light MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON 2011 S212 Comand Manual

Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthel ane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pletethe
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane B
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lanes. Gray Gray
HOV
orcarpool lanes
Ar oute maybecalculated takingthe use of
HOV orcarpool lanesintoaccount .You can
use HOV orcarpool lanesdepending onthe
number ofpersons inthe vehicle aswell as
the local andtime limitation conditions.
i This inform ationisstored inthe map data.
i You canenter thenumber ofpersons in
the vehicle (Ypage 53).Inthis section ,you
can also findmore inform ationonHOV or
carpool lanes.
When thesystem guidesyouontooraway
from HOVorcarpool lanes,COMAND issues
visual andacoustic drivinginstructions. :
HOV symbol onthe road sign
; HOV symbol onthe carpool lane Announci
ngstreet names
If the funct ionisswitched on,the name ofthe
street whichyouareturnin ginto is
announc ed.
Ann ouncemen tsare not made inthese
languages inall count ries.They aremade
when relevant streetnames forthe selected
language areavaila bleinthe database.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton . 80
Rout
eguidanceNavigation

The
example shows:
R the destinat ionO
R two waypoi nts
R the relevant informationondistanc e,
estimated timeofarrival andestimated
remaining drivingtime
i Ifam obile phone isconn ected to
COMAND (Ypage 116)andaphone
number isincluded inthe destinat ion
inform ation,youcan callit.
X To call upfurther destinat ion
informa tion:turncVd theCOMAND
cont roller.
X To close thedestinat ioninforma tion:
slide XVY theCOMAND controller orpress
the k button . Route
overview
You canusetheroute overview tomove along
the active routesectionbysect ionand view
inform ationanddetails abouteachsectionof
the 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 barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Route Browser and
press Wto
conf irm.
At the top ofthe display ,you will see
inform ationabout thehighlighted route
sect ion,forexample thedistanc etob edriven
on the road androad designation. The
highlighted routesectionismarked inwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
press Wtoconf irm. i
Ifthe first orlast route sectionis
highlighted, youcann otselect Previous or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map :select N
or M and press Wtoconf irm.
X To close therout eoverview: select
Back and
press Wtoconf irm. Route
display
You canseetheroute before startingyour
journey. Thisfunct ionisonly availab lewhen
the vehicle isstation ary.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Route Demonstrat ion and
press
W toconf irm.
The map withthecrosshair appears. X
To get tothe destinat ion:press Wto
conf irmthehighlighted symbol.
X To stop therout edisplay: confirmthe
Ë symbol bypressing W. 84
Rout
eguidanceNavigation

Route
guidanc efrom anoff-road
lo cati ontoad esti nation If
th ev ehicle posit ioniswith inthea rea
cov ered bythed igit almap, butthem apdoes
no tc ontain anyinform ationabout that
locat ion,the veh icle isin an off-road locat ion.
COMA NDisalso able toguide youtoa
dest inationeven from anoff-road locat ion.
At thes tart of ther out eguidan ce,you willsee
th eOff Mapped Road mes
sage, anarro w
and thed istanc etot he destina tion .The arrow
shows thecompass headingtothe actual
destin ation.
The route ishighlighted blue,startingfrom
the last recogn izedstreet the vehicle wason
before itleft themap.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
kn own tothe system, routeguidance
con tinues inthe usual way.
Rout eguida ncefrom anoff-m ap
location toad esti nation If
th ev ehicle posit ionisouts idethea rea
cov ered bythed igitalmap, then thev ehicle
is in an off-map locat ion.COMAND isalso
able toguide youtoad estination evenfrom
an off-map location.
At the start ofthe route guidance,youwillsee
the Off Mapped Road message,
anarrow
and thedistance tothe destination. The
direction arrowshows thecompass heading
to the destination.
The route ishighlig htedbluefrom thenearest
road known tothe system.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway.
Off-road duringrouteguidance Due
toroadworks, forexample, theremaybe
differences betweenthedata onthe digital
map andtheactual course ofthe road.
In such cases, thesystem willtemporarily be
unable tolocate thevehicle position onthe digital
mapandthus considers thevehicle to
be inan off-road position.
In the displa y,you willsee theOff Mapped Road message,
anarrow andthedistance to
the destination. Thedirection arrowshows
the compass headingtothe destination.
As soon asthe system canassign thevehicle
position tothe map again,route guidance
cont inues inthe usua lway. Tra
ffic reports Condition
s
To receive real-time trafficreports via
satellite radio,yourequire:
R optionally available satellite radio
equi pment
R as ubscription toSIRIUS XMSatellite Radio
Traffic Message Service
Further information onsatellite radiois
avail able inthe "Satellite radio"section
(Y page 148).
COMAND canreceive trafficreports via
satellite radioandtake account ofthese for
route guidanceinthe navigation system.
Received trafficreports aredispla yedinthe
map either astext oras icons. Real-time
traffic report sint he map
COMAND canshow certain trafficincidents
on the map. Traffic reports areshown onthe
map atscales of0.05 mito20 mi.
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressWtoconfirm.
The map canbeseen inthe full-screen
displa y.
X Turn cVd theCOMAND controller untilthe
desired mapscale isset. 88
Tr
affic report sNavigation

