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Other functions (Ypage 35).
Touchpad
Alternatively, you can use the touchpad to
select and enter information (
Ypage 25).
Multifunction steering wheel
:Multifunction display
;Right control panel
=Left control panel
Left control panel
òRCalls up the main menu
9
:Press briefly:
RScrolls in lists
RSelects a menu or function
RIn the Radio/Mediamenu:
opens the track or station list
and selects a station, an audio
track or video scene
RIn the Telephonemenu:
switches to the phone book and
selects a name or a telephone
number
9
:Press and hold:
RScrolls quickly through all lists
RIn the Radio/Mediamenu:
selects a station, audio track or
video scene using rapid scrolling
RIn the Telephonemenu: starts
rapid scrolling if the phone book is open
aRIn all menus: confirms the selec-ted entry in the list
RIn the Radio/Mediamenu:
opens the list of available radio
sources and media
RIn the Telephonemenu:
switches to the phone book and
starts dialing the selected num-
ber
ñSwitches off the Voice Control Sys-
tem (see the separate operating
instructions)
%Press briefly:
RBack
RIn the Radio/Mediamenu: dese-
lects the track or station list or
list of available radio sources and
media
RHides display messages
RExits the telephone book/redial
memory
%Press and hold:
RCalls up the standard display in
the Trip
menu
Right control panel
~RRejects or ends a call
RExits the telephone book/redial
memory
6RMakes or accepts a call
RSwitches to the redial memory
24Overview
Overview and operation

Basic functions
Switching COMAND on/off
XPress thecontrol knob on the center
console to the right of the controller.
When you switch on COMAND, a warning
message will appear. COMAND calls up the
previously selected menu.
If you switch off COMAND, playback of the
current media source will also be switched
off.
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the volume for media sources
XTurn thecontrol knob on the center
console to the right of the controller.
or
XPress the WorX button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
The volume of the media source currently
selected changes.
Adjusting the volume for traffic
announcements and navigation
announcements
During traffic or navigation announcements:
XTurn thecontrol knob on the center
console to the right of the controller.
or
XPress the WorX button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
iYou can set the volume for navigation
announcements to be different from the
volume of the respective media source.
Adjusting the volume for phone calls
You can adjust the volume for hands-free
mode during a telephone call.
XTurn thecontrol knob on the center
console to the right of the controller.
or
XPress the WorX button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
iSetting the volume for the Voice Control
System voice output, see the separate
operating instructions.
Switching the sound on or off
Media source sound
XPress the 8button on the multifunction
steering wheel.
iIf the audio output is switched off, the
status line will show the 8symbol. If
you switch the media source or change the
volume, the sound is automatically
switched on.
iEven if the sound is switched off, you will
still hear navigation system announce-
ments.
Switching navigation announcements
off and on again
XTo switch off navigation announce-
ments: press the 8button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel during the
announcement.
The Spoken
drivingrecommendations
have been deactivated.message
appears.
XTo switch navigation announcements
back on: switch COMAND off and then on
again (
Ypage 30).
or
XStart a new route calculation (Ypage 65).
30Basic functions
Overview and operation

XTo switch to navigation mode:slide5
the controller.
XTo select Navi: turn and press the control-
ler.
The map displays the current vehicle posi-
tion or the navigation menu appears.
XIf the navigation menu appears, press the
controller.
The map shows the vehicle's current posi-
tion.
XTo show the menu: slide6the control-
ler.
XTo select +: turn and press the controller.
The navigation announcement is repeated.
iIf the Repeat Spoken Driving Recom‐
mendationsfunction has previously been
added as a favorite, you can alternatively
select the function using the favorites but-
ton (
Ypage 35).
Setting the volume manually
XDuring a navigation announcement, turn
the control knob.
iWhen you start the engine, the volume is
set to the lowest setting.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off
XTo switch off navigation announce-
ments: press the 8button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel during a naviga-
tion message.
XTo switch navigation announcements
back on: slide6the controller.
XTo select +: turn and press the controller.
COMAND automatically switches the naviga-
tion announcements back on when:
Ra new route is calculated.
