Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2011 COMAND Manual

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COMAND

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As at 19.07.2010

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Welcome to the world of Mercedes-Benz

First of all, familiarize yourself with the COMAND control panel and read this manual thoroughly before driving off. This will help you to obtainthe maximum pleasure from your COMAND control panel and to avoid endangering yourself and others.

Depending on the model and equipmentlevel, the functions and equipment of your COMAND control panel may deviate from some descriptions and illustrations.

Mercedes-Benzis constantly updating its systems to the state-of-the art and reserves the right to introduce changes to the design, equipment and technical features.

You cannot, therefore, base any claims on the data, illustrations or descriptions in this manual.

If you have any further questions, please contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

This manual is an integral part of the vehicle. You should always keep it in the vehicle and pass it on to the new owner if you sell the vehicle.

The technical documentation team at Daimler AG wishes you safe and pleasant motoring.

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Index ....................................................... 4

Introduction ......................................... 11

At aglance ........................................... 13

System settings .................................. 35

Navigation system .............................. 45

Telephone ............................................ 93

Audio .................................................. 117

Video .................................................. 151

Rear Seat Entertainment .................. 161

Voice Control ..................................... 179

Contents

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Active partition (USB devices only)

Selecting ........................................ 148

Address book

Browsing........................................ 110

Calling up ....................................... 110

Changing an entry .......................... 112

Connecting acall ........................... 112

Creating an entry ........................... 110

Deleting an entry ........................... 111

Detailsabout an entry ................... 111

Importing contacts ........................ 114

Searching for an entry ................... 110

Starting route guidance ................. 113

voice control with .......... 193, 204, 208

Voice tag ....................................... 113

Address bookentry

Adopting as a home address ............ 77

Showing the details ....................... 112

Address entry menu ............................ 49

Address of destination (Seealso Destinations)

entering with voice commands ...... 187

Alternative route ................................. 70

Area

Avoiding ........................................... 85

Audio

voice control .................................. 180

Audio Aux (auxiliary)

voice commandsfor ...................... 201

Audio AUX jack .................................. 149

Audio CD/DVD or MP3 mode

Switching to ................................... 131

Audio DVD

Pause function ............................... 170

Stop function ................................. 133

Audio format

Setting (audio DVD mode)............. 137

Autostore ........................................... 120

Auxiliary (Aux) operation

voice commandsfor ...................... 201

voice control with .......................... 206

Back button ......................................... 16

Bird's-eye view .................................... 83

Bluetooth

Activating/deactivating ................... 40

Authorizing a device ......................... 41

Devices ............................................ 41

External authorization ................ 42, 97

General information ......................... 40

Interface .......................................... 95

Settings ........................................... 40

Telephony .................................. 94, 95

Bluetooth®interface

Telephony ........................................ 94

Bluetooth®interface telephony

Conditions ....................................... 95

Bluetooth®telephone list ................... 96

Call

Accepting .............................. 100, 115

Connecting .................................... 100

Ending ............................................ 115

Rejecting ............................... 100, 115

Calling (See also Telephone)

voice control with .................. 183, 195

Call list

Opening and selecting an entry ..... 107

Saving an entry in the address

book .............................................. 108

Call lists ............................................. 107

Displaying details ........................... 107

Storing an entry which has not yet

beenstored................................... 108

Category

Satellite radio ................................ 125

Copyprotection ............................. 139

Data medium ................................. 139

General information ....................... 139

Multisession .................................. 138

Playback options ........................... 137

Selecting amedium ....................... 134

Selecting atrack ............................ 134

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CD/DVD

Ejecting (DVD drive) .......................130

Inserting (DVD changer) ................ 129

Inserting (Rear Seat

Entertainment System) .................. 167

CD audio, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 200, 205

Changing direction

Announcement phase ...................... 66

Change of direction phase ............... 66

Preparation phase ............................ 65

Channel presets ................................ 119

Channel selection (satellite radio)

voice commandsfor ...................... 198

Character entry ................................... 22

Characters

Entering ..................................... 23, 25

City

Entering ........................................... 49

City center, selecting as

destination ......................................... 189

COMAND

Basicfunctions................................ 27

Switching on/off .............................. 27

COMAND display ................................. 17

Setting ............................................. 36

Switching on/off .............................. 27

COMAND operating system ................ 14

Commands for voice control ............ 201

for address book ................... 194, 204

for CD, DVD, MP3 .................. 200, 205

for navigation........................ 187, 202

for phone operation............... 183, 202

for radio and satellite radio .... 196, 205

generalcommands ........................ 201

Copy protection (CD/DVD) ............... 139

Crosshair position

Saving .............................................. 82

Data carrier

MUSIC REGISTER ........................... 139

Video DVD ..................................... 155

Data medium

AudioDVD ............................. 138, 167

CD/DVD ........................................ 139

MP3 ............................................... 137

Date format

Setting ............................................. 37

Delete button ....................................... 16

Deleting

Call lists ......................................... 109

Destination

Adopting from the listofprevious

destinations ..................................... 78

Destination entry

Point of interest ............................... 60

Destination information ..................... 71

Destination input ................................. 48

Address........................................... 48

Destination memory ........................ 54

Intermediate stop ............................ 57

Last destination ............................... 55

Map ................................................. 56

Destination memory ........................... 77

Deleting an entry ............................. 79

My address ...................................... 77

Storing a destination ........................ 78

Destination memory (See also Last Destinations)

saving destinations to .................... 191

voice control for ............................ 191

Destinations

saving to destination memory ........191

Search &Send ................................. 59

voice control with .......................... 187

Dialog

see Voice control

Digital map

Updating .......................................... 89

Display, main

with voice command ...................... 182

District, selecting as destination

with voice commands.................... 189

DTMF tones

Sending ......................................... 101

DVD

Copyprotection ............................. 139

Data medium ................................. 139

Selecting atrack ............................ 134

DVD audio, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 200, 206

DVD menu .......................................... 156

DVD playbackconditions ................. 153

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DVD video

voice control with.................. 201, 207

DVD-Video

Picture settings .............................. 152

DVD-Video Operation

Automatic picture shutoff .............. 152

Entry

Deleting ........................................... 24

Saving .............................................. 27

Selecting ........................................ 105

Example: entering an address ............ 49

External audio or video devices

voice control with .......................... 201

External authorization ........................ 42

First listentry

Accepting ......................................... 24

Freeway information ........................... 88

Frequency input

Manual ...........................................119

Full-screen map and change-ofdirection display

Switching between .......................... 65

Function restrictions

Video DVD mode ........................... 153

Global voice control commands ...... 181

Google Maps®...................................... 59

Gracenote Media Database .............. 136

Hands-free microphone

Switching on/off ........................... 101

Hard disk drive

voice control with .......................... 206

harman/kardon®Logic 7

Surround Sound system ..................... 29

HD Radio™ ......................................... 122

Helpwith voice control, general ...... 210

Home address ...................................... 77

Entering and saving ......................... 52

House numbers,entering for

destination .........................................190

Incident (traffic report) ....................... 73

Individualization .................................. 38

Intermediate stop

Deleting ........................................... 58

Intermediate top

Entering ........................................... 57

Intersection (selecting) .................... 189

iPod

Alphabetic track selection ............. 148

Connecting to the Media

Interface ........................................ 144

Device version ............................... 144

Selecting a category/playlist......... 146

iTunes®............................................... 148

Lane recommendations ...................... 67

Explanation ...................................... 68

Presentation .................................... 68

Last Destinations

voice control for ............................ 191

Lever for voice control ......................181

Listas selection list

Calling up .........................................24

List entry

Selecting .......................................... 24

Listing address book contents ........ 195

Local voice control commands ........ 181

Logic 7

see harman/kardon®Logic 7

Surround Sound system

Map

Arrival time/distance to

destination ....................................... 84

Calling up .........................................56

Map display..................................... 83

Moving ....................................... 56, 82

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Showing geo-coordinates ................ 85

Showing road names ....................... 84

Map display (also see navigation)

Trafficreports .................................. 73

Map information .................................. 84

Map orientation ................................... 83

Map scale

Adjusting ......................................... 81

Media Interface

Active partition .............................. 148

Basicmenu .................................... 145

Connectionoptions....................... 143

iPod®............................................. 143

Metadata ....................................... 147

Mode ............................................. 143

MP3 player.................................... 144

Selecting categories ...................... 146

Selecting folders ............................ 146

Selecting musicfiles ...................... 146

Selecting playlists .......................... 146

Switching to ................................... 145

USB mass storagedevice .............. 143

Media list ................................... 134, 155

Memory cards

voice control with .................. 201, 206

Exiting ........................................ 30, 48

Showing ........................................... 47

Showing/hiding ............................. 154

System settings ............................... 18

Menu item

Selecting .......................................... 21

Menu overview

COMAND ......................................... 17

Messages

during voice command .................. 182

Mobile phone

Connecting (Bluetooth®interface) ... 96

De-authorizing ................................. 98

External authorization ...................... 97

Registering (authorizing) .................. 96

MP3

Bit/sampling rates ......................... 138

Data medium ................................. 137

File systems ................................... 138

Formats ......................................... 138

Selecting amedium ....................... 134

MP3 mode, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 200, 206

Multifunction steering wheel ............. 19

Selecting atrack ............................ 135

Telephone ...................................... 115

voice control button ....................... 181

Multisession CDs ............................... 138

Music Register

Copying musicdata ....................... 140

MUSIC REGISTER

Deleting allmusic files................... 142

Playback options ........................... 143

Switching to ................................... 139

My address

see Home address

Navigation (also see route guidance)

Trafficreport .................................... 73

Navigation (See also Route guidance)

voice control with .................. 185, 202

Navigation announcements ....... 68, 180

Switching off .............................. 27, 69

Switching on .................................... 69

Navigation menu

Showing/hiding ..................... 154, 172

Navigation mode

Switching to ..................................... 47

Navigation system displays

Multifunctiondisplay ....................... 69

North up orientation ........................... 83

Numbers, entering with voice

command ........................................... 182

Off-map ................................................ 72

Off-road ................................................ 72

Orientation in direction of travel ....... 83

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Passcode

Entering ..................................... 42, 97

Pause function ................................... 133

Phone book

Adding a numberto an address

book entry..................................... 106

Calling up ....................................... 102

Creating anew entry ..................... 105

Deleting an entry ........................... 105

Icon overview ................................. 104

voice control with .......................... 185

Phone bookentry

Searching ...................................... 104

Playback options .............. 137, 143, 149

Point of interest

Category .......................................... 61

Entering ........................................... 60

Entering using the map .................... 64

ZAGAT®rating service ..................... 63

Point of interest icon

Setting ............................................. 83

Point of interest list ............................ 62

With character bar ........................... 64

Points of interest (POIs)

voice control for ............................ 190

Previous destinations ......................... 80

Province of destination,selecting ... 187

Radio

HD Radio™.................................... 122

selecting stations .......................... 198

voice control with .......... 196, 205, 210

Radio mode

Switching to ................................... 118

Read-aloud function ............................ 73

Read-aloud speed

Setting ............................................. 38

Real-time traffic reports ............... 73, 76

Rear-compartment screens ................ 30

Rear Seat Entertainment System

Audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode ..... 166

AUX mode ............................... 32, 175

Changing the batteries .................. 162

Remote control ................................ 31

Severalusers ................................. 164

System settings ............................. 165

Using headphones ......................... 163

Using the mainloudspeaker .......... 163

Video DVD mode ........................... 171

Wirelessheadphones ....................... 33

Redialing telephone

voice control for ............................ 185

Redials ................................................ 100

Remote control

Rear Seat Entertainment System ..... 31

Reset .................................................... 43

Route browser ..................................... 71

Route calculation

Starting ............................................ 51

Route guidance ....................................65

Cancel ............................................. 68

Continue.......................................... 68

Continuing ....................................... 68

Destination reached ......................... 68

Lane recommendations ................... 67

navigation announcements ............ 180

Off-road ........................................... 72

Trafficreports .................................. 73

voice control for ............................ 192

Route options

Setting ............................................. 47

Safety notes

Audio CD/DVD and MP3

mode ..................................... 128, 166

Operating safety .............................. 11

Using the telephone ......................... 94

VideoDVD mode ........................... 152

Satellite radio

category selection ......................... 198

selecting channels......................... 198

voice control with .......... 196, 205, 210

SatRadio ............................................. 123

Displaying information ................... 127

Registering .................................... 124

Selecting acategory...................... 125

Screen

Selecting for remote operation ........ 31

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SD memory card

Ejecting .......................................... 131

Inserting ........................................ 131

Search&Send ...................................... 59

Searching (See also Predictive speller)

addressbook ................................. 196

Selecting audio track

voice commandsfor ...................... 200

Skipping back

CD/DVD mode .............................. 135

Skipping forwards

CD/DVD mode .............................. 135

Sound

Switching on/off .............................. 27

Soundsettings ............................ 28, 152

Spelling with voice command .......... 182

State/province

Selecting .......................................... 49

State of destination,selecting ......... 187

Station

Selecting ........................................ 119

Storing ........................................... 120

Station search ................................... 119

Station selection (radio)

voice commandsfor ...................... 198

Steering wheel ................................... 181

Storage options

Selecting .......................................... 79

Street of destination,selecting ....... 189

Summer and standard time

Switching ......................................... 37

Surround sound ................................... 29

Systemlanguage

Setting ............................................. 43

Telephone

Ending an active call ...................... 101

Entering phone numbers ................ 100

Incoming call ................................. 100

Outgoing call ................................. 100

redialing ......................................... 100

Sending DTMF tones ......................101

Single call ...................................... 101

Switching hands-free microphone

on/off ............................................ 101

Telephone (See also Calling)

voice control with .................. 183, 202

Telephone basic menu

Bluetooth®interface ........................ 99

Telephone number

Entering ......................................... 100

Time

Setting ............................................. 37

Time format

Setting ............................................. 37

Time zone

Setting ............................................. 37

Tone settings

Balance and fader............................ 28

Treble and bass............................... 28

Town,selecting as destination ........ 188

Track information .............................. 171

Track selection (audio)

voice commandsfor ...................... 200

Track selection (video)

voice commandsfor ...................... 200

Traffic jam function .............................70

Traffic Program

Switching off .................................... 27

Traffic report

Real-time traffic report .................... 76

Traffic report read-aloud function ..... 73

Traffic reports ...................................... 73

Troubleshooting

voice control .................................. 208

Using the telephone .......................... 100

Video

voice control with .......................... 207

Video DVD

Fast forward/rewind ......................155

Operation ....................................... 152

Pause function ............................... 155

Selecting a film/title ......................156

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Selecting a scene/chapter ............ 155

Stop function ................................. 155

Video DVD mode

Switching to ................................... 153

Voice control ..................................... 180

canceling the dialog ....................... 182

command list................................. 201

creating voice tags ........................ 194

generaloperation .......................... 180

help function .................................. 210

interrupting the dialog ................... 182

operating safety ............................. 180

starting the dialog .......................... 182

troubleshooting ............................. 208

with address book ................. 193, 208

with DVD changer.......................... 200

with external equipment (Aux) ....... 201

with navigation.............................. 185

with phone ..................................... 183

with radio and satellite

radio ...................................... 196, 210

Voice Control System

Individualization ............................... 38

Settings ........................................... 38

Voice mail, voice control for ............ 185

Voice tags, creating .......................... 194

Volume

Adjusting ......................................... 27

Navigation announcements ............. 28

Phone calls...................................... 28

Trafficreports .................................. 28

Volume (loudness)

voice command ............................. 182

Waveband

Switching (radio)............................ 119

ZAGAT®rating service ........................ 63

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Operating Safety

General notes

Warning

Any alterations of electronic components or software can cause malfunctions.

