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7
X
In the multifu nctiondisplay,select the
phone menuusingthe= or;
button.
The Phone Ready messag
eapp ears inthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
X Press the6 button todisp laythe list
with thelast numbers ornames dialed.
X Press the: or9 button toselect a
phone number orname.
X Press the6 ora button tomake the
call . Remote
control Overvie
w
You canusetheremote controltoopera tethe
COMAND displayand either oneofthe rear-
compartment screens. :
Toswitch thescreen on/off
; Toswitch thebutton lighting on/off
= Toselect ascreen forthe remote control
(COMA ND,LREAR, REARRand
SplitVie w1
can beselected)
? Toselect amenu ormenu item
A Toconfirm aselection orsetting
B Toswitch thesound on/off (RearSeat
Ent ertainment Systeminconjunct ionwith
corded headphones)
C Toadjus tthe volume (RearSeat
En tert ainmen tSystem incon junc tionwith
corded headphones)
D COMAND: e.g.toselect astat ion, skip to
a trac k,fast forward/r ewind
Rear SeatEntert ainment System:to
skip toatrac k,fast forward/r ewind
1 Not available forallvehicles. 24
Remot
econtrolAt aglance
E
COMAN D:e.g .toselect astation fromthe
presets, selectatrack ,direc tentry ,ph one
num berentry
Rea rSe at Entertai nmentSys tem: to
sel ect atrac k,direct entry
F Toexitame nu(ba ck)
X Point theremote controlatthe
correspond ingscreen andexecute the
functions bypressi ngthe correspondi ng
button.
i The remote control's functionmaybe
restricted depending onthe angle atwhi ch
it is pointed atthe respe ctivescreen. Sel
ecting thescree nfor the remote
co ntrol
X To sele ctthe COMAND display:turn
th umbwh eel=untilCOMAN Dis
high light edinthewin dow.
X To sele cttheleft -hand scree n(Rear Seat
En tertain men tSys tem): turnth umbw heel
= untilL REA Ris high lightedin the
win dow.
X To sele cttherig ht-hand scree n(Rear Seat
En tertain men tSys tem): turnth umbw heel
= untilREA RR is high lightedin the
win dow. Swit
chingth escr een on/of f
If th eSm artKey isin pos ition 0or 1in the
ign ition lock(see thevehicle Operator's
Manual ),or the SmartKey isnot inserted, the
screens inthe rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreens switchoff,they
show amessage tothis effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery. X
Point theremote controlatthe screen
which hasbeen selected forremote
operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective screen(rearorCOMAND)
switches onoroff.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutton lighting on/off
X Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
abou t15s econ ds,the button lighting
switch esoff automatic ally. Mut
e
This functionisavailable forCOMAND andfor
the Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem in
con junc tion with corded headphones.
X Press button Bonthe remot econ trol.
The sound isswitch edon/ off. Adju
sting thevolume
This functionisavailable forCOMAND andfor
the Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem in
con junc tion with corded headphones.
X Press oneofbutton sC onthe remot e
con trol.
The volume ofthe curren tlyselect edaudio
or video source changes .
For COMAND ,you can also adjust the
volume ofphone callsandnavigation
announ cements. Rem
otecontrol
25Ataglance Z
Connect
ingacall toan entry inac all list
or inthe COM AND phone book X
Open acall lista nd select anentry
(Y page 114) .
or
X Ca llup the COMAND phone book and
sel ect anentry (Ypage 110) .
X To conn ectac all:press Wthe COM AND
controll eror the 6 button. Func
tionsavail able during acall
Ove rview Tel
epho neoper ationwithasing lecall
: Perso nyou are calling
; Icon foractive telephone connection
= Toswitch hands-fr eemicrophon eon/of f
? Tosend DTMF tones(not possible withall
mobile phones)
A Name ofconn ected mobile phone
B Toend acall
Switching thehands- freemicroph one
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 107). X
To switch off:select MicOff and
press
W toconf irm.
If the microphon eis switched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
a short period.
X To switch on:select MicOn and
press
W toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND orthe
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Call waiting The
callwaiting functionmust besupported
by the mobile phonenetwork provider andbe
enabled.
