2012 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class Comand Manual

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WAR
NING
A driv er'satt entio nto theroad must always
be his/ herprim aryfocuswhen driving.For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommen dthat youpull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse the
telephone whiledriving, pleaseusethehands-
free device andonly usethetelephone when
weather, roadandtraffic conditionspermit.
Some jurisdiction sprohibit thedriver from
using amobile phonewhiledriving avehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehic leis cove
ringadistan ceof44 feet (approxim ately
14 m)every second.
X To select amenu: pressth e=
or ; button.
X To select asubm enuorscrol lth rou gh
th elist :pres sth e9 or: button.
X To select thenext menu up:pres sth e
% button.
X To call upsta nda rddisp lays:repeat edly
pres sth e% buttonunt ilth eto tal
dist ancerec orde rand thetrip met er
appear inthedisplay.
or
X Pres sand hold the% buttonunt ilth e
to tal dist ancerec orde rand thetrip met er
appear inthedisplay.
X To confir myour selecti on:pres sth e
a button.
X To confir mthemessag e:press the
a or% button. Menus
andsubmen us
The numbe rofm enus depends onthe vehicle
equipment. Menu Functions
andsubmenu s Navigation Navigation
systemdisplays Audio Select
sa stat ion
Operates theDVD changer ,
SD memory card,MUSIC
REGISTE R,USB device,
Bluetoot h®
audio andMedia
Int erface
Operates videoDVD Telephone Ac
cept s/rej ectsa call
Makes/ endsacall
Select sa phone bookentry
Redials Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
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Navi
gationsyste mm enu
Rou teguid ance inactive The
display showstheroad onwhic hth e
veh icle iscur ren tlytravelin g,prov ided the
digit almap contain sit.
Rou teguid ance active The
display shows:
R thedist anceto thedest ination
R thedist anceto thenex tchange ofdirection
R current street
R the travel direction arrow
If achange ofdirection isimminent ,the
displa yshows, forexample, thefollowing
information . The
route guidance displaywiththechange of
direction (example)
: Road towhich thechange ofdirection
leads
; Distanc eto the change ofdirection and
distance graphic
= Lane recommen dation
? Change ofdirection icon
On multilane roads,thesystem candispla y
lane recommen dation=for the next change
of direction. Duringthechange ofdirection,
additional lanesmaybedispla yed. Audio
menu
Adjust ingthe volume X
Press theW orX button.
Setting thestat ion/c hannel X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switch onFM / AM Radio (Y
page 144)or
Sat Radio (Y
page 149).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To selec tthe nex t/previo usstation /
chann elfrom thememory: brieflypress
the : or9 button.
X To selectthe nex t/previo usstation /
chann el:press andhold the: or
9 button.
Operating theDVD chang er/memo ry
card/US Bdevice/MU SICREG ISTER /
Blu etoot h®
au dio/M ediaInterface X
Swit chon COMA ND(Ypage 33).
X Swit chon Dis c ,
Mem ory Card (Y
page 157), Mus ic Reg
ister (Y
page 168), Bluet ooth®
audio
(Y page 172)or Med iaInt. (Y
page 179).
X In themult ifunction display, selectthe
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To selec tthe nex t/previo ustrack:
brie flypress the: or9 button.
X To searc hfor the next/previo ustrack:
press andhold the: or9 button.
i When youplaya CD/DVD withtrack
informa tion,thetrack name andnumbe r
are show nint he multifunction display.The
track name isdispla yedwhen anMP3 CD
is being played. 24
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Opera
tingvideo DVD X
Switc hon COMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switc hon DVD-Vid eo (Y
page 187).
X In the multifunc tiondisplay, selectthe
audio menu withthe= or; button .
X To select thenext/pr eviousscene:
briefly pressthe: or9 button . Telephone
menu G
WARN
ING
A driver's attentiontothe road must alway s
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofother s,we
recom mendthatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortakin ga
telephon ecall. Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfr ee
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtrafficcon ditions permit.
Some jurisdict ionsprohibit thedriver from
using acellular mobilephonewhiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second.