Ryou switch COMAND on again or start the
engine.
A navigation message is given if the route is
recalculated during dynamic route guidance
due to new traffic reports (
Ypage 91).
Canceling/continuing route guidance
Canceling route guidance
XSlide 6the controller.
The menu is shown.
XTo select Destination: turn and press the
controller.
XSelect Cancel Active Route Guidance.
The blue route line is no longer shown on
the map.
Resuming route guidance
XSlide 6the controller.
The menu is shown.
XTo select Destination: turn and press the
controller.
XSelect Continue Route Guidance.
COMAND calculates the route.
Route information
Destination information
Route guidance87
Navigation
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Call disconnection while the vehicle is
in motion
A call may be disconnected if:
Rthere is insufficient network coverage in
certain areas.
Ryou move from one transmitter/receiver
area (cell) into another and no channels are
free.
Ryou use a SIM card that is not compatible
with the network available.
Operating options
You can operate the telephone by:
Rusing the controller by turning, pressing,
sliding1 or4
Rusing the touchpad (Ypage 25)
Rusing the 6or~ button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel
Rusing the Voice Control System (see the
separate operating instructions)
Unless stated otherwise, the descriptions and
illustrations in this section refer to COMAND.
Function restrictions
You may have to wait before using telephony via COMAND in the following situations:
Rwhen the mobile phone is switched off
Rif Bluetooth®is switched off on the mobile
phone
Rif the mobile phone has not logged on to a
mobile phone network
Rif the Bluetooth®function is switched off in
COMAND
The telephone automatically tries to log on to
a network. If no network is available, you may
not be able to make a " 911" emergency call.
If you attempt to make an outgoing call, the
No Service
message will appear for a short
while.
Telephone menu
:Mobile phone network provider
;Signal strength of the mobile phone net-
work
=Receiver icon ¢or¡
?Telephone menu character bar
ABluetooth®device name of the currently
connected mobile phone
BTo enter characters using the touchpad
CTo display the phone book
Symbols :to= and Aare not shown until
after a mobile phone has been connected to
COMAND. The symbols depend on your
mobile phone and your mobile phone network
provider. Further information on connecting a
mobile phone (
Ypage 114).
Symbol ;shows the current signal strength
of the mobile phone network. If all bars are
filled, you have optimum reception.
If the bars are not filled, you have very poor
reception or no reception at all.
iReceiver icon shows whether a call is
active/being connected ¡or not ¢.
Calls up the telephone menu
XTo show the main function bar: slide 5
the controller.
XTo select Phone: turn and press the con-
troller.
The telephone menu is displayed.
Showing the menu bar
XSlide 6the controller.
If the mobile phone connected supports the
MAP Bluetooth
®profile ( Message Access
Telephone menu113
Telephone
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XTo highlight the desired mobile phone in the
device list: turn the controller.
XTo selectG: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Reception VolumeorTrans‐
mission Volume: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select a volume setting: turn the con-
troller.
XTo accept changes: press the controller.
iIncorrect settings may have an impact on
the quality of calls.
Using the telephone
Accepting a call
XTo select Accept: press the controller.
or
XPress 6on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The call is accepted.
Additional functions available during a call
(
Ypage 120).
Adjusting the call volume (
Ypage 118).
Further information about ending a call
(
Ypage 123).
iYou can also accept the call by using a
voice command in the Voice Control Sys-
tem (see the vehicle Operator's Manual).
iIf the phone number of the caller is trans-
ferred, it appears in the display. If the
phone number is saved in the phone book,
the contact's name is also displayed. If the
phone number is not transferred, Unknown
is shown in the display.
Rejecting a call
XTo selectReject: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
or
XPress ~on the multifunction steering
wheel.
Making a call
Using the telephone menu
XTo show the main function bar: slide 5
the controller.
XTo select Phone: turn and press the con-
troller.
The telephone menu is displayed.
XTo select all numbers one after the other in
the telephone menu: turn and press the
controller each time.
XTo select win the telephone menu: turn
and press the controller.
The call is made.
Further information about ending a call
(
Ypage 123).
Using the touchpad
XTo display the main function bar: slide 5
the controller.
