2012 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Comand

X
Sel ect aba lance setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afa de rs ett ing bysliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscon tain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,
all permissible
format sare played asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,an optimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect surround and
pressW toconfi rm. Setting
surrou ndsou nd(examp le)
X Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche don oroff and themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwi thout saving:pre ss
the % back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audio expe rience forall
pa sse nger swh en Log ic7®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshould be
set tothe center ofthe vehicleinter ior. Yo
uwi llach ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldha ve ab itrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic7 ®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s.
The climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X Turn oneofthe two temperature controls
and setthe temperature forthe left or
right 1,
2
or turn thetemperature controland
set the temperature 3,
4
.
or
X Turn thecont roltoset the airflow 3,
4
.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow 1,
2
I Decreases airflow 1,
2
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off 1,
2, 3
á Switches theZONE function on/
off 1,
2
1 Available for2-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-conditioning system.
4 Available forHeatmatic. 36
Cli
mat econ trol stat usdisplayAt aglanc e

Ã
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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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

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
canusethe<0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
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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
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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
45Systemsettin gs