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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
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11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Satellite Radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND
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26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
FunctionPage
2 Volume setting:
æ Volume up
ç Volume down
31
31
3 Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
Entering a phone num-
ber:
t
Deleting the entire entry
94
99
95
94
95
4 Radio mode:
j Next station:
via station search
via station presets
41
42
FunctionPage
4 Radio mode:
k Previous station:
via station search
via station presets
41
42
4 Single CD, MP3 and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
72
72
4Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
83
83
4Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
98
98
5 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
27
27
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27 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can switch the multifunction display to
the respective operating mode if you wish
to operate the system using the buttons on
the multifunction steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*,
Satellite radio* or Telephone* display
appears in the multifunction display of
the instrument cluster.
Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequencySingle CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current track
CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current trackMP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current track
Selecting the multifunction display
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.
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28 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel name
Telephone* operation
If a telephone has been installed, either the
main display or a list appears.
Telephone main display
1Telephone operation
2Telephone network informationIn the list screen, instead of the telephone
network information, either a phone book
entry or one of the last 10 outgoing calls
will be displayed.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.
The following functions are available:
Freq. function:
You can tune to stations via the station
search (
page 41).
Memory function:
You can tune to stations via the station
presets (
page 42).
Setting audio search function
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
the
Settings... menu appears in the
multifunction display in the instrument
cluster.
Pressj and switch to the submenu
options.
Press æ or ç and select the
Vehicle menu.
Pressj and select Audio Search
Function
.
By pressing æ or ç, select Freq.
or
Memory.
Audio search functioni
Memory is set at the factory.
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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
i
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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39 Audio
Audio main menu
Switching the mute function ON:
Press (.
The system is switched to mute.
Switching the mute function OFF:
Press (7again;
or
Turn the rotary control* located on
the COMAND control unit;
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
The audio source heard is the one se-
lected before the mute function was
activated.
Mute functioni
The mute function is still activated if
COMAND is switched OFF and then ON
again.
The mute function switches OFF if an-
other audio source is selected.
The audio is briefly muted shortly after
the opening or closing of the retract-
able hardtop has begun.