2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class display

the
daily for eca stissho wn, brieflypre ssa
num berk ey, such asl.
The weather dataofthe select edarea is
shown. Weat
hermap
Calling upthe weather map X
Select Map in
the infor mation chartby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The weather mapappears inthe 500 km
scale. Weather
map(example)
i For themap display, youcan activat ethe
topogr aphicmapstyle (Ypage 103).
Moving theweather map X
Slide XVY, ZVÆoraVb theCOMAND
con troller.
The weather mapmoves inthe
corr espondin gdirect ionunder the
cross hair.
Changing thescale X
As soon asyou turn cVd theCOMAND
con troller, youseethescale bar.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. Showing/hiding
themenu inthe
weather map X
To show: pressWthe COMAND controller
in the weather map. X
To hide: slideupZV theCOMAND
con troller .
Selecting aweather stationinthe map X
Move theweather mapandcross hairtothe
desired position (Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The menu isshown.
X Confirm Display Weather by
pressing
W.
COMAND receivestheweather dataforthe
select edposition fromthenearest weather
stat ionand displays itautomatic allyasa
daily forecast. 200
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Switching
layersonthe map on/off You
canswitch ondiffering layers,for example todisplay therain radar, weather frontsand
the course oftropical stormsonthe map.
X Display themenu onthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select thelayer byturn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆtheCOMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
Switc hthe display onO oroff ª.
Explana tion Layer Map
displa y Selectable
scales Radar
Map Shows
therain radar asacolored areaonthe map,
for anexplanat ionofthe colors, seethe"Legend"
sect ion(Ypage 204). All
Storm
Charact
eristic s Shows
thecharact eristicsof astor m
Character isticsare:
R torn adic storm:
stor mcellwith strong winds (super cells),from
which atorn ado (also know astwist er)can
develop.
R cyclon e:
stor mcells, fromwhich atorn adic stormcan
develop
R hailstorm
R the likelihood ofahailstorm All
Atmosph
eric Pressur
e Shows
theposition ofhigh andlow-pressure areas
(H, L),weather frontsand isobars 200
km,500 km SIRIUS
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Layer Ma
pdisp lay Select
able
scales Tro
pical Sto
rmTracks Sho
wsthepath /directionalmov emen tspeed ofa
tro pical stormwith time andstrengt hinfor mation All
Winds Shows
thewind direct ionand wind speed 5
km There
areanumber ofillustrate dexamples inthe following section.
Sam pledispla ysofweather datain the
ma p Rain
radar
The Radar Map display
layerisactiv ated
(Y page 201)and weather dataisavailable. Weather
mapshowing therain radar
The precipit ationradar legend canbecalled
up at(Y page 204).
Stor mchar acter istics
The Storm Characteristics display
layer
is activ ated (Ypage 201)and weath erdata is
av ailabl e. We
ath erma psho wing aha ilstor mandtorna dic
storm swi th the path and directi onalmove ment
spe ed(examp le) Wea
ther map showing aha ilstorm (examp le)
The storm sle gend canbecalled up
(Y page 204) .
Di spl aying additi onalinformati on
X Sli de XVY ,ZVÆ oraVb theCOMAND
control lerand move thecros shaironto a
corre sponding symbo l.
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. 20
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Weather
mapwithinform ationonacyclone
(example)
The following informationisshown (if
availabl e):
R categor yof the tropic alstorm
R date andtime ofobservation (timestamp)
R direct ionalmovemen tspeed andpath
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellmoves.
Weat herfront s
The Atmosph ericPressur e display
layeris
activat ed(Ypage 201)and weather datais
available. Weather
mapshowing theposition ofhigh andlow-
pressure areas(H,L),weather frontsand isobars
(example)
i Isobars arelines thatshow where theair
pressure isthe same. Weather
fronts(legend)
: Cold front(blue linewith blue triangles)
; Warm front(red line with redsemi-circl es)
= Stationary front(red-b lueline with red
semi-circl esand bluetriangl es)
? Occlusi on(vio letline with aviol etsemi-
circle andtriangl es) Weather
front Explan
ation Col
dfront If
acold front moves in,the
wea ther remai nschangea ble
and there areoften rain
show ersand thunderstorms .
