2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN phone

Indicator lamp displays
The indicator lamp displays the following
possible stati for the batteries and
headphones:
Display Status
Green The batteries are fine.
Red The batteries are almost
discharged.
Continuou
sly lit
either
green or
red The headphones are switched
on
and connected to a screen. Flashes
either
green or
red The headphones are
searching for the connection
to a screen.
No display
(dark) The headphones are switched
off or the batteries are
discharged.
Connecting additional headphones
You can connect an additional set of corded
headphones to each rear-compartment
screen (Y page 139).
Changing batteries
Batteries are required for the remote control
and

for the two sets of cordless headphones.
Changing batteries ( Y page 247)System settings
Display settings
Switching the display on/off X
Select Vehicle by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Display OFF by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm. X
To switch on the display: press W or
cVd turn the COMAND controller.
Display design Your COMAND display features optimized
designs for operation during daytime and
night-time hours. You can customize the
design to suit your personal preferences by
manually

selecting day or night design or opt
for an automatic setting.
X Select Vehicle by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select System by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Display and press W to confirm.
X Select Day Mode, Night Mode or
Automatic by turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
The # icon indicates the current setting. Design Explanation
Day Mode The display is set
permanently to day
design.
Night Mode The display is set
permanently to night
design.
Automatic The display design
changes depending on
the brightness around
the vehicle.
i
In the Automatic setting, COMAND
evaluates the readings from the automatic
vehicle light sensor and switches between
the display designs automatically. System settings
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X
Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select No, the process will be aborted.
If you select Yes, the individualization is
deleted. You will see a message to this
effect. Bluetooth
®
settings
General information about Bluetooth ®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. Requirements for a Bluetooth
®
connection You can connect mobile phones and
notebooks to COMAND.
To

do so, the following conditions need to be
met:
R Bluetooth ®
-capable devices, e.g. mobile
phones, must comply with a certain profile
in order to be connected to COMAND.
Every Bluetooth ®
device has its own
specific Bluetooth ®
name.
R Bluetooth ®
must be activated in COMAND
and on the respective Bluetooth ®
device;
see the separate operating instructions.
R the Bluetooth ®
device must be "visible" to
COMAND in order for COMAND to find and
display it. For the setting procedures,
please see the operating instructions for
the Bluetooth ®
device. i
Once a mobile phone has been
connected, reception and transmission
volume may change.
Activating/deactivating Bluetooth ® X
Select Vehicle
in the main function bar by
turning cVd the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
X Select System by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Bluetooth by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Bluetooth activated and press
W to confirm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on O or off ª.
Connecting Bluetooth ®
devices General information
Before using your Bluetooth
®
device with
COMAND for the first time, you will need to
connect it.
Connecting comprises:
R searching for a Bluetooth ®
device
R subsequently authorizing it
i A

maximum of 15 devices can be available
for selection from the device list.
More detailed information on suitable mobile
phones and on connecting Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobile phones to COMAND can be
found on the Internet at http://
www.mbusa-mobile.com . Or call the
Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center
on 1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372)
(for the USA) or Customer Relations on
1-800-387-0100 (for Canada). System settings
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Searching for Bluetooth
®
devices
X Activate Bluetooth ®
(Y page 147).
X Select Vehicle in the main function bar by
turning cVd the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
X Select System by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Bluetooth by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Search for Bluetooth Devices
and press W to confirm.
X Select Update and press W to confirm.
COMAND
searches for Bluetooth ®
devices
within range. After a short while, the
Bluetooth ®
device list appears. Example of display: Bluetooth
®
device list
: Currently connected # and authorized
device ( Y icon)
; Device not within range but previously
authorized ( L appears in gray)
= Newly detected device in range, not yet
authorized Ï
The Bluetooth ®
device list shows all devices
within range and all previously authorized
devices, whether or not they are in range.
If

the Bluetooth ®
device list is already full, you
will be requested to de-authorize a device. If
COMAND does not detect your Bluetooth ®
device, external authorization may be
necessary ( Y page 149). Authorizing a Bluetooth
®
device
(registering)
X In the Bluetooth ®

device list, select not yet
authorized device = by turning cVd the
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by sliding VY the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Authorize
and press W to confirm.
or
X Press W to confirm the selected device.
The input menu for the passcode appears. The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit
number combination which you can choose
yourself. You must enter the same number
combination in COMAND and in the
Bluetooth
®
device to be authorized (see
mobile phone operating instructions).
i Some mobile phones require a passcode
with four or more digits.
i If you want to reauthorize a device
following de-authorization ( Y page 149),
you can select a different passcode.
X To enter a passcode in COMAND: press
the number keys in sequence.
¬

can be selected after the first number
has been entered.
or
X Select the digits one by one by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.148
System settings
COMAND

