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9:Pres
sbriefly:
Selects the submenu or scrolls
throug hlists
In the Audio menu: selects astored
station, an audi otrack or avideo
scene
In the Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
selects aname or telephone number 9:
Press and hold:
In the Audio menu: selects the pre-
vious/next station or selects an
audi otrack or avideo scene using
rapid scrolling.
In the Tel(telephone) menu: starts
rapid scrolling through the phone
book a
Confirms selections and hides dis-
play messages
In the
Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
starts dialling Multifunction display
To activate the multifunction display:
R switch on the ignition.
R switch on the lights.
R open the driver's door.
Values and settings as well as displa ymes-
sages are shown in the multifunction display. :
Description field
; Menu bar
= Status indicator
X To show menu bar ;:press the =
or ; button on the steerin gwheel. Statu
sindicator
The status indicator in the multifunction dis-
play shows you values as well as information
about assistanc esystems and the transmis-
sion.
Vehicle swith automatic transmission :
Outside temperatur eordigital speedom-
eter 30
; Transmission mode display
= Gear indicator
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Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hol dthe % button on the
steering whee lunti lthe Trip menuwith
tota ldistance recorder :and trip
meter ;is shown.
Trip computer "Fro mstart" or "From
reset" The val
uesint heFrom start submenu are
calculate dfromt he star tofajourney whilst
the values in the Fromreset submenu are
calculated fro mthe last tim ethe submenu
was reset.
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to select From start
or From reset. Tri
pc omputer "After start" (example)
: Distan ce
; Time
= Average speed
? Average fue lconsumption
The From start trip computer is reset auto-
matically when
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than 4hours.
R 99 9h our shave been exceeded.
R 999 9kilometres have been exceeded. The
From reset trip computer is reset if the
trip exceeds 999 9hour sor99,999 kilome-
tres.
Yo uc an select kmormiles as the unit of
measurement for distance (Y page 204).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption X
Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
current fuel consumption and approximate
range. :
Current fuel consumption
; Approximate range
Approximate range ;is calculated accord-
ing to current driving style and the amount of
fuel in the tank .Ifthere is only asmall amount
of fue lleft in the fuel tank ,the display shows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of
range ;.
Digital speedometer X
Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to selec tthe digital
speedometer. :
Shif trecommendation
; Digita lspeedometer Menus and submenus
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If th egearshift recommendation is shown
in the multif unctio ndisplay ,itisn ot shown
in the status bar.
Further information on gearshift recommen-
dation s(Ypage 142).
Resetting values You can reset the values of the following func-
tions:
R tripm eter
R trip computer "After start"
R trip computer "After reset"
X Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to selec tthe function
that you wish to reset.
X Press a. Resetting the trip computer "From start" (example)
X Press the :button to select Yesand
press the abutton to confirm. Navigation menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navimenu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instructions. For more
information, see the separat eoperating
instructions.
X Switch on the audio system or COMAND
APS (see the separat eoperating instruc-
tions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Navimenu. Route guidance inactive :
Direction of travel
; Curren troad
Route guidance active No change of direction announced
:
Distanc etodestination
; Distance to next change of direction
= Curren troad
? Symbol for "follow the road's course"
Change of direction announced without a
lane recommendation :
Road int owhich the change of direction
leads
; Distanc etochange of direction and visu al
distanc edisplay
= Symbol for change of direction
When achange of direction has been
announced, you will see visu al distancedis-
play ;nex ttot he symbol for the change of
direction =.This decreases in size as you
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Change of direction announced with a
lane recommend
ation
Lan erecommendations are only displaye dif
the relevan tdata is available on thed igital
map. :
Road into which the change of direction
leads
; Distanc etochange of direction and visual
distanc edisplay
= Lane recommendation
? Symbol for change of direction
On multi-lane roads, lane recommendation
= may be shown for the next change of
direction. Lanes may be added during a
change of direction. Lan
erecommendation display (example)
: Uninterrupted lane
; New lane durin gachange of direction
= Lane recommended for the change of
direction
Other sta tusindicators of the naviga-
tion system R
O:y ou have reached the destination.
R Ne wr oute... orCalculating route:a
new route is being calculated. R
Off map orOff road :the vehicle position
is outside the area of the digital ma p(off-
ma pp osition).
