inst
alled andoperat edwith atleast 8inche s
(20 cm) andmore betwe enthe radiator and a
pe rso n's body (exclu ding extre mities:hands,
wri sts, feetand legs.) Co
rrec tuse
Observe thefollowing information whenusing
COMAND :
R the safety notesinthis manual
R all road trafficregulations
i Improper workonelectr oniccompon ents
or other systems (suchasradio, DVD
changer )and their software mayresult in
malfunct ionorfailure. Evensystems that
have notbeen modified couldbeaffect ed
because theelectr onicsystems are
con nect ed.Elect ronic malfunct ionscan
seriously jeopardize theoperation alsafety
of your vehicle.
i Only have work orchanges toelectr onic
compon entscarried outataqualified
specialist workshop whichhasthe
neces saryspecialist knowledge andtools
to carry outthework required. Daimler
recom mends thatyouuseanauthorized
Mercedes- BenzCenter forthis purpose. In
particular, workrelevant tosafety oron
safety-r elatedsystems mustbecarried out
at aqualified specialist workshop.
i Protec tionagainst theft:this device is
equipp edwith techn icalprovisions to
protect itagainst theft.Further information
on protect ionagainst theftcanbeobtained
from anauthorized Mercedes-Ben zCent er. Vehicle
equipment
These Operator 'sManual describe all
stan dard andoption alequipment available
for your vehicle atthe time ofgoing toprint .
Country- specificdeviations arepossible.
Please notethat your vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Thisincludes
safety-related systems and
func tions.The equipment inyour vehicle may
ther efore differ fromsome ofthe descript ions
or illustration s.The original purchase
agreement listsallsystems installed inyour
vehicle. Contactana uth orizedMer cedes-
Ben zCent erifyou have anyquestions about
equipment oroperation . Function
restrictions
For safety reasons, someCOMAND functions
are rest rictedorunavailable whilethevehicle
is in motion .You will notice this, forexample,
because youwilleither notbeable toselect
cert ainmenu itemsorbecause COMAND will
display amessage tothis effect .
To protec tthe integrated harddisk, COMAND
deactivates itat very high temperatures and
at extr eme altitudes. Thefollowing functions
will betemporarily unavailable:
R navigation system
R Voice Control System
R address book
R MUSIC REGISTER 12
Introduction
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
outgoing phonecalls 36
Tim
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
37Systemsettings
X
Sel ect Individualizationon and
press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Indi vidualizati onisacti vate dO or
de acti vate dª. Blue
tooth®
se tting s Gen
eral informati onabo ut
Blue tooth®
Blu etoo th®
techno logy isthe stand ardfor
sho rt-rang ewi rel ess data trans missiono fup
to appro xim ately10 mete rs.Blueto oth ®
can
be used toexch angevC ards ,for example.
Bluetooth ®
is aregistered trademark ofthe
Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group (SIG)Inc. Conditions
foraBluet ooth ®
connection
You canconnectmobile phones, laptopsand
PDA swith COMAND.
To do so, the following conditionsneed tobe
met:
R Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, needtocomply withacert ain
profile inorder tobe conn ected to
COMAND (Ypage 95).Every Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown specific Bluetooth ®
name.
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe respect iveBluetooth ®
device;
see theseparate operating instructions.
R The Bluetooth ®
device mustbe"visible" to
COMAND inorder forCOMAND tofind and
display it.For thesettingprocedures,
please seetheoperating instructions for
the Bluetooth ®
device. i
Once amobile phonehasbeen
conn ected, reception andtrans mission
volume maychange.
i Further informat iononsuitable mobile
phones andonconn ectin gBluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND is
availa bleonthe Internet at
htt p://www.mbusa- mobile.comorby
phone fromtheMercedes-B enzCustomer
Assist anceCenter under1-800-FOR-
MERCedes (1-800-367-6372 )(US) orfrom
Customer Relations under
1-800 -387-0100 (Canada). Activating/
deactivating Bluetooth®
X Press theW button.
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings in
the system menuusing
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth and
press the9button
to confirm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on O oroff ª. Conn
ecting Bluetooth ®
device s
Before usingyourBluetooth ®
device with
COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed to
conn ectit.
Connectin gcomprises:
R searching foraBluetooth ®
device
R authorizing theBluetooth ®
device
i You canconn ectuptoten devices to
COMAND.
You canobtain moredetailed information
abou tsuit able mobilephon esand about
co nn ecting Blue tooth®
-c apable mobile
phon estoCOMA NDfrom your authorized
Mer cedes- BenzCen teror on theIn te rn et 40
Bluetoot h®
set tingsSys tem settings
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
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ionsystem
X
To start route calculati on:sel ect Start and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe point
of interest shouldbeused asthe
destination.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
route calculation begins.
If you select No ,
you can select anew point
of interest . Route
guidance General
notes G
Warning!
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 maygiveincorrec tdriving
recommen dationsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorrespond tothe actual
condition s,e.g. theroad layou thas chang ed.
