
COMAN
Ddis pla y
Disp layover view The
COMA NDdispl aysho wsthefun ction curren tlyselec teda nd itsassoci atedmenu s.The
CO MAND displ ayisdivid ed into severalar ea s.
The radio displ ayissho wninthe exampl e. :
Statu sba r
; Tocallup the audio menu
= Mainfunctio nbar
? Display/s electionw indow
A Radio menubar
St atus bar:shows thetimeand thecurr entsettings for radio andtelep honeoperat ion.
The main navigation,audio andtelep honefunc tionsfeat ureadditio nalmen us.This isindic ated
by triangle ;.Thefollowing tableliststheavaila blemenu items.
Main functionbar =allow syou tocall upthe desired mainfunction.
In the example, theaudi omain functionisset toradio mode anddispla y/selection
window ?isactive.
Radi omenu barAallow syou tooperate theradio functions.
Menu overview The
table liststhemenus availableafter calling upthe main navigation, audio,telephone, video
or system functioninthe main functionbar. 18
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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
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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
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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
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The
example showstheselection listafter the
city NEW YORK has
been entered. Theentryis
highlighted automatically. X
Confirm NEWYORK with
COMAND
cont roller W.
The address entrymenu appears. Youcan
now enterastreet ,for example. i
You willfind further informationinthe
"Destin ationentry" sect ion(Ypage 51). Entering
characters inthe address
and thephone book
Introdu ction The
following sectiondescribes howtoent er
charact ersinthe phone book(Ypage 106)
and theaddress book(Ypage 113)when
creatin ganew entry.
Creating anew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 108). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
Creat inganew entry inthe address
book X
Call upthe input menu withdata fields
(Y page 113). Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
Entering character s The
example describes howtoent erthe
surname Schulz .
X Select S by
turn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆ
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
S is
ent ered intothe data field. All
charact ersare shown inblack andcan
alway sbe select edinthe charact erbar. Opera
tingCOMAND
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The
charact erbar offers charact ers
correspon dingtothe respect ivedata field
(letters ordigits). :
Toswitch thecharact erbar toupper-
case/lower-c aseletter s
; Toswitch thecharact erbar from upper/
lower-case lettersto digits
= Tochange thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar
? Todelete acharact er/anentry
X Select c and
conf irmbypressing Wthe
COMAND controller.
The letter c is
added toS in
the data field.
X Repeat thisstep until thename isfully
ent ered.
X To enter aphone number :select the
digits onebyone inthe correspon dingdata
field byturnin gcVd andsliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
Switching datafields If
you want toent erafirs tname afteryou have
en tered asurn ame, forexample ,pro cee das
foll ows toswit chbet ween thed ata fields:
Opt ion 1
X Sel ect 4or5 inthech arac terbar and
pres sW toconfirm .
The inputmen usho wsthedat afiel d
selec ted. :
Curso rint he next data field
; Tostore anentr y
= 4 and 5icons toselect adata field
Option 2
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthecharacter bar
disappe ars.
X Select thedata fieldbysliding ZVÆand
press Wtoconfirm .
Storing anentry X
Select ¬inthe character barbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The entryis stored inthe address book.
Furth erfunctions availableinthe
character bar X
To switch thecharacter bartoupper /
lowe r-case character s:select *or
E andpress Wtoconfirm .
X To switch thecharacter set:select
p andpress Wtoconfirm .
The character setswitches between
upper/lower-case lettersanddigits.
X To change thelanguage ofthe
character bar:select B.
X Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
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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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