Radio, satellite radio, amplifier, DVD changer, navigation module, telephone and Voice Control systems are interconnected. Therefore, if one of the components is not operational, or has not been removed/ replaced properly, the function of other components could be impaired.

Such conditions might seriously impair the operating safety of your vehicle.

We recommend to have any service work on electronic components carried out by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Warning

In order to avoid distraction which could lead to an accident, the driver should enter system settings while the vehicle is at a standstill, and operate the system only when permitted by road, weather and traffic conditions.

Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30mph (approximately 50km/h), your car covers a distance of 44 feet (approximately14m) every second.

COMAND supplies you with information to help you select your route more easily and guide you conveniently and safely to your destination. For safety reasons, we encourage the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe place before answering or placing a call, or consulting the COMAND screen to read navigational maps, instructions, or downloaded information.

Warning

While the navigation system provides directional assistance,the driver must remain focused on safe driving behavior, especially attention to traffic and street signs, and

should utilize the system’s audio cues while driving.

The navigation system does not supply any information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic regulations or traffic safety rules. Their observance always remains in the driver’s personal responsibility. DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all routes within an area.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Warning

Change or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class Adigital device, pursuantto Part 15 of the FCCRules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

Warning

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for uncontrolled equipment and meets the FCC radio frequency (RF) Exposure Guidelines in Supplement C to OET65.

This equipment has very low levels of RF energy that is deemed to comply without maximum permissive exposure evaluation (MPE). But it is desirable that it should be

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installed and operated with at least 8inches (20 cm) and more between the radiator and a person's body (excluding extremities: hands, wrists, feetand legs.)

Correctuse

Observe the following informationwhen using COMAND:

the safety notes in this manual

all road traffic regulations

Improper work on electronic components or other systems (such as radio, DVD changer) and their software may result in malfunction or failure. Even systems that have not been modified could be affected because the electronic systems are connected. Electronic malfunctions can seriously jeopardize the operational safety of your vehicle.

Only have work or changes to electronic components carried out at a qualified specialist workshop which has the necessary specialist knowledge and tools to carry out the work required. Daimler recommends that you use an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for this purpose. In particular, work relevant to safety or on safety-related systems must be carried out at a qualified specialist workshop.

Protection against theft:this device is equipped with technical provisions to protect it against theft. Further information on protection against theft can be obtained from an authorized Mercedes-BenzCenter.

Vehicle equipment

These Operator's Manual describe all standard and optional equipment available for your vehicle at the time of going to print. Country-specific deviations are possible. Please note that your vehicle may not be equipped with all features described. This

includes safety-related systems and functions. The equipment in your vehicle may therefore differ from some of the descriptions or illustrations. The original purchase agreement lists all systems installed in your vehicle. Contactanauthorized MercedesBenzCenter if you have any questions about equipment or operation.

Function restrictions

For safety reasons, some COMAND functions are restricted or unavailable while the vehicle is in motion.You will notice this, for example, because you will either not be able to select certain menu items or because COMAND will display a message to this effect.

To protectthe integratedhard disk, COMAND deactivates it at very high temperatures and at extreme altitudes. The following functions will be temporarily unavailable:

navigation system

Voice Control System

address book

MUSIC REGISTER

Introduction

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COMAND operating system ............... 14

Multifunction steering wheel ............. 19

Operating COMAND ............................ 19

Basic functions of COMAND ............... 27

Rear Seat Entertainment .................... 30

Rear view camera ............................... 34

At a glance

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COMAND operating system

Overview

Function Page

Switching on radio mode 118

Switching wavebands 119

Calling up the system menu 17

Switching on audio CD/ DVD or MP3 mode 131

Switching on video DVD mode

Calling up the telephone basic menu or the address book 110

Load/eject button 130

Function Page

Disc slot

To insert CDs/DVDs 129

To eject CDs/DVDs 130

To update the mapsoftware 89

SD memory card slot

To insert an SD memory card 131

To eject an SD memory card 131

COMAND display 17

COMAND operating system

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Function Page

Number keypad

To select stations via the stationpresets 119

To store stations manually 119

Passcode entry 42

Telephone number entry 100

DTMF tone transmission 101

To set the map scale (zooms in) 81

To set the map scale (zooms out) 81

Press briefly:

Deletes individual characters 24

Press and hold:

Deletes an entire entry 24

Press briefly:

Exits menus and switches to the next menu level up 16

Press and hold:

Switches to the basic display for the currently selected operating mode

Press briefly:

Confirms selection or entry

Stores settings 28

Shows/hides the menu system 47

Press and hold:

Adopts a listentry

Function Page

9/:/;/=

Selects a station 119

Selects a track 134

Selects a menu itemorlist entry 21

Exits a menu or list 30

Moves the map 56

Adjusts the volume 27

Switches COMAND on/off 27

F/E

Selects a station using the station scan

119

Selects the next/previous track

134

Fast rewind/fast forward 135

Accepts a call 100

Redials 100

Rejects a call 100

Ends an active call 101

Mute 27

To switch off navigation announcements 27

To switch on navigation mode 47

COMAND operating system

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Back button

To go up to the next menu: briefly press the k back button. COMAND changes to the next highermenu level in the currentoperating mode.

To switch to the basic display: press and hold the k back button. COMAND changes to the basic display of the currentoperating mode.

Delete button

To delete an individual character: press the 2 delete button briefly. COMAND deletes the first character to the left of the cursor from the entry line.

To delete an entire entry: press and hold the 2 delete button. COMAND deletes all characters to the left of the cursor from the entry line.

Function overview

You can use COMAND to operate the following main functions:

the navigation system

the audio functions in radio, HD Radio™, SatRadio, audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode (disc, SD memory card), MUSIC REGISTER mode, Media Interface mode and audio AUX mode

the telephone and the address book

the video function in video DVD and video AUX mode

the system settings

You can call up the main functions as follows:

using the corresponding function buttons

using the main function bar in the COMAND display

COMAND operating system

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COMAND display

Display overview

The COMAND display shows the function currently selectedand its associated menus. The COMAND display is divided into several areas.

The radio display is shown in the example.

Status bar

;

To call up the audio menu

Main functionbar

Display/selectionwindow

Radio menu bar

Status bar : shows the time and the current settings for radio and telephone operation.

The main functions navigation, audio, telephone and video feature additional menus. This is indicated by triangle ;.The following table lists the available menu items.

Main function bar = allows you to call up the desired main function.

In the example, the main function audio is set to radio mode and display/selection window ? is active.

Radio menu bar A allows you to operate the radio functions.

Menu overview

The table lists the menus available after calling up the main function navigation, audio, telephone or video in the main function bar.

COMAND operating system

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Navi Audio Tel Video System

Map display Radio Telephone AUX Calls up the

systemmenu

Setting route calculation mode

SatRadio Address book Video DVD

Avoiding an area Disc

Selecting the "Record route" function

Memory card

Information on map MUSIC

O Freeway information

Media Interface

O Reading out the TMC messages automatically

Rear

O Volume limiter AUX

System menu overview

Settings Time Display off

Setting the language Setting the time Switching off the display

Display settings Setting the format

Text reader settings Setting the time zone

Voice Control System settings

Rear view camera

Activating/deactivating Bluetooth

Resetting COMAND

If the function is activated and COMAND is switched on, the image of the rear view camera is automatically shown in the COMAND display when reverse gear is engaged.

COMAND operating system

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Multifunction steering wheel

Warning

A driver's attention to the road and traffic conditions must always be his/herprimary focus when driving.

For yoursafety and the safety of others, selecting features through themultifunction steering wheel should only be done by the driver when traffic and road conditions permit it to be done safely.

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.

Function Page

Multifunction display 69

;

W Increases the volume

X Decreases the volume

6 Accepts a call

100

~ Rejects or ends a call

100

Selects a menu

V Scrolls up U Scrolls down

(see vehicle Operator's Manual)

Selects a submenu or list entry

& Scrolls up * Scrolls down

(see vehicle Operator's Manual)

Operating COMAND

Selecting amain function

Initial situation

You would like to switch from navigation mode (address inputmenu) to the system settings, for example.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

Operating COMAND

At a glance

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To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Address Entry and press the 9 button to confirm. The address entry menu appears.

Address entry menu

: Main function bar

Press the 9 button to switch to main function bar :.

Select System in the main function bar using the =; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The system menu appears.

Menu settings

Time settings

Switching off the display

Calling up the menuofamain function

If one of the mainfunctions navigation, audio, telephone or video is switched on, triangle : appears next to the entry. You can now select an associated menu.

The example describes how to call up the audio menu from audio CD mode. Inserta CD/DVD (Y page 129).

To call up the audio menu

;

Main function bar

Select Audio in the main function bar using the 9 buttonand press the 9 button to confirm. The Audio menu appears.

The # dotindicates the current operating mode

;

Main functionbar

Audio menu

The # dot indicates the currentaudio mode.

Selectanotheraudio mode, e.g. Radio

using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Selecting amenu item

The example describes howto selectastation from the station presets in radio mode.

Press the $ function button.

Select Presets using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The station preset menu appears.

Selection bar

Select a station using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The station is set.

Example of operation

Initial situation

You would like to switch from the system function to radio mode and select a station from the station list, for example.

The operating example describes how to:

call up the audio function

switch on radio mode

select a station form the station list

System menu

Menu settings

Time settings

Switching off the display

Calling up the audio function

Select Audio

in the main function bar using

the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The basic display of the current audio operating mode, e.g. audio CD, appears.

Selection bar

Switching on radio mode

Option 1

Press the $ function button. The radio display appears.

Repeatedly pressing the $ function

button switches between the FM, MW, SW and LW wavebands in that order.

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Option 2

Select Audio again using the 9 button and press the 9 button to confirm. The audio menu appears. Radio is highlighted.

Press the 9 button to confirm Radio. The radio basic display appears showing the previously selected waveband (FM in the example).

Calling up the station list

Select Radio using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The radio menu appears. Station List is highlighted.

Confirm Station List by pressing the 9 button. The station list appears.

Select a station using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The selected station is played. The radio basic display appears.

Entering characters in navigation mode (entering acity'sname)

General information

The following sectiondescribes how to enter characters using city input for MODEL CITY as an example.

If you want to use the address input menu (Y page 49) to enter a city, a street or a house number, for example, COMAND provides either a list with a character bar (Option 1) or a selection list (Option 2).

You can enter the characters using either the character bar or the number pad. In the

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selection list, you select an entry to copy it to the address input menu.

Option 1: city list with character bar

Call up the city list with character bar (Y page 49). The alphabetically sorted city list shows the first available entries.

Character bar

Entering characters using the character bar

Select M using the =;9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select O

and press the 9 button to

confirm.

Characters entered by the user: MO

;

Characters automatically added by COMAND: DEL CITY

List entry that most closely resembles the user's current entry

To switch to the selection list

To delete an entry

Characters not currently available for selection

Characters currently available for selection

Character bar

Currently selected character

To cancel an entry

List

List G shows all existing city names beginning with MO

.The list entry most closely

resembling the user's current entry = is always highlighted at the top of the list (MODEL CITY in the example).

All characters currently entered by the user are shown in black (MO : in the example). Letters added by COMAND are shown in gray (DEL CITY ; in the example).

Character bar D shows the letters still available for selection in black D.These can be selected. In the example, the letter I is highlighted G.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 C.

Select D, E, L, C, I, T, and Y one by one, confirming each one by pressing the 9 button.

Entering characters using the number keypad

Press number key À once to enter the letter M

. Once a button has been pressed, the character display appears at the bottom of the display. The first available letter is highlighted.

You see which characters you can enter with that button. Each time the button is pressed, the next character is selected.

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Example with À:

press once = M

press twice =N

press three times =O

Wait until the character display goes out. The entries matching your input are shown in the list.

Enter O, D, E, L, CI, T, and Y using the corresponding keys.

Further functions in the list with character bar

To delete a character: select the 2 icon at the bottom right in the character bar using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Press the 2 button.

To delete an entry: select 2 and press and hold the 9 button until the entire entry has been deleted.

Press and hold the 2 button until the entire entry has been deleted.

To switch the character set: select

B and press the 9 button to confirm. This switches between the Latin and the Cyrillic character set.

To cancel an entry: select the & icon in the bottom left of the character bar and press the 9 button to confirm.

Press the k button. The address input menu appears.

To accept the first list entry: press and hold the 9 button until the address input menu appears. The accepted list entry appears.

Calling up the list as aselection list

Select the desired city from the selectionlist.

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.

Press the 9 button.

It is also possible to switch the list of cities to the selection list at any time during character input.

Press the 9 button repeatedly until the city list appears as a selection list.

Selectthe ¬ icon in the character bar using the ;9: buttons and press the 9 button 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 DENT has been entered. The entry is highlighted automatically.

Select a list entry using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The address input menu appears. You can now enter a street, for example.

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You will find further information in the

"Destination entry" section (Y page 48).

Entering characters in the address and the phone book

Introduction

The following section describes how to enter characters in the phone book (Y page 102) and the address book (Y page 110) when creating a new entry.

Creating anew entryinthe phone book

Call up the inputmenu with data fields (Y page 105).

Phone book: input menu with data fields

Selected data field with cursor

;

Character bar

Creating a new entry in the address book

Call up the input menu with data fields (Y page 110).

Input menu with data fields

Selected data field with cursor

;

Character bar

If COMAND is not equipped with a hard disk, you can only edit data fields with telephone numbers.

Entering characters

The example describes how to enter the surname Schulz.

