2008 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class wheel

106 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Adjusting bass and treble
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Bass or Treble soft key and press to
select.
A bar will appear at the top of the
screen.
Press h or H.
The respective setting is changed.
Adjusting brightness, contrast and
color
Turn the thumb wheel while the soft
keys are displayed (
page 101) to
highlight the
Brightn., Contr. or
Color soft key and press to select.
A bar will appear at the top of the
screen.
Press h or H.
The respective setting is changed.Scene/chapter skip
If the movie is divided into chapters or
scenes, you can skip them while the movie
is playing. Some DVDs will not allow this in
certain portions of the movie (e.g. during
screen credits, age restriction and/or pa-
rental advisories).
Press H or G.
H = Next chapter or scene
G = Previous chapter or scene or
beginning of scene if scene has been
playing for more than 10 seconds.
A window will appear at the top of the
screen indicating the scene number.Fast forward/reverse
Press and hold H or G during
DVD playback.
H = fast forward
G = fast reverse
Release the button to stop fast
forward/reverse.
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Chapter/scene selection may also be
possible in the menu on the DVD
(
page 103).

107 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Set the L/R monitor switch on the
remote to the side you wish to control.
Press or on the remote.
If an external video source is not
connected the AUX menu appears. You
can set bass and treble for the AUX
operation (
page 111).
AUX menu
If an external video source is connect-
ed (
page 94) and switched to play-
back the AUX menu will only appear
briefly.
Playback begins automatically.
If the external video source is
disconnected during playback the
system switches back to the AUX
menu.
Displaying the soft keys during
playback
Turn or press the thumb wheel.
The soft keys and the status bar are
displayed.To remove the soft key display
The soft keys and the status bar disappear
after approx. 10 seconds.
or
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Full scn. soft key and press to
select.
Switching to AUX mode
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For instructions on how to operate the
external video sources, please see the
operation manual of the device con-
nected.

108 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Soft key functions
4:3, 16:9 or Zoom soft key:
You can change the aspect ratio.
Full scn. soft key:
The soft key display disappears.
Tone soft key:
Brings you to the tone menu, where you
can set Bass and Treble (
page 106).
Bright., Contr. and Color soft
key
s:
Allow you to adjust brightness, con-
trast and color (
page 106).
Changing the aspect ratio
You can manually change the aspect ratio
during playback. To do this, use the top left
soft key. The soft key changes each time
you press the thumb wheel. Possible aspect ratios are:
4:3, 16:9 and
Zoom.
The soft key indicates the aspect ratio to
which you will change when you press the
thumb wheel.
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
top left soft key and press the thumb
wheel in succession until the desired
aspect ratio is set.
Displaying full screen
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Full scn. soft key and press to se-
lect.
The soft keys disappear. The full screen
will appear.You can set the settings for both monitors
separately. To switch between monitors
(
page 90).
Press on the remote.
The System menu will appear.
ML class illustrated
System settings

109 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
You can use the following functions:
Bright. soft key:
Adjusts the display brightness.
Design soft key:
Sets the display dimming characteris-
tics.
Pic off soft key:
Switches the monitor off and on. This is
also possible by pressing on the
remote (
page 111).
Lang. soft key:
Selects the language for the menu text
displays.
Speaker soft key:
Selects the source of the speakers
(
page 110).Adjusting the display brightness
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Bright. soft key and press to select.
Press H or h direction to adjust the
brightness.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.
Setting the display dimming character-
istics
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Design soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select an entry.
Day Mode
The display is continuously set to
daylight design.
Night Mode
The display is continuously set to night-
time design.
Automatic
The display changes depending on the
ambient light sensor in the vehicle.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.
Switching the monitor on and off
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Pic off soft key and press to select.
The monitor is switched off.
Press the thumb wheel again.
The monitor is switched on again.

110 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Selecting the language
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Lang. soft key and press to select.
The languages list will appear.
Press G or g to select the desired
language.
or
Select Instrument cluster.
The display will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.Selecting the source of the speakers
If two audio sources (e.g. audio CD and
AUX 2) are playing back simultaneously,
one at the left monitor the other at the
right monitor, you can select which source
can be played through the vehicle
speakers via the COMAND AUX channel.
At the COMAND, you can set the volume,
bass and treble, balance and fader and
sound functions* (
page 81).
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Speaker soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select Left
source
or Right source.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.RSE is set to playback
At the COMAND open the Audio menu
(
page 44).
Press the AUX soft key.
Playback begins.
Press during playback (CD or
MP3 CD mode, DVD mode).
The respective operation is muted and
theß symbol is displayed in the status
bar of the corresponding main menu.
Press again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
RSE audio playback through
speakers
Muting on/off

111 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
In the CD menu (page 96), MP3 CD
menu (
page 98) or AUX menu
(
page 107) turn the thumb wheel to
highlight the
Bass or Treble soft key
and press to select.
Press H or h.
Bass or Treble is adjusted.
Press E or wait until the display
changes.
The new setting is saved.
Press on remote.
The monitor is switched off.
Press on remote again.
The monitor is switched on again.
Setting bass and treblei
Press H or h and keep it depressed
to move the slider continuously.
Release the soft key to set the current
value.
Monitor off /on

117 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Satellite radio stations are split up into cat-
egories. You can select between various
categories such as News, Sports News and
Country Music, if available. The category
list is sorted alphabetically.Selecting a program category
Push the joystick to H or h while
the Satellite radio main menu
(
page 116) is being displayed.
The previous or next program category
(alphabetical order) will appear in the
display. The station last tuned in the
new category will begin to play.
At the beginning of the category list the
category
ALL will appear. This category
is sorted numerically (by channel
numbers) and displays all available
channels.You can use the following functions:
Automatic tuning
Automatic station scan (page 118)
Station selection via direct channel en-
try (
page 118)
Station selection from the preset menu
(
page 119)
Automatic tuning
Push the joystick to gor G while
the Satellite radio main menu is being
displayed.
or
Press d or D.
The satellite radio will tune in to the nu-
merically previous or next receivable
station in the selected category.
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COMAND will also deactivate muting if
you
Press A, B, g, h
Change the volume at COMAND or
the multifunction steering wheel
Operate the joystick
Press any keypad button except #
Press j or k at the
multifunction steering wheel if the
audio menu is selected.
Changing the program category
Selecting a station

123 Telephone*
Important notes
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If you have a Mercedes-Benz specified
integrated mobile telephone (TDMA,
CDMA or GSM) and the telephone is
inserted in the cradle, the telephone
functions can be used as follows:
at the COMAND
at the multifunction steering wheel
This instruction manual describes the
operation at the COMAND. Unless
otherwise indicated, the descriptions
and illustrations refer to the COMAND.
Operation at the mobile phone is
described in separate operating guides.
Refer to the vehicle Operator’s Manual
for operation of the telephone using the
multifunction steering wheel.
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In certain menus, the COMAND can
display date and time of the calls.
The COMAND can display phone
number and name of the other party
(e.g. if the COMAND detects an
incoming call, but also in other menus).
For the number to be displayed, the
number information must be
transmitted with the incoming call. The
same goes for the name display which
additionally requires that the caller’s
number and name are saved in the
phone book.