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R
Aud ioDVD (MLP, DTS, PCMand Dolby
Dig italau dio for ma ts)
R MP3 (inclu ding PCMC IAmem orycard)
R Me diaInter face
R Vide oDVD (PCM ,DTS andDolbyDig ital
au dio for ma ts)
R AUX
Since manyDVDs containbo th ster eoand
mu lti-cha nnel audio for ma ts,itma ybe
nece ssaryto set the audio for ma t
(Y page 148) .
Dis cswh ich supp ort the audio for ma ts
menti onedha ve the followi ng logos : Dol
by®
Dig ital DTS™
MLP
™ Se
lecti ng settin gsfort he
Bang &Olufsen soundsystem
Calling uptheselection menu X
Selec tSoun d .
X Highlig htBang &Olufsen . The
currentsettings for the True Image ™
and Soun dMode sound
techno logy canbe
seen inthe right -handhalf ofthe screen.
X Press W.
As election menuappears. Select
ionmenu
A # dot infron tof an ent ryindicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
Selecting thesetting forTrue Image™ X
Turn cVdor slideZVÆand highlight
ref erence or
sur round .
X Pre ssW.
Select ingsoun dmode X
Sele ctSou ndMode in
theselec tionm enu. 38
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:
Curr entset ting
X Turn cVdor slideZVÆand highlight
lef t ,
all or
rig ht .
X Pre ssW.
X To exit themen u:pres sth e% back
but tonb eside theCOMAND controller.
or
X Slide XVY .
i Please bearthefollowing inmind:
You willachieve thebest sound results on
your Bang &Olufsen soundsyst emby
playing high-quality audioDVDs and CDs.
MP3 track sshould haveabitrat eof at least
224 kbit/s.
When playing usinganiPod ®
,the bitrate
should alsobeatleast 224kbit/s.
For optimum playback quality:
X Deac tivate the EQ set
tingon the
iPod ®
.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnotwork
for mon osign alsourc es,such asthe AM
waveban din radio mode.
On some stereo recordin gs,the soun d
char acterist icsmay differfro m
con vention alstereo playback . Ba
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Menu
Overvi ew Navi
Setting
routecalculation mode Selecting
maporientati on Selecting
POIsymb olsonmap Selecting
trafficinformati onon map Selecting
textinformati ononmap Switching
topographicmap displayon/off Switching
highwayinformati onon/off Switching
theautomatic readingoftraffic
messa geson/off Switching
AudioFade outon/off Setting
BlockArea SIRIUS
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Introduc
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Read
Traffic MessagesAuto matic ally Yo
ucan choo sewh ethe rthe traffic messages
relevant forthe route areread automatically
or whether youhave tostart thereading
manually usingtheTraffic submenu.
X To set: Display menusystem ifappli cable
(Y page 58).
X Select Navi £
Read Traffic Messages
Automatically .
Depending onthe previous status,the
funct ionwill beswitched offcor onÇ.
Audio Fadeout The
Audio Fadeout function,ifactivated,
lowers thevolume ofthe current audiosource
when anavigation announcemen tisissued.
As soon asthe navigation announcement has
ended, theaudi osource willbeplay edwith
the previous volume.
X To activate: Displaymenusystem if
appli cable (Ypage 58).
X Select Navi £
Audio Fadeout .
Depending onthe previous status,the
function willbeswitched offcor onÇ. Block
Area
You candefine anarea within themap displa y
that isnot tobe used bythe system in
calcula tingaroute, ifpossible .
i The calcula tedroute mayinclude a
blocked areaifthe destination iswithin a
blocked areaorifthe destination canonly
be reached usingroads thatlead through a
blocked area.Highway scannot beblocked.
X To set, change ordelete: Displaymenu
system ifappli cable (Ypage 58).
X Select Navi £
Block Area .
If no areas werepreviousl yset, the map
display appears readytoselect anarea. If
areas werepreviously set,theblocked area
list appears.
X To set the map scale: Rotate ymz. X
To scrol lthe map: Slideqmr ,omp or
wmx .
X To def inethe cente rof the bloc karea :
Pre ssn. The
blocke dar ea appe arsin red .
X To chang ethe size ofthe bloc karea :
Ro tate ymz .