Select S using the =;9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

S is entered into data field :. All

characters are shown in black and can always be selected in character bar ;.

The character bar offers characters corresponding to the respective data field (letters or digits).

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To switch the character bar to 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

Select c and press the 9 button to confirm.

c is added to S in the data field.

Repeat the process until the name has been entered in full.

To enter a phone number: select the

digits for the respective data field one by one using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Switching the data field

If you want to enter afirst nameafter you have entered a surname, for example, proceed as follows to switch between the data fields:

Option 1

Select 4 or 5 in the character bar and press the 9 button to confirm. The input menu displays the data field selected.

Cursor in next data field

;

To save the entry

4 and 5 icons to select a data field

Option 2

Press the 9 button repeatedly until the character bar disappears.

Select a data field using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Further functions available in the character bar

To switch the character bar between upper/lower-case characters: select

* or E and press the 9 button to confirm.

To switch the character set: select

p and press the 9 button to confirm. The character set switches between upper/lower-case letters and digits.

To change the language of the character bar: select B and press the

9 button to confirm.

Select a language using the 9 or : button and press the 9 button to confirm.

To reposition the cursor within the data field: select 2 or 3 and press the 9

button to confirm.

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Cursor(repositioned)

;

2 and 3 icon to reposition the cursor

Delete the character/entry (Y page 24).

Saving the entry

Select the ¬ icon using the =; 9: buttons and press the 9 button

to confirm. The entry is stored in the address book.

Basic functions of COMAND

Switching COMAND on/off

Turn or press the q control knob. Awarning message appears. COMAND calls up the previously selected menu.

If you switch off COMAND, playbackof the current audio or videosource will also be switched off.

Switching the COMAND display on/ off

Press the W function button.

Select System in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. In both cases, the system menu appears.

To switch off: select Display Off and press the 9 button to confirm.

To switch on: press the q or % back button.

Muting

Switching an audio and video source on/off

Press the 8 button. The sound from the respective audio or video source is switched on or muted.

When the sound is off, the system

displays the , icon in the status line. When you change the audio or video source, or adjust the volume, sound automatically switches on again.

You will still hear traffic announcements and navigation system announcements, even if the sound is muted.

Switching off Traffic Program and navigation announcements completely

Traffic Program: press and hold the

8 button until the . display disappears from the status bar of the display.

Navigation announcements: press the

8 button during the announcement.

Navigation announcements can be turned on again after COMAND has been switched on or off with the q control knob.

Adjusting the volume

Audio and video source volume

Turn or press the q control knob.

Press the W or X button on the multifunction steering wheel. The volume of the currently selected audio or video source changes.

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Adjusting thevolumefor traffic reports and navigation announcements

You can set the volume of traffic and navigation announcements relative to the volume of the audio or video source.

During traffic or navigation announcements:

Turn or press the q control knob.

Press the W or X button on the multifunction steering wheel.

Adjusting the volume for telephone calls

You can adjustthe volume for hands-free mode during a telephone call.

Turn or press the q control knob.

Press the W or X button on the multifunction steering wheel.

Adjusting the sound settings

Calling up the sound menu

You can make various sound settings for the different audio and video sources. This means that it is possible to set more bass for radio mode than for CD mode, for example. You can call up the respective sound menu from the menu of the desired mode.

The example describes how to call up the sound menu in radio mode.

Press the $ function button. The radio display appears. You will hear the last station played on the last waveband.

Select Sound

using the :=;

buttons and press the9 button to confirm. You can now set the treble and bass or the balance and fader for radio mode.

Adjusting treble and bass

Select Treble or Bass in the sound menu using the :=; buttons on the remote control and press the 9 button to confirm. Asetting scale appears.

Adjusting the bass

Last setting selected

;

Current setting

Select a setting using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. The setting is stored and you exit the menu.

Adjusting balance and fader

With the balance function, you can control whether the sound is louder on the driver’s or front-passenger side.

With the fader function, you can control whether the sound is louder in the frontorthe rear of the vehicle.

The fader cannot be set on Roadster

vehicles.

Select Bal/Fad (balance/fader) in the sound menu using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

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Adjusting balance and fader

Current setting

Select a setting using the =; 9: buttons and press the 9 button

to confirm. The setting is stored and you exitthe menu.

Surround sound

General notes

If your vehicle is equipped with theharman/ kardon®Logic 7® surround sound system, you can set the optimum surround sound for every passenger.

The harman/kardon®Logic 7® surround sound system is available for the following operating modes:

Radio (FM only)

HD Radio

SatRadio

Audio CD

Audio DVD (MLP, DTS, PCM and Dolby Digital audio formats)

MP3 (including SD memory card)

Video DVD (PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital audio formats)

AUX

Because many DVDs contain both stereo and multichannel audio formats, it may be necessary to set the audio format (Y page 137).

The Logic7

On function enables

playback of, e.g. stereo recordings with a surround sound experience for every passenger. It enables optimum playback of music and films on CD, audio DVD or video DVD with multichannel audioformats, such as MLP, dts or Dolby Digital. The resulting audio experience reflects that intended by the sound engineer during the original recording.

By selecting Logic7®Off, playback of all

playable formats is as it is on the medium. Due to the design of the passenger compartment, an optimum audio experience cannot be guaranteed for all passengers.

Discs which support the audio formats

mentioned have the following logos:

Dolby Digital

dts

MLP

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Switching surround sound on/off

Example: switching on surround sound for radio mode

Press the $ function button. The radio display appears. You will hear the last station played on the last waveband.

Select Sound using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Surround and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Logic7

On or Logic7®Off using

the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on your selection, surround sound is switched on or off and the menu is exited.

To exit the menu without storing: press the % back button or the = button.

Please bear the following in mind:

For an optimum audio experience on all seats when Logic7®is switched on, balance and fader should be set to the center of the passenger compartment.

You will achieve the best sound results by playing high-quality audio and video DVDs.

MP3 tracks should have abit rate of at least 128 kbit/s.

If radio receptionis poor, e.g. in a tunnel, you should switch off Logic 7®, as it may otherwise switch between stereo and mono and cause temporary sound distortions.

On some stereo recordings, the sound characteristics may differ from conventional stereo playback.

Rear Seat Entertainment

Components

Overview

The Rear Seat Entertainment System comprises:

two screens behind the front-seat head restraints

the remote control

a CD/DVD drive

AUX jacks on both screens (AUX display) and on the CD/DVD drive (AUX drive)

two sets of wireless headphones

Rear-compartment screens

Socket for wired headphones

;

AUX jacks; for a detailed view, see CD/ DVD drive (Y page 32)

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Display

;

IR receiver diodes

Remote control

Overview

To switch the screen on/off

;

To switch the button lighting on/off

To select the screen for remote operation

To select the menu or menu item

To confirm the selection or setting

To switch sound on/off (onwired headphones)

To adjust the volume (for wired headphones)

To skip a track, fast forward/rewind

To select a track, direct entry

To exit a menu (back)

Selecting ascreen for remote operation

The remote control allows you to operate one of the two rear-compartment screens. To do so, you will need to switch the remote control to the corresponding screen.

To select the left-hand screen: turn thumbwheel = until "REAR L" is highlighted in the window.

To select the right-hand screen: turn thumbwheel = until "REAR R" is highlighted in the window.

Switching the screen on/off

If the SmartKey is in position 0 or 1 in the ignition lock(see vehicle Operator's Manual), or the SmartKey is not inserted, the screens in the rear will switch off after 30 minutes. Before the screens switch off, they show a message to this effect.

You can switch the screens back on. However, this will discharge the starter battery.

Point the remote control at the rearcompartment screen which has been selected for remote operation.

Press button : on the remote control. The respective rear screen switches on or off.

The screen can only be switched on using the remote control when the ignition is switched on.

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Switching the button lighting on/off

Press button ; on the remote control. Depending on the previous state, the button lighting is switched on or off.

If you do not use the remote control for 15 seconds, the button lighting switches off automatically.

Switching the sound on/off (wired headphones only)

Press button B on the remote control. The sound is switched on/off.

Selecting amenu/menu item and confirming your selection

Select a menu/menu item using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

CD/DVD drive and AUX jacks

The CD/DVD drive is located in the center behind the frontseats.

CD/DVD slot

;

AUX, right-hand (R) jack for audio signal

AUX, left-hand (L) jack for audio signal

AUX, jack for video signal (V)

CD/DVD eject button

The AUX jacks shown are those for the drive AUX. Identical jacks can be found on the right-hand side of the rear-compartment screens (display AUX) (Y page 30).

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Wireless headphones

Overview

Volume control

;

To select a screen for the headphones

Battery tray cover

To switch the wireless headphones on/off

Indicator lamp, various displays (Y page 33)

Open both sides of the headphones and adjust the fit of the headphones by pulling the headphone band in the direction of the arrow.

Switching the wireless headphones on/ off

Press button ?. Depending on the previous state, the headphones are switched on or off. To preserve the batteries, the headphones automatically switch off if they have not received an IR signal for about three minutes.

Adjusting the volume of the headphones

Turn volume control : until the desired volume has been set.

If you have connected wired headphones

to a rear-compartment screen, you can adjust the volume by pressing buttons C on the remote control (Y page 31).

Selecting ascreen for the headphones

Move push slider ; to L (left-hand screen) or R (right-hand screen).

Indicator lamp, displays

The color of the indicator lamp shows whether the headphones are switched on or off and indicates the charge level of the batteries inserted.

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Display State

Green The headphonesare switched

on and the batteries are fully charged.

Red The headphones are switched

on and the batteries are almost discharged.

No display (dark)

The headphones are switched off or the batteries are discharged, inserted incorrectly or not inserted.

Connecting additional headphones

You can connectanadditional set of wired headphones to each rear-compartment screen (Y page 30). The connection socket is for headphones with 1/8 inch stereo jack plugs and an impedance of 32 ohms.

Changing batteries

Both the remote control and the two sets of wireless headphones require batteries. Changing the batteries (Y page 162)

Rear view camera

The rear view camera is only available for the M-Class and the R-Class.

Warning!

The rear view camera is merely an aid. Please observe the correspondingnotes in your vehicle's Operator's Manual.

If your vehicle is equipped with a rear view camera, its image is automatically relayed to the COMAND display if the function is activated and you engage reverse gear.

If the function is activated, the COMAND display will automatically switch back to the previously selected display as soon as you shift out of reverse gear.

Press the W function button. The system menu appears.

Select Settings

and press the 9 button

to confirm.

Select Rear View Camera and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Activation by R gear and press the 9 button to confirm. The function is switched on O or off ª, depending on the previous status.

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Vehicle equipment .............................. 36

Display settings .................................. 36

Time settings ....................................... 36

Text reader settings ............................ 38

Voice Control System settings .......... 38

Bluetooth®settings ............................ 40

System language settings .................. 43

Reset function ..................................... 43

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Vehicle equipment

These Operating Instructions describe all standard and optional equipment available for your vehicle at the time of purchase. Please note thatyour vehicle may not be equipped with all features described.

Display settings

Setting the brightness

The brightness detected by the COMAND light sensor affects the setting optionsfor this function.

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Display and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Brightness and press the 9 button to confirm.

Current setting

Adjust the brightness using the 9: buttons and press the 9, = or k button to confirm.

Display design

Press the W button.

Select Settings

using

the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Display and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Day Mode, Night Mode or

Automatic using the 9: buttons

and press the 9 button to confirm. The ä icon indicates the current setting.

When the Automatic setting is selected,

COMAND evaluates the readings from the automatic vehicle light sensor and switches between the display designs automatically.

Time settings

General information

If COMAND is equipped with a navigation system and has GPS reception, COMAND automatically sets the time and date. You can also adjust the time yourself in 30-minute increments, but the date cannot be changed.

If you set the time in 30-minute increments, any time zone settings and settings for changing between summer and standard time are lost (Y page 37).

If your vehicle is not equipped with a navigation system, you can set the minutes exactly.

i The following functions require the time,

time zone and summer/standard time to be set correctly in order to work properly:

route guidance on routes with timedependent traffic guidance

calculation of expected time of arrival

time information for received and outgoing phone calls

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To set the time

Press the W button.

Select Time using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Set Time and press the 9 button to confirm.

To setthe time

;

Current date

Set the time using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

The following operational steps depend on whether the navigation system has GPS reception.

Setting the time/date format

Press the W button.

Select Time using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Format and press the 9 button to confirm.

Abbreviation Meaning

DD/MM/YYYY

Day/Month/Year

(date format)

HH/MM

Hours/Minutes

(time format)

You can set the 24-hour or the AM/PM format.

Select a format using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Setting the time zone and switching between summer and standard time

To set atime zone: press the W button.

Select Time

using the :=;

buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Time Zone and press the 9 button to confirm. The country list appears. The # dot indicates the current setting.

Selectthe country you are presently in using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the countryyou select, a time zone list may also appear.

Select a time zone using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Further steps depend on whether the navigation system currently has GPS reception and on which country you have selected.

You have the following two options:

To change manually: select Daylight

Saving Time (Summer) or Standard Time (Winter) and press the 9 button to

confirm.

To switch automatic changeover on/ off: select Auto. Daylight Saving

Time On or Auto. Daylight Saving Time Off using the9: buttons and

press the 9 button to confirm. The # dot indicates the current setting.

If you have switched off the automatic changeover function, you must change from summer to standard time and vice versa manually using "Set time" (Y page 37).

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Text reader settings

Setting the read-aloud speed

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Text Reader Speed and press the 9 button to confirm. Alist appears. The # dot indicates the current setting.

Selectasetting using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Voice Control System settings

General notes

This function is available if COMAND features an integrated hard disk.

To protect the integrated hard disk, COMAND deactivates it at very high temperatures and at extreme altitudes. The Voice Control System will then be temporarily unavailable.

Opening/closing the help window

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Voice Control and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Help window and press the 9 button to confirm. You have switched the help window on O or off ª.

The help window provides information in addition to the audible instructions during individualization as well as later, when you are using voice control.

Individualization

Introduction

Using individualization, you can fine tune the Voice Control System to your own voice and thus improve voice recognition. This means that other users' voices will not be recognized as easily, and therefore this function can be deactivated (Y page 39).

Individualization comprises two parts and takes approximately 5minutes. It consists of training the system to recognize a certain number of digit sequences and voice commands.

Starting new individualization

Individualization can only be started when the vehicle is stationary. Before starting, switch off all devices or functions which could interfere, such as the radio or the navigation system. After starting the session, the system guides you through the training with spoken instructions.

Press the W button.

