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Contents
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 78
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching to Satellite radio mode . . 79
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Calling the Sirius Service Center . . 84
Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tips on telephone operation . . . . . . 86Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching the phone ON/OFF . . . . 89
911 emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . . 91
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . . 91
Switching to telephone mode . . . . 92
Telephone main menu. . . . . . . . . . . 92
Answering an incoming call . . . . . . 94
Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . 95
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . . 96
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Opening the phone book. . . . . . . . 101
Phone Book menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing a connection . . . . . . 102
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . 103
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . . 106
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tips on the navigation DVD . . . . . . 109
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . . 109
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . . 110
Determination of location after
vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Calling up the
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . 112
Avoiding certain road types . . . . . 113
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . . . 113
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Entering data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Entering a home address . . . . . . . 116
Destination entry menu. . . . . . . . . 118
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . 118
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29 At a glance
Menu system
Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*
and AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
Service
Opening main menus
Audio (page 38):
Press -.
Satellite radio* (page 77):
Press ;.
Telephone* (page 92):
Press 1.
Navigation* (page 112):
Press 4.
Service (page 161):
Press <.
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar
The functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key sec-
tions 1.Messages or settings are displayed in the
main area 2.
The settings can be changed by operating
controls accordingly.
The status bar 3 is divided into three ar-
eas.
Left side:
The selected operating mode is given. In
this example: Radio
Center:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
FM = selected waveband
1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
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A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.
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31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Quick reference COMAND
Switching ON
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2,
or
Press).
COMAND switches on the last active
system and displays the corresponding
menu.
Switching OFF
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0 and remove it,
or
Press).Different volume settings are possible for
Navigation* or Telephone*.
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*, AUX
and Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
Setting the volume Turn the rotary control* located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
i
The system can be operated as follows:
from COMAND itself, or
from the multifunction steering
wheel
This operating manual describes oper-
ation from COMAND and from the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
Unless otherwise specified, the de-
scriptions and the displays illustrated
relate to the COMAND control unit.
Switching COMAND ON/OFF
i
Without the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
i
If a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF, ) is disabled.
Volume
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32 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel
The volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)
A common balance setting applies to the
following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
When adjusting the balance, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting balance
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Balance soft key.
The Balance menu appears.
Balance
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For Navigation* a different balance set-
ting is possible. You find the descrip-
tion under “Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements”
(
page 113).
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33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Press# or $:
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the balance accordingly.
Storing new settings:
Press' or the Back soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:
Radio (FM waveband)
Radio (AM waveband)
Radio (Weather Band)
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
Navigation*
Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 113).When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Bass and treble
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34 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Press# or $:
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.
Storing new settings:
Press' or the Back soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.
If the vehicle is equipped with a sound sys-
tem*, the sound functions are available for
the following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*The following sound functions are avail-
able:
Default Settings
Resets the sound functions* to the fac-
tory setting.
Standard
Normal stereo playback.
Speech
P l a y b a c k o p t i m i z e d f o r s p e e c h c o m p r e -
hension.
LOGIC7 Surround
7-channel-surround playback (not for
mono-sources like AM waveband or
Weather Band in radio mode).
Different sound functions* can be activat-
ed for each one of the operating modes.
Example:
For CD mode: the
LOGIC7 Surround function,
for Satellite radio* mode: the
Speech func-
tion.Switching sound functions*
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Sound soft key.
The Sound menu appears.
Use% or & to select the desired
function.
Press'.
The system switches to the selected
function.
Sound functions*
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37
Audio main menu
Radio operation
Single CD operation
MP3 operation
CD changer* operation
Audio AUX operation
Audio
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38 Audio
Audio main menu
Press-.
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus appears:
Press the Back soft key as often as
necessary until the Audio main
menu appears;
or
Press- again.Various audio sources can be selected in
the Audio main menu.
Selectable soft keys
Radio soft key
Station settings for WB, FM, and AM
wavebands appear (
page 40),
CD soft key or MP3 soft key
The Single CD main menu (
page 50)
or the MP3 main menu (
page 54) ap-
pears,
CDC soft key
The CD changer main menu appears
(
page 69),
AUX soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 76).
Calling up the Audio main menui
The CD, MP3 or CDC soft key is available
o n l y i f a C D i s l o a d e d i n t h e a p p r o p r i a t e
compartment.
The Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing; (
page 77).