Possible lane;: you will be able to complete
the next change of direction in this lane.
Recommended lane =: in this lane you will
be able to complete the next change of direc-
tion and the one after that.
Lane recommendations are also shown in the
multifunction display of the instrument clus-
ter (see the vehicle Operator's Manual).
Approaching new lanes
:Approaching new lane
During the change of direction, new lanes
may be added. These will be shown in the dis-
play of lane recommendations with a lower
boundary line.
Highway information
Display mode
Requirement: the Highway Information
map content must be enabled (Ypage 100).
While driving on the highway, gas stations,
rest stops, rest areas and highway exits are
displayed along with their immediate distan-
ces from the current vehicle position.
Calling up the selection mode
XWhen highway information is displayed,
slide 9 the controller.
The marker is on the highway information.
The associated position is highlighted on
the map.
XTo select the desired rest stop/highway
exit: turn and press the controller.
The available POIs are displayed.
Starting route guidance to a POI
Highway information enables route guidance
to a POI and other functions.
XTo select a POI: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The POI details are displayed.
You can perform the following functions:
Rstore in the address book (Ypage 98)
Rsave to the SD memory card
(
Ypage 98)
Rview on the map (Ypage 104)
Rcall if a mobile phone is connected and a
phone number is available
(
Ypage 120)
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Navigation
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Problems with the navigation system
ProblemPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
COMAND does not
resume route guidance
after the journey has
been interrupted.Route guidance is canceled if you interrupt the journey for more
than two hours.
"Interrupting the journey" refers to stopping the vehicle.
"Continuing route guidance" refers to switching COMAND back on
and driving on.
XContinue route guidance manually (Ypage 91).
ProblemPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
COMAND is unable to
determine the vehicle's
position.COMAND has to redetermine the position of the vehicle if the
vehicle has been transported.
Example:
RAfter transporting the vehicle by ferry
RAfter transporting the vehicle by motorail
XStart the vehicle and pull away.
COMAND determines the vehicle's position. Depending on the
driving situation, this may take some time.
Route guidance may be restricted during the determination of
the vehicle's position.
When positioning is complete, route guidance is resumed with
navigation announcements and route guidance displays.
ProblemPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
The digital map is not
compatible with the
vehicle software.The data medium containing the digital map cannot be used for the
update.
XTo confirm the message: press the controller.
XRemove the data medium.
XHave the data medium checked at an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
ProblemPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
COMAND asks for an
activation code during
the map update.The digital map is secured with an activation code.
XConsult an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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iIf the mobile phone that is connected only
supports two Bluetooth®profiles at the
same time, COMAND functions may
behave as follows:
Rwhen connecting to the Internet, play-
back is stopped on the Bluetooth®audio
device.
Rwhen starting playback on the Blue-
tooth®audio device, the Internet con-
nection is ended.
Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth®audio device
Switching to Bluetooth®audio mode
XPress the Õbutton.
XTo select Bluetooth Audioin the menu:
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio
Device Authorizedmessage, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth®audio
device first.
XTo select Optionsin the Bluetooth audio
menu: slide 6the controller and press to
confirm.
XTo select Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A new menu appears.
:Bluetooth®audio player within range and
already authorized
;Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth®audio mode in range The Bluetooth
®device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or not. After a device search, devices which are
within range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
Searching for Bluetooth
®audio
XTo select Search for Audio Devices:
press the controller.
The To connect an audio device,
make sure that: 1. The telephone
is switched on. 2. The BT Audio
function is activated and the
audio device is visible via BT.
(For details, see the audio devi‐
ce's operating instructions or
visit www.mercedes-benz.com/
connect).message appears.
XSelect Start Search.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth®audio
devices within range and adds them to the
Bluetooth
®device list.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth
®audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
iWith some Bluetooth®audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device
itself so that COMAND can play the audio
files. Bluetooth
®must also be given as a
media output location for the audio device
used.
Authorizing Bluetooth
®audio
XSelect a Bluetooth®audio device that has
not yet been authorized from the list: turn
and press the controller.
Authorization starts.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, you now have two options for con-
tinuing with authorization.
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Media
Z
ATo stopËor start Ìplayback
BName of the connected Bluetooth®audio
device (example)
COptions menu
Some mobile phones only support two Blue-
tooth
®profiles at the same time (e.g. Hands-
Free Profile for Bluetooth®telephony and
Bluetooth®audio profile for audio streaming).
