X
Selecting a preset position: Slide ZVÆ or
rotate cVd.
Saving a channel to a selected preset
position If you have called up the channel preset
screen using option 1:
X
Press W briefly.
In options 2 and 3:
X Press and hold W until you hear a signal.
The channel is saved. Displaying information
X Select Audio Q Sat. Radio Q Info (if
available).
i If the program provider does not offer any
information, the Info menu item cannot be
selected.
You will see a screen that may contain the
following information:
R the selected program category
R the selected channel
R the artist of the track currently being played
R the name of the current track
i The program provider determines what
information is displayed on the screen.
COMAND shows no more than two lines per
item of information. If an item of information is too long, COMAND shortens
it.
X Closing screen: Slide XVY or press W. Channel update
The service provider may conduct a channel
update.
During the update, the message Updating
channels... will appear on the display. No
functions can be operated in satellite radio
mode during the update. Calling SIRIUS XM Service Center
i It may be necessary to call the SIRIUS XM
Service Center if, for example:
R You want to cancel the subscription or
resubscribe at a later date.
R You have forgotten to pay the bill.
R You sell the vehicle.
X Select Audio Q Sat. Radio Q Sat.
Radio Q Service.
The telephone number of the SIRIUS XM
Service Center and the twelve-digit
electronic serial number (SIRIUS-ID) of the
particular receiver are displayed.
X Closing screen: Slide XVY or press W. COMAND audio CD/audio DVD/MP3
Safety notes
G
Warning!
COMAND is classified as a Class 1 laser
product. You must not open the casing. There
is a risk of exposure to invisible laser radiation
if you open the casing, or if the casing is faulty
or damaged.
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Selecting CD/DVD/MP3 media
X
Select Audio Q Media.
The media
list appears. The dot # indicates
the currently selected medium.
X Select a medium.
or
X Enter a media number with the telephone
keypad using buttons ´ - Å
(Y page 70).
Selecting a track Selecting by skipping tracks
X
Skipping forward or backward: Slide
XVY or rotate cVd.
or
X Press button 9 or : on the
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.
i The skip
forward function takes you to the
next track. The skip backward function
takes you to the beginning of the current
track, provided it has been played for
longer that 8 seconds. When the track has
been played for less than 8 seconds, you
will skip to the track before the current one.
When you switch on the option Random
Tracks, the track is chosen at random.
Selecting a track using the telephone
keypad
X Press button à on the telephone
keypad (
Y page 70).
X Enter track number using buttons ´ -
Å.
Fast forward/rewind X
Select the main area.
X Slide XVY and hold until the desired track
part is reached. Track search You can use the following criteria to search
for tracks:
R
Current Track List
R Folder
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Tracks
R Genres
R Composers
R Year
X Press W during playback while the main
area is selected.
or
X Select Audio Q Search.
The list of search criteria appears.
X Select a search criteria and press W.
The track list appears.
X Select a track and press W.
Copying audio data to hard disk (audio
CD mode only) You can copy audio data to the internal hard
disk while in audio CD mode using the
REC
function.
X Select Audio Q Media.
X Select an audio CD.
X Select REC.
The copy menu appears.
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X
Continuing playback: Select M.
Play is
continued from the point at which it
was stopped.
X Stopping playback: Select ¯
again while
playback is stopped.
or
X Select ¯ twice in quick succession during
playback.
X Resuming playback:
Select M.
Playback starts again from the beginning. Pause playback
X Select Video Q Video DVD.
X Show the menu system, if necessary
(Y page 176).
X Pause playback: Select II.
In the display, II changes to M.
X Continue playback: Select M.
Play is
continued from the point at which it
was stopped. Selecting scene/chapter
Entering scene/chapter using the
COMAND controller X
Make sure that the control menu is shown
(Y page 176).
X Skipping forwards or back: Slide X
VY or
turn cVd.
or
X Press button 9 or : on the
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. Entering the scene/chapter using the
telephone keypad X
Press button à on the telephone
keypad (
Y page 70).
X Enter scene/chapter using buttons j -
x.
COMAND tunes in to the scene/chapter
entered. Selecting film/track
i This function is only available if the DVD
is comprised of several films/tracks.
