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. Rad
iomode General
information
i Portable electronicdevices inthe vehicle
may seriously impairradiorecept ion. Switching
torad iomode
Opt ion 1 X
Press theófunc tion button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband
select ed.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switch esbetween theFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressin gthe button again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If radio mode wasthelast mode selected,
it will now beactive.
If anoth eraudio mode isswitch edon, you
can now switch toradio mode inthe audio
menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Ex
ample display: audiomenu
: Main function bar
; Current audiooperatin gmode
= Audio menu
X Select FM / AM radio by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Ex
ample display: FMradio
: Display window withstationsett ings
; Preset position ofthe select edstat ion
= Name ofthe select edstat ion
? Frequenc yof the select edstat ion
A Sound settings
B WB (Weather Band)
C AM radio
D FM radio
E Memory functions
F Radio functions 118
Rad
iomod eAudio
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
Storing
astatio n
Sto ringstati onsmanua lly The
reareten presetsavaila bl efor the FMand
AM waveb and s.
X Qui cksav e:pre ssand holdanum berk ey,
e.g. H,until youhear aton e.
The stationisstor ed.
X To store direct lyin the stat ionpresets:
press Wthe COMAND controller whenthe
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display isactive.
or
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
In both cases, thestationpreset sappear.
The #dot indicat esunder which preset
the curren tlyselect edstat ionisstor ed. Ex
ample display: stationpreset s
X Select apreset byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress andhold
W until youhear aton e.
The stationisstor edunder thepreset .
Stor ingstat ions automat ically This
function automatic allystoresstat ions
with adequate reception.Thesearch startsat
the lowest frequenc y.Ifstat ions arefound,
COMAND storesthem startingatmemory
slot 1.Storing iscomplet ewhen thehighest
frequenc yhas been reached orwhen 10
stat ions have been found. Stations stored manually
inthe preset memory willbelost. It
is possible thatCOMAND doesnotfillall
memory slotswhen storing.
X Opt ion1:press Wthe COMAND controller
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active .
The stationpreset menuappears.
X Opt ion 2:select Presets by
sliding VÆ
and turningcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm.
The stationpreset menuappears.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,select
Autosto re and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, COMAND searchesfor
stat ions thatcanbereceived. Youwillsee
a message tothis effec t.The available
stat ions areautomatic allystoredinthe
preset position s.
X To cancel storing: selectCancel and
press Wtocon firm. Weat
herBand
Switching to X
Press theófunc tion button repeatedly
until theWeather Bandisswitch edon.
or
X Select WB by
sliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. :
Display window withchann elsett ings
; Current lyreceived channel 120
Rad
iomod eAudio
=
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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(Canada ). Satellite
radio
121Audio
If
the satell itereceiver isnot install edoris
not install edcorrectly, theDevice Unavailable messag
ewil lapp ear. Once
COMAND receivesthesignal ,the
satell iteradi odisp layapp ears. Thestation
last selected ispla yed . Satelli
teradio mainmenu
1 Satelli teradi odisp layarea
2 Cha nnel name
3 Preset
4 Selected category/channel number
5 Cha nnel information (inbrief)
6 Sound settings
7 Categ orylist
8 Cha nnel information (indetail )
9 Cha nnel preset list
a SatRad iomenu
Cha nnel information Acan beviewe din
detai l(Y page 125). Changi
ngthe catego ry Satelli
teradi ostations aresorted intovariou s
categorie s.You canchoose betweenthe
different categories, suchasnews/talk
shows, sportsorcountr y,ifthey areavaila ble.
The category listissorted alphabetically.
Selec tingacatego ry
X To callup the categ orylist:sel ect
Catego ry by
turning cVdtheCOM AND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The cate gorylist appe ars.
X To select ac atego ry:select acatego ryby
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sing Wtoconfirm.
The catego rysel ected isshow nint he
displa y.You hear thestation lastselected
for this category.
The All Channels category
isat the top
of the category list.This category issorted
by channel numberandallow syou to
browse allavaila blechannels.
Selec tingachanne l Chann
elsearc h
X Turn cVd orslide XVY theCOMAND
controlle rwhile thedispla y/selection
window inthe SatRadio displayisactive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
COMAND searchesinboth directions
(ascending anddescending) andstops at
the next channel foundinthe selected
category.
SatRa diomenu
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
The SatRadio menuappears. Satellite
radio
123Audio
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
Pause
function
In audio CD/DVD andMP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypresstheB
button.
The , symbol appears atthe top leftin
the status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
B button again.
The , symbol disappea rs.
Only inaudio DVDmode X
To pause playback: switchonaudi oDVD
mode (Ypage 129).
X Select Ëbysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudi oDVD
mode.
X Switch onaudi oDVD mode (Ypage 129).
X To interru ptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. X
To stop playback: whileplayback is
interr upted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Play back starts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selec
tingaudio CD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selec tingviathe media list X
In audio CD/DVD andMP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X In audio CD/DVD mode only:press W
the COMAND controller when thedisplay /
selection windowisactive.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
131Audio Z
Media
list Maga
zinetrays ,posi tions 1to6: readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 Media
Interface, position 9 i
Ifadata medium isnot readable, anentr y
appears behindthemagazine trayoryou
receive amessage ifyou have selected the
memory card.
X Select thedata medium byturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 150). Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac 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 .
Sk ipping backwards restartsthe curr ent
tr ack (ifithas been playing formor ethan
8s econ ds)orstart sthe previous track(if
the curr enttrack hasonly been playing for
a shor tertime).
If the Rand omTrac ks opt
ion has been
selec ted,thetrack swill beplayed ina
rand omorder . Selecting
bytrack list X
In audio CD/DVDm ode, select Track List by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller inMP3
mode whenthedisplay /select ionwindow
is active.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphabetical order. Fast
forward /rewind
X While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND
cont roller untilthedesired position has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
or
X Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller when the
display/ selectionw indow isact ive.
The folder contentappears. 132
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeAudio