
COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Display
settings Sett
ingthe bright ness
The brightn essdetec tedbythe display light
sensor affectsthe settingoption sfor this
func tion.
X Press theW button .
X Select Setting s by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Brightn ess and
press Wto
con firm. X
Adj ust the brightn essbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Display
design
Your COMAND displayfeatures optimized
designs foroperation duringtheday and at
night .You can setthe design bymanually selecting
dayornight design oropt foran
automatic setting.
X Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Display and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
A dot indicates thecurrent setting. Design Explanat
ion Day
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto day
design. Night
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto night
design. Automatic In
the Automatic sett
ing, COMAND
evaluates thereadings
from theautomatic
vehicle lightsensor and
switches betweenthe
display 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 41). 40
Tim
esettingsSystem settings

i
The following navigation systemfunctions
require thetime, timezoneand summer/
standard timetobe set correc tlyinorder
to work properly:
R route guidance onroutes withtime-
dependent trafficguidance
R calculation ofexpect edtime ofarrival Setting
thetime
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select SetTime and
press Wtoconf irm. X
Set thetime byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The time isaccepted. Setting
thetime/da teform at
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Format and
press Wtoconf irm.
The #symbols showthecurren tsett ings. Abbreviat
ion Meaning
DD /
MM /
YY Day/Mon
th/Year
(date format ) HH /MM Hours/
Minutes
(time format ) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/ PM
format . X
Set theformat byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Sett
ingthe timezone andswitching
between summerand stand ardtime
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Time Zone and
press Wtocon firm.
You willsee alist oftime zones.The #dot
indicat esthe curren tsett ing.
X Select thetime zoneand press Wto
con firm.
X To switch automat icchangeover on/
off: select Auto. Dayligh tSavings Time
On or
Auto. Dayligh tSavings Time
Off by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The #dot indicat esthe curren tsett ing. Fuel
consumpt iondispla y Overview
Depen dingonthe vehicle equipment, the
COMAND displayshowsfuelconsumption .
If your vehicle isadual energy vehicle andthe
inst alled engin evariant supports it,you can
call upother displays (seetheseparate
operatin ginst ruct ions). Fuel
consumpt iondispla y
41System settings

during
voicecontroloperation andthe
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X Press theW button.
X Select Settin gs by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select HelpWindow and
press Wto
con firm.
You have switchedthehelp window on
O oroff ª. Individu
alization
Intr oduct ion You
canusethe<0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV function to
fine tune theVoice ControlSyst emtoyour
voice andtherefore improve voice
recog nition. This means thatother users'
voices willnotberecog nized aseasily, and
ther efore thisfunc tion canbedeactiv ated
(Y page 44).
Indiv idualization comprisestwoparts and
tak esapproximat elyfive minut es.Itcon sists
of train ingthe system torecog nizeacert ain
number ofdigit sequenc esand voice
comm ands.
Sta rting new individu alization Indiv
idualization canonly bestart edwhen the
vehicle isstat ionary. Beforestart ing,switc h
off alldevices orfunc tionswhich could int
erfer e,such asthe radio orthe navigat ion
system. Afterstart ingthe session ,the system
guides youthrough thetrain ingwith spoken
inst ruct ions.
X Press theW button.
X Select Settin gs by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select Start NewIndivi dualization and
press Wtocon firm.
You seeand hear aprompt askingwhether
you would likefurther infor mation .
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select No ,
the first part of
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whether youwould liketotrain digits or
voice comm ands.
If you select Yes ,
you willsee and hear
infor mation onthe <0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
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then begins automatic ally.
X To close thedispla y:press Wthe
COMAND controller.
You willbeasked whether youwould like
to train digits orvoice comm ands. At
the end ofthe first part, aprompt will
appear askingwhether youwish tobegin the
secon dpart. Voice
Control Systemsett ings
43Systemsett ings

Acti
vating/d eactivating Blu eto oth ®
X Pre sstheW button.
The systemmen uappear s.
X Se lec tSet tin gs by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tAct iva teBluetooth and
press
W toconfirm .
This switches Blue tooth®
on O oroff ª. Set
ting thesys tem langua ge
This function allows youtodet erm inethe
lan guage forthemen udisp lays andthe
nav igat ionann oun cemen ts.T he navigation
announcemen tsare not availa bleinall
language s.Ifalanguage isnot availa ble,the
navigation announcemen tswill beinEnglish.
The selected language affectsthecharacters
availa bleforentr y.
When yousetthe system language ,the
language ofthe Voice Control System will
change accordingly. Ifthe selected language
is not supported bythe Voice Control System,
English willbeselected.
X Press theW button.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Language and
press Wtoconfirm .
The listoflanguage sappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent setting. X
Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
COMAND loadstheselected language and
sets it. Assign
ingthe favorites button
This funct ionisavaila ble,e.g. forthe M-Class.
Depending onthe vehicle equipment, youcan
assign oneortwo favorites buttons.Theyare
located onthe left (one favorites button
installed) oron the left and right (twofavorites
buttons installed) besidetheCOMAND
cont roller (Ypage 19).
You canselect thefollowing predefined
funct ionsinamenu:
R Display On/Off :
you can switch the
displa yoff oron.
R Full Screen: 'Clock' :y
ou can show the
clock infull screen .
R Full Screen: 'Map' :y
ou can show the
map infull screen .
R Spoken Driving Tip :y
ou can callupthe
current drivingrecomm endation.
R Display Traffic Messages :y
ou can call
up traffic reports.
R Navigate Home :
you can start route
guidance toyour home address ifyou have
already enteredand saved theaddress
(Y page 57).
R Detour Menu :y
ou can callupthe Detour
menu andthen avoid asection ofthe route
and recalculate theroute (Ypage 82).
R Compass Screen :y
ou can callupthe
compass.
X To assign afavorite sbutton: pressthe
W button.
X Sele ctSettin gs by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOM AND controll erand press
W toconfirm. As
sig nin gthe favorite sbutton
45Systemsettin gs

!
Never remove thestick orcard when
writing datatothe USB stick orthe memory
card Youmay otherwise losedata. Reset
function
You canreset COMAND tothe factory
settings. Amongotherthings, thiswilldelete
all personal COMAND data(e.g.station
presets, entriesinthe destination memory
and inthe listofprevious destinations inthe
navigation system,address bookentries).
Resetting isrecommended beforesellingor
transferrin gownership ofyour vehicle, for
example.
Data onthe internal harddrive, e.g.music
files inthe MUSIC REGISTER, willbedeleted.
You canalso delete musicfilesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER usingthe"Delete allmusic
files" (Ypage 170)function.
X Press theW function button.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Reset and
press Wtoconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to reset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
a prompt willappear again
asking whether youreally wishtoreset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
a message willbeshown.
COMAND isreset andrestart ed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Reset
function
47Systemsettings

fact
that certain menuitemsaregray edout
and cannot besele cted.
The followi ngentries arenot possi ble,for
examp le:
R entering thedesti nation cityand street
R entering adesti nation viathe map
R entering points ofinterest inthe vicini tyof
a city orvia aname search
R edi ting entries
R usi ng the numbe rkeyp adfor dire ctentry
Other entries arepossi ble,such asentering
poi nts ofinterest inthe vicini tyof the
desti nation orcurrent position.
Address escan beentered viathe Voice
Control System (seethesepa rateOpera ting
Instructions) whilethe vehi cleisin motion. Swi
tchin gto navig ation mode
Option 1
X Press theØ function button.
The map isdisp layed with themenu either
show norhidden .
Opt ion 2
X Selec tNavi in
the main function barby
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
The map isdisplayed withthemen ushown . Map
showin gthe men u;rout eguidan ceinac tive
: Status bar
; Main function bar =
Curre ntveh icle posit ion
? Navi gation men ubar Map
withoutthemen u;rout eguidan ceinac tive
: Curre ntveh icle posit ion
; Map orientatio nselected
= Map scale select ed
"Route guidance active"meansthatyouhave
ent ered adestin ationandthat COMAND has
calculated theroute. Thedisplay showsthe
route, changes ofdirect ionand lane
recom mendat ions.Navigation
announ cementsguide youtoyour
destin ation.
"Route guidance inactive"means thatno
destin ationhasbeen entered andthat no
route hasbeen calculated. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
con troller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressWtocon firm.
or
X Press the% backbutton .
The map canbeseen inthe full-scr een
display.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller whenthemap isshown infull-
screen display. Introd
uction
51Navigation Z

