display MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2011 W204 Comand Manual

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cle equi pmen t
i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Display
settings Setting
thebrightness
The brightn essdetect edbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoptions forthis
funct ion.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Display andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Brightness andpress Wto
conf irm. :
The needle pointstothe current setting
X Adjust thebrightn essbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. Display
design
Your COMAND displayfeatures optimized
designs foroperation duringdaytime and
nightt imehours. Youcancustomiz ethe
design tosuit your personal preferenc esby manually
selecting dayornight design oropt
for anautomatic setting.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Display andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select DayMode, Night Modeor
Automatic byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The äicon indicates thecurrent setting. Design Explanat
ion Day
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto day
design. Night
Mode The
display isset
permanent lyto night
design. Automatic The
display design
changes, depending on
the vehicle instrument
cluster illumination. i
When theAutomatic settingisselected,
COMAND evaluatesthereadings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switches betweenthedisplay designs
automatically. Time
settings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS reception ,COMAND
automatically setsthetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minute
increm ents,but thedate cannotbe changed.
i Ifyou setthe time in30- minute
increm ents,any time zonesett ings and
sett ings forchanging betweensummerand
standard timearelost (Ypage 39). 38
Tim
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Sel ect Settingsbyturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect TextRea der Speedand pressW
to confi rm.
Al ist appears. The#dot indic ates the
curr entsetting.
X Selec ta set tingby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . Voice
ControlSyst emsett ings Activa
ting/d eactivating thehelp
window
In additio ntothe audib leinstr uctions, the
help window willshow youother inform ation
during voicecontroloperation andthe
individuali zationprocess.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Linguatronic andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select HelpWindow andpress Wto
conf irm.
You have switched thehelp window on
O oroff ª. Individualiza
tion
Introdu ction You
canusetheindividuali zationfunctionto
fine tune theVoice Control System toyour
voice andtherefor eimprove voice
recogn ition.However, thiswillaffect the
system's abilitytorecogn izethe voices of
other users. Forthis reason thisfunct ioncan
be switched off(Ypage 41).
<001E000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV consistsof two parts and
lasts about fiveminutes. Itinvolves training
the system usingacert ainnumber of
numerical sequences andvoice comman ds.
Star ting new individualiza tion It
is only possible tostart individuali zation
when thevehicle isstation ary.Before
start ing,switch offalldevices orfunct ions
which couldinterfere,such asthe radio orthe
navigation system.Afterstart ingthe session,
the system guidesyouthrough thetrainin g
with spoken instructions.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Linguatronic andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Start NewIndividualiz ation
and press Wtoconf irm.
You seeand hear aprompt askingwhether
you would likefurther informat ion.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No,the first part of
individuali zationbegins. Youhear aprompt
asking whether youwould liketotrain the
system innumbers orinvoice comman ds.
Aft erselecting Yes,youseeaninformat ion
display andhear informat ionregarding the
individuali zationprocess. Thefirst part of
individuali zationthenbegins automatically. 40
Voice
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To clos ethe display :pre ssW the
CO MAND controller.
Yo uhea raprompt askingwhether you
would liketotrain thesystem innumbers
or invoice comm ands. At
the end ofthe first part, youwillsee a
prompt askingwhether youwish tobegin the
secon dpart.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtocon firm.
If you select No,<0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV willbe
canc eled. Thedata from thefirst part is
stor edautomatic ally.
If you select Yes,thesecon dpart willbegin.
Indiv idualization iscomplet edatthe end of
the secon dpart. Youwillsee amessage to
this effec t.The data from thesecon dpart is
stor edautomatic ally. Canceling
thefirst orsecond partof
individ ualization X
Conf irmCanc elbypress ingWthe
COMAN Dcon troller.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really dowish tocancel.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes,individuali zationwillbe
canceled. Thedata from thepart canceled
is not stored.
If you select No,the current partbegins
again.
