2012 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Comand

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The symbol foratorn adic storm isalso
valid foracyclone (mesocyclone). Precipita
tiontype Color
scale Rain Seven
colorlevels
from light(light
green) toheavy (red) Mixed Light
(light violet) to
heavy (violet) Snow Light
(light
turquoise) toheavy
(turquoise) Time
stamp The
time stamp shows whentheweather data
was created bythe weather station.
X Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Timestamp and
press Wto
conf irm. The
time stamps correspon dto the time at
the vehicle's currentposition. Thechange
over from summer timetostandard timeis
performed automatically.
Changing tothe informa tionchart X
Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Display Weather and
press Wto
conf irm. SIRIUS
Weather
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COMAN
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SeatEntert ainmentSystem

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. General
information Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaClass 1laser
prod uct.There isadanger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. G
WARNING
The driver should notwear aRear Seat
Ent ertainment headsetwhileoperating the
vehicle underanycircumstan ces.Theuseof
a headset whiledriving thevehicle could
drastically impairtheabili tyto react toaudi ble
traffic conditions (e.g.emergency sirensfrom
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etc. ). G
WARNING
When notinuse, headsets orextern alvideo
sources shouldbestored inas afe locatio n
(e. g.on eof theveh icle'sstorag e
com partmen ts)so that they are notloose
within thepassenger compartmentduring
braking, vehiclemaneuvers oratraffic
accident .Object smoving withinthe
passenger compartmentcould cause serious
personal injurytovehicle occupant s. G
WARNING
Due toapotent ialchokin ghazar d,wired
heads etusage bychildre nshould onlyoccur
with adultsuper vision . Comp
onents
Over view The
Rear SeatEntertainm entSys tem is
co mpr ised of:
R two rear-comp artmen tsc ree nsbehin dth e
fr on t-seat head restraint s
R therem oteco ntrol
R aCD/ DVDdriv e
R AU Xjac kson bot hsc ree ns(AU Xdispl ay)
and ontheCD/ DVDdriv e(AU Xdriv e)
R two setsof cordle ssheadp hones 208
Gener
alinfor mationRea rSe at Ent ertai nme ntSyste m

X
Insert thenew batteries. Observethe
pola ritymarkings onthe batteries and
battery compartment whendoing so.
Left-hand battery:thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwards.
Rig ht-hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwa rds.
X To clo sethe battery compartment:
insert battery compartment cover=
starting withretaining lugs? into the
battery compartment andallow catch
tab ;toengage inpla ce.
On the cordle ssheadphones The
battery compartment coverislocated on
the left head phone. :
Battery compartment cover
The cordless headphones contain 2type AAA,
1. 5V bat terie s.
X To ope nth ebat tery com partme nt:fli p
bat tery compar tmentco ver :upwar ds.
As you doso, holdth elef t-han dside ofthe
head phonesas sho wntopre ven tthe
batteries fromfalling out.
X Remove thedischarged batteriesfromthe
tray.
X Insert thenew batteries. Observethe
polarity markings onthe batteries and
battery compartmen twhen doing so.
Left- hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwa rds. Right-hand
battery:thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwards.
X To close thebatt erycompart ment:
press battery compartmen tcover
downwards untilitengages intoplace.
If the batteries havebeen inserted
correct ly,the indicator lampwilllight up
green whentheheadphones areswitched
on. Basic
functions Using
headph ones
You canusethecordless headphones
suppli edand/or uptotwo sets ofcorded
headphones connected tothe corresponding
jack ofthe rear-compart mentscreens
(Y page 209).
Inform ationon:
R switching thecordless headphones on/off
R adjusting thevolume ofthe headphones
R selecting ascreen forthe headphones
can befound inthe Cordless headphones
section (Ypage 211). Using
themain loudspeakers
This funct ionisavaila bleinconj unction with
COMAND.
You canusethevehicle loudspea kersto
listen toadisc inserted inthe rear-
compartmen tdrive. Todo so, atlea stone of
the rear-compa rtmentscreens mustbeset to
disc mode.
X To set using COMA ND:press, for
exampl e,the $ function buttonto
swi tch onanaudio mode.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The Audi omenu appears.
X Select RearAudio by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm. Basic
functio ns
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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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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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X
Sel ect Active Aud./Vid. Source For Rea
r and
pressW toconfi rm. In
the statu sba ra tthe top, youwillsee the
headphones iconandthe_icon forthe
source thathasbeen switched on.
X To switch offthe function inCOMAND:
switch onthe desired audiomode in
COMAND orshow themenu invideo DVD
mode.
X Select themenu itematthe bottom left,
e.g. CD in
audi oCD mode, bysliding VÆ
and turning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select RearAudio/Video Off _
and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
confirm . Selec
tinganactive COMAND source
in the rear- compart mentscreen
Loading theactive COMAND source X
Select COMAND using
the9=;
buttons onthe remote controland press
9 toconfirm .
The audi oor video source selected in
COMAND isloaded inthe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System. When
theloading process iscomplete, the
audi oor video source isset inthe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System.
If Rear Audio/Video Off is
activated in
COMAND, theCOMAND isoff orthere is
noactive COMANDsource message
appea rs.
Audio CDmode Example:
CDmode 226
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X
To select atrack byskippin gto a
track :pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontro l.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
The skipforw ardfu nctio nskip sto the next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor eth an
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
Additio nalsetting option:
R sele cting thesound settings (Y pag e214)
Audio DVDmode Example
:audio DVDm ode
X To skip tothe next/previous group:
press the: button onthe remote
cont rol.
X Highlight withthe= or; orb or
c button andpress 9toconf irm.
i Infor mation ongroups canbefound inthe
"Sett ingthe audio format" section
(Y page 163).
Additional settingoption:
R selecting thesound settings (Ypage 214) MP3
mode Example:
MP3mode
X To selec ta track byskipping toa
tr ack: press the= or; button on
the remote control.
or
X Press theE orF button .
The skip forward functionskips tothe next
track .
Skipping backwards restartsthe current
track (ifithas been playingformore than
eight seconds) orstart sthe previous track
(if the current trackhasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
X To selec tafolder :pres sth e: button
on therem otecon trol.
X High light oneofthetwo folde rsymbo ls
wit hth e= or; buttona nd pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
Dep endingonyour sel ecti on, the previous
or next folderisselected andthefirst track
is play ed.
Additional settingoption:
R selecting thesound settings (Ypage 214) Operat
ionwith anactive COMAND source
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