Select Settings

using

the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Voice Control and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Start new individualization and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see and hear a prompt, asking whether you would like further information.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select No

, the first part of individualization begins. You will be asked whether you would like to train digits or voice commands.

If you select Yes

, you will see and hear

information on the individualization

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process. The first part of individualization then begins automatically.

To close the display: press the 9 button. You will be asked whether you would like to train digits or voice commands.

At the end of the first part, a prompt will appear asking whether you wish to begin the second part.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select No, individualization will be canceled. The data from the first part is stored automatically.

If you select Yes, the second part will begin.

Individualization is completed at the end of the second part. You will see a message to this effect. The data from the second part is stored automatically.

Canceling the first or second partof individualization

Select Cancel and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou really wish to cancel.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, the voice training will be canceled. The data from the part during which you exited is not stored.

If you select No, the current part begins again.

Deleting existing individualization data

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Voice Control and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Delete Individualization and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou really wish to delete.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select No, the processwill beaborted.

If you select Yes, the individualization is deleted. You will see a message to this effect.

Activating/deactivating individualization

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Voice Control and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Select Individualization on and press the 9 button to confirm. Individualization is activated O or deactivated ª.

Bluetooth®settings

General information about Bluetooth

Bluetooth®technology is the standard for short-range wireless data transmissionofup to approximately 10 meters. Bluetooth®can be used to exchange vCards,for example.

Bluetooth®is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc.

Conditions for aBluetooth

connection

You can connectmobile phones, laptops and PDAs with COMAND.

To do so, the following conditions need to be met:

Bluetooth®-capable devices, e.g. mobile phones, need to comply with a certain profile in order to be connected to COMAND (Y page 95). Every Bluetooth

device has its own specific Bluetooth

name.

Bluetooth®must be activated in COMAND and on the respective Bluetooth®device; see the separate operating instructions.

The Bluetooth®device must be "visible" to COMAND in order for COMAND to find and display it. For the setting procedures, please see the operating instructions for the Bluetooth®device.

Once a mobile phone has been connected, reception and transmission volume may change.

Further information on suitable mobile phones and on connecting Bluetooth®capable mobile phones to COMAND is available on the Internet at http://www.mbusa-mobile.com or by phone from the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center under 1-800-FORMERCedes (1-800-367-6372)(US) or from Customer Relations under 1-800-387-0100 (Canada).

Activating/deactivating Bluetooth

Press the W button. The system menu appears.

Select Settings in the system menu using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Bluetooth and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Activate Bluetooth and pressthe 9 button to confirm.

This switches Bluetooth®on O or off ª.

Connecting Bluetooth®devices

Before using your Bluetooth®device with COMAND for the first time, you will need to connect it.

Connecting comprises:

searching for a Bluetooth®device

authorizing the Bluetooth®device

You can connect up to ten devices to COMAND.

You can obtain more detailed information aboutsuitable mobile phones and about connecting Bluetooth®-capable mobile phones to COMAND from your authorized Mercedes-Benz Center or on the Internet

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(http://www.mercedes-benz.com/ connect).

Searching for Bluetooth®devices

Select Settings in the systemmenu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Bluetooth and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Bluetooth

Device List and press

the 9 button to confirm.

Select Update

and press the 9 button to

confirm. COMAND searches for Bluetooth®devices within range. After a short while, the Bluetooth®device list appears.

Example of display: Bluetooth®device list

Currently connected # and authorized device (here: mobile phone L)

;

Device not within range but previously authorized (L appears in gray)

Newly detected device within range but not yet authorized (no icon)

The Bluetooth®device list shows all devices within range and all previously authorized devices, whether or not they are in range.

If the Bluetooth®device list is already full, you will be requested to de-authorize a device (Y page 42). If COMAND does not detect your Bluetooth®device, external authorization may be necessary (Y page 42).

When called up again, the list may no longer show all devices because, for example, a device has been removed from the vehicle in the meantime. In this case, start a new search to update the device list.

Authorizing (registering) aBluetooth

device

Option 1

Selectthe as yet unauthorized device in the Bluetooth®device list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options

using the ; button and

press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Authorize and press the 9 button to confirm.

Option 2

Select the as yet unauthorized device in the Bluetooth®device list using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. Irrespective of the option, the passcode input menu appears.

The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit number combination which you can determine yourself. You must enter the same number combination in COMAND and in the Bluetooth®device to be authorized (see mobile phone operating instructions).

Some mobile phones require the input of a four-digit passcode or longer character strings.

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If you want to re-authorize a device following de-authorization (Y page 42), you can select a different passcode.

To enter the passcode in COMAND:

press the number keys, such as l, one after the other. ¬ is highlighted after the first number has been entered.

Select the digits using the =; buttons and press the9 button to confirm. Then, select ¬.

To confirm an entry in COMAND: press the 9 button.

Enter the same passcode into the Bluetooth®device (see the operating instructions for the respective device). The device is authorized.

External authorization

If COMAND does not detect your Bluetooth®device, this may be due to particular security settings on your Bluetooth®device. In this case, check whether yourBluetooth®device can locate the COMAND system. The Bluetooth®device name of COMAND is "MB Bluetooth".

Select Authorizein the Bluetooth®device list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select External Authorization and press the 9 button to confirm.

Start the Bluetooth®scan process on the Bluetooth®device (see operating instructions of the respective device).

SelectCOMAND ("MB Bluetooth").

When prompted, enter the passcode on the Bluetooth®device and then on COMAND.

Displaying the details of a Bluetooth®device

Select the desired device in the Bluetooth®device list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options

using the ; button and

press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Details and press the 9 button to confirm. The detailed display for this device appears.

To close the detailed display: press the

= or ; button.

De-authorizing (de-registering) a Bluetooth®device

Mercedes-Benz recommends that you deauthorize devices, e.g. mobile phones, both in COMAND and on the respective Bluetooth®device itself. Subsequent authorization may otherwise fail.

Select an authorized device in the Bluetooth®device list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options

using the ; button and

press the 9 button to confirm.

Select De-Authorize and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou really wish to revoke authorization for this device.

Select Yes or No. If you select Yes, the authorization for the device will be revoked.

If you select No, the process will be canceled.

If a Bluetooth®device has been deauthorized and is no longer in range, it will no longer be shown in the Bluetooth

device list after the next search.

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System language settings

This function allows you to determine the language for the menu displaysand the navigation messages. The selected language affects the characters available for entry.

Press the W button.

Select Settings using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Language and press the 9 button to confirm. The list of languages appears. The # dot indicates the current setting.

Select a language using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND loads the selected language and sets it.

If you select the Synchronize

Languages setting, COMAND sets the

same language as is already set in the multifunctiondisplay.

Reset function

You can reset COMAND to the factory settings. Amongst other things, this will delete all personal data (e.g.station presets, address book entries, entries in the destination memory and in the list of previous destinations in the navigation system). Resetting is recommended before selling or transferring ownership of your vehicle, for example.

Data on the internal hard drive, e.g.music files in the MUSIC REGISTER, will notbe deleted. You can delete these music files from the MUSIC REGISTER using the "Delete all music files" (Y page 142) function.

Press the W function button.

Select Settings

using

the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Reset and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou wish to reset.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select No, the process will be canceled.

If you select Yes

, a prompt will appear again

asking whether you really wish to reset.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, a message will be shown. COMAND is reset and restarted.

If you select No, the process will be canceled.

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Vehicle equipment .............................. 46

Introduction ......................................... 46

Basic settings ...................................... 47

Destination entry ................................ 48

Entering apoint of interest ................ 60

Route guidance ................................... 65

Traffic reports ..................................... 73

Destination memory ........................... 77

Previous destinations ......................... 80

Map operation and settings ............... 81

Additional settings .............................. 85

Problems with the navigation sys-

tem ....................................................... 91

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Vehicle equipment

Introduction

Safety note

Warning!

For safety reasons, only enter a new destination when the vehicle is stationary. You may otherwise be distracted from the traffic conditions, cause an accident and injure yourself and others.

COMAND calculates the route to the destination without taking account of the following, for example:

traffic lights

stop and give way signs

parking or stopping restrictions

lane narrowing

other road and traffic rules and regulations

COMAND may give incorrect driving recommendations if the data on the digital map does not correspond to the actual conditions. For example, a route may have been diverted or the direction of a one-way street may have changed.

For this reason, you must always observe the respective road and traffic rules and regulations during your journey. Road and traffic rules and regulations always have priority over system driving recommendations.

Warning

Navigation announcements are intended to direct you while driving without diverting your attention from the road and driving.

Please always use this feature instead of consulting the map display for directions.

Consulting the symbols or map display for directions may cause you to divert your attention from driving and increase your risk of an accident.

General notes

Operational readiness of the navigation system

In vehicles for certain countries, the navigation system is not operational immediately after delivery because the digital map is not pre-installed.

You will be notified of this when switching to navigation mode by the following display message:

Please insert the map DVD to activate Navigation.

To install the map software: proceed as described in the "Updating the digital map" section (Y page 89).

The navigation system must determine the position of the vehicle before first use or whenever operational status is restored. Therefore, you may have to drive for a while before precise route guidance is possible.

GPS reception

Amongst other things, correct functioning of the navigation system depends on GPS reception.Incertain situations, GPS reception may be impaired, there may be interference or there may be no reception at all, e.g. in tunnels or parking garages.

Input restriction

On vehicles for certain countries, there is a restriction on entering data.

The restriction is activeabove a vehicle speed of about 3mph. The restriction is deactivated as soon as the vehicle speed drops below about 2mph.

When the restriction is active, certain entries cannot be made. This will be indicated by the

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fact that certain menu items are grayed out and cannot be selected.

The following entries are not possible, for example:

entering the destination city and street

entering a destination via the map

entering in the vicinity of a city or via a name search

editing entries

direct entry using the numberkeypad

Other entries are still possible, such as entering points of interest in the vicinity of the destination or currentposition.

Switching on navigation mode

Press the Ø function button.

Select Navi in the main function bar using the =;9 buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. In both cases, you will see the map either with or without the menu shown.

Map showing the menu; route guidance inactive

Status bar

;

Main function bar

Current vehicle position

Navigation menu bar

Map without the menu; route guidance inactive

Current vehicle position

;

Map orientation selected

Map scale selected

"Route guidance active" means that you have entered a destination and that COMAND has calculated the route. The display shows the route, changes of direction and lane recommendations. Navigation announcements guide you to your destination.

"Route guidance inactive" means that no destination has been entered and that no route has been calculated.

Showing/hiding the menu

To hide the menu: press the 9 button and confirm the Full Screen menu item by pressing the 9 button. The map can be seen in the full-screen display.

To show the menu: press the 9 button when the map is shown in full-screen.

Basic settings

Route mode

Setting route options

To call up the route mode menu: press the Ø function button.

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Select Navi in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Mode and press the 9 button to confirm.

Route mode menu

Route options

Select the route option(s)using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The route options are switched on O or off ª, depending on the previous status.

If you change the route options while route guidance is active (a route has been calculated), COMAND will calculate a new route.

If you change the route options while route guidance is inactive (no destination has been entered yet), COMAND uses the new settings for the next route guidance.

The route calculated may, for example, include ferry connections, even if the

Avoid Ferries route option is switched

on.

In some cases, e.g. when calculating particularly long routes, COMAND may not be able to take all the selected route options into account.

To exit the menu: press the = or ; button.

Destination entry

Introduction to destination entry

Warning!

For safety reasons, only enter a new destination when the vehicle is stationary. You could otherwise be distracted from the traffic conditions, cause an accident and injure yourselfand others.

The following destinationentry options are available:

entering a destination by address

selecting a destination from the destination memory (e.g. My address)

selecting a destination from the list of last destinations

entering a destination using the map

entering an intermediate stop

entering a special destination

entering a destination using Search &Send (Y page 59)

Entering adestination by address

Introduction

When entering an address as the destination, you have the following options:

entering the state/province, city/ZIP code and street

entering the state/province, city/ZIP code and center

entering the state/province, city/ZIP code, street and house number

entering the state/province, city/ZIP code, street and intersection

entering the state/province, street, city and house number

entering the state/province, street and house number

entering the state/province, street and intersection

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Example: entering an address

The following is a step-by-step example of how to enteranaddress. The destination address is as follows:

Germany

Berlin

Unstrutstraße 1

You can of course enter any country, city, street and house number desired and enter, for example, your home address (My address).

Calling up the address entry menu

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Address Entry and press the 9 button to confirm. The address entry menu appears. If you have previously entered a destination, this will be shown in the display.

Address entry menu

Some menu items will not be available, or not be available yet, depending on the letters entered for the address or the digital map data.

Example:

After you have entered the state/province, the No.

, Center, Intersection, Save and

Start

menu items are not yet available; the

ZIP menu item is not available if the digital

map does not contain ZIP codes.

Selecting astate/province

The state/province in which the vehicle is

located is selected by default.

Select State/Prov in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. Amenu with the available lists appears:

Last States/Provinces

States (U.S.A.)

Provinces (Canada)

To select the list: press the 9 or : button and press the 9 button to confirm. The list of selected states/provinces appears.

To select the state/province: press the

9 or : button and press the 9 button to confirm. The address entry menu appears again. The state/province selected is entered automatically.

Entering the city

Entering a city will delete a previously

entered ZIP code.

Select City in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the city list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: city list with character bar

Enter BERLIN

. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the "Entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city)" section (Y page 22).

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Option 2: city list as selection list

Selection marker

Press the 9 or : button repeatedly until the desired city is selected (MANORVILLE in the example).

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again.

MANORVILLE has now been entered.

Entering a street name

Entering the name of a street deletes a

previously entered center name.

Select Street in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the street list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: street list with character bar

Enter ACCESS BLVD. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the

"Entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city)" section (Y page 22).

List entry most closely resembling the characters entered

;

Character bar

Option 2: street list as selection list

Street list

Press the 9 or : button repeatedly until A EXT, AVENUE is selected.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. A

EXT, AVENUE has now been entered.

Entering the house number

It is not possible to enter a house number

until a street has been entered.

Entering an intersection will delete a previously entered house number.

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Select No. in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the house number list either with the characterbar (option 1) or as a selectionlist (option 2).

Option 1: house number list with character bar

Enter 1. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the "Entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city)" section (Y page 22).

Entry most closely resembling the characters entered so far

;

List

Character bar

Option 2: house number list as selection list

House number list

Press the 9 or : button repeatedly until 1 is selected.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. 1 has now been entered.

Starting route calculation

You can now have COMAND calculate the route to the address entered or save the address first, e.g. as your home address (My address) (Y page 52).

