2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN display

:
Tocreate anew folder (standard)
; Existing folders
= Currently selectedfolder
X Select afolder byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
If you donot select atarget folder, anew one
will becreated.
Step 3:beginning theimpor t X
Select Start by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Infor mation abouttheimport source and
target aswell asthe progress isdisplay ed. The
Audio CDbasic display automatically
appears aftersuccessf ulimport.
X To cancel importing:during importin g,
conf irmCancel by
pressing Wthe
COMAND controller.
The Audio CDbasic display appears. Dele
ting allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTE R.
! Inorder toprevent malfunct ions,donot
use COMAND duringthistime.
X Switc htoM USIC REGISTE R(Ypage 168).
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Delete AllMusic Files and
press Wtoconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you sele ctYes ,a
llmusi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ... mess
age.
Then ,you see theDele tion Procedure Succ
essful mess
age.
If you selec tNo ,t
he proc esswillbeabort ed. Calling
upmem oryspaceinfo
X Swit chtoMUS ICREGIS TER(Ypage 168).
X Selec tMusi c Regi
ster by
slidin gVÆ and
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
press Wtocon firm .
X Selec tMemo ryInfo and
press Wto
con firm .
The followin gisd isplayed:
R storage capacity
R available memory
R occ upied memo ry
R con tent(folder s,track s) Mus
icsear ch
The music searchfinds track sviaall available
media. Thesearc hbegin swiththe audio
sourc ethat iscurr entlyact ive.
The followin gmedia areincluded forthe
music search:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/ MP3)
R memo rycard 170
MUSIC
REGISTERAudio

X
To select opti ons:sw itch tothe MUSI C
REG ISTER (Ypage 168) .
X Sel ect Mus ic Reg
ist er by
slid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm.
The option isswitche don.For alloption s
exc ept Normal TrackSequenc e ,y
ou will
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow.
i The Normal TrackSequenc e option
is
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the disc youarecurren tlylisten ingtoor
when youselect adifferen tmedium. Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitched onoroff. Bluet
ooth®
aud iomode Connecting
Bluetooth®
aud iodevices
Conditions Bluet
ooth®
aud iodevice
Bluetoot h®
audio mode requires a
Bluetoot h®
-c apable audiodevice.
i Not allBluetoot h®
audio devices available
on the market areequally suitable. For
more detailed information onsuitable
Bluetoot h®
audio devices andon
con nectingB luetoot h®
audio devices to
COMAND ,visit
htt p://ww w.mbu sa-mobile.com (for
USA ).Alt ernat ively, calltheMercedes- Benz
Customer AssistanceCenter at
1-8 00- FOR-ME RCedes (1-800-367 -6372)
(for USA )orC ustomer Relations at
1-8 00- 387 -0100(for Canada). Befor
eusing Bluetoot h®
audio mode, you
should checkyour Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following (seetheBluetooth ®
audio
device's operating instructions):
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device mustsupport
the A2D Pand AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainBluetooth ®
audio devices, as
well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion,
the device itselfmust alsobemade
"visible" toother devices (seethe
Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device nameispredetermin edbut can
usual lybe changed. Tomake aclear
selection ofthe Bluetooth ®
device
possible, Mercedes-B enzrecomm ends
that youcustomiz ethe device name(see
the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
i A2D P(Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data trans mission
AVRCP (AudioVideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data playb ack
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibility onthe Bluetooth ®
audio device.
On COMAND
X Act ivate theBluetooth ®
funct ionin
COMAND (Ypage 45).
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
audio device
with COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed
to authorize it.
When youauthorize anew Bluetooth ®
audio
device, itis conn ected automatically.
Connect ioninvolves firstsearching fora 172
Bluetooth ®
aud iomodeAudio

