Mercedes Benz GL 2012 SL R G COMAND Operator Instruction Manual

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COMAND

Operating Instructions

Order no. 6515 6927 13 Part no. 251 584 56 82 Edition Edition A 2012

COMAND OperatingInstructions

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As at 23.11.2010

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Welcome to the world of Mercedes-Benz

Before you drive off, familiarize yourself with yourCOMAND control panel and read this manual. This will help you to obtain the maximum use from your COMAND control panel and to avoid endangering yourselfand others.

Depending on themodel and equipment level, the functions and equipment of your COMAND control panel maydeviate from certain descriptions and illustrations.

Mercedes-Benz is constantly updating its systems to the state of the art and therefore reserves the right to introduce changes in design, equipment and technical features at any time.

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

Consult an authorized Mercedes-BenzCenter if you have further questions.

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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Contents

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

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

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

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

Navigation ........................................... 45

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

Audio .................................................. 115

Video .................................................. 149

Rear Entertainment System ............. 159

Voice Control ..................................... 177

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Index

Active partition (USB devices only)

Selecting ........................................ 146

Address book

Browsing........................................ 109

Calling up ....................................... 109

Changing an entry .......................... 111

Connecting acall ........................... 111

Creating an entry ........................... 109

Deleting an entry ........................... 110

Detailsabout an entry ................... 110

Importing contacts ........................ 113

Searching for an entry ................... 109

Starting route guidance ................. 112

voice control with .......... 191, 202, 206

Voice tag ....................................... 112

Address bookentry

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

Showing the details ....................... 110

Address entry (example) .................... 49

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

Address of destination (Seealso Destinations)

entering with voice commands ...... 185

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

Area

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

Audio

voice control .................................. 178

Audio Aux (auxiliary)

voice commandsfor ...................... 199

Audio AUX jack .................................. 147

Audio CD/DVD or MP3 mode

Switching to ................................... 129

Audio DVD

Pause function ............................... 167

Stop function ................................. 131

Audio format

Setting (audio DVD mode)............. 135

Autostore ........................................... 118

Auxiliary (Aux) operation

voice commandsfor ...................... 199

voice control with .......................... 204

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

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

Bluetooth

Bluetooth®interface

Bluetooth®interface telephony

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Call

Accepting .............................. 100, 114

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

Ending ............................................ 114

Rejecting ............................... 100, 114

Calling (See also Telephone)

voice control with .................. 181, 193

Call list

Opening and selecting an entry ..... 106

Call lists ............................................. 106

Displaying details ........................... 106

Saving an entry in the address

book .............................................. 107

Storing an entry which has not yet

beenstored................................... 107

Category

Satellite radio ................................ 123

Copyprotection ............................. 137

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

General information ....................... 137

Multisession .................................. 136

Playback options ........................... 135

Selecting amedium ....................... 132

Selecting atrack ............................ 132

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Index

CD/DVD

Ejecting (DVD drive) .......................128

Inserting (DVD changer) ................ 127

Inserting (Rear Seat

Entertainment System) .................. 164

CD audio, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 198, 203

Changing direction

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

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

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

Channel presets ................................ 117

Channel selection (satellite radio)

voice commandsfor ...................... 196

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

Characters

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

City

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

City center, selecting as

destination ......................................... 187

Clear button ......................................... 16

COMAND

Basicfunctions................................ 26

Switching on/off .............................. 26

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

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

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

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

Commands for voice control ............ 199

for address book ................... 192, 202

for CD, DVD, MP3 .................. 198, 203

for navigation........................ 185, 200

for phone operation............... 181, 200

for radio and satellite radio .... 194, 203

generalcommands ........................ 199

Copy protection (CD/DVD) ............... 137

Crosshair position

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

Data carrier

MUSIC REGISTER ........................... 137

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

Data medium

AudioDVD ............................. 136, 165

CD/DVD ........................................ 137

MP3 ............................................... 136

Date format

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

Deleting

Call lists ......................................... 108

Destination

Adopting from the listofprevious

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Destination memory (See also Last Destinations)

