ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class 2014 W222 Comand Manual

If the
Calculate
Calculate Alternative
Alternative Routes
Routessetting is activated 0073, different routes will be offered
each time a route is calculated (Y page 72).
You can also view these for the current route any time from COMAND.
Routes 1, 2 and 4 are displayed with a dark blue line (Y page 72).
Route 3 is the most economic route and is displayed with a green line.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the00BEbutton.
X To show the menu: press the controller.
X To select Route
Route: turn and press the controller.
X Select All Route Map
All Route Map.
Route 1 is shown.
X To display additional routes: select Next NextorPrevious
Previous.
X To start a new route guidance: selectStart
Start.
Route list X
To switch to navigation mode: press the00BEbutton.
X To show the menu: press the controller.
X To select Route
Route: turn and press the controller.
X Select Route List
Route List.
The route list shows the next change of direction and the immediate distances from the
current vehicle position. 98
Route guidanceNavigation

Deleting all areas:
X
Slide 00520096and press the controller while the list is shown.
X Select Delete All Delete All .
A prompt appears asking whether you wish to delete all areas.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo
No.
After selecting Yes
Yes , all areas are deleted. SIRIUS XM service
Displaying SIRIUS XM service
information You can display the SIRIUS XM service
information.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press the controller.
X To select Traffic
Traffic: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
X Select SIRIUS Service SIRIUS Service.
The window on the right half of the display
shows the telephone number of the
provider (SIRIUS XM) and the serial number
of your service module.
Registering for the SIRIUS XM traffic
report service X
Call the provider telephone number shown
on the COMAND display.
i You can also have the satellite service
activated online. To do so, visit the SIRIUS
XM Radio website at
http://www.sirius.com (USA).
Once the connection has been established:
X Follow the service employee's instructions.
The activation process may take up to ten
minutes.
If registration is not included when
purchasing the system, your credit card
details will be required to activate your
account. Updating the digital map
Introduction The digital maps generated by the map
software become outdated in the same way
as conventional road maps. Optimal route
guidance can only be provided by
the navigation system in conjunction with the
most up-to-date map software.
Information about new versions of the digital
map can be obtained from an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. You can have the
digital map updated there using a data
medium, or you can update it yourself. Navigation functions
Calling up the navigation system
menu
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00CB button.
X To show the menu: press the controller.
X Slide 00970052the controller twice.
Navi Navi is highlighted in the main function bar.
X Press the controller.
The navigation menu appears. 116
Navigation fun
ctionsNavigation

Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all
standard and optional equipment available
for your COMAND system at the time of
purchase. Country-specific differences are
possible. Please note that your
COMAND system may not be equipped with
all the features described. This also applies to
safety-relevant systems and functions.
Therefore, the equipment on your COMAND
system may differ from that in the
descriptions and illustrations. Should you
have any questions concerning equipment
and operation, please consult an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. General notes
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If you operate mobile communication
equipment while driving, you will be
distracted from traffic conditions. You could
also lose control of the vehicle. There is a risk
of an accident.
Only operate this equipment when the vehicle
is stationary.
If you make a call on your mobile phone while
driving, always use hands-free mode. Only
use the mobile phone when road, weather
and traffic conditions permit. Some
jurisdictions prohibit the driver from using a
mobile phone while driving a vehicle.
Bear in mind that at a speed of only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), the vehicle covers
a distance of 44 feet (approximately 14 m)
per second.
Excessive levels of electromagnetic radiation
may cause damage to your health and the
health of others.
There is scientific discussion surrounding the
possible health risks posed by
electromagnetic fields. You can reduce this
risk by using an exterior antenna. Therefore, only use mobile communication
equipment if it is connected to the exterior
antenna of the vehicle. Introduction
COMAND allows you to use the following
modes of telephony:
R Telephony via the Bluetooth ®
interface
using COMAND
R Business telephony via the Bluetooth ®
interface of the Multi-Seat-Entertainment
System (handset).
i Business telephony is only available if the
vehicle is equipped with a Multi-Seat-
Entertainment System and the business
telephony option.
When connecting Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones with PBAP (Phone BookAccess
Profile), the contacts are automatically
downloaded to COMAND or the Multi-Seat-
Entertainment System.
With a suitable mobile phone, you can use the
hands-free system and receive vCards via the
Bluetooth ®
interface.
You can use the text message and e-mail
functions if the mobile phone supports the
MAP Bluetooth ®
profile ( Message Access
Profile).
You can obtain more detailed information
about suitable mobile phones and about
connecting Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones to COMAND on the Internet at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) for
the USA or at 1-800-387-0100 for Canada. 122
General notesTelephone

