MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual

20 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements

21 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 
Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
89
85
85
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
FunctionPage
3 - 
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
87
88
92
95
4 , , , 
Selection buttons
5 
Confirmation
FunctionPage
6 
Answering calls
Redialing
91
92
7 
Ending or refusing a call
91
8 
Switching ON/OFF
30
9 
Volume adjustment
30

22 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 
Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
110
134
2 
Switching map display
134
3 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4 , , , ,,

Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
FunctionPage
5 
Confirmation
6Navigation computer107
7Navigation DVD slot107
8 
Cancelling navigation an-
nouncements
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
131
131
FunctionPage
9 
Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
131
131
a 
Ejecting navigation DVDs
107
b 
Switching ON/OFF
30
c 
Volume adjustment
30

24 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
2 Volume setting:
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
30
30
3 Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
91
92
91
4 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
25
25
FunctionPage
5 Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
Single CD and CD chang-
er* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
38
38
68
68
5Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
78
78
5Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
95
95

25 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display to the re-
spective system if you wish to operate the
system using the buttons on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
one of the following, Radio, Single CD,
MP3, CD changer*, Satellite radio* or
Telephone* display appears in the mul-
tifunction display of the instrument
cluster.
Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequencySingle CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current track
MP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current trackCD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel name
Selecting the multifunction display

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Telephone* operation
Either the main display, or a list appears on
display.
Telephone main display:
In the list screen, instead of the
READY mes-
sage, either a phone book entry or one of
the last 10 outgoing calls will be displayed.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.

27 At a glance
Menu system

Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, CD changer* and
AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
Service
Opening main menus
Audio (page 36):
Press .
Satellite radio* (page 73):
Press .
Telephone* (page 89):
Press .
Navigation* (page 110):
Press .
Service (page 157):
Press .
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status barThe functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key sec-
tions 1.
Messages or settings are displayed in the
main area 2.
The settings can be changed by operating
controls accordingly.
The status bar 3 is divided into three ar-
eas.
Left side:
The selected operating mode is given. In
this example: Radio
i
A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.

28 At a glance
Menu system
Center:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
FM = selected waveband
1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
Right side:
General status information is displayed, re-
gardless of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
ROAMING = telephone* is logged into a
mobile communications network out-
side your home network.
 = telephone* signal strengthMenu functions and submenus
Using the soft keys, you can switch func-
tions ON or OFF, or open submenus.
Example: Radio main menu:
The Scan soft key switches the scan
search ON or OFF.
The Autost. soft key opens the submenu
for the Autostore settings.In some situations, soft keys may not have
any function and thus not be available.
Should a soft key not be available, it will
appear shaded out, its characters will ap-
pear white.
Example:
Presets, Scan and Autost. soft key.

29 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.