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Funct
ion Pag
e I
Ac
cep tsacall 10
4 Dial
sa num ber 10
4 Redials 10
4 J
Rej
ectsa call 10
4 En
ds an act ive call 10
5 K
Calls
upthesyst emmen u 26
L
Mut
e 31
Swit
ches off nav igat ion
ann oun cem ents 31
Pause
function 13
1 Funct
ion Pag
e M
Calls
upthete lepho ne
basic menu(teleph onyvia
Blue toot h®
int erf ace) 10
3 N
Swit
ches tonav igat ion
mod e 49
Sh
ows themen u 49
COMAN
Dcont roller :
COMA NDcontroll er
You canusetheCOMA NDcontroll erto sele ct
th emen uite ms intheCOMA NDdispl ay.
You cancallupmen usorlist s,scroll throug h
men usorlist sand exitmen usorlist s. Oper
ating theCOMA NDcontroll er The
COMA NDcontroll ercan be:
R pre sse dbrie flyorpre sse dand held W
R tur nedclo ckwise orcount er-clo ckwise
cVd
R slid leftorrigh tXVY
R slid forwards orback ZVÆ
R slid diagon allyaVb
In theins truct ions,oper atingseque nces are
desc ribedas follows:
X Radio modeis act ivat ed.
X Sel ect Radio by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroll erand press
W toconfirm .
X Con firm Sta tionLis t by
pre ssin gW.
The statio nlist appears. 16
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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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Navi Au
dio Tel
eph one Vide
o Sys
tem Ma
pdisp lay FM/AM
radio Te
leph one Vi
de oDVD Ca
lls up the
sy ste mm enu Set
tingroute
calculation mode SatRadio address
book Avoidin
gan area Disc
Record
route Memory
card Traffic
information on
map MUSIC
REGISTE R Inf
ormat iononmap Media
Int erface O
Topographic map
on/ off Rear
O
Switc hingfreeway
infor mation on/off AUX
O
Autom atically
read aloud traffic
report son/ off O
Audio fadeout on/
off SIRIUS
service System
menuoverview Sett
ings Language
Display
settings Set
tingthe language Time
Text
reader speed Voice-
operated control settings Rear
viewcamera Ac
tivat ing/deac tivatingBluetoot h® COMAND
operatingsystem
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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
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Callin
gup themen uofam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainnavigat ion,audio, or
te lepho nefun ction sis swit ched on,
tr iang le: appear sne xtto theen try. You can
no wselec tana ssociated menu.
The example describes howtocall upthe
audi omenu fromaudioCD mode. Inserta
CD/DVD (Ypage 126). :
Callsup the audi omenu
; Main function bar
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
The Audio menuappears. Audio
menu
The #dot indicates thecurrent audiomode.
X Select another audiomode, e.g.Radio ,
by
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm. Selec
tingamenu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press theófunction button.
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The station presetmemory appears. :
Selection bar
X Select thestation byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
The station isset. Operat
ingCOMAND
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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
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Adj
usting thevolu mefornav igation
ann ounc ements Dur
ing anav igat ionann oun cemen t:
X Turn qtheco ntrol knob.
or
X Pre sstheW orX buttonon the
mult ifunction steer ing whee l.
Adj usting thevolu meforphone calls You
canadjust thevol ume forhan ds-free
mod eduri ngate leph onecall .
X Turn theq control knob.
or
X Pre sstheW orX buttonon the
mult ifunction steer ing whee l. Adj
usting thesoun dsettings
Callin gup thesound menu You
canmak evari ous soun dset tings for the
diff eren taudio andvide osour ces.This mean s
th at itis poss ibletoset mor ebass forradio
mod eth an for audio CDmod e,for example .
You cancalluptheres pec tive soun dmen u
fr om themen uof thedesi redmod e.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
soun dmen uin radio mode.
X Pre sstheó function button.
The radio displayappear s.You willhear the
last stati on played onthelast waveb and. X
Se lec tSou nd by
slidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
You cannowset thetreble andbass orthe
balan ceand fade rfor radio mode.
Adjust ingtreble andbass X
Select Treble or
Bass in
the sound menu
by turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconf irm.
An adjustmen tscal eap pea rs. Setting
thebass
: Lastsett ing select ed
; Current setting
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu.
Adju sting balance andfader With
theBalance function,you can control
whether thesound islouder onthe driver's or
fron t-passenger side.
The Fade function isused tocon trol whether
the sound islouder inthe fron torthe rear of
the vehicle.
X Select Bal./Fad. (bala
nce/ fader) inthe
sound menubyturning cVdtheCOMAND
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Adju
sting balance and fader
: Current setting
X Sel ect asetti ngbyslid ing ZVÆ orXVY the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
The setti ngisstore dand youexi tthe menu. Surr
ound sound
General notes If
your vehicle isequipp edwith theharman/
kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundfor
every passenger.
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround
sound system isavaila bleforthe following
operating modes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audi oCD
R audi oDVD (MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digital audioformats)
R MP3 (including PCMCIAmemorycard)
R Media Interface
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audi oformats)
R AUX
Because someDVDscont ainboth stereo and
multichannel audioformats, itmay be
necessary toset the audi oformat
(Y page 134). i
The Logic7 ®
On funct
ioncreates a
surround soundexperience forevery
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
stereo recordings. Itenables optimum
play back ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichannel audio
formats, suchasMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound characterist icslike
those intendedbythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecorded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,
all permissible
formats areplay edasstored onthe
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartmen t,an optimum
audi oexperience cannotbeguaranteed for
all passengers.
i Discs which support theaudi oformats
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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