Opera tingthetelephone X
Switc hon COMAND (Ypage 33).
X Call upthe telephon ebasic menu
(Y page 119).
If the telephon ehas notyetbeen authorized,
the Bluetoo thReady message
appearsin
the multifunc tiondisplay.
If the telephon eis switched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appears inthe multifunc tiondisplay.
Acce pting acall X
Press the6 button. Mul
tifunctio ndisplay (example)
The display showsthephon enumbe rorthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored
in the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept thecall byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Rejecting orending acall X
Press the~ button.
Cal linganumbe rfrom thephone book X
Use = or; tosel ect the Phone menu.
X Press :, 9or9 toswi tch tothe
phone book.
X Press :or9 tosel ect the name you
wa nt.
i The save dnames aredispla yed
al pha betica lly.
i Ifyou holddow nthe : or9 button
for longer thanonesecond, rapidscroll
begins. Themultifunction displaygoes from
the seventh entrydispla yedtothe first
entr yunder thefollowing letter.Release
the button tostop.
X To conne ctac all: press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel.
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 . Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
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The
number dialedisstored inthe
correspon dingcalllist.
i Ifthere areseveral numbers forthis
name, youseealist ofsub-ent ries.
X Press :or9 toselect the
phone number youwant.
X Press the6 or9 button againto
place thecall.
Redialing COMAND
savesthelast phone numbers or
names dialed.
X Press the=; buttonsto select the
Phone menu.
X Press the; button toopen thelistof
dialed numbers.
X Press the:9 buttonsto select the
desired nameorphone number.
X To connec tacall:press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel. Ope
ratin gCO MA ND Se
lecti ng am ainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssentry menu) tothe system
settings, forexamp le.
X To switch onnavi gatio nmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressW the COM AND
controll er.
X Sele ctDesti nation by
sliding VÆand
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAddre ssEntry and
pres sW to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears. Addre
ssentry menu
: Mai nfunc tion bar
X Sli de ZV theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
swit chtomain function bar :.
X Se lec tSys tem in
themain function bar by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
The systemmen uappear s. Calli
ngup themen uofam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainfunc tion snav igat ion,audio,
te leph oneor vide ois swit ched on,
tr iang le: appear sne xt to theen try in the
main function bar. Youcannowsele ctan
asso ciatedmen u.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
audio menufrom audio CDmod e(an audio
CD isplayin g). 26
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Tocall upthe audio menu
X Select Audio in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The Audio menuappears. Audio
menu
The #dot indicates thecurren taudio mode.
X Se lec tanothe raudio mode,e.g. Rad io ,
by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Radio modeis act ivat ed. Select
ingam enu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The station presetmemory appears. X
Select thestation byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
The station isset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andsetastation, for
example.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe current audiofunction
R switch onradio mode
R set astation
X To call upthe system menu:pressthe
W button. System
menu Operat
ingCOMAND
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Callin
gup thecur ren tau dio funct ion X
Sel ect Audio in
themain function bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The basic displayofthecur ren taudio
fun ction ,e. g. audio CDmod e,appear s. :
Tocall uptheaudio menu
Swit chingto radio mod e Op
tion1
X Pre ssthe$ function button.
The radio displayappear s.
i Repeat edlypressin gth is fun ction button
swit ches bet ween theFM ,AM and WB
waveb andsin that ord erand then call sup
Sat Radio mode.Pre ssin gth ebut tona gain
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2
X Select Audio again
bysliding ZVthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The Audio menuappears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press Wthe COMAND controller and
conf irmRadio .
The radio basic display appears withthe
waveband lastselected. X
To set astat ion: turn cVd orslide XVY
the COMAND controller while thedisplay /
selection windowisactive. Entering
characters innavigation
mode (entering acity)
Gener alinfor mation Charact
erent ryisexplain edinthe followin g
sect ions using NEWYORK as
an exam plefor
ent erin gacit y.
If you want touse theaddress entrymen u
(Y page 54)toent eracit y,astr eet ora
house numbe r,for exam ple,COMAN D
prov ides eitheralist with achar acterbar
(optio n1)or aselect ionlist(option 2).
You canenterthe charac tersusing either the
charac terbar orthe number keypad. Inthe 28
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selection
list,you select anentry tocopy itto
the address entrymenu.
Option 1:city list/street listwith
character bar X
Cal lup the city listwith character bar
(Y page 55).
The alpha betically sortedcitylistshows the
first available entries.
Entering characters usingthecharacter
bar
X Select N by
turning COMAND controller
cVd andpress Wtoconfirm. :
N character
enteredbyuser
; ANTICOKE characters
automaticall y
added byCOMAND
= List entry thatmost closely resembles the
current entrybythe user
? Toswitch tothe selection list
A Todelete anentry
B Chara ctersnotcurrently available
C Chara cterscurrently available
D Currently selectedcharacter
E Chara cterbar
F Tocancel anentry
G List
List Gshows allavail able citynames
beginning withN .T
he list entr ymost closely
resembling user'scurrent entry= isalwa ys
highlighted atthe top ofthe list(NANTICOKE in
the example). All
characters thathave been entered are
displa yedinblack, theletter N in
example :.Theletters thatareadded
automatically byCOMAND aredispla yedin
gray ;,ANTICOKE in
the example.
Character barEshows theletters still
availa bleforselection inblack C.These can
be selected; inthe example, theletter O is
highlighted D.Whichcharacters remain
availa bledepends onthe characters already
entered bythe user andonthe data stored on
the digital map.Characters thatarenolonger
availa bleare shown ingray B.
X Select E ,
W ,
space, Y in
order andconfirm
each withW. Entering
character susing thenumber
keypad
X Press number keyp twice inquick
succession toselect theletter N .
The character appearsat the bottom ofthe
displa ywhen thekey ispressed. Thefirst
availa bleletter ishighlighted.
You seewhich characters youcan enter with
that key. Each timethekey ispressed, the
next character isselected.
Example: keyp:
R press once=M
R press twice=N
R press three times =O
X Wait untilthecharact erdisplay goesout.
The entries matc hingyour input areshown
in the list. Opera
tingCOMAND
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X
Enter E ,
W ,
sp ace ,Y wi
th the corr espo ndi ng
key s.
i Thesp ace isente redusing num berk ey
9.
Furt herfunctions inthe listwith
char acter bar X
To delete character s:select 2by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
or
X Press the2 button nextto the
COMAND controller .
X To delete anentry :select the2 icon
by sliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller, andthen press Wand
hold until theentireent ryisdeleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button nextto the
COMAND controller untiltheentireent ryis
deleted.
X To cancel anentry :select the& icon in
the bott omleft ofthe charact erbar and
press Wtocon firm.
or
X Press the% backbutton .
The address entrymenu appears.
X To accept thefirst listentry :press Wand
hold theCOMAND controller untilthe
address entrymenu appears.
The accept edlist entryisshown there.
Calling upthe listasas election list Sele
ctthedesir edcityfrom theselec tionlist .
If the reare sever alent ries foracit yor if
sever alcit ies ofthe same name arestored,
the n¬ ishighligh tedinthe char acterbar.
X Press Wthe COMA NDcontroller. It
is also possible toswitc hthe citylist tothe
selec tionlistatany timedurin gchar acter
input .
X Slide ZVtheCOMA NDcontroller
repeat edlyuntilthe citylist appears asa
selec tionlist.
or
X Selec t¬ inthe char acterbar byturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Opt ion 2:city listasselection list COMA
NDeith ershows theselec tionlist
autom atically oryou can callupthe selec tion
list fromthe listwith characterbar.
The exam pleshows theselec tionlistafterthe
cit yNEW YORK has
been entered. Theentryis
highligh tedautom atically. X
Conf irmNEW YORK by
press ingWthe
COMA NDcontroller.
The address entrymen uappears. Youcan
now enterast reet ,for exam ple. 30
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ating COMANDAtaglance