2009 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE steering wheel

ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
ABS regulates brake pressure in such a way
that the wheels do not lock when you brake.
This allows you to continue steering the vehi-
cle when braking.
ABS works from a speed of about 8 km/h
upwards, regardless of road-surface condi-
tions. ABS works on slippery surfaces, even
when you only brake gently. G
Risk of accident
Do not depress the brake pedal several times
in quick succession (pumping). Depress the
brake firmly and evenly. Pumping the brake
pedal reduces the braking effect.
Braking If ABS intervenes when braking, you will feel
a pulsing in the brake pedal.
X If ABS intervenes: continue to depress the
brake pedal with force until the braking sit-
uation is over.
X To make a full brake application:
depress the brake pedal with full force. G
Risk of accident
If ABS is faulty, the wheels could lock when
braking. This limits the steerability of the vehi-
cle when braking and the braking distance
may increase.
If ABS is deactivated due to a malfunction,
then BAS, BAS PLUS* and ESP ®
are also
deactivated. There is an increased risk of your
vehicle skidding in certain situations.
You should always adapt your driving style to
suit prevailing road and weather conditions. BAS (Brake Assist)
BAS operates in emergency braking situa-
tions. If you depress the brake pedal quickly,
BAS automatically boosts the braking force,
thus shortening the stopping distance. X
Keep the brake pedal firmly depressed until
the emergency braking situation is over.
ABS prevents the wheels from locking.
The brakes will function as usual once you
release the brake pedal. BAS is deactivated. G
Risk of accident
If BAS has malfunctioned, the braking system
remains available with full brake boosting
effect. However, braking force is not auto-
matically increased in emergency braking sit-
uations and the stopping distance may
increase. BAS PLUS* (Brake Assist Plus)
BAS PLUS provides braking assistance in haz-
ardous situations and uses radar sensor tech-
nology to assess the traffic situation. G
Risk of accident
BAS PLUS is only an aid to assist you when
driving. You are responsible for maintaining a
safe distance from other vehicles, for the vehi-
cle's speed and for braking in good time.
Always pay attention to the traffic conditions.
You may otherwise recognise dangers too
late, cause an accident and injure yourself
and others.
BAS PLUS can detect obstacles that are in the
path of your vehicle for an extended period of
time. Should you approach a detected obsta-
cle quickly, BAS PLUS calculates the braking
force necessary to avoid a rear-end collision.
Should you additionally apply the brakes, BAS
PLUS will automatically increase the braking
force to a level suitable for the traffic condi-
tions.
If BAS PLUS demands particularly high brak-
ing force, PRE-SAFE ®
is activated simultane-
ously.
X Keep the brake pedal depressed until the
emergency braking situation is over.
ABS prevents the wheels from locking. Driving safety systems
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Headphones for the front passenger*
:
Volume control
; Battery compartment cover
= To switch the wireless headphones on/off
? Indicator lamp, differing displays
i Replace the headphone batteries if they
are low (Y page 369).
The colour of the indicator lamp shows the
following statuses:
Gree nThe headphones are switched on and
the batteries are full.
Red The headphones are switched on and the batteries are low.
Unlit The headphones are switched off or the batteries are either low or are not
inserted.
X To adjust the headphones: open both
sides of the headphones and adjust the size
of the headphones by pulling the head-
phone band in the direction of the arrow.
X To switch the headphones on/off: press
button =.
To preserve the batteries, the headphones
automatically switch off if they have not received an infrared signal for approx-
imately three minutes.
X To set the volume: turn volume con-
trol :until the desired volume is set. Basic functions
i Information about the components and
operating principles of COMAND can be
found on (Y page 58).
Switching COMAND on/off X
Press the ubutton.
i If you switch off COMAND, playback of
the current audio or video source will also
be switched off. You cannot switch off
COMAND while making a call* via
COMAND.
Sound X
To switch on/off: press the8button
on the multi-function steering wheel.
The sound from the respective audio or
video source is switched on or muted. 62
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When the audio output is switched off, the
status line will show the 8symbol. If
you switch the audio or video source, the
audio output is automatically activated.
You will still hear traffic announcements
and navigation system announcements*,
even if the sound is muted.
Muting traffic and navigation announce-
ments*
X RDS: press and hold the 8button on
the multi-function steering wheel until the
TA display switches off.
X Navigation announcements: during an
announcement, press the 8button on
the multi-function steering wheel.
i The announcements remain switched
off even if you start a new route guidance
or if COMAND is switched off and on with
the u button. They will be switched on
again under the following conditions: if you
switch COMAND off by removing the key
from the ignition lock and then switch the
ignition back on after more than 3 minutes.
Adjusting the volume X
To adjust: turn thumbwheel :.
or
X Press the WorX button on the multi-
function steering wheel. Volume of traffic and navigation
announcements*
You can adjust the volume of traffic and nav-
igation announcements independently of the
volume of the audio source.