X
Opt ion 2(Secure SimplePairing): ifthe
digit codes displayed inCOMAND andon
the Bluetoot h®
audio device arethe same,
con firm Yes by
pressing W.
If you select Yes ,a
uthorizat ioncontinues
and theBluetoot h®
audio device is
con nect ed.Playback starts.
If you select No ,a
uthorizat ionwill be
canc eled.
i The Bluetoot h®
audio device must
support theBluetoot h®
version 2.1for
con nect ionviaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix-digit code, which is
displayed onthe two devices thataretobe
con nect ed.
X Externa lauthoriz ation: COMAND may
not beable tolocate yourBluetoot h®
audio
device duetothe specific securitysett ings
of the Bluetoot h®
audio device itself.Inthis
case, check whether yourBluetoot h®
audio
device canlocate theCOMAND system
(Y page 118). TheBluetoot h®
device name
of COMAND isMB Bluetoot h .
Aft ersuccess fulauthorizat ion,the
Bluetoot h®
audio device iscon nect edand
start splaying.
Reconnecting aBluet ooth ®
aud io
device The
Bluet ooth®
audio profilesareconnected
automat icallyunder thefollowin g
circ umst ances:
R one ofthe last two mobile phonestohave
been connected has also been usedasa
Bluet ooth®
audio player (ifthis func tion is
support edbythe mobile phone).
R the mobile phonetakes over theautomat ic
con nection itself.
AB luetoo th®
audio player withouttelep hone
func tionsisn otautom atically reconn ected,
even ifit was thelast devic econnec ted.
If the NoBlue toothAudioD evice Conn
ected mess
ageappears, youhave two opt
ions tocon nectaB luetooth®
audio
devic e:
Opt ion 1
X Conf irmConn ectLast Device in
the
basic display bypress ingWthe COMA ND
con troller.
If COMA NDcan locat ethe Bluet ooth®
audio device,itwill becon nected and will
st art playing.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Opt ion 2
X Selec tBT Audi o by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
X Conf irmBlue toothAudioD evice List by
press ingWthe COMA NDcontroller.
X Selec taBluet ooth ®
au diod evice byturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au diod evice ,itw illb ec onnected andwill
star tplaying.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Blu etoot h®
aud iodevice and
simu ltaneous searchfor mobile phones During
thesearc hfor mobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceist ermin ated. Inthe
Bluet ooth®
audio basicdisplay
(Y page 176),you willsee theRece ived Busi
ness Cards mess
ageand the
Rece ived Business Cards men
uitem
can not beselec ted. 174
Bluetoot h®
au dio mod eAudio

Disp
laying details X
Se lec taB luet ooth ®
au diod evice inthe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist.
X Sele ctthe symbo ltot he right ofthe
Blu etoo th®
au diod evice bysliding VY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Detail s and
pressW toconfi rm.
The followi ng info rma tionc oncer ningthe
selected mobilephoneisshown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availa bilitystatus (shown afteran
update)
R authorization status
X To close thedetailed view:turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller.
De-author izing(de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
audio device X
Select aBluetooth ®
audio device inthe
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select thesymbol tothe right ofthe
Bluetooth ®
audio device bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select De-Authorize and
press Wto
conf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,t
he device willbedeleted
from theBluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted.
i Before re-authoriz ingthe Bluetooth ®
audio device, youshould alsodelete the
device nameMBBluetooth from
your
Bluetooth ®
audio device's Bluetooth ®
list
(see theBluetooth ®
audio device's
operating instructions). Switching
toBluetooth ®
audio mode
Option 1 X
Connect (Ypage 172)orrecon nect
(Y page 174)aBluetooth ®
audio device.
COMAND activatestheBluetooth ®
audio
device. Thebasic display appears andthe
device startsplayi ng.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
i Bypressing thefunct ionbutton
repeatedly, youcan change theoperating
mode inthe following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface oraudio AUXmode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
Option 3 X
Select Bluetooth Audio (Y
page 159)in
the media listbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
COMAND activatestheconn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs. Bluetooth
®
audio mode 175Audio Z

Exam
ple: Blu etoo th®
au diob asic disp lay
: Trac kn ame
; Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
= Album name
? Soun dsettin gs
A Media list
B Artis t
C Tostop É orstart Ì playback
D Tocon nectaB luetooth®
audio deviceor
inc rease thevolume usingCOMA ND
E Bluet ooth®
audio datamedium type
F Datam edium positioninthe media list
i Ifthe Bluet ooth®
audio deviceconnec ted
support smetadata andcorrespo ndingdata
is available, thenthe artist, trackandalbu m
name canbedispla yed. Star
ting/stopping playback
X To star tplayback: selectÌbysliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
Play back starts. Selection isat É.
X To stop playback: selectÉbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am essage appears. Selectionisat Ì.
X To continue playback:select Ìby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am essage appears. Selectionisat É. Sta
rting playba ckifthe Bluet ooth®
aud iodevice hasbeen stopp ed
Durin gthe search formobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluetoot h®
audio device isterm inated. Inthe
Bluetoot h®
audio basicdisplay (Ypage 176),
you willsee theNoBluetoo thAudio Device
Connected message
andthe
Connect Last Device menu
itemcannotbe
select ed. When
thesearch isfinished, theBluetoot h®
audio device canberecon nected.
X Confirm Connect LastDevice by
pressing W.
Depen dingonthe Bluetoot h®
audio device
used, playback startsimmediately oryou
must startplayback manually.
In this case, youwillsee theBluetoo th Audio
Device Paused message.
X
To star tplayba ck:select Ìbyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Playback resumesfromthebeginn ing. 176
Bluetooth®
aud iomod eAudio

