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
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Satellite Radio* operating elements . . 20
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 22
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the multifunction display 27
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 31
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calling up the Audio main menu . . . 38
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 40
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 41
Tuning to a station on Weather
Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 46
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 48
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 48
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 52
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 54
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 55
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 55
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 56
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 57
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 64
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 64
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 69
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
7
Where to find it
Introduction
Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support for you, the COMAND opera-
tor. Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time, or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the audio system and its radio
and CD components.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers.
Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
covering the following topics:
Destination entry
Route selection and calculation
Route guidance
Destination memory
Service
This chapter contains information con-
cerning Tele Aid*
System
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.
9 Introduction
Operating safety
Operating safety
WarningG
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, satellite radio*,
CD changer*, navigation module* and tele-
phone* are interconnected. Therefore,
when one of the components is not opera-
tional or has not been removed/ replaced
properly, the function of other components
may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
WarningG
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
WarningG
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain
focused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system's audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.
13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 ! - "
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
44
46
42
FunctionPage
4 #, $, %, &
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
41
42, 46
5 '
Confirmation
6 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
8 *
Volume adjustment
31
9 + and,
Station search
Manual tuning
42
44
15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 Single CD slot49
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
52
FunctionPage
5 % and &
Selecting tracks
51
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
Single CD ejection
50
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
a *
Volume adjustment
31
b + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
51
52
17 At a glance
MP3 operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 MP3 CD slot57
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
61
i
Depending on vehicle production date
COMAND may not be equipped with
the MP3 functionality. If so, the CD
changer* may be used for playback of
MP3 CDs.
FunctionPage
5 # and $
Selecting folders
% and &
Selecting tracks
59
60
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
MP3 CD ejection
58
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9 )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
a *
Volume adjustment
31
b + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
60
62
19 At a glance
CD changer* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
38
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
! - 0
Selecting CDs
73
70
FunctionPage
4 # and $
Selecting CDs
% and &
Selecting tracks
70
72
5 '
Confirmation
6CD changer65
7Magazine CD slot 65
8 (
Mute function
39
FunctionPage
9Magazine compartment
buttons 1 to 6
65
a )
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
31
b *
Volume adjustment
31
c + and,
Track skip
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
72
74