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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where to find it  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Symbols   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
Operating safety  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMAND control unit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Screen displays  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multifunction display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the COMAND control unit 
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the volume  . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 16
Telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Entering a destination and 
calculating a route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting beeps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Radio operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching another system on . . . . . 28
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a station  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Multifunction display  . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Quick reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information on 
CD operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching another system on . . . . . 50
Track select  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a CD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Naming a CD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Muting CD playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multifunctional display . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting sound settings  . . . . . . . . 63
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
Subscribing to satellite radio  . . . . . 69
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Quick reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching another system on . . . . . 75
Changing the program category . . . 75
Selecting a station  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Displaying track information . . . . . . 81
Displaying station information  . . . . 82
Displaying service information . . . . 82
Sound settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Multifunction display  . . . . . . . . . . . 84 
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ContentsTelephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Important notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Multifunction display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Quick reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching telephone operation on  . 96
Switching telephone operation off  . 97
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Notebook  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Editing the phone book . . . . . . . . . 116
SMS function  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Activating  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reading SMS messages received . 122
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Telephone is ready for operation  . 125Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Calling a service number. . . . . . . . 126
Changing personal service 
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Changing the number for Roadside 
Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Important notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Quick reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Changing the navigation CD . . . . . 137
Destination input  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Menu overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switching the navigation system 
on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Entering destination address  . . . . 141
Continuing destination input. . . . . 146
Selecting a destination via 
the map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Entering Points of Interest  . . . . . . 155
Selecting the last destinations  . . . 159
Calculating a route  . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 162
Requesting destination and route 
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Beginning route guidance . . . . . . . 170
Turning onto a street. . . . . . . . . . . 172
Following the course of the road  . 173
Driving through an intersection. . . 173
Changing to map display. . . . . . . . 174
Mix of map and symbol display . . . 175
Altering the map scale  . . . . . . . . . 176
Selecting map orientation . . . . . . . 177
Marking a way point  . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Resetting functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Deviating from the calculated 
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 
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Driving on a non-digitized road . . . 186
Interrupting route guidance during 
a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Arriving at destination  . . . . . . . . . 188
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 189
Activating audio functions  . . . . . . 189
Canceling route guidance . . . . . . . 191
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Retrieving a destination from 
the destination memory . . . . . . . . 192
Saving the current destination . . . 193
Saving the current vehicle 
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 196
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 197
Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Entering the vehicle location  . . . . 198
Calibration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Info Services*/System settings. . . 201
Info Services*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Requesting and displaying 
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
 System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Activating the main settings menu 205
Adjusting the brightness. . . . . . . . 206
Activating settings menu  . . . . . . . 206
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 207
Setting date and time . . . . . . . . . . 208
Switching beep tones on and off  . 215
Setting the display dimming 
characteristics 
(day and night display) . . . . . . . . . 216
Resetting all settings to the 
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Auxiliary audio source  . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source 
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching auxiliary audio source 
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 
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1
Where to find itIntroduction
 Where to find itThis Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the 
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its 
own guide color to provide fast access to 
information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of 
all COMAND control elements and system 
components. If you are operating 
COMAND for the first time or if you have 
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the 
chapter you should read first.Audio
Here you will find all the information on 
how to use the radio, cassette player*, CD- 
player, CD changer*, and adjust the audio 
system settings.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how 
to select a station and a program category.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the 
many functions of the telephone, SMS, 
how to initiate an emergency call and use 
service numbers.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information 
on the following topics:
Destination input
Route selection and calculation
Route guidance including detour
Destination memory
Info Services* and System settings
This chapter provides information on how 
to:
Request and display info services such 
as news, weather, stocks and sports
Adjust COMAND system settings
Directories
The glossary explains the most important 
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory 
will help you quickly locate the information 
you need. 
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2 IntroductionSymbols
 SymbolsYou will find the following symbols in these 
operating instructions:
*  The asterisk identifies optional 
equipment. Since not all models 
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system equip-
ment may deviate from some 
descriptions and illustrations.
This symbol points to instructions for 
you to follow.
A number of these symbols appearing 
in succession indicates a multiple-step 
procedure.
 The continuation symbol 
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued 
on the next page.
(
page 3)  This symbol tells you where 
to look for further infor-
mation on this subject.
->  This symbol is used in the 
glossary. It indicates that  
the term immediately follo-
wing the symbol is also exp-
lained in the glossary. 