If you arehaving anindividual conversation
and receive another call,thenumber ofthe
new participant isenter edinto thecall list. A
ton ealso sounds.
Sending DTMFtones This
funct ionisnot supported byallmobile
phones.
Ans wering machines orother devices canbe
cont rolled byDTMF tones, e.g. forremote
query functions.
X Ifyou would liketolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,forexample,
select thecorrespon dingnumber.
X To transmit individual characters: once
a conn ection hasbeen established tothe
answer phone,selectthedesired Telephone
operation
109Telephone Z
Blu
etoo th®
au dio dev ice'sope rating
instru ctions ).
i A2DP (Advance dAud ioDistri bution
Prof ile): Bluetoo th®
au dio pro file for audio
da ta transm ission
AVRC P(Au dio Vid eoRemote Control
Prof ile): Bluetoo th®
au dio pro file for audio
da ta play ba ck
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
and Bluetoo th®
vis ibility on the Bluetoo th®
au dio dev ice.
On COMAND
X Activa tethe Bluetoo th®
functi onin
CO MAND (Ypage 47).
Gen eral informati on Befor
eus ing your Blu etoo th®
au dio dev ice
wi th CO MAND forthe firsttime, youwillneed
to author izeit.
When youauthor izeanew Bluet ooth®
audio
devic e,itis con nected autom atically.
Conn ecting com prises :
R searc hingforaBluet ooth®
audio device
R subsequen tlyauthor izingit
You canconnectup toten Bluet ooth®
devic es.
i Ifyou author izeamobile phonethat
support sBluet ooth®
audio, theA2DP and
AV RCP Bluet ooth®
audio profilesare
con nected autom atically. Themobile
phon eis the nentere din bo th the
Blu etoo th®
tel ephone slist (Y page 104)
and inthe Bluetoo th®
de vic elist.
Mer cedes-B enzreco mme ndsauthor izing a
mob ile ph one inBlu etoo th®
tel ephony
(Y page 104) . Se
arch ingfo rand autho rizing a
Blue tooth®
audi odev ice X
Swi tch onBlu etoo th®
au dio mod e
(Y page 151) .
If yo usee theNoBluetooth Audio Dev
ice Authorized mes
sage ,yo uwi ll
nee dto conne ctthe Bluetoo th®
au dio
de vic efir st.
X Sel ect BT Aud
io by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
X Co nfir mBlu etooth AudioDevice List by
pre ssing W the COMAND controller.
X To search :confi rmUpd ate by
pre ssing
W the COMAND controller.
CO MAND scansfor Bluetoo th®
au dio
de vic eswithi nrang eand enters them inthe
Blue tooth®
devi celist ifth ey suppo rtthe
A2 DP and AVRCP Bluetoot h®
audio
pro files.
The durat ionofthesear chdepen dson the
num berofBlue tooth®
audio deviceswithin
ran geand their charac teris tic s. Blue
toot h®
dev icelist (example )
: Newly detectedmob ilephon ewit h
Blue tooth®
audio function inran ge
; Blue tooth®
audio player notw ithin range
but prev iously author ized(icon appears in
gray)
The Bluet ooth®
devic elist shows all
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceswithin rangeand all
pre viouslyau thor izedBlu etoo th®
au dio
de vic es, whethe rornotthey areinrange. Bluetooth
®
aud iomode 149Audio Z
i
iPod ®
is aregis tered trademark ofApple
In c.,Cupert ino,Californ ia,USA .
Sup ported iPod ®
var iant s The
followin gare exam plesofsupport ed
iPod ®
varian ts:
R iPod ®
min i
R iPod ®
nan o
R iPod ®
class ic
R iPod ®
touc h
Sup ported USB devices The
followin gUSB devic esare support ed:
R USB stick s(flash memo ry)
R USB hard drivesrequirin gast art up/
perm anentcurr entofamaxim umof
800 mA(itmay benec essary tocon necta
separat epower supply)
R cer tain MP3 players
i The Media Inter face support sUSB
st orage media of"USB DeviceSubc lass6".
