2008 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class seat memory

Contents
Rear Audio/Video*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Audio operation*
(except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selecting the audio source . . . . . . . 85
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation* (except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . 87
General information on CD/DVD
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Permissible CDs/DVDs. . . . . . . . . . 88
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 89
Operating the Rear Seat
Entertainment* (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching the rear monitor on
and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Loading/ejecting CDs. . . . . . . . . . . 93
Connecting external video sources. 94
Adjusting the headset volume . . . . 95
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 98
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . 101Switching to AUX mode . . . . . . . . 107
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
RSE audio playback through
speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Muting on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting bass and treble . . . . . . . . . 111
Monitor off /on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing remote batteries. . . . . . 112
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . 115
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Changing the program category . . 117
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . 119
Displaying service information . . . 120
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switching telephone operation on 126
Switching telephone operation off 126
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switching to telephone operation 130
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 148

7
Where to find it
Introduction

Where to find it
This Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, CD player (CD,
MP3 CD), CD changer* (CD, MP3 CD) and
AUX operation.
Rear Audio/Video*
Hear you can learn about the rear audio*
functions and the rear seat entertainment*
operation.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.
Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input
Route guidance including detour
Last destinations and destination
memory
POIs
Today’s plan
System
Here you will find all the information about:
COMAND system settings
SMS*
Tele Aid*
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

225 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting menu (DVD mode) . . . . . . . 103
System main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
the help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 201
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjusting
brightness, contrast and color . . . . 106
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
display brightness (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 109headset volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
headset volume (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
tone (DVD mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 189
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Bluetooth®
notes about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 133
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CD
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
playback mode (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 63
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CD changer*
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CD/DVD
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Index

226 Index
Changing
aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
camera view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
DVD language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
CODE INCORRECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Compass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
Connecting
external video sources (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
headsets (rear audio operation*) . . . 84
headsets (rear seat entertainment*). 92
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 146
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 169
D
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Displaying
full screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 108
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
soft keys during playback . . . 101, 107
the compass screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Displaying and switching
between subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
DRIVE EMPTY (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DVD
playback requirements (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
E
Ejecting
CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
at the RSE CD/DVD player . . . . . . 94
MP3 CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . 127
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ending
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . 124Entering
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone . . . 129
F
Frequency range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Headsets
adjusting volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
connecting (rear audio operation*) . . 84
connecting (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

227 Index
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
into the RSE CD/DVD player. . . . . 93
MP3 CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
M
Making
a conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Monitor off /on (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
MP3 CD
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
loading (see CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a folder (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 74
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Muting
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
Muting (rear seat entertainment*). 110
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Opening
the Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

228 Index
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 172
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK
ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Playback options
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126, 130
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING DISC... (rear
seat entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . 93, 94PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE...
(rear seat entertainment
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Audio operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear monitor (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rejecting
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control) . . . . . . . . 112Resetting
all settings to the factory
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 214
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
S
Satellite radio*
important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving
current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

229 Index
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
cross street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 98
frequency (audio search function) . . 33
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
memory (audio search function) . . . . 33
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 117
source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 110
street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
display dimming characteristics . . . 210
map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
POI Icons displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching
between the rear monitors (rear seat en-
tertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
to AUX mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
to CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
to DVD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
to MP3 CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 130Switching off
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD drive in the COMAND. . . . . . . . 64
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . 131
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66