2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Camera

Settings Time Consumption Display
off Rear
viewcamera Act
ivating/deact ivating
Bluetooth ® Resetting
COMAND
i Delete yourpersonal data
using thisfunct ion,for
example beforesellingyour
vehicle. If
equipped withtherear view camera: ifthe funct ionisactivated andCOMAND is
switched on,the image fromtherear view camera isautomatically showninthe COMAND
display whenreverse gearisengaged. Cleaning
instructions
! Donot touch theCOMAND display.The
displa yhas avery sensitive high-gloss
surface; thereisarisk ofscratc hing.Ifyou
have toclean thescreen, however, usea
mild cleaning agentandasoft, lint-free
cloth.
The displa ymust beswitched offand cooled
down before youstart cleaning. Cleanthe
displa yscreen, whennecessary, witha
commerc iallyavaila blemicrofiber clothand
cleaning agentforTFT/LCD displays.Donot
apply pressure tothe displa ysurface when
cleaning it,as this could cause irreversible
damage. Then,drythe surface withadry
microfiber cloth.
Avoid usingalcoholic thinners,gasoline or
abrasive cleaningagents.Thesecould
damage thedispla ysurface. Multifunction
steeringwheel Example:
SLK Function Page
:
Multifunction
display(see
the vehicle Operator's
Manual) ;
?
Act
ivates voicecontrol(see
the separate operating
instruct ions) 22
Multifunction
steeringwheelAtaglance

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Controls theclim atecontrol
auto matically1,
2
ñ Setstheclim atecontrol style to
auto maticmod e(FO CUS /MEDIUM /
DI FF US E)2
_ Setstheair dist ribut ion1,
2
M, PorO Setstheair
dist ribut ion3,
4
.
¬ Activat esthedef rostfun ction 1,
2,3, 4
Ù Switches on max imum coolin g
i The climatestatus displaydoes not
appear whentheimag efrom therear view
cam eraisdisp layed. The
climat est atus displayintheCOMA NDdisp lay
(ex ampl e) The
illust ration showsanexample ofthe
cur ren tset ting sfor :
R thedef rosterfun ction (top)
R clim atemod ein auto maticmod e(ce nter)
R max imum coolin g(bot tom) X
To hid eth edis pla y:tur nor pre ssthe
COMA NDcontrol ler.
or
X Pre ssoneof thebut tons on theCOMA ND
oper ating syst em.
i Adetailed descript ionofthe climate
con trol isavailable inthe vehicle
Operator 'sManual. Rear
view camer a G
WARN
ING
The rear view camera ismerely anaid.
Please observe thecorr espondin gnotes in
your vehicle's Operator's Manual.
The image fromtherear view camera is
shown inthe COMAND displaywhenreverse
gear isengaged, if:
R your vehicle isequipped witharear view
camera.
R COMAND isactivated.
R the Activation byRgear funct
ionis
activated.
If the funct ionisactivated, theCOMAND
display willautomatically switchbacktothe
previously selecteddisplayassoon asyou
shift outofreverse gear.
i Further informat iononthe rear view
camera drivingsystem canbefound inthe
vehicle Operator's Manual.
X Press theW functionbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Rear View Camera and
press Wto
conf irm.
1 Available for2-zone automatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zone automatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-condit ioningsystem.
4 Available forHeatmatic . Rear
view camera
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X
Sel ect Activationby Rgea r and
press
W toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche don O oroff ª,
de pendi ng on the previous statu s.
i Ifasid evie wcame raisava ilab le,us ing
CO MAND youcan switch from therearview
came rapict ure tothe side view came ra
pict ure, seethe"Syst emsettings" sect ion. 38
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rview cameraAtaglance

X
To rec onfirm your selecti on:confi rm
Sel ect by
pre ssing W.
CO MAND execute sthe action.
Ma keasel ecti onfrom thefurthe roption s,
if nec essary.
COMAND thenswitc hesback tothe DVD
menu.
i Depen dingonthe DVD ,the menu items:
Back (tomovie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
., /orGo Up may
not
func tion ormay notfunc tion atcert ain
point sin the DVD menu. Toindicat ethis,
the Kicon appears inthe display.
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Select thecorr espondin gmenu iteminthe
DVD menu andpress Wthe COMAND
con troller tocon firm.
or
X Select anymenu iteminthe DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
con firm.
X Select GoUp and
press Wtocon firm.
Back tothe film X
Press the% backbuttonrepeatedly
until youseethemovie.
or
X Select thecorr espondin gmenu itemfrom
the DVD menu.
X Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress Wtocon firm. Sett
ingthe langua geand audio
form at
This function isnot available onallDVD s.Ifit
is available, youcan setthe DVD menu
language, theaudio language orthe audio
form at.The number ofsett ings isdeter mined
by the DVD content.Itis possible thatthe
sett ings may alsobeaccess edinthe DVD
menu (Ypage 190). X
In full-sc reenmode, pressWthe COMAND
con troller toshow themenu.
X Select DVD-Vi deo in
the menu byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
X Select DVDFuncti ons and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select MenuLangua ge or
Audio Langua
ge and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, amenu appears afterafew
secon ds.The #dot infron tof an ent ry
indicat esthe curren tlyselect edlanguage.
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm. Subt
itles andcamer aangle
These functionsare not available onallDVD s.
The number ofsubtit lelanguages andcamera
angles available dependsonthe contentof
the DVD. Itis po ssi ble tha tthe settin gsmay
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 190).
X In full-screen mode,pressWthe COMAND
cont roller toshow themenu.
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appears.The #dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . Video
DVDmode
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Int
era ctive cont ent
DV Ds can contain interac tive conten t(e. g.a
vide ogame ).In avide ogame ,for example ,
you may beable toinfluen ceeve ntsby
sele cting and trigge ringact ions.The typeand
num berofact ionsdepe ndontheDV D.
X Se lec tana ction bysliding ZVÆ orXVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
exe cute it.
A menu appe arsand thefirst entry ,
Sel ect ,
is highl ighted .
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. AU
Xvideo mode Co
nnectin gex tern alvideo source s
If yo ur veh icleis eq uipp ed with aMed ia
Inter face (Y pa ge 178) ,yo ucan conne ctan
exte rnalvid eo sou rce (AUXvideo).
The 1/8inch audio/vi deoj ack sare inthe
cen terc onsole stowage compartment.
i Invehicles witharear view camera, the
AUX video jackcann otbe used forexter nal
video sources. Switching
toAUX video mode
X Select Video in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If AUX video mode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toAUX video mode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Aux and
press Wtoconf irm.
The AUX video menu appears. Youwillhear
and seethecont entofthe exter nalvideo
source ifit is conn ected andswitched to
playb ack. AUX
video mode
For details onhow tooperate theexter nal
video source, seetherespect ivedevice's
operating instructions. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually.
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice whichis
conn ected asan exter nalvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusual maximum volumecannotbe
reached. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atamedium volumeandincrease it
graduall y.This enables youtodetermin e 192
AUX
video modeVideo

