Content
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching to Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . 71
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DVD video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic picture switch-off. . . . . . 74
Notes on storage media . . . . . . . . . 74
Notes on the care of discs . . . . . . . 74
DVD playback conditions . . . . . . . . 75
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 75
Loading DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ejecting DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching to DVD video . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying/hiding control menu . . . 77
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selecting DVD media . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Subtitles and camera angle . . . . . . 82
Interactive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Interruptions to the connection while
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operating options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 85
Activating the mobile phone . . . . . . . . . 86
Mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting transmit and receive
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
“911” emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
COMAND phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening COMAND phone book . . . 93
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Initiating call to an entry . . . . . . . . . 94
Creating a new entry. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Adding phone number to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Call lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Initiating an outgoing call . . . . . . . 101
Functions during a single call . . . . 102
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening the address book . . . . . . 104
Submenu overview for
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selecting entry in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Creating a new address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Searching for an address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Displaying details for an
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Initiating a phone call to an entry . 109
Starting navigation to an entry . . . 109
Voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Content
Importing vCards from a
PCMCIA card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Updating the map software . . . . . 112
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Input restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Switching to navigation mode . . . 118
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Introduction to destination input . 126
Entering a destination via the address
126
Entering a destination from the desti-
nation memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Entering destination from the last des-
tinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering destination via the map . 137
Entering stopover destination. . . . 138
POI input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI in local area of
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI in the vicinity of the
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Entering a POI in the vicinity of a
specific location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI via a name search . 141
Entering a POI via a phone number
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Choosing a POI category . . . . . . . 142
Entering a POI via the map . . . . . . 147
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Driving maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Example display without driving
maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traffic lane recommendations . . . 150
Destination or destination region
reached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation announcements . . . . . 153
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 154
Resuming route guidance after
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Detour function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Alternative route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Route browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Displaying destination information . . .
155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Saving a destination in the
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Deleting destination or home
address from the destination
memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving a destination permanently
in the destination memory . . . . . . 162
Saving vehicle location in the last
destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving crosshairs position in the
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deleting one of the last
destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Opening System menu . . . . . . . . . 164
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Read-out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Voice control settings . . . . . . . . . . 167
Bluetooth® settings . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setting the system language . . . . 171
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
81 Video
DVD video
Stopping film or skipping to the
beginning/end of a scene
Select any menu item from the DVD
menu.
The selection menu appears.
To stop a film: Select the menu item
“Stop”.
To skip to the end of the scene: Se-
lect the menu item r.
To skip to the beginning of the
scene: Select the menu item p.
i Depending on the DVD, it is possible the
menu items p and r either have no func-
tion or no function in certain parts of the DVD
menu. This is indicated by the 7 symbol on the
display.
Switching to the next DVD menu up
Press the í button.
or
Select the corresponding menu item
from the DVD menu.
or
Select any menu item from the DVD
menu.
In the selection menu select the menu
item “Go Up”.
i Depending on the DVD, it is possible the
menu item “Go Up” either has no function or no
function in certain parts of the DVD menu. This is
indicated by the 7 symbol on the display.
Back to movie
Press the í button repeatedly until
the film is shown.
or
Select the corresponding menu item
from the DVD menu.
or
Select any menu item from the DVD
menu.
In the selection menu select the menu
item “Back (to movie)”.
i Depending on the DVD, it is possible the
menu item “Back (to movie)” either has no func-
tion or no function in certain parts of the DVD
menu.
i The function is not available for all DVDs. If
it is available, you can set the DVD menu lan-
guage, the audio language or the audio format.
The number of settings is determined by the DVD
content. The settings may also be possible in the
DVD menu (
page 80).
In DVD video mode, if necessary dis-
play the menu system (
page 77).
Select “DVD-Video” K “DVD Func-
tions”.
Select “Audio Language”.
A selection menu will appear after a
short time. The dotRin front of an en-
try indicates the currently selected lan-
guage.
To change setting: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr until the desired setting is
reached.
To save setting: Press n.
To exit menu without changes: Slide
omp.
Setting language
163 System settings
Opening System menu .............. 164
Menu overview ........................... 164
Display settings .......................... 164
Time settings .............................. 165
Read-out settings ....................... 166
Voice control settings ............... 167
Bluetooth
® settings ................... 169
Reset ............................................ 171
Setting the system language .... 171
Tele Aid* ...................................... 172
164 System settings
System settings
Press the function button Z.
or
Select “System” in the menu bar with
main functions.
Adjusting brightness
Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Display” K “Brightness”.
1Brightness bar
To adjust brightness: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr.
The brightness bar moves up or down.
To confirm selection: Press n or
slide om.
System settings
Opening System menu
Menu overview
System settingsLanguage
Display
Time
Text reader speed
Voice control
Bluetooth
Reset (resets
COMAND to
factory settings)
i Use this function
to delete your person-
al data, e.g. before
selling your vehicle.
Setting language
Display settings
171 System settings
System settings
i You can fully reset COMAND to the factory
settings. This process deletes all personal data,
among other things, (e. g. station memory, ad-
dress book entries, entries in the destination
memory and in the last destinations of the navi-
gation system). It is recommended that you per-
form a reset before the vehicle is handed over or
sold, for example.
Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Reset”.
You will be prompted to confirm that
you wish to perform the reset.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
After selecting “Yes”, you will again be
prompted to confirm that you wish to
perform the reset.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
After selecting “Yes”, COMAND is reset
and restarted.
Select “System” K “Language”.
The language list appears.
The dotRindicates the current setting.
To change setting: Select the desired
language.
The language is set.
i Setting the system language also changes
the language of the multifunction display.
ResetSetting the system language
218 Index
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dolby Digital
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Driving maneuver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
DTMF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DTS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting from the DVD changer. . . . . 57
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading the DVD changer . . . . . . . . . 55
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DVD audio
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61DVD video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stop function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Video game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
DVD+R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD+RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
E
Emergency calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
F
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
G
GPS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Gracenote Media Database. . . . . . . . 64
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Switching read function on/off . . . . . 65
Gracenote® music recognition techno-
logy
End user licence agreement (EULA) . 64
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
H
Highway information. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
I
ID3 tag
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ISO9660
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
J
Joliet
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214