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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Funct
ion Pag
e =
?
Activate svoic e
co ntrol (see thesepar ate
oper atingins truct ions) ?
%Pr
essbriefly :back ,
can celsvoic eco ntrol and
hides displaymes sages
(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions) %Pr
essand hold :
sele ctsst and ard displ ay
(see vehicle Oper ator's
Man ual) A
=;
Callsupthe
men ubar inthe
mult ifunction displ ayand
sele ctsmen us 21
9:
Select s
subm enus inthe
mult ifunction displ ayor
sc roll sth roug hlist s 21
a
Toconfirm your
sele ction Ope
ratin gth emu ltifu nct ion displa y G
WAR
NING
A driv er'satt entio nto theroad must always
be his/ herprim aryfocuswhen driving.For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommen dthat youpull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse the
telephone whiledriving, pleaseusethehands-
free device andonly usethetelephone when
weather, roadandtraffic conditionspermit.
Some jurisdiction sprohibit thedriver from
using amobile phonewhiledriving avehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehic leis
cove ringadistan ceof44 feet (approxim ately
14 m)every second. X
To select amenu: pressth e=
or ; button.
X To select asubm enuorscrol lth rou gh
th elist :pres sth e9 or: button.
X To select thenext menu up:pres sth e
% button.
X To call upsta nda rddisp lays:repeat edly
pres sth e% buttonunt ilth eodom eter
and thetrip met erappear inthedisplay.
or
X Pres sand hold the% buttonunt ilth e
odom eterand the trip mete rappear inthe
display.
X To confirm yourselection: pressthe
a button.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe
a or% button. Menus
andsubm enus
The number ofmenus depends onthe vehicle
equipment . Menu Functions
andsubm enus Navigation Navigation
systemdisplays Audio Select
ingastat ion
Operatin gthe DVD chang er,
memor ycard, MUSIC
REGISTE R,Bluetoot h®
audio
and Media Interface
Operatin gvideo DVD Telephone Ac
cept ing/ rejec tingacall
Making /ending acall
Select ingaphone bookentry
Redialing Na
vigat ionsystem menu
Rout eguida nceinactive The
display showstheroad onwhich the
vehicle iscurren tlytrav eling, provided the
digital mapcontains it. Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
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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
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
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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
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Funct
ionsoftheE and
F but
ton
You canusetherem oteco ntrol toexec ute thesame function sas theCOMA NDcontrol pan el.
The function sfor theRear Seat Entertainm entSys tem are desc ribedlat er (Y page 181). Mod
e Funct
ion Aud
iomod e Se
lec tsast ati on usin gth es tati onsearch functio n(Ypage 126) Select
sa trac kby skippin gto atrac k(Y page 140) Fast
forward/ rewind(Ypage 140) Video
mode Select
sa scen eor chapt er(video DVDmode) (Ypage 166) Fast
forwards/ rewinds(videoDVDmode) (Ypage 165) Functions
ofthe num berkeypa d
You canusetheremot econ trolto exec utethe same functionsas the COMAND controlpanel.
The func tionsfor the Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSyst emare described later(Ypage 181). Mode Function
Audio
mode Select
sstat ions viathe stationpreset s(Y page 126) Tunes
instat ions byent ering thefrequen cymanually (Ypage 126) St
ores stations manually (Ypage 126) Select
sa trac k(Y page 140) Select
sa data medium viathe media list(Ypage 139) Telephone
mode Telephone
numberentry(Y page 108) Character
entry En
ters charac ters(direct entry)(Ypage 31) Oper
ating COMAND Selecting
amainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssentry menu) tothe system
settings, forexamp le.
X To switch onnavi gatio nmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressW the COM AND
controll er. X
Sele ctDesti nation by
sliding VÆand
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAddre ssEntry and
pres sW to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears. Operatin
gCO MAND
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X
To acc ept the firstli st en try: pressW and
hol dthe COMAND controller unti lthe
ad dre ssentry menu appe ars.
The acce ptedlist entry issho wnther e.
Cal ling up the list as aselection list Sele
ctthedesir edcityfrom theselec tionlist .
If the reare sever alent ries foracit yor if
sever alcit ies ofthe same name arestored,
the n¬ ishighligh tedinthe char acterbar.
X Press Wthe COMA NDcontroller.
It is also possible toswitc hthe citylist tothe
selec tionlistatany timedurin gchar acter
input .
X Slide Wthe COMA NDcontroller
repeat edlyuntilthe citylist appears asa
selec tionlist.
or
X Selec t¬ inthe char acterbar byturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Opt ion 2:city listasselection list COMA
NDeith ershows theselec tionlist
autom atically oryou can callupthe selec tion
list fromthe listwith characterbar.
The exam pleshows theselec tionlistafterthe
cit yNEW YORK has
been entered. Theentryis
highligh tedautom atically. X
Conf irmNEW YORK with
COMA ND
con troller W.
The address entrymen uappears. Youcan
now enterast reet ,for exam ple. i
You willfindfurt her inform ation inthe
"Dest inationentry" sect ion(Ypage 53). Enter
ingchar acters inthead dress
and theph one book
Intr odu ction The
followin gsect iondesc ribes howtoent er
char acters inthe phon ebook (Ypage 110)
and theaddress book(Ypage 117)when
cr eatin ganew entry.
Crea tinganew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 112). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar 32
Opera
tingCOMANDAtaglance