Address entry menu with destination address

Destination address

;

To start route calculation

In the address entry menu, confirm Start by pressing the 9 button. If no other route has been calculated, route calculation starts immediately (Option 1). If another route has already been calculated (route guidance is active), a prompt appears (option 2).

Option 1 –no route guidance active: route calculationstarts. While route calculationis in progress, an arrow will indicate the direction to your destination. Below this, you will see the message Calculating Route, for example.

Once the route has been calculated, route guidance begins. If the vehicle is traveling on a non-digitized road, the linear distance to the destination is shown.Inthis case, the display will be grayed out.

Option 2 – route guidance is already active: if route guidance is already active, a

prompt will appearasking whether you wish

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to terminate the currently active route guidance.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, COMAND will stop route guidance and start route calculationfor the new destination.

If you select No, COMAND will continue with the active route guidance.

Route calculation takes a certain amount of time. The time depends on the distance from the destination, for example. COMAND calculates the route using the digital map data.

The calculated route may differ from the ideal route, e.g. due to roadwork or incomplete map data.

Entering and saving your home address

Entering your home address for the first time

Enter the address as a destination, e.g. in the form of a city, street and house number (Y page 49).

After entering the address in the address entry menu, select Save using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save as "My Address" and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND stores your home address as My

Address in the destination memory.

Changing apreviouslyentered home address

Proceed as described under "Entering your home address for the first time". Aprompt appears asking whetherthe current home address should be overwritten.

Select Yes

and press the 9 button to

confirm. After selecting Yes, the Saving

Procedure Successful message

appears.

Entering aZIP code

Entering a ZIP code will delete a

previously entered city.

Select ZIP in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the ZIP code list either with the characterbar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: ZIP code list with character bar

Enter a ZIP code. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the "Entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city)" section(Ypage 22).

Digits entered by the user

;

Digits automatically added by the system

List entry most closely resembling the characters entered so far

To switch to the list without the character bar

To delete the entire entry: press and hold; to delete the last character: press briefly

Available characters

Selected character

Unavailable characters

Character bar

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To cancel an entry

List

Complete the entry and call up the list as a selection list (Y page 24).

Option 2: ZIP code list as selection list

ZIP code list

Press the 9 or : button repeatedly until the desired ZIP code has been selected.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. If COMAND is able to assign the ZIP code unambiguously to a specific address, the address entry menu appears again. The ZIP code appears in place of the city's name.

If COMAND cannot assign the ZIP code unambiguously to a specific address, the address entry menu also appears again. The ZIP code is automatically entered. You can now enter the street for a more precise location. Only streets in the area covered by the entered ZIP code are available.

Start route calculation (Y page 51).

Entering acenter

Select Center in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the centerlist either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: center list with character bar

Enter a center. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the "Entering characters in navigationmode (entering a city)" section (Y page 22).

List entry most closely resembling the characters entered so far

;

List

Character bar

Complete the entry and call up the list as a selection list (Y page 24).

Option 2: center list as selection list

Select a center using the 9: buttons.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. The center selected has been entered.

Start route calculation (Y page 51).

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Entering an intersection name

Entering an intersection will delete a previously entered house number.

Select Intersection in the address entry menu using the =;9: buttons and press the9 button toconfirm. You will see the intersection list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selectionlist (option 2).

Option 1: intersection list with character bar

Enter an intersection. Instructions for entering characters can be found in the "Entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city)" section (Y page 22).

List entry most closely resembling the

characters entered so far

;

List

Character bar

Complete the entry and call up the list as a selection list (Y page 24).

Option 2: intersection list as selection list

Select an intersection using the 9: buttons.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. The intersection selected has been entered.

Start route calculation (Y page 51).

Selecting adestination from the destination memory (e.g. My address)

Introduction

The destination memory always contains an entry named "My address". You may wish to assign your home address to this entry, for example, and selectitfor routeguidance. This entry is always located at the top of the list in the destination memory.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select From Memory and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the destination memory list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: destination memorylist with character bar

Selectadestination by entering characters in navigation mode (entering a city) (Y page 23), e.g. the My Address entry.

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Characterentered by the user

;

Characters automatically added by the system

List entry that most closely matches the current input string

To switch to the selection list

To delete an entry

Characters not currentlyavailable

Characters currently available

Character bar

Currently selected character

To cancel an entry

Destination memory list

Option 2: destination memory list as selection list

Destination memory list

Press the : or 9 button repeatedly until the desired entry, e.g. My Address

, is

selected.

Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. "My address" has been entered.

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm. Once the route has been calculated, route guidance begins (Y page 65).

Selecting adestination from the list of last destinations

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button toconfirm.

Select From Last Destinations and press the 9 button to confirm. If the destination memory contains more than eight entries, you will see the list of previous destinations with thecharacter bar. Otherwise, the list will be shown as a selection list.

"Last destinations" list

Last destination

Press the 9 or : button repeatedly until the desired destination has been selected.

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Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. The address entry menu appears again. The destination address selected has been entered.

Further information on "Last destinations" memory can be found on (Y page 80).

Entering adestination usingthe map

Calling up the map

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the =;: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Using Map and press the 9 button to confirm. You see the map with the crosshair.

Map with crosshair

Current vehicle position

;

Crosshair

Details of the crosshair position

Map scale selected

Display = depends on the settings selected in "Information on map" (Y page 84). The current street name can be shown, provided the digital map contains the necessary data, or the coordinates of the crosshair if the geo-

coordinate display is switched on and the GPS signal is strong enough.

Moving the map and selecting the destination

Scroll the map using the =;9 or : button.

To set the map scale: press the U or T button.

The scale bar appears.

Press the U button to zoom out of the map.

Press the T button to zoom in on the map.

To selectadestination: press the 9 button. If the crosshair is located outside the digital map, it is not possible to calculate a route to this destination.You will see the The

crosshair is off the map message. If

the crosshair is located over a body of water, you will see the message: The

destination is in a body of water. Please select another destination.

Select OK and press the 9 button to confirm. If the destination is within the limits of the digital map, COMAND attempts to assign the destination to the map.

If the destination can be assigned, you will see the address entry menu with the address of the destination.Ifnot, you will see the entry Destination From Map.

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Entering an intermediate stop

Introduction

When route guidance is active, you can enter an intermediate stop. Intermediate stops can be predefined destinations from the following categories that COMAND offers for selection:

Mercedes-Benz Service

Hospital

Gas Station

Parking Lot

Restaurant

However, you can also enterdestinations other than the predefined ones. To do this select the menu item Other.

You canuse the intermediate stop function to influence route guidance to the main destination. When you have reached your intermediate stop, COMAND automatically recalculates the route to the main destination.

Entering predefined destinations

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Stopover and press the 9 button to confirm.

Option 1: no intermediate stop has been entered yet.

Intermediate stop categories

Select a category.

Option 2: an intermediate stop has already been entered.

Select Change Stopover and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select a category using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. COMAND first searches in the selected category for destinations along the route. If there are no destinations available there, COMAND searches for destinations within a radius of 100 km of the vehicle position.

If COMAND finds destinations, a list appears on the right-hand side of the display.

Example of display with "gas station" category selected

Intermediate stop highlighted on the map

;

Current distance to and name of the intermediate stop

The list shows intermediate stop destinations

On The Route

and In the area.

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The intermediate stops are listed according to increasing distance from the current vehicle position.

For intermediate stops that are not located along the calculated route, the linear distance is shown.

If COMAND does not find any destinations, you will see a message to this effect.

Confirm OK by pressing the 9 button.

Select a different category.

Select the intermediate stop using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The address entry menu appears, showing the destination address.

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

Entering another destination as an intermediate stop

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Stopover and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Other.

Select Address Entry, From Memory,

From Last Destinations or From POIs.

Selection Step

Address Entry

Enter a destination by address (Y page 48).

From Memory

Select a destination from the destination memory (Y page 54).

From Last Destinations

Select a destination from the list of last destinations (Y page 55).

From POIs

Enter a special destination (Y page 60).

To start routecalculation: once you have entered a destination, select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

Deleting an intermediate stop

If an intermediate stop has already been entered, you can delete it.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the =;: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Stopover

and press the 9 button

to confirm.

Select Delete Stopover and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND deletes the intermediate stop and recalculates the route to the main destination.

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The mbrace system

The mbrace system is calledTELEAID in

Canada.

Search&Send

Notes

To use Search &Send, your vehicle needs to be equipped with mbrace, a navigation system and a valid mbrace subscription.

"Search &Send" is a service assisting you in entering destinations for the navigation system. This mbrace service can send a destination address directly from the Google Maps®website to the navigation system of your vehicle.

Selecting and sending adestination address

Observe the notes on entering and sending an address provided on the respective website. Each website operates in a differentway and is subject to changes and amendments.

Access the http://maps.google.com website and enterthe destination address in the address entry field.

Click the corresponding button to send the destination address to the e-mail address registered with mbrace.

Enter the e-mail address you specified when setting up your mbrace account into the corresponding field in the "Send" dialog window.

Click "Send".

Calling up a destination address

Press the mbrace information button to begin downloading the destination address to your vehicle's navigation system.

If you have sent more than one destination address to your vehicle's navigation system, you will need to call up the information individually for every address to be downloaded.

Select Yes when the prompt for starting the navigation system is shown. The window for starting the navigation system appears (Y page 51).

Select Start

Select No if you want to store the downloaded destination in the From

Memory destination list for later use.

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The destination addresses are downloaded in the same order as they are sent.Ifyou own several Mercedes-Benz vehicles equipped with an mbrace subscriber account, each destination address can be downloaded by each vehicle associated with the e-mail address registered for your mbrace account.

Entering apoint of interest

Initiating point of interestentry

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the =;: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select From

POIs and press the 9 button

to confirm.

Entering apoint of interestin the vicinity of the destination

Entering a point of interest in the vicinity of the destination is only possible when route guidance is active.

Select Near Destination from the menu and press the 9 button to confirm.

Continue with assigning the point of interest category (Y page 61).

Entering apoint of interestin the vicinity of the current position

Select Current Position and press the 9 button to confirm.

Continue with assigning the point of interest category (Y page 61).

Entering apoint of interestin the vicinity of acity

Option 1

Select Other City

and press the 9

button to confirm.

If desired, selectthe state/province (Y page 49).

To enter acity: select City and press the

9 button to confirm.

Proceed as described in the "Entering a city" section (Y page 49).

After entering the city, assign the point of interest category (Y page 61).

Option 2

Enter an address in the address entry menu (Y page 49).

Select POI and press the 9 button to confirm.

Assign a point of interest category (Y page 61).

Entering apoint of interestusing name search

This function gives you access to all points of interest available in the digital map.

Select Search By Name and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see a list of all points of interest.

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Proceed as described in the "Point of interest list with character bar" section (Y page 64).

Entering apoint of interestusing the phone number search

This function gives you access to all points of interest that have a phone number.

Select Search By Phone Number and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see a list of phone numbers.

Proceed as described in the "Point of interest list with character bar" section (Y page 64).

Assigning apoint of interestcategory

Introduction

The categories and points of interest available depend on the distance from the vehicle position you have set for the point of interest.

point of interest in the vicinity of the destination:

Alphabetically sorted categories are available, as well as points of interestinthe vicinity of the destination position arranged by distance.

point of interest in the vicinityof thecurrent position:

Alphabetically sorted categories are available, as well as points of interest in the vicinity of the vehicle position arranged by distance.

point of interest within a given city:

If you have only entered the state/province and the city, alphabetically sorted categories and alphabetically sorted points of interest within the city are available.

If you have entered more information than the state/province and the city, alphabetically sorted categories and points

of interest sorted by distance within the vicinity of the address entered are available.

point of interest using name search:

An alphabetically sorted list of all points of interest is available.

Selecting acategory

Depending on the numberofcategories available, you will see the main category list either with the characterbar (option 1) or as a selectionlist (option 2).

Option 1: main category list with character bar

Selectacategory. Proceed as described in the "Entering characters" section (Y page 22).

Icon for main category

;

Character entered by the user

Characters added by the system

Listentry mostclosely resembling the characters entered by the user

Main category list

Characters currently not available for selection

Character bar

Selected character

Characters available for selection

Option 2: main category list as selection list

Selectamain category using the 9: buttons.

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Irrespective of the option, press the 9 button to confirm your selection. If the selected main category does not contain any sub-categories, the point of interest list appears.

If the selected main category contains subcategories, you will see the list of subcategories either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2). The following illustration shows the

RESTAURANT main category with available

sub-categories as an example.

To call up all entries in the RESTAURANT

main category

;

To call up all entries in the BREWPUB

subcategory

Character bar

Option 1: select a category.Proceed as described in the "Searching for a phone book entry" section (Y page 104).

Option 2: select a category using the

9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The point of interest listappears. It contains the points of interest that are available in the subcategory and are within the search radius.

Search radius means: COMAND searches within a radius of approximately 100 km and ceases searching when 50 points of interest have been found.

If COMAND does not find any points of interest within this radius, it extends its search range to approximately 200 km. If

COMAND finds one point of interest within this radius, it finishes the search.

If you select the ALL

list item, the point of

interest list contains all points of interest for all subcategories in the RESTAURANT main category which lie within the search radius.

If you select the OTHER RESTAURANTS list item at the end of the list, the points of interest contains all points of interest which cannot be assigned to any subcategory of the RESTAURANT

main category and which lie within the search radius.

Point of interest list

Introduction

The illustration below shows an example of the point of interest list for the

RESTAURANT main category and BREWPUB

subcategory in the vicinity of the current position.

point of interest

;

Compass heading to the point of interest

Linear distance to the point of interest

Selected category or subcategory

Display = is not visible if you have

entered a point of interest within a given city and only the country and city have been entered.

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Depending on the point of interest selected, COMAND uses different reference points in determining the linear distance to the destination:

vicinity of current position: the linear distance is the distance of the point of interest from the current vehicle position.

vicinity of destination: the lineardistance is the distance of the point of interest fromthe destination entered.

Long names of points of interest are abbreviated. An information icon is shown after the entry.

To call up the complete display: press the ; button.

Selecting apoint of interest

Select a point of interest using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The full address of the pointofinterest selected appears.

Point of interestwith address

;

To start route calculation

To store an address in the destination memory

To display details

To make a call (when available)

To cancel selection

To show an address on the map

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

To store an address in the destination memory: select Save and press the 9

button to confirm. You can now select storage options (Y page 79).

To show the detailed view: select

Details and press the 9 button to

confirm.

To connect acall: select Call

and press

the 9 button to confirm (available if the point of interest entry contains a phone number).

To call up the map: select Map

and press

the 9 button to confirm.

