MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2005 W203 Comand Manual

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. This will help you derive
a greater benefit from the system. Please
also follow the instructions and warnings
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
could result in damage to the vehicle or
personal injury to you or others.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND system
equipment may differ. Therefore, you may
find explanations for optional equipment
not installed in your vehicle. If you have
any questions about the operation of any
equipment, your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate
the proper procedures. We continuously strive to improve our pro-
duct and ask for your understanding that
we reserve the right to make changes in
design and equipment. Therefore, informa-
tion, illustrations and descriptions in this
manual might differ from the equipment in-
stalled in your vehicle. As such, the infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be reaso-
nably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 49
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 61
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the program category . . . 63
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 66
Displaying service information . . . . 67
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching telephone operation on . 74
Switching telephone operation off . 74
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching to telephone operation . 78

Contents
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . . 98
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . . 99Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating the Enter street menu . 100
Selecting the state/province . . . . 101
Entering destination address . . . . 102
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 113
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 115
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Recalculating an existing route . . . 115
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Arriving at destination. . . . . . . . . . 119
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 120
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 121
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selecting a detour. . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Saving the current location . . . . . . 128
Defining route guidance displays . 128Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Last destinations memory. . . . . . . 134
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 135
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selecting a POI on the map. . . . . . 141
Entering a POI by phone number . 142
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Activating the Service
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Reading SMS message received . . 154

Contents
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 155
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 155
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting the time zone . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 161
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . 162
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 163
Resetting all settings to
the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Contents

7
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, CD player and CD
changer*.
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, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route guidance including detour

Last destinations and destination
memory

POIs

Today’s plan
Service
Here you will find all the information about:
SMS*

Tele Aid*
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to 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.

8 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 9) 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
Messages, menu items or
soft key names appearing in
the COMAND color display
are printed 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.


9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
Warning
G
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
radio*, telephone* and navigation module
are interconnected. When one of the com-
ponents is not operational or has not been
removed/replaced properly, the function of
other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
only by qualified personnel.
Warning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 44 feet (approxima-
tely 14 m) 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 encoura-
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
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. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

10 IntroductionOperating safety