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erpad •S
elect sstatio ns via the
st atio npresets 146
•S
tores stations manually 146
•M
obilephone
au thorizatio n 117
•T
elephone number entry 121
•S
ends DTMF tones 124
•C
haracter entry 28
•S
elects aloca tion forthe
wea ther forecast fromthe
memory 199
z
Displayst he current
track being played 162
g
Selects stations by
entering thefrequ ency
manua lly 146
g
Selects atrack 160
G
Switches
COMAND on/off 33
Adjusts
thevolu me 33 Func
tion Page
H
SD
memory cardslot 157
I
Ca
lls up the system menu 27
J
Accepts
acall 121
Dial
san umber 121
Red
ials 122
Accepts
awaiting call 123
K
Mute 33
Switches
thehands-free
micropho neon/off 123
Ca
ncels thetext messa ge
read -alou dfunction 133
Switches
offnaviga tion
announcements 33
L
Rejects
acall 121
Ends
anactive call 123
Rejects
awaiting call 123
COMA
NDcontrolle r Example
:M-Class
: COMAND controller
Yo uc an uset he CO MAND control lert os elect
the menu itemsinthe COMAND display.
You cancallupmenus orlists, scroll through
menus orlists andexitmenus orlists. Operating
theCOMAND controller (example)
The COMAND controller canbe:
R pressed brieflyorpressed andheld W
R turned clockwiseorcount er-clockwise
cVd
R slid leftorright XVY
R slid forwards orback ZVÆ
R slid diagonally aVb 18
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the instructions, operatingsequ ences are
describe dasfollo ws:
X Press the$ button.
Ra dio mode isactivated.
X Select Radio by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Confirm Station List by
pressi ngW.
The station listapp ears. Butt
onsonthe COMA NDcontroller
Overvie w Example:
M-Class
: Back button
; Clearbutton
= Favorites button(ifavai lable)
? Favorites button
i Depending onthe vehicle equipment, up
to two favorites buttonsmaybeavai lable
in the M-Cla ss.
Back button You
canexit amenu orcall upthe basi c
disp layofthe current operatingmode using
this button.
X To exit themenu: pressbackbutton :
briefl y.
COMAND changestothe next highe rmenu
level inthe curren toperatin gmode. i
You canalso exitamenu bysliding XVY
or ZVÆ theCOMAND controller.
X To call upthe basic displa y:press and
hold back button:.
COMAND changestothe basic display of
the curren toperatin gmode. Clear
button
You candelete individual charactersoran
ent ireent ryduring characterentryusing this
butt on.
X To delete individu alchar acter s:briefly
press clearbutton;.
X To delete anentir eentr y:press andhold
clear button;. Favorit
esbutt ons
Depen dingonthe vehicle equipment ,upt o
two favorit esbutt ons may beavailable inthe
M-Class.
You canassign predefin edfunc tionsto
favorit esbutt ons =and ?and callthem up
by pressin gthe butt on(Ypage 45). COMAND
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COMAN
Ddispla y
Disp layover view The
COMA NDdispl aysho wsthef unction curren tlyselec teda nd itsassoci atedm enus.The
CO MAND displ ayisdivid ed into severalareas.
The radiod ispl ay issho wninthe exampl e. :
Statu sbar
; Tocallupt he audiom enu
= Mainfunctio nbar
? Display/s electionw indow
A Radio menubar
St atus bar:shows thetimeand the curr entsettings for telep honeoperat ion.
The main functions–n avigat ion,audio, telepho neand video–feature additional menus.These
are indicat edbytrian gle;.T hefollowing tableliststheavaila blemenu items.
Main functionbar =allow syou tocall upthe desired mainfunction.
In the example, theaudi omainfunct ionisset toradio mode anddispla y/selection
window ?isactive.
Radi omenu barAallow syou tooperate theradio functions. 20
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Settings Time Consumption Display
off Rear
viewcamera Act
ivating/deact ivating
Bluetooth ® Resetting
COMAND
i Delete yourpersonal data
using thisfunct ion,for
example beforesellingyour
vehicle. If
equipped withtherear view camera: ifthe funct ionisactivated andCOMAND is
switched on,the image fromtherear view camera isautomatically showninthe COMAND
display whenreverse gearisengaged. Cleaning
instructions
! Donot touch theCOMAND display.The
displa yhasavery sensitive high-gloss
surface; thereisar isk ofscratc hing.Ifyou
have toclean thescreen, however, usea
mild cleaning agentandasoft, lint-f ree
cloth.
The displa ymust beswitched offand cooled
down before youstart cleaning. Cleanthe
displa yscreen, whennecessary, witha
commerc iallya vaila blemicrofiber clothand
cleaning agentforTFT/LCD displays.Donot
apply pressure tothe displa ysurface when
cleaning it,as this could cause irreversible
damage. Then,drythe surface withadry
microfiber cloth.
Avoid usingalcoholic thinners,gasoline or
abrasive cleaningagents.Thesecould
damage thedispla ysurface. Multifunction
steeringwheel Example:
SLK Function Page
:
Multifunction
display(see
the vehicle Operator's
Manual) ;
?
Act
ivates voicecontrol(see
the separate operating
instruct ions) 22
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Rej
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Mak
esoracc eptsac all 12
1 Swit
ches tother edial
mem ory 12
2 WX
Ad
jus tsthev olum e 33
8
Mut
es 33
?
=;
Sel
ect sam enu 12
2 9:
Sel
ect sas ubmenuo r
sc roll sthroug hlists 12
2 a
Con
firms sele ction sand
fade soutmes sages 12
2 A
%
Bac
korswit ches off voic e
co ntrol (see thes epar ate
oper atinginstruct ions) Ope
ratin gthe mu ltifu nct ion displa y G
WAR
NING
Ad river' sa tten tio nt ot he road must always
be his/ herprim aryfocuswhen driving.For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommen dthat you pull over toas afe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse the
telephone whiledriving, pleaseusethehands-
free device andonly usethetelephone when
weather, roadandtraffic conditionspermit.
Some jurisdiction sprohibit thedriver from
using amobile phone whiledriving avehicle.
Bear inmind thatatas peed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehic leis cove
ringadistan ceof44 feet (approxim ately
14 m)every second.
X To select amenu: pressthe =
or ; button.
X To select asubm enuorscrol lthr ou gh
th el ist :pres sthe 9 or: button.
X To select then ext menu up:pres sthe
% button.
X To call upsta nda rddisp lays:repeat edly
pres sthe % buttonunt ilth et otal
dist ancerecorde rand thet ripm eter
appear inthed isplay.
or
X Pres sand hold the% buttonunt ilth e
to tal dist ancerecorde rand thet ripm eter
appear inthed isplay.
X To confir myour selecti on:pres sthe
a button.
X To confir mthemessag e:press the
a or% button. Menus
andsubmen us
The numbe rofm enus depends onthe vehicle
equipment. Menu Functions
andsubmenu s Navigation Navigation
systemdisplays Audio Select
sastation
Operates theDVD changer ,
SD memory card,MUSIC
REGISTE R,USB device,
Bluetoot h®
audio andMedia
Int erface
Operates videoDVD Telephone Ac
cept s/rej ectsac all
Makes/ endsacall
Select saphone book entry
Redials Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
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Navi
gationsyste mm enu
Rou teguid ance inactive The
display showsther oad onwhic hthe
veh icle iscur ren tlytravelin g,prov ided the
digit almap contain sit.
Rou teguid ance active The
display shows:
R thed istanc etot he dest ination
R thed istanc etot he nex tchange ofdirection
R current street
R the travel direction arrow
If ac hange ofdirection isimminent ,the
displa yshows, forexample, thefollowing
information . The
route guidance displaywiththechange of
direction (example)
: Road towhich thechange ofdirection
leads
; Distanc etot he change ofdirection and
distance graphic
= Lane recommen dation
? Change ofdirection icon
On multilane roads,thesystem candispla y
lane recommen dation=for the next change
of direction. Duringthechange ofdirection,
additional lanesmaybedispla yed. Audio
menu
Adjust ingthe volume X
Press theW orX button.
Setting thestat ion/c hannel X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switch onFM / AM Radio (Y
page 144)or
Sat Radio (Y
page 149).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu with the= or; button.
X To selec tthe nex t/previo usstation /
chann elfrom thememory: brieflypress
the : or9 button.
X To selectthe next/previo usstation /
chann el:press andhold the: or
9 button.
Operating theDVD chang er/memo ry
card/US Bdevice/MU SICREG ISTER /
Blu etoot h®
au dio/M ediaInterface X
Swit chon COMA ND(Ypage 33).
X Swit chon Dis c ,
Mem ory Card (Y
page 157), Mus ic Reg
ister (Y
page 168), Bluet ooth®
audio
(Y page 172)or Med ia Int. (Y
page 179).
X In them ultifun ction display, selectthe
audi omenu with the= or; button.
X To selec tthe nex t/previo ustrack:
brie flypress the: or9 button.
X To searc hfor the next/previo ustrack:
press andhold the: or9 button.
i When youplayaC D/DVD withtrack
informa tion,thetrack name andnumbe r
are show nint he multifunction display.The
track name isdispla yedwhen anMP3 CD
is being played. 24
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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
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Callin
gupthe cur ren taudiofunct ion X
Sel ect Audio in
them ainfunction bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The basic displayofthec urren taudio
fun ction ,e.g.a udio CDmod e,appear s. :
Tocall upthea udio menu
Swit chingtor adiomod e Op
tion1
X Pre ssthe$ function button.
The radio displayappear s.
i Repeat edlypressin gthisf un ction button
swit ches bet ween theF M, AM and WB
waveb andsint hato rder and then call sup
Sat Radio mode.Pre ssin gthe but tona gain
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2
X Select Audio again
bysliding ZVthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The Audio menuappears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press Wthe COMAND controller and
conf irmRadio .
The radio basic display appears withthe
waveband lastselected. X
To set astation: turn cVd orslide XVY
the COMAND controller while thedisplay /
selection windowisactive. Entering
characters innavigation
mode (entering acity)
Gener alinfor mation Charact
erent ryisexplain edinthe followin g
sect ions using NEWYORK as
an exam plefor
ent erin gac ity.
If you want touse theaddress entrymen u
(Y page 54)toent erac ity, as treet ora
house numbe r,for exam ple,COMAN D
prov ides eitheralist with achar acterbar
(optio n1)oras elect ionlist(option 2).
You canenterthe charac tersu sing either the
charac terbar orthe number keypad. Inthe 28
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