R No route :noroute coul dbecalculated to
the selected destination. Audio menu
Selectin garadio station Yo
uc an only change the waveband and store
new stations using the audio system or
COMAND APS.
X Switch on the audio system or COMAND
APS and select Radio (se ethe separate
operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audiomenu. :
Wav eband 31
; Station
X To selec tastoredchann el:briefly press
the 9 or: button.
X To select achann elfrom the chan nel
list: press and briefly hold the 9
or : button.
X To select astatio nusing th estation
search 32
:press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
i DAB radio mode 33
(Digit alAudio Broad-
castin g);s ee the separate operating
instructions.
31 Whe nstation ;hasb eens tored ,the memor yposition will also be displayed.
32 Only if no statio nlist is received.
33 Only for certain countries. Menus and submenus
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Audio player or audio media operation
Audio dat
afromv arious audio device sor
media can be played, depending on the equip-
ment fitted in the vehicle.
X Switch on the audio system or COMAND
APS and select the audi odrive or medium
(see th eseparate operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audiomenu. CD player display (example)
:
Current track
X To select the next/previous track:
briefl ypress the 9or: button.
X To select atrack from the track list
(rapi dscrolling): press and hold the
9 or: button until th edesired track
ha sb eenr eached.
If yo upress and ho ld9 or:,t he rapid
scr olling speed is incre ased.Not allaudio
players or media support this function.
If track information is stored on the audio
playe rorm edium ,the multifunction display
will show the number and nam eofthe track.
The curren ttrack does not ap pear in audio
AUX mode (Auxiliar yaudi om ode: external
audio sourc econnected).
Operating th eTV i
Depending on the digital TV broadcaster,
radi ostations can als obereceived.The
multifunction display shows TV (Radio).
Select aradi ostation (Y page199).
X Switch on COMAND APS and select TV (see
the separate operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audiomenu. :
Curren tchannel
X To select astore dchann el:briefly press
the 9 or: button.
X To select achann elfrom the chan nel
list: press and briefly hold the 9
or : button.
Video DVD operation X
Switc honC OMAN DAPS and select video
DV D(see the separate oper ating instruc-
tions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audiomenu. :
Current scene
X To select th enext or previous scene:
briefly press the 9or the :button.
X To select ascene from th escene list
(rapid scrolling): press and hold the
9 or: button until th edesired
scene ha sbeenr eached. Telephon
emenu
Introdu ction Functions and display
sdepen dont he
optional equipment installe dinyourvehicle.
Yo uc an place your mobil ephone in the
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aB luetooth ®
connection to th eaudio sys-
tem or COMAN DAPS (see the separate oper-
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Risk of accident
Observe the legal requirements of the country
in which you are currently driving regarding
the use of mobile phones in the vehicle.
If it is permitted to use mobile phones while
the vehicle is in motion, you should only use
them whe nthe roa dand traffic conditions
allo w. Ot herwise, you may be distracte dfrom
th et raffi cconditions, cause an accident and
inj urey oursel fand others.
X Switch on the mobil ephone and audi osys-
tem or COMAND APS (see the separate
operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselectthe Tel men u.
Yo uw ills ee on eofthe following display mes-
sage sint he multifunctio ndisplay:
R Please ente rPIN:The mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not been entered.
X Enter the PIN usin gthe mobile phone, LIN-
GUATRONIC ,the audio system or
COMAN DAPS.
The mobil ephone will search for anetwor k.
In the meantime, the Telephone No
Service displaymessage appears in the
multifunction display.
R Telephon eready or thename of the net-
work provider: the mobile phone has found
an etwor kand is ready to receive.
R No Service:Non etworkisa vail able.
Accepting acall If someone call
syou when you are in the
Tel menu, adisplay message appears in the
multifunction display ,for example: X
Press 6on the steerin gwheel to accept
an incomi ngcall.
You can accep tacall even if you are not in
the Tel menu.
Rejectin gorending acall X
Press the ~buttonont he steering
wheel.
You can end or reject acall even if you are not
in the Telmenu.
Dialling anumbe rfrom the phone book If you
rmobile phone is able to receive calls,
you can search for and dial anumber from the
phone book in the audio system or COMAND
APS at any time.
