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Avoid using alcoholic thinners, gasoline or
abrasive cleaning agents. These could
damage the display surface. Do not apply
pressure to the display surface when cleaning
it, as this could cause irreversible damage. Remote control
Overview You can use the remote control to operate the
COMAND display and SPLITVIEW. :
To switch the screen on/off (SPLITVIEW
only)
; To switch the button lighting on/off
= To select the screen for remote control
operatio n(COMAND orSPLITVIEW can
be selected)
? To selec tamenu or menu item
A To confirm a selection or setting
B Mute
C To adjust the volume
D To set the station, skip track, fast
forward/rewind, for example
E To select a station from presets, select a
track, enter directly, enter a phone
number, for example.
F To exit a menu (back) X
Point the remote control at the
corresponding screen and execute the
functions by pressing the corresponding
buttons.
i The remote control's function may be
restricted depending on the angle at which
it is pointed at the respective screen.
Selecting the screen for the remote
control X
Turn thumbwheel =until the desired
display is highlighted in the window.
Switching the button lighting on/off X
Press button ;on the remote control.
Depending on the previous status, the
button lighting is switched on or off.
i If you do not use the remote control for
about 15 seconds, the button lighting
switches off automatically.
Mute X
Press button Bon the remote control.
The sound is switched on/off.
Adjusting the volume X
Press one of buttons Con the remote
control.
The volume of the currently selected audio
or video source changes.
For COMAND, you can also adjust the
volume for phone calls and navigation
messages.
Selecting amenu/menu item and
confirming your selection X
Press the =;9: buttons to
selec tthe menu/menu item and press the
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Functions with the
E and
F button
You can use the remote control to execute the same functions as the COMAND control panel.
Mode Function
Audio mode Selects a station using th
estation search functio n(Ypage 200) Selects a track by skipping to a track (Y
page 213)Fast forward/rewind (Y
page 214)Video mode Selects a scene or chapter (video DVD mode) (Y
page 231)Fast-forward/rewind (video DVD mode) (Y
page 231)Functions of the number keypad
You can use the remote control to execute the same functions as the COMAND control panel.
Mode Function
Audio mode Selects stations via the station presets (Y
page 200)Sets stations by entering the frequency manually (Y
page 201)Stores stations manually (Y
page 201) Selects a track (Y
page 213) Selects a data medium via the media list (Y
page 212)Telephone mode Telephone number entry (Y
page 188)Character entry Enters characters (direct entry) (Y
page 123)Operating COMAND
Selecting amain function Initial situation
You would like to change from the telephone
menu to the vehicle settings, for example.
X
Slide ZVthe COMAND controller and
switch to the main function bar.
X Select Vehicle in the mai
nfunction bar by
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The "Vehicle" menu appears. :
"Vehicle" menu
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Calling up the menu of a main function
:
To call up the audio menu
; Main function bar
If one of the main functions navigation, audio,
telephone or video is switched on,
triangle :appears next to the entry. You can
now selec tanassociated menu.
The following example illustrates how to call
up the audio menu.
X Press the Rfunction button.
or
X Select Audio in the main function bar by
sliding ZVthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The Audio menu appears. :
Current audio operating mode
; Main function bar
= Audio menu
The #dot indicates the current audio mode.
X Select another audio mode, e.g. Radio , by
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm. Selecting
amenu item The following example describes how to
selec
tastation from the station presets in
radio mode.
X Press the Rfunction button.
X Select Presets by sliding
VÆand turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The station preset memory appears. :
Selection bar
X Select a station by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
The station is set.
Example of operation Initial situation
You would like to switch from the vehicle
function to the radio function and select a
station from the station list, for example.
The following operating example describes
how to:
R
call up the audio function
R switch on radio mode
R set a station. At
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Calling up the audio function
X
Select Audio in the main function bar by
sliding ZVand turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
The basic display of the curren taudio
operating mode, e.g. audio CD, appears. Switching to radio mode
Option 1
X
Press the Rfunction button.
The radio display appears.
i Repeated pressing of this function button
switches between radio and th emost
recently active audio source.
Option 2
X Select Audio again by sliding
ZVthe
COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
The Audio menu appears. :
Current audio operating mode
; Main function bar
= Audio menu
X Press Wthe COMAND controller and
confirm Radio .
The radio basic display appears with the
waveband last selected. X
To set the station: if the display/selection
window is activated in the radio display,
turn cVd or slide XVYCOMAND
controller.
Entering characters in navigation mode
(entering acity) General information
Character entry is explained in the following
sections using
NEW YORK as an example for
entering a city.
If you want to use the address entry menu
(Y page 140) to enter a city, a street or a
house number, for example, COMAND
provides either a list with a character bar
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You can enter the characters using either the
character bar or the number keypad. In the
selection list, you selec tanentry to copy it to
the address entry menu.
Option 1: city list with character bar
X Call up the city list with character bar
(Y page 140).