X
Show allmessages: selectAll Messages by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
You seealist ofall roads, areasandregions
for which traffic reports areavaila ble,even
if the reports donot affect yourroute. X
To show atraffic report :select aroad,
area orregion andpress Wtoconf irm.
X To close thelist: slide XVY theCOMAND
cont roller.
Example: traffic report 1
Depending onyour selection: Messages On
Route or
All Messages 2
Report 8of16for the road affected
3 Report text
4 Road, areaorregion affected bytraffic
reports
5 Icon forstate/pr ovince
6 Icon forreport type,e.g.traffic flow
message X
To scroll within arepor tortoa ccess
th en ext report:tur ncVd theC OMA ND
con troller .
X To returnt othe rep ort:slide XVY the
COMA NDcontroller .
Displa yingtraf fic rep ortso nthe ma p X
Sele ctTra fficS ymbol Inform ati on by
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm. Traf
ficsymbo linf orm ationonthe map (example)
: Affec tedroads withindication ofdirection
; Icon forreport type,e.g.traffic flow
message
X Select Next or
Previous by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm inorder tocont inue highlighting
traffic icons.
X To change themap scale: selectMap by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
You cannow zoom inor out ofthe map.
X To show thedetailed view:select
Details and
press Wtoconfirm . 92
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affic report sNavigation

i
Ifyou have notyetentered any
characters, theMyAddress entry
is
automa ticallyhighl ighted inthe selection
list.
If no home address hasbeen stored yet,you
can now assignanadd ress book entry. Ifa
home address already exists, itis disp layed
and youcan alter it.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,y
ou are also
offered theoption ofentering thehome
add ress forthe first time. Youcanthen
save thehome address withou thavin gto
st art rout eguidan ce.
X To ent ertheh ome address forthef irst
tim e:select AssigntoAddre ssBook Entry and
press Wtocon firm .
X Choose Home ,
Work or
Not Class ified and
press Wtocon firm .
X To change theh om eaddres s:select
Chang e and
press Wtocon firm .
X Selec tAssig ntoAddre ssBook Entry and
press Wtocon firm .
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,y
ou are also
offe red theoptio nofchanging thehome
address byenterin gana ddress. Youcan
then save thehome address withouthaving
to start route guidance.
X Choose Home ,
Work or
Not Classified and
press Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, youwillsee theaddress book
either withthecharacter baroras a
selection list.
X To selec tana ddr ess book entry:
proceed asdescribed inthe "Searching for
an address bookentry"section
(Y page 136).
X To confirm theselec tion:press Wthe
COMAND controller.
If no home address hasbeen stored,
COMAND savestheentr y.You willsee a
message andthen theaddress menuwith
the selected address. Start is
highlighted
automatically . If
ah ome address hasalready beenstored,
you willsee aprompt asking youwhether
the MyAddress entr
yshould be
overwritten .
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,C
OMAND overwrites the
destination. Youwillsee amessage and
then theaddress menuwiththeselected
address. Start is
highlighted
automatically .
If you select No ,t
he list will appea ragain.
Selec tingthehome address forrout e
guidance X
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Selectin ga
destination fromthedestination memory"
section (Ypage 60). Storing
adesti nation inthe
dest inationmem ory
Not es This
function also stores thed estinat ionin
th ea ddress book.
When thea ddress bookisfull, nodest inations
can besaved inthed est inat ionmem ory.You
must first delet eaddre ssbook entries
(Y page 137).
Aft erdest inationentr y X
The dest inationhas been entered andis
shown inthea ddre ssent rymen u
(Y page 57).
X Sele ctSav e by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
You cannows elec tstora geoptio ns
(Y page 96) .
Du ringroute gui danc e X
To sho wthemen u:pre ssW the COMAND
contr oller. Dest
inationm emo ry
95Navi gatio n Z