The airtempera ture
decrea ses. Warm
front This
canmean longer periods
of rain andcanleadto an
increase inclou dcover anda
slow increase intempera ture. Stationary
front The
weather front moves
minima lly.T he weather
remains changeable inthis
area. Occlusion This
occurs whenafaster cold
front reaches anadvancing
warm frontandcombines
with it.The weather remains
changeable andrainy within
an occlusion. SIRIUS
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Path
oftrop icalstorm s
The Tropical StormTracks display
layer
is activated (Ypage 201)andweather datais
availa ble.
Symbol ?shows thecurrent position ofthe
tropical cyclone.
Ad ashed linesho wsthepat htodate andthe
predicted pathofthe cyclone.
More inform ation;can beshown onthe
following positions:
R positions ofprevious path=
R current position ?
R positions onthe predicted routewith
inform ationondate :
X In the map, slideXVY, ZVÆoraVb the
COMAND controller andslide thecrosshair
to ; or=.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. Weather
mapshowing thepath ofatropical low-
pressure areaandfurther informat ion(example)
Showing information;(ifavaila ble):
R name ofthe tropical stormandcategory
R time stamp
R direction almovemen tspeed andpath
(Wind )
R maximum windspeed (Max. WindSpeed )
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellofatropic al
stor mmoves.
At ropica lstorm issepa rated intodiffere nt
categori esaccordi ngtothe loca tion atwhi ch
it devel ops. Regi
onof
origi n Categ
ory Atlantic,
North and
South Pacific
Oceans Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
RainZone Tropical
Storm Hurrican
eCategory 1 to
Hurrican eCategory 5
Northwes
t
Paci fic Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
Cyclone Typhoon
Super-Ty
phoon Wind
directi onsand windspee ds Wea
ther map showing wind directi onsand wind
spe eds (exa mple)
Le ge nd (pre cipitati onradar andstorms) X
Disp laythe menu onthe weathe rmap
(Y page 200).
X Sel ect Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll erand pres sW to
co nfirm .
X Sel ect Legend and
pres sW toconfirm . 204
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i
The symbol foratorn adic storm isalso
valid foracyclone (mesocyclone). Precipita
tiontype Color
scale Rain Seven
colorlevels
from light(light
green) toheavy (red) Mixed Light
(light violet) to
heavy (violet) Snow Light
(light
turquoise) toheavy
(turquoise) Time
stamp The
time stamp shows whentheweather data
was created bythe weather station.
X Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Timestamp and
press Wto
conf irm. The
time stamps correspon dto the time at
the vehicle's currentposition. Thechange
over from summer timetostandard timeis
performed automatically.
Changing tothe informa tionchart X
Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Display Weather and
press Wto
conf irm. SIRIUS
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A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don /o ff(fo rcorded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atatime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sin the rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg eth est art er
bat tery.
X Poin tth erem oteco ntrol attherear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) 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 :buttonson the
rem otecon trol and pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDslot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jackfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan befound onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
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informationRearSeatEntert ainment System

Cord
lessheadphones
Over view :
Volum eco ntrol
; Select sa sc ree nfor the headphones
= Batt erycompart mentcover
? Switches thecordless headphones on/off
A Indicat orlamp withvarious displays(Y page 211)
X Open bothsides ofthe headphones andadjust thefitofthe headphones bypulling the
headphone bandinthe direction ofthe arrow.
Switching thecordless headphones
on/off X
Press button ?.
Dependin gon the previous status,the
headphones areswitched onoroff. Tosave
the battery, theheadphones areswitched
off automatically ifthey donot receive an
audio signal within threeminutes.
Adjust ingthe volume ofthe
headp hones X
Turn volume control: until thedesired
volume hasbeen set. i
Ifyou have connected corded
headphones toarear-com partment
screen ,you can adjust thevolume by
pressing buttonsC onthe remote control
(Y page 209).
Selecting 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 pdis 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. Gener
alinfor mation
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