i
The separate USBconn ection ensures
quick access andexpanded mediacontent
options.
i Consult anauthorized Mercedes-Benz
Center ifyou have further questions. Switching
toMedia Interfa cemode
General information In
extr eme cases, startingupindividual
funct ionscantake uptoseveral minutes –
this depends onthe exter naldevice andits
cont ent(e.g. video podcasts).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Otherwise, someorall
funct ionsmay notbeavailab le.
Option 1 X
Connec tane xter naldevice (Ypage 178).
COMAND activatesthe device. Thebasic
display thenappears.
Option 2 The
exter naldevice isconn ected tothe Media
Int erface.
X Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
By pressing thefunct ionbutton repeatedly,
you can change theoperating modeinthe
following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
R Media Interface oraudio AUXmode
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
Option 3 X
Press thei number button.
This selects theconn ected externalaudio
device directly. Option
4 X
In the media list(Ypage 159), select the
ent ryat position 0byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND activatesthe conn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs.
If no device isconn ected, youwillsee the
Media Int. entr
yinstead ofad evice
name. Media
Interface mode (iPod®
mode) when
equippe dwithaD VD changer
: Type ofdata medium
; Track number
= Elapsed tracktime(also informat
00:0 0:00 foraudi obooks)
? Track name
A Graphic timedispla y
B Graphic trackdispla y
C Sound settings
D Media list
E Album name(ifavaila ble)
F Music search
G Position inthe media list
H Artist (ifavaila ble)
I Play back options
Type ofdevice :conn ected isindicated by
the corresponding symbolforiPod ®
or MP3
play er. Media
Interface mode
179Audio Z

The
curren tplayback option (Ypage 163)is
shown withasymbol behindalbum name
E (no display forNorm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ).
i Ifthe devic econnec ted does notcontain
any playable track s,am essage appears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
or MP3 player accordin gtot he filing
struct ureused inthe respect ivemedium.
Selecting byskipping toatrac k X
To ski pforwa rds orbac ktoat rack:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerw hent he
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipstot he nex t
tr ack .The skip back function skipstot he
begin ningo fthe curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
ap layb ack option otherthanNormal Track
Sequence ,t
he track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press thel button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atrack number :press anumber
key, e.g.q.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit. X
En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumberkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Fast forwar ding/r ewinding X
While thedisplay/s electionwindow is
act ive, slide XVY andhold theCOMA ND
con troller untilthe desire dposition has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position isreached.
i OnaniPod ®
/iPhone ®
,f ast rewind only
funct ionswithin thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fo lder
Ove rview iPo
d®
and certain MP3playe rs
For aniPo d®
or MP3 player,you can select
tracks using catego riesorfold ers.
Depend ingonthe devi ceconnected, the
foll owi ngcatego riesmay beava ilable ,for
examp le:
R Curre ntTrack list R
Playl ists (e.g.
All )
R Artis ts R
Album s R
Track s R
Podca sts R
Genre s R
Compo sers R
Audio books i
Some playback catego riescontain the
entry All .I
ft his entr yhasbeen selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 180
Media
Interface modeAudio

COMAN
Dfeatures
Thes eOperatin gInstruc tio ns desc ribeall
st andar dand opt ionalequipm 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. General
information Autom
aticpictu reshut off
The video image isonly displayed ifthe
select orlever ofthe tran smission isin
position P.
If the select orlever ofthe tran smission is
changed fromposition P,theIn order not
to
distrac tyoufrom thetraffic situati
on, the picture is faded out
while
thevehicle isinmotion. message
appears
As soon asthe select orlever ofthe
tran smission isreturn edtoposition P,the
video image isshown. Basic
settings Pictur
esettings
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stor
color X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Brightn ess ,
Contras t or
Color by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Changing
thepictu reform at X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select 16:9Optimiz ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een and
press Wtocon firm.
The dotinfron tofthe ent ryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edformat .
X Select asetting byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Video
DVDmode Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
COMAND isclassified asaC lass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisar isk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isar isk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion. 186
Video
DVDmodeVideo