2012 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class navigation system

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
seeamessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe COMAND controller.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thedatabase checkedatan authorized Mercedes-B enz
Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. The
DVD isscratc hed.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
asksforan
activation codeduring
the map update. The
digital mapissecured withanactivation code.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 112
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation

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You canusethe"New entry" or"Add no."
func tionsto save thistelep honenumb eror
to add itto an exis tingent ry.
Stor ingthesender asanew address
book entry This
function isnot possible ifthe sender’s
telep honenumbe risalrea dystored inthe
address book.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller while the
text message isbeing displayed.
X Select SaveNumber and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select New entry and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Storing asa
new entry inthe address book"section
(Y page 130).
Storing atext mes sage senderinan
exist ingaddress book entry X
Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctSav eNum ber and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctAdd PhoneNo. and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Proc eedfrom thest ep "Sele ctanum ber
cat egor y"inthe"Add ingtelepho ne
num bers toan existing phon ebook entry"
sec tion(Ypage 128).
Deleting atext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctate xt mes sage inthete xt mes sage
inbo xbytur ning cVd theCOMA ND
co ntro ller .
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe text
message bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
the textm essage is
deleted. If
you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i This delete function isnot supported by
all mobile phones. TheDeletio n Procedu
reFailed message
appears. Using
theaddress book Introd
uction G
WARN
ING
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
con ditions permityoutodo so. Other wiseyou
could beinvolved inan acciden tinw hich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areentered fromdifferent
sources (mobilephone,memory card,USB
device, COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Num berofcontacts inthe addr ess
book: theaddress bookcanstore atotal of
4000 contacts. 1500 entriesare reserved
in the address bookformobile phone
cont acts and1500 forcont acts youcreate
in COMAND orimport fromother sources.
The remaining 1000entriesare assigned
by COMAND asnecessary.
i Display ofmobile phonecontacts:
cont acts downloaded fromthemobile
phone remain inthe address bookevenif
the mobile phoneisdisconnec tedfrom
COMAND. Thismeans thatcontacts which
have previously beenavaila blecan be
displa yedassoon asthe mobile phoneis
reconn ected.Thecont acts aredownloaded
again sothat anynew contacts thathave
been added tothe mobile phonecanbe
displa yed. Using
theaddress book
135Telephone Z

Selec
tingGracenote ®
dat ato be
displayed If
several entriesexist forthe CDofa
particular artist,youcan select whichofthe
entr iesshould beshown.
If the inserted CDdoes notcont ainany
Gracenote ®
data, theGracenote Media Database menu
itemisshown ingray and
cannot beselected.
X Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Gracenote MediaDatabase by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. The
#dot indicat esthe curren tselection for
the display.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adispla y
on/off X
Switc hon audio CDmode (Y page 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Graceno teMedia Databas e by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X To switch offthe displa y:select None and
press Wtocon firm.
In the basic display (Ypage 158),Track 1 ,
Track 2 etc
.are shown instead ofthe
Gracenot e®
data, forexample.
X To switch onthe displa y:select anent ry
in the menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Upda tingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gra cenote MediaDataba se The
digital dataonthe Gracenot eMedia
Database needstobe updated duetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattain edwith up-to- date
Gracenot e®
music recogn itiontechnology.
Inf ormat ionabout newversion scan be
obtained fromanauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center .
You canhave yourmusic recogn ition
soft ware updated therewith aDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 109). Displayi
ngthe track and album
X Press thez button.
The current trackandalbumaredisp layed
in awindo w. 162
Audio
CD/DVD and MP3 modeAudio

X
Sel ect Aux us
ing cVd andpressW to
confi rm.
The audioAUX menu appe ars .The medium
in the extern alaudi osource isplay ed,ifthe
source isconn ected andplayback
selected. Please
seetherespective operating
instruct ionsforhow tooperate theextern al
audi osource.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settin gsinthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal audiosources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcemen tsand
navigation systemannouncemen tsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually . Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
In some cases, thevolume ofthe extern al
audi odevice maybequieter orlouder, orthe
usua lmaximum possiblevolumemaybe
lower. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atamedium volumeandincrease it
gradua lly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay themusic
at high volume without distorting it. X
Select Volume in
the AUX displa yby turning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
Standar d :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toastandard value.
Boost :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
AUXmode
183Audio Z

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

X
Sel ect Displa yTra ckInformation us
ing the 9: buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche don O oroff ª,
de pe ndi ng on the previous statu s. Vide
oDVD mode Gen
eral informati on
Here youwi llfind further informa tion onthe
fol lowi ng topi cs:
R sa fety notes (Ypage 154)
R notes onDVDs (Y pa ge 186) DVD
playbackcondit ions
Playback problems mayoccurwhen playing
cop ieddisc s.Ther eis alarge varietyof disc s,
DV Da uth oring sof twar e,writ ingsoftwar eand
writ ersavailab le.This varietymean sth at
th ere isno guaran teeth at theRear Seat
En tertainm entS yst em will beable toplay
vid eo DVDs that you havecopied yourself.
You willfind further informationinthe Video
section (Ypage 187). Information regarding
COMAND alsoapplies tothe Rear Seat
En tert ainment System. Function
restrictions
Dependin gon the DVD ,it is possible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions ,you willsee the
K symbol inthe display . Inserting
andremoving aCD/DV D
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe"Au dio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 216) . Sw
itchin gto video DVD mode
X Inse rtavid eo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewa sthe last mod esel ecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa snot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedin the followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land confi rmbypre ssing the 9
bu tton.
If the video DVD fulfills the play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo umu ststa rtthe
fi lm ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu. Hiding/show
ingthe navigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button
on the remote control.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menu
: Disc type
; Current title
= Current scene Video
DVDmode
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Track time
A Toshow themenu Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressthe9button onthe
remot econt rol.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To hide: press the9 button ,select
Full Screen and
press the9button to
conf irm. Menu
system
: Video DVDoptions
; Pause function
= Stop funct ion
? Toset the treble
A Toset the bass Fast
forwar ding/rewinding
X Press andhold theE orF button on
the remote controluntil thedesired
position hasbeen reached.
You seethenavigation menu. Pause
function
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To pause playback: selectËandpress
the 9button toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press the9button toconf irm.
The menu ishidden. Stop
function
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉand
press the9button toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press the9button toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted. Themenu ishidden.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
the 9button toconfirm .
Play back stops andreturns tothe
beginning ofthe DVD .Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: selectÌand
press the9button toconfirm .
Play back starts fromthebeginning ofthe
DVD . 222
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DVDmodeRear SeatEnterta inment System