mobil
ephone (Ypag e119). IfCOMAND
does notfind yourmobile phone, external
authorization (Ypage 118)maybe
necessary.
i Ifyou callupthe telephone listagain, the
unauthorized devicesareremoved fromthe
list. Inthis case, startanew search to
update theBluetooth ®
telephone list.
Authoriz ing(registering) amobile
ph one Opt
ion1:usin gthe passkey (access code)
X In theB luet ooth®
te lepho neslist,selec tthe
not yetauthorized mobilephonebyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm .
The input menu forthe passkey appears. The
passkey isany one tosixteen- digit
number combination whichyoucan choose
yourself. Youmust enter thesame number
combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
-capable mobilephone(seethe
operating instructionsofthe mobile phone).
i Some mobile phones requireapasskey
with fourormore digits.
If you want toreauthorize amobile phone
following <0025002400460033002E0021001B0030001F002C002A00330021002C00300031
0052V youcan select a
different passkey. i
Mercedes-Ben zrecomm endsde-
authorization inCOMAND andonthe
mobile phone. Subsequent authorization
may other wisefail.
X To enter apassk eyinCOMAND: press
the number keysinturn .
¬ ishighlighted afterthefirst number
has been entered.
or
X Select thedigits inthe digit barone byone
by turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm. Then, select
¬.
X To confirm anentry inCOMAND: press
W the COMAND controller.
X Now enterthe same passkey inthe mobile
phone.
To mak eentries onthe mobile phone:if
the Bluetoot h®
con nection issuccess ful,you
will berequested toent erthe passkey
(access code,code) (seethemobile phone
operatin ginst ruct ions).
X En ter the same passkey inthe mobile
phone asalready entered inCOMAND .
i Afterent ering thepasskey, youmay also
need toent erac onfirmat ioninyour mobile
phone tocon nectcalls. Pleas echeck your
mob ilephon edispl ay.
If th eC OMA NDdispl aysho wsthe
Aut horizatio nf ailed mes
sage, you
may have excee ded thep res cribed time
peri od.Repeat thep roced ure.
The mob ilephon eisc onnec ted toCOMA ND
(auth orized). Youcannowm ake calls using
th eC OMA NDhands-free syst em.
Opt ion 2:use Secur eSimple Pairing
The mob ilephon e(or theB luetoot h®
audio
devi ce)must suppo rttheB luetooth®
ver sion
2. 1f or conn ection viaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix-digit code,which is
display edon the two devices thataretobe
conn ected. Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ce117Telephone Z

Symbol
overview Icon Explanation
Æ
Address
bookentrythat has been entered orchanged viaCOMAND
Imported contactthat hasbeen saved inthe phone oraddress book \
Address
bookentrywithvoice tag
i These entrieshave alsobeen assigned avoice tag.Voice tagsareavaila ble
in vehicles withtheVoice Control System (seetheseparate operating
instruc tions). Ã
Contact
thathasbeen imported fromamobile phone thatsupports PBAP ¯
Ent
rythat hasbeen imported fromthememory cardorUSB device ®
Ent
ryimported viathe Bluetooth ®
interf ace Searching
foraphone book entry
Using thecharact erbar You
determine thefirst letter ofthe entr yyou
are looking forwith thefirst character you
enter.
X Select acharacter byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The first entryint he list that starts withthe
letter selected ishighlighted. Ifthere are
similar entries,thenext different character
is shown. Forexample, withentriessuch as
Christel and
Christine ,t
he beginnings
of the names aresimilar. Inthis case, you
will beoffered achoice between E and
I .
X Select thecharacters ofthe entr yyou are
searching forone byone andpress Wto
conf irm.
When theselection isclear, COMAND
switches automatically tothe selection list.
X To complete thesearch: switchfromthe
phone bookwiththecharacter bartothe
selection list(Ypage 127).
The lastlistentr yisa utomatically
highlighted. Using
thenumber keypad Altern
atively, youcan also enter digits using
the number keypad(directentry)
(Y page 29).
Dele ting charact ers X
To delete anindividual character:select
the 2 symbol byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wbriefly.
or
X Briefly pressthe2 button
Each timeacharacter isdeleted, theentr y
most closely resembling theremaining
characters isshown atthe top ofthe list.
X To delete anentry: selectthe2
symbol byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wuntil theentr yis
deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
entire entryisd eleted.
Changing thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar X
Select Bandpress W.
X Select thedesired language. 126
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thephone bookTelephone