Dele ting existing individualiza tiondata X
Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Linguatronic andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Delete Individualiz ationand
press Wtoconf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtodelete.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No,the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes,theindividuali zationis
deleted. Youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
<00350003001400090016000100140009000E0007002100040005000100030014
0009001600010014F ing
individualiza tion X
Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Linguatronic andpress Wto
conf irm. Voice
Control System settings
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Sel ect Individua lizationOnand press
W toconfi rm.
Yo uha ve switche dind ividu aliza tion onO
or off ª. Blue
tooth®
se tting s Gen
eral informati onabo ut
Blue tooth®
Blu etoo th®
-cap ablede vice s,e.g. mob ile
pho nes, mustcomply withacert ainprofile in
order tobe conn ected toCOMAND. Every
Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown specific
Bluetooth ®
name.
Bluetooth ®
techn ology isthe standard for
short- range wireless datatrans mission ofup
to approximately 10meters. Bluetooth ®
can
be used toexchan gevCards, forexample.
Bluetooth ®
is aregistered trademark ofthe
Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group (SIG)Inc. Conditions
foraBluet ooth ®
connection
You canconnectmobile phones andlaptops
with COMAND.
To do so, the following conditionsneed tobe
met:
R Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, needtocomply withacert ain
profile (Ypage 99)inorder tobe
conn ected toCOMAND. EveryBluetooth ®device
hasitsown specific Bluetooth ®
name.
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe respect iveBluetooth ®
device;
see theseparate operating instructions.
R the Bluetooth ®
device mustbe"visible" to
COMAND inorder forCOMAND tofind and
display it.For thesettingprocedures,
please seetheoperating instructions for
the Bluetooth ®
device.
i Once amobile phonehasbeen
conn ected, reception andtrans mission
volume maychange. <00350003001400090016000100140009000E0007002100040005000100030014
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ingBluetooth ®
X Press theSbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Bluetooth andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth andpress
W toconf irm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on O oroff ª. Connec
tingBluetooth ®
devices
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
device with
COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed to
conn ectit.
Connect ingcomprises:
R searching foraBluetooth ®
device
R subsequently authorizingit
i You canconn ectuptoten devices to
COMAND.
You canobtain moredetailed information
about suitable mobilephones andabout
conn ectin gBluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones toCOMAND onthe Internet at 42
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings
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To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys insequence.
¬ ishighlighted afterthefirst number
has been entered.
or
X Select thedigits onebyone byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
X To confirm anentry inCOMAND: select
¬ using theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X En ter the same passcode intothe
Bluetoot h®
device (seetheoperatin g
inst ruct ions forthe respect ivedevice).
The device isauthoriz ed. Externa
laut horiz ation
If COMAND doesnotdetec tyour
Bluetoot h®
device, thismay bedue to
particular securitysett ings onyour
Bluetoot h®
device. Inthis case, check
whether yourBluetoot h®
device canlocate
the COMAND system.TheBluetoot h®
device
name ofCOMAND is"MB Bluetoot h".
X In the Bluetoot h®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Select Options bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Externa lAuthori zationand
press Wtocon firm.
X Start the Bluetoot h®
scan process onthe
Bluetoot h®
device (seeoperatin g
inst ruct ions ofthe respect ivedevice).
X Select COMAND ("MBBluetoot h").
X When prompt ed,enterthe passcode onthe
Bluetoot h®
device andthen onCOMAND . Displaying
thedeta ilsofa
Bluet ooth®
device
X In the Bluetoot h®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Select Options bysliding VYandpress
W tocon firm.
X Select Details andpress Wtocon firm.
The detailed displayforthis device
appears.
X To close thedeta iledview: turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller. De-aut
horizing(de-r egistering) a
Bluet ooth®
device
Mercedes- BenzUSA ,LLC recom mends that
you de-author izedevices, e.g.mobile phones,
both inCOMAND andonthe respect ive
Bluetoot h®
device itself.Subsequent
authoriz ationmayother wisefail.
X In the Bluetoot h®
device list,select the
authoriz eddevice byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Select Options bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select De-Auth orizeandpress Wto
con firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtorevoke authorization forthis
device.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes,theauthorization forthe
device willberevoked.