X Copy the telephone book of the mobile
phone into the audio system or to COMAND
APS (see the separate operating instruc-
tions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Telmenu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to call
up the phone book.
X Press 9or: to select the name you
are searching for.
To start scrolling rapidly ,pres sand hol dthe
9 or: button for longer than one
second. After ashort time, the rapid scroll
speeds up.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the
button or reach the end of the list. Menu
sand submenus
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If only one telep hone number is stored
for aname: press the 6ora button
to start dialling.
or
X If there is more than on enumbe rfor a
particula rname: press the 6ora
button to display the numbers.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
number you want to dial.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X If you do not want to mak eacall:press
the ~ button.
Redialling Th
eo n-board compute rsaves the last names
or numbers dialle dinthe redial memory.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Tel menu.
X Press the 6button to switc htothe
redial memory.
X Press the 9or: button to selec tthe
desired nam eornumber.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling. Assistance menu
Speed Limit Assist Displaying Speed Limit Assist
In the
SpeedLim. Asst. function,adetec-
ted speed limi tisdisplayed under certain
conditions. You can set Speed Limit Assist
(Y page 182 )todisplay adetected speed limit
automatically for fiv eseconds. Other mes-
sages in the multifunc tion display will be hid-
den for this lengt hoftime. X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Spee dLim. Asst.
X Press a.
Th em ultifunction display shows Speed
Limit Assis t.
When alimit speed is detected, this is
shown in the multifunction display until:
R the speed limit ceases to apply.
R you pass city limits.
R the type of road changes, e.g. motorway
or country road.
R the speed limit is no longer detected
after acertain distance.
Activating/deactiva ting th eSpeed Limit
Assist message function
X Pres sthe = or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Spee dLim. Asst.
X Press a.
Th em ultifunction display shows Speed
Limit Assis t.
X Press :.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activat eordeactivate: pressa.
Ad etected speed limi tappears automati-
cally for fiv eseconds.
When Speed Limit Assist is operational and
the message fun ction is activated, the multi-
function display shows the Äsymbol
when the ignition is switched on.
Showing the distance display This function is only available with DIS-
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Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Distance display.
X Press a.
The DI STRONIC PLUS distance display
(Y page 166) appears in the multifunction
display.
Deactivating/activating ESP ®G
Risk of accident
If the ä warning lamp in the instrument
cluster flashes ,proceed as follows:
R do not deactivate ESP ®
under any circum-
stances.
R onl ydepress the accelerator pedal as far as
necessary when pullin gaway.
R adapt your driving style to suit the prevail-
ing road and weather conditions.
Otherwise, the vehicle could skid.
ESP ®
cannot reduce the risk of an accident if
you drive too fast. ESP ®
cannot override the
laws of physics.
Further information about ESP ®
(Y page 57).
X Start the engine.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.menu.
X Press 9or: to select ESP.
X Press a.
X To deactivate: pressaagain.
The å warning lamp in the instrument
cluster comes on. G
Risk of accident
If the å warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up when the engine is running,
ESP ®
is deactivated or is unavailable due to a
malfunction. The risk that your vehicle may
start to skid then increases in certain situa-
tions.
Always adapt your driving style to the prevail-
ing road and weather conditions. X
To activate: pressaagain.
The å warning lamp in the instrument
cluster goes out.
Activating/deactivating the PRE-SAFE ®
Brake This function is only availabl
ewith DIS-
TRONIC PLUS.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.menu.
X Press 9or: to select PRE-SAFE
Brake.
X Press a.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deac tivate: press a
again.
When PRE-SAFE ®
Brak e(Ypage 59 )isacti-
vated ,the multifunction displa yshows the
Ä symbol.
Activating/deactiva ting Attention
Assist X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Assist.menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Attent ionA sst.
X Press a.
Th ec urren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deac tivate: press a
again.
When ATTENTION ASSI ST (Ypage 18 1)is
activated, the Àsymbol appears in the
multifunction display when the ignition is on.
Activating/deactivating Blind Spot
Assist You can use the
BlindSpot Asst. function
to activate or deactivate Blind Spot Assist
(Y page 184). Menus an
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