2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class navigation update

Information
aboutnew version sof the digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter .You canhave the
digital mapupdated atthe centerwith aDVD ,
or you can update themap yourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
digital map.Duringthis time, youwillonly
be able toswitch onradio mode andto
accept incomingcalls. Theupdate willbe
complet edmore quickly ifthe vehicle is
stat ionary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengin e
switch edoff and thestart erbatter yhas
insuffic ientpower, COMAND may
automatic allyswitch offduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe batter y.Ifthis
occur s,rest artthe update withtheengin e
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Never leavetheengin erunn inginan enclos ed
space. Theexhaust gasescontain carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustgasesconstitutes
a health hazard andcould leadtoloss of
con sciousnes sor even death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD intothe DVD changer
(Y page 126).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compat iblewith thenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, COMAND
start supdating thedigital map.
If the map data hasalready beeninstalled,
the display showsversion dataanda
message tothis effec t.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
While theupdate isrunn ing,youwillsee a
message tothis effec tand apro gressbar.The nav
igati on system isnot opera tional unti lthe
up date iscomp lete.
i Youcanno teje ctthe DVD during the
up date. Ifyo usw itch offCOMAND during
the update, the update isinte rrupte d.It
then continuesfrom where itwa s
inte rrupte dwh en the system isres tarte d.
CO MAND maypro mpt youto cha nge theDVD
du ring theupdate.
X Pre ssthe 8 load /eje ctbutton.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
X Inse rtthe requested DVD.
Once theupdate hasbe en succes sfully
comp leted ,yo uwi llsee ames sage tothis
eff ect.
X To confi rm the mes sage:pre ssW the
CO MAND controller.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
The update iscomp lete.
If the updateisnot succes sfully comp leted ,
yo uwi llsee ames sage tha tthe map update
is not possible.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. 94
Additional
settingsNavigation

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
Navigation Unavailable message
appea rs. COMAND
hasanintegrated harddrive onwhich thedigital mapis
stored.
To protect thehard drive fromdamage, COMAND switchesitoff
at very high temperatures. Thenavigation systemwillthen be
temporarily unavailable.
X Let the vehicle andCOMAND cooldown.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain. If
an area ofthe hard diskhasamalfunction ,COMAND canno
longer access themap data inthis area, forexample when
calculating aroute.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain.
The navigation systemwillbeoperational againuntilithas to
access thefaulty areaofthe hard drive oncemore. Themessage
will then reappear.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
seeamessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe COMAND controller.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thesystem software updatedatan authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty orscratc hed.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 96
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation

Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adisplay
on/off X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase by
turnin g
cVd andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switch thefunct iononO oroff ª.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognit iontechn ology.
Infor mation aboutnewversions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognit ion
software updatedtherewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 93). Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmultichann elformats ,for
example), orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected. X
Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 129).
X Select DVD-A by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Group by
turnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat current ly
selected.
X Select theaudio format byturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress thek button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare playe din the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
In MP3 mode, thetrack order isdetermin ed
by the order inwhich thetrack sare written
to the MP3 datacarrier whenitis created.
Alphabetical orderisthe most common .
Once allthe track sin afolder havebeen
playe d,the track sin the next folder are
playe d.
R Random Tracks All
the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5etc. ).
R Random Folder (only
inMP3 mode)
The track sin the current lyactive folderare
playe din random order. 134
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio