key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2004 W211 Comand Manual

27 At a glance
Menu system
Exiting from submenus
You can exit the current submenu by
pressing the Back soft key. The display
switches to the next higher menu level.
The system does not accept setting modi-
fications which have not been stored.
There are exceptions where pressing the
Back soft key will also store new settings.
These exceptions, whenever applicable,
are referenced on the following pages.

28 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDSwitching ON 
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2,
or

Press .
COMAND switches on the last active
system and displays the corresponding
menu.
Switching OFF

Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0 and remove it,
or

Press .Different volume settings are possible for
navigation*, telephone*, or Voice con-
trol*.
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, CD changer*, AUX and
Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
iThe system can be operated as follows:
from COMAND itself, or

from the multifunction steering
wheel
This operating manual describes oper-
ation from COMAND and from the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
Unless otherwise specified, the de-
scriptions and the displays illustrated
relate to the COMAND control unit.
Switching ON/OFF
iWithout the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
iIf a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF, is disabled.Volume

30 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDSetting balance/fader
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Bal/Fad soft key.
The Balance/Fader menu is displayed.
Now you can set the balance and the
fader (
page 30).
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti-
cal line indicates the balance setting.
The horizontal line indicates the fader
setting.

Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the desired balance,
or

Press or :
The cursor moves vertically, adjusting
the fader.
Storing new settings:

Press or the Back soft key,
or

wait until the display changes.For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:

Radio (FM waveband)

Radio (AM waveband)

Radio (Weather Band)

Single CD

CD changer*

AUX

Satellite radio*

Navigation*
Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 99).
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
i Using  and , the cursor can be
moved simultaneously in vertical and
horizontal direction (diagonally).
Bass and treble

31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Storing new settings:

Press or the Back soft key,
or

wait until the display changes.If the vehicle is equipped with a sound sys-
tem*, the sound functions are available for
the following operating modes:

Radio

Single CD

CD changer*

AUX

Satellite radio*
Different sound functions* can be activat-
ed for each one of the operating modes
listed above.
Example:
For CD mode: the LOGIC7 Surround func-
tion,
for Satellite radio* mode: the Speech
function.The following sound functions are avail-
able:

Default Settings:
Resets the sound functions* to the fac-
tory setting.

Standard:
Normal stereo playback.

Speech:
Playback optimized for speech compre-
hension.

LOGIC7 Surround:
7-channel-surround playback (not for
mono-sources like AM waveband or
Weather Band in radio mode).
Switching sound functions* ON

Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Sound soft key.
Sound functions*


34 AudioAudio main menu
Press
.
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus ap-
pears, press the Back soft key as
often as necessary until the Audio
main menu appears,
or

Press
again.Various audio sources can be selected in
the Audio main menu.

Radio soft key
Station settings for WB, FM, and AM
wavebands appear (
page 35)

CD softkey
The Single CD main menu appears
(page 44)

CDC softkey
The CD changer* main menu appears
(page 54)

AUX soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 60)Switching the mute function ON:

Press .
The system is switched to mute.
Switching the mute function OFF:

Press again,
or

Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or

Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
The audio source heard is the one se-
lected before the mute function was
activated.
Opening the Audio main menu
Selectable soft keysiThe Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing (
page 61).
Mute functioniThe mute function is still activated if
the system is switched off and then on
again.

35 Audio
Radio operation

Radio operation

Open the Audio main menu
(page 34).

Press the Radio soft key.
The Radio main menu appears. The sta-
tion last tuned to will begin to play. In this example:

Weather Band

Channel 1 = current station

Press the FM/AM soft key in the Radio
main menu.
Alternatingly the Radio main menu for
the FM or AM wavebands appears. The
station last tuned to will begin to play.The waveband is indicated in the center
of the status bar.
In this example:

FM = FM waveband

1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
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 audio system only when
road, weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.Switching to radio mode
Switching wavebands

37 Audio
Radio operation

Pressk:
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
Tuning via station presets
Ten presets each are available for FM and
AM. The presets are accessed using the
number keypad, or via the Memory menu.
Accessing via number keypad:

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press one of the number keys

- :
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu:

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.

Use , ,  or  to choose a
preset and press,
or

Press one of the number keys

- .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this No.
Tuning via Autostore presets
The Autostore function allows placing of
stations into the presets sorted by recep-
tion quality (
page 41). The system will store the station with the
strongest signal in preset 1.
Ten presets each are available for FM and
AM.

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears. It
can take several seconds until all fre-
quencies are displayed.


38 AudioRadio operation
Use , ,  or  to choose a
preset and press.
or

Press one of the number keys

- .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:

Scan search plays each receivable sta-
tion for approx. 8 seconds.

Scan search can be ended manually.

The scan search automatically stops at
the station listened to before the scan
search was started.
Starting scan search

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press the Scan soft key.
Scanning begins.
Ending Scan search manually

Press the Scan soft key again.Manual tuning

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press or  to scroll up or
down. Press and hold the button for at
least 2 seconds.
Manual tuning is activated.

Keep the button pressed or release it
and keep tapping it in quick succes-
sion.
The frequency will change by the tuning
increments for the respective wave-
band each time the button is pressed
or for as long as the button is pressed
and held.
Manual tuning is deactivated if the but-
ton is not pressed for approx. 3 sec-
onds.
iScan search performs two runs.
During the first run, stations with ex-
tremely good reception are played.
During the second run, stations with
weaker reception are played.

39 Audio
Radio operation
Tuning via direct frequency input
Entry example:
98.5 MHz in FM waveband
Switch to the FM waveband
(page 35).

Press.The frequency input display appears.
The frequency range of the FM wave-
band is shown.

Press the number buttons in
succession:, , and .
Each number entered appears in the
display.
The system tunes to the frequency en-
tered (in this example: 98.5 Mhz).
The FM menu appears with a brief de-
lay.Tuning via station search
Seven channels are available on the
Weather Band.
Tuning using COMAND control unit

Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the WB soft key in the Radio main
menu (
page 35).
iManual tuning is also possible in all
wavebands by pressing or .
The frequency will change by the tuning
increments for the respective wave-
band each time one of the buttons is
pressed.
Frequency increments for manual
tuning:
FM 0.2 MHz

AM 10 kHz
iEntries outside the frequency range are
not possible.
Within the AM waveband, the input is
restricted to frequencies within the re-
spective frequency increment, which
is10 kHz.
The system will select the nearest valid
frequency if a frequency outside the
frequency increment is entered.Tuning to a station on Weather Band


40 AudioRadio operation
The system will tune to the strongest
receivable station.

Press or.
Search begins in ascending or
descending frequency.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.

Press one of the number keys

- !.
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.

Press WB soft key again.
The system again tunes to the stron-
gest receivable station. The tuned-in
station may be a different one. Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to audio display
(page 23).

Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.
Ten presets each are available for the
FM and AM waveband.
The following options are available:

Storing manually using number keys

Storing manually using the Presets
menu

Storing using Autostore Storing manually using the number
keys
- 

Tune to the station to be stored
(page 36).

Press a number key between
and
 and hold it for more than 2 sec-
onds.
The station is now stored in the respec-
tive memory location.
Storing manually using the Presets
menu

Tune to the station to be stored
(page 36).

Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Storing stations