audio MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class COUPE 2011 C207 Comand Manual

Funct
ionsoftheE and
F but
ton
You canusetherem oteco ntrol toexec ute thesame function sas theCOMA NDcontrol pan el.
The function sfor theRear Seat Entertainm entSys tem are desc ribedlat er (Y page 181). Mod
e Funct
ion Aud
iomod e Se
lec tsast ati on usin gth es tati onsearch functio n(Ypage 126) Select
sa trac kby skippin gto atrac k(Y page 140) Fast
forward/ rewind(Ypage 140) Video
mode Select
sa scen eor chapt er(video DVDmode) (Ypage 166) Fast
forwards/ rewinds(videoDVDmode) (Ypage 165) Functions
ofthe num berkeypa d
You canusetheremot econ trolto exec utethe same functionsas the COMAND controlpanel.
The func tionsfor the Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSyst emare described later(Ypage 181). Mode Function
Audio
mode Select
sstat ions viathe stationpreset s(Y page 126) Tunes
instat ions byent ering thefrequen cymanually (Ypage 126) St
ores stations manually (Ypage 126) Select
sa trac k(Y page 140) Select
sa data medium viathe media list(Ypage 139) Telephone
mode Telephone
numberentry(Y page 108) Character
entry En
ters charac ters(direct entry)(Ypage 31) Oper
ating COMAND Selecting
amainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssentry menu) tothe system
settings, forexamp le.
X To switch onnavi gatio nmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressW the COM AND
controll er. X
Sele ctDesti nation by
sliding VÆand
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAddre ssEntry and
pres sW to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears. Operatin
gCO MAND
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Add
ressentry menu
: Mainfuncti onbar
X Sli de ZV theCOMAND controller and
sw itch tomai nfuncti onbar:.
X Sel ect System in
the mainfuncti onbarby
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The system menu appe ars . Cal
ling up the men uofam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainfunc tion snav igat ion,audio,
te leph oneor vide ois swit ched on,
tr iang le: appear sne xtto theen try. You can
no wsele ctan asso ciatedmen u.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
audio menufrom audio CDmod e.Inser ta
CD/ DVD(Y page 134). :
Tocall uptheaudio menu
; Main function bar
X Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar by
slidi ngZV theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
The Audiomen uappear s. Aud
iomen u
The #dot indicat esthecur ren taudio mode.
X Se lec tanothe raudio mode,e.g. Rad io ,
by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm . Select
ingam enu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The station presetmemory appears. 28
Operat
ingCOMANDAtaglanc e