X To confi rm the area andexitmap
dis play :Pre ssn.
The area isad de dto the block area list. A
che cked entry indicates anacti veblock
ar ea .
i Youcan block severalar ea sfor the route
cal cul ation and activate or de-acti vate
them bysetti ngorrem oving the check
ma rk. 64
In
troduc tionNavi gation
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As
soo nasthe vehicle location isfound again,
route guidancecont inues inthe usua l
manner. Navigation
Announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcement sare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consulting themap displa yfor directions.
Consulting thesymbols ormap displa yfor
directions maycause youtodivert your
attent ionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident.
i During anactive telephone call,the
navigation announcement sare
suppressed .
If you have missed anannouncement ,you can
call upthe current announcement atany
time.
X To request currentannounce ment:In
map view withthemenu system
(Y page 58)displa yed,select RPT .
X To switch offnavigation
announce ments:Duringthe
announcement ,press theBbutton.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructions havebeen muted .
X To switch navigation announcements
back onmanually: Inmap view withthe
menu system (Ypage 58)displa yed,select
RPT .
or
X Start anew route calcula tion(Ypage 73).
or
X IfCOMAND isswitched onagai northe
engine isrestarted. X
To set the volume ofthe
announcements: Setthevolume during
the automatic announcemen t(Y page 36).
or
X Call upanannouncemen tmanually by
selec tingRPT in
map view withth emen u
syst emdispl ayed.
X Ad jus tthe volume.
Audio Fadeout The
Audio Fadeout function,ifactivated,
lowers thevolume ofthe current audiosource
when anavigation announcemen tisissued.
As soon asthe navigation announcement has
ended, theaudi osource willbeplay edwith
the previous volume(Ypage 36). Cance
lingRoute Guidance
X In the map displa ywith themenu system
displa yed(Ypage 58)select Destination £
Cancel RouteGuidance .
Resuming RouteGuidance X
Select Destination £
Continue Route
Guidance in
map view withthe
menu system displayed.
COMAND calculatesthe route. Detour
Function
i The Detour function blocksaroute
segment ahead.You can setthe length of
the block. COMAND calculates adetour
route ifpossible.
X Select Route £
Detour in
map view with
the menu system displayed.
X To set the length ofblock: Select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
untilthe
required lengthisset.
The blocked segment ishighlighted inred/
white onthe map. Shown atthe top ofthe
display isthe length ofthe blocked Rout
eGuida nce
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COMAN
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COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Audio
Menu
i Information onthe COMAND control
system andhow tooperate itcan befound
on (Ypage 18).
i For many operatin gfunc tionsyou can
also usethebutton son the multifunc tion
steer ingwheel, e.g.the=, ;,
9, :button s,for select ingachann el
or amenu orscrollin gthr ough lists
(Y page 27). Calling
upthe Audio Menu
X Select Audio .
The audio mode lastactive isswitch edon.
or
X Press theófunc tion button .
Radio modeisswitch edon.
X Select Audio The
audio menu appears.
i Ifradio mode wasactive last,youonly
need toselect Audio . Display
withAudio menu
1 Current audiomode
2 Main function line
3 Audio menu
You canswitch tothe various audiomodes in
the audio menu:
R FM /AM radio mode (Ypage 126)
R SatRadio mode(Ypage 132)
R CD-/ DVDaudio/MP3 mode(Ypage 143)
R Memory Card(Ypage 140)
R Music Register (Ypage 148)
R Aux mode (Ypage 157) Rad
io Switching
tothe Radio
From theCOMAND ControlUnit X
Press theófunc tion button .
or
X Select Audio £
Audio £
FM/AM Radio in
the display.
i Press thebutton repeatedly toswitch
wavebands inthe sequence FM,AM, WB
and SatRadio mode.Pressin gagain will
switch backtoFM radio mode.
With inthe Audio Function X
Select Audio £
FM/AM Radio .
The radio display appears. Thelastselect ed
stat ioninthe last select edwaveband is
heard. 126
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ioAudio
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1
Main areawithtuning dial
2 Memory presetnumber
3 Name ofselected station
4 Stat ionfrequency
5 Sound settings
6 FM, AMorWB radio
7 Program info
8 Stor edstation list
9 Radi ofunct ions Rad
io
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