2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN navigation system

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

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
seeamessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe COMAND controller.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thedatabase checkedatan authorized Mercedes-B enz
Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. The
DVD isscratc hed.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
asksforan
activation codeduring
the map update. The
digital mapissecured withanactivation code.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 112
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation

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You canusethe"New entry" or"Add no."
func tionstos ave this telep honenumber or
to add itto an exis tinge ntry.
Stor ingthes ender asan ew address
book entry This
function isnot possible ifthe sender’s
telep honenumbe risa lrea dystored inthe
address book.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller while the
text message isbeing displayed.
X Select SaveNumber and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select New entry and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Storing asa
new entry inthe address book"section
(Y page 130).
Storing atext mes sage senderinan
exist ingaddress book entry X
Pres sW theC OMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctSav eN umber and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctAdd PhoneNo. and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Proc eedfrom thes tep" Sele ctan um ber
cat egor y"inthe" Add ingtelepho ne
num bers toan existing phon ebook entry"
sec tion(Ypage 128).
Deleting atext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctat extm essage inthet extm essage
inbo xbyturning cVd theC OMA ND
co ntro ller .
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe text
message bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,t
he tex tm essage is
deleted. If
you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted.
i This delete function isnot supported by
all mobile phones. TheDeletio n Procedu
reFailed message
appears. Using
theaddress book Introd
uction G
WARN
ING
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
con ditions permityoutodo so. Other wiseyou
could beinvolved inan acciden tinw hich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areentered fromdifferent
sources (mobilephone,memory card,USB
device, COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Num berofcontacts inthe addr ess
book: theaddress bookcanstore atotal of
4000 contacts. 1500 entriesare reserved
in the address bookformobile phone
cont acts and1500 forcont acts youcreate
in COMAND orimport fromother sources.
The remaining 1000entriesare assigned
by COMAND asnecessary.
i Display ofmobile phonecontacts:
cont acts downloaded fromthemobile
phone remain inthe address bookevenif
the mobile phoneisdisconnec tedfrom
COMAND. Thismeans thatcontacts which
have previously beenavaila blecan be
displa yedassoon asthe mobile phoneis
reconn ected.Thecont acts aredownloaded
again sothat anynew contacts thathave
been added tothe mobile phonecanbe
displa yed. Using
theaddress book
135Telephone Z

Selec
tingGracenote ®
dat atob e
displayed If
several entriesexist forthe CDofa
particular artist,youcan select whichofthe
entr iesshould beshown.
If the inserted CDdoes notcont ainany
Gracenote ®
data, theGracenote Media Database menu
itemisshown ingray and
cannot beselected.
X Switch onaudi oCDm ode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Gracenote MediaDatabase by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. The
#dot indicat esthe curren tselection for
the display.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adispla y
on/off X
Switc honaudio CDmode (Y page 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Graceno teMedia Databas e by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X To switch offthe displa y:select None and
press Wtocon firm.
In the basic display (Ypage 158),Track 1 ,
Track 2 etc
.are shown instead ofthe
Gracenot e®
data, forexample.
X To switch onthe displa y:select anent ry
in the menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Upda tingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gra cenote MediaDataba se The
digital dataonthe Gracenot eMedia
Database needstobe updated duetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattain edwith up-to- date
Gracenot e®
music recogn itiontechnology.
Inf ormation aboutnewversion scan be
obtained fromanauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center .
You canhave yourmusic recogn ition
soft ware updated therewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 109). Displayi
ngthe track andalbum
X Press thez button.
The current trackandalbumaredisp layed
in aw indo w. 162
Audio
CD/DVD and MP3 modeAudio

X
Sel ect Aux us
ing cVd andpressW to
confi rm.
The audioA UX menu appe ars .The medium
in the extern alaudi osource isplay ed,ifthe
source isconn ected andplayback
selected. Please
seetherespective operating
instruct ionsforhow tooperate theextern al
audi osource.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settin gsinthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal audiosources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcemen tsand
navigation systemannouncemen tsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually . Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
In some cases, thevolume ofthe extern al
audi odevice maybequieter orlouder, orthe
usua lmaximum possible volumemaybe
lower. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atam edium volume andincrease it
gradua lly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay themusic
at high volume without distorting it. X
Select Volume in
the AUX displa ybyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
Standar d :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toas tandard value.
Boost :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
AUXmode
183Audio Z

