
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
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . 32
Basic
functions ofCOMANDAt aglance

Acti
vating/d eactivating
ind ivid ualization X
Pre sstheS button.
X Se lec tSet tings by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tVoi ceControl and
pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tInd ividualizationOn and
press
W toconfirm .
You haveswit ched individ ualiz ation onO
or off ª. Blu
eto oth ®
set tings Gene
ralinf orm ation abou t
Blu eto oth ®
Blue toot h®
tech no logy isthest and ard for
sho rt-rang ewire less datatrans mis sion ofup
to appr oximat ely10met ers.Bluetoo th®
allows, forexam ple,theexchang eof vCards.
Bluet ooth®
is aregis tered trademark of
Bluet oothSpec ialInter est Group (SIG) Inc. Req
uirement sfor aBlu etoot h®
connection
You canconnectmobile phones and
not ebooks toCOMAND.
To do so, the following conditionsneed tobe
met:
R Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, needtocomply withacert ain
profile (Ypage 99)inorder tobe
conn ected toCOMAND. EveryBluetooth ®device
hasitsown specific Bluetooth ®
name.
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe respect iveBluetooth ®
device;
see theseparate operating instructions.
R the Bluetooth ®
device mustbe"visible" to
COMAND inorder forCOMAND tofind and
display it.For thesettingprocedures,
please seetheoperating instructions for
the Bluetooth ®
device.
i Once amobile phonehasbeen
conn ected, reception andtrans mission
volume maychange. <00340003001400090016000100140009000E0007002100040005000100030014
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ingBluetooth ®
X Press theSbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Bluetooth and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth and
press
W toconf irm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on O oroff ª. Connec
tingBluetooth ®
devices
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
device with
COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed to
conn ectit.
Connect ingcomprises:
R searching foraBluetooth ®
device
R subsequently authorizingit
i You canconn ectuptoten devices to
COMAND.
More detailed informationonsuitable mobile
phones andonconn ectin gBluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND canbe
found onthe Internet athtt p:// 42
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

www.m
busa-mo bile. com .Or callth e
Mer cedes -Ben zC ust ome rAssistance Center
at 1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(for theUSA) orCustomer Relations at
1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ).
Searching forBluetooth ®
devices X
Act ivate Bluetooth ®
(Y page 42).
X Select Settings in
the system menuby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select Update and
press Wtoconfirm.
COMAND searchesforBluetooth ®
devices
within range. Afterashort while,the
Bluetooth ®
device listappea rs. Example
ofdispla y:Bluetooth ®
device list
: Currently connected #and authorized
device (Yicon)
; Device notwithin rangebutpreviousl y
authorized (Lappea rsingray)
= Newly detected devicewithinrangebut
not yetauthorized (noY icon)
The Bluetooth ®
device listshows alldevices
within rangeandallpreviousl yauthorized
devices, whether ornot they areinrange.
If the Bluetooth ®
device listisalrea dyfull, you
will berequested tode-authorize adevice
(Y page 44).IfCOMAND doesnotdetect
your Bluetooth ®
device, external
authorization maybenecessary
(Y page 44). i
When subsequ entlycalled upagai n,the
list may nolonger showalldevices, for
example becauseadevice hasbeen
removed fromthevehicle inthe meantime.
In this case, startanew search toupda te
the device list.
Authorizing aBluetooth ®
device
(registering) X
In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select notyet
authorized device=byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm.
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm. The
passcode isany one tosixteen- digit
number combination whichyoucan choose
yoursel f.You must enter thesame number
combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
device tobe authorized (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions).
i Some mobile phones requireapasscode
with fourormore digits.
i Ifyou want tore-authorize adevice
followi ngde-authorization (Ypage 44),
you can select adifferent passcode. Bluetooth
®
settings 43System
settings

X
To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys inturn.
¬ ishig hlighted afterthefirst numbe r
has beenentere d.
or
X Sel ect the digits one byone byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
X To confi rm anentry inCO MA ND: select
¬ using the COMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Enter thesame passco deinto the
Blu etoo th®
de vic e(see the opera ting
ins tructio nsfor the respective devic e).
The devic eis au thor ized. Ex
tern alautho rization
If CO MAND does not detect your
Blu etoo th®
de vic e,thi sma ybe duet o
partic ularsecurit ysett ings onyour
Bluetoot h®
device. Inthis case, check
whether yourBluetoot h®
device canlocate
the COMAND system.The Bluetooth ®
device
name ofCOMAND is"MB Bluetooth".
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select External Authorization and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Start theBluetooth ®
scan process onthe
Bluetooth ®
device (seetheseparate
operating instructionsofthe respective
device).
X Select COMAND ("MBBluetooth").
X When prompted, enterthepasscode onthe
Bluetooth ®
device andthen onCOMAND. Displaying
thedetails ofa
Bluetooth ®
device
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The detailed displayfor this device
appea rs.
X To close thedetailed view:turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller. De-authoriz
ing(de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
device
Mercedes-Ben zUSA, LLCrecommen dsthat
you de-authorize devices,e.g.mobile phones,
both inCOMAND andonthe respective
Bluetooth ®
device itself.Subsequent
authorization mayotherwise fail.
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
authorized devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select De-Authorize and
press Wto
confirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the authorization forthe
device willberevoked.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i IfaBluetooth ®
device hasbeen de-
authorized andisout ofrange, whenanew
search iscarried outitwill notappear inthe
Bluetooth ®
device list. 44
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

