
:
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
SeatEntertainment
31Ataglanc e Z

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
Rear
SeatEntert ainmentAtaglance

Wirel
essheadphone s
Ove rview :
Volu mecontrol
; Tosele ctascreen forthe headpho nes
= Battery traycover
? Toswi tch the wire less headpho neson/off
A Indica torlamp, various displays (Y pag e33)
X Open bothsidesof the headpho nesand adjustthe fitofthe headpho nesbypul ling the
hea dpho neband inthe direction ofthe arrow .
Swi tchin gthe wirele ssheadphone son/
off X
Press button ?.
Dependi ngon the previ ousstate, the
hea dpho nesareswitched onoroff. To
prese rvethe batteri es,the headpho nes
au tomatica llyswi tch offifthey have not
receive dan IRsigna lfor abo utthree
minutes .
Adjusting thevolume ofthe
headphone s X
Turn volumecontrol :until thedesi red
volu mehas been set. i
Ifyou have connected wiredhea dpho nes
to arear-comp artmentscreen,youcan
adju stthe volu mebypress ingbuttons C
on the remote control(Ypag e31).
Sel ecting ascree nfor thehea dphones X
Mov epush slider; toL(lef t-han dsc ree n)
or R(rig ht-hand scree n).
Ind icat orlam p,dis pla ys The
color oftheind icat orlamp shows
whet hertheheadp honesare swit ched on or
off and indicat esthech arge levelof the
bat teries inserted. Rea
rSea tEnt ertain men t
33Ataglan ce Z

Disp
lay St
ate Gree
n The
head phonesare swit ched
on and thebat terie sare fully
ch arg ed. Red The
head phonesare swit ched
on and thebat terie sare
almo stdisc harged. No
disp lay
(dar k) The
head phonesare swit ched
of for thebat terie sare
disc harged, inser ted
in co rrec tly or notin ser ted. Connect
ingadditiona lhea dphon es You
canconn ecta na ddition alset ofwired
headphones toeach rear-compart ment
scre en(Ypage 30).Theconnection sock etis
for headphones with1/8inch stereojack
plugs andanimpedanc eof 32 ohms. Changing
batteries
Bot hthe remot econ troland thetwo sets of
wireless headphones requirebatteries.
Changing thebatt eries (Ypage 162) Rear
view camer a
The rear view camera isonly available forthe
M-Class andtheR-Class. G
War
ning!
The rear view camera ismerely anaid.
Please observe thecorr espondin gnotes in
your vehicle's Operator's Manual.
If your vehicle isequipped witharear view
camera, itsimage isautomatically relayedto
the COMAND displayifthe funct ionis
activated andyouengage reverse gear.
If the funct ionisactivated, theCOMAND
display willautomatically switchbacktothe
previously selecteddisplayassoon asyou
shift outofreverse gear. X
Press theW functionbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings and
press the9button
to conf irm.
X Select RearViewCamera and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Activation byRgear and
press
the 9button toconf irm.
The funct ionisswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status. 34
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view cameraAtaglance

1
Toshow alltraff icreports (including those
not affect ingthe route)
2 Tohave trafficreports readout,seeread-
aloud function(Ypage 73)
3 Affected roads, areasorregions (only
availab lewhen therearetraff icreports for
the route)
X To show alltraffic repor ts:use the
9:=; buttonsto select
Display AllMessages and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
You seealist ofall roads, areasandregions
for which trafficreports areavailab le,even
if the reports donot affect yourroute. X
To display arepor t:select aroad, anarea
or aregion fromthelist.
X To close thelist: press the; or=
button onceorrepeatedly. Examp
le:traffic repor t 1
Dependin gon your selection :Messages On
Route or
All Messages 2
Report 1of 1for the road affect ed
3 Beginn ingofthe affect edroute section
4 Endof the affect edroute section
5 Text ofreport
6 Road, areaorregion affectedbytraff ic
reports
C Icon forreport type,e.g.warning message
D Country code
X To scroll within themessage ortothe
next message: pressthe9 or:
button .
X To retu rntothe message list:press
the ; or= button . Read-
aloud function
The read-aloud functionisonly availab lewhile
route guidance isactive. Itreads outtraff ic
reports affectingthe curren troute. Youcan
adjust thetext reader volume (Ypage 28).
If the automatic read-aloud functionfortraff ic
reports isactivat ed,received trafficreports
are read outautomatically.
X Ifnecess ary,switch onnavigation mode
and show themenu system (Ypage 47).
X Use the9:=; buttonsto
select TMC and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press the9button toconf irm. 76
Tr
affic repor tsNavigation system

