
i
You willfindfurt her informat ioninthe
"Dest inationentry" sect ion(Ypage 53). Enter
ingchar acters inthead dress
book andintheph one book
Intr oduct ion The
followin gsect iondesc ribes howtoent er
char acters inthe phon ebook (Ypage 125)
and inthe address book(Ypage 137)when
cre atin ganew entry.
Creat inganew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 128). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
Creat inganew entry inthe address
book X
Call upthe input menu withdata fields
(Y page 137). Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
Entering character s The
example describes howtoent erthe
surname Schulz .
X Select S by
turn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆ
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
S is
ent ered intothe data field. All
charact ersare shown inblack andcan
alway sbe select edinthe charact erbar.
The charact erbar offer scharact ers
corr espondin gto the respect ivedata field
(lett ersordigits). :
Toswitch thecharact erbar to
uppercase/lowerc aseletters
; Toswitch thecharact erbar from
uppercase/lowerc aseletters todigits
= Tochange thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar
? Todelete acharact er/anentry Opera
tingCOMAND
31Ataglance Z

X
Sel ect c and
confi rmbypre ssing W the
CO MAND controller.
The letter c is
ad de dto S in
the data field.
X Re peat the process untilthe name has
be en enter edinful l.
X To enter aphon enumb er:select the
di gits one byone inthe corre spondingdata
fie ldby turni ngcVd andsliding ZVÆ the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
Sw itchin gdata fields If
yo uwa ntto ente rafir stname afteryouhave
entered asurna me,forexamp le,procee das
foll ows toswi tch betwe enthe data fields:
Option 1
X Select the4or5 icon inthe chara cter
bar and press Wtoconfirm.
The inpu tmenu shows thedata field
select ed. :
Cursor inthe nextdata field
; Tostore anentry
= 4 and 5icons toselec tada tafield
Opt ion 2
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthecharac terbar
disappears.
X Select thedata fieldbysliding ZVÆand
press Wtocon firm. Stor
inganentr y X
Select ¬inthe charact erbar byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The entryisstor edinthe address book.
Furt herfunct ionsavaila bleinthe
char acter bar X
To switch thechar acter barto
upp ercase/lowercase character s:
select *orE andpress Wto
con firm.
X To switch thechar acter set:select
p andpress Wtocon firm.
The charac terset switc hesbetween
uppercase/ lowercaseletters and digits.
X To change thelangua geofthe
char acter bar:select Bandpress W
to con firm.
X Select thelanguage byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X To reposit ionthe cursor withinthedata
field: select the2or3 icon andpress
W tocon firm. :
Cursor (reposit ioned)
; 2 and 3icon toreposit ionthe cursor
X Delet ethe charact er/entry(Ypage 30). 32
Oper
ating COMANDAtaglance

Basi
cfunc tions ofCO MA ND Sw
itchin gCO MA ND on/o ff
X Pre ssthe qcontro lknob.
Aw arning mes sage appear s.COMA ND
calls uptheprev iously selectedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Switching
theCOMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display Off and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To switch on:press oneofthe funct ion
button s,e.g. W, Øorthe % back
button . Mut
e
Sound fromanaudio/video source X
Press the8 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
The sound fromtherespect iveaudio or
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvideo
source, oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i Even ifthe sound isswitched off,you will
still hear navigation system
announc ements. Switching
offallnavigation
announcements X
Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press 8again.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes.
You canalsoadju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R voice outputofthe Voice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions)
Adjust ingthe volume fornavigation
announcements During
anavigation announcemen t:
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
33Ataglance Z

X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect surround and
pressW toconfi rm. Setting
surrou ndsou nd(examp le)
X Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche don oroff and themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwi thout saving:pre ss
the % back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audio expe rience forall
pa sse nger swh en Log ic7®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshould be
set tothe center ofthe vehicleinter ior. Yo
uwi llach ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldha ve ab itrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic7 ®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s.
The climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X Turn oneofthe two temperature controls
and setthe temperature forthe left or
right 1,
2
or turn thetemperature controland
set the temperature 3,
4
.
or
X Turn thecont roltoset the airflow 3,
4
.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow 1,
2
I Decreases airflow 1,
2
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off 1,
2, 3
á Switches theZONE function on/
off 1,
2
1 Available for2-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-conditioning system.
4 Available forHeatmatic. 36
Cli
mat econ trol stat usdisplayAt aglanc e

