2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class system

21 At a glance
COMAND control system
SymbolHow to use the COMAND controllerFunction
nPress briefly.
Select menu item.

Exit full-screen image with Navi.
Press and hold until the selected
action has been carried out.
Accept destination for navigation.
ymzRotate.
Move through vertical or horizontal menus.

Move through text.

Program settings.
qmr Slide.
Move through vertical menus.

Exit horizontal menus.
Slide and hold.
Moves through a navigation map.
ompSlide.
Move through horizontal menus.

Exit vertical menus.
Slide and hold.
Fast forward or reverse for audio CD or audio DVD playback.

Move through a navigation map.
wmxSlide and hold.
Move through a navigation map.

22 At a glance
COMAND control system
1Back button í
To exit menu: Briefly press the í
button1.
COMAND switches to the next menu
level up within the operating mode cur-
rently in use.
i You can also exit a menu by sliding the
COMAND controller
omp or qmr
(page 31).
To switch to the main display from
submenu displays: Press and hold the
í button1.
COMAND switches to the main display
for the operating mode currently in
use.1Clear button î
To delete an individual character:
Briefly press the î button1.
To delete an entire entry: Press and
hold the î button1.
Back buttonClear button

27 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Navigation status indicators in the
multi-function display
When route guidance is activated, the fol-
lowing messages may appear:

< : you have reached the destination.

“Dest. area reached”: you are ap-
proaching the destination. This mes-
sage appears, for example, with
relatively large special destinations.

“New route”: the system is calculating
a new route, for example because you
have deviated from the previous route.
Route guidance is subsequently re-
sumed.

“Calculating route”: a route is being cal-
culated, after which route guidance will
start.

“Off map”: the vehicle is outside the
range of the digital map. The vehicle is
in an off-map position.

“Off mapped road”: the vehicle is on a
road which is not in the digital map, or
is away from the road, for example in a
car park.

“No route”: no route to the selected
destination could be calculated.
Use the functions in the Audio menu to op-
erate the audio equipment. If no audio
equipment is switched on, the multi-func-
tion display shows the message Audio Off.
To adjust the volume:
press the
æ or ç button.
Selecting a radio station/channel
Switch on COMAND and select “FM/
AM Radio“ (
page 40) or “SatRadio“
(
page 47).
Select the Audio menu.
1Wave band
2Channel name or number
To select the next or previous pre-
set channel: briefly press % or
$.
or
To select the next or previous chan-
nel: press and hold % or $.
i You can only change the wave band and
save new stations/channels using COMAND.
Lane recommen-
dation displayMeaning
Lane without lower
limitUninterrupted lane
Lane with lower limitNew lane during a
maneuver
Line with arrowLane recommend-
ed for the maneu-
ver
Audio menu

29 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can use the functions in the “Tel”
menu to operate your mobile phone.
Switch on COMAND;
Select the “Tel” menu.
Mobile phone status

If the mobile phone is switched on and
authorized, the message “Phone Rea-
dy” appears in the multifunction dis-
play.

If the mobile phone is not authorized or
authorized but switched off, the mes-
sage “Ready for Bluetooth Telephony…”
appears in the multifunction display.

If the mobile phone is authorized but
locked it is not possible to dial and the
message “No Service” appears in the
multifunction display.
Accepting a call
If someone calls you while you are in the
Tel menu, the following message appears
in the multi-function display:
Press s to answer a call.
You can also take a call if you have not se-
lected the “Tel” menu.
Rejecting or ending a call
Press t
You can also not take or end a call if you
have not selected the “Tel” menu.
Tel menu
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
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.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.

33 At a glance
Operating COMAND
Switching to the list without predictive
speller
If other entries for a town exist, or the
name exists more than once in the system,
then
B is highlighted in the speller.
Press n.
You can switch to the list at any point while
entering characters.
Slide qmr repeatedly until the list ap-
pears without the speller.
or
Select B and press n.
COMAND will complete your entry if
the name is unambiguous. In this case
it is not necessary to switch to the list,
the Enter Destination menu will appear.
Selecting a list entry
Town list for navigation
1+ symbol for additional options
To select a town: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.
To confirm selection: Press n.
A town with the 1 symbol exists more
than once in the selected country. Con-
firming this type of town will result in a
further selection. The
+ symbol then
switches to
/.
Switching to radio mode and request-
ing the station list
Initial situation:
You would like to switch, for example, from
the phone function to radio mode and re-
quest the station list from there.
i In this guide, the path to a menu item is
shown as an action in italics.
“Audio” K “Audio” K “Radio” K “Radio”
K “Station List”
i Depending on the initial situation, this se-
quence of actions may be shorter.
If radio mode was active last, it is sufficient to se-
lect “Audio”
K““Radio””K “Station List”.
The individual steps for the above example
are described below.
Operating example

