MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

41 Audio
Radio operation
Ending Scan search manually
Press the
Scan
soft key again.
Manual tuning 
Switch to the desired waveband ( page
37)
.

Press and hold
-
or
,
for at
least 2 seconds to tune up or down.
Manual tuning is activated.

Keep the button pressed or release it
and keep tapping
-
or
,
in
quick succession.
The frequency will change by the tuning
increments for the respective wave
-
band each time one of the buttons is
pressed or for as long as a button is
pressed and held.

Manual tuning is deactivated if no but
-
ton is pressed for approx. 3 seconds.
Tuning via direct frequency input Entry example:

98.5 MHz in FM waveband
Switch to the FM waveband ( page
37)
.

Press
2
.
The frequency input display appears.
The frequency range of the FM wave
-
band is shown.
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


42 AudioRadio operation
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) and
switches back to the FM menu.
Tuning via station search Seven channels are available on the
Weather Band.On COMAND control unit
Switch to the WB waveband by press
-
ing the
WB soft key in the Radio main
menu
( page
37)
.
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.
On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Radio display ( page
25)
.

Press
j or
k.
The search stops at the next receivable
station. Tuning via station presetsThe seven strongest channels are sorted in
prest 1 to 7 each time you press the
WB soft
key. They are accessed using the number
keypad.

Press one of the number keys

3
- 
.
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
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

43 Audio
Radio operation
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
3
- "

Tune to the station to be stored ( page
38)
.

Press a number key between
3
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
38)
.

Press the
Presets
soft key.
The Presets menu appears.

Use

, 
, 
or

to select a
preset.

Press

for more than 2 seconds.
The station will be stored in the respec
-
tive memory location.
Storing using Autostore The Autostore function places stations into
the Autostore memory sorted by reception
quality.

The system stores the station with the
strongest signal in preset
1.

Switch to the desired waveband ( page
37)
.

Press the
Autost.
soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears.
Storing FM/AM stations
iThe Autostore feature stores presets in
a separate memory, not in the regular
presets seen under the
Presets
soft
key. As such, the Autostore memory is
only temporary.


44 AudioRadio operation
Use

to select the

Reprogram
Autostore
header entry.

Press

.
The Autostore search starts. After a de
-
lay the new preset assignment ap
-
pears. The system tunes to the station
stored on preset 1.
To tune-in another station from the
Autostore preset list
( page
40)
.

45 Audio
Single CD operation


Single CD operation

Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

D o n o t e x p o s e t h e C D s t o h e a t o r d i r e c t
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs

Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.
or
Load an audio CD into the COMAND
CD drive.
Safety InstructionsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill 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.The CD drive is a Class 1 laser product.
There is a danger of invisible laser radiation
when you open or damage the cover.Do not remove the cover. The CD drive does
not contain any parts serviceable by the us
-
er. For safety reasons, have any necessary
service work performed by qualified person
-
nel.
Tips on caring for your CDsSwitching to Single CD mode
Loading a CDWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and oper
-
ate the audio system only when road, weath
-
er 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.!Do not attach labels of any type to the
CD. They may become detached and
damgage the drive.

46 AudioSingle CD operation
The COMAND CD drive holds one CD. The
slot for inserting a CD is located above the
display
( page
15)
.

Insert a CD into the CD slot while
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the
CD face up.COMAND pulls in the CD. If the CD is
an audio CD, the system switches to
Single CD mode.

Press
7
.
COMAND ejects the CD.

Remove the CD from the slot.The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx. 7
seconds.

Open the Audio main menu ( page
36)
.

Press the
CD soft key.
The system switches to Single CD
mode.
!Only use CDs, which bear the label
shown and that conform to the com
-
pact digital audio standard

(IEC 60908).Do not play single-CDs (80 mm) with an
adapter. Only use round, 12 cm diame
-
ter CDs.Your CD drive has been designed to
play CDs which correspond to the IEC
60908 standard. Therefore only CDs
not exceeding a thickness of 1.3 mm
can be used.

If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.
iThe COMAND CD drive may not be able
to play audio CDs with copy protection.!If a CD is already loaded, it must be
ejected before inserting the new CD.

Inserting a second CD in the slot with
another CD still loaded will cause dam
-
age to the CD drive not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
iIf the CD is an MP3 CD, the system
switches to MP3 mode
( page
54)
.
Ejecting a CD Single CD main menu

47 Audio
Single CD operation
The center of the status bar shows: 
The track number and total number
of tracks

The elapsed playing time of the
track
1Track title or track number2Elapsed track playing time3Track number/total tracks The Single CD main menu shows the track
title in the center if the CD contains corre
-
sponding CD text data.If the CD does not contain any CD text da
-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title.
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip


Selecting via track list

Selecting via manual entry of the track number
( page
48)

Selecting via scan search
( page
49)
Selecting via track skip On the COMAND control unit
Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press
-
for forward skipping.
or
Press
,
for backward skipping.
iThe
CD soft key is shaded out if no audio
CD is loaded. The system will not
switch to Single CD mode.

Load an audio CD into the
COMAND CD drive
( page
45)
.
The
MP3
soft key instead of the
CD soft
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been
loaded.
Selecting a track

48 AudioSingle CD operationOn the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Single CD dis
-
play
( page
25)
.

Press
j for forward skipping.
or
Press
k 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 Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press
2
.
The Manual track input display ap
-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
iForward 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.

49 Audio
Single CD operation
Entry example: Track 1
Press
3
.
Entry example: Track 12
Press
3
and

in quick succession.

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search Scan serach is charcterised as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.

Scan search can be ended manually.

Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.
Starting scan search 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
Ending scan search manually 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is ended remains playing.

Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press and hold
-
or
,
.

To stop release
-
or
,
.
The following options are available:
Normal
sequence

The tracks are played in the normal se
-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).The last track is followed by the first
track of the CD.

Repeat
track

The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.

Random
track

The tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Changing the playback option 
In the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
press the
Setting
soft key.
The settings menu is displayed.
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start the scan search, play
-
back option
Normal Sequence
is activat
-
ed automatically.Fast forward/reverse
Playback options


50 AudioSingle CD operation
The solid circle
indicates which op
-
tion is currently selected.

Use

or

to select a different op
-
tion.

Press

.
The option is activated. A correspond
-
ing display will appear in the status bar
for all options except
Normal
sequence
.
An option will remain activated even if
the COMAND is switched OFF and then
ON again.