You can scroll the map and select a destination (Y page 56).

ZAGAT®rating service

Entries featuring the Zicon containadditional ZAGAT information.ZAGAT rates restaurants, for instance, in regard to the quality of the food, furnishing, service, and provides an average pricing level as well as a general description.

After selecting an entry with a Z icon, youcan call up the ZAGAT rating in the subsequent screen.

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ZAGAT ratings

To display details

To display the description: select

Details.

Example of a ZAGAT description

Point of interest list with character bar

If you have selected "Searching for a pointof interest by name" (Y page 60) or "Searching for a point of interest by phone number", the list of all points of interest contained on the map appears.

Proceed as described in the "Searching for a phone book entry" section (Y page 104).

If COMAND can unambiguously assign the characters entered to one entry, the address entry appears automatically.

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

Entering apoint of interestusing the map

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Guide in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. If points of interest are available:

Depending on the map scale selected, point of interest icons appear on the map. The scale at which the icons are displayed on the map varies according to the icon. You can select the icons that COMAND will display (Y page 83).

If there are points of interest, you will see a message to this effect.

You also see this message if you have

selected the menu item No

Symbols under

"Map display" (Y page 83).

Press the 9 button and confirm the message.

Point of interest on the map

Information about the highlighted point of interest

;

Highlighted point of interest

To select apoint of interest: select

or Previous and press the 9 button

to confirm.

To show details for the selection: select

Details

and press the 9 button to

confirm.

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To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetherthe point of interest should be used as the destination.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, route calculation begins. If you select No, you can select a new point of interest.

Route guidance

General notes

Warning!

COMAND calculates the route to the destination without taking account of the following, for example:

traffic lights

stop and give way signs

parking or stopping restrictions

lane narrowing

other road and traffic rules and regulations

COMAND may give incorrect driving recommendations if the data on the digital map does not correspond to the actual conditions, e.g. the road layouthas changed.

Route guidance begins once aroute has been calculated (Y page 51).

COMAND guides you to your destination by means of navigation commands in the form of audible navigation announcements and route guidance displays.

The route guidance displays can only be seen if the display is switched to navigation mode.

If you do not follow the navigation announcements or if you leave the calculated

route, COMAND automatically calculates a new route to the destination.

If the digital map contains the corresponding information, the following applies:

when selecting a route, COMAND tries to avoid roads that only have limited access, e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficand nonresidents.

roads that have time restrictions (e.g. closed on Sundays and public holidays) are avoided for route guidance.

Switching between the full-screen map and the change-of-direction display

Press the ß button. COMAND switches to the respective display.

Changing direction

Introduction

Changes of direction have three phases:

Preparation phase

Announcement phase

Change-of-direction phase

Preparation phase

COMAND prepares you for the upcoming change of direction.Based on the example display below, the change of direction is announced with the Prepare to turn

right message. The map can be seen in the

full-screendisplay.

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Example display:initiation phase

Next road

;

Point at which the change of direction

takes place (light blue dot)

Current vehicle position (the tip of the

triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction

of travel)

Current street

Display ? depends on the setting selected for "Information in map" (Y page 84).

Announcement phase

COMAND announces the imminent change of direction. Based on the following example, the change of direction is announced with the

In 400 meters turn right onto the A81 message.

The display is now split into two sectors. In the left half, you see the normal map view. In the right half, there is an enlarged view of the area surrounding the intersection (intersectionzoom), the change of direction also being illustrated.

Example display: announcement phase

Next road

;

Point at which the change of direction takes place (light blue dot, shown in both the left and right half of the display)

Visual representation of the distance to the next change of direction

Change of direction (turn right here)

Distance to the next change of direction

Route (blue line, shown in both the left and right half of the display)

The filled-in section of visual display for

distance = gets shorter, the nearer you get to the announced change of direction.

Change-of-direction phase

COMAND announces the imminent change of direction.Based on the example display below, the change of direction is announced 40 meters before the change of direction with the Turn right message. The display is split into two halves, as in the announcement phase.

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Example display:change-of-direction phase

Current vehicle position (the tip of the triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction of travel)

;

Visual representation of the distance to the next change of direction

Distance to the next change of direction

Once the change of direction is completed, COMAND automatically switches back to fullscreen display.

Lane recommendations

Overview

On multilane roads, COMAND can display lane recommendations for the next change of direction. The relevant data must be available on the digital map.

COMAND displays lane recommendations 6, based on the next two changes of direction. The number of lanes indicated corresponds to the number present during the next change of direction. Until this point, the number of lanes may be different.

Example of display:day design

Point of the next change of direction

;

Pointofthe change of direction after next

Next change of direction (in this case, turn off to the right)

Visual representation of the distance to the next change of direction

Distance to the next change of direction

Recommended lane (dark blue)

Possible lane (light blue)

Lane not recommended (light gray)

Current vehicle position (the tip of the triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction of travel)

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Display anddescription of lane recommendations

The colors used in the lane recommendationdisplay vary depending on whether day or night design is switched on.

Lane Day design Nightdesign

Recommended lane B

In this lane, you will be able to complete the nexttwo changes of directionwithout changing lane.

Darkblue Light blue

Possible lane C

In this lane, you will only be able to complete the nextchange of direction without changing lanes.

Light blue Dark blue

Lane not recommended D

In this lane, you will not be able to complete the next change of direction without changing lane.

Light gray Gray

Interrupting or continuing route guidance

Interrupting route guidance

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Cancel Route Guidanceand press the 9 button to confirm.

Continuing route guidance

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination

in the navigation

menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Continue Route Guidance

and

press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND calculates the route.

Destination or area of destination reached

When you reach your destination, COMAND displays a checkered flag and route guidance is automatically ended.

For certain points of interest (airports or freeway intersections), you will see the Area

of destination reached message in

addition to the checkered flag.

Navigation announcements

Warning

Navigation announcements are intended to direct you while driving without diverting your attention from the road and driving.

Please always use this feature instead of consulting the map display for directions. Consulting the symbols or map display for

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directions may cause you to divert your attention from driving and increase your risk of an accident.

Repeating navigation announcements

Audible navigation announcements are

muted during a telephone call.

If you have missed an announcement,you can call up the current announcement at any time.

To show the menu: press the Ø function button.

Select +in the navigation menubar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Switching navigation announcements on/off

To switch off: press the 8 button during an announcement. You will briefly see the message: The

driving instructions have been muted.

To switch on: press the Ø function button.

Select +in the navigation menubar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

i COMAND automatically switches the

navigation announcements back on when:

it receives RDS-TMC traffic reports during dynamic route guidance and recalculates the route accordingly (Y page 51).

you have a new route calculated.

you switch COMAND back on again or start the engine.

Reducing volume during anavigation announcement

The volume of an active radio of video source can be automatically reduced during a navigation announcement.

Select Navi in the mainmenu bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Audio Fadeout

and press the 9

button to confirm. The function is switched on O or off ª, depending on the previous status.

Setting the volume manually

Adjust the volume using the q control knob during a navigation announcement.

Select + in the map view with the menu shown and adjust the volume using the q control knob.

Navigation system displays in the multifunction display

Calling up the navigation system menu

Press the V or U button repeatedly until Navi

appears in the display.

The view in the multifunction display depends on whether route guidance is active or not.

Route guidance is inactive: the direction of travel and, if known, the name of the road you are currently traveling along are shown in the multifunction display.

Route guidance is active: the display in the multifunction display depends on whether a change of direction is announced or not.

When a change of direction is announced, you see an icon for the change and a visual representation of the distance. The distance indicator shortens towards the top of the display as you approach the point of the announced change of direction.

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The following messages can be displayed when route guidance is active:

You have reached the destination.

NEW ROUTE

COMAND calculates a new route, e.g. because you have deviated from the calculated route or as a result of a traffic jam report. COMAND then continues route guidance.

CALC RTE

COMAND is calculating a route. COMAND then starts route guidance.

OFF MAP

The vehicle position is beyond the digital map. The vehicle is in an off-map position.

OFF ROAD

The vehicle is on a road that is not on the digital map or the vehicle is no longer on a road, e.g. in a car park.

NO ROUTE

COMAND is unable to calculate a route to the selected destination.

Direction

The vehicle has driven into an off-map position during route guidance.

Avoiding asection of the route blocked by a traffic jam

This function blocks a sectionofthe route ahead of you. The length of the section of route to be blocked can be adjusted. If possible, COMAND calculates a detour around the blocked section of the route.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Route

in the navigation menu bar

using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Detour

and press the 9 button to

confirm.

To block a section of the route: select

Longer or Shorter repeatedly and confirm

using the 9 button until the desired section has been selected.

The length of the blockable route section is predetermined by the digital map. The menu items are available accordingly.

To start route calculation: select Start and press the 9 button to confirm.

To change the blockedsection: select

Change while the message is shown and

press the 9 button to confirm.

Then choose the desired route section.

To delete the blocked section: select

Delete while the message is shown and

press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND calculates the routewithout the block.

Selecting an alternative route

With the "Alternative route" function, routes other than the original one can be calculated.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Route in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Alternative Route and press the 9 button to confirm. You see the selectedroute. Thedisplay now shows a split-screen view. On the left-hand side, one or more alternative routes are shown from start to destination. The current route is highlighted dark blue; other alternative routes appear light blue.

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To select the next or previous alternative route: select Next or

Previous and press the 9 button to

confirm. Possible alternative routes are shown in the following order: Personal Route, Fast

Route, Economic Route, Short Route

and Alternative Route.

To select the original route: select Back a corresponding numberoftimes and press the 9 button to confirm.

To start route guidance using the selected alternative route: select Start

and press the 9 button to confirm.

Displaying destination information

You have entered a destination (Y page 49) or a point of interest (Y page 60) and possibly an intermediate stop (Y page 57).

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Route in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Destination Information

and

press the 9 button to confirm. Destination information is displayed.

Example display: destination information

Distance, estimated time of arrival and estimated remaining driving time to intermediate stop

;

Intermediate stop P

Destination O

Distance, estimated time of arrival and estimated driving time to destination

If a phone number is available for a destination or an intermediatestop andyou have connected a mobile phone, you can now call this number.

To dial the phone number: selectthe phone using the 9 or : button and press the 9 button to confirm. This initiates dialing.

To close the destination information:

press the =, ; or the k back button.

Route browser

The route browser shows an overview of the route. You can use the route browser to move along the route section by section and view information and details about each section of the route.

You have entered a destination (Y page 48) or a point of interest (Y page 60) and possibly an intermediate stop (Y page 57).

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

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Select Route in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Route Browser and press the 9 button to confirm.

At the top of the display, you will see information aboutthe highlighted route section, forexample the distance to be driven on the road and road designation. The highlighted route section is marked in white with a red border on the map.

To view the next or previous route section: select Next or Previous and

press the 9 button to confirm.

If the first or last route section is

highlighted, youcannot select Previous or

Next.

To zoom in or out of the map: select N or M and press the 9 button to confirm.

To close the route browser: select Back and press the 9 button to confirm.

Off-road and off-map

Route guidance to an off-road destination

Warning

The COMAND navigation system may direct you to off-road routes that your vehicle may not be capable of traversing through without damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is the driver’s sole responsibility to determine the suitability of the route. Off-road routes may be of varying conditions and their appropriateness for use may be affected by various factors such as time of day, time of year and immediate weather conditions that cannot be judged or taken into consideration by the COMAND system.

COMAND can guide you to destinations which are within the area covered by the

digital map, but which are not themselves recorded on the map.

These destinations are known as off-road destinations, which you can enter using the map, for example. In these cases, COMAND guides you for as long as possible with navigation announcements and displays on roads known to the system.

Example display:route guidance to an off-road destination

Off-road destination

;

Off-road section of the route

Current vehicle position: the tip of the triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction of travel

Off-road, no street names available

Shortly before you reach the last known point on the map, you will see the Area of

destination reached message and an

arrow. The direction arrow shows the compass heading to the destination.

Route guidance from an off-road location to adestination

If the vehicle position is within the area covered by the digital map, but the map does not contain any information about that location, the vehicle is in an off-road location. COMAND is also able to guide you to a destination even from an off-road location.

At the start of the route guidance, you will see the Off Mapped Road message, an arrow and the distance to thedestination. The arrow shows the compass heading to the actual destination.

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The route is highlighted blue from the nearest road known to the system.

As soon as the vehicle is back on a road known to the system, route guidance continues in the usual way.

Route guidance from an off-map location to adestination

If the vehicle position is outside the area covered by the digital map, then the vehicle is in an off-map location.COMAND is also able to guide you to a destination even from an off-map location.

At thestart of the route guidance, you will see the Off Mapped Road message, an arrow and the distance to the destination. The arrow shows the compass heading to the road left last.

The route is highlighted blue starting at the nearest road known to the system.

As soon as the vehicle is back on a road known to the system, route guidance continues in the usual way.

Off-road during route guidance

Due to road construction work, for example, there may be differences between the data on the digital map and the actual course of the road.

In such cases, the system will temporarily be unable to locate the vehicle position on the digital map and thus considers the vehicle to be in an off-road position.

In the display, you will see the Off Mapped

Road message, an arrow and the distance to

the destination. The arrow shows the compass heading to the actual destination.

As soon as the system can assign the vehicle position to the map again, route guidance continues in the usual way.

Traffic reports

Conditions

The satellite radio reception described below requires optionally available satellite radio equipment as well as a subscription to SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio Traffic Message Service. Further details on satellite radio are available in the "Satellite radio" chapter (Y page 123).

COMAND can receive traffic reports via satellite radio and incorporate them in the navigation system. Traffic reports and map icons can then be shown in the COMAND display.

Real-time traffic reports on the map

COMAND can show certain traffic incidents on the map. The incidents are shown on the map at a scale from 1/16 mi to 20 mi.

Press U or T repeatedly until the desired map scale has been set.

Icon display for the section of route

affected

Icon for incident on route

Current position and direction of travel

Icon delimiting the affected section of the

route

Map scale

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Icon for real-time traffic reports

Icon Description Traffic reports in the map

display

Traffic report list

Traffic report

Warning (red)

N/A Entry type:

warning

Entrytype: warning

Caution (yellow)

N/A Entry type:

caution

Entrytype: caution

Traffic jam (speed &flow)

Appears when approaching a traffic jam (average speed between 25 and 45 mph) if route guidance is active and the route passes through the area affected by the traffic jam.

This icon may appear in conjunction with yellow vehicle icons.

Entry type: traffic jam on route (speed & flow)

Entrytype: traffic jam on route (speed & flow)

Traffic jam on the route

Appears when approaching a traffic jam(average speed between 5 and 20 mph) if route guidance is active and the route passes through the area affected by the traffic jam.

