2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET ECO mode

Add
ressentry menu
: Mainfuncti onbar
X Sli de ZV theCOMAND controller and
sw itch tomai nfuncti onbar:.
X Sel ect System in
the mainfuncti onbarby
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The system menu appe ars . Cal
ling up the men uofam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainfunc tion snav igat ion,audio,
te leph oneor vide ois swit ched on,
tr iang le: appear sne xtto theen try. You can
no wsele ctan asso ciatedmen u.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
audio menufrom audio CDmod e.Inser ta
CD/ DVD(Y page 134). :
Tocall uptheaudio menu
; Main function bar
X Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar by
slidi ngZV theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
The Audiomen uappear s. Aud
iomen u
The #dot indicat esthecur ren taudio mode.
X Se lec tanothe raudio mode,e.g. Rad io ,
by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm . Select
ingam enu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The station presetmemory appears. 28
Operat
ingCOMANDAtaglanc e

:
Selecti onbar
X Sel ect the stati onbyturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
The stationisset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andsetastation, for
example.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe audi ofunction
R switch onradio mode
R set astation. System
menu Callin
gup the audio function X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The basic displa yof the current audio
operating mode,e.g.audioCD, appea rs. :
Selection bar
Switching torad iomode Option
1
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.
i Repea tedlypressing thisfunction button
switches betweentheFM, AMand WB
waveba ndsinthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressing thebutton again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2
X Select Audio agai
nbyslid ing ZV the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The Audiomen uappe ars.Rad io is
hig hlig hted. Op
erating COMAN D
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X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now setthe treb leand bass orthe
ba lance and faderfor radiomod e.
Adjus tingtreb leand bass X
Sel ect Treble or
Bas s in
the soundmenu
by turni ngcVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
An adjus tment scaleap pe ars . Setting
thebass
: Lastsett ing select ed
; Current setting
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu.
Adju sting balance andfader With
theBalance function,you can control
whether thesound islouder onthe driver's or
fron t-passenger side. The
Fade function isused tocon trol whether
the sound islouder inthe fron torthe rear of
the vehicle.
X Select Bal./Fad. (bala
nce/ fader) inthe
sound menubyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . Adjustin
gbalance andfader
: Current setting
X Select asettin gby sliding ZVÆorXVY the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
The settin gis stored andyouexit themenu. Surr
ound sound
General notes If
your vehicle isequipp edwith theharman/
kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundfor
every passenger.
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround
sound system isavaila bleforthe following
operating modes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audi oCD
R audi oDVD (MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digital audioformats)
R MP3 (including PCMCIAmemorycard)
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode
R Media Interface
R TV 36
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functions ofCOMANDAt aglance

R
vide oDVD (PCM,dts and Dolby Digital
au dio formats)
R AUX
Becau sesome DVDs contain bothstereo and
mul tichannel audio formats, itmay be
necessa ryto set the audio format
(Y pag e142).
i The Logic7 ®
On function
createsa
surrou ndsound experienceforevery
pas senger whenplaying, forexampl e,
stereo recordi ngs.Itenabl esoptimu m
pla yba ckofmusi cand films onCD, audio
DVD orvid eo DVD with mu lticha nnel audio
form ats,su ch asMLP ,dts orDol byDig ital.
Thi sres ults insou ndcha racteri stics like
thos einte ndedby the soundeng ineer
wh en the original wasreco rded.
i Ifyo usel ect Log ic7 ®
Off ,
al lpe rmi ssible
form atsareplay ed asstor edon the
med ium. Due tothe design ofthe
pa sse nge rcompartmen t,an optimum
audio experienc ecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers.
i Discs which support theaudio formats
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts MLP
Switching surround sound on/off Ex
ample: switching onsurround soundfor
radio mode
X Press the$ functionbutton .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last station playedon the last waveband. X
Select Sound by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select surround and
press Wtoconf irm. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche don oroff and themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwi thout saving:pre ss
the k back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audio expe rience forall
pa sse nger swh en LOG IC7®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshould be
set tothe center ofthe vehicleinter ior.
Yo uwi llach ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldha ve ab itrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
the medium waverange(MW) inradio
mode.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic 7®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s. The
climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X You turn oneofthe two temperature
cont rolsandsetthe temperature tothe left
or right.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow
I Decreases airflow
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off
á Switches theZONE function on/off
à Switches onautomatic climate
cont rol
ñ Setstheclimate controlstyle to
automatic mode(FOCUS/MED IUM/
DIFF USE)
_ Setstheairdistribution
¬ Switches onthe defrost function
Ù Switches onmaximum cooling
i You cansetthe climate controlstyle in
automatic modewithautomatic climate
cont rol.
i The climate statusdisplaydoes not
appea rwhen theimage fromtherear view
camera isdispla yed. The
climate statusdisplay inthe COMAND display
(example) 38
Climate
controlstatusdisplayAt aglance

