change wheel MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening the Audio main menu . . . . 36
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 38
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 42
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 44
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 45
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 50
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 51
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 52
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 53
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 60
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . . 61
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . . 61
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 66
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11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND
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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
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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
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30 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Switching 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, MP3, 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.
i
The 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
i
Without the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
i
If a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF, is disabled.
Volume
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31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting the volume
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel
The volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if:
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.
Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without Sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with Sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)A common balance and fader setting ap-
plies to the following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
When adjusting the balance or the fader,
the system automatically stores the set-
ting for the currently active operating
mode.
Balance and fader
i
For Navigation* a different balance/
fader setting is possible. You find the
description under “Adjusting the
acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 111).
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36 Audio
Audio main menu
Press.
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus appears:
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 37)
CD soft key or MP3 soft key
The Single CD main menu (
page 46)
or the MP3 main menu (
page 53) ap-
pears
CDC soft key
The CD changer main menu appears
(
page 66)
AUX soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 72)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 menuSelectable soft keys
i
The Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing (
page 75).
Mute function
i
The mute function is still activated if
the system is switched off and then on
again.
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69 Audio
CD changer* operation
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the CD changer
display (
page 25).
Pressj for forward skipping.
or
Pressk for backward skipping.Selecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks of the cur-
rent CD. Only one list entry is visible at a
time, it is the track currently playing.
Use or to select another track
from the list.
Press or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.Selecting via manual entry of the track
number
Open the CD changer main menu
(
page 66).
Press.
The Manual track input display ap-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
Entry example: Track 1
Press.
i
Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
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78 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Example 2: category POP
In the station list, only channels of catego-
ry
POP are available (category mode).
Use or to select the category
POP from the list.
If the station listened to before was of
POP
category, the channel remains tuned.
Otherwise the system switches to the sta-
tion of
POP category that was selected last
in this category.The system will automatically switch to a
station of
POP category if the currently se-
lected station is not of the
POP category.
Otherwise, the currently selected station
remains tuned.
Tuning a station within the selected
category
The channels identified for the currently
selected category are sorted numerically
by channel number, which appear in the
status bar one at a time.
Tuning using COMAND control unit
Press or .
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
Press or .The search proceeds in descending or-
der and stops at the first receivable
station.
Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 25).
Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
i
Using oris followed by a short
delay before the change occurs. Using
and changes the channel
immediately.
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96 Telephone*
Telephone operation
The call is activated the moment the other
party answers the call. The call display ap-
pears. The duration of the call is displayed
in the status bar.
On the multifunction steering wheel a call
screen is displayed if the multifunction dis-
play in the instrument cluster is switched
to Telephone main display (
page 26).The following functions are available dur-
ing a call:
Ending the active call (page 96)
Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF (
page 96)
Transmitting number sequences
(
page 97)
Ending the active call
On the COMAND control unit
Press.On the multifunction steering wheel
Presst .
Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF
The soft key
Mic Off shows the status of the
microphone.
Microphone OFF: soft key =
Microphone ON: soft key =
Press the Mic Off soft key.
This switches the microphone OFF or
ON. The display of the soft key changes
accordingly.
The other party cannot hear you if the
microphone is switched OFF; however,
you can hear the other party.
Active call