reset MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2007 W211 Comand Manual

Contents
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting city . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 118
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting street . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 121
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 122
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . . 126
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Start route guidance menu . . . . . . 128
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation announcements . . . . . 129
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 132
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . 132
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 134During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 136
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Displaying the route on the map . 137
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 138
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Defining route guidance displays . 143
Setting symbols displays . . . . . . . 143
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 144
Map display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 146
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 148
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 149
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 154
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 156
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 160
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 164
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 167
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 168
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 ! - "
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
41
43
39
FunctionPage
4 #, $, %, &
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
38
43
5 '
Confirmation
6 (
Mute function
36
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
8 *
Volume adjustment
29
9 + and ,
Station search
Manual tuning
38
41

24 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
E-Class illustrated
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
2 Volume setting:
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
29
29
3 Making calls:
s Answering calls
Redialing
t Ending or refusing
calls
Entering a phone num-
ber:
t Deleting the entire
entry
90
92
91
91
4 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
25
25
FunctionPage
5 Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
via station search
via station presets
38
39
5Single CD, CD changer*
and MP3 mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
69
69
5Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
79
79
5Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
94
94

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
CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current trackMP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current track
Selecting the multifunction display
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Depending on vehicle production date
COMAND may not be equipped with
the MP3 functionality. If so, the CD
changer* may be used for playback of
MP3 CDs.

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel name
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.
The following functions are available:
Freq. function:
You can tune to stations via the station
search (
page 38).
Memory function:
You can tune to stations via the station
presets (
page 39).
Setting audio search function
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
the
Settings... menu appears in the
multifunction display in the instrument
cluster.
Pressj and switch to the submenu
options.
Press æ or ç and select the
Vehicle menu.
Pressj and select Audio Search
Function
.
By pressing æ or ç, select Freq.
or
Memory.Audio search function
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Memory is set at the factory.

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 2.
Navigation* (page 108):
Press 5.
Service (page 159):
Press <.
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar
The 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
Center:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
FM = selected waveband
1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
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A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.

28 At a glance
Menu system
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 strength
Menu 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.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.
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This information is also displayed in
Navigation* mode (only in map dis-
plays).

32 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Press# or $.
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.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
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*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).
Different sound functions can be activated
for each one of the operating modes listed
above.
Sound functions*

37 Audio
Radio operation

Radio operation
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 36).
Press the Radio soft key.
The Ra dio m ain menu a ppears. The st a-
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
Safety Instructions
WarningG
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 modeSwitching wavebands

38 Audio
Radio operation
The following options are available:
Tuning via station search (page 38).
Tuning via station presets (page 39).
Tuning via Autostore presets
(
page 40).
Tuning via scan search (page 40).
Manual tuning (page 41).
Tuning via direct frequency input
(
page 41).
Tuning via station search
On COMAND control unit
Switch to the desired FM or AM wave-
band (
page 37).
Press+ or %:
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
Press, or &:
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Radio display
(
page 25).
Pressj:
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
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The wavebands cover different fre-
quency ranges.
FM broadcast band:
FM (VHF = very high frequency)
87.7 - 107.9 MHz
Tuning increments 0.2 MHz
AM broadcast band:
MW (medium wave)
530 - 1710 kHz
Tuning increments 10 kHz
WB waveband:
WB (Weather Band)
162.400 - 162.550 MHz
Tuning increments = 1 channel
Tuning to a FM/AM station
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Audio search function Freq. must be
set in the multifunction display
(
page 26).