X Select Video Q Video DVD.
X Show the menu system, if necessary
(Y page 176).
X Select DVD-V Q DVD Functions Q
Title Selection.
A selection list appears.
X Select a film/track. Screen settings
Setting brightness, contrast and color X
Select Video Q Video DVD.
X Show the menu system, if necessary
(Y page 176).
X Select DVD-V Q Brightness Q
Contrast or Color.
X Changing settings: Slide ZVÆ or turn
cVd until you reach the desired setting.
X Saving settings: Press W.
Changing the picture format X
Select Video Q Video DVD.
X Show the menu system, if necessary
(Y page 176).
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track, provided it has been played for
longer
that
8 seconds. When the track has
been played for less than 8 seconds, you
will skip to the track before the current one.
When you select an option other than
Normal Track Sequence, the track is
chosen at random.
Selecting via telephone keypad X
Initiating entry: Press button Ä.
The input menu appears. The number of
digits you can enter depends on the
number of stored tracks.
X Entering track number: Press a button,
for example Á.
The number on the button you have
pressed is the first digit in the input line.
i COMAND ignores invalid digits and does
not display them.
X Enter more digits as desired.
X Confirming entry: Press W.
or
X Hold down the last digit button of the
desired track
number (e.g. track 108, press
´, Å, then hold Â).
The selected track is played back.
Fast forward/rewind X
With the main area active: Slide X
VY and
hold until the desired track part is reached.
i With iPods ®
, the fast-rewind function
works within the current track only. Selecting category/playlist/folder
iPod ®
and selected MP3 player You can select tracks via categories and
folders.
Categories, for example, can be: R
Current Track List
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track
R Podcasts
R Genres
R Composers
R Audiobooks
i Some categories contain the entry All.
When selecting this entry, the entire
content of the respective category is
played back.
USB devices You can select folders and playlists (if
available). COMAND can display the
respective album name and artist, the so-
called metadata, during playback when the
metadata have been read into the system.
Playlists are indicated in the display by a
special
symbol.
When you open a playlist, the
related tracks are opened and playback starts
by selecting a track.
For USB storage devices, you can determine
whether the metadata from the tags of coded
audio data or the file name and folder is to be
displayed during playback.
X Displaying album name and artist:
Select Media Interface Q Display
Metadata.
Selecting category and opening folder X
Opening category/folder list: Press W
when the window is selected.
or
X Select Music.
The available categories or the folder
content, e.g. subfolders, are displayed. Media Interface
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i
The menu option Music is not available
yet while the device is being activated. Example illustration: Category list
:
Device symbol and name or selected
category
; Available categories
X Selecting category/playlist/folder:
Slide ZVÆ or rotate cVd and confirm with
W.
The content of the selected category or
folder appears.
i The message Please wait... may
appear when data still needs to be read
from the connected device.
X If necessary, repeat the above step until the
tracks of the desired folder or album are
displayed. Example illustration: Current track list
:
Back
; Current category
= Track symbol
? Current track X
Selecting track: Slide ZVÆ or rotate
cVd and confirm with W.
The track is played back.
X Back to previous folder: Select U and
confirm.
i Symbol U is always displayed at the
top of the respective folder. Playing back the content of a
category or folder
X Select a category or folder.
X Press W for longer than 2 seconds.
The content of the selected category or
folder is played back according to the
selected playback option ( Y page 189). Alphabetical track selection
iPod ®
and MP3 player i
This function is available for
alphabetically ordered categories and
folders.
X Select a category, for example Artists.
The available artists appear.
X Press the respective button on the
telephone keypad once or more to enter
the first character of the desired artist
name. For example, press button ·
three times for an artist whose name starts
with a “C”.
The available characters are displayed on
the bottom of the display.
i When the entered character does not
match any entry, the entry that matches a
previously entered character appears first.
i The quality of the search results for
iPods ®
and MP3 players depends
significantly on the version and language of
the software (e.g. iTunes ®
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USB storage device
i
This function is available for
alphabetically ordered directories. The
function is
not available within playlists for
example.
