MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class 2004 W220 Comand Manual

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COMAND Operator’s Manual

Welcome to COMAND!
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. This will help you derive
a greater benefit from the system. Please
also follow the instructions and warnings
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
could result in damage to the vehicle or
personal injury to you or others.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND system
equipment may differ. Therefore, you may
find explanations for optional equipment
not installed in your vehicle. If you have
any questions about the operation of any
equipment, your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate
the proper procedures. We continuously strive to improve our pro-
duct and ask for your understanding that
we reserve the right to make changes in
design and equipment. Therefore, informa-
tion, illustrations and descriptions in this
manual might differ from the equipment in-
stalled in your vehicle. As such, the infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be reaso-
nably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company Please make yourself familiar with your

Contents
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tape operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 12
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 16
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 30
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching the radio operation on . . 31
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Notes on tape care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching tape operation on . . . . . . 40
Seeking/skipping tracks . . . . . . . . 41
Changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fast forward/rewinding . . . . . . . . . 42
Scan function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Skip blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
DOLBY B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . 44
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Return to the Audio menu . . . . . . . 44CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General Information on
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 46
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 47
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 50
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 57
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 14 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ContentsDVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
General information on
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting brightness, contrast and
color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 118
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Activating the Destination
Entry menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 133

Contents
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 134
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Recalculating an existing route . . 134
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 137
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 138
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 139
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 141
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Saving the current location . . . . . 146
Defining route guidance displays . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 150
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 151POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Selecting a POI around your current
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 159
Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Activating the Service main menu 164
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Reading SMS message received. . 167
Deleting an SMS message . . . . . . 168
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Entries in the address book . . . . . 169
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sorting the address book . . . . . . . 170
Details on an address book entry . 171
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 178
Deleting an address book entry . . 179
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 180
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Activating the Notebook menu . . 182
Entries in the notebook. . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Sorting the notebook . . . . . . . . . . 183
Entering a new note . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Recording a new note . . . . . . . . . 184
Playback a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Playing intros of all recorded
notes (Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Entering a reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Deleting a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Deleting a reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 188

ContentsTele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 189
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Input via selection menu. . . . . . . . 191
Input via 12-button keypad . . . . . . 193System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 196
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 199
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 199
Voice control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Voice control system* functions . 201
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Contents

Contents

1
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, cassette player*, CD-
player, CD changer* and DVD drive.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route guidance including detour

Last destinations and destination
memory

POIs
Service
Here you will find all the information about:
SMS

Address book

Notebook

Tele Aid*
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.