X
Turn thumbwheel :during a traffic or nav-
igation announcement.
or
X During a traffic announcement or naviga-
tion announcement, press the Wor
X button on the multi-function steering
wheel.
Adjusting the volume for telephone
calls*
You can adjust the volume for hands-free
mode during a telephone call.
X Turn thumbwheel :during a telephone
call.
or
X Press the WorX button on the multi-
function steering wheel during a telephone
call.
Adjusting the sound settings You can make various sound settings for the
different audio and video sources. You can
reach the respective sound menu via the sub-
menu in which you wish to make the settings.
Example:
Audio
QRadio QSound
Adjusting the treble or bass
X Select SoundQTreble orBass.
The previously selected setting is indicated
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Setting the brightness
:
Brightness of the instrument cluster light-
ing
; Brightness of the COMAND display
X To brighten or dim: turn:or; to the
right or to the left.
i If Night View Assist Plus* is activated,
only the brightness of the multi-function
display is adjusted with control :.
Display design When the default settings are selected, the
display automatically switches between day
design and night design.
You can change these settings using
COMAND (Y
page 161). SPLITVIEW*
SPLITVIEW allows you to simultaneously use
different COMAND functions on the front-
passenger side and on the driver's side.
Depending on the viewing angle of the display
(from the driver's seat or from the front-
passenger seat), you will see two different
displays.
For example, the "Navi" function can be used
from the driver's side while the "Video" func-
tion is used on the front-passenger side.
To operate COMAND from the front-
passenger side with SPLITVIEW, use the remote control and the special infrared head-
phones for the front passenger.
Please bear the following in mind: R
Volume adjustment on the headphones for
the front-passenger side can only be car-
ried out on the headphones. Before putting
on the headphones, make certain that the
volume has not been set too high.
R You can only use media from the driver's
and front-passenger sides separately if the
media are from different sources. Example:
on the driver's side, an audio CD is being
played on the DVD changer*. This means
that on the front-passenger side, the DVD
changer* cannot be used to play a different
medium, for instance a video DVD. How-
ever, other media can be used at the same
time on the front-passenger side, including
radio, memory card, MUSIC REGISTER*,
Media Interface*, USB or AUX*.
R If you use the same medium on both sides,
you can both carry out the respective set-
tings.
R There must be intervisibility between the
headphones and the display so that
COMAND can optimally transmit music and
speech via the infrared signal on the front-
passenger's headphones. For this reason,
please also observe that the headphones
have left and right sides, and use them cor-
rectly.
R Only entertainment functions, i.e. audio,
TV* and video, may be used separately with
SPLITVIEW.
R The multi-function steering wheel can only
used for functions which relate to the driv-
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Switching to radio mode
X Select AudioQRadio.
or
X Press the Rfunction button once or
twice.
The radio display appears once the system
has switched to radio mode. You will hear
the last station played on the last wave-
band.
The number of times you have to press the
function button depends on the operating
mode currently selected. Example: radio operation
:
Frequency of the selected station
; Sound settings
= To show/switch waveband
? Name of the selected station
A Radio text transmitted from the station
B Preset position of the selected station
C Artist and track
D Preset options
E Radio options Switching wavebands
You can switch the radio between the FM,
MW, LW, SW and DAB wavebands*.
X Audio QRadio QWaveband display
=.
X Select the desired waveband.
You will hear the last station on the selec-
ted waveband. i
In the MW, LW and SW wavebands,
COMAND shows only the station fre-
quency. Selecting a station
You can select stations from the station list
or by manually entering the frequency.
Selecting from the station list i
The station list is only available in the FM
waveband and in DAB* radio mode. It con-
tains all the stations that can currently be
received, and is sorted alphabetically. For
stations without a programme service, the
list shows the frequency instead of the
name.
X Slide XVY or turn cVdwhen the main area
is selected.
or
X Select AudioQRadio QRadio Q
Station list.
or
X Press and hold the 9or: button on
the multi-function steering wheel.
Selecting using the station search func-
tion i
The station search function is only avail-
able in the MW, LW and SW wavebands.
X Slide XVY or turn cVdwhen the main area
is selected.
Station search scans up or down and stops
at the next station found.
or
X Press and hold the 9or: button on
the multi-function steering wheel. Radio
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Selecting via the station presets
X
Select AudioQRadio QMemory.
or
X Press Wwhen the main area is selected.
The preset menu appears. The #dot in
front of a preset position indicates that the
currently selected channel is stored there.
X Select the preset position and briefly press
W.
You can also select the station using the digits
on the telephone keypad (Y page 106) or the
buttons on the multi-function steering wheel:
X Briefly press the 9or: button on
the multi-function steering wheel.
Selecting by entering the frequency
manually X
Select AudioQ RadioQRadio Q
Frequency input.
X To select a higher or lower number: slide
ZVÆ or turn cVd.
i You can only tune in to currently permit-
ted frequencies.
