2013 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class navigation system

Selecting a menu item
X
Select the station by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
The station is set. Basic COMAND functions
Switching COMAND on/off
X Press the 0043control knob.
A warning message appears. COMAND
calls up the previously selected menu.
i If you switch off COMAND, playback of
the current audio or video source will also
be switched off. Switching the sound on or off
Audio/video source sound X
Press the 006Cbutton on the COMAND
controller or on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The sound from the respective audio or
video source is switched on or off.
i When the sound is off, the system
displays the 0074icon in the status line.
When you change the audio or video
source, or adjust the volume, sound
automatically switches on again.
i Even if the sound is switched off, you will
still hear navigation system
announcements. Switching off navigation
announcements X
Navigation announcements: press the
006C button during the announcement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press the 006Cbutton again.
The navigation announcements are active
again:
R if COMAND is switched off/on with the
0043 control knob.
R or after starting route guidance Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the volume for the audio or
video source X
Turn the 0043control knob
or
X Press the 0081or0082 button on the
multifunction steering wheel.
The volume of the currently selected audio
or video source changes.
You can also adjust the volume for the
following:
R navigation announcements
R phone calls
R voice output of the Voice Control System
(see the separate operating instructions)
Adjusting the volume for navigation
announcements During a navigation announcement:
X
Turn the 0043control knob
or
X Press the 0081or0082 button on the
multifunction steering wheel. Basic COMAND functions
27At a glance

Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your COMAND
system may not be equipped with all the
features described. Display settings
Setting the brightness
The brightness detected by the display light
sensor affects the setting options for this
function. X
Press 0066.
X Select Settings
Settings by turning 0082005Bthe
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Display
Display and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Brightness
Brightness and press00A1to
confirm.
X Adjust the brightness by turning 0082005Bthe
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm. Display design
Your COMAND display features optimized
designs for operation during daytime and
night-time hours. You can set the design by manually selecting day or night design or opt
for an automatic setting.
X Press 0066.
X Select Settings Settings by turning 0082005Bthe
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Display
Display and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Day Mode
Day Mode ,Night Mode
Night Mode or
Automatic
Automatic by turning0082005Bthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
A dot indicates the current setting. Design Explanation
Day Mode
Day Mode The display is set
permanently to day
design.
Night Mode Night Mode The display is set
permanently to night
design.
Automatic Automatic If the
Automatic
Automatic setting
is selected, COMAND
evaluates the readings
from the automatic
vehicle light sensor and
automatically switches
between the display
designs. Time settings
General information
If COMAND is equipped with a navigation
system and has GPS reception, COMAND
automatically sets the time and date. You can
also adjust the time yourself in 30-minute
increments, but the date cannot be changed.
i If you set the time in 30-minute
increments, any time zone settings and
settings for changing between summer and
standard time are lost. Switching between
summer and standard time (Y page 39).38
Time settingsSystem settings

i
The following navigation system functions
require the time, time zone and summer/
standard time to be set correctly in order
to work properly:
R route guidance on routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance
R calculation of expected time of arrival
i With this function, you can set the time
for every display in the vehicle. Setting the time
X
Press 0066.
X Select Time Timeby turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Set Time
Set Time and press00A1to confirm.
X Set the time by turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
The time is accepted. Setting the time/date format
X Press 0066.
X Select Time
Time by turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Format
Format and press 00A1to confirm.
The 003Bsymbols show the current settings.
X Set the format by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm. Abbreviation Meaning
DD
DD
/MM
MM /YY
YY Day/Month/Year
(date format)
HH HH/MM
MM Hours/Minutes
(time format)
You can set the 24-hour or the AM/PM
format.
Adjusting the time zone and switching
to Daylight Savings Time (Summer)
X Press 0066.
X Select Time Timeby turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Time
TimeZone
Zoneand press 00A1to confirm.
You will see a list of time zones. The
003B dot indicates the current setting.
X Select the time zone and press 00A1to
confirm.
X To switch automatic changeover on/
off: select Auto. Daylight Savings Auto. Daylight Savings
Time On
Time On orAuto. Daylight Savings
Auto. Daylight Savings
Time Off
Time Off by turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
The 003Bdot indicates the current setting. Text reader settings
X Press the 0066button.
X Select Settings
Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Text Reader Speed
Text Reader Speed and press00A1
to confirm.
A list appears. The 003Bdot indicates the
current setting. Text reader settings
39System settings

X
Select a setting by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm. Voice Control System settings
Opening/closing the help window
The help window provides information in
addition to the audible instructions during
individualization and during the subsequent
voice control. X
Press 0066.
X Select Settings Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Voice Control
Voice Control and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select Help Window
Help Window and press00A1to
confirm.
You have switched the help window on
0073 or off 0053. Individualization
Using individualization, you can fine-tune the
Voice Control System to your own voice and
thus improve voice recognition; see the
separate operating instructions. Bluetooth
®
settings General information about
Bluetooth
®
Bluetooth ®
-capable devices, e.g. mobile
phones, have to comply with a certain profile
in order to be connected to COMAND. Every
Bluetooth ®
device has its own specific
Bluetooth ®
name.
Bluetooth ®
technology is the standard for
short-range wireless data transmission of up
to approximately 10 meters. Bluetooth ®
allows, for example, the exchange of vCards. Bluetooth
®
is a registered trademark of
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc. Activating/deactivating Bluetooth
®
X Press 0066.
The system menu appears.
X Select Settings Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth
Activate Bluetooth and press
00A1 to confirm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on 0073 or off 0053. Setting the system language
This function allows you to determine the
language for the menu displays and the
navigation announcements. The selected
language affects the characters available for
entry.
The navigation announcements are not
available in all languages. If a language is not 40
Setting the system languageSystem settings

available, the navigation announcements will
be in English.
When you set the system language, the
language of the Voice Control System will
change accordingly. If the selected language
is not supported by the Voice Control System,
English will be selected.
X Press the 0066button.
X Select Settings
Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Language
Language and press00A1to confirm.
The list of languages appears. The 003Bdot
indicates the current setting.
X Select the language by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
COMAND loads the selected language and
sets it. Assigning a favorites button
X To assign a favorites button: press the
0066 button.
X Select Settings
Settings by sliding005B0064and turning
0082005B0083 the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
X Select Assign as Favorite
Assign as Favorite and press
00A1 to confirm.
The list of predefined functions appears.
The dot 003Bindicates the currently selected
function.
X Select the function by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
The favorites button is assigned the
selected function.
X Example: to call up a favorite: press the
0086 favorites button.
This calls up the predefined function. You can select the following predefined
functions in a menu:
R
Display On/Off
Display On/Off : you can switch the
display off or on.
R Full Screen: 'Clock' Full Screen: 'Clock': you can call up
the full screen with clock.
R 00A7Menu Menu: you can call up the menu for online
and Internet functions.
R Full screen: 'Map'
Full screen: 'Map' : you can call up the
full screen with map.
R Spoken Driving Tip Spoken Driving Tip : you can call up the
current driving recommendation.
R Display
Display Traffic
TrafficMessages
Messages : you can call
up traffic reports.
R Navigate Home
Navigate Home: you can start route
guidance to your home address if you have
already entered and saved the address
(Y page 63).
R Detour Menu
Detour Menu: you can call up the Detour
menu and then avoid a section of the route
and recalculate the route ( Ypage 86).
R Compass Screen
Compass Screen : you can call up the
compass.
R Driver’s Seat Massage Driver’s Seat Massage, Front-
Front-
passenger's Seat Massage
passenger's Seat Massage or
Massage: Both Front Seats
Massage: Both Front Seats : you can
start the massage function, depending on
which seats are selected (Y page 50). Importing/exporting data
! Never remove the stick or card when
writing data to the USB stick or the memory
card. You may otherwise lose data.
Using this function, you can:
R transfer your personal COMAND data from
one system/vehicle to another
R make a backup copy of your personal data
(export data) and load it again (import
data).
You can either use an SD memory card or a
USB storage device (e.g. a USB stick) as
temporary storage. Importing/exporting data
41System settings

X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 195).
or
X Connect a USB device (e.g. a USB memory
stick) (Y page 195).
X Press 0066.
The system menu appears.
X Select Settings
Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Import/Export Data
Import/Export Data and press
00A1 to confirm.
X Select Import Data
Import Data orExport Data Export Data and
press 00A1to confirm.
X To select a preset: selectMemory
Memory Card
Cardor
USB Storage
USB Storage and press00A1to confirm. X
Select All Data All Data and press00A1to confirm.
This function exports all the data to the
selected disc.
or
X Select the data type and press 00A1to
confirm.
Depending on the previous entry, select the
data type for the export 0073or not 0053.
X Select Continue
Continue and press00A1to confirm.
i Personal music files in the MUSIC
REGISTER cannot be saved and imported
again using this function. Reset function
You can completely reset COMAND to the
factory settings. Amongst other things, this
will delete all personal COMAND data. This
includes the station presets, entries in the
destination memory and in the list of previous
destinations in the navigation system and
address book entries. Resetting is
recommended before selling or transferring
ownership of your vehicle, for example.
Data on the internal hard drive, e.g. music
files in the MUSIC REGISTER, will be deleted.
You can also delete music files from the
MUSIC REGISTER using the "Delete all music
files" function (Y page 209).
X Press the 0066function button.
X Select Settings
Settings by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Reset
Reset and press 00A1to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish
to reset.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 00A1to confirm.
If you select No
No, the process will be
canceled. 42
Reset functionSystem settings

Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your COMAND
system may not be equipped with all the
features described. Introduction
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
For safety reasons, only enter a new
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When you are driving, another passenger
should enter the destination. Read the
Operator's Manual and select the route
before driving.
Bear in mind that at a speed of only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), the vehicle covers
a distance of 44 feet (approximately 14 m) per
second.
COMAND calculates the route to the
destination without taking account of the
following, for example:
R traffic lights
R stop and give way signs
R merging lanes
R parking or stopping in a no parking/no
stopping zone
R other road and traffic rules and regulations
R narrow bridges G
WARNING
COMAND may give incorrect navigation
commands if the actual road/traffic situation
no longer corresponds to the data on the
digital map. Digital maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes in an area. For example,
a route may have been diverted or the
direction of a one-way street may have
changed. For this reason, you must always observe road
and traffic rules and regulations during your
journey. Road and traffic rules and regulations
always have priority over the system's driving
recommendations. G
WARNING
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting your
attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Looking at the icons or map display can
distract you from traffic conditions and
driving, and increase the risk of an accident. General notes
Operational readiness of the navigation
system The navigation system must determine the
position of the vehicle before first use or
whenever operational status is restored.
Therefore, you may have to drive for a while
before precise route guidance is possible.
GPS reception Correct functioning of the navigation system
depends, amongst other things, on GPS
reception. In certain situations, GPS
reception may be impaired, there may be
interference or there may be no reception at
all, e.g. in tunnels or parking garages.
i
Using roof carriers may impair the correct
functioning of a roof antenna (phone,
satellite radio, GPS).
Entry restriction On vehicles for certain countries, there is a
restriction on entering data.
The restriction is active from a vehicle speed
of above approximately 3 mph (5 km/h). As
soon as the speed falls below approximately 54
Int
roductionNavigation

Basic settings
Setting route type and route options
Route settings menu (start of menu)
0043
To select the route type
0044 Setting the number of persons in the
vehicle for the use of carpool lanes
0087 To set route options
X Select Navi Naviin the main function bar by
sliding 00A0005Band turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Route Settings
Route Settings and press00A1to
confirm.
The route settings menu appears.
X Select a route type and press 00A1to confirm.
A filled circle indicates the current setting.
X Select the route option(s) and press 00A1to
confirm.
The route options are switched on 0073or off
0053, depending on the previous status.
i If you change the route type and/or the
route options while route guidance is
active, COMAND will calculate a new route.
If you change the route type and/or the
route options while route guidance is
inactive, COMAND uses the new setting for
the next route guidance.
Route guidance active: a destination has
been entered and the route has been
calculated.
Route guidance inactive: no destination
has been entered yet and no route has been
calculated yet. i
RDS-TMC is not available in all countries.
You can select the following route types:
R Fast Route
Fast Route : COMAND calculates a route
with the shortest (minimized) journey time.
R Dynamic Traffic Route Dynamic Traffic Route : same route
type as Fast
FastRoute
Route . In addition, COMAND
takes into account any relevant traffic
reports received during route guidance.
The navigation system can help you avoid
a traffic jam, for example, by recalculating
the route.
R Dynamic TRF. Route After Request Dynamic TRF. Route After Request:
same route type as Dynamic Traffic Dynamic Traffic
Route
Route . After recalculating the route,
COMAND asks you whether you want to
adopt the new route or whether you want
to continue along the original route.
R Eco Route Eco Route : theEco Route
Eco Route is a variant of
the Fast Route
Fast Route route type. COMAND will
attempt to minimize the journey distance
at the expense of a slightly increased
journey time.
R Short Short Route
Route: COMAND calculates a route
with the shortest possible (minimized)
route distance.
i The route calculated may, for example,
include ferry connections, even if the
Avoid Ferries Avoid Ferries route option is switched
on.
In some cases, COMAND may not be able
to take all the selected route options into
account, e.g. when calculating particularly
long routes.
X To exit the menu: slide009E005B009F the COMAND
controller. To set the number of persons in the
vehicle for the use of carpool lanes
For route calculation, you can take HOV or
carpool lanes into account.
If you use HOV or carpool lanes, please
observe the applicable laws as well as the
local and time limitation conditions. 56
Basic settingsNavigation