saving destinations to .................... 189

voice control for ............................ 189

Destinations

saving to destination memory ........189

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

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

Dialog

see Voice control

Digital map

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

Display, main

with voice command ...................... 180

District, selecting as destination

with voice commands.................... 187

DTMF tones

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

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Index

DVD

Copy protection ............................. 137

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

Selecting atrack ............................ 132

DVD audio, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 198, 204

DVD menu .......................................... 154

DVD playbackconditions ................. 151

DVD video

voice control with .................. 199, 205

DVD-Video

Picture settings .............................. 150

DVD-Video Operation

Automatic picture shutoff .............. 150

Entry

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

Saving .............................................. 26

Selecting ........................................ 104

External audio or video devices

voice control with .......................... 199

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

First listentry

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

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

Frequency input

Manual ...........................................117

Full-screen map and change-ofdirection display

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

Function restrictions

Video DVD mode ........................... 151

Global voice control commands ...... 179

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

Gracenote Media Database .............. 134

Hands-free microphone

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

Hard disk drive

voice control with .......................... 204

Harman/kardon®Logic 7

Surround Sound system ..................... 28

HD Radio™ ......................................... 120

Helpwith voice control, general ...... 208

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

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

House numbers,entering for

destination .........................................188

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

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

Intermediate stop

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

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

Intersection (selecting) .................... 187

iPod

Alphabetic track selection ............. 146

Connecting to the Media

Interface ........................................ 142

Device version ............................... 142

Selecting a category/playlist......... 144

iTunes®............................................... 146

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

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

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

Last Destinations

voice control for ............................ 189

Lever for voice control ......................179

Listas selection list

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

List entry

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

Listing address book contents ........ 193

Local voice control commands ........ 179

Logic 7

see harman/kardon®Logic 7

Surround Sound system

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Index

Map

Arrival time/distance to

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

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

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

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

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 .............................. 146

Basicmenu .................................... 143

Connectionoptions....................... 141

iPod®............................................. 141

Metadata ....................................... 145

Mode ............................................. 141

MP3 player.................................... 142

Selecting categories ...................... 144

Selecting folders ............................ 144

Selecting musicfiles ...................... 144

Selecting playlists .......................... 144

Switching to ................................... 143

USB mass storagedevice .............. 141

Media list ................................... 132, 153

Memory cards

voice control with .................. 199, 204

Exiting ........................................ 29, 48

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

Showing/hiding ............................. 152

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

Menu item

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

Menu overview

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

Messages

during voice command .................. 180

Mobile phone

Connecting (Bluetooth®interface) ... 96

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

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

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

MP3

Bit/sampling rates ......................... 136

Data medium ................................. 136

File systems ................................... 136

Formats ......................................... 136

Selecting amedium ....................... 132

MP3 mode, main vehicle

voice control with .................. 198, 204

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

Selecting atrack ............................ 133

Telephone ...................................... 113

voice control button ....................... 179

Multisession CDs ............................... 136

Music Register

Copying musicdata ....................... 138

MUSIC REGISTER

Deleting allmusic files................... 140

Playback options ........................... 141

Switching to ................................... 138

My address

see Home address

Navigation (also see route guidance)

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

Navigation (See also Route guidance)

voice control with .................. 183, 200

Navigation announcements ....... 68, 178

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

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

Navigation menu

Showing/hiding ..................... 152, 169

Navigation mode

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

Navigation system displays

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

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

Numbers, entering with voice

command ........................................... 180

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

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

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

Passcode

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

Pause function ................................... 131

Phone book

Adding a numberto an address

book entry..................................... 105

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

Creating anew entry ..................... 104

Deleting an entry ........................... 104

Icon overview ................................. 103

voice control with .......................... 183

Phone bookentry

Searching ...................................... 103

Playback options .............. 135, 141, 147

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 ............................ 188

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

Province of destination,selecting ... 185

Radio

HD Radio™.................................... 120

selecting stations .......................... 196

voice control with .......... 194, 203, 208

Radio mode

Switching to ................................... 116

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

Read-aloud speed

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

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

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

Rear Seat Entertainment System

AUX mode ............................... 31, 173

CD/DVD audio and MP3 mode ...... 164

Changing the batteries .................. 160

Cordlessheadphones ...................... 32

Multipleusers ................................ 162

Operating with the headphones ..... 161

Remote control ................................ 30

System settings ............................. 163

Using the mainloudspeaker .......... 161

Video DVD mode ........................... 169

Redialing telephone

voice control for ............................ 183

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

Remote control

Rear Seat Entertainment System ..... 30

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 ............ 178

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

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

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

Route options

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

Safety notes

Audio CD/DVD and MP3

mode ..................................... 126, 164

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

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

VideoDVD mode ........................... 150

Satellite radio

category selection ......................... 196

selecting channels......................... 196

voice control with .......... 194, 203, 208

SatRadio ............................................. 121

Displaying information ................... 125

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Registering.................................... 122