For this reas on,you must always observeth e
res pec tiveroad andtraff icrules and
reg ulatio nsdurin gyour journ ey. Road and
tr aff icrules andregulatio nsalways have
prio rityove rsyst em drivin g
rec omm endat ions.
Rout eguidan cebegi nsonce aroute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 51).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destinat ionby
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated route,
COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
informat ion,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents .
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
avoided forroute guidance. Switching
betweenthefull-screen
map andthechange-of-dir ection
display
X Press theß button .
COMAND switchestothe respect ive
display . Changing
direction
Introdu ction Changes
ofdirection havethree phases:
R Preparation phase
R Ann ouncemen tphase
R Change-of- directionphase
Prepa ration phase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Themap canbeseen inthe
full- scree ndisplay. Rou
teguid ance
65Navigat ionsyst em Z
direct
ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atte ntion from driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t.
Repea tingnavigat ionannouncement s i
Audible navigationannoun cementsare
muted duringatelephon ecall.
If you have missed anannoun cement,you can
call upthe curren tannoun cementat any
time.
X To show themenu: presstheØ
func tion butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
Switching navigationannouncement s
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannoun cement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The drivin
ginstru ctions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press theØ function
butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
i COMAND automaticallyswitch esthe
navigat ionannoun cementsback onwhen:
R itreceiv esRDS- TMC trafficreport s
during dynamic routeguidance and
recalculate sthe route accordingly
(Y page 51).
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengin e. Redu
cingvolume during anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volumeofan active radioof vide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainmenu barusing the
9=; buttonsand press the9
button tocon firm.
X Select Audio Fadeout and
press the9
button tocon firm.
The func tion isswitch edon O oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status.
Sett ingthe volume manually X
Adj ust the volume usingtheqcon trol
kn ob during anavigation announcement.
or
X Select +inthe map view withthemenu
shown andadjust thevolume usingthe
q con trol knob. Nav
igation system displaysinthe
mult ifunction display
Calling upthe navigat ionsystem menu X
Press theV orU button repeatedly
until Navi appears
inthe display.
The view inthe multifunc tiondisplay depends
on whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
Rout eguida nceisinactive: thedirect ionof
travel and,ifkn own, thename ofthe road you
are curren tlytravelin galong areshown inthe
multifunc tiondisplay.
Rout eguida nceisactive: thedisplay inthe
multifunc tiondisplay depends onwhether a
change ofdirect ionisannoun cedornot .
When achange ofdirect ionisannoun ced,you
see anicon forthe change andavisual
represen tationofthe distanc e.The distanc e
indicat orshort enstowards thetop ofthe
display asyou approach thepoint ofthe
announ cedchange ofdirect ion. Rout
eguida nce
69Navigation system Z
Cha
nging thelang uage ofthecha racter
bar X
Sel ect B andpres sth e9 button.
X Sel ect thedesir edlang uage.
Cha nging thecha racter setofthe
cha racter bar X
Sel ect p andpres sth e9 buttonto
co nfirm .
The charac ters et changes eachtimeyou
make thisselect ion.
Selecting anentry directly fromthelist When
theselect ionisclear, COMAND
switch esautomatic allytothe list. You can
switch tothe listatany time during charact er
ent ry.
X Press the9 button repeatedly orpress
and hold the9button untilthecharact er
bar disappears.
or
X Select ¬andpress the9button to
con firm.
X To select anentry :press the9
or : repeatedly untilthedesired entry
is highlighted andpress the9button to
con firm.
To select aphone number: ifan entry
contains morethanonephone numbe r,this
is indi cated bythe Gicon.
X Select aphone bookentry withtheGicon
and press the9button toconfirm.
The sub-entries appear. TheGicon
changes toI.
X Select asub -entry using the :9
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X To return tothe phone bookwi th
characte rbar: selectBack in
the listand
press the9button toconfirm.
or
X Press thek button. Di
splayi ngdetails aboutanentry
X Select anentry inthe listusi ng the
9: buttons.
X Select Option s usi
ng the ; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Detail s and
press the9button to
confirm.
The detai ledview appears .
X To clo sethe detaile dview: press the
= or; buttonorthe k back
butt on. Deleting
anentr yfrom theph one
book
If the entrycon sistsexc lusively ofphon e
number s,itis deleted bothfrom thephon e
book andfrom theaddress book.
If ther eis addition aldata included alongwith
the phon enumber ,e.g. anavigable
dest ination, theentryisdelete dfrom the
phon ebook butretained inthe address book.
X Selec tan ent ryinthe listusing the
9: buttons.
X Selec tOptio ns using
the; buttonand
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDelet e and
press the9butt onto
con firm .
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted in
accordance withtherules described above.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Creating
anew entry inthe phone
book
X Press the9 button inthe phone book
repeatedly untiltheselection listappea rs. Using
thephone book
105Telephone Z