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Controls in detail
Control system
Menus, submenus and functions
Menu
1Menu2Menu3Menu 4
Standard displayAudioNAVVehicle status message
memory1
1The vehicle status message memory menu is only displayed if there is a message stored.
(page 140)(page 141)(page 144)(page 144)
Commands/submenu
Trip- and main odometerSelecting radio stationRoute guidance instructions,
current direction traveledCalling up malfunction
messages, warning messages,
and system status messages
stored in memory
Checking tire inflation
pressureSelecting satellite radio
station* (USA only)
Calling up digital speedometer
or outside temperatureOperating CD player
Calling up maintenance
service indicator
Checking engine oil level
iThe headings used in the menus table are
designed to facilitate navigation within the
system and are not necessarily identical to those
shown in the control system displays. The first function displayed in each menu will
automatically show you which part of the system
you are in.
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Outside temperature
Audio menu
The functions in the
Audio menu operate
the audio equipment which you currently
have turned on.
If no audio equipment is currently turned
on, the message
Audio off appears in the
multifunction display.
The following functions are available: Selecting radio station
Turn on the COMAND system and
select radio. Refer to separate
COMAND system operating instruc-
tions.
Press button
è orÿ repeatedly
until the currently tuned station
appears in the multifunction display.
1 Waveband setting or stored memory
position (
FM0 through FM9)
2 Station frequency
3 Waveband setting
iYou can select whether the digital
speedometer or the outside temperature is to be
displayed.
You can change the setting in the submenu
Inst. cluster via the function Status line
display
, see “Selecting display (digital speed-
ometer or outside temperature) for status indica-
tor” (
page 150).
FunctionPage
Selecting radio station141
Selecting satellite radio station*
(USA only)142
Operating CD player143
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Operating the CD player
Selecting CD track
Turn on the COMAND system and
select CD. Refer to separate COMAND
system operating instructions.
Press button
è orÿ repeatedly
until the settings for the CD currently
being played appear in the multifunc-
tion display. 1
Current CD (CD0 for CD in head unit,
CD1throughCD6 for CD in CD changer)
2 Current track
Press button k orj repeatedly
until the desired track is selected. Selecting MP3-CD track
Turn on the COMAND system and
select MP3. Refer to separate
COMAND system operating instruc-
tions.
Press button
è orÿ repeatedly
until the settings for the MP3-CD
currently being played appear in the
multifunction display.
iThe COMAND system and the CD changer
can play CDs as well as MP3-CDs.
iTo select a CD from the CD changer
magazine, press a number on the COMAND
system key pad located in the center console.
iA MP3-CD inserted in the CD changer is
handled by the COMAND system like an
audio CD. Information contained on a MP3-CD
will not appear in the multifunction display or in
the COMAND system display.
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432 Index
Cargo tie-down rings 209
Carpets, Cleaning 321
Catalytic converter 262
CD changer 366
CD playerOperating 143
Center console 30 Front passenger front air bag off indica-tor lamp 335
Lower part 31
Upper part 30
Central locking From inside 107
Switch 107
Switching on/off (control system) 155
Unlocking from inside 107
Central unlocking Switch 107
Certification label 410
Charging Vehicle battery 396 Checking
Coolant level 266, 274
Oil level 266, 269
Checking tire pressure electronically with the Advanced Tire Pressure Monitoring
System (Advanced TPMS) 289
Checklist Off-road driving 254
Child safety 77 Infant and child restraint systems 68, 78
LATCH child seat anchors 82
Child safety switch see Blocking of rear door window operation
Cigarette lighter 222
Cleaning Gear selector lever 321
Headlamps 177
Headliner 321
Leather upholstery 322
Light alloy wheels 320
Rear Parking Assist sensors 318, 319
Seat belts 321
Steering wheel 321 Upholstery 322
Windows 319
Windshield 59
Wiper blades 319
Wood trims 322
Cleaning tires 279
Climate control 182 Adjusting air distribution 186
Adjusting air volume 186
Air conditioning 189
Air recirculation mode 188
Defogging windshield 188
Defrosting 187
Rear window defroster 181
Residual heat utilization (REST) 190
Setting the temperature 185
Windshield defroster 180
Clock 27
Closing Glove box 215
Hood 269
Tailgate 106
Tilt/sliding sunroof 196, 372
Windows 192
Closing tilt/sliding sunroof In an emergency 372
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Occupant distribution 305
Occupant safety 68Air bags 70
Children in the vehicle 77
Fastening the seat belt 48
Front passenger front air bag off indica-tor lamp 80
Infant and child restraint systems 78
LATCH child seat anchors 82
Seat belts 48, 72
Odometer, main 27
Off-road driving 253 Checklist 254
Crossing obstacles 258
Driving on sand 259
Driving through water 257
Returning 260
Rules 253
Special driving features 253
Steep terrain 255
Oil Adding 273
Consumption 269
Oil dipstick 272 Oil level
Checking 266
Checking with the control system 270
Checking with the oil dipstick (G 500 only) 272
One-touch gearshifting 168 Canceling gear range limit 169
Extending gear range 168
Limiting gear range 168
Opening Doors from the inside 104
Fuel filler flap 264
Fuel filler flap manually 370
Glove box 215
Hood 267
Tailgate 105
Tilt/sliding sunroof 196, 372
Tilt/sliding sunroof in an emergency 372
Windows 192 Operating
CD player 143
COMAND see separate operating in-structions
Navigation system 144
Radio 141
Radio transmitters 261
Telephone 159
Operator’s Manual 10
Ornamental moldings 317
Outside temperature indicator 132
Overdue maintenance service 313
Overhead control panel 32
P
Paintwork 316
Paintwork code 410
Panic alarm 86 Panic button on SmartKey 86
Parcel net In front passenger footwell 218
Parking 62, 248
Parking brake 55, 62 Engaging 62
Message in display 345
Releasing 55
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