In for mat ionconcerningUSB Device
Subc lass6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For details andalist ofsupported devices,
visit http://www .mbusa-mobile.com. Or
call theMercedes-Benz CustomerAssistance
Center at
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372) (for
the USA) orCustomer Relations at
1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ). Conne
ctinganexternal device
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle astheir correct function cannotbe
guara nteed ifthey aresubjected to
extreme temperatures, e.g.ifsubjected to
direct sunlight orvery lowoutside
temperatures (seetheoperating
instruct ionsofthe respective device).
Mercedes-Benz USA,LLCaccepts no
liab ility fordamage toextern aldevices. Never
connectmore thanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheextern aldevice. :
Four-pin socketfor⅛inch stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players(audio and video)
; iPod ®
plug, toconn ectaniPod ®
= USB socket ,to conn ectUSB devices
? Example ofdevice, iPod®
X Connect theextern aldevice withsuitabl e
socket :,;or=.
COMAND activatesthedevice.
If you remove adevice, theNoDevice Connected message
appears.
i Aconn ected iPod®
or MP3 playershould
not besimultaneousl yoperated viathe
Media Interfaceand theremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control), asthis
may produce unpredictable results.
i Connectin gafully discharged iPod®
or
MP3 playercan result inan extended
initialization period.
Malfunction messagesappearwhile the
device isbeing activated if:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
conn ected (External Device Unavailable ).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Consult anauthorized Mercedes-Ben z
Center ifrequired. Media
Interface mode
153Audio Z
Cord
lessheadphones
Over view :
Volum eco ntrol
; Toselec tascreen forthe headpho nes
= Battery compartment cover
? Toswitch thecordless headphoneson/off
A Indicator lampwithvarious displays(Y page 174)
X Open bothsides ofthe headphones andadjust thefitofthe headphones bypull ing the
headphone bandinthe direction ofthe arrow.
Switching thecordless headphones
on/o ff X
Press button ?.
Depending onthe previous status,the
headphones areswitched onoroff. Tosave
the battery, theheadphones areswitched
off automaticall yif they donot receive an
audi osignal within threeminutes.
Adjusting thevolume ofthe
headphones X
Turn volume control: until thedesired
volume hasbeen set. i
Ifyou have connected corded
headphones toarear-compartmen t
screen, youcan adjust thevolume by
pressing buttonsConthe remote control
(Y page 24).
Selec tingascree nfor thehea dphones X
Mov epush slider; toL(lef t-han dsc ree n)
or R(rig ht-hand scree n).
Ind icat orlam pdis pla ys The
color oftheind icat orlamp shows
whet hertheheadp honesare swit ched on or
off and indicat esthech arge levelof the
bat teries inserted. 174
Gener
alinfor mationRea rEnt ertai nme ntSyste m
LED
disp lay St
atus Green The
headph onesare swit ched
on and connected toas cree n. Fla
she s
gre en The
headph ones are
esta blish ing the connecti on
to ascree n. Re
d The
headph ones areswitched
on and thebatterie sare
al most discha rged. No
displ ay
(d ark) The
headph ones areswitched
off orthe batterie sare
di scha rged. Co
nne cting additi onalheadpho nes You
canconnect oneadditiona lset ofcord ed
hea dph ones toeach ofthe two rearscree ns
(Y page 173). Thesocke tisdesigned for
headphones witha1/8" stereo jackplug and
an impedance of32 ohms. Rear-comp
artment socke t
On vehicles withtheRear SeatEntertainment
System, thereisasocket inthe rear
compartment onthe cent erconsole.
The socket canbeused foraccessories with
a maximum powerconsumption of180 W. Changing
batteries
Batteries arerequired forthe remote control
and forthe two sets ofcordless headphones. G
WARNING
Keep thebatteries outofthe reach of
children. Consultadoctor immediately ifa
child should swallowabattery.
Do not dismantle, short-circuitorburn a
battery. H
Environmental
note
Dispose ofdischarged batteriesinan
environmen tallyresponsible manner.
On the remote control :
Battery compartment
; Catch tab
= Battery compartment cover
? Retaining lugs
A Batteries
The remote controlcont ains 2type AAA,
1.5 Vbatteries.
X To open thebatter ycompart ment:
remove batterycompartment cover=on
the back ofthe remote control.
X To do so, press downretaining lug;and
take offbattery compartment cover=. General
informat ion
175Rear Entertainm entSystem Z