2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET radio

COMAN
Ddis pla y
Disp layover view The
COMA NDdispl aysho wsthefun ction curren tlyselec teda nd itsassoci atedmenu s.The
CO MAND displ ayisdivid ed into severalar ea s.
The radio displ ayissho wninthe exampl e. :
Statu sba r
; Tocallup the audio menu
= Mainfunctio nbar
? Display/s electionw indow
A Radio menubar
St atus bar:shows thetimeand thecurr entsettings for radio andtelep honeoperat ion.
The main functions,navig ation,audio, telephoneand video feature additio nalmen us.This is
indic ated bytriangle ;.Thefollowing tableliststheavaila blemenu items.
Main functionbar =allow syou tocall upthe desired mainfunction.
In the example, theaudi omain functionisset toradio mode anddispla y/selection
window ?isactive.
Radi omenu barAallow syou tooperate theradio functions.
Menu overview The
table liststhemenus availableafter calling upthe main navigation, audio,telephone, video
or system functioninthe main functionbar. 18
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Navi Au
dio Tel
eph one Vide
o Sys
tem Setti
ngrou te
cal cul ation mod e FM/AM
radio Te
leph one Vi
de oDVD Ca
lls up the
sy ste mm enu Map
orient ation SatRadio address
book AUX
Point
ofinterest
symbols onthe map Disc
Traffic
information on
map Memory
card Text
information on
map MUSIC
REGISTE R O
Topographic map
on/ off Bluetoot
h®
audio O
City model Media
Int erface O
Switc hingfreeway
infor mation on/off Rear
O
Autom atically
read aloud traffic
report son/ off AUX
O
Audio fadeout on/
off Avoidin
gan area SIRIUS
service Map
version System
menuoverview Sett
ings Tim
e Consump
tion Display
off Display
settings Set
tingthe time Calling
upthe fuel
con sumption display Switc
hingoffthe
display Text
reader speed Set
tingthe format Voice
ControlSystem Set
tingthe time zone Sett
ingthe language Rear
viewcamera COMAND
operatingsystem
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Route
guidanc eacti ve The
displ aysho ws:
R the distance tothe destina tion
R the distance tothe next change ofdirecti on
R curr entstree t
R the trave ldi recti onarrow
If acha nge ofdirecti onisimm inent, the
di spl aysho ws:
R the roadyo uwi llbe turni ngonto
R the distance tothe next change ofdirecti on
and adi stance graphic
R arig ht or left-turn arrow
Lane recommend ations arealso sho wninthe
di spl ay,pro vided the digital map contai nsthe
neces sary da ta. Duri ngachange ofdirection,
the number oflanes mayincrease. Lane
recommen dationsareshown inthe displa yas
a line with anarrow. Audio
menu
Adjust ingthe volume X
Press theW orX button.
Setting thestat ion/c hannel X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 34).
X Switch onFM / AM Radio (Y
page 124)or
SatRadio (Y
page 129).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To selec tthe next/ previo usstation /
chann elfrom thememory: brieflypress
the : or9 button.
X To selectthe next/ previo usstation /
chann el:press andhold the: or
9 button. Operating
theDVD chang er/memo ry
card/MUS ICREGI STER/Me dia
Inte rface X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypag e34).
X Switch onDisc ,
Memory Card (Y
pag e137), MUSIC REGIST
ER (Y
pag e145) orMedia Int. (Y
pag e154).
X In the multifunction display, sele ctthe
au dio menu withthe= or; button.
X To selectthe next/ previo ustrack:
brie flypress the: or9 button.
X To searc hfor the next/previo ustrack:
press andhold the: or9 button.
i When youplaya CD/DVD withtrack
informa tion,thetrack name andnumbe r
are show nint he multifunction display.The
track name isdispla yedwhen anMP3 CD
is being played.
Operat ingvideo DVD X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 34).
X Switch onDVD-Video (Y
page 163).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To selec tthe next/ previo ussce ne:
brie flypress the: or9 button. Tele
phone menu G
WARNING
A drive r'sattention tothe road must always
be his/he rprimary focuswhendriving.For
you rsafet yand thesafe tyof other s,we
rec omm endthat you pull overtoasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtraffic conditionspermit. 22
Multifu
nctionsteering wheelAtaglance

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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:
Curr enta udio operating mod e
; Main function bar
= Aud iomen u
X Pre ssW theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
co nfirm Radio .
The radio basic displayappear swit hth e
waveb andlastselected. X
To set ast at ion: turncVd orslide XVY
th eCOMA NDcontrol ler while thedisp lay/
sele ction window isact ive. Ent
ering cha racter sin nav igat ion
mod e(ent ering acity)
Gener alinfor mation Charact
erent ryisexplain edinthe followin g
sect ions using NEWYORK as
an exam plefor
ent erin gacit y.
If you want touse theaddress entrymen u
(Y page 54)toent eracit y,astr eet ora
house numbe r,for exam ple,COMAN D
prov ides eitheralist with achar acterbar
(optio n1)or aselect ionlist(option 2). You
canenterthe charac tersusing either the
charac terbar orthe number keypad. Inthe
select ionlist, you select anent ryto copy itto
the address entrymen u.
Opt ion 1:city listwith character bar X
Call upthe citylist with charac terbar
(Y page 54).
The alphabetic allysort edcitylist shows the
firs tavail ableentries. Ente
ring characters usingthecharacter
bar
X Select N by
turning COMAND controller
cVd andconfirm withW. :
N chara
cterentered byuse r
; ANTICOK E chara
cters automatical ly
add edbyCOMAND
= List entry thatmost closel yresemb lesthe
current entrybythe user
? Toswi tch tothe sele ction list
A Todelete anentry
B Cha racters notcurrently available
C Cha racters currently available 30
Operating
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Mute
Swi tching audioandvideo sourceson/
off X
Press the8 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The sound fromtherespe ctiveaudio or
vide osource isswi tched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
disp laysthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvide o
source ,or adju stthe volu me, sound
au tomatica llyswi tches onaga in.
i You willstill heartraffic
announcements 2
and naviga tionsystem
announcements evenifthe sound ismuted.
Swi tching offallnavig ation
anno uncements X
Navigatio nannoun cements: pressthe
8 button duringthe announcement.
Swi tching navigation announcements
back on X
Press 8again.
i The naviga tionannouncements are
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes. You
canalsoadju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R Voice Control System voiceoutpu t(see the
separate operating instructions)
Adjusting thevolume fornavigation
announce ments During
anavigation announcement :
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
Adjusting thevolume forphone calls You
canadjust thevolume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn theqcont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Adjusting
thesound settings
Callin gup the sound menu You
canmake various soundsettings forthe
different audioand video sources. Thismeans
that itis possible toset more bassforradio
mode thanforaudi oCD mode, forexample.
You cancallupthe respective soundmenu
from themenu ofthe desired mode.
The example describes howtocall upthe
sound menuinradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.You willhear the
last station playedon the last waveba nd.
2 Traffic program isnot availa bleinall countries. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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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
Basic
functions ofCOMANDAt aglance