2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN stop start

Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle.
"Continuing routeguidance"refers toswitching COMAND backon
and driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 81). Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
Navigation Unavailable message
appears. COMAND
hasanintegrated harddrive onwhich thedigital mapis
stored.
To protect theintegrat edhard drive against damage, COMAND
deactivates itat very high andlowtemperatures. Thenavigation
system willthen betemporarily unavailable.
X Let the vehicle andCOMAND cooldown.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain. If
an area ofthe hard drive hasamalfunction ,COMAND canno
longer access themap data inthis area, forexample when
calculating aroute.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain.
The navigation systemwillbeoperational againuntilithas to
access thefaulty areaofthe hard drive oncemore. Themessage
will then reappear.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problems
withthenavigation system
111Navigation Z

Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 mode Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
COMA NDisclas sified 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
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CDs/DVDs
Notes If
the CD/D VDhas aprinted side,thismust
face upwards whentheCD/D VDisinsert ed.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe playe d
should facedownwards. Thesystem maynot
be able toplay CDs/D VDswith copy
protect ion.
i Ifam edium contains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloading time
before thefirst track startstop lay may be
longer.
Inserting discsintotheDVD changer The
DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays. X
To insert aCD/DVD intothe ma gaz ine
tr ay :pre sstheV load/ejec tb utt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select amagazine traytobe filled by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.j.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease wait... message.
You then seethePlease insert disc . message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atat ime. X
Insert adisc into thedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards. 154
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

In
audio DVD modeonly X
To pause playba ck:swit chon audio DVD
mod e(Ypage 157).
X Se lec tË byslidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The Ë displaychang estoÌ.
X To cont inueplayba ck:sele ctÌ and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Playbac kcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted.
X To stop playback: whileplaybackis
inter rupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To resta rtplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart satthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selecting
audioCD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selecting viathe media list X
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
listwhen equipped withaDVD changer
: Todisplay allmagazine trays
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Media
list Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 :readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 USB
storage device,position 9 Media
Interface, position 0 Bluetooth
®
audio i
Ifad isc cann otbe read, anentr yappears
next tothe correspon dingmagazine tray.
X To show allmagaz inetrays: press Wthe
COMAND controller when :is
highlighted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
159Audio 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

Note
sabout dis cs
Pl ay ba ck pro blems mayoccu rwhen playing
copied discs.Therearealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,writing
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyouhave
copied yourself.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel stot he discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND. Stickers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recognit ionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommodate
discs which comply withtheEN60908
standard. Youcantherefore onlyusediscs
with amaximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage
COMAND.
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8c m,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
If video DVDsdon otconf orm tothe NTSC or
PAL TVstandards, theymaycreate picture,
sound orother problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced according tothe following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e)
R PAL orNTSC standa rd
Yo uw illg en era llyf ind the releva ntdetai ls
ei ther onthe DVD itselfo ro nthe DVD case.
i Ifyo ui nsert avideo DVD with ad ifferent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect . i
COMAND isset toregion code1atthe
factor y.This settingcan bechanged atan
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Thiswill
allow youtoplay video DVDswitha
different regioncode,provided thatthey
are produced inaccordanc ewiththe PAL
or NTSC standard. Theregion codecanbe
changed uptofive times. Function
restrictions
Dependin gonthe DVD ,iti sp ossible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions willbe
temporarily blockedormay notfunct ionatall.
As soon asyou trytoactivate thesefunctions
or actions ,you will see theKsymbol inthe
display . Inserting
andremoving DVDs
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Insert ingand
eject ingCDs andDVD s"section
(Y page 154). Switching
tovideo DVDmode
Option 1 X
DVD changer: insertavideo DVD.
X Press theh functionbutton orthe
% backbutton .
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start stop lay it.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
COMAND switchestothe previous disc
operating mode. Video
DVDmode
187Video Z