If you select No,the process willbeaborted.
i IfaBluetooth ®
device hasbeen de-
authorized andisno longer inrange, itwill
no longer beshown inthe Bluetooth ®
device listafter thenext search. 44
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language settings
This funct ionallow syou todetermine the
language forthe menu display sand the
nav igati on mes sage s.The selecte dlangu age
af fects thecharacters availabl e for entry .
If yo ucha nge thesystem langu age, the
la ngu agefor the VoiceControl System willbe
al so be cha nge d.Ifthe selecte dlangu ageis
not supp orte dby the VoiceControl System,
"Eng lish" willbe selecte d.
X Pre ssthe Sbutton.
X Sel ect Languageand pressW toconfi rm.
The list of langu ages appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the current setting.
X Sel ect the langu ageby turning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
CO MAND load sthe selecte dlangu ageand
sets it. Res
etfun ction
Yo ucan resetCO MAND tothe factory
setti ngs. Among otherthings, thiswilldelete
all personal data(e.g.station presets,
address bookentries, entriesinthe
destination memoryandinthe listofprevious
destinations inthe navigation system).
Resetting isrecommen dedbefore sellingor
transf erring ownership ofyour vehicle, for
example.
Data onthe intern alhard drive, e.g.music
files inthe MUSIC REGISTER, willnotbe
deleted. Youcandelete thesemusic files
from theMUSIC REGISTER usingthe"Delete
all music files"(Ypage 140)function.
X Press theSfunct ionbutton.
X Select Settings byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . X
Select Resetandpress Wtoconfirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to reset.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No,the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes,aprompt willappear again
asking whether youreally wishtoreset.
X Select YesorNo and press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes,amessage willbeshown.
COMAND isreset andrestart ed.
If you select No,the process willbeaborted. Reset
function
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i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Introdu
ction Safety
notes G
War
ning
For safety reasons, onlyenter adestination
when thevehicle isstation ary.When the
vehicle isin motion ,ap assen gershoul dent er
th edest ination.Stud yma nua land select
rou tebefor edri vin g.
Bea rin mi nd tha tat asp ee dof jus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond.
COMA NDcalc ulate sth erout etothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way-signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges G
War
ning
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofaone-way roadhasbeen
reversed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtraffic rulesand
regulations duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave priority
overthenavigation commands
generated bythe system. G
War
ning
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system The
navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestor ed.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactive above avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe
fact that certainmenu itemsaregrayed out
and cann otbe select ed. 48
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following entries arenot possible, for
example:
R ent ering thedestinat ioncity and street
R ent ering adestinat ionviathe map
R ent ering inthe vicinit yof acity orvia a
name search
R editing entries
R direct entryusing thenumber keypad
Other entries arestill possible, suchas
ent ering points ofinter estinthe vicinit yof the
destinat ionorcurren tposition. Switching
tonavigation mode
X Press thegfunct ionbutton .
or
X Select Naviinthe main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, youwillsee themap either
with orwithout themenu shown. Map
showing themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Stat usbar
; Main functionbar
= Current vehicleposition
? Navigation menubar Map
without themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Current vehicleposition
; Map orientat ionselected
= Map scale selected
"Route guidance active"meansthatyouhave
enter edadestination andthat COMAND has
calculated theroute. Thedisplay showsthe
route, changes ofdirection andlane
recomm endations. Navigation
announc ementsguide youtoyour
destination .
"Rou teguidance inactive"meansthatno
destination hasbeen enteredand that no
route hasbeen calculated. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen
menu itemisshown, pressWtoconf irm.
The map canbeseen inthe full-screen
display .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller when themap isshown infull-
screen . Introdu
ction
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Ent
erin gdest inations Intr
odu ction todest inationinput G
Wa
rning!
For safe tyreas ons,on lyent eranew
dest inationwhen theveh icle isstatio nary.
You couldot her wise bedist ractedfrom the
tr aff iccon dition s,caus ean acc iden tand
inj ure yours elfand other s.
