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Symbols
In this Operator's Manual you will find the fol-
lowing symbols: G
WARNING
Warning notices draw your attention to haz-
ards that endanger your health or life, or the
health or life of others. H
Environmental note
Environmental notes provide you with infor-
mation on environmentally aware actions or
disposal.
! Notes on material damage alert you to
dangers that could lead to damage to your
vehicle.
i Practical tips or further information that
could be helpful to you.
X This symbol indicates an instruc-
tion that must be followed.
X Several of these symbols in suc-
cession indicate an instruction
with several steps.
(Y page) This symbol tells you where you
can find more information about a
topic.
YY This symbol indicates a warning or
an instruction that is continued on
the next page.
Display Display This font indicates a display in the
multifunction display/COMAND
display.
As at 15.03.2013

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. COMAND operating system
Overview
0043
COMAND display (Y page 21)
0044 COMAND control panel with a single DVD
drive or DVD changer
0087 COMAND controller (Y page 26)
You can use COMAND to operate the follow-
ing main functions:
R the navigation system
R the audio function
R the telephone function
R the video function
R the system settings
R the online and Internet functions
R the Digital Operator's Manual
(available depending on the vehicle model) You can call up the main functions:
R
using the corresponding function buttons
R using the main function bar in the COMAND
display
R using the remote control 20
COMAND ope
rating systemAt a glance

COMAND control panel
Function Page
0043
Switches to radio mode 178
Switches wavebands 179
Switches to satellite radio 183
0044
Switches to navigation
mode 61
Shows the menu system 61
0087
Press
003Arepeatedly • Switches to the audio CD,
audio DVD and MP3 mode
191
• Switches to memory card
mode
191
• Switches to MUSIC REG-
ISTER
204
• Switches to USB storage
device mode
191
• Switches to Media Inter-
face or audio AUX mode
215
• Switches to Bluetooth
®
audio mode 211
0085
Calls up the telephone
basic menu: • Telephony via the Blue-
tooth ®
interface 131 Function Page
0083
Load/eject button
0062
Single DVD drive 188
0065
DVD changer 188
0084
Selects stations via the sta-
tion search function
180
Rewinds 196
Selects the previous track 195
006B
Disc slot
• Loads CDs/DVDs 188
• Ejects CDs/DVDs 189
• Updates the digital map 118
006C
Selects stations via the sta-
tion search function
180
Fast forward 196
Selects the next track 195
006D
Clear button
• Deletes characters 37
• Deletes an entry 37COMAND operating system
25At a glance

Function Page
006E
Number pad
• Selects stations via the
station presets
180
• Stores stations manually 180
• Mobile phone authoriza-
tion 128
• Telephone number entry 132
• Sends DTMF tones 134
• Character entry 36
• Selects a location for the
weather forecast from the
memory 259
0090
Displays the current
track being played 197
007D
Selects stations by
entering the frequency
manually 180
007D
Selects a track 195
006F
Switches COMAND on/off 29
Adjusts the volume
29 Function Page
0070
SD memory card slot 191
0071
Calls up the system menu 42
0072
Accepts a call 132
Dials a number 132
Redials 133
Accepts a waiting call 134
0073
Switches the sound on or
off
29
Switches the hands-free
microphone on/off
134
Cancels the text message
read-aloud function
145
Switches off navigation
announcements
29
0074
Rejects a call 132
Ends an active call 135
Rejects a waiting call 134
COMAND controller
Overview 0043
COMAND controller
You can use the COMAND controller to select
the menu items in the COMAND display. You can:
R
call up menus or lists
R scroll within menus or lists and
R exit menus or lists
Operation Example: operating the COMAND controller26
COMAND operating systemAt a glance

The COMAND controller can be:
R
pressed briefly or pressed and held 0098
R turned clockwise or counter-clockwise
00790052007A
R slid left or right 009500520096
R slid forwards or backwards 009700520064
R slid diagonally 009100520078
Example of operation In the instructions, operating sequences are
described as follows:
X Press the 002Abutton.
Radio mode is activated.
X Select Radio
Radio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Confirm Station List
Station List by pressing0098.
The station list appears. Buttons on the COMAND controller
Overview 0043
Back button (Y page 27)
0044 Clear button (Y page 27)
0087 Seat function button (Y page 52)
0085 Favorites button (Y page 45)
i If your vehicle does not have the seat
function button, it will have two Favorites
buttons. i
For AMG vehicles: the COMAND control-
ler is configured with the 0043and 0044but-
tons.
Back button You can use the
003Dbutton to exit a menu
or to call up the basic display of the current
operating mode.
X To exit the menu: briefly press the003D
back button.
COMAND changes to the next higher menu
level in the current operating mode.
X To call up the basic display: press and
hold the 003Dback button.
COMAND changes to the basic display of
the current operating mode.
Clear button X
To delete individual characters: briefly
press the 0084clear button.
X To delete an entire entry: press and hold
the 0084 clear button.
Seat function button You can use the
0050button to call up the
following seat functions:
R Multicontour seat (with 4-way lumbar sup-
port)
R Active multicontour seat (dynamic seat and
massage function)
R Balance (seat heating distribution)
Favorites button You can assign predefined functions to
the
0080 favorites button and call them up by
pressing the button (Y page 45). COMAND operating system
27At a glance