This iconmay appear in conjunction with red vehicle icons.

Entry type: traffic jam on route

Entrytype: traffic jam on route

Blocked section on route

Appears at the beginning of a blocked section if route guidance is active and the route passes through the blocked area.

The XXXX icons can appear in conjunction with this icon.

Entry type: blocked route section

Entrytype: blocked route section

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Icon Description Traffic reports in the map

display

Traffic report list

Traffic report

Yellow line with arrows

Incidents Possible traffic blocks (e.g.

roadworks)

Appears on the side of theroad affected (arrows indicate direction of traffic flow)

N/A N/A

Green line with arrows

Unimpeded traffic flow

No traffic blocks

Appears only on the side of the road with unimpeded traffic flow (arrows indicate the direction of traffic flow)

N/A N/A

Displaying real-time traffic reports

If necessary, switch to navigation mode and show the menu (Y page 47).

Use the 9:=; buttons to select TMC and press the 9 button to confirm.

If you see a dialog window showing the No

Traffic Messages message,

this means that:

no traffic reports have been received yet.

no traffic reports are available.

To cancel the search: select Cancel.

To close the message window: select

OK.

If there are any traffic reports, a list is shown.

The content of the list varies depending on whether route guidance is active or not.

List when route guidance is not active

The list shows all the roads, areas or regions for which reports are available.

Icon for warning message

Country code

Road concerned

To show the list of traffic reports: use the 9:=; buttons to select

Display All Messages and press the

9 button to confirm.

A traffic report may refer to an area or a region, e.g. if visibility is impaired due to fog.

To read a traffic report: select a road, an area or a region.

List when route guidance is active

The first list shows the roads, areas and regions that lie along the route and for which traffic reports are available.

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To showall traffic reports (including those not affecting the route)

To have traffic reports read out, see readaloud function (Y page 73)

Affected roads, areas or regions (only available when there are traffic reports for the route)

To show all traffic reports: use the

9:=; buttons to select

Display All Messages and press the

9 button to confirm. You see a list of all roads, areas and regions for which traffic reports are available, even if the reports do not affect your route.

To display a report: select a road, an area or a region from the list.

To close the list: press the ; or = button once or repeatedly.

Example: traffic report

Depending on your selection: Messages

On Route or All Messages

Report 1 of 1 for the road affected

Beginning of the affected route section

End of the affected route section

Text of report

Road, area or region affected by traffic reports

Icon for report type, e.g. warning message

Country code

To scroll within the message or to the next message: press the 9 or :

button.

To return to the message list: press the ; or = button.

Read-aloud function

The read-aloud function is only available while route guidance is active. It reads out traffic reports affecting the current route. You can adjust the text reader volume (Y page 28).

If the automatic read-aloud function for traffic reports is activated, received traffic reports are read out automatically.

If necessary, switch on navigation mode and show the menu system (Y page 47).

Use the 9:=; buttons to select TMC

and press the 9 button to

confirm.

Select Read out all messages on

route and press the 9 button to confirm.

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COMAND reads out the reports in sequence.

The Messages On Route menu item has

no function if there are no reports relating to the route.

To switch off the read-aloud function:

use the 9:=; buttons to select Cancel Read-Aloud Function and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND reads the currentreport aloud and then exits the read-aloud function.

To cancel the read-aloud function for the current report: press the x button.

COMAND cancels the read-aloud function for the current report. Subsequent reports will still be read out.

Destination memory

Home address (My address)

Entering the home address via address entry

Enter the home address as a destination, e.g. as a city, street and house number (Y page 48). Then, save the home address without starting route guidance (Y page 52).

Adopting an address book entry as a home address

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select From Memory and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the destination memory list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: destination memory list with character bar

Press and hold the 9 button until the destination memory list appears as a selection list.

Option 2: destination memory list as selection list

The My Address entry is listed as the first entry in the destination memory.

Select My Address using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

If you have not yet entered any characters, the My Address entry is automatically highlighted in the selection list.

If no home address has been stored yet, you can now assign an address book entry. If a home address already exists, it is displayed and you can alter it.

If you select New Entry, you are also offered the option of entering the home address for the first time. You can then save the home address without having to start route guidance.

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To enter the home address for the first time: select Assign to Address Book

Entry and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Home or Work and press the 9 button to confirm.

To change the home address: select

Change and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Assign to Address Book Entry and press the 9 button to confirm.

If you select New Entry, you are also

offered the optionofchanging the home address by entering an address. You can then save the home address without having to start route guidance.

Select Home or Work and press the 9 button to confirm. In both cases, you will see the addressbook either with the character bar or as a selection list.

To select an address book entry:

proceed as described in the "Searching for an address book entry" section (Y page 110).

To confirm your selection: press button

9. If no home address has been stored, COMAND saves the entry. You will see a message and then the address menu with the selected address. Start is highlighted automatically.

If a home address has already been stored, you will see a prompt asking you whether the My Address entry should be overwritten.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, COMAND overwrites the destination. You will see a message and then the address menu with the selected address. Start is highlighted automatically.

If you select No, the list will reappear.

Selecting the home address for route guidance

Proceed as described in the "Entering a destination from the destination memory" section (Y page 54).

Saving adestination in the destination memory

Notes

This function also stores the destination in the address book.

After destination entry

The destination has been entered and is shown in the address entry menu (Y page 51).

Select Save using the :=; 9 buttons and press the 9 button to

confirm. You can now selectstorage options (Y page 79).

During route guidance

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu barusing the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select Save Destination and press the 9 button to confirm. You can now select storage options (Y page 79).

From the list of previous destinations

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Destination in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select From Last Destinations and press the 9 button to confirm. The list of previous destinations appears.

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Select the destination using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The destination address is shown.

Select Save and press the 9 button to confirm. You can now select storage options (Y page 79).

Selecting storage options

To save the destination without a name: select Save Without Name and

press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND stores the destination in the destination memory and uses the address as the destination name.

To save the destination with a name:

select Save With Name and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select a category, e.g. Home, and press the 9 button to confirm. The input menu appears with data fields and the character bar.

Example display:saving adestination with a name

Selected data field with cursor

;

Character bar

Proceed as described under "Entering characters" in the Entering characters in

navigation mode (entering acity)" section (Y page 23).

Then select ¬ and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND stores the destination under the name entered.

Assigning adestination to an address book entry

An address with complete address data that is suitable for navigation can be assigned to an already existing address book entry. You can then later start route guidance to this address straightfrom the address book (Y page 113).

Select Assign to Address Book Entry and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select a category, e.g. Home, and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the address book either with the character bar or as a selection list.

To select an address book entry:

proceed as described in the "Searching for an address book entry" section (Y page 110). COMAND stores the data if the address book entry selected does not yet contain navigable address data.

If the selected address book entry already contains navigable address data, a prompt will appear asking whetheryou wish to overwrite the existing data.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, COMAND stores the data.

Deleting adestination or the home address from thedestination memory

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Destination memory

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Select Destination in the navigation menu barusing the :=; buttons and press the9 button to confirm.

Select From Memory and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the destination memory list either with the character bar (option 1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1 –destination memory list with character bar: proceed as described in the

"Entering characters" section (Y page 23).

Option 2 –destination memory list as a selection list: selectadestination using

the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The address data appears for the selected entry.

Select Delete and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou wish to delete the destination.

Select Yes or No and press the 9 button to confirm. If you select Yes, COMAND deletes the destination.You see a message to this effect.

If you select No, the process will be canceled.

If the navigable address data for the destination being deleted is also assigned to an address book entry, COMAND will also delete this data from there. If the corresponding address book entry does not contain any further data, such as telephone numbers, COMAND deletes the entire address book entry.

Previous destinations

Introduction

COMAND automatically stores the previous destinations for which the route calculation was started. If the memory is full, COMAND

deletes the oldest destination.You can also store one destination from the list of previous destinations in the destination memory. It will be stored there permanently.

Storing adestination permanently in the destination memory

Proceed as described in the "From the list of previous destinations" section (Y page 78).

Storing the vehicle position in the list of previous destinations

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Vehicle Positionand press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND stores the current vehicle position as a destination in the list of previous destinations.

Storing the crosshair position in the list of previous destinations

Route guidance not active

Acrosshair appears on the map if you have moved the map manually.You can store the crosshair position as a destination in the list of previous destinations.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Crosshair Position and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Route guidance is active

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu barusing the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Destination Position Map and press the 9 button to confirm. You will see the map with a crosshair at the destination.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position

in the navigation menu

bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Crosshair Position and press the 9 button to confirm. COMAND stores the crosshair position as a destination in the list of previous destinations.

Deleting one of the previous destinations

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select From Last Destinations and press the 9 button to confirm. The list of previous destinations appears.

Select the desired destination and press the 9 button to confirm. The destination address appears.

Select Delete and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears, asking whetherthe entry should be deleted.

Select Yes

or No and press the 9 button

to confirm. If you select Yes, the entry is deleted.

If you select No, the process will be canceled.

Map operation and settings

Notes

Company logos displayed on the map are trademarks of the respective companies and used solely for the purpose of indicating the location of these companies. The use of such logos for the map does not indicate approval, support or advertisement of the navigation system by the respective companies.

Adjusting the map scale

To call up the scale bar: press the U or T button. The map scale appears at the upper edge of the screen.

To zoom in the map: press the U button as often as necessary.

To zoom out the map: press the T button as often as necessary.

Map with scale

Map scale

;

Currently set map scale as indicated by the needle on the scale bar

Current map scale expressed as a number with unit

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Unit of measurement = in the COMAND display depends on theselection madefor the instrument cluster (see the vehicle Operator's Manual).

Moving the map

Showing the crosshair

To hide the menu: press the 9 button and when the Full Screen menu item is shown, press the 9 button.

To scroll the map: press the =; 9: buttons.

Acrosshair appears on the map. If you press one of the buttons again, the map moves under the crosshair in the corresponding direction.

Current vehicle position

;

Crosshair

Details of the crosshair position

Map scale selected

Display = may be the name of a street, for example, provided the digital map contains the necessary data.Oritmay show the geocoordinate positionofthe crosshair if the

Geo-coordinates display is switched on

(Y page 85).

Hiding the crosshair and centering the map on the vehicle position or destination

Press the k button. The crosshair disappears and the map is set to the vehicle position.

Set the map to the vehicle position; see the explanation below.

Centering the map on the vehicle or destination position

Centering the map on the vehicle position

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Vehicle Position Map and press the 9 button to confirm or, if the crosshair is shown, press the % back button. This hides the crosshair.

Centering on the destination

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Destination Position Map and press the 9 button to confirm. The crosshair is centered on the destination.

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Map display

Setting the map orientation

Map orientation

Currently set map orientation

The following display modes are possible:

0 North orientation (the map view is displayed so that north is always up)

¤ Orientation in the direction of travel (the

map is displayed so that the heading is always up; the orange point of the icon points north)

¤ Bird's-eye view (the map is displayed so

that the heading is always up, the map projection reproduces the curvature of the earth and the orange point of the icon points north)

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Map Display and press the 9 button to confirm. The ä icon indicates the current setting.

Map display menu

Map orientation options

;

To set point of interest icons

Select North Up, Heading Upor Bird's-

eye Viewusing the 9: buttons and

press the 9 button to confirm.

To exit the menu: press the = or ; button. The map orientation changes accordingly.

Point of interest icons on the map

You can set the points of interest you wish to have displayed as icons on the map. Points of interest are, for example, gas stations, hotels, cinemas and restaurants.

The following settings are possible:

Standard Symbols

Icon display determined by the factory settings

Personal Symbols

You can determine the icons yourself

No Symbols

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the mainmenu bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Map Display and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Select Standard Symbols, Personal

Symbols or No Symbols.

If you select Personal Symbols, the list of points of interest appears.

To switchthe icon display on/off: select the point of interest using the 9: buttons and press the9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous setting, the icons will be switched on O or off ª.You can switch on the icon displays for more than one point of interest.

The list shows all icons that are contained on the digital map across all countries. However, not all points of interest are available in all countries.As aresult, certain point of interest icons may not be displayed on the map, even if the icon display is switched on.

To exit the menu: press the = or ; button.

Map information in the display

Displaying map information

During route guidance, you can have map information displayed at the bottom edge of the display.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the main menu bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Information On Map and press the 9 button to confirm. The ä icon indicates the current setting.

Select Arrival Time / Distance,

Current Street

, Geo-coordinates or

None

and press the 9 button to confirm.

To exit the menu: press the = or ; button.

Arrival time/distance to the destination

Arrival time/distance display switched on

Icon for destination

;

Distance to the destination

Icon for estimated time of arrival

Estimated time of arrival

You can only see this display during route guidance. When scrolling the map (Y page 82), you will see data, e.g. road names, depending on the crosshair position if the digital map supports this data.

During route calculation, or if the vehicle is traveling on a non-digitized road, the linear distance to the destination is shown. In this case, the display will be grayed out.

Road display

Road display active

Road name or designation

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Geo-coordinate display

Geo-coordinate display active

Current height above average sea level (rounded to the nearest 100 ft)

;

Current vehicle position: latitude coordinates

Current vehicle position: longitude coordinates

NumberofGPS satellites currently being used

There must be sufficient GPS reception for all displays to be shown. If this is not the case, the display will be grayed out. Height display : may vary from the actual value, because the navigation system uses the GPS signal for the calculation.

"None" menu option

Display switched off

Currently set map orientation

During the "Move map" function, you can see additional data depending on the position of the crosshair, such as a road name, if the digital map supports this data.

Additional settings

Avoiding an area

General information

COMAND makes it possible to avoid areas you do not wish to drive through.

If you activate or deactivate a route block while route guidance is active, COMAND will calculate a new route. If you activate or deactivate a route block while route guidance is inactive, COMAND will use the new setting for the next route guidance.

Freeways within blocked areas are always taken into consideration in the route calculation.

This function is not available while the vehicle is in motion.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi

in the main function bar using

the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Block Area and press the 9 button to confirm. If you have not yet set an area to be avoided, the map appears with the crosshair (option 1).

If you already set one or more areas to be avoided, a list appears (option 2).

Option 1: the map appears

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To scroll the map: press the =; 9: buttons.

To set the map scale: press the U or T button.

The scale barappears.

Press the U or T button again. The map view is zoomed in or out.

To add an area to be avoided: press the

9 button. Ared square on the map delimits the area to be avoided.

To set the size of the square: press the

U or T button. The square is enlarged or reduced.