The followin gdest inationinputopt ionsare
available :
R en terin gadest inationbyaddre ss
R en terin gadest inationfrom thedest ination
mem ory
R en terin gadest inationfrom thelist oflast
dest inations
R en terin gadest inationusin gthe map
R enterin gan intermediate stop
R enterin gapoint ofinterest
R enterin gadestination using"Search &
Send" (Ypage 185) Entering
adesti nation byaddress
Intr odu ction When
enterin gan addre ssas thedest ination,
you have thefollo wing options:
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/ZI Pcod e
and street
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/ZI Pcod e
and center
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/ZI Pcod e,
st reet andhouse number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/ZI Pcod e,
st reet andinters ect ion
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street ,cit y
and house number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street and
house number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street and
int ers ect ion i
You canonlyent erthose cities, street s,
ZIP codesetc. that are stored inthedigit al
map. Thismean sth at for som ecoun tries
you cannote nter ZIP cod es,forexa mpl e.
Ex ample :entering anadd ress The
following isastep- by-step example of
how toent eran address. Thedestin ation
address isas follows:
New York (state)
New York (city)
40 Broadway
You canofcourse enterany count ry,city,
str eet and house number desiredandenter,
for example, yourhome address (My
address).
Calling upthe address entry menu X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
g func tion button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destina tionbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Address Entryandpress Wto
con firm.
The address entrymenu appears. Ifyou
have previously entered adestin ation, this
will beshown inthe display. Address
entrymenu Entering
destinations
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X Sele ctan entry byturning cVdthe
COM AND controll er.
X Irresp ective ofthe option,pres sW to
confirm your sel ection.
The addres sentry menu reappe ars. The
hou senumb erhas now beenentere d.
Starti ngroute calcula tion Yo
ucan now have CO MAND calcul ate the
rou teto the addre ssente redorsave the
ad dre ssfirst, e.g.asyour home address (My
address) (Ypage 54). Address
entrymenu withdestination address
: Destinat ionaddress
; Start ingroute calcula tion
X In the address entrymenu, confirm Start
by pressing W.
If no other routehasbeen calcula ted,route
calcula tionstarts immediately (Option1).If
another routehasalrea dybeen calcula ted
(route guidanceisactive), aprompt
appea rs(option 2). Option
1–n orou teguid ance active: route
calc ulatio nstarts. Wh ile rou tecal culatio nis
in progr ess,anarrow willindic atethe
direc tiontoyour destination. Below this,you
will see amess age,e.g.Calc ulatingFast
Rout e....
Onc ethe rout ehas been calculated, route
guidanc ebegin s.Ifthe vehic leistravelin gon
a non -digit izedroad, thesyst emdisplays the
linear distanceto the dest ination, the
direc tionofthe dest inationand theOff
Mapp edRoad message.Inthis case, the
display willbegrayed out.
Opt ion 2–rou teguid ance isalr ead y
act ive: ifrout eguidanc eis already active, a
prom ptwill appear askingwhet heryou wish
to ter min ate the curr entlyact ive rout e
guidanc e.
X Selec tYes orNo and press Wtocon firm .
If you selec tYes, COMA NDwill stop rout e
guidanc eand start rout ecalc ulation forthe
new destination.
If you selec tNo, COMA NDwill continue
with theactive rout eguidanc e.
i Route calculation takesacer tain amoun t
of tim e.The timedepen dson the distance
fro mt hedestination, forexample.
COMAND calculates theroute using the
digital mapdata.
The calculated routemaydiffer fromthe
ideal route, e.g.due toroadwork or
incomplete mapdata. Please alsoobserve
the notes about thedigital map
(Y page 92).
Entering andsaving yourhome address You
caneither enteryourhome address for
the first time (option 1)or edit apreviously
stored homeaddress (option2).
X Option 1:enter theaddress, e.g.acity,
street andhouse number (Ypage 52).
X Once youhave entered theaddress, select
Save inthe address entrymenu byturning 54
Entering
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