2011 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class light

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X Select Audio again
usingthe9 button
and press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press the9button tocon firm Radio .
The radio basic display appears showing
the previously selectedwaveband (FMin
the example). Calling
upthe stat ionlist X
Select Radio using
the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The radio menu appears. Station List is
highlighted. X
Confirm Station List by
pressing the
9 button .
The stationlistappears. X
Select astat ionusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The select edstat ionisplayed. Theradio
basic display appears. Entering
characters innavigat ion
mode (entering acity' sname)
Gen eral information The
followi ngsectio ndescribes howtoent er
charact ersusing cityinput forMODEL CITY as
an example.
If you want touse theaddress inputmenu
(Y page 49)toent eracity, astr eet ora
house number, forexample, COMAND
provides eitheralist with acharact erbar
(Option 1)or aselect ionlist(Option 2).
You canenterthe charact ersusing either the
charact erbar orthe number pad.Inthe 22
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selection
list,you select anentry tocopy itto
the address inputmenu.
Option 1:city listwith character bar X
Cal lup the city listwith character bar
(Y page 49).
The alpha betically sortedcitylistshows the
first available entries. :
Chara cterbar
Entering characters usingthecharacter
bar
X Select M using
the=;9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select O and
press the9button to
confirm. :
Chara ctersentered bythe user: MO ;
Chara ctersautomaticall yadded by
COMAND: DELCITY =
List entry thatmost closely resembles the
user's current entry
? Toswitch tothe selection list
A Todelete anentry B
Chara ctersnotcurrently available for
selection
C Chara cterscurrently available for
selection
D Chara cterbar
E Currently selectedcharacter
F Tocancel anentry
G List
List Gshows allexisting citynames
beginning withMO .T
he list entr ymost closely
resembling theuser's current entry= is
alwa yshighlighted atthe top ofthe list
(MODEL CITY in
the example).
All characters currentlyentered bythe user
are shown inblack (MO :
inthe example).
Lett ersadded byCOMAND areshown ingray
(DEL CITY ;
inthe example).
Character barDshows theletters still
availa bleforselection inblack D.These can
be selected. Inthe example, theletter I is
highlighted G.Whichcharacters remain
availa bledepends onthe characters already
entered bythe user andonthe data stored in
the digital map.Characters thatarenolonger
availa bleare shown ingray C.
X Select D ,
E ,
L ,
C ,
I ,
T ,
and Y one
byone,
confirm ingeach onebypressing the9
button.
Entering character susing thenumber
keypad
X Press number keyÀ oncetoenter the
letter M .
Once abutton hasbeen pressed, the
character displayappea rsat the bottom of
the displa y.The first availa bleletter is
highlighted.
You seewhich characters youcan enter with
that button. Eachtimethebutton ispressed,
the next character isselected. Operat
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Exam
ple wi th À:
R pre ssonce =M
R pre sstwi ce =N
R press three times =O
X Wait untilthecharact erdisplay goesout.
The entries matc hingyour input areshown
in the list.
X En ter O ,
D ,
E ,
L ,
CI ,
T ,
and Y using
the
corr espondin gkeys.
Furt herfunctions inthe listwith
chara cterbar X
To delete achara cter:select the2
icon atthe bott omright inthe charact erbar
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
or
X Press the2 button .
X To delete anentry :select 2andpress
and hold the9button untiltheentireent ry
has been deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
ent ireent ryhas been deleted.
X To switch thechara cterset:select
B andpress the9button tocon firm.
This switches betweentheLatin andthe
Cyrillic charact erset.
X To cancel anentry :select the& icon in
the bott omleft ofthe charact erbar and
press the9button tocon firm.
or
X Press thek button .
The address inputmenu appears.
X To accept thefirst listentry :press and
hold the9button untiltheaddress input
menu appears.
The accept edlist entryappears. Calling
upthe listasas election list Sele
ctthedesir edcityfrom theselec tionlist .
If the reare sever alent ries foracit yor if
sever alcit ies ofthe same name arestored,
the n¬ ishighligh tedinthe char acterbar.
X Press the9butt on.
It is also possible toswitc hthe listofcit ies to
the selec tionlistatany timedurin gchar acter
input .
X Press the9 buttonrepeat edlyuntilthe
cit ylist appears asaselec tionlist.
or
X Selec tthe ¬ iconinthe character bar
using the;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
Option 2:city listasselec tionlist COMAND
eithershows theselection list
automatically oryou can callupthe selection
list from thelistwith character bar.
The example showstheselection listafter the
city DENT has
been entered. Theentryis
highlighted automatically . X
Select alist entr yusing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
The address inputmenu appears.You can
now enter astreet ,for example. 24
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Display
; IRrec eiver diod es Remo
tecontro l
Ov erv iew :
Toswitch thescre enon/o ff
; Toswitch thebutton ligh ting on/o ff =
Toselect the scre enfor rem oteopera tion
? Toselect the menu ormenu item
A Toconfi rmthe selectio nor setting
B Toswitch soundon/o ff(onw ired
headphon es)
C Toadjust thevolume (forwired
headphon es)
D Toskip atrack ,fast forward/r ewind
E Toselec ta track ,direc tent ry
F Toexit amen u(back )
Selecting ascree nfor rem oteoper ation The
remoteco ntrol allows youtooper ateone
of thetwo rear-comp artmen tsc ree ns.To do
so, you willneed toswit chtherem oteco ntrol
to theco rrespo nding scree n.