Display 
Words appearing in the mul-
tifunction display are prin-
ted in the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to ha-
zards that may endanger your health or life, 
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in 
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you 
may find useful.
 
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5 At a glance
COMAND control unit
Multifunction display
Quick reference COMAND 
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7 At a glance
COMAND control unit
/
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on 
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation 
system on
Quick reference
140
134
3
CD drive for an audio or a 
navigation CD
4
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
176
5
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
176
6
Route guidance is active:
Switching between map 
and symbol display or ac-
tivating the map
Route guidance is 
not active:
Activating the location 
map
174
167
7
Selecting a detour during 
route guidance
181
8
Requesting destination 
and route information
165
9
Muting of:
Audio source
Voice output during 
route guidance
28
171
a
Setting the display dim-
ming characteristics 
(day and night display)
216
b
Ejecting an audio or a na-
vigation CD
45
c
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code 
Entering the telephone 
number
 
30
34
51, 53
96
100
Function
Page
Navigation (Destination 
input):
Selecting destination via 
the map
149
d
Subsequent dialing
Displaying a long list en-
try in full in a window
Removing a window
102
145
145
e
Subsequent dialing
102
f
From within a system:
Return to the previous 
menu
Telephone:
Ending a call
99
Function
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9 At a glance
COMAND control unit
Screen displays include:
Main system menus, e.g. the main ra-
dio menu
Lists for the selection of entries, 
e.g. the city list (
page 20)
Input menus, e.g. during destination 
input (
page 19)
Selection menus, e.g. during route 
calculation (
page 21)
Symbol display (
page 21) or map 
(
page 150) in navigation
Pop-up windows (
page 189)Main menu structure
Main radio menu1Status line, displays active system 
2Station frequency and function that 
has been switched on
3Menu fields to call further menus or 
functions
4Symbol barStatus line and symbol bar 
Screen displays
P82.85-9059-31
1
23
4
Symbols
Status line
FM1
AM, WB
SAT, CD, 
TEL, NAV, 
SVC, SYS, 
AUX
Symbol bar
>
M 
Meaning
The radio is switched on in 
FM Band; the current sta-
tion has been saved in me-
mory location 1 in the FM 
preset menu
AM or Weather Band WB
The corresponding system 
is active
Reception strength of the 
mobile phone
Incoming SMS message
1
1 if available from carrier 
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10 At a glanceCOMAND control unitPop-up screen messages
Battery voltage gets low
You can still operate COMAND without the 
engine running.You will see the message “Caution. Please 
start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut 
down in 3 minutes”.
Start the engine.
You will see the message “Caution. Please 
start engine. Otherwise COMAND will shut 
down in 10 seconds”.
Start the engine.
You will see the message “Caution. 
COMAND will shut down now”.
Start the engine.Transmitting an emergency call 
via Tele Aid*
Refer to the vehicle operating instructions 
for information regarding the operation of 
the Tele Aid emergency call system and on 
how to transmit an emergency call.
You will see the message “Tele Aid active”.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to remove the window.
COMAND will mute an audio source or one 
of the two service sources Voice output in 
navigation or Voice control system.
iThe symbol bar appears in all system 
main menus.
For symbol and map displays in naviga-
tion:
The symbol bar appears on the left hand 
side of the display and shows different 
symbols.!To prevent the car battery from running 
down, you will be receiving two mes-
sages asking you to start the engine 
when battery power gets low.
iIf you do not start the engine, you can 
continue using COMAND until the next 
message appears. 
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11 At a glance
Multifunction display
 Multifunction display
The starter switch must be in position 1 or 
2. Refer to vehicle operating instructions.
You can operate the following systems 
with steering wheel buttons 4 and 5:
Radio
CD (CD changer and CD drive)
Auxiliary audio source, e.g. tape recor-
der (
page 218)
Telephone
For more detailed information, refer to 
“Multifunction display” in the chapters dis-
cussing the radio, CD, and telephone ope-
ration.
1
2
5
3
4
P82.85-9290-31
Function
1
Multifunction display in speedo-
meterOperating the control system
2
Adjusting the volume
I lowers the volume
J raises the volume
3
Making a call
K Accept incoming call or 
starts dialing
L End a call or end Tele Aid
4
Switching between menu sys-
tems
E next system
H previous system
5
Moving within a menu system
F next display
G previous displayFunction