X
To confirm an entry in COMAND: select
¬ using the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
or
X Select SEND on the telephone keypad.
X Enter the same passcode into the
Bluetooth ®
device (see the operating
instructions for the respective device).
The device is authorized.
External authorization If COMAND does not detect your
Bluetooth
®
device, this may be due to
particular security settings on your
Bluetooth ®
device. In this case, you can test
if your Bluetooth ®
device can find COMAND.
The Bluetooth ®
device name of COMAND is
"MB Bluetooth".
X Select Update.
X Select Options by sliding VY the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select External Authorization and
press W to confirm.
X Start the Bluetooth ®
scan process on the
Bluetooth ®

device (see separate operating
instructions of the respective device).
X Select COMAND ("MB Bluetooth").
i The
order in which the passkey is entered
depends on the mobile phone.
X Enter the passkey on the Bluetooth ®

device
when prompted.
X Confirm the Do
you want to authorize
XX? question in COMAND with Yes.
X Enter the passkey in COMAND.
Displaying the details of a Bluetooth ®
device X
In the Bluetooth ®
device list, select the
desired device by turning cVd the
COMAND controller. X
Select Options by sliding VY the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Details and press W to confirm.
The detailed display for this device
appears.
X To close the detailed view: turn cVd or
slide XVY the COMAND controller.
De-authorizing (de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
device Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC recommends de-
authorization in both COMAND and the
Bluetooth
®
device, e.g. the mobile phone.
Subsequent

authorization may otherwise fail.
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list, select the
authorized device by turning cVd the
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by sliding VY the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select De-authorize and press W to
confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to de-authorize this device.
X Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select Yes, the authorization for the
device will be revoked.
If

you select No, the process will be aborted.
i If a Bluetooth ®
device has been de-
authorized

and is out of range, when a new
search is carried out it will not appear in the
Bluetooth ®
device list. System language settings
This function allows you to determine the
language for the menu displays and the
navigation messages. The selected language
affects the characters available for entry.
When you set the system language, the
language of the Voice Control System will System settings
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Entering a point of interest in the
vicinity of a specific city
Option 1
X
Select Other City in the menu and press
W to confirm.
X If desired, select the state/province
(Y page 153).
X To enter a city: select City and press W
to confirm.
Proceed as described in the "Entering a
city" section (Y page 153).
X After entering the city, select the point of
interest category (Y page 163).
Option 2
X Enter an address in the address entry
menu,
e.g. a city, street and house number
(Y page 153).
X Select POI and press W to confirm.
X Select the point of interest category
(Y page 163).
Entering a point of interest using name
search This function allows you to access all the
points

of interest available on the digital map.
X Select By Name from the menu and press
W to confirm.
You will see a list of further selection
options.
X Select the desired option and press W to
confirm.
X Enter the name using the character bar.
Entering a point of interest using the
phone number search This function gives you access to all points of
interest that have a phone number.
X
Select By Telephone Number and press
W to confirm.
You will see a list of phone numbers. X
Enter the phone number using the
character bar.
Assigning a point of interest category Introduction
The categories and points of interest
available depend on the distance from the
vehicle position you have set for the point of
interest.
R
point of interest in the vicinity of the
destination:
Alphabetically

sorted categories, as well as
points of interest in the vicinity of the target
destination and sorted by distance are
available.
R point of interest in the vicinity of the current
position:
Alphabetically sorted categories are
available, as well as points of interest in the
vicinity of the vehicle position arranged by
distance.
R point of interest within a given city:
If you have entered only the state/province
and the city, the system will return
alphabetically sorted categories and points
of interest within the city limits.
If you have entered more than the state/
province and the city, the system will return
alphabetically sorted categories and points
of interest sorted by distance, all in the
vicinity of the address you entered.
R point of interest using name search:
An alphabetically sorted list of all points of
interest is available.
The list sorts points of interest with the
same name and in the same category
according to distance, starting with those
nearest to you.
Selecting a category
X Select a main category by turning cVd
the
COMAND controller. Navigation
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X
Confirm the entry with W.
If the selected main category does not
contain any sub-categories, the point of
interest list appears.
If the selected main category contains
subcategories, a list of the subcategories
appears with the input speller.
X Select a category by turning cVd the
COMAND controller.
X Confirm the entry with W.
The point of interest list appears. It
contains the points of interest available in
the
sub-category that are within the search
radius.
i Search
radius means: COMAND searches
within a radius of 100 km.
If COMAND does not find any points of
interest within this radius, it extends its
search range to approximately 200 km. If
COMAND finds one point of interest within
this radius, it finishes the search.
i If you select the ALL list item, the point of
interest list contains all points of interest
for all subcategories in the Restaurant
main category which lie within the search
radius.
Point of interest list Introduction
The illustration below shows an example of
the point of interest list for the
Restaurant
main category in the vicinity of the current
position.
i Depending on the point of interest
selected, COMAND uses different
reference points in determining the linear
distance to the destination:
R vicinity of current position: the linear
distance is the distance of the point of interest from the current vehicle
position.
R vicinity

