key MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class 2012 X204 Comand Manual

Switching
wavebands
Option 1 You
canswitch theradio between theFM, AM
and WBwaveband.
X Press theófunct ionbutton repeatedly
until thedesired waveband isselected.
i Repea tedlypressing thisfunct ionbutton
switches betweentheFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressing thebutton again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2 X
Select FM ,
AM or
WB in
the radio display by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
You willhear thelast station onthe
selected waveband. Selec
tingastatio n
Se lecti ng stati onsusi ng the stati on
se arc hfuncti on X
Press theE orF button.
or
X Turn cVd orslide XVY theCOMAND
controlle rwhile thedispla y/selection
window inthe radio displa yis active.
Stat ionsearch scansupordown andstops
at the next station found.
Selec tingstations viathe stat ion
presets X
Quick setting: pressanumber key,e.g.
H.
X To selec tdirect lywithin thesta tion
pr esets: selectPresets by
sliding VÆand turn
ingcVd theCOMAN Dcon troller and
press Wtocon firm .
or
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcont roller when the
display /select ionwindow isactive.
The station presetmenuappears. The#
dot indicates underwhich preset the
current lyselected stationisstored.
X Select astation byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irmorpress anumber key,e.g.
H.
Tuning instat ions byentering the
frequ encymanu ally X
Option 1:press theõbutton .
X Option 2:select Radio in
the radio display
by sliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Enter Frequency and
press Wto
conf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option used,aninput
menu willappear.
X En ter afrequency usingthenumber keys.
COMAND tunesinto the frequency
enter ed. Waveband Frequency
AM
(MF) 530
–1700 kHz FM
(VHF) 87.
7–107. 9Mhz WB
(Weather Band) Weather
report
chann els i
You canonly enter current lypermitt ed
numbers.
i Ifyou enter afrequency inthe FMorAM
wavebands whichisoutside thefrequency
range, COMAND tunesinto the next lower
frequency. Rad
iomode
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Sou ndsetti ngs
? Wea ther Band switche don
A AM radio
B FM radio
C Channe llist
Se archi ngfor achanne l X
Quic kselect: turncVd orslide XVY the
COMA NDcontroller while thed isplay/
selec tionwindow inthe radio display is
act ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
Chann elsearc hscan sup ordown and
st ops atthe nextchan nelfoun d.
Selecting achanne lfrom thechann el
lis t X
Select Channe l by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
The channel lista ppears. X
Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
or
X Press anumber keyonthe controlpanel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Sat
ellite radio Impor
tantnotes
This sectionprovides detailedinformation on
the following topics:
R select ingachann eland program category
R memor yfunc tions
R sound settings
i The satellite radiomode describedbelow
requires optionallyavailable satelliteradio
equipment andregist ration withasatellite
radio provider.
i Note thatthecateg ories andchann els
shown inthe illustration sdepend onthe
program contentoffer edbythe provider.
The program contentsmay vary. The
illustration sand descr iption sin these
operatin ginst ruct ions may therefore differ
from thechann elsand categ ories offered
by the provider.
Satellit eradio mode maybetempo rarily
unavailable orinterrupt edfor avariety of
reasons .These reasons include
environm entalortopographical conditions
as well asother issues beyond thecont rol
of Mercedes-Ben zUSA, LLC.Operation
may alsobeimpaired incertain locations
(e.g. tunnels,parking garages aswell as
inside ornext tobuild ings).
i SIRIUS XMRadi ooffers morethan130
digital-qua lityradio channels providing
100% commerc ial-freemusic,sport,news
and entert ainment.
SIRIUS XMRadi oemploys afleet ofhigh-
performance satellitestobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada .
The satellite radioprogram isavaila blefor
a mont hlyfee. Details areavaila blefrom
the SIRIUS XMService Centerandat
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radio
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Ente
ringcha nnel numbersdir ectly
Opt ion 1
X Pres sth eõ butt on.
An inputmen uappear s.
Opt ion 2
X Sele ctSat Radio in
thesubme nubar by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
X Sele ctEnt erChannel and
pres sW to
con firm.
An inputmen uappear s.
X To ent erac hanne l:irresp ective ofthe
optio n,press thecorrespo ndingnumbe r
keys onthe control paneloneafter the
other.
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controllerand
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Channel List and
press Wto
confirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm. Memor
yfunct ions Stor
ingchannels
i There areten preset savailable.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller when the
display/select ionwindow isactiv e.
or
X Select Preset s in
the submenu barby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, thechann elpreset sappear.
The Rdot infron tof apreset entry
indicat esthat thecurren tlyselect ed
chann elisstor edunder thispreset . St
ation preset s
X Select apreset byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press andhold
W until youhear aton e.
or
X Press andhold anumber button,e.g. 4,
until youhear aton e.
The chann elisstor edunder thepreset .
Selecting achanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe preset list:sele ct
Presets by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The channel preset list appe ars.
X To setac hanne l:sele ctaprese tby
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconf irm.
or
X Pre ssanum berk ey, e.g. 4. 124
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ellite radioAudio