The fader function is used to control whether
the sound is louder in the front or the rear of
the vehicle.
You can adjust the fader depending on the
vehicle model.
Equipped with Bang & Olufsen sound sys-
tem: for the best sound focus, choose the
setting 0 0.
X Select Bal/Fad
Bal/Fad (balance/fader) in the
sound menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a balance setting by sliding 009500520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. Surround
General notes If your vehicle is equipped with surround
sound, you can use one of two sound sys-
tems:
R harman/kardon ®
Logic 7 ®
Surround
Sound system
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7 ®
Surround
Sound system allows you to set the opti-
mum surround sound in the vehicle interior
(Y page 32).
R Bang & Olufsen sound system
(Y page 33)
Both sound systems are available for the fol-
lowing operating modes:
R radio (FM only)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD (MLP, dts, PCM and Dolby Digi-
tal audio formats)
R MP3 (including SD memory card and USB
storage device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode R
video DVD (PCM, dts and Dolby Digital
audio formats)
R AUX
Because some DVDs contain both stereo and
multichannel audio formats, it may be neces-
sary to set the audio format (Y page 229).
Discs which support the audio formats men-
tioned have the following logos: Basic COMAND functions
31At a glance

When playing using an iPod
®
, the bit rate
should also be at least 224 kbit/s.
For optimum playback quality:
XDeactivate the “EQ” setting on the
iPod ®
.
Surround-sound playback does not func-
tion for mono signal sources, such as the
medium wave range (MW) in radio mode.
On some stereo recordings, the sound
characteristics may differ from conven-
tional stereo playback. Character entry (telephony)
Example: entering characters
0043
0069
To switch the character bar to upper-
case/lowercase letters
0044 0042
To switch the character bar from
uppercase/lowercase letters to dig-
its
0087 0054
To change the language of the char-
acter bar
0085 0084
To delete a character/an entry
The example describes how to enter the sur-
name “Schulz”.
X Call up the input menu with data fields
(Y page 139).
X Select S Sand confirm 0098with the COMAND
controller.
S S appears in the data field. X
Select c cand confirm 0098with the COMAND
controller.
The letter c cis added to S
Sin the data field.
X Repeat the process until the name has
been entered in full.
Other input menu functions:
R Deleting a character/an entry
(Y page 35)
R Switching between upper/lower-case let-
ters (Y page 35)
R Changing the character set (Y page 35)
R Moving the cursor to the next data field
(Y page 35)
X To enter a phone number: select the dig-
its one by one in the corresponding data
field by turning 00790052007Aand sliding 009700520064the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. Switching data fields
0043
Cursor in the next data field
0044 To store the entry
0087 005F and 0060symbols to select a data field
In the input menu, if you want to enter a first
name after you have entered a surname, for
example, proceed as follows to switch
between the data fields:
Option 1
X Select 005For0060 in the character bar and
press 0098to confirm.
The input menu shows the data field
selected. 34
Character entry (telephony)At a glance

Option 2:
X
Slide 00970052the COMAND controller repeat-
edly until the character bar disappears.
X Select the data field by sliding 009700520064and
press 0098to confirm. Storing the entry
X After making an entry in the input
menu, e.g. to create a new
entry(Y page 139): select the 0054sym-
bol in the character bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The entry is stored in the address book. Further functions available in the
character bar
Changing the language of the character
bar While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 139):
X Select 0054and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a language by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
Switching the character bar to letters While making an entry in the input menu, e.g.
to create a new entry (Y page 139):
X Select the 0069(upper case) or 0041
(lower case) symbol and press 0098to con-
firm.
Changing the character set While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 139): X
Select the 0042symbol and press 0098to
confirm.
R ABC
ABC (upper/lower case)
R 123 123 (digits)
R Other
Other (special characters such as @, €,
etc.)
Moving the cursor to the next data field 0043
Cursor (repositioned)
0044 005D and 005Esymbol to reposition the cur-
sor
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 139):
X Select the 005Dor005E symbol and press 0098
to confirm.
Deleting a character/an entry While making an entry in the input menu
(Y
page 139):
X To delete characters: press the0037but-
ton on the control panel.
or
X Select the 0084symbol by sliding 00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
or
X Press the 0084button next to the
COMAND controller. Character entry (telephony)
35At a glance