:
Selecti onbar
X Sel ect the stati onbyturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
The stationisset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andsetastation, for
example.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe audi ofunction
R switch onradio mode
R set astation. System
menu Callin
gup the audio function X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The basic displa yof the current audio
operating mode,e.g.audioCD, appea rs. :
Selection bar
Switching torad iomode Option
1
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.
i Repea tedlypressing thisfunction button
switches betweentheFM, AMand WB
waveba ndsinthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressing thebutton again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2
X Select Audio agai
nbyslid ing ZV the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The Audiomen uappe ars.Rad io is
hig hlig hted. Op
erating COMAN D
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:
Curso rint he next data field
; Tostore anentr y
= 4 and 5icons toselect adata field
Option 2
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthecharacter bar
disappe ars.
X Select thedata fieldbysliding ZVÆand
press Wtoconfirm .
Storing anentry X
Select ¬inthe character barbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The entryis stored inthe address book.
Furth erfunctions availableinthe
character bar X
To switch thecharacter bartoupper /
lowe r-case character s:select *or
E andpress Wtoconfirm .
X To switch thecharacter set:select
p andpress Wtoconfirm .
The character setswitches between
upper/lower-case lettersanddigits.
X To change thelanguage ofthe
character bar:select Ö.
X Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . X
To reposition thecursor withinthedata
field: select 2or3 and press Wto
confirm . :
Cursor (repositioned)
; 2 and 3icon toreposition thecursor
X Delete thecharacter/ entry(Ypage 31). Basic
functionsofCOMAND Switching
COMANDon/off
X Aw arning mes sage appear s.COMA ND
calls uptheprev iously selectedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Switching
theCOMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display Off and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To switch on:press theqcont rolknob or
the k backbutton . 34
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Mute
Swi tching audioandvideo sourceson/
off X
Press the8 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The sound fromtherespe ctiveaudio or
vide osource isswi tched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
disp laysthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvide o
source ,or adju stthe volu me, sound
au tomatica llyswi tches onaga in.
i You willstill heartraffic
announcements 2
and naviga tionsystem
announcements evenifthe sound ismuted.
Swi tching offallnavig ation
anno uncements X
Navigatio nannoun cements: pressthe
8 button duringthe announcement.
Swi tching navigation announcements
back on X
Press 8again.
i The naviga tionannouncements are
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes. You
canalsoadju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R Voice Control System voiceoutpu t(see the
separate operating instructions)
Adjusting thevolume fornavigation
announce ments During
anavigation announcement :
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
Adjusting thevolume forphone calls You
canadjust thevolume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn theqcont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Adjusting
thesound settings
Callin gup the sound menu You
canmake various soundsettings forthe
different audioand video sources. Thismeans
that itis possible toset more bassforradio
mode thanforaudi oCD mode, forexample.
You cancallupthe respective soundmenu
from themenu ofthe desired mode.
The example describes howtocall upthe
sound menuinradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.You willhear the
last station playedon the last waveba nd.
2 Traffic program isnot availa bleinall countries. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now setthe treb leand bass orthe
ba lance and faderfor radiomod e.
Adjus tingtreb leand bass X
Sel ect Treble or
Bas s in
the soundmenu
by turni ngcVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
An adjus tment scaleap pe ars . Setting
thebass
: Lastsett ing select ed
; Current setting
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu.
Adju sting balance andfader With
theBalance function,you can control
whether thesound islouder onthe driver's or
fron t-passenger side. The
Fade function isused tocon trol whether
the sound islouder inthe fron torthe rear of
the vehicle.
X Select Bal./Fad. (bala
nce/ fader) inthe
sound menubyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . Adjustin
gbalance andfader
: Current setting
X Select asettin gby sliding ZVÆorXVY the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
The settin gis stored andyouexit themenu. Surr
ound sound
General notes If
your vehicle isequipp edwith theharman/
kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundfor
every passenger.
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7®
surround
sound system isavaila bleforthe following
operating modes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audi oCD
R audi oDVD (MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digital audioformats)
R MP3 (including PCMCIAmemorycard)
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode
R Media Interface
R TV 36
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R
vide oDVD (PCM,dts and Dolby Digital
au dio formats)
R AUX
Becau sesome DVDs contain bothstereo and
mul tichannel audio formats, itmay be
necessa ryto set the audio format
(Y pag e142).
i The Logic7 ®
On function
createsa
surrou ndsound experienceforevery
pas senger whenplaying, forexampl e,
stereo recordi ngs.Itenabl esoptimu m
pla yba ckofmusi cand films onCD, audio
DVD orvid eo DVD with mu lticha nnel audio
form ats,su ch asMLP ,dts orDol byDig ital.
Thi sres ults insou ndcha racteri stics like
thos einte ndedby the soundeng ineer
wh en the original wasreco rded.
i Ifyo usel ect Log ic7 ®
Off ,
al lpe rmi ssible
form atsareplay ed asstor edon the
med ium. Due tothe design ofthe
pa sse nge rcompartmen t,an optimum
audio experienc ecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers.
i Discs which support theaudio formats
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts MLP
Switching surround sound on/off Ex
ample: switching onsurround soundfor
radio mode
X Press the$ functionbutton .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last station playedon the last waveband. X
Select Sound by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select surround and
press Wtoconf irm. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche don oroff and themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwi thout saving:pre ss
the k back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audio expe rience forall
pa sse nger swh en LOG IC7®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshould be
set tothe center ofthe vehicleinter ior.
Yo uwi llach ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldha ve ab itrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
the medium waverange(MW) inradio
mode.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic 7®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s. The
climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X You turn oneofthe two temperature
cont rolsandsetthe temperature tothe left
or right.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow
I Decreases airflow
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off
á Switches theZONE function on/off
à Switches onautomatic climate
cont rol
ñ Setstheclimate controlstyle to
automatic mode(FOCUS/MED IUM/
DIFF USE)
_ Setstheairdistribution
¬ Switches onthe defrost function
Ù Switches onmaximum cooling
i You cansetthe climate controlstyle in
automatic modewithautomatic climate
cont rol.
i The climate statusdisplaydoes not
appea rwhen theimage fromtherear view
camera isdispla yed. The
climate statusdisplay inthe COMAND display
(example) 38
Climate
controlstatusdisplayAt aglance

Please
alwaysuse this feature instead of
cons ulting themap display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident .
i Audible navigation announcementsare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannounc ement,you can
call upthe curren tannounc ementatany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannounc ement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructio nshave been muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i COMAND automatically switchesthe
navigation announcementsback onwhen:
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine.
Reducing volumeduring anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement. X
Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ct+ inthe map view with the menu
show nand adjus tthe volume usingthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected.
i The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm . 74
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