X To sele cttheleft -hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"REA RL" is
high light edinthewin dow.
X To sele cttherig ht-hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"REA RR" is
high light edinthewin dow.
Swit chingth escr een on/off If
th eSm artKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ign ition lock(see vehicle Operator's Manual),
or the SmartKey isnot inserted, thescreens
in the rear willswitch offafter 30minutes.
Before thescreens switchoff,they show a
message tothis effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery.
X Point theremote controlatthe rear-
compartment screenwhichhasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i The screen canonly beswitched onusing
the remote controlwhen theignition is
switched on. Rear
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Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous state,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
15 seconds, thebutton lighting switches
off automatically.
Switching thesound on/off (wired
headp hones only) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctamen u/m enuitemusin gth e
=;9 :buttonsand pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks
The CD/ DVDdriv eis locat edinthecen ter
behin dth efron tseats. :
CD/D VDslot
; AUX, right-hand (R)jack foraudio signal
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
? AUX, jackforvideo signal (V)
A CD/D VDejec tbutton
The AUX jacksshown arethose forthe drive
AUX. Identicaljack scan befound onthe
right- hand sideofthe rear-c ompartm ent
screen s(display AUX)(Ypage 30). 32
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Vehi
cle equi pmen t
i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Display
settings Setting
thebrightness
The brightn essdetect edbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoptions forthis
funct ion.
X Press theW button .
X Select Settings using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Brightness and
press the9
button toconf irm. :
Current setting
X Adjust thebrightn essusing the9:
button sand press the9, = ork
button toconf irm. Display
design
X Press theW button . X
Select Settings using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The äicon indicates thecurrent setting.
i When theAutomatic sett
ingisselected,
COMAND evaluatesthereadings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switches betweenthedisplay designs
automatically. Time
settings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS reception ,COMAND
automatically setsthetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minute
increm ents,but thedate cannotbe changed.
i Ifyou setthe time in30- minute
increm ents,any time zonesett ings and
sett ings forchanging betweensummerand
standard timearelost (Ypage 37).
If your vehicle isnot equipped witha
navigation system,youcan setthe minutes
exact ly.
i The following functionsrequire thetime,
time zoneand summer/st andardtimeto
be set correc tlyinorder towork properly:
R route guidance onroutes withtime-
dependent trafficguidance
R calculation ofexpect edtime ofarrival
R time informat ionforreceived and
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esettingsSystem settings

To
setthe time
X Pre ssthe W button.
X Sel ect Time us
ing the :=;
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Set Time and
pressthe 9button
to confi rm. :
Tosetthe time
; Current date
X Set thetime using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The following operational stepsdepend on
whether thenavigation systemhasGPS
reception. Setting
thetime/dat eforma t
X Press theW button.
X Select Time using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
X Select Format and
press the9button to
confirm . Abbreviation Meaning
DD /MM /YYYY Day/Month/
Year
(date format) HH /MM Hours/Minutes
(time format) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/PM
format. X
Select aformat usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm . Setting
thetime zone andswitching
betwee nsumm erand standa rdtime
X To set atime zone: presstheW button.
X Selec tTime using
the:=;
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tTime Zone and
press the9butt on
to con firm .
The coun try list appears. The#dot
indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec tthe countr yyou arepresently in
using the9: buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
Depending onthe countr yyou select, a
time zonelist may alsoappear.
X Select atime zoneusing the9:
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
Further stepsdepend onwhether the
navigation systemcurrentlyhas GPS
reception andonwhich countryyou have
selected.
You have thefollowing twooptions:
X To change manually:select Daylight Saving
Time(Summer) or
Standard Time (Winter) and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X To switch automat icchangeover on/
off: select Auto. Daylight Saving Time
On or
Auto. Daylight Saving Time Off using
the9: buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
The #dot indicates thecurrent setting.
i Ifyou have switched offthe automatic
changeover function,youmust change
from summer tostandard timeandvice
versa manually using"Settime"
(Y page 37). Tim
esettings
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Vehi
cle equi pmen t
i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Introdu
ction Safety
note G
War
ning!
For safety reasons, onlyenter anew
destination whenthevehicle isstation ary.
You may otherwise bedistract edfrom the
traffic conditions,cause anaccident and
injure yourself andothers.
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following, forexample:
R traffic lights
R stop andgive waysigns
R parking orstopping restrictions
R lane narrowing
R other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
COMAND maygiveincorr ectdriving
recommen dationsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorrespon dto the actual
condit ions.Forexample, aroute mayhave
been diverted orthe direction ofaone-way
street mayhave changed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve the
respect iveroad andtraffic rulesand
regulations duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority oversystem driving
recommen dations. G
War
ning
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s. Consulting
thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system In
vehicles forcert aincount ries,the
navigation systemisnot operational
immediately afterdelivery because thedigital
map isnot pre-inst alled.
You willbenot ified ofthis when switching to
navigation modebythe following display
message:
Please insertthemapDVDto activate
Navigation. X
To install themap software: proceedas
described inthe "Updating thedigital map"
section (Ypage 89).
The navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestor ed.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gstother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactiv eabove avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe 46
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oduct ionNavigat ionsystem