phone MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2012 R230 Comand Manual

COMAN
Ddis pla y
Disp layover view The
COMA NDdispl aysho wsthefun ction curren tlyselec teda nd itsassoci atedmenu s.The
CO MAND displ ayisdivid ed into severalar ea s.
The radio displ ayissho wninthe exampl e. :
Statu sba r
; Calls up the audio menu
= Mainfunctio nbar
? Display/s electionw indow
A Radio menubar
St atus bar:shows thetimeand thecurr entsettings for radio andtelep honeoperat ion.
The main functions,navig ation,audio, telephoneand video feature additio nalmen us.This is
indic ated bytriangle ;.Thefollowing tableliststheavaila blemenu items.
Main functionbar =allow syou tocall upthe desired mainfunction.
In the example, theaudi omain functionisset toradio mode anddispla y/selection
window ?isactive.
Radi omenu barAallow syou tooperate theradio functions.
Menu overview The
table liststhemenus availableafter calling upthe main functionnavigation, audio,
telephone orvideo inthe main functionbar. COMAND
operatingsystem
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Ent
erin gcha racter sin thead dress
and theph one book
Intr odu ction The
followin gsec tiond escribes howtoent er
charact ersinthe phone book(Ypage 102)
and theaddress book(Ypage 109)when
creat inganew entry.
Creat inganew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 104). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
Creat inganew entry inthe address
book X
Call upthe input menu withdata fields
(Y page 109). Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar i
IfCOMAND isnot equipped withahard
disk, youcan only editdata fields with
telephon enumbers.
Entering character s The
example describes howtoent erthe
surname Schulz .
X Select S using
the=;9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
S is
ent ered intodata field:.All
charact ersare shown inblack andcan
alway sbe select edincharact erbar ;.
The charact erbar offer scharact ers
corr espondin gto the respect ivedata field
(lett ersordigits). :
Toswitch thecharact erbar tolower-c ase
lett ers
; Toswitch thecharact erbar from upper/
lower-c aseletters todigits
= Tochange thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar
? Todelete acharact er/anentry
X Select c and
press the9button to
con firm.
The letterc is
added toS in
the data field.
X Repeat theprocess untilthename has
been entered infull.
X To enter aphone number :select the
digits forthe respect ivedata fieldoneby
one using the=;9: buttons
and press the9button tocon firm. Opera
tingCOMAND
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Switching
theCOMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton.
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar
using the9=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display off and
press the9button toconf irm.
X To switch on:press theqor% back
button. Mute
Switching audioandvideo sources on/
off X
Press the8 button.
The sound fromtherespective audioor
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudi oor video
source, oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i Even ifthe sound isswitched off,you will
still hear traffic andnavigation system
announc ements.
Switching offtraffic progra mand
navigation announcements completely X
Tra ffic progra m:press andhold the
8 button untilthe. display
disappea rsfrom thestatus barofthe
display .
X Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
i Navigation announcementscanbeturned
on again afterCOMAND hasbeen switched
on oroff with theqcont rolknob. Adjust
ingthe volume
Audio andvideo source volume X
Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The volume ofthe current lyselected audio
or video source changes.
Adjust ingthe volume fortraffic
announcements andnavigation
announcements i
You cansetthe volume oftraffic and
navigation announcementsrelativetothe
volume ofthe audi oor video source.
During trafficornavigation announcements:
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel.
Adjust ingthe volume forphone calls You
canadjust thevolume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
Calling upthe sound menu You
canmake various soundsettingsfor the
different audioand video sources. Thismeans
that itis possible toset more bassforradio
mode thanforCD mode, forexample. Youcan
call upthe respective soundmenufromthe
menu ofthe desired mode.
The example describes howtocall upthe
sound menuinradio mode. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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mono
andcaus etemporary sound
distortio ns.
On some stereo recordi ngs,thesound
chara cteristics maydiffer from
conventional stereoplayba ck. Rear
Entertainme ntSystem Co
mponents
Overvi ew The
RearSeat Entertainment System
comprise s:
R two rear-compa rtmentscreens behindthe
front-seat headrestrai nts
R the remote control
R aCD/DVD drive
R AUX jacks onboth screens (displa yAUX)
and onthe CD/DVD drive(driveAUX)
R two sets ofcordle sshead phones Rear-compartment
screens :
Socket forcorded headphones
; AUX jacks; foradetai ledview ,see CD/
DVD drive (Ypag e31) :
Displa y
; IRreceive rdiodes Rem
otecontr ol
Over view :
Swit ches thescreen on/off
; Swit ches thebutt onlight ingon/ off 30
Rea
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Cord
lessheadphones
Over view :
Volum eco ntrol
; Select sa sc ree nfor the headphones
= Batt erycompart mentcover
? Switches thecordless headphones on/off
A Indicat orlamp, differing displays(Y page 32)
X Open bothsides ofthe headphones andadjust thefitofthe headphones bypulling the
headphone bandinthe direction ofthe arrow.
Switching thecordless headphones
on/off X
Press button ?.
Dependin gon the previous status,the
headphones areswitched onoroff. To
preserve thebatteries, theheadphones
automatically switchoffifthey have not
received anIRsignal forapproximately
three minutes.
Adjust ingthe volume ofthe
headp hones X
Turn volume control: until thedesired
volume hasbeen set. i
Ifyou have connected corded
headphones toarear-com partment
screen ,you can adjust thevolume by
pressing buttonsC onthe remote control
(Y page 30).
Selecting ascree nfor thehea dphones X
Mov epush slider; toL(lef t-han dsc ree n)
or R(rig ht-hand scree n).
Ind icat orlam pdis pla ys The
color oftheind icat orlamp shows
whet hertheheadp honesare swit ched on or
off and indicat esthech arge levelof the
bat teries inserted. 32
Rea
rEnt ertain men tSys temAtaglan ce

Disp
lay St
atus Gree
n The
head phonesare swit ched
on and thebat terie sare fully
ch arg ed. Red The
head phonesare swit ched
on and thebat terie sare
almo stdisc harged. No
disp lay
(dar k) The
head phonesare swit ched
of f,or thebat terie sare
emp ty,inco rrec tly in ser tedor
no tinser ted. Co
nnectin gadditi onalhea dpho nes Yo
ucan conne ctone additio nal set ofcord ed
hea dphone sto each ofthe two rearscree ns
(Y page 30). Theconnecti onsocke tis for
hea dph ones with 1/8 inch stere ojack plug s
and animp edance of32 ohms . Chan
ging batte ries
Batter iesare required forthe remo tecontrol
and forthe two sets ofcord less hea dph ones .
For changing batterie s,see (Ypage 160). Rear
viewcame ra
The rearview came raisonly available forthe
M-Class andtheR-Class. G
WARN
ING
The rear view came raismere lyan aid.
Please observethe correspo ndingnotes in
your vehicle's Operator's Manual.
If your vehicle isequipped witharear view
camera, itsimage isautomatically relayedto
the COMAND displayifthe funct ionis
activated andyouengage reverse gear.
If the funct ionisactivated, theCOMAND
display willautomatically switchbacktothe
previously selecteddisplayassoon asyou
shift outofreverse gear. X
Press theW functionbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings and
press the9button
to conf irm.
X Select RearViewCamera and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Activation byRgear and
press
the 9button toconf irm.
The funct ionisswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status. Rear
view camera
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COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Display
settings Sett
ingthe bright ness
The brightn essdetec tedbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoption sfor this
func tion.
X Press theW button .
X Select Setting s using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
con firm.