The alphabetically sorted city list shows the
first available entries. Entering characters using the character
bar
X Select N by turning COMAND controller
cVd and confirm with W. :
N character entered by user
; ANTICOKE characters automatically
added by COMAND
= Listentry tha tmost closely resembles the
current entry by the user
? To switch to the selection list
A To delete an entry
B Characters not currently available
C Characters currently available D
Currently selected character
E Character bar
F To cancel an entry
G List
The list Gshows all available town names
beginning with N .T
he list entry that is best
suited to previous user entries is always
highlighted in the first position =,
NANTICOKE in the example.
All characters that have been entered are
displayed in black, the letter N in the
example :.The letters that are added
automatically by COMAND are displayed in
gray ;,ANTICOKE in the example.
Character bar Eshows the letters still
available for selection in black C.These can
be selected; in the example, the letter O is
highlighted D.Which characters remain
available depends on the characters already
entered by the user and on the data stored in
the digital map. Characters that are no longer
available are shown in gray B.
X Select E ,
W , space,
Y in order and confirm
each with W. Entering characters using the number
keypad
X
Press the telephone keypad's number key
p twice in quick succession, to enter
the letter N .
The character appears at the bottom of the
display when the key is pressed. The first
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You see which characters you can enter with
that key. Each time the key is pressed, the
nex tcharacter is selected.
Example: key p:
R press once = M
R press twice =N
R press three times =O
X Wait until the character display goes out.
The entries matching your input are shown
in the list.
X Enter E ,
W , space,
Y with the corresponding
keys.
i The space is entered using number key
9.
Further functions in the list with
character bar
X To delete characters: selectFby sliding
VÆ and turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
X To delete an entry: selectFand press
and hold Wthe COMAND controller until
the entire entry has been deleted.
X To switch the character set: select
B and press Wto confirm.
X To cancel an entry: select the&symbol
in the bottom left of the character bar and
press Wto confirm.
or
X Press the %back button.
The address entry menu appears.
X To accept the first list entry: press and
hold Wthe COMAND controller until the
address entry menu appears.
The accepted list entry is shown there.
Calling up the list as aselection list
Select the desired city fro mthe selection list.
If there are several entries for a city or if
several cities of the same name are stored,
then ¬ is highlighted in the character bar.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. It is also possible to switch the city list to the
selection list at any time during character
input.
X
Slide Wthe COMAND controller
repeatedly until the city list appears as a
selection list.
or
X Select ¬in the character bar by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
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 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 with COMAND
controller W.
The address entry menu appears. You can
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You will find further information in the
"Destination entry" section (Y page 140).
Entering characters in the address and
the phone book Introduction
The following section describes how to enter
characters in the phone book/address book
when creating a new entry.
Creating anew entr yin the phone book
X Call up the input menu with data fields
(Y page 194). Phone book: input menu with data fields
:
Selected data field with cursor
; Character bar
Creating a new entry in the address book
X Call up the input menu with data fields
(Y page 194). Input menu with data fields
:
Selected data field with cursor
; Character bar Entering characters
The example describes how to enter the
surname
Schulz .
X Select S by turning
cVdand sliding ZVÆ
the COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
S is entered into the data field. All
characters are shown in black and can
always be selected in the character bar.
The character bar offers characters
corresponding to the respective data field
(letters or digits). :
To switch the character bar to upper-
case/lower-case letters
; To switch the character bar from upper/
lower-case letters to digits
= To change the language of the character
bar
? To delete a character/an entry
X Select c and confirm by pressing
Wthe
COMAND controller.
The letter c is added to
S in the data field.
X Repeat the process until the name has
been entered in full.
X To enter a phone number: select the
digits one by one in the corresponding data
field by turning cVdand sliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
Switching dataf ields
If you want to enter a first name afte ryou have
entered a surname, for example, proceed as
follows to switch between the data fields: At
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Option 1
X
Select 4or5 in the character bar and
press Wto confirm.
The input menu shows the data field
selected. :
Cursor in the nextd ata field
; To store an entry
= 4 and 5icons to selec tadata field
Option 2
X Slide ZVthe COMAND controller
repeatedly until the character bar
disappears.
X Select the data field by sliding ZVÆand
press Wto confirm.
Storing an entry
X Select ¬in the character bar by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The entry is stored in the address book.
Further functions available in the
character bar
X To switch the character bar to upper/
lower-case characters: select*or
E and press Wto confirm.
X To switch the character set: select
p and press Wto confirm.
The character set switches between
upper/lower-case letters and digits. X
To change the language of the
character bar: selectBand press W
to confirm.
X Select the language by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
X To reposition the cursor within the data
field: select 2or3 and press Wto
confirm. :
Cursor (repositioned)
; 2 and 3icon to reposition the cursor
X Delete the character/entry (Y page 195). Basic functions of COMAND
Switching COMAND on/off X
Press the ufunction button on the
center console.
i If you switch off COMAND, playback of
the curren taudio or vide osource will also
be switched off. You cannot switch off
COMAND while making a call via COMAND.
You can also make phone calls using the
buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel when COMAND is switched off
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