Opera
tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel Telephone
menu
Introd uction You
canoperate thetelephon eusing the
function sin the "Tele phone" menu,provided
you have connected itto the Mercedes-Benz
hands-free system.
The displa yin the "Tele phone" menudepends
on the status ofthe telephone.
X Switch onthe telephone andCOMAND.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL displa
y.
Telephone isready toreceive calls Bluetooth
®
interface telephony: whetherthe
network provider's nameisdispla yed
depends onthe telephone connected. Acc
epting acall
You may accep tacallat any time provided
the telepho neisrea dytorece ivecalls.Whe n
a cal lis incom ing,yousee thename or
tele pho nenumb erinthe multifunction
di spl ay.
X Pre ssthe 6 button onthe multifunction
stee ring wheel . Reje
cting orendin gac all
X Press the~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Cal
linganumbe rfrom theCOM AND
phone book
You may select and diala numbe rfrom the
COMAND phonebookatany time, provid ed
you rmobile phone isready toreceive calls. i
Ifyou have imported contacts
(Y page 114), youcan select thephone
book entriesofthe mobile phonebyusing
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL display
.
X Press the& or* button toopen the
phone bookinthe multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the& or* button untilthe
desired entryhas been highlighted.
The stored names aredisplay ed
alphabe tically.
i Ifyou press andhold the& or*
button forlonger thanonesecond, the
multifunct iondisplay willskip from thefifth
entr yto the first entryfound forthe next
letter. Skipping stopsassoon asyou
release thebutton again. :
Operating mode
; Name ofthe participant
X To connec tacall:press the6 button
on the multifunctio nstee ring wheel.
i Ifthe rearese ver alnum bers for this
nam e,youse ealist of sub-e ntri es.
X Pre ssthe 6 button again.
Th eCon nectingCal l... mes
sage
ap pe arsin the multifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,if it is stored inthe phon ebook .
The phon enumb erdialed isstored inthe
appropr iatecalllist.
X To exit withou tconnect ingacall: press
the ~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Operating
thetelephone usingthe multifunc tionsteering wheel
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X
Sel ect EnterFrequency and
pressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
Irre spe ctive ofthe optionused ,an inp ut
menu willap pe ar.
X Enter afreq uency using the numb erkey s.
CO MAND tunesin to the freq uency
enter ed. Wave
band Fre
quen cy AM 530
-1710 kHz FM 87.8
-107.9 MHz WB
(Weather Band ) Wea
ther report
cha nnel s i
Youcan onlyenter currently permi tted
numb ers.
i Ifyo uenter afreq uency inthe FMorAM
wa veb and swh ich isou tsid ethe freq uency
rang e,CO MAND tunesin to the next lowe r
freq uency. Sto
ring astatio n
Sto ringstati onsmanua lly The
reareten presets availabl e for each
wa veb and (FM,AM, andSatR adio).
Qui cksav e
X Pre ssand holdanum berk ey, e.g. l,
until youhear aton e.
The stationisstor ed.
Directly inthe stat ionpresets
X Press the9button whenthedisplay/
select ionwindow isactive.
or
X Select Presets in
the radio display using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
In both cases, thestationpreset sappear.
The #dot indicat esunder which preset
the curren tlyselect edstat ionisstor ed. St
ation preset s
X Select apreset usingthe9:
button sand press andhold the9button
until youhear aton e.
The stationisstor edunder thepreset .
Stor ingstat ions automat ically This
function automatic allystoresstat ions
with adequate reception.Thesearch startsat
the lowest frequenc y.Ifstat ions arefound,
COMAND storesthem startingatmemory
slot 1.Storing iscomplet ewhen thehighest
frequenc yhas been reached orwhen 10
stat ions have been found. Stations stored
manually inthe preset memory willbelost. It
is possible thatCOMAND doesnotfillall
memory slotswhen storing.
Opt ion 1
X Press the9button whenthedisplay/
select ionwindow isactive.
X Select Autosto re in
the preset menuusing
the 9: buttonsand press the9
button tocon firm.
Opt ion 2
X Select Presets in
the radio display using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select Autosto re and
press the9button
to con firm.
In both cases, COMAND searchesfor
stat ions thatcanbereceived. Youwillsee
a message tothis effec t.The available 120
Rad
iomod eAudio

i
Only usetracks withabit rate ofat least
128 kbit/s andasampling rateofat least
44.1 kHz.Lower ratescancause a
noticeable deterioration inqual ity.This is
especial lythe case ifyou have activated the
surround soundfunction.
Notes oncopyright MP3
orWMA tracks thatyoucreate orplay
back aregenerally subjecttocopyright
protection inaccordance withtheappl icable
internat ionalandnational regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, evenfor
private use,arenot permitted withoutthe
prior consent ofthe copyright holder.
Make surethatyouknow aboutthe appli cable
copyright regulations andthat youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryour
own compositions andrecordings, orifthe
copyright holderhasgranted youpermission,
these restrict ionsdonot apply .
Notes onCDs/ DVDs Discs
withcopy protect ionare not
compatible withtheaudi oCD standard and
therefore maynotbeable tobe play edby
COMAND.
There maybeplay back problems when
play ingcopied discs.Therearealarge variety
of discs, disc-writing softwareandwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplay back problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.These
CDs arenot compatible withcurrent ly
appli cable standards.
i Inmany DVDaudioalbu ms,thelast track
does notcont ainany music andtheRear
Seat Entertainment Systemswitches tothe
next disc. Thisbehavior issystem-related
and isnot amalfunction. !
Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN60908 standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND canplay back audioCDswith
the high -res oluti on surro und forma t. MUS
ICREG ISTER Ge
neral notes
Th isfunctio nisavail able ifCOMAND is
equip pedwith anintegrated harddisk.
To protect thehard drive fromdamage ,
COMAND switchesitoff atvery high
temperatures. TheMUSIC REGISTER willthen
be temporarily unavailable.
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of4G B.
! Retaint he original musicfilesinasecure
location. Anerror inCOMAND mightresult
in the loss ofthe music filesstored inthe
MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Ben zis not
liabl efor any loss ofdata. Switching
onthe MUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theh functionbutton repeatedly
until theMUSIC REGISTER isswitched on.
If there areany music files,youwillhear the
first track inthe first folder foundor MUSIC
REGISTER
139Audio Z