35 At a glance
Basic functions of COMAND
i The COMAND components can be found on
(
page 14). Operating examples can be found
on (
page 31).
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. for volume setting the æ, ç
buttons, (
page 23).
Press the rotary/push button x.
or
Press the display cover button
The cover opens up and the
COMAND display folds out. A warning
message appears. COMAND opens the
last active menu.
i When COMAND is switched off, playback of
the current audio or video source is also
switched off.
To switch on/off: Press V.
The sound from the active audio or
video source is switched on or off.
i When the sound is switched off, the symbol
X appears in the status line.
If you change the audio or video source or alter
the volume, the sound is automatically switched
on again.
i Announcements from the navigation system
can still be heard with the sound switched off.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off
Press V during the announcement.
i The navigation announcements are
switched on again after restarting route guid-
ance or after switching COMAND off/on using
x.
To set: Turn the rotary/push button
x.
The volume of the selected audio or
video source changes.
Volume of navigation announcements
You can set the volume for navigation an-
nouncements independently of the volume
for the active audio or video source.
During a navigation announcement:
Turn the rotary/push button x.
Setting volume for phone calls
The volume for hands-free operation can
be set during an active phone call.
Turn the rotary/push button x.
Basic functions of COMAND
Switching COMAND on/off
Mute
Setting the volume

37 At a glance
Basic functions of COMAND
To save setting: Press n.
The setting is stored and the menu is
exited.
To exit menu without changes: Press
the Back button
í.
Your vehicle is equipped with the harman/
kardon LOGIC7
® Surround Sound system.
You can select between “
LOGIC7®On” and
“
LOGIC7®Off”.
harman/kardon LOGIC7
® Surround Sound
is available for the following operating
modes:

Radio (FM only)

SatRadio*

CD audio

DVD audio (MLP, DTS, PCM and Dolby
Digital audio formats)

MP3 (including PCMCIA memory card)

Aux

DVD video (PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital
audio formats)
i As some DVDs contain both stereo and also
multi-channel audio formats, it may be neces-
sary to set the audio format (
page 66).
i The “LOGIC7®On” function of the harman/
kardon LOGIC7® Surround Sound system per-
mits the playback of discrete 5.1 and stereo re-
cordings with an optimal surround sound
platform for each passenger. Music and films on
CD or audio and video DVDs with high-resolution
surround formats, such as MLP, DTS or Dolby
Digital, are played with optimum sound.
The LOGIC7
® distributes the 5.1 surround infor-
mation over the 12-channel system architecture
to provide the optimum sound in all seats. This
produces the sound characteristics as intended
by the sound engineer during the original record-
ing.
harman/kardon LOGIC7
® converts all two-chan-
nel stereo sound sources into multi-channel sur-
round sound. The surround information stored
during the original recording is read out using
LOGIC7
® and likewise distributed over the
12 channels. No effects are created during the
process, anything that was always on the record-
ing is just made audible again.
Moreover, harman/kardon LOGIC7
® draws the
audible sound source away from the individual
loudspeakers, thus creating a natural 360°
sound platform for each passenger.
i By selecting “LOGIC7® Off”, the playback
of all playable formats is performed as on the ex-
isting medium. Due to the spatial conditions in
the vehicle, optimal sound is not possible in all
seats.
i Discs supporting the above-mentioned au-
dio formats display the following logos

Dolby Digital

DTS

MLP
Surround sound

40 Audio
Radio
i Information on the COMAND control system
and how to operate it can be found on
(

page 14) and (
page 31).
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $ or % but-
tons, for selecting a station or a menu or scroll-
ing through lists (

page 23).
From the COMAND control unit
Press the X function button.
i Press the button repeatedly to switch wave-
band in the sequence FM, AM, WB (

page 42)
and SatRadio* mode (

page 45). Pressing
again will switch back to FM radio mode.
From the COMAND controller
From another main function
Select “Audio” K “Audio” K “FM / AM
Radio” in the display.
i If radio mode was active last, you only need
to select “Audio”.
Within the audio function
Select “Audio” K “FM / AM Radio”.The radio display appears. The last se-
lected station in the last selected wave-
band is heard.
Display with Audio menu
1Main function line
2Audio menu
3Current audio mode
i You can switch to the various audio modes
in the audio menu:
FM / AM radio mode
SatRadio* mode (
page 45)
CD-/DVD audio/MP3 mode (“Disc” and
“Memory Card” are described together in
this guide), (

page 60)
Music Register (
page 67)
Aux mode (
page 71)Radio display
1Display/selection window with station
or frequency
2Memory preset number
3Name or frequency of selected station
4Sound settings
5WB (Weather band)
6AM radio
7FM radio
8Stored station list
9Radio functions
Radio
Switching to the radio