XTo select Phone: turn and press the con-
troller.
The telephone menu is displayed.
XTo select n: turn and press the control-
ler.
XDraw all the numbers on the touch-sensi-
tive surface one after another.
XTo select win the telephone menu: turn
and press the controller.
The call is made.
Further information about the touchpad
(
Ypage 27).
Using favorites
This function can be used when a telephone
number has been added as a favorite. Further
information about adding favorites
(
Ypage 35).
XPress the favorites button on the controller. The favorites are displayed.
XTo select a telephone number: turn the con-
troller.
XTo make a call: press the controller.
Using the telephone119
Telephone
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The calls are marked 1 and 2. The active call is
highlighted.
Switching between the calls
XTo select°1or°2: turn and press the
controller.
or
XPress 6on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The selected call is active. The other call is
on hold.
Ending the active call
XTo select ~in the telephone menu: turn
and press the controller.
or
XPress ~on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The other call is still on hold.
XTo activate the call on hold: select Resume.
The call on hold is activated. If you select
Hang Up
, the call on hold is also ended.
iOn some mobile phones, the call on hold
is activated as soon as the active call is
ended.
Conference call
You can interconnect active and held calls.
This permits several parties to hear one
another and speak with one another. This
function depends on your mobile phone net-
work provider and the mobile phone (see the manufacturer's operating instructions).
XAdd a call (Ypage 121).
or
XAnswer an incoming call (Ypage 122).
XTo select Conferencein the telephone
menu: turn and press the controller.
The new participant is included in the con-
ference call. Conference
is displayed in
the telephone menu.
Incoming call during an existing call
(call waiting)
The call waiting function depends on your
mobile phone network provider and your
mobile phone. Depending on the mobile
phone used, behavior when answering a call
may vary (see the manufacturer's operating
instructions).
Call waiting: if you receive a call while
already in a call, a message is shown. You also
hear a tone. You can decide whether to
accept or reject the call.
Accepting:
XTo select Accept: press the controller.
or
XPress 6on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The incoming call is active, the previously
active call is on hold. You can switch back
and forth between both calls (call waiting)
(
Ypage 121).
This is also the case if you accept the wait-
ing call using the Voice Control System (see
the separate operating instructions).
iDepending on the mobile phone, you may
also be able to accept the incoming call
(call waiting) on your mobile phone. This
function and behavior depends on your
mobile phone network provider and the
mobile phone (see the manufacturer's
operating instructions).
122Using the telephone
Telephone

Rejecting:
XTo selectReject: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
or
XPress ~on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The behavior after the call is rejected
depends on your mobile phone and mobile
phone network provider.
Option 1: The originally active call is con-
tinued and the incoming call is rejected.
Option 2: The originally active call is ended
and the incoming call is accepted.
Option 3: Both calls are ended.
Ending an active call
XTo select =in the telephone menu: turn
and press the controller.
or
XPress ~on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The active call is ended.
Mobile phone voice recognition
You can start or end voice recognition on your mobile phone with this function. Further infor-
mation on the voice recognition service; see
the manufacturer's operating instructions.
To start the mobile phone voice recogni-
tion:
XConnect the mobile phone to COMAND
(
Ypage 114).
XPress and hold the óbutton on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel for more than one second.
You can now use the mobile phone voice
recognition.
To end the mobile phone voice recogni-
tion:
XPress ñon the multifunction steering
wheel.
The mobile phone voice recognition is stop-
ped.
Phone book
Introduction
The telephone book displays the contacts
from the address book which have a phone
number.
The mobile phone's telephone book is auto-
matically displayed in COMAND after connec-
tion (default setting). You can deactivate
automatic calling up (
Ypage 132).
In the telephone book, you can:
RCreate new contacts (Ypage 125)
RAdd information to contacts (Ypage 125)
RSearch for contacts (Ypage 124)
RStore contacts (Ypage 126)
RDelete contacts (Ypage 126)
Further information on importing contacts
(
Ypage 132).
When you import, save, edit or add contacts,
they will be permanently saved in COMAND.
These contacts will remain there even when
you connect COMAND to a different mobile
phone. You can view these contacts even
without a mobile phone.
Calling up the phone book
Phone book123
Telephone
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XTo show the main function bar: slide5
the controller.
XTo select Phone: turn and press the con-
troller.
The telephone menu is displayed.
XTo select Namein the telephone menu: turn
and press the controller.
If the phone book contains contacts, they
will be displayed in alphabetical order. The character bar at the bottom of the display is
active.
You can now search for a contact
(
Ypage 124).
Further information on the symbols shown
(
Ypage 124).
iYou can also call up the phone book with
the multifunction steering wheel; see the
separate operating instructions.
Symbol overview
Sym-
bolExplanation
ÆContact that has been entered, edi-
ted or saved on COMAND.
\Contact with voice tag
These contacts have also been
assigned a voice tag. Voice tags are
available in vehicles with the Voice
Control System (see the vehicle
Operator's Manual).
ÃContact that was called up from a
mobile phone
¯Contact imported from the SD
memory card or USB device.
®Contact imported via the Blue-
tooth®interface.
Searching for a contact
Using the character bar
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XTo select characters: turn the controller
and press to confirm.
The first contact with the selected first
character is highlighted in the phone book.
If there are similar contacts, the next dif-
ferent character is shown. For example,
with contacts such as Jana
andJohn, the
beginnings of the names are identical. The
next different characters A
andOare
offered for selection.
XSelect the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con- firming with the controller each time.
XTo select ¬: turn and press the control-
ler.
The contacts in the phone book are dis-
played.
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The Gsymbol indicates that a contact con-
tains more than one phone number.
XTo select a contact with the Gsymbol:
turn the controller and press to confirm.
The phone numbers are displayed. The G
symbol changes to I.
Information about character entry
(
Ypage 32).
124Phone book
Telephone

Starting playback if the Bluetooth®
audio device has been stopped
During the search for mobile phones
(
Ypage 115), the connection with the Blue-
tooth®audio device is terminated. In the
Bluetooth®audio basic display (Ypage 198)
you will see the No Bluetooth Audio
Device Connectedmessage and the Con‐
nectLastUsedPlayermenu item cannot
be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth
®
audio device can be reconnected.
XTo select Start playback: Ì: slide6
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning.
XTo select Connect Last Used Player:
press the controller.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth
Audio Device Pausedmessage.
iIf there is an Internet connection and the
mobile phone that is connected only sup-
ports two Bluetooth
®profiles at the same
time, the Internet connection is interrup-
ted.
iThe connection to the Bluetooth®audio
device can also be interrupted if:
Rthe connected mobile phone only sup-
ports 2 Bluetooth®profiles at the same
time.
Ryou connect to the Internet using
COMAND (
Ypage 153).
Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth®audio devices. Some mobile phones impair function with
regard to the following criteria:
Rthe number of tracks that can be selected
Rthe time period until the next or previous
track is played
XSwitch the multifunction steering wheel to
the media menu (see the vehicle Operator's
Manual).
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a
track: press the 9or: button on
the multifunction steering wheel.
XRapid scroll: press and hold the 9
or : button on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel until the desired track is reached.
If you press and hold the 9or:
buttons, the rapid scrolling speed increa-
ses after a short time.
iIn rapid scroll, track names are not
shown, but instead only Track1, Track2 etc.
The playback times for the tracks played
are not displayed. This is available as an
optional function starting with AVRCP Ver-
sion 1.3. There is also no music search
option available with Bluetooth
®Audio.
Selecting playback options
If the Bluetooth®audio device supports the
corresponding function, the following options
are available:
RNormal Track Sequence: the tracks are
played in the normal order (e.g. track 1, 2, 3
etc.).
Audio data playback is determined by the
order in which the tracks are written to the
data medium. Alphabetical order is the
most common. Once all the tracks in a
folder have been played, the tracks in the
next folder are played.
RRandomTrackList: the current track list
is played in random order (e.g. 3, 8, 5 etc.).
RRandom Medium: all tracks on the data
medium are played in random order (e.g.
track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Bluetooth®audio mode199
Media
Z