2008 MERCEDES-BENZ S63AMG center console

63 Safety and Security
Occupant safety
If you have not installed a child seat, the
LATCH anchors are hidden by an uphol-
stery cover.
1Indicates the position of the anchors
2Anchors
3Upholstery cover
4Installation device
Bring the rear power seat backrest* to
its fully upright position (
page 349).
Fold upholstery cover3 upward.
Turn installation device4 to a vertical
position so that upholstery cover3
does not fold down.
Install child seat according to the man-
ufacturer’s instructions.
A rigid connection is established be-
tween the child seat and the body of
the vehicle.Override switch for rear passenger
compartment
You can disable select functions in the rear
passenger compartment for added safety
(for instance when you have children riding
in the rear passenger compartment).
You can disable the following functions in
the rear passenger compartment:

rear door window operation
(
page 383)

adjustment of front passenger seat
from the rear* (
page 349)

rear center console lighter
(
page 505)
Damaged or impact damaged child seats or
child seat mounting fittings must be re-
placed.
Do not leave children unattended in the ve-
hicle, even if the children are secured in a
child restraint system.
Warning!G
Vehicles with rear power seats*: Never ad-
just the rear seat position after installing the
child restraint. Adjusting the rear seat posi-
tion after installing the child restraint could
damage the child restraint and/or introduce
undesirable slack or tension into the seat
belt and loosen or misposition the child re-
straint, lessening the effectiveness of the
child restraint and thus increasing the
chance or severity of injury in an accident.
iThe child seat must be firmly attached to the
right and left side anchor fittings.
Make sure the seat belt for the center seat can
operate freely with a child seat installed.
Non-LATCH type child seats may also be used
and can be installed using the vehicle’s seat belt
system. Install child seat according to the manu-
facturer’s instructions.

85 Control systems
COMAND introduction
COMAND introduction
COMAND (Cockpit Management and Data
System) is an information and operating
center for vehicle sound and communica-
tions systems, including the radio and nav-
igation system, as well as other optional
equipment (satellite radio*, telephone*,
etc.).
Availability of functions while the vehi-
cle is in motion
For safety reasons, certain COMAND func-
tions are not available while the vehicle is
in motion or they are only available to a
limited extent. You will notice this, for ex-
ample, by the fact that certain menu items
cannot be selected or that the COMAND
display shows a corresponding message.
Switching COMAND on or off
Press the o shortcut button in the
center console (
page 86).
COMAND calls up the menu last select-
ed.
COMAND components
In your vehicle, COMAND can be used to
operate:

audio functions

the navigation system

the telephone* and communication
functions (SMS*)

Video DVD (USA only)

various vehicle settings
COMAND consists of the following:

COMAND shortcut buttons

COMAND display

telephone* keypad

COMAND controller
iWhen you switch off COMAND, you also
switch off the currently playing audio source.
During a telephone call, you cannot switch off
COMAND.

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COMAND introduction
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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COMAND introduction
Main menus of COMAND
Sound
Muting: Press the F shortcut but-
ton in the center console (
page 86).
The sound of the current audio source
is switched on or is muted.Switching off navigation announce-
ments entirely
Canceling navigation message:
Briefly press F shortcut button dur-
ing an announcement.
Switching off navigation messages:
Press and hold F during an an-
nouncement until the announcement is
switched off.
You will see the message “The driving
instructions have been muted.” for a
short while.Adjusting volume
1Thumbwheel
Adjusting: Turn, thumbwheel.
The volume of the currently selected
audio source changes.
iThe components and operating principles of
COMAND can be found on (
page 85).
iWhen the sound is muted, you will see the
symbol
F in the status line. When you
change the audio source, the sound is automati-
cally switched on. You will be able to hear an-
nouncements from the navigation system even
when the sound is muted.
iThe announcements remain switched off
even if you start a new route guidance or if
COMAND is switched off/on with theo but-
ton.
If you switch COMAND off by removing the
SmartKey from the starter switch and then
switch the ignition back on after more than
3 minutes, the announcements are automatical-
ly switched back on.

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COMAND FM/AM radio
Selecting stations using the station list
Select “Audio”
“Audio”
“FM/AM
Radio”
“FM”.
Select “Radio”
“Station List”.
The station list appears. The dot R in
front of a list entry indicates the cur-
rently selected station. A number in
front of the list entry indicates the pre-
set position in the station preset mem-
ory.
Select a station by rotating ymz or
sliding qmr and press n.
Selecting stations/channels using the
search function
Slide omp or rotate ymz when the
main area is selected.Depending on the direction in which
the controller is being slid or rotated,
the system searches upward or down-
ward and stops at the next receivable
station/channel.
Selecting stations using station
presets
Select “Audio”
“Audio”
“FM/AM
Radio”
“FM” or “AM”.
Select “Presets”.
or
Press n when the main area is select-
ed.
The preset menu appears. The dot R
in front of a preset position indicates
that the currently selected station is
saved there.
Select station preset by rotating ymz
or sliding qmr and press n.Selecting stations by entering the fre-
quency manually
Select “Audio”
“Audio”
“FM/AM
Radio”
“FM” or “AM”.
Select “Radio”
“Frequency Entry”.
The menu for manual frequency entry
appears.
Exiting menu without making an
entry: Press L back button in the
center console (
page 86).
Increasing or decreasing number:
Slide qmr or rotate ymz.
Selecting the next number:
Slidemp.
Confirming frequency entry:
Pressn.
COMAND tunes in to the frequency
entered.
iThe station list is only available for the FM
waveband. It contains all the stations that can be
currently received and is sorted by station fre-
quencies.
iThis function is not available for Weather
Band.
iThis function is not available for Weather
Band.
iYou can only select currently permitted
numbers.

