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Before youdrive off,famil iarize you rself with
you rCOMAND controlpanel andread this
manual. Thiswillhelp youtoobtain the
maximum usefrom yourCOMAND control
panel andtoavoid endangering yourselfand
othe rs.
Dep endingonthe mod eland equipme ntlevel ,
the functio nsand equipme ntofyour
CO MAND controlpa nel maydeviate from
cert aindescript ionsandillustration s.
Mercedes- Benziscon stan tlyupdating its
systems tothe stateof the artand theref ore
reserv esthe right tointroduce changes in
design, equipment andtechnical features at
any time.
You cann ot,ther efore, baseanyclaims onthe
data, illustration sor descript ionsinthis
manual.
Consult anauthoriz edMercedes- BenzCent er
if you have furtherquestions .
This manual isan integral partofthe vehicle.
You should alwayskeep itin the vehicle and
pass iton tothe new owner ifyou sellthe
vehicle.
The technical documen tationteamat
Daimler AGwishes yousafe andpleasant
moto ring.
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radi
ateradi ofrequ ency energy and,ifnot
install edand usedin accorda ncewith the
instruction manual,may causeharmfu l
interference toradi ocommunica tions. G
WARNING
This equipme ntcompli eswith FCCradiation
exposu relimi tsset forth foruncontrolle d
equ ipme ntand meets theFCC radio
frequ ency (RF)Exposure Guide lines in
Suppl ement Cto OET65.
This equipme nthas very lowlevel sof RF
energy thatisdeeme dto comply without
maximu mpermissive exposureevaluation
(MPE). Butitis desirable thatitshould be
inst alled andoperated withatleast 8inche s
(20 cm) andmore betwe enthe radiator and a
pe rso n's body (exclu ding extre mities:hands,
wri sts, feetand legs.) Co
rrec tuse
Observe thefollowing information whenusing
COMAND :
R the safety notesinthis manual
R all road trafficregulations
i Improper workonelectr oniccompon ents
or other systems (suchasradio, DVD
changer )and their software mayresult in
malfunct ionorfailure. Evensystems that
have notbeen modified couldbeaffect ed
because theelectr onicsystems are
con nect ed.Elect ronic malfunct ionscan
seriously jeopardize theoperation alsafety
of your vehicle.
i Only have repairs orchanges toelectr onic
compon entscarried outataqualified
specialist workshop whichhasthe
neces saryspecialist knowledge andtools
to carry outthework required. Daimler
recom mends thatyouuseanauthorized
Mercedes- BenzCenter forthis purpose. In
particular, workrelevant tosafety oron
safety-r elatedsystems mustbecarried out
at aqualified specialist workshop. Informa
tiononcopyright
Free Type Componen
tsof this software aresubject to
copyright ©
2005 TheFreeType Project
htt p://ww w.freetype. org.
All rights reserved. COMAND
features
These Operatin gInst ruct ions describe all
standard andoption alequipment available
for your COMAND systematthe time of
purchase. Country-specificdeviations are
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Thisincludes safety-
related systems andfunc tions.Therefor e,the
equipment onyour COMAND systemmay
differ fromthatinthe descript ionsand
illustration s.The original purchase
agreement listsallsystems installed inyour
vehicle. Contactana uth orizedMer cedes-
Ben zCent erifyou have anyquestions about
equipment oroperation . Function
restrictions
For safety reasons, someCOMAND functions
are rest rictedorunavailable whilethevehicle
is in motion .You will notice this, forexample,
because eitheryouwillnotbeable toselect
cert ainmenu itemsorCOMAND willdisplay
a message tothis effect . Introdu
ction
11 Z

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. Display
settings Sett
ingthe bright ness
The brightn essdetec tedbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoption sfor this
func tion.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Setting s by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Brightn ess and
press Wto
con firm. :
The needle showsthecurren tsett ing
X Adj ust the brightn essbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Display
design
Your COMAND displayfeatures optimized
designs foroperation duringdaytime and night
-time hours. Youcancusto mizethe
design tosuit your person alpreferen cesby
manually selectingday ornight design oropt
for anautomatic setting.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Setting s by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automat ic by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The dotinfron tof the entryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edsett ing. Design Explana
tion Day
Mode The
display isset
permanen tlytoday
design. Night
Mode The
display isset
permanen tlytonight
design. Automat
ic The
display design
changes depending on
the vehicle instrument
cluster illumination. i
When theAutomat ic sett
ingisselect ed,
COMAND evaluatesthereadings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switch esbetween thedisplay designs
automatic ally. Tim
esettings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS recept ion,COMAND
automatic allysets thetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minut e
incr ement s,but thedate cannotbe changed. 38
Tim
esett ingsSystem settings