Selecting acategory...................... 123

Screen

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

SD memory card

Ejecting .......................................... 129

Inserting ........................................ 129

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

Searching (See also Predictive speller)

addressbook ................................. 194

Selecting audio track

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

Skipping back

CD/DVD mode .............................. 133

Skipping forwards

CD/DVD mode .............................. 133

Sound

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

Soundsettings ............................ 27, 150

Spelling with voice command .......... 180

State/province

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

State of destination,selecting ......... 185

Station

Selecting ........................................ 117

Storing ........................................... 118

Station search ................................... 117

Station selection (radio)

voice commandsfor ...................... 196

Steering wheel ................................... 179

Storage options

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

Street of destination,selecting ....... 187

Summer and standard time

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

Surround sound ................................... 28

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 .................. 181, 200

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 ........ 186

Track information .............................. 168

Track selection (audio)

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

Track selection (video)

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

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 .................................. 206

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

Video

voice control with .......................... 205

Video DVD

Fast forward/rewind ......................153

Operation ....................................... 150

Pause function ............................... 153

Selecting a film/title ......................154

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Selecting a scene/chapter ............ 153

Stop function ................................. 153

Video DVD mode

Switching to ................................... 151

Voice control ..................................... 178

canceling the dialog ....................... 180

command list................................. 199

creating voice tags ........................ 192

generaloperation .......................... 178

help function .................................. 208

interrupting the dialog ................... 180

operating safety ............................. 178

starting the dialog .......................... 180

troubleshooting ............................. 206

with address book ................. 191, 206

with DVD changer.......................... 198

with external equipment (Aux) ....... 199

with navigation.............................. 183

with phone ..................................... 181

with radio and satellite

radio ...................................... 194, 208

Voice Control System

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

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

Voice mail, voice control for ............ 183

Voice tags, creating .......................... 192

Volume

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

Navigation announcements ............. 27

Phone calls...................................... 27

Trafficreports .................................. 27

Volume (loudness)

voice command ............................. 180

Waveband

Switching (radio)............................ 117

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

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Introduction

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 having 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 44feet (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.

Canada only: This device complies with

RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause interference, and

2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Any unauthorized modification to this device could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

USA only: 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.

Any unauthorized modification to this device could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

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 FCC Rules. 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

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Introduction

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 maximumpermissive exposure evaluation (MPE). But it is desirable that it should be 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 information whenusing 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.

COMAND features

These Operating Instructions describe all standard and optional equipment available for your COMAND system at the time of purchase. Country-specific deviations are possible. Please note that your COMAND system may not be equipped with all the features described. This includes safetyrelated systemsand functions. Therefore, the equipment on your COMAND system may differ from that in the descriptions and 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 integrated hard 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

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

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

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

Basic functions of COMAND ............... 26

Rear Entertainment System ............... 30

Rear view camera ............................... 33

At a glance

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COMAND operating system

Overview

At a glance

Function Page

Switches to radio mode 116

Switches wavebands 117

Calls up the system menu 17

Switches to audio CD/DVD or MP3 mode 129

Switches to video DVD mode

Calls up the telephone basic menu or the address book 109

Load/eject button 128

Function Page

Disc slot

To insert CDs/DVDs 127

To eject CDs/DVDs 128

Map software updates 89

SD memory card slot

To insert an SD memory card 129

To eject an SD memory card 129

COMAND display 17

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COMAND operating system

Function Page

Number pad

Selects stations via the stationpresets 117

Stores stations manually 117

Passkey entry 42

Telephone number entry 100

Sends DTMF tones 101

Sets the map scale (zooms in) 81

Sets the map scale (zooms out) 81

Press briefly:

deletes individual characters 24

Press and hold:

deletes an entire entry 24

Press briefly:

exits menu 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 117

Selects a track 132

Selects a menu itemorlist entry 21

Exits a menu or list 29

Moves the map 56

Adjusts the volume 27

Switches COMAND on/off 26

F/E

Selects a station using the station search function 117

Selects the next/previous track 132

Fast rewind/fast forward 133

Accepts a call 100

Redials 100

Rejects a call 100

Ends an active call 101

Mute 27

Switches off navigation announcements 27

Switches to navigation mode 47

At a glance

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COMAND operating system

Back button

To move up one menulevel: briefly press the k back button. COMAND changes to the nexthigher menu level in the current operating mode.