?
Media selection
A Sound settings Fast
forward ing/rew inding
X In full-screen mode,slideXVY andhold the
COMAND controller untilthedesired
position hasbeen reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
You seethenavigation menu. Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interru ptplayback: selectÉby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconfirm .
or
X During playback, confirm Ébypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: confirmtheÌ
selection bypressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: selectËby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th ef ilm isdivi ded intos cene so rchapters ,
you can selectthem dire ctly while thef ilm is
run ning,or skip for wards step- by-s tep. So me
DV Ds donotpermit thisatcert ainpoint s(e.g.
during theopenin gcredit s).
It may alsobepossible toselect thescen e/
chapter fromwithin themenu storedon the
DVD .
X To skip forwar dsorback: infull-scr een
mode, turncVd orslide XVY the
COMAND controller.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
con trol panel.
The navigation menu(Ypage 188)appears
for approximat elyeight secon ds. Selecting
afilm/t itle
This function isonly available ifthe DVD is
divided intos ever alfilms /titles .Ift he DVD
cont ains several films,these canbeselected
directly. Afilm can beselec tedeitherwhen
the DVDisb eing playedback orwhen itis
stopped.
The film canalso beselected fromthemenu
on the DVD itself. Video
DVDmode
189Video Z

C
Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name (ifstored onthe disc)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Stop funct ion
H Pause function
I Playba ckoptions Example:
MP3mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions; toswitch track
inform ationon/of f
i Variable bitrates inMP3 track scan result
in the elapsed timeshown beingdifferent
from theactual elapsed time. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gtoat rack X
To skipforwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th es kipf orwa rdfunctio nskip stot he next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor ethan
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If you have selected theplayba ckoptions
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,t
he
track order israndom.
Sel ecting bytrack list In
audio CDmode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In au dio DVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudio format" (Ypag e163).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow salltracks
in the currently activefolderasw ellasthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (au
dio CD/DVD mode)or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont rol,and confirm bypressing the9
button.
or
X Press the9button whenthedispla y/
selection windowisselected.
The track listappea rs.The #dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm. 218
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeRear
Seat
Entertainment System

X
To paus eplaybac k:sel ect Ë using
the :=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ë displ aycha nge stoÌ .
X To conti nue playback:sel ect Ì and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ì displ aycha nge stoË . Sto
pfuncti on
This function isonly available inaudio DVD
mode.
X To inte rrupt playbac k:sele ctÉ using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
The Ë displayc hange stoÌ .
X To continue playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback continues fromthepointwhe reit
wa sinterrup ted.
X To stop playbac k:whi lepla yback is
interrup ted,selectÉ againand press
the 9button toconfirm.
Pla yback stops andreturns tothe
begi nning ofthe DVD. Ì ishigh lighted.
X To restart playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback starts fromthebegi nning ofthe
DVD. Settin
gthe audio format
Further informationonaudio formats is
ava ilable inthe "Aud io"section
(Y pag e163).
X Select DVD-A usi
ng the :=;
buttons onthe remote controlle rand pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl ea udioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind ica tes the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d. X
Sel ect anaudiof orm atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. Pl
ayb acko ptio ns
Fur ther informa tion onplay ba ck opti ons is
ava ilab lein the "Audio" secti on
(Y page 163) .
X Sel ect CD ,
DVD -A or
MP3 us
ing
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The options list appe ars .The # dot
indicates theoption current lyselected.
X Select Normal Track Sequence ,
Random Tracks or
Random Folder using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except Normal TrackSequence ,y
ou will
see acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.
i Ifyou change thedisc, theNormal Track
Sequence option
isactivated
automatically .Ifa no ption isselect ed,it
remains selectedafter theRear Seat
En tert ainmen tSyst em isswitc hedonor
off. Switching
track inform ationon/off
(MP3 mode only)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
names aredisplayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
names aredisplayed.
X Select MP3 using
the:=;
butt ons onthe remot econtro ller and press
the 9butt ontocon firm. 220
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear
Seat
Entert ainment
Syst em