If you activate Bluetooth®audio mode and
there is already an active Internet connection, this can cause the connection to be termina-
ted.
Switching to Bluetooth®audio
XPress the Õbutton.
XTo select Bluetooth Audioin the menu:
turn and press the controller.
COMAND activates the Bluetooth
®audio
device. The basic display then appears.
Playback starts.
iIf the Bluetooth®audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data
is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed.
Starting/stopping playback
XTo select Start playback Ì: turn and
press the controller.
Playback starts. Ëis selected.
XTo stop playback: select Ë.
A message appears. Ìis selected.
XTo continue playback: select Ì.
A message appears. Ëis selected.
Starting playback if the Bluetooth®
audio device has been stopped
During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth®audio device is
terminated (
Ypage 115). In the Bluetooth®
audio basic display (Ypage 194) you will see the
No
BluetoothAudioDeviceConnec‐
tedmessage and the Connect Last Used
Playermenu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth
®
audio device can be reconnected.
XTo select Start playback Ì: slide6
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning.
XTo select Connect Last Used Player:
press the controller.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth
Audio Device Pausedmessage.
iIf there is an Internet connection and the
mobile phone that is connected only sup-
ports two Bluetooth
®profiles at the same
time, the Internet connection is interrup-
ted.
iThe connection to the Bluetooth®audio
device can also be interrupted if:
Rthe connected mobile phone only sup-
ports 2 Bluetooth®profiles at the same
time.
Ryou connect to the Internet using
COMAND (
Ypage 152).
Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth®audio devices.
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Media
DVD'scontro lmenu
Mos tDVDs hav etheir own contro lmenu
whic hcan be operated usin gth econtroller .
Showin gth eDVD' scontro lmen u
XTo selec tMen ufrom th eDV Doverlay menu:
turn and press th econtroller .
The men uof th eDV Doverlay men uis hid-
den and th eDVD' smen uentries (e.g.
scenes, language ,trailers) are displayed .
XTo select amen uentry: slid eand press th e
controller .
Video menu
:Type of dat amedium
;Curren ttitl e
=Shows th emen ubar sfo rth eDV Dbasi c
display
?Curren tscen e
ATrack time
Operating th evideo menu
XTo show: in full-screen video mode, slid e
6 thecontroller .
XTo hide:slid e5 thecontroller .
XTo selectth enext/previous scene: turn th e
controller clockwise/counter-clockwise .
XTo fastforward/rewind: slid e1 and
hol dth econtroller until th edesire dposi-
tion has been reached.
XTo hide th evideo menu: slid e5 thecon-
troller.
XTo sho wthemen ubar sfo rth eDV Dbasi c
display: press th econtroller .
The video men uis hidden and th eDV D
basi cmen uappears .
DVD functions
Showing/hiding th eDVD functions
XTo show theDV Doverlay menu: in full -
scree nvideo mode, press th econtroller .
The DV Doverlay men uis shown .
XTo hide: select% in theDV Doverlay
men uby turnin gand pressing th econtrol-
ler
XTo show th eDVD basic display :selec t
ò in theDV Doverlay men uby turnin g
and pressing th econtroller .
Overview of DVD overlay menu
:Activates DV Dcontro lmen u
;Hides DV Doverlay men u
=Shows theDV Dbasi cdisplay
?Confirms entr yin contro lmen u
ANavigates DV Dlist s
BJump sto th estart of th escen e
CDisplays camera perspective s
DShows subtitles
ESelects language
FStop function
GPausefunction
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Media
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Operating the DVD's own menu with the
DVD overlay menu
XIn full-screen mode, press the controller
The DVD overlay menu is shown.
It is possible to navigate within the DVD's
own control menu using the arrows in the
upper bar of the DVD overlay menu.
XTo select theXZ¬Yarrow to navigate in the
DVD's own menu: turn the controller.
The active arrow is highlighted.
XTo select the arrow: press the controller.
The next menu entry in the direction of the arrow is highlighted.
XTo select OKfrom the DVD overlay menu:
turn and press the controller.
The selected DVD scene is played.
XTo hide the DVD overlay menu: select
& using the controller.
XPress the controller.