To switch to the basic display: press and hold the k back button.

At a glance

COMAND changes to the basic display of the current operating mode.

Clear button

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

To delete an entire entry: press and hold the 2 clear 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/DVDand 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 with video DVD and video AUX modes

the system settings

You can call up the main functions as follows:

using the corresponding functionbuttons

using the main function bar in theCOMAND display

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COMAND operating system

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.

At a glance

Status bar

;

Calls 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 audio main function 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.

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COMAND operating system

Navi Audio Telephone Video System

Map display Radio Telephone AUX Calls up the

systemmenu

Sets route calculation mode

Avoids an area Disc

At a glance

Selects the "Record route" function

Information on map MUSIC

O Freeway information

O Reads out the TMC messages automatically

O Volume limiter AUX

SatRadio Address book Video DVD

Memory card

Media Interface

Rear

System menu overview

Settings Time Display off

Setting the language Setting the time Switching off the display

Display settings Setting the format

Read-aloud settings Setting the time zone

Voice-operated control 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.

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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.

Operating COMAND

Function Page

Multifunction display 69

;

W Increases the volume X Decreases the

volume 27

6 Accepts a call ~ Rejects or ends a call

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)

At a glance

100

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 to navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

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Operating COMAND

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.

At a glance

Calling up the menuofamain function

If one of the main functions – 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. Insert a CD/DVD (Y page 127).

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.

Settings menu

To set the time

To switch off the display

To call up the audio menu

;

Main function bar

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

Dot # indicates the current mode

;

Main function bar

Audio menu

The # dot indicates the current audio mode.

Select another audio mode, e.g. Radio, using the 9: buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

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Selecting amenu item

The example describeshow to selectastation from the station presets in radio mode.

Press the $ function button.

Select Presets using the :=; buttons and press the 9button to confirm. The station preset memory appears.

Selection bar

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

To exit a menu without making a selection: press the = or ; button.

Operating COMAND

System menu

Settings menu

To set the time

To switch off the display

Calling up the audio function

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

in the main function bar using

At a glance

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

Selection bar

Switching to 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.

At a glance

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

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 the 9button to confirm. The radio menu appears. Station list is highlighted.

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

Entering characters in navigation mode (entering acity)

General information

The following sections explain character input using the example of city entry for the city MODEL CITY.

If you want to use the address entry 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 (option1) or a selection list (option 2).

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

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

Option 1: city list with the 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 the 9button to confirm.

Select O and press the 9 button to confirm.

Character MO entered by the user

;

Characters DEL CITY automatically filled in by COMAND

List entry that most closely resembles the current entry be the user

To switch to the selection list

To delete an entry

Characters not currently available

Characters currently available

Character bar

Currently selected character

To cancel an entry

List

List G displays all available city names beginning with MO

.The list entry that is best

suited to previous user entries = is always highlighted in the first position (MODEL CITY

in this example).

All characters previously entered are shown in black; in the example, letter MO:. Letters filled in 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 on the digital map. Characters that are no longer available are shown in gray C.

Select D, E, L, C, I, T, Y one after the other and confirm each with the 9 button.

Entering characters using the number keypad

Press the À button once to enter the letter M

. After it is pressed, the character display appears on the lower edge of the display. The first available letter is highlighted.

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

Example: key 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.

At a glance

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Enter O, D, E, L, CI, T, Y using the appropriate buttons.

Further functions in the list with character bar

To delete a character: select the 2 iconatthe bottom right in the character bar

At a glance

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 9button untilthe entire entry has been deleted.

Press and hold the 2 button until the entire entry is 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 back button. The address entry menu appears.

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

It is also possible to switch the city list 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 entering the city DENT. The entry is highlighted automatically.

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

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.

You will find further information in the

"Destination entry" section (Y page 48).

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Entering characters in the address and the phone book

Introduction

The following sectiondescribes how to enter characters in the phone book (Y page 102) and the address book (Y page 109) when creating a new entry.

Creating anew entryinthe phone book

Call up the inputmenu with data fields (Y page 104).

Operating COMAND

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 buttons and press the 9button to confirm.

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).

using the =;9:

At a glance

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 109).

Input menu with data fields

Selected data field with cursor

;

Character bar

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. The letter 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.

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Switching the data field

If you want to entera first name after youhave 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.

