2013 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Owner's Manual

Option 2: city list as selection list
COMAND either shows the selection list
automatically or you can call up the selection
list from the list with the character bar.
The example shows the selection list after the
city NEW YORK has been entered. The entry is
highlighted automatically.
X Confirm NEW YORK by pressing
0039the
COMAND controller.
The address entry menu appears. You can
now enter a street, for example. Observe the information on destination entry
(Y page 318). System 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. Display settings
Setting the brightness The brightness detected by the display light
sensor affects the setting options for this
function.
X
Press 000D.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Display and press
0039to confirm.
X Select Brightness and press
0039to
confirm.
X Adjust the brightness by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
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 000D.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm. System settings
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X
Select Display and press
0039to confirm.
X Select Day Mode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controlle rand press 0039to confirm.
A dot 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 If the
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 GP
Sreception, 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 305).
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-
dependen ttraffic 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 000D.
X Select Time by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
X Select Set Time and press
0039to confirm.
X Set the time by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
The time is accepted.
Setting the time/date format X
Press 000D.
X Select Time by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
X Select Format and press
0039to confirm.
The 0021symbols show the current settings.
X Set the format by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm. Abbreviation Meaning
DD /
MM /
YY Day/Month/Year
(date format)
HH /MM Hours/Minutes
(time format)
You can set the 24-hour or the AM/PM
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Adjusting the time zone and switching
to Dayligh tSavings Time (Summer) X
Press 000D.
X Select Time by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
X Select Time Zone and press
0039to confirm.
You will see a lis toftime zones. The
0021 dot indicates the current setting.
X Selec tthe time zone and press 0039to
confirm.
X To switch automatic changeover on/
off: select Auto. Daylight Savings Time On or
Auto. Daylight Savings Time Off by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
The 0021dot indicates the current setting. Text reader settings
X Press the 000Dbutton.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Text Reader Speed and press
0039
to confirm.
Al ist appears. The 0021dot indicates the
current setting.
X Select a setting by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm. Voice Control System settings
Opening/closing the help window The help window provides information in
additio nto the audible instructions during
individualization and during the subsequent
voice control. X
Press 000D.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Voice Control and press
0039to
confirm.
X Select Help Window and press
0039to
confirm.
You have switched the help window on
0013 or off 0003.
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. System settings
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Bluetooth
®
is a registered trademark of
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc.
Activating/deactivating Bluetooth ®X
Press 000D.
The system menu appears.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controlle rand press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth and press
0039 to confirm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on 0013 or off 0003. Setting the system language
This functio nallows 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
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 000Dbutton.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Language and press
0039to confirm.
The list of languages appears. The 0021dot
indicates the current setting. X
Select the language by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
COMAND loads the selected language and
sets it. Assigning
afavorites button
X To assign afavorites button: press the
000D button.
X Select Settings by sliding
0012000Aand turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
X Select Assign as Favorite and press
0039 to confirm.
The lis tofpredefined functions appears.
The dot 0021indicates the currently selected
function.
X Select the function by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
The favorites button is assigned the
selected function.
X Example: to call up a favorite: press the
001A favorites button.
This calls up the predefined function.
You can select the following predefined
functions in a menu:
R Display On/Off : you can switch the
display off or on.
R Full Screen: 'Clock' :y
ou can call up
the full screen with clock.
R 000CMenu :y
ou can call up the menu for online
and Internet functions.
R Full Screen: 'Map' :y
ou can call up the
full screen with map.
R Spoken Driving Tip :y
ou can call up the
current driving recommendation.
R Display Traffic Messages :y
ou can call
up traffic reports.
R Navigate Home : you can start route
guidance to your home address if you have 306
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already entered and saved the address
(Y page 324).
R Detour Menu :y
ou can call up the Detour
menu and then avoid a section of the route
and recalculate the route (Y page 346).
R Compass Screen :y
ou can call up the
compass.
R Driver's Seat Massage ,
Front- Passenger's Seat Massage or
Massage: Both Front Seats :y
ou can
start the massage function, depending on
which seats are selected (Y page 313).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. X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 439).
or
X Connect aUSB device (e.g. aUSB memory
stick) ( Ypage 439).
X Press 000D.
The system menu appears.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controlle rand press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Import/Export Data and press
0039 to confirm.
X Select Import Data or
Export Data and
press 0039to confirm.
X To select apreset: selectMemory Card or
USB Storage and press
0039to confirm. System settings
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X
Select All Data and press
0039to confirm.