of destination: the linear distance
is the distance from the destination
entered to the point of interest.
Selecting a point of interest
X Select a point of interest by turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
The complete address of the point of
interest selected is shown.
X To start route calculation: select Start
and press W to confirm.
X To store an address in the destination
memory: select Save and press W to
confirm. You can now select storage
options (Y page 179).
X To show the detailed view: select
Details and press W to confirm.
X To make a call: select Call and press W
to confirm (only available if the point of
interest contains a telephone book entry
and

a telephone is connected to COMAND).
COMAND switches to telephone mode
(Y page 199).
X To call up the map: select Map and press
W to confirm.
X You can move the map and select the
destination (Y page 160).
ZAGAT ®
Survey service
Entries with the Z icon contain additional
ZAGAT

information. ZAGAT rates restaurants,
for instance, in regard to the quality of the
food, furnishing, service, and provides an
average pricing level as well as a general
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Navigation
COMAND

X
Select Cancel Route Guidance and press
W to confirm.
Continuing route guidance
X To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Continue Route Guidance and
press W to confirm.
COMAND calculates the route.
Destination or area of destination
reached When you reach your destination, COMAND
displays

a checkered flag and route guidance
is automatically ended.
For certain points of interest (e.g. airports),
the Destination Reached display is shown
as well as the checkered flag.
Navigation announcements Repeating navigation announcements
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.
i Audible navigation announcements are
muted during a telephone call.
If you have missed an announcement, you can
call up the current announcement at any
time. X
To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X In the navigation menu bar, confirm RPT
with W.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off
X To switch off: during the announcement,
press

the 8 button on the multifunction
steering wheel.
You will briefly see the message: The
driving instructions have been
muted.
X To switch on: press W the COMAND
controller.
X In the + navigation menu bar, press W
to confirm.
i COMAND automatically switches the
navigation announcements back on when:
R you have a new route calculated.
R you start the engine again after having
left the vehicle.
Reducing volume during a navigation
announcement
The

volume of an active audio or video source
can be automatically reduced during a
navigation announcement.
X Select Navi in the main function bar by
sliding ZV

and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Audio Fadeout and press W to
confirm.
The function is switched on O or off ª,
depending on the previous status.
Setting the volume manually
X Set the volume during a navigation
announcement.
or
X In the map display when the menu is
shown, select + and adjust the volume.170
Navigation
COMAND

Displaying destination information
Prerequisite: you have entered a destination
(Y page 153) and possibly an intermediate
stop (Y page 161).
X
To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Info in the menu bar by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
Destination information is displayed.
If a telephone number is entered for the
address displayed, you can also select and
call the number using COMAND.
X To call the destination: select the
telephone number using the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X To close the destination information:
slide XVY

the COMAND controller or press
the % back button.
Route overview You can use the overview of the route to move
along

the route section by section and to see
details of the route sections.
You have entered a destination
(Y page 153) or a point of interest
(Y page 162) and possibly an intermediate
stop (Y page 161).
X To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Route Info and press W to
confirm. Example display: route overview
:
Marked route sections
At the top of the display, you will see
information about the highlighted route
section,

for example the distance to be driven
on the road and road designation. The
highlighted route section is marked in white
with a red border on the map.
X To view the next or previous route
section: select Next or Previous and
press W to confirm.
i If the first or last route section is
highlighted,

you cannot select Previous or
Next.
X To zoom in or out of the map: select N
or M and press W to confirm.
X To close the route overview: select
Back and press W to confirm.
Where am I? You can view your current position whether
or not route guidance has been interrupted.
:
Current position
; Next intersection or exit
= Most recent intersection or exit
? Current street
X To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller. 172
Navigation
COMAND