Cha
nging thec haracter setofthe
cha racter bar X
Sel ect p andpres sW toconfirm .
The charac ters et changes eachtimeyou
make thisselect ion.
Selecting anentry directly fromthelist You
canswitch tothe listatany time during
charact erent ry.
X Slide VZtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly orpress andhold Wuntil the
charact erbar disappears.
or
X Select ¬andpress Wtocon firm.
X To select anentry :turn cVd the
COMAND controller untilthedesired entry
is highlighted andpress Wtocon firm.
To select aphone number: theGicon
indi cates thatanentry contains morethan
one phone numbe r.
X Select aphone book entry withtheGicon
and press Wtoconfirm.
The sub-entries appear. TheGicon
changes toI. Phone
bookentry withsevera lentries
X Select asub-entry byturning cVdand
press Wtoconfirm. X
To return tothe phone bookusingthe
characte rbar: sele ct& inthe lista nd
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the% backbutton. Di
splayi ngdetails foranentry
X Select anentry inthe sele ction listb y
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo ltot he right ofthe
en tryb ysliding VY theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tDet ails and
pressW toconfirm .
The detailed viewa ppears .
X To close thed etail ed view: slideXVY
rep eatedly untilth ee ntry ishigh lighted
again orpres sthe % backbutton. De
leti nganentry fromthephone
boo k
If the entry contains onlyphone numbers ,it
is del eted from thephone bookandaddress
book.
If there isadd itiona ldata includ edalong with
the phone number, e.g.anaviga ble
destina tion,theentry isdel eted from the
phone bookbutretained inthe add ress book.
X Select anentry inthe sele ction listb y
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo ltot he right ofthe
en tryb ysliding VY theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tDel ete and
pressW toconfirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe entr y
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,t
he entr yisd eleted in
accordance withtherules described above.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. Using
thephone book
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Using
calllists Intr
oduct ion
COMAND displayslistsofcalls receiv ed
(includin gmissed calls) andmade during
phone operation .Call list sarenota vail able
unle ssam obilephone isconnected to
COMAND.
COMAND supports thePBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e.How COMAND processescall lists
depe ndsonthe model ofthe mobil ephone
connected:
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
The calllists are dow nload edautomatical ly
from themobil ephone byCOMAND as
soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected to
COMAND.
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withoutPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
COMAND createsthecall lists from calls
dia led and receive d(inclu dingmisse dcalls)
as soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected
with COMAND.
i For Blue tooth ®
telep hones withoutthe
PBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e,the call lists in
COMAND arenot synchronized withthose
on you rmobile phone. Thesecallsmayor
may notbelisted onyour mobile phone,
depending onthe model.
i Ifno mobile phoneisconn ected, thenthe
Call Lists menu
itemisgrayed outand
cann otbe selected. Ifyou conn ectamobile
phone otherthantheprevious oneto
COMAND, thepreviously availablecall lists
and their entrieswill bedeleted
automatically. Theyarestill availa bleonthe
mobile phoneitself.
i The respect ivemenu itemcanonly be
selected ifcalls have already beenmade or
received inCOMAND.
Displaying missedcallsinthe COMAND
display isnot supported byallmobile
phones. Opening
thecall listand selec tingan
entry
X Press the% functionbutton .
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
cVdandpress Wto
con firm.
The correspondin glist appears. List
ofselect edphone numbers (example)
: Toclose thelist
; Date/ time(ifavailable), symbols(if
assigned) andtelephon enumber ofthe
ent ryhighlighted
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Inthis
case, thelistwill only show phone
numbers.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller .
X To dial aphone number :press W.
X To close thelist: select Back and
press
W tocon firm orpress the% button . Using
calllists
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Disp
laying detailsa bout alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showas horten ed list entry
in full.
X Sel ect alist entryb yturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll er.
X Sel ect thel ist symb olto ther igh tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The detailed displayappea rs.
X To go back tothe list: slide XVY
repeatedly untilthelistishighlighted. Storing
aphone number whichhas
not yetbeen stored
Introduction For
incoming callsfrom aperson whoisnot
in the address book,COMAND displaysthe
phone number inthe call list. You cansave
this entry.
Storing asan ew entry inthe address
book X
Open acalllist and select anentr y
(Y page 129).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Save is
shown ingray ifthe selected list
entr yhasalready beensaved inthe address
book.
X Select New Entry and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile Phone ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm . Num
bercategory Display
(phone
book andaddr ess
book) Not
Classified No
symbol Home ¸
Work ·
Phone
category Display
(phone
book andaddr ess
book) Not
classified ;
Mobile
Phone Ï
Car ´
Pager ¨
X
Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
An input menu withdata fields isshown.
The data fieldforthe telephone numberis
filled inautomatically . :
Data fieldwithcursor
; Telephone numberandsymbol forthe
phone category (automatically entered)
= Character bar
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31). 130
Using
calllistsTelephone