This function exports all the data to the
selected disc.
or
X Select the data type and press 0039to
confirm.
Depending on the previous entry, select the
data type for the export 0013or not 0003.
X Select Continue and press
0039to confirm.
i Personal music files in the MUSIC
REGISTER canno tbe 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 453).
X Press the 000Dfunction button.
X Select Settings by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X Select Reset and press
0039to confirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to reset.
X Select Yes or
No and press
0039to confirm.
If you select No , the process will be
canceled. If you select
Yes , a prompt will appear again
asking whether you really wish to reset.
X Select Yes or
No and press
0039to confirm.
If you select Yes , a message will be shown.
COMAND is reset and restarted.
If you select No , the process will be
canceled. Vehicle functions
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. Climate control status display
The climate status display in the COMAND display
(example)
If you change the settings of the climate
control system, the climate status display
appears for three seconds at the bottom of
the screen in the COMAND display
.You will
see the current settings of the various climate
control functions.
Overview of climate control systems, see
separate vehicle operating instructions. 308
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The climate status display appears when:
X You turn the temperature control and set
the temperature.
or
X You turn the control to set the airflow.
or
X You press one of the following buttons:
001C Increases air flow
001B Decreases air flow
0007 Switches climate control on/off
0004 Switches the ZONE function on/off
0006 Controls the air conditioning
automatically
000F Sets the climate mode when in
automatic mode (FOCUS/MEDIUM/
DIFFUSE)
001A Sets the air distribution
001D, 001For001E Sets the air
distribution
000C Turns on the defrost function
0002 Turns on maximum cooling
i How to call up the climate control status
display depends on the climate control
system of your vehicle. Example settings for the defrost function (top) and
for the climate mode in automatic mode
X To hide the display: turn or press the
COMAND controller.
or
X Press one of the buttons on COMAND. Fuel consumption indicator
Overview Depending on the vehicle equipment and the
engine variant installed, fuel consumption
can be shown in the COMAND display.
If your vehicle is a hybrid vehicle and the
installed engine variant supports it, you can
call up other displays (see the separate
operating instructions).
Calling up/exiting the display
X
To call up the full screen display: press
the 000D button.
X In the system menu, slide 00380012the
COMAND controller up until the Full Screen option is selected.
X Press 0039the COMAND controller.
The system display is shown as full screen
(without system menu).
X Slide 003600120037 the COMAND controller
repeatedly until the fuel consumption
indicator appears.
The COMAND display shows the fuel
consumption for the last 15 minutes of the
journey.
X To exit the full-screen display: press0039
the COMAND controller.
The system menu appears.
Every bar of the graph displays the average
value for one minute.
The fuel consumption display may differ from
the display in the FROM START trip computerVehicle functions
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in the
Trip menu; see the separate vehicle
Operator's Manual. Driving conditions menu (Active Body
Control)
General notes On vehicles with Active Body Control (ABC),
you can display some driving systems and
additional information in the COMAND
display.
Calling up drive status regulator (ABC)
X
Press 000D.
X In the system menu, slide 00380012the
COMAND controller up until the display/
selection window is selected.
X Slide 003600120037 the COMAND controller
repeatedly until the drivin gconditions
menu (ABC) appears.
The corresponding displays appear in the
COMAND display.
Details on the displays:
R for all vehicles except AMG vehicles, see
the separate vehicle Operator's Manual
R for AMG vehicles, see the separate vehicle
Operator's Manual.
Exiting the display X
Slide 003600120037 the COMAND controller until
the desired display (clock or fuel
consumption) is shown. Seat functions
Overview The possible settings depend on the type of
seat and the vehicle model series. Using the
0011
button next to the COMAND controller
or the Seat menu item in the system menu,
you can call up the following seat adjustment
functions:
R For M-Class and GL-Class vehicles with
multicontour seats:
-seat cushion length
- backrest side bolsters
- lumbar
- massage
R For SL-Class vehicles with lumbar support
seats:
-lumbar
- balance
R For SL-Class vehicles with multicontour
seats:
-seat cushion side bolsters
- backrest side bolsters
- lumbar
- balance
R For SL-Class vehicles with dynamic
multicontour seats
-seat cushion side bolsters
- backrest side bolsters
- lumbar
- dynamics
- massage
- balance
i You can also store and recall the current
seat function settings using the memory
button and the corresponding memory
position switch; see the separate vehicle
Operator's Manual.
The massage function cannot be started or
stopped using the memory button. 310
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