At a glance

The input menu displays the data field selected.

Cursor in the next data field

;

To store an 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 the 9button to confirm.

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.

Cursor (repositioned)

;

2 and 3 icon to reposition the cursor

Delete the character/entry(Ypage 24).

Storing an entry

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

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

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.

Basic functions of COMAND

Switching COMAND on/off

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.

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Basic functions of COMAND

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.

Mute

Switching audio and video sources 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.

Even if the sound is switched off, you will still hear traffic and navigation system announcements.

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 q the control knob.

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

Adjusting the volume for traffic announcements 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 q the control knob.

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

Adjusting the volume for phone calls

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

Turn q the 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, forexample. Youcan 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.

At a glance

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Basic functions of COMAND

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 the 9button to confirm. You can now set the treble and bass or the balance and fader for radio mode.

At a glance

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. An adjustmentscale appears.

Setting the bass

Lastsetting selected

;

Current setting

Select a setting using the 9: buttons and press the 9button 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.

The Fade function is used to 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 the 9button to confirm.

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 exit the menu.

Surround sound

General information

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 some DVDs contain both stereo and multichannel audio formats, it may be

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Basic functions of COMAND

necessary to set the audio format (Y page 135).

The Logic7

On function creates a

surround sound experience for every passengerwhen playing, for example, stereo recordings. It enables optimum playback of music and films on CD, audio DVD or video DVD with multichannel audio formats, such as MLP, dts or Dolby Digital. This results in sound characteristics like those intended by the sound engineer when the original was recorded.

If you select Logic7®Off, all permissible

formats are played as stored 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

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 the 9button to confirm.

Select 3D sound 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 amenu without storing: press the

% back button or the = button.

At a glance

dts

MLP

Please bear the following in mind:

For the optimum audio experience for all passengers when LOGIC7®is switched on, the balance and fader settings 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

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Rear Entertainment System

mono and cause temporary sound distortions.

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

Rear Entertainment System

At a glance

Components

Overview

The Rear Seat Entertainment System comprises:

two rear-compartment screens behind the front-seat head restraints

the remote control

a CD/DVD drive

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

two sets of cordless headphones

Rear-compartment screens

Socket for corded headphones

;

AUX jacks; for a detailed view, see CD/ DVD drive (Y page 31)

Display

;

IR receiverdiodes

Remote control

Overview

Switches the screen on/off

;

Switches the button lighting on/off

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Rear Entertainment System

Selects the screen for the remote control

Selects a menu or menu item

Confirms a selection or setting

Switches sound on/off(for corded headphones)

Adjusts the volume (for corded headphones)

Skips to atrack, fast-forward/fast-rewind

Selects a track; direct entry

Exits a menu (back)

Selecting the screen for the remote control

You can use the remote control to operate one of the two rear screens at a time. To do so, you must switch the remote control to the desired 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 ignitionlock (see the 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 screensback on. However, this will discharge the starter battery.

Point the remote control at the rearcompartmentscreenwhich has been selected for remote operation.

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

You can only switch the screens on using the remote control if the ignition is switched on.

Switching the button lighting on/off

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

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

Switching the sound on/off (corded 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 for the AUX drive. Identical jacks can be found on the right-hand side of the rear-compartment screens (display AUX), (Y page 30).

At a glance

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Rear Entertainment System

Cordless headphones

Overview

At a glance

Volume control

;

Selects a screenfor the headphones

Battery compartment cover

Switches the cordless headphones on/off

Indicator lamp, differing displays (Y page 32)

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 cordless headphones on/off

Press button ?. Depending on the previous status, 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 approximately three minutes.

Adjusting the volume of the headphones

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

If you have connected corded headphones to a rear-compartment screen, you can adjust the volume by pressing buttons C on the remote control (Y page 30).

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 Status

Green The headphones are 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 empty, incorrectly inserted or notinserted.

Connecting additional headphones

You can connect one additional set of corded headphones to each of the two rearscreens (Y page 30). The connection socket is for headphones with 1/8 inch stereo jack plugs and an impedance of 32 ohms.

Changing batteries

Batteries are required for the remote control and for the two sets of cordless headphones. For changing batteries, see (Y page 160).

Rear view camera

Press the W function button. The system menu appears.

Select Settings 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.

and press the 9 button

At a glance

Rear view camera

The rearview 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.

