Exam
pled ispl ay :c hange-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc etot he next change ofdirection
Once thechange ofdirection iscompleted,
COMAND automatically switchesbacktofull-
screen display. Example
ofad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Lane
recomm endations
Overview On
multilane roads,COMAND candisplay
lane recom mendat ionsforthe nextchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc etot he next change ofdirection
B Possible lane(light blue)
C Recommended lane(dark blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel Route
guidance
79Navigation Z
X
Sel ect Swap in
the menu byturni ngcVd
the COMAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
De letin gthe route
X Sel ect Delete in
the menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe route
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,t
he route willbedeleted.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled.
Scanning thememory The
SDmemory cardisinserted.
X Select Memory in
the Routes menu
(Y page 85)byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
The route memory isdispla yed. Off-r
oadand off-ma p
Import antsafety note G
WARNING
The COMAND navigation systemmaydirect
you tooff-road routesthatyour vehicle may
not becapable oftraversing throughwithout
damaging yourtires, wheels orvehicle. Itis
the driver's soleresponsibility todetermine
the suitabili tyof the route. Off-roadroutes
may beofvarying conditions andtheir appropriateness
foruse may beaffected by
various factorssuchastime ofday, time of
year andimmediate weatherconditions that
cannot bejudged ortaken intoconsideration
by the COMAND system.
Route guidance toad estination thatis
not onadigitized road COMAND
canguide youtodestinations
which arewithin thearea covered bythe
digital map,butwhich arenot themselves
recorded onthe map.
These destinations areknown asoff-r oad
destinations, whichyoucan enter using the
map, forexample. Inthese cases, COMAND
guides youforaslong aspossible with
navigation announcemen tsand displa yson
roads known tothe system. Example:
routeguidance toan off-road destination
: Off-r oaddestination
; Off-r oadroute section (dashed blue)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Off-r oad(ifavaila ble)
If the vehicle reaches anarea which isnot part
of the digital map,thedispla yappea rsas a
split-screen view.Onthe right-hand side,an
arrow appearswhich points tooff-r oad
destination :.Youwill hear the
announc ement:"Please followthearrow on
the display" .Asthe vehicle approachesthe
destination, theArea ofdestination reached message
appears. Route
guidance
87Navigation Z
X
Sel ect acate gor y,e.g. Home ,a
nd pre ssW
to confi rm.
Yo uw ills ee the addre ssboo keithe rwith
the char acterbar oras as elec tion list.
X To select anaddress book entry:
proc eedasdesc ribed inthe "Searc hingfor
an address bookentry" sect ion
(Y page 136).
COMA NDstores thedata ifthe address
book entryselec teddoes notyetcontain
navig ableaddress data.
If the selec tedaddress bookentryalready
con tain snavig able address data,aprom pt
will appear askingwhether you wish to
over writethe exis tingd ata.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press Wtocon firm .
If you selec tYes ,C
OMA NDstores thedata. Deleting
adesti nation ortheh om e
ad dress from thed esti nation mem ory
X To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sthe
Ø function butt on.
X To show them enu:pres sW theC OMA ND
con troller .
X Sele ctDes tin ation in
then avigat ion
syst emmen ubarby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres singW to
con firm.
X Sele ctFro mM emory and
pres sW to
con firm.
You willsee thed estinat ionmem orylist
eit her with thec har acterbar (opt ion1)or
as as elec tionlist (opt ion2).
X Opt ion 1:dest inationmem orylistwith
char acterbar :proc eedasdesc ribed inthe
"En tering char acters using thechar acter
bar" section(Ypage 31).
X Opt ion 2:dest inationmem orylistas
selection list:selec tadestination by turn
ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
You seetheaddress dataofthe select ed
ent ry.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete thedestination .
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,C
OMAND deletesthe
destination .You will see amessage tothis
effec t.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canc eled.
i Ifthe navigable addressdataforthe
destin ationbeing deleted isalso assigned
to an address bookentry,COMAND will
also delete thisdata from there. Ifthe
corr espondin gaddress bookentrydoes
not contain anyfurth erdata, suchas
telephon enumbers, COMAND deletesthe
ent ireaddress bookentry. Previous
destinations Introd
uction
COMAND automaticallystoresthe previous
destin ations forwhich theroute calculation
has been started.Ifthe memory isfull,
COMAND deletestheoldest destination. You
can also save adestin ation fromthelistof
previous destinations inthe destin ation
memory. Itwill bestor edthere permanen tly. Stor
ingadesti nation permanent lyin
th ed est inat ionmem ory
X Proc eedasdesc ribed inthe" From thel ist
of prev ious destinations"sec tion
(Y page 96). Pr
evious destinations
97Naviga tion Z
Storing
thevehicle position inthe list
of previous destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Save vehicle position and
press
W toconf irm.
