2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON tow

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
Multifunction
steeringwheelAtag
lance

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

Inser
ting anSD mem orycard X
Inser tthe memory cardintotheslot until it
engages inplace. Theside with the
cont acts must facedownwards andpoint
towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effect .Ifn oM P3
track scan be found, youwillsee amessage
to this effect .
Ejecting anSD memor ycard X
Press thememory card.
The memory cardiseject ed.
X Take thememory cardoutofthe slot
(Y page 17),position H. Connec
tingaUSBdevice
The USB portislocated inthe stowage
compartmen tint he cent erconsole.
Elect ricalconsumpt ionatthis conn ection
must notexceed acont inuous current of
500 mA.Ifthe electrical consumpt ionis
higher, useaseparate sourcetoprovide
power forthe USB device (e.g.
12 Vp ower supply).
X Connect theUSB device (e.g.USBstick)to
the USB port. Ac
tiv atin gaudi oC D/DV Do rM P3
mode
Opti on1 X
Inse rtaC D/DVD (Ypage 154) ,SDm emory
car d(Ypa ge157) orconne ctaU SBdevice
(Y page 157) .
CO MAND load st he med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe h functio nbutton one ormor e
time s. i
Bypre ssing the functio nbutton
rep eatedly, youcan chang ethe oper ating
mod eint he followin gorder:
R audio CD/DVD/v ideoD VD/M P3CD/
MP3 DVDinthe DVDc hang er (disc
mod e)
R mem orycardm ode
R MUS ICREGI STER
R US Bs torag edevice
R Medi aInterface oraudio AUXm ode
R Blue toot h®
audio mode
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom them edialist
(Y page 159).
Op tion 3 X
Se lec tAud io in
them ainfunction bar by
slidi ngZV andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
The lastactive audio sourceisno w
act ivat ed.
You canactivat ead iffere ntaudio source
usin gthe audio menu.
X Se lec tAud io by
slidi ngZV andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tDis c ,
Mem ory Card ,
Mus ic Reg
ister ,
USB Storage or
Med ia Int
erface and
pressW toconfirm .
This switches tothed esired audio source.
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom them edialist
(Y page 159). Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 mode
157Aud io Z

Media
Interface mode Co
nne ctio noption s
Overvi ew The
connection socketsareloca tedinthe
stowa gecompartme ntinthe center console.
Device-spe cificadapter cables,inclu dedwith
the Medi aInterface, arerequ iredtoconnect
external devicestothe Medi aInterface.
i Store individualparts inas afe plac e.
On lyuse genuine Mercedes-Ben z
co nn ect ion cabl es.
You canconn ect thef ollowin gdatam ediato
COMA NDviatheM edia Inte rface:
R iPod ®
R cer tain MP3 player s
i iPod ®
is ar egist ere dtrademar kofApple
Inc .,Cupertino ,California, USA.
Supp orted devices For
details andalist ofsupported devices,
visit http://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 ). Co
nne ctin gane xte rnal device
i Donot leaveexternal devicesinthe
vehi cle,astheir correct function cannotbe
gua ranteed ifthey aresubjected to
extreme temperatures,e.g.from expos ure
to dire ctsunl ight orvery lowoutsi de
tempera tures(seetheoper ating
instructio nsofthe respe ctivedevice).
Merced es-Benz USA,LLCaccep tsno
lia bil ity for dam agetoexternal devices.
Never connect morethanonedeviceata
time. Youwillotherw isenot beabletop lay
back fromtheexternal device. :
Four-p insocket for⅛inch stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players (audi oa nd vide o)
; iPod®
plu gfor connecting aniPo d®
= USB socket forconnecting anMP3 player
? Exampl eofdevi ce: iPod®
X Connect theexternal devicewith sui tabl e
socket :,;or=.
COM AND activa testhe devi ce;am essa ge
app ears .
If you remove adevice, the NoDevice Connec
ted messa
geapp ears .
i Aconnected iPod®
or MP3 players hould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control)ordirectly
on the device itselfasthis may cause
unforeseen technicaldifficulties.
i Connect ingafully discharged iPod®
or
MP3 playercan result inan exten ded
initialization period.
Malfunction messagesappearwhile the
device isbeing activated if:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
conn ected (External Device Unavailable message).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
R am ass storage device(e.g.USBstick or
USB hard disk) isconn ected tothe Media
Int erface (Please Connect The Device
To
The Other USBPort message).178
Media
Interface modeAudio

If
different sortingrulesaredefined (e.g.in
iTu nes ®
), the search iscanceled without
any resul t. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab le:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence Norm
altrack sequence: youh earthe
track sint heir normal order(e.g.numerical
or alpha betical).
R Random Medium All
the track sonthe medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList The
track sint he current lyactive category
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
play edinrandom order.
i For MP3 players, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 track schosen at
random.
X To selec taplayback option:select
Media Interface in
the basic displa yby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
The options listappea rs.The #dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtoconfirm . MP3
player instructions
Data forma ts MP3
andWMA aresupported asdata formats
with fixed andvariable bitrates (upto
320 kbits/s ).
Special considerationswhen using MP3
players Up
toeight directory levelswithupto1000
track sperdirectory aresupported.
Do not use USB exten sionleads oradapters.
They canimpair functionality. i
DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
If COMAND isequipped withaMedia
Interface, externalaudiosources are
located inthe stowage compartment inthe
center console.
i You willfind further information onlineat
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(1-800-367-6372) (fortheUSA) or
Customer Relationsat1-800-387-0100
(for Canada). Activating
audioAUXmode
When youconnect anexternal audiosource,
audio AUXisnot selected automatically.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudio AUXmode inthe
audio menu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audio menu appears. 182
Audio
AUXmodeAudioAnAUX socket isnot provided. The
You
canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
connections forthe Media Interface are
(AUX)
toCOMAND. Youwillfind the
connected usingthecorresponding cableset.
necessary
socketinthe cent erconsole
stowage compartment .

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