2008 MERCEDES-BENZ S600 Owner's Manual

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Telephone keypad*
With the help of the telephone keypad, you
can use your mobile phone if it is inserted
in the cradle.
1Telephone keypad
2Folding coverCOMAND controller
Use the COMAND controller to select
menu functions shown on the COMAND
display.
1COMAND controllerYou can operate the COMAND controller
as follows:

press briefly or press and hold

rotate to the left or right

slide to the left, right, up, down or
diagonally
In this way, you can move through the
menus, select menu items or exit menus.
You can move through the menus either by
rotating or sliding the controller.
Operating COMAND controller

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SymbolHow to use the COMAND controllerFunction
n
Press briefly.
Select menu item.

Exit full-screen image with Navi.
Press and hold until the selected ac-
tion has been carried out.
Save a station.

Accept a destination for navigation.
ymz
Rotate.
Move through vertical or horizontal menus.

Move through text.

Program settings.
qmr
Slide.
Move through vertical menus.

Exit horizontal menus.
Slide and hold.
Move through a navigation map.
omp
Slide.
Move through horizontal menus.

Exit vertical menus.
Slide and hold.
Fast forward or reverse for audio CD or audio DVD playback.

Move through a navigation map.
wmx
Slide and hold.
Move through a navigation map.

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Operating COMAND
Menu overview
The illustration below shows the structure
of the main functions and their main
menus.Each main function has a main menu. Each
menu item in the main menu in turn has
several submenu items.
NaviPageAudioPageTelephone*Page
Commands/menus
Map Display168FM/AM Radio100Telephone*132
Mode171Sat Radio* (USA only)105Address Book*224
CD112Telephone OFF*134
DVD-Audio112
MP3112
Audio OFF99

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Video DVD (USA only)1
1Depending on your vehicle’s production date the video DVD function may be not available.
PageVehiclePage
Commands/menus
Video DVD124Exterior Lighting Delayed Switch-off242
Submenu overview126Locator Lighting243
Switching to video DVD mode126Exterior Mirror Convenience Settings244
Pause playback128Automatic Locking245
DVD menu129Easy Entry/Exit Feature246
Interior Lighting Delayed Switch-off248
Interior Ambient Light247
Rear Window Sunshade*249
Trunk Opening-height Restriction*249

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Calling up the main menu
Illustration: audio main menu
You can call up the main menu of a main
function in the following manner:
Moving to the main function line:
Slideqm.
Selecting a main function: Slide omp
or rotate ymz.
Confirming selection: Press n.Vertical menus
Moving through the menu:
Slidermq or rotate ymz.
Selecting a menu item: Press n.
Exiting a menu without making a se-
lection: Slide ompin the opposite di-
rection of the list orientation or press
back button L.Horizontal menus
Moving through the menu:
Slideomp or rotate ymz.
Selecting a menu item: Press n.
Exiting a menu without making a se-
lection: Slide rmqin the opposite di-
rection of the list orientation or press
back button L.

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Entering characters
Illustration: entering a navigation destina-
tion
Selecting characters
Slide omp or rotate ymz.
Confirming selection: Press n.
COMAND completes your entry as
soon as it can be clearly identified. In
this case, you do not need to switch to
the list.Deleting individual characters
Select and press ) repeatedly in the
bottom line.
Deleting entire words or numbers
Press and hold ) in the bottom line
until the word or number is deleted.
Exiting character entry
Select and press “Back” in the bottom
line.
or
Press back button L in the center
console (
page 86).
Switching to the list
Slide qm.
or
Select and press ? in the second line
from the bottom.
Exiting list: Slide om to select “Back”.Accepting first entry
Press nuntil you exit the character
entry window.
Selecting list item
Illustration: list of towns and cities for navi-
gation
1Symbol for other selection options
(e.g. county)
Selecting a line: Slide rmq or
rotateymz.


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Confirming selection: Press n.
Additional selection options are avail-
able for list entries featuring
symbol1. For example, cities marked
with symbol 1 indicate that the select-
ed country has more than one city fea-
turing that name. Confirming such a list
entry opens up another submenu.
Back button
1Back buttonSwitching to the next highest menu:
Press L briefly.
COMAND switches to the next highest
menu level within the currently active
operating mode.
Switching to the main menu: Press
and hold L.
You will hear a signal, and COMAND
switches to the main menu of the cur-
rently active operating mode.
Example of how to use COMAND
In the descriptions below, the main func-
tions always serve as the starting point for
locating the individual menu items.
Example:
“Audio”
“Audio”
“FM/AM Radio”

“Radio”
“Save Station” If you already see one of the submenus on
the screen (e.g. the “Audio”
“Audio”

“Radio” submenu), it is not necessary to
perform the first steps.
The individual steps for the above-men-
tioned example are described below.
Switching to the main function line:
Slide qm.
Selecting “Audio” main function:
Slideompor rotate ymz.
Confirming selection: Press n.
The audio operating mode last selected
appears.
iIn the COMAND display, you will see the
submenu previously called up for each main
menu.


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Selecting “Audio” in the main menu:
Slide qm.
Confirming selection: Press n.
A selection list with the functions of the
“Audio” main menu appears.
Selecting “FM/AM Radio”:
Slideqmor rotate ymz.
Confirming selection: Press n.
The FM/AM Radio menu appears.
Selecting “Radio”: Slide mror
rotateymz.
Confirming selection: Press n.
The Radio submenu appears.
Select “Save Station” from selection
list by rotating ymz or sliding rmq.
Select desired position.
Confirming selection: Press n.
The selected station is saved at the
designated position. The display
switches back to the Radio display.