Int
era ctive cont ent
DV Ds can contain interac tive conten t(e.g. a
vide ogame ).In av ide og ame ,for example ,
you may beable toinfluen ceeve ntsb y
sele cting and trigge ringa ction s.The typeand
num berofact ionsdepe ndontheD VD.
X Se lec tana ction bysliding ZVÆ orXVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
exe cute it.
Am enu appe arsa nd the first entry ,
Sel ect ,i
sh ighl ighted .
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. AU
Xv ideo mode Co
nnectin ge xtern alvideo source s
If yo ur veh iclei se quippe dwithaM edia
Inter face (Y pa ge 178) ,you can conne ctan
exte rnalvideo sou rce (AUXvideo).
The 1/8inch audio/vi deoj ack sareinthe
cen terc onsole stowage compartment.
i Invehicles witharear view camera, the
AUX video jackcann otbe used forexter nal
video sources. Switching
toAUX video mode
X Select Video in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If AUX video mode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toAUX video mode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Aux and
press Wtoconf irm.
The AUX video menu appears. Youwillhear
and seethecont entofthe exter nalvideo
source ifit is conn ected andswitched to
playb ack. AUX
video mode
For details onhow tooperate theexter nal
video source, seetherespect ivedevice's
operating instructions. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsaremuch
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually.
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice which is
conn ected asan exter nalvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusual maximum volumecannotbe
reached. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atam edium volume andincrease it
graduall y.This enables youtodetermin e 192
AUX
video modeVideo

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The headphones' volumesettingdoes not
affect themain loudspeakers. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
You canselect thesound settings inthe audio
CD/D VD/MP3, video DVDandAUX modes.
X Switc honano perating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode) (Ypage 217).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
An adjustmen tscal ea ppears.
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm. Multi
pleusers
Simul taneoususeofthe rear-
co mpartment discdrive The
two rear-comp artmentscree nscan be
ope rate dalmost entir elyi nd epe ndentl yfrom
one another. However,there canbeaconfl ict
in some menusifthe two scree nsare used
sim ultaneo usly.
If the rear-comp artmentdisc drive isbei ng
us ed for both scree nssim ultaneo usly,
sel ecting certainmenu sorsetti ngs onone of
the scree nsalso affe ctsthe othe rscree n.
The followi ng functi onsaffectboth scree ns:
R cha nging play ba ck opti ons
R sel ecting atrack (fromat rack list or folder)
R us ing the play ,p ause and stopfunctio ns
R fast for wa rding/r ewind ing orscro lling
R cal ling up the DVD menu andnavigati ng
wi thi nit
R setting thelangua ge,subtitles andcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content The
followi ngfunction saffect onlyone
screen:
R audi oand video function sasw ellaspicture
settings
R switching betweenfullscreen andthe
menu
Switching betweenoperating modes When
youexit anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode), thecurrent settingissaved. Ifyou
call upthis operating modeagainlate r,th ere
are two poss ibilities:
R theo per atin gmodeh asbeen chang edon
th eo ther scree n.
R theo per atin gmodeh asnotb een changed.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as itis on the other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
are detailed later(Y page 228).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc honvideo DVD mode (Ypage 221).
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econtrol.
or
X Select (Ypage 188)Menu while
the
navigation menuisshown andpress the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select DVD-Vid eo using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm. 214
Ba
sic functionsRear
Seat
Entert ainment System

X
Sel ect Displa yTrack Inf ormation us
ing the 9: buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche donOor offª,
de pe ndi ng on the previous statu s. Vide
oDVD mode Gen
eral informati on
Here youw illf ind further informa tion onthe
fol lowi ng topi cs:
R sa fety notes (Ypage 154)
R notes onDVDs (Y pa ge 186) DVD
playbackcondit ions
Playback problems mayoccurwhen playing
cop ieddisc s.Ther eisal arge varietyo fdisc s,
DV Da uth oring sof twar e,writ ingsoftwar eand
writ ersavailab le.This varietym ean sthat
th ere isno guaran teet hatthe Rear Seat
En tertainm entS yst em will beable toplay
vid eo DVDs that you havecopied yourself.
You willfind further informationinthe Video
section (Ypage 187). Information regarding
COMAND alsoapplies tothe Rear Seat
En tert ainment System. Function
restrictions
Dependin gonthe DVD ,iti sp ossible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions ,you will see the
K symbol inthe display . Inserting
andremoving aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe" Audio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 216) . Sw
itchin gtov ideo DVD mode
X Inse rtav ideo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewasthe last mod eselecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa sn ot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedint he followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land confi rmbypre ssing the 9
bu tton.
If the video DVD fulfillst he play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo um usts tart the
fi lm ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu. Hiding/show
ingthe navigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button
on the remote control.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menu
: Disc type
; Current title
= Current scene Video
DVDmode
221RearSeatEntertainment System Z