The DVD overlay menu is hidden.
If there are functions, such as Display cam-
era perspectives on the DVD, these are
shown in the DVD overlay menu.
XTo call up Display camera perspectives:
turn and press the controller
Stop function
XShow the DVD overlay menu (Ypage 201).
XInterrupting playback To select
Éin the menu of the DVD
overlay menu: turn and press the control-
ler.
The Ë display changes to Ì. The
video image is hidden.
XTo continue playback: selectÌ.
Playback continues from the point where it was interrupted.
XTo stop playback: selectÉagain while
playback is interrupted.
XTo start playback again: selectÌ.
Playback restarts from the beginning.
Pause function
XShow the DVD overlay menu (Ypage 201).
XPausing playback
To select Ë: turn and press the control-
ler.
The Ë display changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: selectÌ.
Selecting a scene/chapter
If the film is divided into scenes or chapters,
these can be selected directly while the film is
running, or skipped forwards step by step.
This is not possible at certain points for some
DVDs (e.g. during the opening credits).
It may also be possible to select the scene/
chapter from the functions stored on the
DVD.
XTo skip forwards or back: in the video
menu, turn the controller.
or
XPress the EorF button.
The next or previous scene in the film is
skipped to.
iThe DVD overlay menu can also be used
to make selections (
Ypage 201).
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Media
Selecting a folder
This function is available in MP3 mode.
XSelectFolderin MP3 mode using
the :=; buttons on the remote
control and press the 9button to confirm.
or
XPress the 9button when the display/
selection window is active.
The folder content appears.
XTo switch to the superordinate folder:
select symbol Uusing the 9:
buttons on the remote control and press
the 9button to confirm.
The display shows the next folder up.
XTo select a folder: select a folder by press-
ing the 9: button and confirm by
pressing the 9button.
You will see the tracks in the folder.
XSelect a track using the 9:buttons
and press the 9button to confirm.
The track is played and the selected folder is now the active folder.
Pause function
This function is available in audio DVD mode.
XTo pause playback: selectËusing
the :=; buttons on the remote
control and press the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
The Ì display changes to Ë.
Stop function
This function is available in audio DVD mode.
XTo interrupt playback: selectÉusing
the :=; buttons on the remote
control and press the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
Playback continues from the point where it
was interrupted.
XTo stop playback: while playback is inter-
rupted, select Éagain and press the 9
button to confirm.
Playback stops and returns to the begin-
ning of the DVD. Ìis highlighted.
XTo restart playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
Playback starts from the beginning of the
DVD.
Setting the audio format
The content of an audio DVD can be divided
into up to 9 groups. The availability and type
of group depends on the respective DVD. A
group can contain music of different sound
qualities (stereo and multichannel formats,
for example), or bonus tracks.
XSelect DVD-Ausing the :=;
buttons on the remote control and press 9
to confirm.
XSelect Groupusing the 9: buttons
and press the 9button to confirm.
The list of available audio formats appears.
The #dot indicates the format currently
selected.
XSelect an audio format using the 9:
buttons and press the 9button to confirm.
XTo exit the menu: press the=or;
button.
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the menu stored on the DVD appears. If the
DVD menu appears, you must start the film
manually.
XSelect the corresponding menu item in the
DVD menu.
Showing/hiding the control menu
:Type of data medium
;Current title
=Current scene
?Track time
AShows the menu
XTo show: press the9or: button on
the remote control.
XTo hide: press the 9or: button.
or
XWait about eight seconds.
Showing/hiding the menu
:Video DVD options
;Pause function
=Stop function
?Sets the treble
ASets the bass
XTo show: press the9button on the
remote control.
XTo hide: press the 9button and confirm
# by pressing the 9button.
Fast forwarding/rewinding
XPress and hold the EorF button on
the remote control until the desired posi-
tion has been reached.
You see the control menu.
Pause function
XTo show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control.
XTo pause playback: selectËand press
the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
The menu is hidden.
Stop function
XTo show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control.
XTo interrupt playback: selectÉand
press the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì. The
video image is hidden.
XTo continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
Playback continues from the point where it was interrupted. The menu is hidden.
XTo stop playback: while playback is inter-
rupted, select Éagain and press the 9
button to confirm.
Playback stops and returns to the begin-
ning of the DVD. Ìis highlighted.
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