i
You can also accept a call as described
above when another main function is
switched on in COMAND. Once you have
accepted the call, the display switches to
the telephone display. After the call is
finished, you see the display of the previous
main application again.
The display does not switch to telephone
mode if you:
R accept the call via the Voice Control
System (see the separate operating
instructions).
R accept the call using the 0061button on
the multifunction steering wheel
Rejecting a call X
Press the 0076button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel. Making a call
Using the number keypad X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 129).
X Enter the digits using the number keypad.
i As soon as one of the numbers is touched,
the corresponding button is highlighted in
the display.
X To connect the call: press the0061
button on COMAND or on the multifunction
steering wheel.
Using the telephone basic menu X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 129).
X To select all numbers one after the other:
turn and press the controller each time.
Dialing a number:
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel. Redial X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 129).
X To select °from the character list: turn
the controller and press to confirm.
or
X If the telephone basic menu is displayed,
press the 0061button on COMAND.
The list of dialed numbers appears. The
most recently dialed number is at the top.
X To select a call: turn the controller.
X To make a call: press the controller.
Using the call list or COMAND phone
book X
Open a call list and select an entry
(Y page 138).
or
X Call up the COMAND phone book and
select an entry (Y page 135).
X To make a call: press the controller or the
0061 button.
Making a call via speed dial You can save entries from the phone book in
the speed dial list and call them using speed
dial numbers (Y
page 141).
Option 1:
X Hold down one of the number keys for
longer than two seconds.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing.
Option 2:
X To select a digit from the digit bar in the
basic telephone menu: turn the controller.
X Press the controller for longer than two
seconds.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing. Using the telephone
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You can call up additional Mercedes-Benz
Apps, such as Facebook, Google™ Street
View, Google™ Panoramio or country
information such as maximum speed here.
The following examples show how to call up
a Mercedes-Benz App, for example Facebook,
and generally how to call up Google™
services.
To call up Facebook:
X Press the 002Bbutton.
The last function called up appears.
X Select TEL/
TEL/ 00A7in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052, turning and pressing the
controller.
A menu appears.
X To select Internet Internet: turn and press the
controller.
The menu for the Internet functions
appears.
X Select the Mercedes-Benz Apps
Mercedes-Benz Apps menu.
The Mercedes-Benz Apps menu is
displayed.
X Select Facebook from the list.
The Facebook home page appears.
i Facebook is a social network. This App
allows you to log in from your vehicle and
use Facebook's many functions.
To call up Google™ services:
X This is done through Google™ Local Search
(Y page 162).
i Google™ Street View allows you to view
streets in 360-degree panoramas.
Google™ Panoramio expands Google Local
Search to include photos at the selected
position.
To exit Mercedes-Benz Apps:
X Press the 0038button.
The Internet menu appears.
i Additional Mercedes-Benz Apps can be
purchased on the Mercedes-Benz website.
You can find further information under:
http://apps.mercedes-benz.com/apps/
The available features are country-
dependent. Internet radio
General notes
A good Internet connection is required to
transmit audio data efficiently. To ensure the
best-possible reception, your mobile phone
should be connected to the vehicle's exterior
antenna via the phone bracket (optional).
i Bear in mind that a relatively large volume
of data can be transmitted when using
Internet radio. An average 128 kbit per
second data transfer rate can transfer
56 MB of data in one hour.
The data transfer rate of a station is
displayed while receiving data. Calling up the Internet radio
X
Press the 002Bbutton repeatedly until the
Internet menu appears.
X To select the Internet Radio Internet Radio menu: turn
and press the controller.
The Internet radio menu appears.
i You can also call up the Internet radio
directly in radio mode (Y page 179).168
Internet radioOnline and Internet

X
In radio mode: press the controller.
The station list appears with the stations
currently available.
X To select the desired station: turn and
press the controller.
Using frequency entry
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
X To select Options
Options: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Enter Frequency
Enter Frequency.
X Enter the station frequency in the entry
field using the telephone keypad or
COMAND remote control, and press the
controller.
Using the search function
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
X Select 00D3and enter the first letters of the
required station using the controller.
As soon as enough characters have been
entered, COMAND shows a list of the
available stations.
X To select stations from the list: turn the
controller and press to confirm.
Using station presets
X Quick setting:
Briefly press a number key, e.g. 0082.
The station stored in second place is set. Tagging music tracks
If an Apple
®
device is connected, the music
tracks and artist displayed in the radio text
can be stored. Using iTunes you have the
option of purchasing this track.
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
X Select Options Options.
X Select Tag This Track
Tag This Track.
A message appears in COMAND about
storing the track information. Station list
i The station list is only available in the FM/
AM waveband. It includes all FM and AM
stations that can currently be received.
X In radio mode: press the controller.
The station list appears with the stations
currently available. 180
Radio modeRadio