i
Ifyou setthe time in30-minute
increments, anytime zone settings and
settings forchanging betweensumm erand
st and ard time are lost (Ypage 39).
i The followin gnav igat ionsyst emfunction s
req uire thetime, time zone and summ er/
st and ard time tobe set correc tly in ord er
to work properly:
R rout eguidan ceon rout eswit htime-
depe ndenttraffic guidance
R calcu lation ofexpected timeofarriva l To
set the time
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select SetTime and
press Wtoconfirm. :
Toset the time
; Current date(setautomatical lyby
COMAND)
X Set thetime byturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm. Setting
thetime/date format
X Press theSbutton. X
Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Format and
press Wtoconfirm.
The #dots indica tethe prese ntsettings. Abb
reviatio n Meani
ng DD /MM /YYYY Day/Mo
nth/Year
(da teformat) YYYY /MM /DD Yea
r/Month/Day
(da teformat) HH /MM Hours/Mi
nutes
(time format) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/PM
format. X
Set theformat byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm. Setting
thetime zone andswitching
betw eensummer andstandard time
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Time Zone and
press Wtoconfirm.
You willsee alist oftime zones. The#dot
indica testhe current setting.
X Select thetime zone andpress Wto
confirm.
X To swi tch automatic changeoveron/
off: selectAuto. Daylight Saving Time
On or
Auto. Daylight Saving Time
setting s
39System settings

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

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. Introd
uction Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenteradestin ation
when thevehicle isstat ionary. Whenthe
vehicle isin motion ,ap assen gershoul dent er
th edest ination.Stud yma nua land select
rou tebefor edri vin g.
Bea rin mi nd tha tat asp ee dof jus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond.
COMA NDcalc ulate sth erout etothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way-signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges G
WARNING
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofaone-way roadhasbeen
reversed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtraffic rulesand regulations
duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generated bythe system. G
WARNING
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system The
navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestored.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactiv eabove avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe 48
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ion

Basi
cse ttin gs Route
mode
Se ttin groute typeandroute options Yo
ucan select the followi ng rou tetyp es:
R Sho rt Rou
te :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest possible(minimized)
distance withouttakingtrafficreports into
consideration.
R Dynamic Route :s
ame routetype asFas t Rou
te .
In addit ion,COMA NDtakesany
tr aff icrepo rts rec eive dwit hreg ard tothe
rout eint oacc oun tdurin groute guidance.
The navigation systemcanhelp youavoid
a traffic jam,forexample, byrecalculating
the route.
R Dynamic RouteOnlyAfter Request :
same routetypeasDynamic Route .
Aft er
recalculating theroute, COMAND asksyou
whether youwish toadopt thenew route
or whether youwould prefer tocont inue
along theoriginal route.
R Fast Route :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest (minimized) journeytime
without takingtrafficreports into
consideration.
Select theroute options AvoidHighways ,
Avoid Toll Roads ,
Avoid Tunnels ,
Avoid Ferries and
Avoid AutoTrains .Y
ou can
select morethanoneroute option.
X To call upthe rout emode menu: press
the gfunct ionbutton .
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Mode and
press Wtoconf irm. Route
modemenu
: Toselect theroute type
; Toset route options
X Select aroute typeandpress Wtoconf irm.
Af illed circle indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec tthe route option(s) andpress Wto
confirm .
The route options areswitched onO oroff
ª, depending onthe previous status.
i Ifyou change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceisactive
(the route hasbeen calculated), COMAND
will calculate anew route.
If you change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceis
inactive (nodestination hasbeen entered
yet), COMAND usesthenew settin gfor the
next route guidance.
i The route calculated may,forexample,
include ferryconnections, evenifthe
Avoid Ferries route
option isswitched
on.
In some cases, e.g.when calculating
particularly longroutes, COMAND maynot
be able totake allthe selected route
options intoaccount.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. 50
Basic
settingsNavigat ion

e.g.
roads closed tothr ough trafficand non-
resident s.
R roads thathave timerestrictions (e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holidays) are
avoided forroute guidance. Change
ofdir ection
Introd uction Changes
ofdirect ionhave three phases:
R preparation phase
R announ cementphase
R change-of- directionphase
Prepar ationphase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection. Basedonthe example
displa ybelow, thechange ofdirection is
announced withthePrepare toturn right message.
Youseethefull-screen map. Example
display:prepa ration phase
: Next road
; Point atwhi chthe change ofdirectio n
takes place(light bluedot)
= Current vehicl eposi tion (the tipofthe
triangle indicatesthe vehicl e’sdirectio n
of travel)
? Current road
Displa y? depe ndsonthe setting selected
for "Informati oninmap" (Ypag e87). Ann
ounc ement phase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
directio n.Based onthe exampl edisp lay
belo w,the change ofdirectio nisannounced
with thePlease turn right in 900 ft.
and
follow the message.
The announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersect ion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:announcement phase
: Next road
; Point atwhich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right displa ys)
= Graphi crepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Change ofdirect ion(turn righthere)
A Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
B Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn 68
Route
guidanceNavigat ion