2012 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class Comand Manual

COMAN
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settings

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

Callin
gup displa ys
X Pre sstheW button.
X In thesyst emmen u,slide ZVthe
COMA NDcontroll erup unt ilth eFul l Scr
een opt
ion isselec ted.
X Pre ssW theCOMA NDcontroll er.
The systemdispl ayissho wnasfull scree n
(wit hout systemmen u).
X Slid eXVY theCOMA NDcontroll er
repe atedly untilth efuel consumpt ion
ind icat orappear s.
The COMA NDdispl aysho wsthefuel
co nsumpt ionforthelast 15min utesof the
jo urn ey. Ev
ery bar ofthegrap hdisplays theaverage
value forone minute.
The fuel consumpt iondisplay maydifferfro m
the display inthe From Start tr
ip com puter
in the Trip men
u;see thevehic leOperat or's
Manual. Exitin
gfull screen view
X Press Wthe COMA NDcontroller.
The systemmen uappears. ON&
OFFROAD display Over
view
The ON& OFFROAD display isavailable forthe
M-Class .
The COMA NDdisplay canshow thesettings
and status ofthe ON& OFFROAD functions. You
canfindmor einf orm ation about the
ON& OFFROAD functionsand thedisplay
its elf inthe vehic leOperat or'sManual. Calling
updisp lays
X Press theW button.
X In the syst emmen u,slide ZVthe
COMA NDcontroller upunt ilthe display/
selec tionwindow isselec ted.
X Slide XVY theCOMA NDcontroller until
the ON& OFFROAD display appears.
The COMA NDdisplay showsthesettings
and status ofthe ON& OFFROAD functions. Exitin
gth edisp lay
X Slide XVY theCOMA NDcontroller until
the desire ddisplay (clockorfuel
co nsumpt ion)is sho wn. Tex
trea der settings Set
tingth etex trea der speed
X Pre sstheW button.
X Se lec tSet tings by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tTex tRea der Speed and
pressW
to confirm .
Al ist appears. The#dot indic ates the
curr entsetting.
X Selec ta set tingby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . Voice
ControlSyst emsett ings Opening
/closing thehelp window
In additio ntothe audib leinstr uctions, the
help window willshow youother inform ation 42
Voice
Control System settingsSystem 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
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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

X
Sel ect Yes or
No and
pressW toconfi rm.
If yo usel ect No ,
ind ividu aliza tion willbe
cance led. The data from thefirst partis
store dau toma tically.
If yo usel ect Yes ,
the seco ndpartwi llbe gin.
Indi vidualizati oniscomp leted atthe end of
the seco ndpart. Youwi llsee ames sage to
this effect.The data from theseco ndpartis
store dau toma tically. Can
celing the firstorsecond partof
indi vidualiza tion X
Conf irmCancel by
pres singW the
COMA NDcontroller .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtocancel.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the voice trainin gwill be
canceled. Thedata from thepart during
which youexited isnot stored.
If you select No ,
the current partbegins
again.
Dele ting existing individualiza tiondata X
Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm. X
Select Delete Individualiz ation and
press Wtoconf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtodelete.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
the individuali zationis
deleted. Youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
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individualiza tion X
Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Individualiz ationOn and
press
W toconf irm.
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deactivated ª. Bluetooth
®
settings General
informationabout
Bluetooth ®
Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, mustcomply withacert ainprofile in
order tobe conn ected toCOMAND. Every
Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown specific
Bluetooth ®
name.
Bluetooth ®
techn ology isthe standard for
short- range wireless datatrans mission ofup
to approximately 10meters. Bluetooth ®
allows, forexample, theexchan geofvCards.
Bluetooth ®
is aregistered trademark of
Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group (SIG)Inc. 44
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

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
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X
Sel ect Assign AsFavorite and
press
W toconfi rm.
The list of pre define dfuncti onsappe ars .
If yo ur veh icleis eq uipp ed with afav orites
bu tton, the#dot indicates the curr ently
sel ected function.
If yo ur veh icleis eq uipp ed with two
fav orites buttons, twoasteri sks indicate
the curr ently selected functionfor the
res pective favorites button.
X Sel ect the functi onbyturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
If yo ur veh icleis eq uipp ed with afa vori tes
bu tton, itis as signe dwi th the functio n
sel ecte d.
If yo ur veh icleis eq uipp ed with two
fa vori tes buttons, youwi llsee asu bme nu.
X Sel ect the favori tes button byturning
cVd andslid ing ZVÆ theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
The favori tes button selecte disassigned
the predefined function.
X To call upafavorite (example) :press the
g favoritesbutton.
Thi scall sup the pred efined function. Importin
g/exporting data
You canusethis function tocopy your
perso nalCOM AND datafrom onesystem
(veh icle)to anothe rsyst em (vehicle) orto
cr eat eabac kup copy ofyour person aldat a
(ex por ting dat a)and importita gain
(importing data).Youcaneither useanSD
memory cardoraUSB storage device(e.g.a
USB stick)as temporary storage.
i Personal musicfilesinthe MUSIC
REGISTER cannotbe saved andimported
again usingthisfunct ion.
X Press theW button .
The system menuappears. X
Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Import/Expor tData and
press
W toconf irm.
X Select Import Data or
Export Data and
press Wtoconf irm. X
To selec tastorag elo ca tio n:ins ert the
mem orycard(Y page 157) orins ert the
USB storagede vic e(Y page 157) intothe
USB port.
X Sel ect Memory Car
d or
USB Sto
rage and
pre ssW toconfi rm. Exam
ple: exp ortdata menu
X To select all data: select All Data and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Thi sfu nctio nexpo rtsallthe data to the
sel ecte ddisc.
X Sel ect the data typ eand pressW to
confi rm.
Dep endingonthe previous entry ,ei ther
sel ect the data typ efor the exportO or
not ª. 46
Impo
rting/expo rting dataSystem setting s