Settings Language
Resetting
COMAND
i Delete yourpersonal datausing thisfunct ionbefore
selling yourvehicle, forexample. If
the funct ionisactivated andCOMAND isswitched on,the image ofthe rear view camera
is automatically showninthe COMAND displaywhenreverse gearisengaged. Swivel
ingand folding inthe COMAND
display
! Donot place anyobject sin front ofor
behind theCOMAND displayand/or donot
secure anyobject sto the COMAND
display .Movement couldotherwise be
prevent edwhen folding thedisplay in/out.
You canpivot theCOMAND displayvertically
and fold itin behind thecover. Thebutton s
are located inthe cent er,below theCOMAND
display . :
Toswivel thedisplay
; Tofold inthe display
Swivelin gthe display
X Press button :once ortwice.
The display swivels upordown.
X To move itback tothe stand ard
position: pressbutton :again.
Folding inthe display
X Press button ;.
The display foldsinbehind thecover. The
main function/mode currentlyselected
remains active. Folding
outthedisplay
X Press thebutton ontop ofthe display .
The display foldsout. Cleaning
instructions
! Donot touch theCOMAND display.The
displa yhas avery sensitive high-gloss
surface; thereisarisk ofscratc hing.Ifyou
have toclean thescreen, however, usea
mild cleaning agentandasoft, lint-free
cloth. 20
COMAND
operatingsystemAtaglance
Multifunc
tionsteering wheel Func
tion Page
:
Mul
tifunction display(see
the vehicl eOpera tor's
Manu al) ;
6
Accepts acall 104
~
Rejects/ends acall 104
W
Increases thevolu me 32
X
Decrease sthe
volu me 32
8
Mute 31
=
?
Activates voice
control (seethesepa rate
opera tinginstructions) ?
%Press
briefly:back,
cancels voicecontrol and
hide sdisp laymessa ges
(see thesepa rateopera ting
instructions) %Press
andhold:
sele ctsstanda rddisp lay
(see vehicl eOpera tor's
Manu al) Func
tion Page
A
=;
Calls up the
menu barinthe
mul tifunction displayand
sele ctsmenus 21
9:
Selects
sub menus inthe
mul tifunction displayor
scroll sthrough lists 21
a
Toconfirm your
sele ction Operating
themultifunc tiondisplay G
WARNING
A drive r'sattention tothe road must always
be his/he rprimary focuswhendriving.For
you rsafet yand thesafe tyof other s,we
rec omm endthat you pull overtoasafe
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. Mu
ltifunct ionsteering wheel
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X
To callup stan dard display s:rep eated ly
pre ssthe % button untilthe odome ter
and thetrip mete rappear inthe display.
or
X Press andhold the% buttonuntil the
odomet erand thetrip meter appear inthe
display.
X To confirm yourselection: pressthe
a button.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe
a or% button. Menus
andsubm enus
The number ofmenus depends onthe vehicle
equipment . Menu Functions
andsubm enus Navigation Navigation
systemdisplays Audio Select
ingastat ion
Operatin gthe DVD chang er,
memor ycard, MUSIC
REGISTE R,Media Interface
Operatin gvideo DVD Telephone Ac
cept ing/ rejec tingacall
Making /ending acall
Select ingaphone bookentry
Redialing Na
vigat ionsystem menu
Rout eguida nceinactive The
display showstheroad onwhich the
vehicle iscurren tlytrav eling, provided the
digital mapcontains it.
Rout eguida nceactive The
display shows:
R the distan cetothe destin ation
R the distan cetothe nextchange ofdirection R
current street
R the travel direction arrow
If achange ofdirection isimminent ,the
displa yshows:
R the road youwillbeturning onto
R the distance tothe next change ofdirection
and adistance graphic
R aright orleft-t urnarrow
Lane recommen dationsarealso shown inthe
displa y,provided thedigital mapcontains the
necessary data.During achange ofdirection,
the number oflanes mayincrease. Lane
recommen dationsareshown inthe displa yas
a line with anarrow. Audio
menu
Adjust ingthe volume X
Press theW orX button.
Setting thestat ion/c hannel X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 31).
X Switch onFM / AM Radio (Y
page 118)or
SatRadio (Y
page 122).
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/MUS ICREGI STER/Me dia
Inte rface X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypag e31).
X Switch onDisc ,
Memory Card (Y
pag e129), MUSIC 22
Multifunc
tionsteering wheelAtaglan ce
REGISTER (Y
page 137)orMedia Int. (Y
page 141).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To sele ctthe next/previous track:
briefly pressthe: or9 button.
X To search forthe next/previous track:
press andhold the: or9 button.
i When youplay aCD/DVD withtrack
information, thetrack name andnumber
are shown inthe multifunction display.The
track name isdispla yedwhen anMP3 CD
is being played.
Operating videoDVD X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 31).
X Switch onDVD-Video (Y
page 151).
X In the multifunction display,select the
audi omenu withthe= or; button.
X To sele ctthe next/previous scene:
briefly pressthe: or9 button. Telephone
menu G
WARNING
A driver's attentiontothe road must always
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommend thatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtraffic conditions permit.
Some jurisdictions prohibitthedriver from
using acellul armobile phonewhiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approxima tely50km/h), yourvehicle is
covering adistance of44 feet (approxima tely
14 m)every second. Operating
thetelephone X
Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 31).
X Cal lup the telephone basicmenu
(Y page 103).