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COMAND features ............................... 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

System settings

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Time settings

COMAND features

Display settings

System settings

Setting the brightness

The brightness detected by the COMAND light sensor affects the settingoptions for 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.

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 timedependenttraffic guidance

calculation of expected time of arrival

time information for received and outgoing phone calls

Display design

Press the W button.

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To set the time

Press the W button.

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

Time settings

Select a format using the 9: buttons and press the 9button 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 the 9 button toconfirm.

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 the 9button 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 9button to

confirm.

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

Time On or Auto. Daylight Saving Time Off using the 9: 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).

System settings

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Voice Control System settings

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.

System settings

Selectasetting using the 9: buttons and press the 9button 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 partwill 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, theprocess will be aborted.

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

System settings

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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Bluetooth®settings

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

System settings

to approximately 10 meters. Bluetooth allows, for example, the exchange of vCards.

Bluetooth®is a registered trademark of Bluetooth Special InterestGroup (SIG) Inc.

Requirements for a Bluetooth

connection

You can connect mobile 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, receptionand transmission volume may change.

Further informationonsuitable mobile phones and on connecting a Bluetooth®capable mobile phone to COMAND can be obtained online under http://www.mbusa-mobile.com or by telephone at the Mercedes-BenzCustomer Assistance Center under 1-800-FORMERCedes (1-800-367-6372) (US) or at CustomerRelations 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 press the

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

subsequently authorizing it

You can connect up to ten devices to COMAND.

You can obtain more detailed information about suitable 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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Bluetooth

settings

(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 9 to confirm. COMAND searches for Bluetooth®devices

within range. After a short while, the Bluetooth®device list appears.

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

Authorizing a Bluetooth®device (registering)

Option 1

Select the 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.

System settings

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 deauthorize a device (Y page 42). If COMAND does not detect your Bluetooth®device, external authorization may be necessary (Y page 42).

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

Some mobile phones require a passcode with four or more digits.

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Bluetooth®settings

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

To enter the passcode in COMAND:

press 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 the 9button to confirm. Then, select ¬.

System settings

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 Authorize

in 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 the separate 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 9 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 Deauthorize and press the 9 button to confirm. Aprompt appears asking whetheryou really wish to deauthorize this device.

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

If you select No, theprocess will be aborted.

If a Bluetooth®device has been deauthorized and is out of range, when a new search is carried out it will not appear in the Bluetooth®device list.

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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 9button 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

Select Settings 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 to confirm. If you select No, the process will be canceled.

If you select Yes, aprompt 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.

using

or No and press the 9 button

System settings

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 140) function.

Press the W function button.

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COMAND features ............................... 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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Introduction

COMAND features

Introduction

Navigation

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 information

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.

If this is the case, the following message appears in the display after you switch to navigation mode:

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

Correct functioning of the navigation system depends, amongst other things, 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.

Entry 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.

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When the restriction is active, certain entries cannot be made. This will be indicated by the 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 points of interest in the vicinity of a city or via a name search

editing entries

using the number keypad for direct entry

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

Switching to 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.

Basic settings

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.

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Map showing the menu; route guidance inactive

Status bar

;

Main function bar

Current vehicle position

Navigation menu bar

Basic settings

Route mode

Setting route options

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

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Destination entry

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.

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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.

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 thedestination 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 point of interest

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

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.

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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Destination entry

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 to 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.

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 9button 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.

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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

Entering acity

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 (option1) or as a selection list (option 2).

Option 1: city list with the 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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Destination entry

Option 2: city list as selection list

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

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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

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

has now been entered.

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

Entering a house number will delete a

previously entered intersection.

Entering an intersection will delete a previously entered house number.

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Destination entry

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

;

Starting 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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Destination entry

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.

Navigation

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

Destination entry

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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Destination entry

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 the 9 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

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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 to 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 the 9button 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 entry

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 to 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 the 9 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.

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Destination memory list

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

"Last destinations" list

Last destination

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

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Destination entry

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

Navigation

To switch to 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 the 9button 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 outsidethe 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 to 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 the 9button to confirm.

Select Stopover and press the 9 button to confirm.

Destination entry

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 the 9button 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.

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Option 1: no intermediate stop has been entered yet.

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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Destination entry

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

Navigation

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 to 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 the 9button 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 point of interest (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 to 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 the 9button 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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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.

Destination entry

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 forstarting 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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Entering apoint of interest

The destination addresses are

downloaded in the same order as they are

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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 the 9button to confirm.

Select From POIs and press the 9 button to confirm.

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 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 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 thevicinity of the current 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

Entering apoint of interest

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.

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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 103).

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 cityhave been entered.

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Entering apoint of interest

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.

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.

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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

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

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To display the description: select

Details.

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.

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 103).

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.

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 information

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 to throughtraffic and 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.

Change of 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

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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 road

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)

Graphic 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 theimminent 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)

;

Graphic 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 corresponding data must be available in the digital map.

COMAND displays lane recommendations 6, based on the next two changes of direction. The number of lanes reflects the situation at the point of the next change of direction. The situation beforehand 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)

Graphic 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)

Non-recommended lane (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 lanes.

Possible lane C

In this lane, you will only be able to complete

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the nextchange of direction without changing lanes.

Lane not recommended D

In this lane, you will not be able to complete the next change of direction without changing lane.

Canceling or continuing route guidance

Canceling route guidance

To switch to 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 the 9button to confirm.

Select Cancel route guidance and press the 9 button to confirm.

Continuing route guidance

To switch to 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 the 9button to confirm.

Darkblue Light blue

Light blue Dark blue

Light gray Gray

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 anannouncement, you can call up the current announcement at any time.

To show the menu: press the Ø function button.

Select + in thenavigation menu bar 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

guidance instructions have been muted.

To switch on: press the Ø function button.

Select + in thenavigation menu bar 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 traffic-dependentroute guidance and recalculates the route (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 audio or 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. Depending on the previous status, the function is switched on O or off ª.

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 will see a symbol for the change of direction and a distance graphic. 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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Route guidance

When route guidance is active, the following messages may be shown:

You have reached your 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

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then starts route guidance.

OFF MAP

The vehicle position is outside of the range of the digital map. The vehicle is in an offmap 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 entered anoff-map position during route guidance.

Avoiding asection of the route blocked by a traffic jam

This function blocks a sectionofthe route ahead of you. You can set the length of the blocked route section. If possible, COMAND calculates a detour around the blocked section of the route.

To switch to 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 total length of the section that can be blocked is defined 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, blockthe desired section of the route.

To delete the blockedsection: 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 to 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 selected route.The display 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 inthe 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 to 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.

Route guidance

Example display: destination information

Distance, estimated time of arrival and estimated remaining driving time to intermediate stop

;

Intermediate stop P

Destination O

Distance to destination, estimated time of arrival and estimated remaining driving time

If a phone number is available for a destination or an intermediate stop and you 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 display: press the =, ; or the

k back button.

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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 to navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

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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 Route browser and press the 9 button to confirm.

At the top of the display, you will see informationabout the highlighted route section, for example the distance to be driven on the road and road designation. The highlighted route section is marked in white

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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, you cannot 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 takeninto consideration by the COMAND system.

COMAND can guide you to destinations which are withinthe 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

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shows the compass heading to the actual destination.

The route is highlighted blue, starting from the last recognized street the vehicle was on before it left the map.

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. Thearrow 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.

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 121).

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.

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Off-road during route guidance

Due to roadworks, 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 last road you were driving on.

As soon as the system can assign the vehicle position to the map again, route guidance continues in the usual way.

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

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Icon for real-time traffic reports

Icon Description Traffic reports in the map

display

Warning (red)

Caution (yellow)

Traffic jam (speed &flow)

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Traffic jam on the route

N/A Entry type:

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.

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.

Traffic report list

warning

caution

Entry type: traffic jam on route (speed & flow)

Entry type: traffic jam on route

Traffic report

Entrytype: warning

Entrytype: caution

Entrytype: traffic jam on route (speed & flow)

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

Yellow line with arrows

Incidents Possible traffic blocks (e.g.

roadworks)

Appears on the side of theroad affected (arrows indicate direction of traffic flow)

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)

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.

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

List when route guidance is not active

The list shows all the roads, areas or regions for which reports are available.

fog.

To read a traffic report: select a road, an area or a region.

Traffic report list

Traffic report

N/A N/A

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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)

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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.

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.

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.

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 27).

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 Functionand 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 xbutton.

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 the 9button 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

Destination memory

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 the 9button 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 toconfirm.

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

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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 willsee 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 109).

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 the 9button 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 the 9button to confirm.

Select From Last Destinations and press the 9 button to confirm. The list of previous destinations appears.

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Destination memory

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 112).

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 109). 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.