To confirm asetting: press the 9 button. The list appears.The previously selected area to be avoided has been added and activated.

If you want to use list functions, proceed according to the instructions described under "Option 2: the list appears".

Option 2: the list appears

Example display:"Avoid area" list

Select Avoid New Area

using the

9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The map with the crosshair appears.

Proceed according to the instructions under "Option 1: the map appears" if you want to add a new area to be avoided. The following illustrationshows an example with two areas that are to be avoided.

Area currently being avoided

;

New area to be avoided, the size of which can still be adjusted

Switching an avoided area on/off

Select an entry in the list using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The avoided area is switched on O or off ª, depending on the previous status.

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Displaying andchanging an avoided area

Select an entry in the list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Display / Change and press the 9 button to confirm. The area to be avoided is indicated in the map.

To change the position of the area: press the =;9 or ; button. The area is moved on the map.

To change the size of the area: press the

U or T button. The area is enlarged or reduced.

To confirm the change: press the 9 button. The listappears and the change is entered.

Deleting aset area

Select an entry in the list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Delete and press the 9 button to confirm. Aquery appears asking whether the entry should be deleted.

Select Yes

or No.

If you select Yes, the entry is deleted. If you select No, the process will be

canceled.

"Record route" function

Switching the function on/off

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi

in the main function bar using

the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Off-road Route and press the 9 button to confirm.

Off-road route menu

Select Save Off-road Route again and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous state, switch the option on O or off ª.

To exit the menu: press the = or ; button.

Displaying memory usage

When the memory is 90% full, you see a message to this effect. You will also see a message when the memory is completely full.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

In order to be able to continue using the "Record route" function,you should delete the route memory afterwards.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Off-road Route and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Select Off-road Route Memory and press the 9 button to confirm.

Off-road route memory menu

Select Off-road

Route Memory Usedand

press the 9 button to confirm. Abar shows the memory usage as a percentage.

To close the display: press the ß function button.

When the memory is completely full, you

cannot select the Off-road Route

Memory menu item.

Deleting the route memory

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Save Off-road Route

and press

the 9 button to confirm.

Select Off-road Route Memoryand press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Delete Off-road Route Memory and press the 9 button to confirm. Aquery appears asking whether the memory should be deleted.

Select Yes or No. If you select Yes, the memory is deleted.

If you select No

, the process will be

canceled.

Freeway information

When driving on freeways, you can have the nearestgas stations, restareas, etc., as well as yourcurrentdistancefrom them, shown on the right-hand side of the display.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Navi in the main function bar using the 9=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Highway Information and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous state, switch the option on O or off ª.

Example display with function active

Icons for freeway service facilities

;

Name of freeway service

Distance from current vehicle position

If the digital map does not supply any data, only a stylized road without freeway information is visible on the right-hand side of the display.

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Compass function

You can see the currentvehicle position and direction of travel in the compass view.

To switch on navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

Select Position in the navigation menu bar using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Compass and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous state, switch the option on O or off ª.

Example display: compass

Current direction of travel

;

Current height above average sea level (rounded to the nearest 50m)

Current vehicle position:longitude coordinates

Number of GPS satellites currently being used

Current vehicle position: latitude coordinates

Currently set steering angle of the front wheels

To display current height ;, the system

must be able to receive at least four satellites. Steering angle B can be a maximum of 35° in both directions.

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 your digital map updated there with a DVD, or you can update it yourself.

The update process can take a long time (over an hour), depending on the size of the map software. 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 carry out the update with the engine switched off and the starter battery has insufficient power, COMAND may automatically switch off during the process in order to protect the battery. If this occurs, restart the update with the engine running.

Warning!

Never run the engine in an enclosed space. The exhaust fumes contain poisonous carbon monoxide. Inhaling exhaust fumes is hazardous to your health and can lead to loss of consciousness and death.

Update process

Insert the DVD (Y page 129). The update begins. COMAND checks whether the digital map on the DVD is compatible with the navigation system and system software.

If this is the case and the DVD's map data has not already been installed, the COMAND starts updating the digital map.

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If the map data has already been installed, the display shows version data and a message to this effect.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

Eject the DVD.

While the update is running, you will see a message to this effect and aprogress bar.The navigation system is not operational until the update is complete.

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.

Press the V load/eject button.

Take the DVD out of the slot.

Insert the requested DVD. Once the update has been successfully completed, you will see a message to this effect.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

Take the DVD out of the slot. The update is complete.

If the update is not successfully completed, you will see a message that the map update is not possible.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

Take the DVD out of the slot.

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Problems with the navigation system

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

COMAND is unable to continue 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 and switching off COMAND. "Continuing route guidance" refers to switching COMAND back on and driving on.

Continue route guidance (Y page 68). 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.

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

COMAND is unable to determine the vehicle's position.

COMAND has to redetermine the position of the vehicle if the vehicle has been transported (e.g. by ferry, by motorail or after towing).

Start 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.

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Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

The Navigation

Unavailable message

appears.

COMAND has an integrated hard disk on which the digital map is stored.

To protect the hard disk from damage, COMAND switches it off at very high temperatures. The navigation system will then be temporarily unavailable.

Let the vehicle and COMAND cool down.

To hide the message: switch COMAND off and then on again.

If an area of the hard disc has a malfunction, COMAND can no longer access the map data in this area, for example when calculating a route.

To hide the message: switch COMAND off and then on again. The navigation system will be operational again until it has to access the faulty area of the hard disk once more. The message will then reappear.

Consult an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

You will see a message informing you that the DVD containing the digital map is incompatible with the system software.

The DVD containing the digital map cannot be used for the update.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

Eject the DVD.

Have the system software updated at an authorized MercedesBenz Center.

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

The map software update has failed.

The DVD is dirty or scratched.

Clean the DVD.

Restart the update.

There is overheating due to excessive temperatures in the vehicle interior.

Wait until the vehicle interior has cooled down.

Restart the update.

COMAND's integral hard disk is faulty.

Consult an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

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Vehicle equipment .............................. 94

General notes ...................................... 94

Telephony via the Bluetooth®inter-

face ....................................................... 95

Reception and transmission volume . 99

Telephone operation ......................... 100

Using the phone book ...................... 102

Using call lists ................................... 107

Using the address book ................... 109

Operating the telephone using the

multifunction steering wheel .......... 115

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Vehicle equipment

General notes

Introduction

The telephone function, in conjunction with a Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone, offers Bluetooth®interface telephony.

Using theBluetooth®interface and a suitable mobile phone, you can receive vCards.

For more information on suitable mobile phones and on connecting a Bluetooth®capable mobile phone to COMAND, visit http://www.mbusa-mobile.com or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center under 1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) (US) or Customer Relations under 1-800-387-0100 (Canada).

Important safety notes

Warning

A driver's attention to the road must always be his/her primary focus when driving. For your safety and the safety of others, we recommend that you pull over to a safe location and stop before placing or taking a telephone call. If you choose touse themobile phone while driving, please use the handsfree device and only use the mobile phone when weather, road, and traffic conditions permit.

Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from using a cellular mobile phone while driving a vehicle.

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.

Warning

You and others may damage your health due to excessive electromagnetic radiation. By using an external antenna, the possible health risks of electromagnetic fields, which are under discussion among the scientific community, should be largely prevented.

Calls disconnected while the vehicle is in motion

Acall may be disconnected if:

there is insufficient network coverage in certain areas.

you move from one transmitter/receiver area (cell) into another and no channels are free.

you use a SIM card which is notcompatible with the network available.

when using a mobile phone with "Twincard", the second SIM card is registered on the networkat thesame time.

Operating options

You can operate the telephone by using:

the = and ; button or the 9 button on COMAND

the 6 or ~ button and the number keypad on COMAND

using the 6 or ~ button on the multifunction steering wheel

voice commands via the Voice Control System

Unless stated otherwise, thedescriptions and illustrations in this section refer to COMAND.

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Function restrictions

You will notyet be able to use the telephone in the following situations:

when the mobile phone is not yet connected to a network The telephone automatically attempts to log into a network. If no network is available, you will not be able to make a "911" emergency call. If you attempt to make an outgoing call, the No Service

message will appear

for a short while.

911 emergency call

Warning

The 911 emergency call system is a public service. Using it without due cause is a criminal offense.

The following conditions must be fulfilled in order to make a 911 emergency call:

the mobile phone must be switched on.

a network must be available.

a valid and operational SIM card must be inserted in the mobile phone.

the mobile phone must be connected to COMAND via the Bluetooth®interface

If you cannot make an emergency call, you must arrange rescue measures yourself.

Enter the number using COMAND.

Press the 6 button. The telephone makes the connection.

Wait until the emergency call center answers and describe the emergency situation.

Telephony via the Bluetooth

interface

Conditions

Mobile phone

For telephony via COMAND's Bluetooth

interface, a Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone is required.

Not all mobile phones available on the market are equally suitable. For more information on suitable mobile phones and on connecting Bluetooth®-capable mobile phones to COMAND, visit http://www.mbusa-mobile.com or call the Mercedes-BenzCustomerAssistance Center under 1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) (US) or Customer Relations under 1-800-387-0100 (Canada).

The battery of the mobile phone should be kept sufficiently charged in order to prevent malfunctions.

In preparation for telephoning via the Bluetooth®interface, you should check the following items on your mobile phone (see the mobile phone operating instructions):

Hands-Free Profile

The mobile phone must support HandsFree Profile 1.0 or above.

Some displays (e.g. the signal strength) depend on the supported version of the Hands-Free Profile.

Bluetooth®visibility

On certain mobile phones, the device itself must be made "visible" for other devices, as well as activating the Bluetooth

function (see the mobile phone operating instructions).

Bluetooth®device name

Every Bluetooth®device has its own Bluetooth®device name. This device name is freely definable, but can be identical for all devices from the same manufacturer. It

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is therefore recommended that you change this name so that you can easily recognize your mobile phone (see the mobile phone operating instructions).

Switch on the mobile phone(see the mobile phone operating instructions).

Activate Bluetooth®functions and, where necessary, Bluetooth®visibility on the mobile phone (see the mobile phone operating instructions).

COMAND

Activate the Bluetooth®function in COMAND (Y page 40).

Connecting amobile phone

General information

Before using your mobile phone with COMAND for the first time, you will need to connect it.

When you authorize a new mobile phone, it is connected automatically.

Connecting comprises:

searching for a Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone

authorizing the Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone

You can connectup to ten mobile phones.

Searching for amobile phone

Press the % function button on COMAND.

Select Phone in the telephone basic menu using the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Bluetooth Phones and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Update

and press the 9 button to

confirm. COMAND searches for Bluetooth

telephones within range and adds them to the Bluetooth®telephone list.

The duration of the search depends on the number of Bluetooth®telephones within range and their characteristics.

Example of display: Bluetooth®telephone list

Currently connected # and authorized mobile phone L

;

Device notwithin range but previously authorized (L appears in gray)

Newly detected mobile phone within range but not yet authorized (no icon yet)

The Bluetooth®telephone list shows all mobile phones within range and all previously authorized mobile phones, whether or not they are in range.

If the Bluetooth®telephone list is already full, you will be requested to de-authorize a mobile phone (Y page 98). If COMAND does not find your mobile phone, external authorization (Y page 97) may be necessary.

When called up again, the telephone list may no longer show all mobile phones because, for example, a mobile phone has been removed from the vehicle in the meantime. In this case, start a new search to update the Bluetooth®telephone list.

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Authorizing (registering) amobile phone

Select as yet unauthorized mobile phone = in the Bluetooth®telephone list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Authorize and press the 9 button to confirm. The passcode entry menu appears.

The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit number combinationwhich you can determine yourself. You must enter the same number combination in COMAND and in the Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone (see the operating instructions of the Bluetooth®capable mobile phone).

Some mobile phones require the input of a four-digit passcode or longer character strings.

If you want to re-authorize a mobile phone following de-authorization, you can select a different passcode.

To enter apasscode in COMAND: press the number keys in turn. ¬ is highlighted after the first number has beenentered.

Select the digits using the =; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. Then, select ¬.

To confirm an entry in COMAND: press the 9 button.

Now enterthe same passcode in the mobile phone.

To enter in the mobile phone: if the Bluetooth®connection is successful, you will be prompted by the mobile phone to enter the passcode (see the mobile phone operating instructions).

Enter the same passcode in the mobile phone as already entered in COMAND.

After entering the passcode, you may also need to enter a confirmation in your mobile phone to connect calls. Check the display of your mobile phone.

If the COMAND display shows the

Authorization Procedure Unsuccessful message, you may have

exceeded the prescribed time period. Repeatthe procedure.

The mobile phone is connected to COMAND (authorized). You can now make phone calls using the COMAND hands-free system.

External authorization

If COMAND does not detect your mobile phone, this may be due to particular security settings on your mobile phone. In this case, check whether your mobile phone can find COMAND. The Bluetooth®device name of COMAND is MB Bluetooth.

Observe the following: some mobile phones require that you reconnect to COMAND after you have entered the passcode (see the mobile phone operating instructions). The mobile phone can otherwise not be authorized.

Press the % function button.

Select Phone in the telephone basic menu using the =;9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Select Bluetooth Phones and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Update and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select External Authorization

and

press the 9 button to confirm.

Start the Bluetooth®search on the mobile phone (see the mobile phone operating instructions).

Select COMAND (MB Bluetooth

) on the

mobile phone.

Enter the passcode on the mobile phone when requested to and then input it in COMAND.

Automatic reconnection

COMAND always searches for the last connected mobile phone.

If no connection can be made to the most recently connected mobilephone, the system searches for the mobile phone which was connected before that one.

Connecting another mobile phone

If youhave authorized several mobile phones, you can switch between the individual phones.

You can only switch to another authorized

mobile phone if no phone call is active.

Select the mobile phone in the Bluetooth

telephone list using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm. The selected mobile phone is searched for and connected if it is within Bluetooth

range and if Bluetooth®is activated.

Only one mobile phone can be connected at any one time. The currently connected

mobile phone is indicated by the # dot in the Bluetooth®telephone list (Y page 96).

To display details

Press the % function button on COMAND.

Select the desired mobile phone in the Bluetooth®telephone list using the 9: buttons.

Select Options using the ; button and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Details and press the 9 button to confirm. The following information concerning the selected mobile phone is shown:

Bluetooth®name

Bluetooth®address

availability

authorization status

To close the detailed display: press the

= or ; button.

Deregistering (de-authorizing) a mobile phone

Mercedes-Benzrecommends deauthorization in COMAND and on the mobile phone. Subsequent authorization may otherwise fail.

Select the desired mobile phone in the Bluetooth®telephone list using the 9: buttons.

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