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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
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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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Setting
thetime zone andswitching
between summerand standa rdtime
X Press theW button.
X Select Time by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Time Zone and
press Wtoconf irm.
You willsee alist oftime zones. The#dot
indicates thecurrent setting.
X Select thetime zone andpress Wto
conf irm.
X To switch automaticchangeover on/
off: select Auto. Daylight Saving Time
On or
Auto. Daylight Saving Time
Off by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The #dot indicates thecurrent setting. Fuel
consumption display Overview
You candisplay thefuel consumpt ioninthe
COMAND display.
If your vehicle isahybrid vehicle, youcan call
up other display s(see theseparate operating
instruc tions). Calling
updisplays
X Press theW button.
X Select Consumption in
the system menu
by turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconf irm.
The COMAND displayshowsfuel
consumpt ion:for the last 15minutes of
the journey. :
Fuel consumpt ion
; Generated electricalenergy(hybrid
vehicles, seetheseparate operating
instruc tions)
Every barofthe graph display sthe average
value forone minute.
Fuel consumpt iondisplay :may differ from
the display inthe FROM START trip
computer
in the Trip menu;
seethevehicle Operator's
Manual. Exiting
thedisplay
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
X Confirm Time by
pressing W.
The system menuappears. Text
reader settings Setting
theread- aloud speed
X Press theW button.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select TextReader Speed and
press W
to conf irm.
Al ist appears. The#dot indic ates the
curr entsetting.
X Selec ta set tingby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . 44
Text
reader sett ingsSyst emsett ings
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Voi
ceContro lSys tem settin gs Ac
tiva ting/deac tivatingthe help
wi ndo w
In additio nt othe audib leinstr uctions, the
help window willshow youother inform ation
during voicecontroloperation andthe
individuali zationprocess.
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 HelpWindow and
press Wto
conf irm.
You have switched thehelp window on
O oroff ª. Individualiza
tion
Introdu ction You
canusetheindividuali zationfunctionto
fine tune theVoice Control System toyour
voice andtherefor eimprove voice
recogn ition.However, thiswillaffect the
system's abilitytorecogn izethe voices of
other users. Forthis reason thisfunct ioncan
be switched off(Ypage 46).
<001E000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV consistsof two parts and
lasts about fiveminutes. Itinvolves training
the system usingacert ainnumber of
numerical sequences andvoice comman ds.Star
ting new individualiza tion It
is only possible tostart individuali zation
when thevehicle isstation ary.Before
start ing,switch offalldevices orfunct ions
which couldinterfere,such asthe radio orthe
navigation system.Afterstart ingthe session,
the system guidesyouthrough thetrainin g
with spoken instructions.
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 Start NewIndividualiz ation and
press Wtoconf irm.
You seeand hear aprompt askingwhether
you would likefurther informat ion.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the first part of
individuali zationbegins. Youhear aprompt
asking whether youwould liketotrain the
system innumbers orinvoice comman ds.
Aft erselecting Yes ,
you seeaninformat ion
display andhear inform ationregarding the
individuali zationprocess. Thefirst part of
individuali zationthenbegins automatically.
X To close thedisplay: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
You hear aprompt askingwhether you
would liketotrain thesystem innumbers
or invoice comman ds. Voice
Control System settings
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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.
<001E000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
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