X Within a folder, press the respective button
on the telephone keypad once or more to
enter the first character of the desired
artist name. For example, press button
l three
times for an artist whose name
starts with a “C”.
The available characters are displayed on
the bottom of the display.
When the directory contains folders only,
COMAND will search for folders. Selecting active partition (USB
storage devices only)
You can
select this function with USB storage
devices when the storage space is
partitioned. The system supports up to 4
partitions (primary or logical, FAT formatted).
i The Windows formatting program
supports FAT partitions of up to 32 gigabyte
by default.
X Select Media Interface Q Select
Active Partition. Playback options
The following options are available:
R Normal Track Sequence
Tracks are
played back in regular order (e.g.
in numerical or in alphabetical order).
R Random Tracks
All available tracks on the current medium
are played back in random order.
R Category Mix or Random Folder (with
USB devices when Folder was selected) Tracks of the currently active category or
folder
and
its subfolders are played back in
random order.
X Selecting playback options: Select
Media Interface in the basic display.
The list of options appears. The dot
#
indicates the currently selected option.
X Select an option. COMAND vehicle menu
Introduction
In this menu, you can program the following
vehicle functions: Function
Multi-function Contour Seat
Settings (Y page 198)
Rear Window Sunshade (Y page 190)
Easy Entry/Exit Feature
(Y page 190)
Exterior Lighting Delayed Shut-off
(Y page 191)
Interior Lighting Delayed Shut-off
(Y page 191)
Ambient Lighting (Y page 192)
Automatic Mirror Folding
(Y page 192)
Locator Lighting (Y page 192)
Automatic Locking (Y page 193)
Trunk Opening-height Restriction
(Y page 193)
You can select the individual vehicle
functions in two ways. COMAND vehicle menu
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The control system relays information to the
multifunction display.
Multifunction steering wheel
The displays in the multifunction display and
the settings in the control system are
controlled by using the buttons on the
multifunction steering wheel. :
Multifunction display
;
Press button
6
to answer a call
to dial26
to redial 26
~ to end a call
to reject an incoming call
8 to mute Press button
W
X
to set the volume
to operate the RACETIMER
27 =
Press button
?
to activate the Voice Control
System ?
Press button briefly
%
to cancel the Voice Control
System
to go back
to confirm messages Press and hold button
%
to select the standard display A
Press button
;
=
to select menus Press button briefly
9
:
to select function or scroll
through lists
within Audio menu to select
previous or next track, scene or
stored station
within Telephone menu to
switch to the phone book and
select a name or number Press and hold button
9
:
within
Audio to select previous
or next station in station list or
wave band
within Telephone menu to
start the quick search in the
phone book Press button
a
to confirm selection or
messages Depending on the selected menu, pressing
the buttons on the multifunction steering
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Function
:
Trip
menu (Y page 204) ;
Navi menu (Y page 206)
=
Audio
menu (Y page 207) ?
AMG
28
menu (Y page 208) A
Telephone
menu (Y page 211) B
Assistance
menu (Y page 212) C
Service
menu (Y page 214) D
Settings menu (Y page 214)
Trip menu
In the Trip menu, you can show an additional
display for the speedometer and call up or
reset your vehicle’s statistical data.
The following information is available:
R Standard display ( Y page 204)
R Fuel consumption statistics since start
(Y page 204)
R Fuel consumption statistics since last reset
(Y page 205)
R Resetting values ( Y page 205)
R Remaining driving range and current fuel
consumption (Y page 205)
R Digital Speedometer ( Y page 205)
Standard display X
Press button = or ; to select the
Trip menu. In the standard display, the main
odometer : and the trip odometer ;
appear in the multifunction display.
Fuel consumption statistics since start
X
Press button = or ; to select the
Trip menu.
X Press button : or 9 to select From
Start. :
Distance driven since start
; Time elapsed since start
= Average speed since start
? Average fuel consumption since start
All statistics stored since the last engine start
will be reset approximately 4 hours after the
SmartKey in the starter switch is turned to
position 0 or removed from the starter switch.
Resetting will not occur if you turn the
SmartKey back to position 1 or 2 within this
time period.
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