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Previous destinations

Select Destination in the navigation menu barusing the :=; buttons and press the 9button 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 asdescribed in the

"Entering characters" section (Y page 23).

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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 Position and 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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Map operation and settings

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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Map operation and settings

Unit of measurement = in the COMAND display depends on the selectionmade for 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.

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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.

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.

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).

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 operation and settings

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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Map operation and settings

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 the 9button 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

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on the digital map across all countries. However, not all points of interest are available in all countries. Asa result, 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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Additional settings

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 to 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 with the crosshair appears (option 1).

If you have 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.

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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 wish to set a new area to be avoided. The following illustration shows an example with two areas that are to be avoided.

To set the size of the square: press the

U or T button. The square is enlarged or reduced.

To confirm the setting: 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".

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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Additional settings

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 9 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, theprocess will be aborted.

"Record route" function

Switching the function on/off

To switch to 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 status, you 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 to 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.

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Off-road route memory menu

Select Off-road 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.

route memory used and

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 to 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 freeway information and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous status, you switch the option on O or off ª.

Deleting the route memory

To switch to 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 memory and 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, theprocess will be aborted.

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.

Compass function

You can see the current vehicle position and direction of travel in the compass view.

To switch to navigation mode: press the

Ø function button.

To show the menu: press the 9 button.

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Additional settings

Select Position in the navigation menu barusing the :=; buttons and press the 9 button to confirm.

Select Compass and press the 9 button to confirm. Depending on the previous status, you 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 aboutnew versions of the digital map can be obtained from an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. You can have the digital map updated there with a DVD, or you can update it yourself.

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.

Updating process

Insert the DVD (Y page 127). 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, COMAND starts updating the digital map.

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 effectand a progress bar.The

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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.

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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 thatthe mapupdate 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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Problems with the navigation system

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

The Navigation

unavailable message

appears.

COMAND has an integrated hard drive on which the digital map is stored.

To protect the hard drive 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 disk has a malfunction, COMAND can no longer access the map data in this area, for example when

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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 drive once more. The message will then reappear.

Consult an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Problem Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions

You see a message informing you that the

The DVD containing the digital map cannot be used for the update.

To confirm the message: press the 9 button.

DVD containing the

digital map is incompatible with the system software.

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 drive is faulty.

Consult an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

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COMAND features ............................... 94

General information ............................ 94

Telephony via the Bluetooth®inter-

face ....................................................... 95

Reception and transmission volume . 99

Telephone operation ......................... 100

Using the phone book ...................... 102

Using call lists ................................... 106

Using the address book ................... 108

Operating the telephone using the

multifunction steering wheel .......... 113

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General information

COMAND features

General information

Introduction

In the telephone function, telephony via

Telephone

Bluetooth®interface is available if a Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone is connected.

Using theBluetooth®interface and a suitable mobile phone, you can useCOMAND’s handsfree feature to download electronic business cards (vCards).

More detailed information on suitable mobile phones and on connecting Bluetooth®capable mobile phones to COMAND can be found on the Internet at http:// www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call the Mercedes-BenzCustomerAssistance Center under 1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) (USA), or Customer Relations under 1-800-387-0100 (Canada).

Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from using a cellularmobile 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.

Call disconnection 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.

you are using a mobile phone with "Twincard" and the mobile phone with the second SIM card is already logged into the network.

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 chooseto use the mobile phone while driving, please use the handsfree device and only use the mobile phone when weather, road, and traffic conditions permit.

Operating options

You can operate the telephone by:

the = and ; button or the 9 button on COMAND

the 6 or ~ button and the number keypad on COMAND

pressing the 6 or ~ button on the multifunction steering wheel

by speaking using the Voice Control System

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Telephony via the Bluetooth®interface

Unless stated otherwise, the descriptionsand illustrations in this section refer to COMAND.

Function restrictions

The telephone is not ready for use in the following situations:

if the mobile phone is not logged into a mobile phone network the telephone automatically tries to log on to 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 appearfor 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 numbers on 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-Benz Customer Assistance 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 (seethe 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

Telephone

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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Telephony via the Bluetooth®interface

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 9button to confirm. Then, select ¬.

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

Now enterthe same passcodein the mobile phone.

To enter in the mobile phone: if the Bluetooth®connection is successful, you will be prompted by the mobile phone to enterthe 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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Telephony via the Bluetooth®interface

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 mobile phone.

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Enter the passcode on the mobile phone

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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.