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 display light
sensor affectsthe settingoption sfor this
func tion.
X Press theW button .
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. X
Adj ust the brightn essbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Display
design
Your COMAND displayfeatures optimized
designs foroperation duringtheday and at
night .You can setthe design bymanually selecting
dayornight design oropt foran
automatic setting.
X Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Display and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
A dot indicates thecurrent setting. Design Explanat
ion Day
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto day
design. Night
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto night
design. Automatic In
the Automatic sett
ing, COMAND
evaluates thereadings
from theautomatic
vehicle lightsensor and
switches betweenthe
display designs
automatically. Time
settings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS reception ,COMAND
automatically setsthetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minute
increm ents,but thedate cannotbe changed.
i Ifyou setthe time in30- minute
increm ents,any time zonesett ings and
sett ings forchanging betweensummerand
standard timearelost (Ypage 41). 40
Tim
esettingsSystem settings

i
The following navigation systemfunctions
require thetime, timezoneand summer/
standard timetobe set correc tlyinorder
to work properly:
R route guidance onroutes withtime-
dependent trafficguidance
R calculation ofexpect edtime ofarrival Setting
thetime
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select SetTime and
press Wtoconf irm. X
Set thetime byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The time isaccepted. Setting
thetime/da teform at
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Format and
press Wtoconf irm.
The #symbols showthecurren tsett ings. Abbreviat
ion Meaning
DD /
MM /
YY Day/Mon
th/Year
(date format ) HH /MM Hours/
Minutes
(time format ) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/ PM
format . X
Set theformat byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Sett
ingthe timezone andswitching
between summerand stand ardtime
X Press theW button .
X Select Time by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Time Zone and
press Wtocon firm.
You willsee alist oftime zones.The #dot
indicat esthe curren tsett ing.
X Select thetime zoneand press Wto
con firm.
X To switch automat icchangeover on/
off: select Auto. Dayligh tSavings Time
On or
Auto. Dayligh tSavings Time
Off by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The #dot indicat esthe curren tsett ing. Fuel
consumpt iondispla y Overview
Depen dingonthe vehicle equipment, the
COMAND displayshowsfuelconsumption .
If your vehicle isadual energy vehicle andthe
inst alled engin evariant supports it,you can
call upother displays (seetheseparate
operatin ginst ruct ions). Fuel
consumpt iondispla y
41System settings

Acti
vating/d eactivating Blu eto oth ®
X Pre sstheW button.
The systemmen uappear s.
X Se lec tSet tin gs by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tAct iva teBluetooth and
press
W toconfirm .
This switches Blue tooth®
on O oroff ª. Set
ting thesys tem langua ge
This function allows youtodet erm inethe
lan guage forthemen udisp lays andthe
nav igat ionann oun cemen ts.T he navigation
announcemen tsare not availa bleinall
language s.Ifalanguage isnot availa ble,the
navigation announcemen tswill beinEnglish.
The selected language affectsthecharacters
availa bleforentr y.
When yousetthe system language ,the
language ofthe Voice Control System will
change accordingly. Ifthe selected language
is not supported bythe Voice Control System,
English willbeselected.
X Press theW button.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Language and
press Wtoconfirm .
The listoflanguage sappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent setting. X
Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
COMAND loadstheselected language and
sets it. Assign
ingthe favorites button
This funct ionisavaila ble,e.g. forthe M-Class.
Depending onthe vehicle equipment, youcan
assign oneortwo favorites buttons.Theyare
located onthe left (one favorites button
installed) oron the left and right (twofavorites
buttons installed) besidetheCOMAND
cont roller (Ypage 19).
You canselect thefollowing predefined
funct ionsinamenu:
R Display On/Off :
you can switch the
displa yoff oron.
R Full Screen: 'Clock' :y
ou can show the
clock infull screen .
R Full Screen: 'Map' :y
ou can show the
map infull screen .
R Spoken Driving Tip :y
ou can callupthe
current drivingrecomm endation.
R Display Traffic Messages :y
ou can call
up traffic reports.
R Navigate Home :
you can start route
guidance toyour home address ifyou have
already enteredand saved theaddress
(Y page 57).
R Detour Menu :y
ou can callupthe Detour
menu andthen avoid asection ofthe route
and recalculate theroute (Ypage 82).
R Compass Screen :y
ou can callupthe
compass.
X To assign afavorite sbutton: pressthe
W button.
X Sele ctSettin gs by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOM AND controll erand press
W toconfirm. As
sig nin gthe favorite sbutton
45Systemsettin gs

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 Correct
functioning ofthe navigation system
depends, amongstotherthings, 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.
Entry 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 50
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ion