Storing a station
i The most important stations for your
region are already saved in COMAND.
There are 99 preset positions available. Storing current stations
X
In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
X To select Options
Options: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Edit Edit.
X Select the position of the required preset:
turn the controller.
This can also be a preset position that is
already occupied, which is then overwritten
by the current station.
X Slide 00520096the controller.
An additional menu appears.
X To select the Save Current Station/
Save Current Station/
Channel Channel option: turn and press the
controller.
The currently set station is stored in the
selected preset position. A tone signals a
successful preset entry.
Moving marked stations
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
X To select Options
Options: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Edit Edit.
X To select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
X Slide 00520096the controller.
An additional menu appears. X
To select the Move Highlighted
Move Highlighted
Station/Channel
Station/Channel option: turn the
controller and press to confirm.
The list of stored stations appears again.
X To move the marked station to the new
position: turn the controller and press to
confirm.
A tone signals the successful transfer of the
station to the new position in the storage
list.
Deleting marked stations
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
X To select Options
Options in the radio menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
X Select Edit Edit.
X To select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
X Slide 00520096the controller.
X To select the Delete Highlighted
Delete Highlighted
Station/Channel Station/Channel option in the additional
menu: turn and press the controller.
A tone signals the successful deletion of
the station from the list.
Quick save
X Press and hold a number button, e.g.
0082, until you hear a tone. The station is
saved to second place in the radio station
presets. Calling up sound settings
X In radio mode: slide 00520064the controller.
X To select Sound Soundin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
The sound menu appears: (Y page 230). Radio text
This function is available in HD and FM/AM
radio mode.
Radio text is additional data, meta data or
similar that, in addition to displaying the artist Radio mode
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Start at a different seat
The media source can be played back at a
different seat: (Y page 191).
Show track information
Checking or unchecking the box before Show Show
Track Information
Track Information displays or hides the
information on the track, artist and album in
the main display field. Stop and playback function
X To stop playback: in audio/video mode,
slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To activate 00CFin the media menu bar:
turn the controller and press to confirm
Playback is interrupted here. The display
changes to 00D0.
X To continue playback: in audio/video
mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To activate 00D0in the Media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Playback is continued from the point of
interruption. The symbol changes to 00CF. Selecting a track
Selecting using the current track list X
To display the current track list: press
the controller in the basic display.
The track list for the active data medium
appears.
X To select a track: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
Selecting by skipping to a track X
To skip forwards or backwards to a track:
turn or briefly slide 009500520096the controller in
the media basic display.
Selecting a track using the number
keypad X
Press the 0056key on the number keypad.
A numerical entry field appears. The
number of positions offered corresponds to
the number of tracks on the CD/DVD. Only
numbers that correspond to a track
number on the CD/DVD can be entered.
X To enter the track number using the
number keys: briefly press the desired
numbers on the number keypad.
The track plays after the last possible
number is entered.
i Pressing and holding a number key for
more than two seconds completes the
entry, and the corresponding track is
played. The search menu Audio/video mode
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X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Search
Search: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The category list is shown.
X Select a category, e.g. Genres Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the
COMAND default settings and the music
tracks available).
X Select a sub-category, e.g. Blues
Blues.
If the sub-category Blues Bluesincludes music
tracks, these will be shown. Gracenote Media Database
General notes This function is only available in audio CD
mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote® music recognition technology,
Emeryville, California, USA on the COMAND
hard disk. You will recognize this by the logo
in the bottom right-hand corner of certain
audio displays.
If the audio CD does not contain any CD text
information, COMAND can use the
Gracenote ®
Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in audio CD
mode. Internet update of metadata With the option
Update metadata via
Internet, the audio CD meta data that is not
available (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) can
be reloaded to the internal Gracenote
database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(Y page 159). Selecting Internet update of meta data
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the
controller.
X In the selection list, select Updating
Updating
Metadata Via Internet
Metadata Via Internet.
A connection with the Gracenote data
server is established. The missing data is
loaded, saved and displayed in the main
display field.
If there is no data found or there is no
Internet connection, a corresponding error
message will appear.
Switching the Gracenote ®
data display
on/off X
Switch on CD-audio mode: (Y page 195).
X To select Gracenote Media Database Gracenote Media Database:
turn and press the controller. 198
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X
To switch the display off: select None
None.
In the basic display, Track 1
Track 1 ,Track 2
Track 2 etc.
are shown instead of the Gracenote ®
data,
for example.
X To switch on the display: press the
controller. Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers R
CD-R, CD-A and CD-RW
R DVD-R, DVD-V and DVD-RW
R SD memory card
R USB storage device
Permissible file systems R
ISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
R UDF for video DVDs
R FAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD
memory card and USB storage media
Multisession CDs For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how COMAND will
process the CD. COMAND plays only one
session and gives priority to the audio CD
session.
File structure of a data carrier When you create a disc with compressed
music files, the tracks can be organized in
folders. A folder may also contain subfolders.
The disc may contain no more than eight
directory levels. Files beyond the eighth level
will not be recognized by the system.
i COMAND supports up to 50,000 files
from one data medium. For data media with
more than 64 GB, only files in the following
folders are supported: music, pictures,
videos. Track and file names When you create a disc with compressed
music files, you can assign names to the
tracks and folders.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder.
You should observe the following when
assigning track names:
R
track names must have at least one
character.
R track names must have the ending of a
supported audio/video format, e.g. mp3,
aac or m4v.
R there must be a dot between the track
name and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats COMAND supports the following audio
formats:
R
MP3
R WMA
R CD-A
R AAC formats: .aac, .mp4, .m4a and .m4b
Copy-protected iTunes music files with
the .m4p file ending are not supported.
COMAND supports the following video
formats:
R DVD-V
R MPEG
R wmv
R M4V
R AVI up to 720p.
Permissible bit and sampling rates COMAND supports MP3 files of the following
types:
R
fixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz Audio/video mode
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