COMAND storesthecurrent vehicle
position asad estination inthe listof
previous destinations . Storing
thecrosshair positioninthe
list ofprevious destinations
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map ifyou have
moved themap manua lly.Y ou can store the
crosshair positionasad estinat ioninthe list
of previous destinations.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Savecrosshair position and
press Wtoconf irm. Dele
ting oneofthe previous
destinat ions
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Destination in
the navigation
system menubarbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
conf irm. X
Select Fromlast destinations and
press Wtoconf irm.
The listoflast destination sappears.
X Select thedesired destinationandpress
W tocon firm.
The destin ationaddress appears.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe entr y
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,t
he entr yisd eleted.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. Map
operation andsettings Note
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos onthe map does notindicate approval
of, support ofor advertising bythese
companies forthe navigation systemitself. Setting
themap scale
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressW.
X To call upthe scale bar:assoon asyou
turn cVd theCOMAND controller, scale
bar =appea rs.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. 98
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigation
:
Set map scaleas an umb erwith uni t
; Currentl ysetmap scaleas ind icated by
the need leon the scaleba r
= Mapscale
Unit ofmea sureme nt: inthe COMAND
di spl aydepe nds onthe selecti onmad efor the
instr umentclu ster (seethe veh icle
Ope rator'sManua l). Mov
ingt he map
Sho wing the crossh air X
To hide themen u:slide ZV theCOMAND
control lera nd, when the FullScreen menu
itemi sshown, pressW.
X To scroll themap: slideXVY, ZVÆor
aVb theCOMAND controller.
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map. Ifyou slide
it aga in,the map moves inthe
correspo ndingdirection under the
crossha ir. Map
withcrossha ir
: Current vehicl eposition
; Cross hair
= Detail softhe crossha irposi tion
? Map scale selected Displ
ay= may bethe name ofas treet, for
exampl e,provid edthe digitalmap contains
the necessary data.Alter natively, itmay show
the geo- coor dinat eposit ion ofthe crosshair
if the Geo- coordinates display
isswitc hed
on (Ypage 102).
Hid ing thec rossh airand center ingthe
ma ponthe vehicle position or
destina tion X
Press the% backbutton twice.
The cross hairdisappears andthemap is
set tothe vehicle position .
or
X Set themap tothe vehicle position ;see the
explanat ionbelow. Centering
themap onthe vehicle or
destina tionposition
Centering themap onthe vehicle
position X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Positio n in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Vehicle PositionMap and
press
W tocon firm or,ifthe cross hairisshown,
press the% backbutton .
This hides thecross hair.
Centering onthe destina tion This
function requires thataroute toa
destin ationhasbeen calculated. Ifthe route
includes waypoints andanintermediate stop,
the map canalso beset tothese position s.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Positio n in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturningcVd Map
opera tionandsettings
99Navigation Z
COMAN
Dfeatures .... .... .... ...... ........ ... 114
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Telephony viathe Bluet ooth®
inter-
face <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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003B003B003B003BV 115
Reception andtransm ission volume 120
Telephone operation........ .......... ...... . 120
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003B003B003B003B003B003BV 125
Using calllists ........ .......... ...... .......... . 129
Using thespeed diallist........ .......... . 131
Text message (SMS)<003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003BV 133
Using theaddress book <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
003B003B003BV 135 113Telephone
press
W.
R pressin gthe 6 or~ buttonand
using thetelephon ekeypad onCOMAND
R pressin gthe 6 or~ buttonon the
multifun ction steer ingwheel
R using theVoice Control(see theseparate
Voice Controloperatin ginst ruct ions)
Unless statedother wise, thedescript ionsand
illustration sint his sect ionrefer toCOMAND . Function
restrictions
The telephon eisn otready foruse inthe
following situations:
R the telephon eautomatic allytries tolog on
to an etwork. Ifno net work isavailable, you
may notbeable tomake a"911"
emergen cycall. Ifyou attempt tomake an
outgoin gcall, the No Servic
e message
will
appear forashort while. 911
emergency call G
WARN
ING
The 911 emergen cycall system isap ublic
servic e.Using itwithout duecause isa
crimin aloffen se.
The following requiremen tsmust befulfilled
for a911 emergen cycall:
R the mobile phonemustbeswitc hedon.
R an etwork must beavailable.
R av alid and operation alSIM card must be
insert edinthe mobile phone.
R the mobile phoneiscon nected toCOMAND
via Bluetoot h®
.
If you cann otmake anemergen cycall, you
must arrange rescuem easuresyourself.
X En ter numbers onCOMAND (Ypage 121).
X Press the6 button.
The telephon emakes theconnection .
X Wait forthe emergen cycall centerto
respon dand then describe theemergen cy. Teleph
onyviathe Bluet ooth®
inter face Conditions
On the mobile phone For
telephon yviaCOMAND 'sBluetoot h®
int erface, aBluetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phone isrequired.
i Not allmobile phones available onthe
mark etare equally suitable. Moredetailed
infor mation onsuitable mobilephones and
on con nectingB luetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phones withCOMAND canbefound onthe
Int ernet at
htt p://www .mbusa- mobile.com.
Alt ernat ively, calltheMercede s-Benz
Customer AssistanceCente rat
1-800-FOR-MERC edes(1-800-367-6372)
(for USA) orCu stomer Relatio nsat
1-800-387-0100 (forCanada ).
The battery ofthe mobi lephone should
al wa ysbe kept sufficiently chargedinorde r
to preve ntmal functions.
In prep aration fortelep honing viathe
Blue tooth ®
interfa ce,you shou ldcheck the
foll owi ngitems onyou rmobile phone (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions):
R Hands- FreeProfile
The mobile phonemustsupport Hands-
Free Profile 1.0orabove.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainmobile phones, thedevice itself
must bemade "visible" toother devices, as
well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion
(see themobile phoneoperating
instr uctions).
R Bluetooth ®
device name
Every Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown
Bluetooth ®
device name.Thisdevice name
is freely definable, butcan beidentical for
all devices fromthesame manufacturer .It
is therefor erecomm endedthatyouchange
this name sothat youcan easily recogn ize Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ce115Telephone Z
i
Display ; mayvary, de pe ndi ng on the
mob ilep hone conne cted.
Bar s: disp layt he cur rent signa lstre ngth
of the mob ilep hone netw ork.Ifallb arsa re
fil led, youh aveo ptim um receptio n.
If no bars ares hown, receptio nise ither
very poor orthere isnone atall.
Receiver icon=shows whether acallis
active/being connected ¡ornot ¢. Text
message (SMS)display in
telephone basicmenu
The Text Message menu
itemisavail able if
the Bluetooth ®
telephone supportstheMAP
Bluetooth ®
profile (Message AccessProfile)
and thetext message hasbeen download ed
from theBluetooth ®
telephone. Themenu
item isotherwise grayedoutand isnot
avail able.
The 1mail icon isdispla yedwhen youhave
an unread textmessage. Thesymbol
disapp earsonce youhave readthetext
message. Theú mailsymbol isdispla yed
when thetext message memoryisfull. The
symbol disappearsonce youdelete atleast
one text message.
Further information canbefound inthe "Text
messages (SMS)"section (Ypage 133). Reception
andtransmission volume
Once themobile phonehasbeen authorized,
you can optimize thetransmission and
reception volumesettings. Findinformation
on the optimal settingforyour mobile phone
on the Intern etat
htt p://www .mbusa-mobile.com.O rcall
the Mercedes-Benz CustomerAssistance
Center at1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes
(1-800 -367-637 2)(for theUSA) orCustomer
Rela tions at1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ).
i Incorr ectsettings mayhave asignificant
impact onthe qual ityofcalls. X
Press the% function button.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
by turning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select anauthorized mobilephonefrom
the listbyturning cVd.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entry bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Reception Volume or
Transmission Volume and
press Wto
confirm. :
Scale withindicator showingcurrent
volume
X Select avolume setting byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X To clos ethe setting scale:pressWor
slide XVY. Telephone
operation Inco
ming call
Rejecting oraccepting acall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you see a
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. 120
Tele
phone operationTele
phone