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COMAND satellite radio* (USA only)
Press n when the main area is select-
ed.
The preset menu appears. The dotR
in front of a preset position indicates
that this is the channel currently select-
ed and being listened to.
Select station preset and briefly
pressn.
COMAND tunes in the corresponding
channel as long as it is included in your
subscription and is still available.
If the channel is not included in your
subscription, you will see the message
described in the section “Satellite radio
service is not activated” (
page 107).If the channel is no longer available or
only the preview channel is activated,
you will see the message “Invalid Chan-
nel”.
Closing message: Press n.
Tuning in channels using manual chan-
nel number entry
Select “Audio”
“Audio”
“Sat Ra-
dio”
“Sat Radio”
“Channel Entry”.
The menu for manual channel number
entry appears.
Exiting menu without making an
entry: Press L back button in the
center console (
page 86).
Increase or decreasing number:
Slide qmr or rotate ymz.
Selecting next number: Slideomp.
Confirming channel entry: Press n.
Further operation depends on whether
the selected channel number is valid or
if the channel is included in your sub-
scription.
Channel number is valid and channel is
included in subscription
COMAND tunes in the channel entered.
Channel number is invalid
You will see the message “Invalid Chan-
nel”.
Closing message: Press n.
Channel number is valid but channel is
not included in subscription
You will see the screen described in the
section “Satellite radio service is not acti-
vated” (
page 107).
Closing display: Press n.
iThis function is not possible when only the
preview channel is activated. If you try to tune in
a channel in this instance, you will see the
screen described in the section “Satellite radio
service is not activated” (
page 107).

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COMAND telephone*
Illustration: list of phone book entries with
name display and hidden smart speller
1Back to smart speller
2To switch phone book display (“123” or
“ABC”)
3Symbol + for several telephone num-
bers (subentries) under the main entry,
subentry list is closed
4To call up options
5Symbol / for open subentry list
6List of phone book entries
7Subentry list with category symbols
and telephone numbersSwitching from the list to the smart
speller: Select “Back” from the list.
or
Press back button L in the center
console (
page 86).
Changing phone book display in the
list: Select “123” or “ABC”.
The screen changes to telephone num-
ber or name display.Closing the COMAND phone book
In the smart speller, select “Back”.
or
Press back button L in the center
console (
page 86).
Selecting an entry in the COMAND
phone book
Selecting entries using the smart speller
Switch from the list to the smart speller
if necessary.
Changing smart speller language:
Select !.
Select desired language.
iThe following options are available under
“Options” menu item 4:

Displaying details about an entry
(
page 150)

Creating a new entry in the address book
(
page 151)

Deleting an entry (page 152)

Saving a phone book entry from mobile
phone in the address book (
page 152)

Adding a telephone number to an address
book entry (
page 154)


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COMAND telephone*
Changing smart speller character
set: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, you
will change to letters with special char-
acters or to numbers with special char-
acters.
Entering characters: Select the char-
acters of the entry you are searching
for one by one.
Deleting individual characters: Se-
lect ) and briefly press n.
Each time you enter or delete a charac-
ter, the closest match will be displayed
at the top of the list.
Deleting an entire entry: Select )
and press and hold n until the entry is
deleted.
Canceling search: Switch from the
smart speller to the list.
The entry at the top of the list is auto-
matically highlighted.Selecting using the list
If necessary, switch from the smart
speller to the list.
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries
S e l e c t a n e n t r y w i t h t h e + symbol and
press n.
The + symbol changes to / and the
subentries are displayed.
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
Displaying details of an entry
COMAND can also show a shortened entry
in its entirety. For entries featuring suben-
tries, the detailed view is only available for
the subentries and not for the main entry.
Select entry (page 149).
Select “Options”
“Details”.
The detailed view appears.
Closing detailed view: Slide qmr or
omp or press n or back button L
in the center console (
page 86).
Starting to dial the number of an entry
Select entry (page 149).
Press n.
or
Press s on the telephone keypad.
A list appears if the entry contains sub-
entries.
Select desired subentry.
Press n again.
or
Press s on the telephone key-
pad.