2014 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class ECO mode

Updating the digital map
Introduction The digital maps generated by the map
software become outdated in the same way
as conventional road maps. Optimal route
guidance can only be provided by
the navigation system in conjunction with the
most up-to-date map software.
Information about new versions of the digital
map can be obtained from an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. You can have the
digital map updated there with a DVD, or you
can update it yourself.
Important safety notes G
WARNING
Never leave the engine running in an enclosed
space. The exhaust gases contain carbon
monoxide. Inhaling exhaust gases constitutes
a health hazard and could lead to loss of
consciousness or even death.
Carrying out a manual update i
The update process can tak ealong time
(over an hour), depending on the size of the
digital map. During this time, you will only
be able to switch on radio mode and to
accept incoming calls. The update will be
completed more quickly if the vehicle is
stationary.
If you start the update with the engine
switched off and the starter battery has
insufficient power, COMAND may
automatically switch off .This protects the
battery. If this occurs, restart the update
with the engine running.
X Insert the DVD:
R
in the single DVD drive (Y page 194)
R in the DVD changer (Y page 194)
COMAND checks whether the digital map
on the DVD is compatible with the
navigation system and system software. Ap
rompt then appears asking if you want
to install the database. Versions of the
database currently installed and the
database that is to be installed are
displayed.
X Select Yes or
No and press
0037to confirm.
After selecting Yes , an activation code
must be entered when installing a database
for the first time. You will receive the
activation code when you buy the
navigation DVD.
If you select No , the process will be
canceled.
X Enter the activation code.
After entering the activation code
correctly, COMAND starts updating the
digital map. Once the update is finished,
you will see a message.
X To confirm the message: press0037the
COMAND controller.
X Take the DVD out of the slot.
While the update is running, you will see a
message to this effect and a progress bar.
The navigation system is not operational
until the update is complete.
i You cannot eject the DVD during the
update. If you switch off COMAND during
the update, the update is interrupted. It
then continues from where it was
interrupted when the system is restarted.
COMAND may prompt you to change the DVD
during the update.
X Press the 0009(for DVD changer) or
0007 (for single DVD drive) load/eject
button.
X Take the DVD out of the slot.
X Insert the requested DVD.
Once the update has been successfully
completed, you will see a message to this
effect.
X To confirm the message: press0037the
COMAND controller.
X Take the DVD out of the slot.
The update is complete. Additional settings
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Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipmen tfor 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. General notes
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If you operate mobile communication
equipment while driving, you will be
distracted from traffic conditions. You could
also lose control of the vehicle. There is a risk
of an accident.
Only operate this equipment when the vehicle
is stationary.
If you make a call on your mobile phone while
driving, always use hands-free mode. Only
use the mobile phone when road, weather
and traffic conditions permit. Some
jurisdictions prohibit the driver from using a
mobile phone while driving a vehicle.
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.
Excessive levels of electromagnetic radiation
may cause damage to your health and the
health of others.
There is scientific discussion surrounding the
possible health risks posed by
electromagnetic fields. You can reduce this
risk by using an exterior antenna.
Therefore, only use mobile communication
equipment if it is connected to the exterior
antenna of the vehicle. Introduction
COMAND provides telephony via the
Bluetooth ®
interface.
When connecting Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones with PBAP (Phone BookAccess
Profile), the contacts are automatically
downloaded to COMAND.
With a suitable mobile phone, you can use the
hands-free system and receive vCards via the
Bluetooth ®
interface.
You can use the text message function
(receiving and reading) if the mobile phone
supports the MAP (Message AccessProfile)
Bluetooth ®
profile.
You can obtain more detailed information
about suitable mobile phones and about
connecting Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones to COMAND on the Internet at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) for
the USA or at 1-800-387-0100 for Canada. Call disconnection while the vehicle is
in motion
Ac all may be disconnected if:
R there is insufficient network coverage in
certain areas.
R you move from one transmitter/receiver
area (cell) into another and no channels are
free.
R you use a SIM card which is no tcompatible
with the network available. Operating options
You can operate the telephone by:
R using the COMAND controller:
turn 003C0012003D
slide 003400120035 or003600120008 126
General notesTelephone

Handle discs only whe
nthe vehicle is
stationary.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second. Inserting/ejecting CDs/DVDs
Notes If the CD/DVDh
as a printed side, this must
face upwards when the CD/DV Dis inserted.
If neither side is printed, the side to be played
should face downwards. The system may not
be able to play CDs/DVDsw ith copy
protection.
i If a medium contains other files in
additio nto music files, the loading time
before the first track starts to play may be
longer.
Inserting adisc into the single DVD
drive X
Press the 0007eject button.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
X Take the disc out of the slot.
X Insert a disc into the slot.
If the disc is correctly inserted and is a
suitable disc, it is drawn in by the drive and
played.