If the telephone hasnotyetbeen authorized,
the Bluetooth Ready message
appearsin
the multifunction display.
If the telephone isswitched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appea rsinthe multifunction display.
Acc epting acall X
Press the6 button.
If the telep hone menu isdis pla yedin the
mul tifunctio ndisplay, thename ornumb erof
the perso ncallin gappear s.
Rej ectin gor end ingacall X
Press the~ button.
Cal linganumbe rfrom thephone book If
you rmobile phone canaccept calls,youcan
search foranumber inthe COMAND phone
book andcallthenumber.
X In the multifunct iondisplay ,select the
phone menuusingthe= or;
button .
The Phone Ready message
appearsinthe
multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the:, 9ora button to
display thephone book.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the
name youwant.
The saved names aresorted alphabe tically.
X An exact phone number exists:pressthe
6 ora button tomake thecall.
The Connecting Call message
andthe
number dialedappear inthe multifunct ion
display .The name alsoappea rsifit is
stored inthe phone book.Thephone
number dialedis stored inthe Calls Dialed call
list(Ypage 109). Multifunction
steeringwheel
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The
phone bookentryappears inthe
multifunct iondisplay whenthecall is
conn ected.
X Several phonenumber sexist: pressthe
6 ora button todisplay allthe
phone numbers forthe selected entry.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the
phone number youwant.
X Press the6 ora button tomake the
call.
The Connecting Call message
andthe
number dialedappear inthe multifunct ion
display .The name alsoappea rsifit is
stored inthe phone book.Thephone
number dialedis stored inthe Calls Dialed call
list(Ypage 109).
The phone bookentryappea rsinthe
multifunction displaywhen thecall is
conn ected.
i Ifyou press the: or9 button for
longer thanasecond, theon-board
computer showsthenames inrapid scroll.
Rapi dscroll speeds upafter fourseconds.
It stops whenyourelease thebutton again
or the end ofthe listisreached.
i Ifyou donot want tomake acall, youcan
close thephone bookbypressing the
~ button.
Redialing COMAND
savesthelast phone numbers or
names dialed.
X In the multifunction display,select the
phone menuusingthe= or;
button.
The Phone Ready message
appearsinthe
multifunction display.
X Press the6 button todispla ythe list
with thelast numbers ornames dialed.
X Press the: or9 button toselect a
phone number orname.
X Press the6 ora button tomake the
call. Operat
ingCOMAND Selec
tingamainfunc 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
g 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. 24
Op
era ting COMAN DAtaglan ce
Exam
pleofoper ation
Init ialsituation You
would liketoswit chfrom thesyst em
fun ction toradio mode andsetast atio n,for
exam ple.
The oper atingexam pledesc ribeshow to:
R call uptheaudio function
R swit chon radio mode
R set ast atio n. Sys
tem men u
Callin gup theau dio functi on X
Sel ect Audio in
themain function bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm.
The basic display ofthecur ren taudio
oper ating mod e,e.g. audio CD,appear s. :
Selec tion bar Swit
chingto radio mod e Op
tion1
X Pre sstheó 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. :
Current audiooperating mode
; Main functionbar
= Audio menu
X Press Wthe COMAND controller and
conf irmRadio .
The radio basic display appears withthe
waveband lastselected. 26
Opera
tingCOMANDAtaglance
Ente
ringcha racter susin gth enum ber
keyp ad
X Pres snum berkey Btwic ein quick
succ essio ntoselect theletter N .
The charact erappears atthe bottom ofthe
display whenthekey ispressed. Thefirst
availa bleletter ishighlighted.
You seewhich charact ersyou can enter with
that key. Each timethekey ispressed, the
next charact erisselected.
Ex ample number keyB:
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.
X En ter E ,
W ,
space, Y with
thecorr espondin g
keys.
i The space isent ered using number key
9.
Furt herfunctions inthe listwith
chara cterbar X
To delete characters: select2by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
or
X Press the2 button nextto the
COMAND controller.
X To delete anentry :select the2
symbol bysliding VÆandturningcVd the COMAND
controller thenpress Wand hold
until theentireent ryisdeleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button nextto the
COMAND controller untiltheentireent ryis
deleted.
X To switch thechara cterset:select
B andpress Wtocon firm.
X To cancel anentry :select thek
symbol inthe bott omleft ofthe charact er
bar and press Wtocon firm.
or
X Press thek 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 Wthe COMA 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. 28
Oper
ating COMANDAtaglance
X
To repo sitio nthe curso rwithintheda ta
field: select 2or3 and press Wto
con firm . :
Cursor (reposit ioned)
; 2 and 3icon toreposit ionthe curs or
X Delet ethe charac ter/en try( Ypage 28). Basic
functionsofCOMAND Switching
COMANDon/off
X Press theqcon trolkn ob.
The cover foldsopen andtheCOMAND
display extends. Awarning mes sage
appear s.COMA NDcalls uptheprev iously
selec tedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Mut
e
Switching audioandvideo sources on/
off X
Press theBbutton onCOMAND oron the
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
The sound fromtherespect iveaudio or
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvideo source,
oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i You willstill hear traffic
announc ements1
and navigation system
announc ementseven ifthe sound ismuted.
Switching offallnavigation
announcements X
Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
B button duringtheannounc ement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press Bagain.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes.
You canalsoadju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R Voice Control System voiceoutpu t(see the
separate operating instructions)
1 Traffic program isnot availa bleinall countries. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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