X Select Brightn ess and
press the9
button tocon firm. :
Current setting
X Adj ust the brightn essusing the9:
button sand press the9, = ork
button tocon firm. Display
design
X Press theW button . X
Select Setting s using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
con firm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automat ic using
the9: buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
The äicon indicat esthe curren tsett ing.
i When theAutomat ic sett
ingisselect ed,
COMAND evaluatesthereadings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switch esbetween thedisplay designs
automatic ally. Tim
esettings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS recept ion,COMAND
automatic allysets thetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minut e
incr ement s,but thedate cannotbe changed.
i Ifyou setthe time in30- minut e
incr ement s,any time zonesett ings and
sett ings forchangin gbetween summerand
stan dard timearelost (Ypage 37).
If your vehicle isnot equipped witha
navigation system,youcan setthe minut es
exact ly.
i The following functionsrequire thetime,
time zoneand summer/ standard timeto
be set corr ectlyin order towork properly:
R route guidance onroutes withtime-
dependen ttraffic guidance
R calcu lation ofexpected timeofarriva l
R time informati onfor receive dand
outgoi ngphone calls 36
Time
setting sSystem settings

X
Sel ect Individualizationon and
press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Indi vidualizati onisacti vate dO or
de acti vate dª. Blue
tooth®
se tting s Gen
eral informati onabo ut
Blue tooth®
Blu etoo th®
techno logy isthe stand ardfor
sho rt-rang ewi rel ess data trans missiono fup
to appro xim ately10 mete rs.Blueto oth ®
al lo ws ,for exa mpl e,the exch angeof vC ards .
Blu eto oth ®
is areg istere dtra dema rkof
Blu eto oth SpecialInte restGroup (SIG) Inc. Requiremen
tsfor aBluetoo th®
co nne ctio n
You canconnect mobilephones, laptops and
PDAs withCOMAND.
To do so, the followi ngconditions needtobe
met:
R Blue tooth ®
-capab ledevi ces, e.g.mobil e
phones, needtocomply withacertain
profil ein order tobe connected to
COMAND (Ypag e95). Every Bluetooth ®
devi cehas itsown speci ficBlue tooth ®
name.
R Blue tooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe respe ctiveBluetooth ®
devi ce;
see thesepa rateopera tinginstructions.
R the Blue tooth ®
devi cemust be"vis ible" to
COMAND inorder forCOMAND tofind and
disp layit.For thesetting procedu res,
ple ase see theopera tinginstructions for
the Blue tooth ®
devi ce. i
Once amobil ephone hasbeen
connected, receptionand trans mission
vol um ema ycha nge .
i Further informa tiono nsuitable mobile
phon esand onconn ecting aBlue toot h®
-
cap able mobilephon eto COMA NDcan be
obt aine don lineund er
ht tp:// www.m busa-mob ile.com orby
te leph oneat theMer cedes- BenzCust ome r
As sist anc eCen terund er1-80 0-FO R-
ME RCedes (1-800-36 7-63 72)(US )or at
Cust omerRelations under
1-8 00-387 -0100(Canada). Activating/d
eactivatingBluet ooth®
X Press theW button .
The system menuappears.
X Select Setting s in
the system menuusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select Bluetoo th and
press the9button
to con firm.
X Select Activat e Bluetoo
th and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
This switch esBluetoot h®
on O oroff ª. Connecting
Bluetooth®
devices
Befor eusing yourBluetoot h®
device with
COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed to
con nectit.
Connec tingcompr ises:
R searchin gfor aBluetoot h®
device
R subsequently authorizingit
i You canconnectup toten devices to
COMAND .
You canobtain moredetailed information
about suitable mobilephones andabout
con nectingBluetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phones toCOMAND fromyourauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter oron the Internet 40
Bluet ooth®
sett ingsSystem settings

(
http://ww w.mercedes-benz.com/
co nne ct).
Searchi ngfor Bluetoo th®
devic es X
Select Settin gs in
the syste mmenuusing
the =;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Bluetoo th and
press the9button
to con firm.
X Select Bluetoo th device list and
press
the 9button tocon firm.
X Select Update and
press 9tocon firm.
