cha
racte rsinthe characte rba rand press
W toconfi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe corre sponding key onthe
CO MAND numberkey pad.
Every characte rselected willbe
tran smitt edimmediately.
X To send aphone bookentry asaDTMF
sequence: selectName by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentryand
press Wtocon firm.
The entryissent asaDTMF charact er
str ing.
X To retu rntothe call displa y:select
Back and
press Wtocon firm. Using
thephone book Introd
uction
The phone bookdisplays thenames and
phone numbers ofall ofthe address book
ent ries saved inthe COMAND addressbook.
If an address bookentrydoes nothave a
telephon enumber, itdoes notappear inthe
phone book. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephon ebasic menu
by sliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
If the phone bookcontains entries, they will
be displayed inalphabetical order.
Character bar=isactive.
The charact erbar serves toreduce the
number ofent ries needed. :
Address bookentry
; Calls upoption s
= Character bar
? Closes thephone book
A \ Symbol forvoice tag
Av oice taghas been saved foraddress book
entr ieswith symbol A(Ypage115).
X To close thephone book:select &in
the charact erbar bysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Press thek button . Searching
foraphone bookentry
With chara cterbar You
determin ethe first letter ofthe entr yyou
are looking forwith thefirst charact eryou
enter .
X Select acharact erby turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The first entryin the listthat start swith the
letter selected ishighlighted. Ifthere are
similar entries,thenext different character
is shown. Forexample, withentriessuch as
Christel and
Christine ,
the beginnings
of the names aresimilar. Inthis case, you
will beoffered achoice between E and
I .106
Using
thephone bookTelephone
X
Sel ect the characte rsof the entry youare
sea rchi ngfor one byone andpressW to
confi rm.
Whe nthe selection isclear, COMAND
switches automatically tothe selection list.
X To complete thesearch: switchfromthe
phone bookwiththecharacter bartothe
selection list(Ypage 107).
The lastlistentr yis automatically
highlighted.
With number keypad Altern
atively, youcan also enter digits using
the number keypad(directentry)
(Y page 28).
Dele ting character s X
To delete anindividual character:select
the 2 symbol byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wbriefly.
or
X Briefly pressthe2 button
Each timeacharacter isdeleted, theentr y
most closely resembling theremaining
characters isshown atthe top ofthe list.
X To delete anentry: selectthe2
symbol byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wuntil theentr yis
deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
entire entryis deleted.
Changing thelanguage ofthe character
bar X
Select B.
X The language isswitched. Changing
thecharacter setofthe
character bar X
Select pandpress Wtoconfirm .
The character setchanges eachtimeyou
make thisselection.
Selec tinganentry directly fromthelist You
canswitch tothe listatany time during
character entry.
X Slide VZtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly orpress andhold Wuntil the
character bardisappe ars.
or
X Select ¬andpress Wtoconfirm .
X To selec tanentry :turn cVd the
COMAND controller untilthedesired entry
is highlighted andpress Wtocon firm.
To select aphone number: theGicon
indi cates thatanentry contains morethan
one phone numbe r.
X Select aphone bookentry withtheGicon
and press Wtoconfirm.
The sub-entries appear. TheGicon
changes toI. :
Expanded address book entry
; Address bookentry withsub-entries
X Select asub -entry byturning cVdand
press Wtoconfirm. Usi
ngthe phone book
107Tele phone Z
Switching
wavebands
Option 1 You
canswitch theradio between theFM, AM
and WBwaveband.
X Press theófunct ionbutton repeatedly
until thedesired waveband isselected.
i Repea tedlypressing thisfunct ionbutton
switches betweentheFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressing thebutton again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2 X
Select FM ,
AM or
WB in
the radio display by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
You willhear thelast station onthe
selected waveband. Selec
tingastatio n
Se lecti ng stati onsusi ng the stati on
se arc hfuncti on X
Press theE orF button.
or
X Turn cVd orslide XVY theCOMAND
controlle rwhile thedispla y/selection
window inthe radio displa yis active.
Stat ionsearch scansupordown andstops
at the next station found.
Selec tingstations viathe stat ion
presets X
Quick setting: pressanumber key,e.g.
H.
X To selec tdirect lywithin thesta tion
pr esets: selectPresets by
sliding VÆand turn
ingcVd theCOMAN Dcon troller and
press Wtocon firm .
or
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcont roller when the
display /select ionwindow isactive.
The station presetmenuappears. The#
dot indicates underwhich preset the
current lyselected stationisstored.
X Select astation byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irmorpress anumber key,e.g.
H.
Tuning instat ions byentering the
frequ encymanu ally X
Option 1:press theõbutton .
X Option 2:select Radio in
the radio display
by sliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Enter Frequency and
press Wto
conf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option used,aninput
menu willappear.
X En ter afrequency usingthenumber keys.
COMAND tunesinto the frequency
enter ed. Waveband Frequency
AM
(MF) 530
–1700 kHz FM
(VHF) 87.
7–107. 9Mhz WB
(Weather Band) Weather
report
chann els i
You canonly enter current lypermitt ed
numbers.
i Ifyou enter afrequency inthe FMorAM
wavebands whichisoutside thefrequency
range, COMAND tunesinto the next lower
frequency. Rad
iomode
119Audio
=
Sou ndsetti ngs
? Wea ther Band switche don
A AM radio
B FM radio
C Channe llist
Se archi ngfor achanne l X
Quic kselect: turncVd orslide XVY the
COMA NDcontroller while thed isplay/
selec tionwindow inthe radio display is
act ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
Chann elsearc hscan sup ordown and
st ops atthe nextchan nelfoun d.
