
Some
jurisdictions prohibitthe driver from
us ing acel lularm obile phone whiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehicle is
coverin gadistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second.
Operat ingthe telephone X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 34).
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 107).
If the telephone hasnotyetbeen authorized,
the Bluetooth Ready message
appearsin
the multifunct iondisplay .
If the telephone isswitched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appears inthe multifunct iondisplay .
Acc epting acall X
Press the6 button.
If the telep hone menu isdis pla yedin the
mul tifunctio ndisplay, thename ornumb erof
the perso ncallin gappear s.
Rej ectin gor end ingacall X
Press the~ button.
Cal linganumbe rfrom thephone book If
you rmobile phone canaccept calls,youcan
search foranumber inthe COMAND phone
book andcallthenumber.
X In the multifunct iondisplay ,select the
phone menuusingthe= or;
button .
The Phone Ready message
appearsinthe
multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the:, 9ora button to
display thephone book.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the
name youwant.
The saved names aresorted alphabetically .X
An exact phone number exists:pressthe
6 ora button tomake thecall.
The Connecting Call message
andthe
number dialedappear inthe multifunct ion
display .The name alsoappea rsifit is
stored inthe phone book.Thephone
number dialedis stored inthe Calls Dialed call
list(Ypage 113).
The phone bookentryappea rsinthe
multifunction displaywhen thecall is
conn ected.
X Several phonenumbers exist:pressthe
6 ora button todispla yall the
phone numbers forthe selected entry.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the
phone number youwant.
X Press the6 ora button tomake the
call.
The Connecting Call message
andthe
number dialedappea rint he multifunction
displa y.The name alsoappea rsifit is
stored inthe phone book.Thephone
number dialedis stored inthe Calls Dialed call
list(Ypage 113).
The phone bookentryappea rsinthe
multifunction displaywhen thecall is
conn ected.
i Ifyou press the: or9 button for
longer thanasecond, theon-board
computer showsthenames inrapid scroll.
Rapi dscroll speeds upafter fourseconds.
It stops whenyourelease thebutton again
or the end ofthe listisreached.
i Ifyou donot want tomake acall, youcan
close thephone bookbypressing the
~ button.
Redialing COMAND
savesthelast phone numbers or
names dialed. Multifunction
steeringwheel
23Ataglance Z

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
Basic
functions ofCOMANDAt aglance

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settings

At
the end ofthe first part, youwi llsee a
pro mpt asking whethe ryou wish tobegin the
second part.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
individuali zationwillbe
canceled. Thedata from thefirst part is
stored automatically.
If you select Yes ,
the second partwillbegin.
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000EV iscompleted atthe end of
the second part.Youwillsee amessage to
this effect .The data from thesecond partis
stored automatically. Cancelin
gthe first orsecond partof
individ ualization X
Conf irmCanc el by
press ingWthe
COMAN Dcon troller.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really dowish tocancel.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
individuali zationwillbe
canceled. Thedata from thepart canceled
is not stored.
If you select No ,
the current partbegins
again.
Dele ting existing individualiza tiondata X
Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. X
Select Linguatronic and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Delete Individualiz ation and
press Wtoconf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtodelete.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
the individuali zationis
deleted. Youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
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0009001600010014B ing
individualiza tion X
Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Linguatronic and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Individualiz ationOn and
press
W toconf irm.
You have switched individuali zationonO
or off ª. Bluetooth
®
settings General
informationabout
Bluetooth ®
Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, mustsupport Hands-FreeProfile 1.0
or above inorder tobe conn ected to
COMAND. EveryBluetooth ®
device hasits
own specific Bluetooth ®
name.
Bluetooth ®
techn ology isthe standard for
short- range wireless datatrans mission ofup
to approximately 10meters. Bluetooth ®
allows, forexample, theexchan geofvCards.
Bluetooth ®
is aregistered trademark of
Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group (SIG)Inc. 46
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

Acti
vating/d eactivating Blu eto oth ®
X Pre sstheW button.
The systemmen uappear s.
X Se lec tSet tin gs by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tAct iva teBluetooth and
press
W toconfirm .
This switches Blue tooth®
on O oroff ª. Sys
tem langua geset tings
This function allows youtodet erm inethe
lan guage forthemen udisp lays andthe
nav igat ionann oun cemen ts.T he selected
language affectsthecharacters availablefor
entr y.
When yousetthe system language ,the
language ofthe Voice Control System will
change accordingly. Ifthe selected language
is not supported bythe Voice Control System,
"English" willbeselected.
X Press theW button.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Language and
press Wtoconfirm .
The listoflanguage sappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent setting. X
Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
COMAND loadstheselected language and
sets it. Reset
function
You canreset COMAND tothe factory
settin gs.Amon gstother things, thiswill
delete allpersonal data(e.g.station presets,
address bookentries, entriesinthe
destination memoryandinthe listofprevious
destinations inthe navigation system).
Resetting isrecommen dedbefore sellingor
transf erring ownership ofyour vehicle, for
example.
Data onthe intern alhard drive, e.g.music
files inthe MUSIC REGISTER, willbedeleted.
You canalso delete musicfilesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER usingthe"Delete allmusic
files" (Ypage 146)function.
X Press theW functionbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Reset and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to reset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
a prompt willappear again
asking whether youreally wishtoreset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
a message willbeshown.
COMAND isreset andrestart ed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Reset
function
47Systemsettings

For
this reason, youmus talways observe
applicable roadandtraffic rules and
regulat ionsdurin gyour journey. Road and
tr affic rules andregulat ionsalways have
prior ityover thenavig ation command s
gene ratedby the syst em.
Route guidanc ebegin sonc ear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 56).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destinat ionby
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destinat ion.
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
inform ation,thefollowing applies:
R when selectin garoute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents .
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
avoided forroute guidance. Change
ofdirection
Introdu ction Changes
ofdirection havethree phases:
R preparation phase
R announc ementphase
R change- of-directionphase
Prepa ration phase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Youseethefull- scree nm ap. Ex
ample display:preparat ionphas e
: Nex troad
; Poin tatw hich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Current road
Display ?depends onthe settin gselected
for "Information inmap" (Ypage 91).
Announc ementphase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
direction. Basedonthe example display
below, thechange ofdirection isannounced
with thePlease turn right in 900 ft.
and
follow the
The announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersec tion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. 70
Route
guidanceNavigat ionsystem

Exam
ple displ ay:a nnou nceme ntpha se
: Next road
; Pointatwh ich the change ofdirecti on
take spl ace (lig ht blue dot, showninboth
the left and right displ ays)
= Graphicrepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Change ofdirect ion(turn righthere)
A Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
B Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn right announcemen
tis made 90ft.before
the change ofdirection. Thedispla yis split
into twohalves, asinthe announcemen t
phase. Example
display:change-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
Once thechange ofdirection iscompleted,
COMAND automatically switchesbacktofull-
screen display. Example
ofad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Rout
eguida nce
71Navigation system Z

Lane
recom mendation s
Over view On
mult ilane roads ,COMA NDcan display
lane recomm endatio nsfor thenex tchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B, based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
B Possible lane(light blue)
C Recommended lane(dark blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel 72
Route
guidanceNavigat ionsystem