2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Treble

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
Telephone* operating elements . . . . .
20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . .
22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . .
24
Selecting the multifunction display
25
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . .
26
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . .
29
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Opening the Audio main menu . . . .
36
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . .
37
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . .
37
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . .
38
Tuning to a station on

Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . .
43
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . .
45
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . .
45
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . .
49
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Tips on data storage media . . . . . .
51
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . .
52
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . .
52
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . .
53
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . .
54
Loading an MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Ejecting an MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . .
61
Switching to CD changer mode . . .
61
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . .
62
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . .
63
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . .
66
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . .
70

31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting balance/fader
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode
( page
27)
.

Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key.
The Balance/Fader menu is displayed.
Now you can set the balance and the
fader
( page
31)
.
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti
-
cal line indicates the balance setting.
The horizontal line indicates the fader
setting.

Press

or

:
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust
-
ing the desired balance,
or
Press

or

:
The cursor moves vertically, adjusting
the fader.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
109)
.
i Using
+
and
(
, the cursor can be
moved simultaneously in vertical and
horizontal direction (diagonally).
Bass and treble

32 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDWhen 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
27)
.

Press the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.

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
:
Playback optimized for speech compre
-
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 activated
for each one of the operating modes listed
above.
Sound functions*

72 AudioAudio AUX operation
Open the Audio main menu ( page
36)
.

Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu appears.

The external audio source is made au
-
dible, provided it is connected and
switched to playback.
In AUX mode, you can adjust the following:
Volume
( page
29)

Fader and balance
( page
30)

Bass and treble
( page
31)

Sound functions
( page
32)
iAn external audio source, for example a
tape player, can be connected to
COMAND.

For further information, please contact
your Mercedes-Benz Center.Switching to AUX mode
iPlease refer to the appropriate operat
-
ing manual for the operation of the ex
-
ternal audio source.

76 Satellite radio*Satellite radio operationStation information is displayed on the
main screen and in the center of the status
bar.Main area, in this example: 
ROCK
= selected category
( page
77)

Vault
= name of the selected station
Status bar, in this example:
SAT
(on the left) = the selected mode

SAT5
= location in the program

memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored

Ch16
= number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys
Presets

shows channels pre-stored in the pro
-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations
( page
80)
and re
-
quest stored stations
( page
76)
.

Info

shows additional text information relat
-
ed to the current channel.

Scan

is used to start and stop the scan
search
( page
79)
.

Service

displays a screen showing the tele
-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the particular receiver.
You can also adjust the following:

Bass and treble
( page
31)

Balance and fader
( page
30)

Sound functions
( page
32)

Volume (not on soft keys) ( page
29)
The following options are available:
Tuning via station presets
( page
77)

Tuning via manual channel input ( page
77)

Tuning via the program category list

( page
77)

Tuning a station within the selected category
( page
78)

Tuning via scan search
( page
79)
SAT main menu
Selecting a station

109 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home
soft key

Provides access to the input of a home
address
( page
113)
.

Mode
soft key

Provides access to the route mode set
-
ting for certain road types to be avoid
-
ed
( page
109)
.

Setting
soft key

Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce
-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)

( page
109)
.
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the
Mode
soft key in the Naviga
-
tion main menu
( page
108)
.
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.

Use

or

to select an option.

Press

.
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.
The following acoustics criteria for naviga
-
tion announcements can be adjusted:
Bass / Treble
( page
110)
.

Balance / Fader
( page
110)
.

Volume
( page
110)
.

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Navi
-
gation main menu
( page
108)
.
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square
= option OFF

Solid square
= option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for

navigation announcements

110 Navigation*Navigation main menuSetting bass/treble 
Press the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key in the
Setting menu.

Press

or

.
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust
-
ing bass or treble accordingly.

Press

or the
Back
soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.The new setting is stored and activat
-
ed.
Setting balance and fader 
Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key in the Set
-
ting menu.A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti
-
cal line represents the balance setting.
The horizontal line represents the fader
setting.

Press

or

.
The vertical line moves, adjusting the
balance accordingly,
or
Press

or

.
The horizontal line moves, adjusting
the fader accordingly.

Press

or the
Back
soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.The new setting is stored and activat
-
ed.
Adjusting the volume Automatically generated navigation an
-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif
-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu
( page
109)
,
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ
-
ence.
iThe lines can be moved simultaneously
using
+
and
(
.

182 IndexSettingbalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30for navigation announcements . . 110bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 110date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30for navigation announcements . . 110language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,
42
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 110volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30for navigation announcements . . 110
Showing soft key displays (Navigation mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,
87,
175
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 37,
45
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Sirius Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Sirius Service Centercalling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Soft key displaysshowing in Navigation mode . . . . . . 136Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,
175
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Speed dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Spoken names to a phone book entry. 99Starting route guidance. . . . . . . . . . 128Station (radio)presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,
42
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,
42
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,
42
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Station (satellite radio)presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Stop-over destinationchanging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Storingcurrent vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . 126destination in Destination memory . 150location selected via the map . . . . . 127radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43satellite radio station. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Subscriber Identity Modulesee SIM card