Ejecting adisc from the single DVD
drive X
Press the 0007eject button.
X Take the disc out of the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot, it
is drawn in again automatically after a short
while and reloaded. Inserting discs into the DVD changer The DVD changer has a fixed magazine with
six trays.
X
To insert aCD/DVD into the magazine
tray: press the 0009load/ejec tbutton.
Am enu shows the curren tload status of
the magazine trays. The last tray selected
is identified by a red digit. X
Select a magazine tray to be filled by
turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND controller and
press 0037to confirm.
or
X Press a number key, e.g. 0029.
The DVD changer switches to the selected
magazine tray. You see the Please Wait... message.
You then see the Please insert disc message.
X
Insert a disc into the disc slot with the
printed side facing upwards.
The DVD changer loads the disc into the
selected magazine tray. The Loading disc ... message appears.194
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It may take some time for the disc to be
loaded, depending on the type of disc. If no
disc is inserted for approximately 20
seconds, the display returns to the
magazine menu.
The DVD changer plays the disc if:
R it has been inserted correctly.
R it is a permissible type of disc. 0001
Full magazine tray (eject function is
available)
0002 Empty magazine tray (disc can be
inserted)
X To exit the menu: press the0009eject/
load button again or press the 000Aback
button.
or
X Select Back by sliding
00120008and turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
X To fill empty magazine trays: press the
0009 load/eject button.
The magazine menu appears.
X Select Fill Empty Slots .
You see the Please Wait... message.
COMAND switches to the next free
magazine tray. You then see the Pleaseinsert disc message.
i Do not insert a disc into the magazine tray
until you have seen this prompt.
X Insert a disc into the disc slot with the
printed side facing upwards.
You see the Please Wait... message.
Once the disc is loaded, the DVD changer switches to the next empty tray. You see
the
Please insert disc message.
X Repeat this step until all trays are loaded.
The DVD changer plays the last disc you
loaded if it has been inserted correctly and
it is a permissible type.
X To cancel loading: press the0009eject/
load button again or press the 000Aback
button.
i If you cancel loading with the 000Aback
button, the system loads and plays the last
CD you inserted.
Ejecting discs from the DVD changer If you remove one disc while playing another
disc, the DVD changer interrupts playback.
Playback continues once the disc has been
ejected.
X
To eject aCD/DVD: press the 0009load/
eject button.
The magazine menu appears .The magazine
tray with the current disc is highlighted. 0001
Ejectp ossible
0002 Type of data medium
0014 Disc name (only if stored on the disc)
0013 Current disc CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode
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X
To switch the display: select1...6 changer by turning
003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
Depending on the previous setting, the
magazine trays are shown or not shown.
i If a disc canno tbe read, an entry appears
next to the corresponding magazine tray. Media list showing all magazine trays
X
Select the data medium by turning 003C0012003D
the COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
The following tables list the selection options
in the media list for the respective equipment
variants. For DVD changer
Magazine trays, positions
1to 6: readable
data media are audio CDs, MP3 CDs or MP3
DVDs, audio DVDs and video DVDs. Memory card, position 7
MUSIC REGISTER, position 8
USB storage device, position 9
Media Interface, position 0
Bluetooth Audio
Equipped with a single DVD drive
DVD drive, position 1: readable data media
are audio CDs, MP3 CDs or MP3 DVDs,
audio DVDs and video DVDs.
Memory card, position 2 MUSIC REGISTER, position 3
USB storage device, position 4
Media Interface, position 5
Bluetooth
®
audio: position 6 i
If you select a video DVD, the system
switches to video DVD mode
(Y page 228).
Selecting atrac kusing the number
keypad X
When the display/selection window is
active, press a number key, e.g. 002C.
The medium at the corresponding position
in the media list is loaded and then played. Selecting
atrack
Selecting by skipping to atrack X
To skip forwards or back to a track: turn
003C0012003D the COMAND controller when the
display/selectio nwindow is active.
or
X Press the 0001or0002 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next
track.
The skip back function skips to the
beginning of the current track if the track
has been playing for more than
eight seconds .Ifthe track has been playing
for less than eight seconds, it skips to the
start of the previous track.
If the Random Tracks or
Random Folder playback option has been selected, the
track order is random.200
CD/audio DVD and MP3 modeAudio

Selecting
atrac kusing the number
keypad X
Press the 0005key on the number keypad.
An umerical entry field appears. The
number of positions offere dcorresponds to
the number of trackso n the CD/DVD. Only
numbers that correspond to a track
number on the CD/DVD can be entered.
X Enter the desired track number using the
numbe rkeys.
The trac kplays after the last possible
number is entered.
i Pressing and holding a number key for
more than two seconds completes the
entry, and the corresponding track is
played.
Selecting atrac kusing music search X
Select Current Track List ,
Folder or a
category and press 0037to confirm.