Selecting achanne lfrom thechann el
lis t X
Select Channe l by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
The channel lista ppears. X
Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
or
X Press anumber keyonthe controlpanel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Sat
ellite radio Impor
tantnotes
This sectionprovides detailedinformation on
the following topics:
R select ingachann eland program category
R memor yfunc tions
R sound settings
i The satellite radiomode describedbelow
requires optionallyavailable satelliteradio
equipment andregist ration withasatellite
radio provider.
i Note thatthecateg ories andchann els
shown inthe illustration sdepend onthe
program contentoffer edbythe provider.
The program contentsmay vary. The
illustration sand descr iption sin these
operatin ginst ruct ions may therefore differ
from thechann elsand categ ories offered
by the provider.
Satellit eradio mode maybetempo rarily
unavailable orinterrupt edfor avariety of
reasons .These reasons include
environm entalortopographical conditions
as well asother issues beyond thecont rol
of Mercedes-Ben zUSA, LLC.Operation
may alsobeimpaired incertain locations
(e.g. tunnels,parking garages aswell as
inside ornext tobuild ings).
i SIRIUS XMRadi ooffers morethan130
digital-qua lityradio channels providing
100% commerc ial-freemusic,sport,news
and entert ainment.
SIRIUS XMRadi oemploys afleet ofhigh-
performance satellitestobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada .
The satellite radioprogram isavaila blefor
a mont hlyfee. Details areavaila blefrom
the SIRIUS XMService Centerandat
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radio
121Audio
Ente
ringcha nnel numbersdir ectly
Opt ion 1
X Pres sth eõ butt on.
An inputmen uappear s.
Opt ion 2
X Sele ctSat Radio in
thesubme nubar by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
X Sele ctEnt erChannel and
pres sW to
con firm.
An inputmen uappear s.
X To ent erac hanne l:irresp ective ofthe
optio n,press thecorrespo ndingnumbe r
keys onthe control paneloneafter the
other.
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controllerand
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Channel List and
press Wto
confirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm. Memor
yfunct ions Stor
ingchannels
i There areten preset savailable.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller when the
display/select ionwindow isactiv e.
or
X Select Preset s in
the submenu barby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, thechann elpreset sappear.
The Rdot infron tof apreset entry
indicat esthat thecurren tlyselect ed
chann elisstor edunder thispreset . St
ation preset s
X Select apreset byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press andhold
W until youhear aton e.
or
X Press andhold anumber button,e.g. 4,
until youhear aton e.
The chann elisstor edunder thepreset .
Selecting achanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe preset list:sele ct
Presets by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The channel preset list appe ars.
X To setac hanne l:sele ctaprese tby
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconf irm.
or
X Pre ssanum berk ey, e.g. 4. 124
Sat
ellite radioAudio
all
main tenan cework must becar ried outby
qualifi edafters ales tech nic ians . G
WAR
NING
On lywhen theveh icle isstatio naryshoul d
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
Ther eis arisk ofbein gdist ractedfrom the
road andtraff iccon dition sif th is is don ewhile
th eveh icle isin mot ion. Inser
ting/ej ectin gCDs/DVDs
Not es If
th eCD/ DVDh asaprin tedside, this must
fac eupwards whentheCD/ DVDisinserted.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe play ed
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protect ionmay notbeable tobe play ed
by the system.
i Ifamedium contains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloadi ngtime
before thefirst track starts toplay may be
longer.
Inse rting discs intotheDVD changer :
Disc slot
; Load/eject button8
The DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays. X
To insert aCD/DVD intoth ema gaz ine
tr ay :pre ssthe8 load/ejec tb utt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select themagazine traybyturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease Wait... message.
You then seethePlease InsertDisc
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards. 126
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
=
Discname (onlyifstore don thedisc )
? Curr entd isc
X Selec tama gazine traycontaining adisc by
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
You seetheEjecting Disc
ge.You then seethefollowi ng
messa ge. X
Take thedisc outofthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin aga inau tomatical ly
after ashort whileand loadit aga in.
X To ejec tallCDs/DVDs: pressthe8
load/ej ectbutt on.
The magazin emen uappears. X
Conf irmEject All by
press ingW.
The DVD changerejec tsthe last disc
select ed.The message EjectingDisc
. appears.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePleas eRemov eDisc
.
The DVD changerswitc hestothe next
loaded magazin etray and ejectsthe disc.
X Repeat thelast stepunt ilthe magazin eis
empt y.
X To cancel ejecting:press the8 eject/
load buttonagain orpress thek button.
or
X Selec tBack by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm . Insert
ingand eject ingaPCMCIA
mem orycard
Gener alinfor mation COMA
NDsuppo rts 16 -bitfull- sizetyp eIa nd
II PC MC IAmem orycards.
i Not allcomm ercially availabl eP CMCIA
mem orycardsand storag emed iaare
desi gned for thete mpe ratures whichmay
be reac hedintheveh icle.
If you arenolonger usin gth ePCMCI A
mem orycard,you should rem ove itfrom
COMA ND,as high tempe ratures could
damag eth ecar d. 128
Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
Opt
ion 3 X
Press number buttonE.
This select sthe connected external audio
device directly. Media
Interface mode(iPod®
mode)
: Disc type
; Track number
= Track name
? Graphic timedisplay
A Elapsed tracktime (also infor mat
00: 00:00for audio books)
B Graphic track display
C Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media list
F Album name(ifavailable)
G Catego ries,playlists and/orfolder s
H Artis t(ifavailable)
I Playback options Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 player orUSB mass storage
devic eacc ordin gto the filingst ruct ureused
in the respe ctive medium. Selecting
byskip ping toatrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal track
sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, e.g.E.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The track plays afterthelast possible
number isenter ed.
i Pressing andholding anumber keyfor
more thantwoseconds completes the
entr y,and thecorrespon dingtrack is
playe d.
Fast forward ing/rewinding X
While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND 142
Media
Interface modeAudio