
Opera
tingvideo DVD X
Switc honC OMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switc honDVD-Video (Y
page 187).
X In the multifunc tiondisplay, selectthe
audio menu withthe= or; button .
X To select thenext/pr eviousscene:
briefly pressthe: or9 button . Telephone
menu G
WARN
ING
Ad river's attentiontothe road must alway s
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofother s,we
recom mendthatyoupull over toas afe
location andstop before placing ortakin ga
telephon ecall. Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfr ee
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtrafficcon ditions permit.
Some jurisdict ionsprohibit thedriver from
using acellular mobile phonewhiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatatas peed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof44feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second.
Opera tingthetelephone X
Switc honC OMAND (Ypage 33).
X Call upthe telephon ebasic menu
(Y page 119).
If the telephon ehasnot yetbeen authorized,
the Bluetoo thReady message
appearsin
the multifunc tiondisplay.
If the telephon eiss witched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appears inthe multifunc tiondisplay.
Acce pting acall X
Press the6 button. Mul
tifunctio ndisplay (example)
The display showsthephon enumbe rorthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yiss tored
in the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept thecall byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Rejecting orending acall X
Press the~ button.
Cal lingan umbe rfrom thephone book X
Use = or; tosel ect the Phone menu.
X Press :, 9or9 toswi tch tothe
phone book.
X Press :or9 tosel ect the name you
wa nt.
i The save dnames aredispla yed
al pha betica lly.
i Ifyou holddownthe : or9 button
for longer thanonesecond, rapidscroll
begins. Themultifunction displaygoes from
the seventh entrydispla yedtothe first
entr yunder thefollowing letter.Release
the button tostop.
X To conne ctac all: press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel.
Th eCon nectin gcall.. . mes
sage
ap pe arsi nt he mu ltifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,ifi ti ss tored inthe phon ebook . Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
25Atag lance Z

Basi
cfunc tions ofCO MA ND Sw
itchin gC OM ANDo n/off
X Pre ssthe qcontro lknob.
Aw arning mes sage appear s.COMA ND
calls upthep reviously selectedm enu.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudioo rvideo source willal so
be switch ed off. Sw
itch ingt he COMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display Off and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To switch on:press oneofthe funct ion
button s,e.g. W, Øorthe % back
button . Mut
e
Sound fromanaudio/video source X
Press the8 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
The sound fromtherespect iveaudio or
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvideo
source, oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i Even ifthe sound isswitched off,you will
still hear navigation system
announc ements. Switching
offallnavigation
announcements X
Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press 8again.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes.
You canalsoa dju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R voice outputofthe Voice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions)
Adjust ingthe volume fornavigation
announcements During
anavigation announcemen t:
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
33Atag lance Z

X
Sel ect abalan ce setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afader setting byslidin gZVÆ the
COM AND controllera nd press Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscontain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,a
llpermissible
format sareplayed asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,ano ptimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect surround and
pressW toconfi rm. Setting
surrou ndsou nd(examp le)
X Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllera nd
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche donoroffand themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwithout saving:pre ss
the % back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audioe xpe rience forall
pa sse nger swhenL ogic7 ®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshouldb e
set tothe center ofthe vehiclei nter ior. Yo
uw illa ch ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audioa nd video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldh aveab itrat eo fatleast
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nisp oor, e.g.inat unnel,
you should switchoffLogic7 ®
,a sitm ay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s.
The climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X Turn oneofthe two temperature controls
and setthe temperature forthe left or
right 1,
2
or turn thetemperature controland
set the temperature 3,
4
.
or
X Turn thecont roltoset the airflow 3,
4
.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow 1,
2
I Decreases airflow 1,
2
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off 1,
2, 3
á Switches theZONE function on/
off 1,
2
1 Available for2-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-conditioning system.
4 Available forHeatmatic. 36
Cli
mat econtrol stat usdisplayAt ag
lance

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

Media
listshowing allmagazine trays
X Select thedata medium byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 186).
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n,w henthe
<0025002C00200022002900330034004A002000240029002400280021002C0030
0031V windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gtoat rack 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 seconds.Ift he track hasbeen playing
for less than eight seconds, itskips tothe
start ofthe previous track. If
you have selected theplay back options
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,t
he
track order israndom.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press the¯ button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentryf ielda ppear s.The
num berofposi tion so ffere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr esp ond toatrac k
num bero nthe CD/DV Dcanbe ente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum beru sing the
num berk eys.
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.
Selecting atrac kusing music search Select
musicviacategor ies(e.g. album,
artist )with the music search function.
If you select acategor y,COMAND startsa
search fortrac kinfor mation ifthe following
con ditions arefulfilled:
R the data carriers areinsert edorcon nect ed
R the trac kinfor mation fromthese data
carriers isnot yetcontained inthe
COMAND musicdatabase
COMAND importstrackinfor mation fromthe
following datacarriers:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
The Track informat ioniscomplete message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.COMAND storesthe music data
in its own database. Youcannow select the
available musicdatawithin thedesired
categor y. 160
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

see
acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.Seetheexample ofthe
displa yina udioC Dm ode (Ypage 158).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automaticall yselected whenyouchange
the medium youarecurrently listeningto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
General informat ion Depending
onthe volume andformat ofthe
MP3 data, thelength oftime required for
reading thedata mayincrease.
Permissible datacarriers R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD-R andDVD-RW
R DVD+R andDVD+RW
R SD memory card
R USB storag edevice
Permis siblefiles yste ms R
ISO 9660/Jol ietstanda rdfor CDs
R UDF foraudio and videoDVDs
R FAT16 orFAT32 forSD memory cardsand
USB storag emedia
Multis essionC Ds For
multises sionC Ds, theconte ntofthe first
se ssi on determ ineshow COMAND will
pro ces sthe CD. COMAND play so nlyo ne
se ssi on and gives priorityto the audioC D
se ssi on.
If po ssi ble, useC OM AND toplay onl yC Ds
wh ich have been writte nino neses sion.
Fi le struc tureofad ata carrie r Whe
nyou create adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan be organized infolders.
Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
Ad isc can cont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers .
Eac hfold ercan contain am aximum of
25 5t rack sa nd 255s ubf older s.
The disc may contain nomor ethane ight
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dthe eight hleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadiscwith compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havethee xtensi on
"mp3 "or"wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thet rack
nam eand thee xtensi on.
Ex ample ofac orrec ttrack nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3".
Per missibl eforma ts COMA
NDsuppo rtst he followin gformat s:
R MPE G1Audi oLayer 3(MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA)
R additional musicfilesinAAC format with
the fileexten sions .aac,.mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, butnot copy-protect ediTunes
music fileswith theexten sion.m4p.
i If,inaddition toMP3 files, there areother
music filesinthese audioformats storedon 164
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

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