all
main tenan cework must becar ried outby
qualifi edafters ales tech nic ians . G
WAR
NING
On lywhen theveh icle isstatio naryshoul d
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
Ther eis arisk ofbein gdist ractedfrom the
road andtraff iccon dition sif th is is don ewhile
th eveh icle isin mot ion. Inser
ting/ej ectin gCDs/DVDs
Not es If
th eCD/ DVDh asaprin tedside, this must
fac eupwards whentheCD/ DVDisinserted.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe play ed
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protect ionmay notbeable tobe play ed
by the system.
i Ifamedium contains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloadi ngtime
before thefirst track starts toplay may be
longer.
Inse rting discs intotheDVD changer :
Disc slot
; Load/eject button8
The DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays. X
To insert aCD/DVD intoth ema gaz ine
tr ay :pre ssthe8 load/ejec tb utt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select themagazine traybyturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease Wait... message.
You then seethePlease InsertDisc <x> message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards. 126
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Discname (onlyifstore don thedisc )
? Curr entd isc
X Selec tama gazine traycontaining adisc by
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
You seetheEjecting Disc<x>... messa
ge.You then seethefollowi ng
messa ge. X
Take thedisc outofthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin aga inau tomatical ly
after ashort whileand loadit aga in.
X To ejec tallCDs/DVDs: pressthe8
load/ej ectbutt on.
The magazin emen uappears. X
Conf irmEject All by
press ingW.
The DVD changerejec tsthe last disc
select ed.The message EjectingDisc <x>..
. appears.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePleas eRemov eDisc <x> message
.
The DVD changerswitc hestothe next
loaded magazin etray and ejectsthe disc.
X Repeat thelast stepunt ilthe magazin eis
empt y.
X To cancel ejecting:press the8 eject/
load buttonagain orpress thek button.
or
X Selec tBack by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm . Insert
ingand eject ingaPCMCIA
mem orycard
Gener alinfor mation COMA
NDsuppo rts 16 -bitfull- sizetyp eIa nd
II PC MC IAmem orycards.
i Not allcomm ercially availabl eP CMCIA
mem orycardsand storag emed iaare
desi gned for thete mpe ratures whichmay
be reac hedintheveh icle.
If you arenolonger usin gth ePCMCI A
mem orycard,you should rem ove itfrom
COMA ND,as high tempe ratures could
damag eth ecar d. 128
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ioCD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

Opt
ion 3 X
Press number buttonE.
This select sthe connected external audio
device directly. Media
Interface mode(iPod®
mode)
: Disc type
; Track number
= Track name
? Graphic timedisplay
A Elapsed tracktime (also infor mat
00: 00:00for audio books)
B Graphic track display
C Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media list
F Album name(ifavailable)
G Catego ries,playlists and/orfolder s
H Artis t(ifavailable)
I Playback options Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 player orUSB mass storage
devic eacc ordin gto the filingst ruct ureused
in the respe ctive medium. Selecting
byskip ping toatrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal track
sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, e.g.E.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The track plays afterthelast possible
number isenter ed.
i Pressing andholding anumber keyfor
more thantwoseconds completes the
entr y,and thecorrespon dingtrack is
playe d.
Fast forward ing/rewinding X
While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND 142
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Interface modeAudio

X
Sel ect the cate gory/folde rb ytur ning
cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller and press
W toconfirm .
You willsee theco nten to fthe selected
category orselected folder.
i Ifthe data needs tobe read from the
conn ected device, thePlease wait... message
appears.
X Ifnecessary, repeatthisstep until the
track sin the desired folder/album appear. Example
display:curr ent track list
: Sym bolfornex tfold erup
; Curre ntcat egor y
= Trac ksymbo l
? Curr enttitle
X Se lec tth etrack byturning cVd the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The track isplayed .
X To swit chtothesup eror dina te fold er:
sele cttheÒ iconu sing theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
i The Ò symbol isalwa yslisted rightat
the top ofthe respective folder. Playing
backthecontent ofac atego ry
or folder
X Sele ctthe catego ryor fold erby turning
cVd theCOM AND controll er.
X Press Wthe COM ANDcontroll erfor longe r
than twoseconds .
The content ofthe catego ryor fold er
sel ected ispla yedin accord ancewith the
pla yback optio n(Ypage 134)select ed. Alphabet
icaltrack selection
iPod ®
and MP3 players This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort edcateg ories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not available foralbums orplaylists, for
example.
X Select acateg ory,e.g.Artist s ,
by turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The available artistsare displayed.
X Press thecorr espondin gnumber keyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letterof
the artist 'sname (e.g.foranartist
beginn ingwith theletter"C", press number
key ;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryinthe list
which matchestheletterent ered is
highlighted.
i Ifno corr espondin gent ryexist s,the last
ent rycorr espondin gto ap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the quality
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu ageva ria nt ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. 14
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dia Interfac emodeAu dio

USB
massstor age device This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort eddirect ories. Thisfunction isnot
available foralbums orplaylists, forexample.
X In adirect ory,press thecorr espondin g
number keyonceor several timestoselect
the first letterofthe artist 'sname (e.g.for
an artist beginn ingwith theletter"C", press
number key;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
If the direct oryonly contains folders,
COMAND searchesfor folders. Aftera
message, thefirst entrywhich matchesthe
lett erent ered isshown atthe top ofthe list.
If no ent rymatc hestheentered letter,the
first item inthe lististhe last entryto
corr espond toaselect ion. Selecting
anactive partition (USB
ma ssstor age devices only)
You canselect thisfunc tion forUSB mass
stor age devices whenthestor age device is
partit ioned. Uptofour partit ions(primary or
logical; FATform at)are support ed.
i The Windows ®
form atting program
support sFA Tpartit ioningup to32 GB as
stan dard.
X Selec tMedia Interface in
the basic
display bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Selec tSelect activepartition and
press Wtocon firm. Playba
ckoptions
The following optionsare available:
R Normal tracksequence Norm
altrac ksequence: youhear the
trac ksintheir norm alorder (e.g.numeric al
or alphabetical).
R Random tracks All
the trac kson the medium areplayed in
random order.
R Random categories or
Random folder (in
the case ofUSB devices whenFolder has
been select ed):
The tracksinthe curren tlyactive categor y
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
played inrandom order.
i For USB devices, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 trackschosen at
random.
X To select aplayba ckoption: select
Media Interfa ce in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The option slist appears. The#dot
indicat esthe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data formats The
following dataformat sare supported:
R MP3: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
R WMA: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
Notes onUSB devices R
In order tokeep theinitializat iontime toa
minimum, storeonly music dataonaUSB
device.
R Up toeight direct orylevels withupto100 0
trac ksper direct oryare supported.
R Do not use USB extension leadsor
adapters. Theycanimpair functionality.
R Abackgr oundsearch ofthe USB device is
perform edand anyplaylists foundare Media
Interfacemod e
145Audio Z

Remo
tecontrol
Ove rview :
Toswitch thescre enon/off
; Toswitch thebutton lighti ngon/off
= Toselect the scre enfor the remo te
control
? Toselect amenu ormenu itemwith arr ow
key s
A Toconfi rmthe selectio nor setti ngwith
9
B Toswitch soundon/off (forcorded
headphones)
C Toadjust thevolume (forcorded
headphones)
D Toskip, fast-forward/fast -rewind
E Toselect atrack ;direct entry
F Toexit amenu (back) Selecting
thescreen forthe remot e
control You
canusetheremote controltooperate
one ofthe two rear screen sat atime. Todo
so, you must switch theremote controltothe
desired screen.
X To select theleft- hand screen :turn
thumbwheel =until "LREAR" is
highlighted inthe window.
X To select theright- hand screen :turn
th umbwh eel=until"REA RR" is
high light edinthewin dow.
Swit chingth escr een on/of f If
th eSm artKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ign ition lock(see thevehicle Operator's
Manual ),or the SmartKey isnot inserted, the
screens inthe rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreens switchoff,they
show amessage tothis effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery.
X Point theremote controlatthe rear-
compartment screenwhichhasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press on/off button:onthe remote
cont rol.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on.
Switching thebutton lighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
abou t15s econ ds,the button lighting
switch esoff automatic ally. 160
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Making
aselection byenter ingthetr ack
num berdirectly X
Pres sth eh buttonon therem ote
con trol.
The track entrydisplay appears .
Ex ample: track 2
X Pres sth e· numberbutt on.
Ex ample: track 12
X Pres sth ecor respon ding numberkeys in
rapid successio n.
i Itis no tp ossible toenter numbers that
exceed thenumber oftrack son the CDor
in the current lyactive folder.
X Wait forapproximately threeseconds after
making theentr y.
You willhear thetrack which hasbeen
enter ed.The correspon dingbasic menu
then reappears. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X With thedisplay /select ionwindow active,
press the= or; button onthe
remote controlrepeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der in
MP3 mode using
th e:=; buttonson therem ote
con trol and pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. :
Folder selectionsymbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe super ordina tefolder :
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remot econ troland press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The display showsthenextfolder up. :
Folder selection symbol
; Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode. 170
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