X To move to the next frequency: slide
XVY.
X To set the frequency: pressW.
COMAND tunes in to the frequency
entered.
i If you enter a frequency in the medium
waveband which is outside the frequency
range, COMAND tunes in to the next lower
frequency. Storing a station
Twenty stations can be stored in each wave-
band.
If station fix or frequency fix has been set,
these functions are saved when the station is
saved. Storing manually X
Select AudioQRadio QRadio Q
Save station.
or
X Press Wwhen the main area is selected.
or
X Select AudioQRadio QMemory.
A station preset display appears. The #
dot in front of a preset position indicates
that the currently selected channel is
stored there. Storing the station to the selected preset
position
If you have called up the station preset display
using Save station:
X Press Wbriefly.
In the other two cases:
X Press and hold Wuntil you hear a tone.
The station is stored.
Storing using Autostore i
This function automatically stores chan-
nels which can be received in order of their
reception quality. Any stations stored man-
ually in the preset memory will be lost if
COMAND finds 20 stations. If COMAND
finds fewer than 20 stations, for example
9, then the stations stored in preset posi-
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X
Press Wwhen the main area is selected.
X Select Autostore .
or
X Select AudioQRadio QMemory Q
Autostore .
or
X Select AudioQRadio QRadio Q
Save station QAutostore .
COMAND searches for stations with ade-
quate reception. The available stations are
automatically stored in the preset posi-
tions. RDS frequency diversity
COMAND is equipped with an RDS frequency
diversity system in the FM waveband. The
system consists of a listening receiver and a
monitoring receiver.
i The frequency diversity system only func-
tions for stations which transmit RDS data.
The monitoring receiver constantly scans the
FM waveband and collects data from all the
stations which can be received, e.g. reception
quality and RDS data. COMAND stores the
data and constantly updates it. The listening
receiver is therefore able to switch instanta-
neously to an alternative frequency with a
better signal.
The Frequency fix function prevents
COMAND from switching between the alter-
native frequencies of a station. This is useful,
for example, when there is a noticeable time
offset between the frequencies or if there is
interference on a frequency.
X To switch on or off: selectAudio Q
Radio QRadio.
The tick next to Frequency fix indicates
that this function is activated. X
Select Frequency fix.
The function is switched on or off depend-
ing on the previous status. RDS
Many FM stations transmit traffic announce-
ments (TA).
You can switch announcements on and off or
interrupt a current announcement.
Switching announcements on/off X
Select AudioQRadio QRadio Q
TA.
The tick next to TAindicates that this func-
tion is activated.
or
X Press and hold the 8button on the
multi-function steering wheel until the TA
display switches on or off.
You have switched the function on or off. If
the function is switched on, you will see the
TA symbol in the status bar.
Once traffic announcements have been
switched on, COMAND selects an RDS sta-
tion.
The traffic announcements are played from:
R the currently selected FM station
R an RDS station from the programme
service of the currently selected FM station
R the RDS station with the best reception
quality Radio
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When traffic announcements are switched
on, a traffic announcement will interrupt the
audio signal from the currently activated
audio or video source.
i Telephone conversations and navigation
announcements are not interrupted.
A display message appears in the display in
all audio operating modes.
Interrupting a traffic announcement X
During a traffic announcement, briefly
press the 8button on the multi-func-
tion steering wheel.
COMAND switches back to the audio
source that was selected before the
announcement. Subsequent announce-
ments will interrupt the audio source again.
Switching off RDS X
Press and hold the 8button on the
multi-function steering wheel until the TA
display switches off. DAB*
DAB radio mode
i Information about the components and
operating principles of COMAND can be
found on (Y page 58).
DAB 6
(Digital Audio Broadcasting) is an opti-
mised digital transmission standard designed
for the mobile reception of radio transmis-
sions. Several programmes are combined
into so-called ensembles and transmitted on
one single frequency. Digital radio stations
can be transmitted nationally, regionally or
locally.
Digital stations are selected and saved in the
same way as analogue stations. The following
section therefore lists only those features
specific to DAB. Some stations only transmit programmes at
certain times. If you have selected a station
that is subsequently removed from the
ensemble, it will no longer be received. You
will continue to receive the other pro-
grammes in the ensemble. Select either a dif-
ferent programme or a different ensemble. Switching to DAB radio mode
X Select AudioQRadioQ DAB. :
Name of the selected station
; Frequency of the selected station
= Frequency of the next station
? To search for an ensemble
A Number of the stored station
B Text information of the selected station
C Memory functions
D Radio functions Searching for an ensemble
An ensemble consists of multiple radio pro-
grammes. Every ensemble is transmitted in a
certain area (national, regional or local) in the
same way as a traditional AM/FM radio sta-
tion.
X Select <> in DAB radio display ?.
COMAND searches upwards or downwards
for ensembles. You will see a message to
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