Select music via categories (e.g. album,
artist) with the music search function.
If you select a category, COMAND starts a
search for track information if the following
conditions are fulfilled:
R the data carriers are inserted or connected
R the track information from these data
carriers is not yet contained in the
COMAND music database.
COMAND imports track information from the
following data carriers:
R disc (CD/audio DVD/MP3)
R Memory Card R
MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
The Track information is complete message appears once the search is
completed. COMAND stores the music data
in its own database. You can now select the
available music data within the desired
category.
You will find further information on searching
for music in the "Music search" section
(Y
page 206).
X In audio CD/audio DVD mode/MP3 mode,
select Search by sliding
00120008and turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
The category list appears. Example: current track list
X
Select the track by turning 003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
The basic display appears and the trac kis
played. Fast forwarding/rewinding
X While the display/selection window is
active, slide 003400120035and hold the COMAND
controller until the desired position has
been reached.
or
X Press and hold the 0001or0002 button
until the desired position is reached. CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode
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Gracenote Media Database
Introduction This function is only available in audio CD
mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote® musicr
ecognition technology
on the COMAND hard drive. You will
recognize this by the logo which can be seen
in the bottom right-hand corner of certain
audio displays.
Many audio CDs contain CD text. COMAND
uses the information contained therein to
display the artist, album and trac kname.
If the audio CD does no tcontain any CD text
information, COMAND can use the
Gracenote ®
Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in audio CD
mode. This is only possible if the relevant
information is saved in the Gracenote Media
Database and if the "Gracenote Media
Database" function is activated.
If this is the case, COMAND will display the
corresponding data such as artist, album and
track name in the relevant displays and lists.
Selecting Gracenote ®
data to be
displayed X
Switch on CD mode (Y page 197).
X Select CD by sliding
00120008and turning 003C0012003D
the COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
X Select Gracenote Media Database by
turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND controller and
press 0037to confirm.
Am enu appears.
The 000Fdot indicates the curren tselection
for the display.
If several entries exist for the CD of a
particular artist, you can select which of the
entries should be shown.
If the inserted CD does not contain any
Gracenote® data, the Gracenote Media Database menu item is shown in gray and
cannot be selected.
X Select an entry by turning 003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
Switching the Gracenote ®
data display
on/off X
Switch on CD mode (Y page 197).
X Select CD by sliding
00120008and turning 003C0012003D
the COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
X Select Gracenote Media Database by
turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND controller and
press 0037to confirm.
X To switch off the display: selectNone and
press 0037to confirm.
In the basic display, Track 1 ,
Track 2 etc.
are shown instead of the Gracenote ®
data,
for example (Y page 198).
X To switch on the display: select an entry
in the menu by turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm. 202
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Updating Gracenote
®
music
recognition technology and the
Gracenote Media Database Due to the release of new CDs, the digital data
on the Gracenote Media Database must be
updated. Optimum functionality can only be
attained with up-to-date Gracenote ®
music
recognition technology. Information about
new versions can be obtained from an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
You can have your music recognition
software updated there with aDVD, or you
can update it yourself.
i The Gracenote Media Database is
updated in conjunction with the navigation
system's digital map (Y page 119).Displaying the track and album
X Press the 0031button.
The current track and albuma re displayed
in a window. Displaying metadata (MP3 mode)
COMAND can also display the album name
and artist (metadata) during playback if this
information has been entered into the
system.
For all media that contain MP3 data (e.g. MP3
CD, SD memory card, MUSIC REGISTER), you
can determine whether:
R the metadata contained in the tags of the
encoded musi cdata should be displayed
R the file and directory names should be
displayed during playback
X To display the album and artist name:
select MP3 or
USB in the basic display by
sliding 00120008and turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
X Select Display Track Information and
press 0037to confirm. Selecting
agrou p(audio DVD)
The content of an audio DVD can be divided
into up to 9groups. The availability and type
of group depends on the respective DVD.
Ag roup can contain musi cindifferen tsound
qualities (stereo and multichannel formats,
for example), or bonus tracks.
Each group can contain up to 99 tracks.
If an audio DVD only contains one audio
format, the Group menu item(s) cannot be
selected.
X Switch on audio DVD mode (Y page 197).
X Select DVD-A by sliding
00120008and turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
X Select Group by turning
003C0012003Dand press
0037 to confirm.
The 000Fdot indicates the group currently
selected.
X Select the desired group by turning 003C0012003D
and press 0037to confirm.
X To exit the menu: slide003400120035 the COMAND
controller or press the 000Aback button. Selecting an active partition (USB
mass storage devices only)
You can select this function for USB mass
storage devices when the storage device is
partitioned. Up to 5partitions (primary or
logical, FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are supported.
X Select MP3 in the basic display by sliding
00120008 and turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
X Select Select Active Partition and
press 0037to confirm. CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode
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