Exam
ple displ ay:m ain categor ylist forpoin tsof
int eres t
: Sele cted main categor ywith theG icon
for subc ategories
X Irr espec tiveof theopt ion,pres sW to
con firmy our selection .
If the selected maincategory doesnot
cont ainany sub-categories, thepoint of
inter estlistappears.
If the selected maincategory contains sub-
categories, youwillsee thelistofsub-
categories eitherwiththecharact erbar
(option 1)or as aselection list(option 2).
The following illustration showsthe
RESTAURANT main
category withavaila ble
sub-categories asan example. :
Tocall upallentr iesinthe RESTAURANT main
category
; Tocall upallentr iesinthe BREWPUB subcategory
= Character bar
X Option 1:select acategory. Proceedas
described inthe "Searching foraphone
book entry"section (Ypage 106). X
Option 2:select acategory byturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
conf irmyour selection.
The point ofinteres tlist appears. It
con tain sthe point sof interest available in
the sub-c atego rythat arewithin thesearc h
radius.
i Sear chradius means:COMA NDsearc hes
within aradius ofapprox imately60miand
cease ssearc hingwhen 50point sof
int erest havebeen found.
If COMA NDdoes notfindany point sof
int erest within thisradius, itext ends its
searc hrang eto approx imately125 mi.If
COMA NDfinds one point ofint erest within
this radius, itfin ishes thesearc h.
i Ifyou selec tthe ALL list
item, thepoint of
interest listcont ains allpoints ofinterest
for allsubcategories inthe RESTAURANT main
category whichliewithin thesearch
radius.
If you select theOTHER RESTAURANTS list
item atthe end ofthe list, thepoints of
interest listcont ains allpoints ofinterest
which cannot beassigned toany
subcategory ofthe RESTAURANT main
category andwhich liewithin thesearch
radius. Point
ofinterest list
Introduction The
illustration belowshows anexample of
the points ofinterest listforthe
RESTAURANT main
category andBREWPUB subcategory
inthe vicinity ofthe current
position. Entering
apoint ofint eres t
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:
Point ofinter est
; Compass headingtothe point ofinter est
= Linear distanc eto the point ofinter est
? Select edcategory orsub-categor y
i Dependin gon the point ofinter est
selected, COMAND usesdifferen t
referen cepoints indetermin ingthe linear
distanc eto the destinat ion:
R vicinit yof curren tposition: thelinear
distanc eis the distanc eof the point of
inter estfrom thecurren tvehicle
position.
R vicinit yof destinat ion:thelinear distanc e
is the distanc efrom thedestinat ion
ent ered tothe point ofinter est.
Selecting apoint ofint eres t X
Sele ctapoin tof interes tby turnin gcVd
th eCOMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
The com pleteaddre ssofthepoin tof
int erest selectedisshown . :
Poin tofintere stwith addre ss
; Tosta rtrou tecal cul ation
= Tostor ean addre ssinthe destinati on
mem ory
? Todispl aydetai ls
A Toma keacal l(w hen availabl e)
B Tocance lsel ecti on
C Tosho wan addre sson the map
X To start route calculati on:sel ect Start and
pressW toconfi rm.
X To sto rean addre ssinthe destinatio n
memo ry:select Save and
pressW to
confi rm.Youcan now select stor age
op tio ns (Ypage 82) .
X To sho wthe deta iled view :sel ect
Det ails and
pressW toconfi rm.
X To conn ectac all:select Call and
press
W toconfirm (avai lable ifthe pointof
interest entrycontains aphone numbe r).
COM AND switches totelep hone mode
(Y pag e105).
X To callup the map: select Map and
press
W toconfirm.
X You canmove themap andselect the
desti nation (Ypag e59).
ZAGA T®
survey service Entries
with the Zicon contain additiona l
ZAGAT informa tion.ZAGAT ratesrestau rants,
for instance, inrega rdtothe qualityofthe
food, furnishing,service,and provi desan
aver ageprici ngleve las wel las agenera l
descri ption. 64
En
tering apoint ofint eres tNavi gatio n

Please
alwaysuse this feature instead of
cons ulting themap display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident .
i Audible navigation announcementsare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannounc ement,you can
call upthe curren tannounc ementatany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off:press theBbutton during
an announc ement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructio nshave been muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i COMAND automatically switchesthe
navigation announcementsback onwhen:
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine.
Reducing volumeduring anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement. X
Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ct+ inthe map view with the menu
show nand adjus tthe volume usingthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected.
i The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm . Route
guidance
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1
Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 Serial number ofyour service module for
receivin gtraff icreport s
Registering forthe SIRIUS XMtraffic
repor tserv ice X
Call thetraff icrepo rtprov ider' sphon e
num bershown onthesc reen .
i You canalso have thesat ellit eser vice
act ivat edonline .Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DB (USA)or
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001B .com
(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe operator.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes.
If registrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account . Compass
function
In the compass view,youcan seethecurrent
direction oftravel, thecurrent heightabove
sea level andthecoordinat esofthe vehicle
position, forexample.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller. X
Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Compass and
press Wtoconf irm. Example
display:compass
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel,
rounded
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s.
X To exit thedisplay: confirmBack by
pressing Worpress thek button . Upda
tingthedigital map
Introdu ction The
digital mapbecomes outdatedinthe
same wayasconv ention alroad maps.
Optimal routeguidance canonly beprovided
by the navigation systeminconj unct ionwith
the most up-to- datemapsoftware. Additional
settings
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