2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class Comand Manual

Disp
laying andc hangi nganavoi ded
area X
Select anentry inthe listusi ng the
9: buttons.
X Select Option s usi
ng the ; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Displa y/Change and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
The area tobe avoi ded isindi cated inthe
map.
X To chang ethe posi tion ofthe area: press
the =;9 or; button.
The area ismoved onthe map.
X To chang ethe size ofthe area: press the
U orT button.
The area isenla rged orredu ced.
X To confirm thechang e:press the9
button.
The lista ppears andthechang eis ent ered.
Deleting asetarea X
Sele ctan ent ryinthelist usin gth e
9: buttons.
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres s9 tocon firm.
Aq uery appear sask ing whet hertheen try
sho uld bedelet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No .
If you selectYes ,
th een try is delet ed.
If you sele ctNo ,
th epro ces swill beabor ted. "R
ecor drou te" funct ion
Swit chingth efu nct ion on/of f X
To swit chtonav igationmod e:pre ssthe
Ø function button.
X To show themen u:pre ssthe9 button. X
Se lec tNav i in
themain function bar usin g
th e9=; buttons and pressthe
9 buttonto confirm .
X Se lec tSav eoff -roadroute and
press
th e9 buttonto confirm . Off
-road routemen u
X Se lec tSav eoff -roadroute again
and
pre ssthe9 buttonto confirm .
De pen dingon thepre vious status ,you
swit chtheopt ion onO oroff ª.
X To exit themen u:pre ssthe=
or ; button.
Disp laying mem oryusage When
themem oryis90 %full, youseea
mes sage tothis eff ect.You willalso seea
mes sage when themem oryisco mple tely full.
X To confi rmthemes sage:pre ssthe9
but ton.
i Inord erto be able tocontinue usingth e
"Reco rdrout e"fun ction ,you should delete
the route memory afterwards.
X To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar using
the 9=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Saveoff-road route and
press
the 9button toconf irm. Additional
settings
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X
Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory and
press
the 9button toconfi rm. Off-ro
adrou tememo rymenu
X Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory use
d and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ab arsho wsthemem oryusage asa
perc entag e.
X To close thedis pla y:pres sth eß
fun ction button.
i When themem oryisco mple tely full, you
can notselec tth eOff -roadroute mem
ory men
uite m.
Deleti ngtherou temem ory X
To swit chtonav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function button.
X To show themen u:pres sth e9 button.
X Sel ect Navi in
themain function bar usin g
th e9=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Saveoff -roadroute and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Delete off-roadroutememory and
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
Aq uery appear sask ing whet herthe
mem oryshould bedelet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No .
If you selectYes ,
th emem oryisdelet ed.
If you sele ctNo ,
th epro ces swill beabor ted. Free
way information
When drivingonfreeways, youcan have the
ne ares tgas statio ns,res tareas, etc.,aswel l
as you rcurr entd istanc efrom them, shown
on the right-hand sideofthe disp lay.
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Navi in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select freeway information and
press
the 9button toconfirm.
Dependi ngon the previ ousstatus, you
swi tch the option onO oroff ª. Example
displaywith function active
: Icons forfreew ayservice facilities
; Name offreew ayservice
= Distance fromcurrent vehicleposi tion
i Ifthe digitalmap does notsupplyany
data ,only astyli zed road witho utfreew ay
informati onisvisib leon the right-hand side
of the disp lay. Co
mpass function
You canseethecurrent vehicleposi tion and
dire ction oftravel inthe compas sview .
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button. 88
Additio
nalsetting sNavigatio n

X
Sel ect Positi on in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Compass and
press the9button to
confirm.
Depending onthe previous status,you
switch theoption onO oroff ª. Example
display:compass
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded tothe nearest 50m)
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinates
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinates
B Currently setsteering angleofthe front
wheels
i Todispla ycurrent height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. SteeringangleBcan bea
maximum of35° inboth directions. Updat
ingthe digital map
Introduction The
digital mapsgenerated bythe map
software becomeoutdated inthe same way
as conven tionalroadmaps. Optimal route
guida ncecanonly beprovided by
the navigation systeminconj unction withthe
most up-to-date mapsoftware. Information
aboutnew version sof the digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter .You canhave the
digital mapupdated therewith aDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
map software. Duringthis time, youwill
only beable toswitch onradio mode and
to 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
occ urs, restartthe update withtheengin e
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Never runtheengin ein an enclos edspace.
The exhaust fumescontain poisonous carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustfumesis
hazardous toyour health andcanlead toloss
of con sciousnes sand death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD (Ypage 127).
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: pressthe9
button .
X Eject the DVD .
While theupdate isrunn ing,youwillsee a
message tothis effec tand apro gressbar.The Addi
tional settin gs
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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 V 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 ssthe 9
bu tton.
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: pressthe9
button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. 90
Additional
settingsNavigation

Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle and
switching offCOMAND. "Continuing routeguidance"refers to
switching COMAND backonand driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 68).
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problems
withthenavigation system
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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: pressthe9button.
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. 92
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation

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Telephony viathe Bluet ooth®
inter-
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Reception andtransm ission volume .99
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Opera tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel.......... 113 93Telephone

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. General
information Introd
uction
In the telephon efunc tion,telephon yvia
Bluetoot h®
int erface isavailable ifa
Bluetoot h®
-c apable mobile phoneis
con nected.
Using theBluetoot h®
int erface andasuitable
mobile phone, youcan useCOMAND ’shands-
free feature todownload electronicbusiness
cards (vCards).
More detailed information onsuitable mobile
phones andoncon nectingBluetoot h®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND canbe
found onthe Internet athtt p://
www.mbusa- mobile.com.Or call the
Mercedes- BenzCust ome rAssistance Center
under
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(USA), orCustomer Relations under
1-80 0-387-01 00(Canad a). Importa
ntsafety notes G
WARNING
A driver's attentiontothe road must always
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommend thatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtraffic conditions permit. Some
jurisdictions prohibitthedriver from
using acellula rmobile phone whiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehicle is
coverin gadistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second. G
WARNING
You andothers maydamage yourhealth due
to excessive electromagneticradiation. By
using anexter nalanten na,the possible health
risks ofelectrom agneticfields,whichare
under discussion amongthescient ific
communit y,should belargely prevent ed. Call
disconnec tionwhile thevehicle is
in motion
Ac allmay bedisc onnected if:
R there isins ufficie ntnetwo rkcover age in
cer tain areas .
R you mov efrom onetrans mitter/ rec eive r
area (cell)int oano ther and nochann elsare
fr ee.
R you useaSI M car dwhic his no tcompatible
with thenetwork available.
R you areusing amobile phonewith
"Twincard" andthemobile phonewiththe
second SIMcard isalready loggedintothe
network . Operat
ingoptions
You canoperate thetelephone by:
R the = and; button orthe 9button
on COMAND
R the 6 or~ button andthenumber
keypad onCOMAND
R pressing the6 or~ button onthe
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel
R by speaking usingtheVoice Control
System 94
General
informationTelephone