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The headphones' volumesettingdoes not
affect themain loudspeakers. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
You canselect thesound settings inthe audio
CD/D VD/MP3, video DVDandAUX modes.
X Switc hon anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode) (Ypage 217).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the :=; buttonson the remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
An adjustmen tscal eap pea rs.
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm. Multi
pleusers
Simul taneoususeofthe rear-
co mpartment discdrive The
two rear-comp artmentscree nscan be
ope rate dalmost entirelyind epe ndentl yfrom
one another. However,there canbeaconfl ict
in some menusif the two scree nsare used
sim ultaneo usly.
If the rear-comp artmentdisc drive isbei ng
us ed for both scree nssim ultaneo usly,
sel ecting certainmenu sor setti ngsonone of
the scree nsalso affe ctsthe othe rscree n.
The followi ng functi onsaffectboth scree ns:
R cha nging play ba ck opti ons
R sel ecting atrack (fromatra cklist or folder)
R us ing the play ,pa useand stopfu nctio ns
R fast for wa rding/r ewind ing orscro lling
R cal ling up the DVD menu andnavigati ng
wi thi nit
R setting thelangua ge,subtitles andcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content The
followi ngfunction saffect onlyone
screen:
R audi oand video function sas well aspicture
settings
R switching betweenfullscreen andthe
menu
Switching betweenoperating modes When
youexit anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode), thecurrent settingissaved. Ifyou
call upthis operating modeagainlate r,th ere
are two poss ibilities:
R theoper atingmod ehas been chang edon
th eot her scree n.
R theoper atingmod ehas notb een changed.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as itis on the other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
are detailed later(Y page 228).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc hon video DVDmode (Ypage 221).
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select (Ypage 188)Menu while
the
navigation menuisshown andpress the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select DVD-Vid eo using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm. 214
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sic functionsRear SeatEntert ainment System

be
possible toaccess thesettings from the
DVD menu.
X Press the9butt onon the remot econ trol
and show themenu.
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9
butt ononthe remot econ trolto con firm.
X Select DVDFuncti ons and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
X Select Audio Language and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
Am enu appears afterashort while. The
# dot infron tof an ent ryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edlanguage.
X Select alanguage usingthe9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button . Subtit
lesand camer aangle
These functionsare not available onallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle languages andcamera
angles available dependsonthe contentof
the DVD. Itma yal so be possi ble to acc ess
the setting sfro mthe DVD menu .
X Pre ssthe 9button onthe rem otecontr ol
and showthe menu .
X Sel ect DVD-Video and
pressthe 9
bu tton onthe rem otecontr olto conf irm.
X Sel ect DVD Functions and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconf irm.
X Sel ect Subtit les or
Cam era Angle and
pre ssthe 9button toconf irm.
In bo th cas es,a menu appe arsaf ter afew
se cond s.Th e# dotin fro ntofan entry
ind icates the curre ntsetting .
X Sel ect ase tting using the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconf irm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. In
tera ctive conte nt
DVDs canalso conta ininte ractiv econte nt
(e .g. avide oga me) .Inavi deogame ,you may
be ableto influ ence events bysele cting and
triggeri ngactions. Thetype andnumber of
actions dependonthe DVD.
X Select anaction using the
9;:= buttonsonthe
remote controlandpress the9button to
execute it.
A menu appears andthefirst entry,
Select ,
is high lighted.
X Press the9button. Operation
with an active COMAND
sourc e Swi
tching thefunctio non/ offin
COMA ND
You cantransfer anaudio orvide osource
sele cted inCOMAND tothe RearSeat
En tert ainmen tSystem .
i Ifyou then switch modes inCOMAND ,the
new source willnotbetran smitt edtothe
Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem .
X To switch onthe function inCOMAND:
switch onthe desired audiomode in
COMAND ,e.g. CDmode (Ypage 157),or
show themenu invideo DVDmode
(Y page 188).
X Select themenu itematthe bott omleft,
e.g. CD in
audio CDmode, bysliding VÆ
and turningcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears. Opera
tionwith anactive COMAND source
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