The
illustration showsanexample ofthe
curren tsett ings for:
R the defrost function(top)
R the climate controlstyle inautomatic mode
(cent er)
R the maximum cooling(bottom )
X To hide thedisplay: turncVd orpress
W the COMAND controller.
or
X Press oneofthe button son the COMAND
operating system.
i Adetailed descript ionofclimate control
is available inthe vehicle Operator 's
Manual. Rear
view camer a G
WARN
ING
The rear view camera ismerely anaid.
Please observe thecorr espondin gnotes in
your vehicle's Operator's Manual.
If your vehicle isequipped witharear view
camera, itsimage isautomatically relayedto
the COMAND displayifthe funct ionis
activated andyouengage reverse gear.
If the funct ionisactivated, theCOMAND
display willautomatically switchbacktothe
previously selecteddisplayassoon asyou
shift outofreverse gear.
In vehicles withrearview cameras, you
cann otconn ectexter nalvideo sources tothe
video AUXconnection .
X Press theW functionbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Rear View Camera and
press Wto
conf irm. X
Select Activation byRgear and
press
W toconf irm.
The funct ionisswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status. Rear
view camera
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COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Display
settings Switching
thedispla yon/off
X To switch offthe displa y:press the
W button .
X Select Display Off by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X To switch onthe displa y:press Wor
cVd turntheCOMAND controller.
or
X Press theobutton . Sett
ingthe bright ness
The brightn essdetec tedbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoption sfor this
func tion.
X Press theW button .
X Select Setting s by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Brightn ess and
press Wto
con firm. :
The needle showsthecurren tsett ing
X Adj ust the brightn essbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Display
design
Your COMAND displayfeatures optimized
designs foroperation duringdaytime and
night -time hours. Youcancusto mizethe
design tosuit your person alpreferen cesby
manually selectingday ornight design oropt
for anautomatic setting.
X Press theW button .
X Select Setting s by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automat ic by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The dotinfron tof the entryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edsett ing. 42
Display
settingsSystem settings

Design Exp
lanation Day
Mode The
displayisset
per man ently to day
des ign. Nig
htMode The
displayisset
per man ently to night
des ign. Aut
omatic The
displaydes ign
ch ang esdepe nding on
th eveh icleinst rum ent
clu ster illum inati on. i
Whe nthe Automatic settin
gis selected,
COMAND evaluatesthe readings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switches betweenthedispla ydesigns
automatically . Time
settings General
informat ion
If COMAND isequipp edwith anavigation
system andhasGPS reception, COMAND
automatically setsthetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30-m inute
incremen ts,but thedate cannot bechanged.
i Ifyou setthe time in30-m inute
incremen ts,any time zone settin gsand
settin gsfor changing betweensummerand
standard timearelost (Ypage 44).
i The following navigation systemfunctions
require thetime, timezone andsummer/
standard timetobe set correct lyin order
to work properly:
R route guidanceonroutes withtime-
dependent trafficguidance
R calculation ofexpected timeofarrival To
set the time
X Press theW button. X
Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select SetTime and
press Wtoconfirm . :
Toset the time
; Current date(setautomatically by
COMAND)
X Set thetime byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . Setting
thetime/dat eforma t
X Press theW button.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Format and
press Wtoconfirm .
The #dots indicate thepresent settings. Abbreviation Meaning
DD /MM /YYYY Day/Month/
Year
(date format) YYYY /MM /DD Year/Month/
Day
(date format) HH /MM Hours/Minutes
(time format) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/PM
format. X
Set theformat byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . Time
settings
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