Setting
thenumber ofpersons inthe
vehicle forthe use ofcarpool lanes For
route calculation, youcan take HOV or
carpool lanesintoaccount.
If you useHOV orcarpool lanes,please
observe theappli cable lawsaswell asthe
local andtime limitation conditions.
Carpool lanesmayonlybeused under certain
condition s.Normally youcan usethese lanes
when twopeople aretraveling inthe vehicle.
However, therearelanes thatcanonly be
used when threeorfour people (e.g.inNew
York) travel inthe vehicle. InCali fornia, lone
drivers canuseacarpool laneiftheir vehicle's
emission level/fuel consumptionisbelow a
fixed threshold.
Carpool lanesmaybereserved forspecific
times (e.g.during thepeak period).
Carpool lanesareidentified byHOV symbols
on special roadsigns andbymarkings onthe
road. Onthe road signs, youmay alsoseethe
word CARPOOL .T
he lanes arearranged asa
separate lanenext tothe others orare built
as aphysicall yseparate lane.
Depending upontheNumber of Occupants
in
Vehicle settin
g,COMAND usesHOVor
carpool laneswhen calculating aroute.
COMAND thenguides youwith visual and
acoustic drivinginstruct ionsonto oraway
from HOVorcarpool lanes.
X In the Route Settings menu, selectNumber of
Occupants inVehicle by
turning
cVd theCOMAND controller. X
Press Wthe COMAND controller. X
Select 1 ,
2 or
More than2 by
turning
cVd andconfirm bypressing W.
The #dot indicates thecurrent setting. Destination
entry Introduction
todestination entry G
WARNING
For safety reasons, onlyenter anew
destination whenthevehicle isstationary.
You could otherwise bedistracted fromthe
traffic condition s,cause anaccident and
injure yourself andothers.
The following destination entryoptions are
availa ble:
R enterin gadestination byaddress
R enterin gadestination fromthedestination
memory
R enterin gadestination fromthelistoflast
destinations
R enterin gadestination usingthemap
R enterin gadestination usinggeo-
coordinates
R enterin gan intermediate stop
R enterin gway points
R enterin gapoint ofinterest
R enterin gapersonal pointofinterest
R enterin gadestination using"Search &
Send" Des
tinat ionentry
53Navigat ion Z

R
Last States/Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinces (Canada) X
To sele ctalist :turn cVd theCOMAN D
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
The listofselect edstat es/pr ovinces
appears.
X To select astate/ province :tur ncVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
The addre ssentry menu appe arsag ain. The
sta te/p rovince selecte dha snow been
ente red.
En teri ngthe city X
Sel ect City in
the addre ssentry menu by
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo uwi llsee thecity list either with the
cha racter bar(option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:city listwith thechara cterbar
X En ter NEW YORK .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact erscan befound inthe "Ent ering
charact ersinnavigation mode(enterin ga
city)" section (Ypage 28). Option
2:city listasselection list City
list
X Select anentr yby turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
conf irmyour selection.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
city hasnow been entered.
Entering astr eet name X
Select Street in
the address entrymenu
by turnin gcVd andsliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
You willsee thestreet listeither withthe
charact erbar (option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:street listwith chara cterbar
X En ter BROADWAY .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact ersusing cityinput asan example
can befound inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
navigation mode(enterin gac ity)" section
(Y page 28). Opt
ion 2:str eet listasselection list Destina
tionentry
55Navigat ion Z