deactivated if no but-
ton is pressed for approx. 3 seconds. Tuning via direct frequency input 
Entry example:
98.5 MHz in FM waveband
Switch to the FM waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press..
The frequency input display appears. 
The frequency range of the FM wave-
band is shown.
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Manual tuning is also possible in all 
wavebands by pressing#or$. 
The frequency will change by the tuning 
increments for the respective wave-
band each time one of the buttons is 
pressed.
Frequency increments for manual 
tuning:
FM  0.2 MHz
AM  10 kHz 
         
        
        
     
        
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Radio operation
Press the number buttons in 
succession:=, >, and ?.
Each number entered appears in the 
display.
The system tunes to the frequency en-
tered (in this example: 98.5 Mhz) and 
switches back to the FM menu.
Seven channels are available on the 
Weather Band. Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the 
WB soft key in the Radio main 
menu (
page 40). 
Each time you press the 
WB soft key the 
system will tune to the strongest re-
ceivable station.
Tuning via station search 
On the COMAND control unit
Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the 
WB soft key in the Radio main 
menu (
page 40). 
The system will tune to the strongest 
receivable station.
Press+ or,.
The search begins descending or as-
cending.
The search stops at the next receivable 
station.On the multifunction steering wheel 
Switch the multifunction display in the 
instrument cluster to Audio display 
(
page 27).
Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable 
station. 
Tuning via station presets 
The seven strongest channels are sort-
ed in preset 1 to 7 each time you press 
the WB soft key. They are accessed us-
ing the number keypad.
Press one of the number keys
! - @.
The system tunes to the station stored 
under this number.
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Entries outside the frequency range are 
not possible.
Within the AM waveband, the input is 
restricted to frequencies within the re-
spective frequency increment, which 
is10 kHz.
The system will select the nearest valid 
frequency if a frequency outside the 
frequency increment is entered.
Tuning to a station on Weather Band 
         
        
        
     
        
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Ten presets each are available for the
FM and AM waveband.
The following options are available:
Storing manually using number keys
Storing manually using the Presets 
menu
Storing using Autostore (page 46)
Storing manually using the number 
keys ! - "
Tune to the station to be stored 
(
page 41).
Press a number key between! and 
" and hold it for more than 2 sec-
onds.
The station is now stored in the respec-
tive memory location.Storing manually using the Presets 
menu 
Tune to the station to be stored 
(
page 41).
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Use$, #, % or & to select a 
preset.
Press' for more than 2 seconds.
The station will be stored in the respec-
tive memory location.Storing using Autostore 
The Autostore function places stations into 
the Autostore memory sorted by reception 
quality. 
The system stores the station with the 
strongest signal in preset 1.
Switch to the desired waveband 
(
page 40). 
Press the Autost. soft key. 
The Autostore preset list appears.
Storing FM/AM stations
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The Autostore feature stores presets in 
a separate memory, not in the regular 
presets seen under the 
Presets soft 
key. As such, the Autostore memory is 
only temporary. 
         
        
        
     
        
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Single CD operation
Insert a CD into the CD slot while 
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the 
CD face up.
COMAND pulls in the CD. If the CD is 
an audio CD, the system switches to 
Single CD mode and starts playing the 
first track.
Press/.
COMAND ejects the CD.
Remove the CD from the slot.
If you do not remove the CD from the 
slot within approx. 7 seconds, the CD is 
pulled back into the CD drive.
Open the Audio main menu 
(
page 38).
Press the CD soft key.
The system switches to Single CD 
mode and starts playing the first track.
The center of the status bar shows:
The track number and total number 
of tracks
The elapsed playing time of the 
track1Track title or track number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks 
The Single CD main menu shows the track 
title in the center if the CD contains corre-
sponding text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of 
the track title. 
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If the CD is an MP3 CD, the system 
switches to MP3 mode (
page 57).
Ejecting a CD 
Single CD main menu
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The CD soft key is shaded out if no CD 
is loaded. The system will not switch to 
Single CD mode.
Load an audio CD into the 
COMAND CD drive (
page 49)
The
 MP3 soft key instead of the CD soft 
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been 
inserted. 
         
        
        
     
        
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Single CD operation
Selecting via manual entry of the track 
number 
Open the Single CD main menu 
(
page 50).
Press..
The Manual track input display ap-
pears.
1Number of tracks on the CD (12 tracks)
Entry example: Track 1
Press!.Entry example: Track 12
Press! and A in quick succession.
Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering 
the number.
The selected track is played. The CD 
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search 
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the 
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search automatically stops at the 
track listened to before the scan 
search was started.Starting scan search 
Press the Scan soft key.
Ending scan search manually 
Press the Scan soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan 
is ended remains playing. 
Open the Single CD main menu 
(
page 50).
Press and hold+ or,.
To stop release+ or,.
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Entries beyond the number of available 
tracks on the CD are not possible.
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When you start the scan search, play-
back option 
Normal Sequence 
(page 53) is activated automatically.
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Single CD operation
The following options are available:
Normal sequence 
Repeat track
Random track
Explanation of the playback options 
Normal sequence
The tracks are played in the normal se-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
The last track is followed by the first 
track of the CD.
Repeat track 
The current track will be repeated until 
this function is deactivated.
Random track
The tracks are played in random order 
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).Changing the playback option 
In the Single CD main menu 
(
page 50) press the Setting soft key. 
The Settings menu is displayed. 
The solid circle   indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.
Press% or & to select a different 
option.
Press'.
The option is activated. A correspond-
ing display will appear in the status bar 
for all options except 
Normal sequence. An option will remain activated even if 
C O M A N D  i s  s w i t c h e d  O F F  a n d  t h e n  O N  
again.
Playback options