COMAND searchesforBluetoot h®
devices
within range. Afterashort while, the
Bluetoot h®
device listappears. Ex
ample ofdisplay: Bluetoot h®
device list
: Current lycon nected #and authoriz ed
device (here:mobile phoneL)
; Devic enot within rangebutpreviously
authoriz ed(L appears ingray)
= Newly detecteddevice withinrangebut
not yetauthoriz ed(no icon)
The Bluetoot h®
device listshows alldevices
within rangeandallpreviously authorized
devices, whether ornot they areinrange.
If the Bluetoot h®
device listisalready full,you
will berequested todeauthorize adevice
(Y page 42).IfCOMAND doesnotdetec t
your Bluetoot h®
device, external
authoriz ationmaybenec essary
(Y page 42). i
When subsequently calledupagain, the
list may nolonger showalldevices, for
example becauseadevice hasbeen
removed fromthevehicle inthe meant ime.
In this case, startanew search toupdate
the device list.
Author izingaBluet ooth®
device
(register ing) Opt
ion 1
X Select theasyet unauthoriz eddevice inthe
Bluetoot h®
device listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Authori ze and
press the9button
to con firm.
Opt ion 2
X Select theasyet unauthoriz eddevice inthe
Bluetoot h®
device listusing the
9: buttonsand press the9button
to con firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option ,the passcode
input menu appears. The
passcode isany one tosixt een- digit
number combinationwhich youcan choose
yourself. Youmust enterthe same number
combin ationinCOMAND andinthe
Bluetoot h®
device tobe authoriz ed(see the
mobile phoneoperatin ginst ruct ions).
i Some mobile phones requireapasscode
with fourormore digits. Bluet
ooth®
sett ings 41System
settings

i
Ifyou want toreau thorize adevice
follo wing de-au thorization (Ypage 42),
you can select adifferent passcode.
X To enter thepassco deinCOMA ND:
press number keys,suchasl, oneafter
the other.
¬ ishighl ighted afterthefirst number
has been entered.
or
X Select thedigitsusing the=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
Then, select ¬.
X To con firm anentry inCOMA ND:press
the 9button.
X Ent erthe same passcod einto the
Bluetooth ®
device (seetheopera ting
instructions forthe respective device).
The device isauthori zed. External
authorization
If COMAND doesnotdetect your
Bluetooth ®
device, thismay bedue to
particul arsecurity settings onyou r
Bluetooth ®
device. Inthis case, check
whether yourBluetoo th®
devic ecan locat e
the COMA NDsyst em. TheBluet ooth®
devic e
name ofCOMA NDis"MB Bluet ooth".
X Selec tAuth orize in
the Bluet ooth®
devic e
list using the9: buttons.
X Selec tOpti ons using
the; buttonand
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tExte rnal authorization and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Start the Bluet ooth®
scan processonthe
Bluet ooth®
devic e(see theseparat e
operat inginst ruct ions ofthe respe ctive
devic e).
X Selec tCOMAND ("MBBluetooth").
X When prompted, enterthepasscode onthe
Bluetooth ®
device andthen onCOMAND. Displaying
thedetails ofa
Bluetooth ®
device
X Select thedesired deviceinthe
Bluetooth ®
device listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Details and
press 9toconfirm.
The detailed displayfor this device
appea rs.
X To clos ethe detailed display:pressthe
= or; button. De-authorizing
(de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
device
Mercedes-Benz recommendsthatyou
deau thorize devices, e.g.mobile phones,
both inCOMAND andonthe respective
Bluetooth ®
device itself.Subseque nt
authorization mayotherwise fail.
X Select anauthorized deviceinthe
Bluetooth ®
device listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Deauthorize and
press the9
button toconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtodeauthorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the authorization forthe
device willberevoked.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i IfaBluetooth ®
device hasbeen de-
authorized andisout ofrange, whenanew
search iscarried outitwill notappear inthe
Bluetooth ®
device list. 42
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings