MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT ROADSTER 2015 C197 Comand Manual

Lane
Recom mendation
Displa y Mea
ning Lan
ewith outlower
limit Un
interr upte dlane Lan
ewith lower limit New
lanedurin ga
man euver Lan
ewith arrow Lan
erec omm ended
for theman euver Na
viga tion Status Indica torsin the
Mul tifunct ionDispla y
When routeguidan ceisact ivat ed, the
follo wing mess ages mayappear:
R <:y ouhave reached thedestination .
R Within Destination Area :y
ou are
approaching thedestinat ion.This message
appears, forexample, withrelatively large
special destinat ions.
R New Route... :t
he system iscalculating a
new route, forexample becauseyouhave
deviated fromtheprevious route.Route
guida nceissubsequ entlyresumed.
R Calculating Route :arou
teisbei ng
calcu lated,after whichroute guidance will
start.
R Off Map :t
he vehicle isoutside therange
of the digital map.Thevehicle isin an off-
map position.
R Off Mapped Road :t
he vehicle ison aroad
which isnot inthe digital map,orisaway
from theroad, forexample inacar park.
R No Route :
no route tothe selected
destinat ioncould becalculated. Audio
Menu
Use thefunct ionsinthe Audio menuto
operate theaudio equipment. Ifno audio
equipment isswitched on,the multifunct ion
display showsthemessage AudioOff.
X To adj ust the volume: PresstheW or
X button . Selecting
aRadio Station /Channe l X
Switch onCOM AND andselect FM/AM Radio (Y
pag e126) orSatRa dio (Y
pag e132).
X Sele ctthe Audi omenu. 1
Wav eband
2 Prese tnumbe rwith chan nelnumb er,
chan nelname orfre quenc y
X To select thenext orprevious preset
chann el:Briefly press 9or:.
or
X To select thenext orprevious channel:
Press andhold 9 or:.
i You canonly chan gethe wave bandand
save newstation s/chann elsusing
COMA ND.
Oper ating theDVD Chang er/Music
Regist er/Mem oryCard/Med ia
Inter face X
Swit chon COMA NDand selec tDisc ,
Memo ryCard (Y
page 143),Musi c Regi
ster (
Y page 148)orM edia Interface
(Y page 153).
X Select theAudio menu.Mult
ifunction SteeringWheel
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Exam
ple: View ofthe CDplay er
1 Curre ntdisc
2 Curre nttrac k
X To select the next or prev ious track :
Bri eflypre ss9 or:.
or
X To scrol lthrou ghthe track list in
upw ardordow nward dire ction:Pre ss
and hold9 or:.
i Ifyo uar eplay ing aCD orDVD with trac k
info rma tion,the multifu nctio ndisplay
shows thename andnumb erofthe track .
The track isdisplayed onMP3s .
Oper ating theDVD Video X
Swit chon COMA NDand selec tDVD Video
(Y page 162).
X Select theAudio menu.
1
Current scene
X To sele ctthe next orprevious scene:
Briefly press9or:.
X To search forthe next orprevious
scen e:Press andhold 9 or:. Tel
Menu G
WARNING
Some jurisdictions prohibitthe driver from
using acellula rtelephone whiledriving.
Whether ornot prohibited bylaw, forsafety
reasons, thedriver should notuse thecellular
telephon ewhile thevehicle isin motion .Stop
the vehiclein asa fe locati onbefor epl aci ng or
ans weringacal l.
If yo unone theless cho ose tousethe mob ile
ph one while dri vin g,plea se uset he handsfree
feature andbesure topay attent iontothe
traffic situation atall times. Usethemobile
phone onlywhen road,weather andtraffic
conditions permit.Otherwise, youmay notbe
able toobserve trafficconditions andcould
endanger yourselfandothers.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/h), yourvehicle is
covering adistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second.
You canusethefunct ionsinthe Tel menu
to
operate yourmobile phone.
X Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 36).
X Select theTel menu
(Ypage 106).
Mobile PhoneStatus R
Ifthe mobile phonehasnotyetbeen
authorized, themessage inthe
multifunction displayis:
Ready forBluetooth Telephony... (Y
page 103).
R Ifthe mobile phoneisswitched onand
authorized, themessage PhoneREADY appea
rsinthe multifunction display.
Acc epting aCall If
someo necall syou whileyou areinthe
Tel menu,
thefollowi ngmessa geapp earsin
the multifunctio ndisplay: 30
Mult
ifunction Steering WheelAtaglance

X
Press 6toanswer acall.
You canalso take acall ifyou have not
selected theTel menu.
i The name ofthe caller onlyappears ifit is
included inthe phone book.
Rejecting orEnding aCall X
Press ~.
You canalso reject orend acall ifyou have
not selected theTel menu.
Di alin gaNumber fromthePhon eBook If
you rmobile phone isable toreceive calls,
you can search forand dialanumber fromthe
phone bookinCOMAND atany time.
i You canenter newnumbers inthe phone
book using COMAND (Ypage 108).
X Select theTel menu.
The multifunct iondisplay shows
Phone READY .
X Press :, 9ora tocall upthe
phone book.
X Press :or9 toselect thename you
are searching for.
The stored names aredisplay edin
alphabetical order.
X Ifonly onetelephone numberisstored
for aname: Press6ora tostart
dialing.
The message Connecting Call... and
the selected numberappearinthe
multifunct iondisplay .The name also
appea rs,provided itis stored inthe phone
book. Theselected numberisstored inthe CALLS
DIALED list
inCOMAND
(Y page 110).
If acall isconn ected, thephone bookentry
appea rsinthe multifunction display.
or
X Ifthere ismore thanonenumber fora
par ticular name:Press6ora to
displa ythe numbers.
X Press :or9 toselect thenumber
you want todial.
X Press 6ora tostart dialing.
The message Connecting Call... and
the selected numberappearint he
multifunction display.The name also
appea rs,provided itis stored inthe phone
book. Theselected numberisstored inthe
CALLS DIALED list
inCOMAND.
If acall isconn ected, thephone bookentry
appea rsinthe multifunction display.
i Toexit thephone bookwithout makinga
call, press the~ button. PhoneREADY appea
rsinthe multifunction display.
i Ifyou press andhold the: or9
button formore thanonesecond, arapid
scroll begins. Afterfour seconds, therapid
scroll speeds up.The rapid scroll stops
when yourelease thebutton orreach the
end ofthe list.
Redialing COMAND
savesthemost recent lydiale d
names andnumbers fromthemobile phone.
This means thatyoudonot have tosearch
through theentire phone book.
X Select theTel menu.
The multifunction displayshows
Phone READY .
X Press 6togo tothe most recent ly
diale dnumber orname inthe
CALLS DIALED menu.
X Press :or9 toselect thenumber
or name youarelooking for.
X Press 6ora tostart dialing. Multifunction
SteeringWheel
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Opera
tingCOMAND Opening
MenuofaM ain Fun ctio n
Example :Audio Menu Within
theAudio Function 1
Mai nfunction line
2 Audi omenu
3 The symb olR indi cates current
opera tingmode.
X To swi tch tomain functi online1 :
Slid eqm .
X To select audi omain function:
Ro tate ymzor slideomp .
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn
Yo uwi llsee themaindispl ayfor the
sel ecte dau dio mod e.
X To sw itchb ack tothe main functionline
1:
Slid eqmand pressn.
The Audi omen uappear s. Select
ingMenu Item
Exam ple1:Ra dio, Station Mem ory 1
Select ion bar
Select ingMenu Item
X Rot ate ymzor slideqmr .
The selection barmoves upand down
within thelist.
Confirming MenuItem
X Press n.
Exiting theMenu Without Selecting
X Slide ompin theopposit edirec tiontothe
direc tionofthe list.
Exam ple2:Na vigat ion,Enter
Destina tionMenu En
ter Des tination menu
1 Men uwith upper andlower menubar
2 Selec torbar 32
Oper
ating COMANDAtaglance

Selec
tingMenu Item
X Rotate ymzor slideqmr .
The selector barmoves horizon tally.
Switching MenuBar
X Slide qmr .
Confir mingMenu Item
X Pres sn. Cha
racter Entry
The exam pleshow sa list ofcities durin g
dest inationentryinthen avigat ion. 1
Predictivespell erwit hnum berand
ch arac terlin e
i Inthepred ictive spell er1 you can only
selec tth ech arac ters that are curren tly
availabl e.The setofcharac ters that is
availabl edepen dson those alread yen tered
and thedat afor thedigit almap.
When enterin gch arac ters, thelist entryat the
to palways displaystheen try th at best
mat ches thech arac ters alread yen tered.
COMA NDauto maticall yadds matching
let ters to those alread yen tered bytheuser .Ent
ering Cha racter s Using
theSp eller
X To select character s:Rot ate ymzor
slide omp .
X Sli de qmr tosw itch betwe enthe lines in
the speller.
X To confi rm charac terselecti on:Pre ss
n.
Ap ossible option:
X To switch predictive speller language
(character set):Select !.
With NumberKeypad
Alter natively, youcan enter charact ersusing
the number keypad(directinput).
Ex ample:
X Press oneofthe number keys,e.g.2,once
or repeatedly insuccession.
Aft eryou have pressed itthe first time, the
charact erdisplay appears atthe lower
edge ofthe display .The first availa bleletter
is highlighted. You
seewhich characters youcan enter with
that key. Each timeyoupress thekey, the
next character ishighlighted.
For example, key:
R Press once=A
R Press twice=B
R Press threetimes =C
Wait untilthecharact erdisplay disappears. Opera
tingCOMAND
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Delet
inganEnt ry X
To del eteind ivid ualcha racte rs:Se lec t
õ atthebot tomr ight ofthe speller and
press n.
or
X Press the2 buttonnex tto the
COMA NDcontroller.
X To delet ean entir eentr y:Selec tõ
and press andhold nunt ilthe entireent ry
is delet ed.
or
X Hold the2 buttondown untilthe entire
ent ryisdelet ed.
Canceling anEntr y X
Selec tá atthe bottom leftinthe speller
and press n.
or
X Press thek button.
The address inputmenuappears.
Accepting theFirst ListEntry X
Press andhold nunt ilthe Ente r Dest
ination men
uappears.
Her eyou willfindthe accepte dlist entry.
or
If COMA NDcan matchthe char acters
ent ered definitively toone town ,the Ente r Dest
ination men
uappears automatically
with theselec tedlistentry.
Switch ingtotheList Without Predictive
Speller
If oth erent ries foratown exist,or the name
exis tsmor ethan oncein the syst em, then
d ishighligh tedinthe speller .
X Press n.
It is also possible tochan getothe listatany
tim edurin gchar acterinput . X
Slide qmrepea tedlyuntilthelistapp ears
witho utthe spel ler.
i Withou tthe speller enteringcharacters
using thenumber keypadisnot possible.
X To re-open thespeller: Pressthek
button.
or
X Select dandpress n.
COMAND willcomplete yourentryif the
name isunambiguou s.In this case, itis not
necessary toswitch tothe list. The Enter Destination menu
willappea r
automatically .
Selec tingalist entr y Town
listinnaviga tionmode
: G symbol foraddition aloptio ns
X To select atown: Rotateymzor slide
qmr .
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
A tow nwi th the Gsymbo lexi sts mor e
tha nonce inthe selecte dsta te/p rovince
or itha ssu be ntrie s.Co nfir ming thistyp eof
tow nwillresult inafurt her selec tion.The
G symbol thenswitches toI. Operat
ingExample
Switching toRad ioMode andCalling up
the Stat ionList Initial
situation: Youwould liketoswitch, for
example, fromthephone functiontoradio 34
Operat
ingCOMANDAtaglance

mode
andrequ estthe Presets list
from
there.
i Inthis guide, the path toamenu itemis
show nasan action inaspecial typeface.
Audio £
Audio £
FM/AM Radio £
Radio £
Presets .
i Depending onthe initial situation, this
sequence ofactions maybeshorter.
If radio mode wasactive last,itis sufficient
to select Audio £
Radio £
Presets .
The individua lsteps forthe above example
are described below.
Switching tothe Current AudioMode
i You canalso callupthe current audio
mode usingthebuttons $orh.
X To move tothe main function line:
Slide qm.
X To select the audi omain function:
Ro tate ymzor slideomp .
X To confi rm your selecti on:Pre ssn.
The maindispl ayofthe previous audio
op era ting mod e,e.g .CDa udio, appear s.
The sele ction bar isin thedisp lay/s election
win dow. 1
Selec tion bar
Swit chingto Radio Mod e
X To select Audio aga
in:Slide qm .
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
The Audiomenu appe ars. X
To select FM/ AMRadio :R
otate ymzor
slide qm.
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
The radio ma indispl ayappe ars. Tuni
ngtoaStati onManu ally
X Sli de mrto high ligh tthe lower menu bar.
X Rotate ymzor slideompto select FM ,
AM or
WB .
X Tu ne toasta tionb yro tating ymzor
sliding omp.
The redline (tuning indicator )moves right
or left and stops whenareceivable station
is found. Basic
Functions ofCOMAND
i The COMAND componentscan be foun d
on (Ypage 18).Oper atingex ample scan be
foun don (Ypage 32). Ba
sic Funct ionsofCOMAN D
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Switching
COMANDOn/Off
X Press theqbutton.
Aw arning mes sage isdispl ayed. COMA ND
calls uptheprev iously selectedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Switching
COMANDDisplayOn/Off
X Press theöfunct ionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionline.
The system menuappears.
X To switch off:Select Display Off and
conf irmwith W.
X To switch on:Press theqorthe k
button . Sound
X To switch on/off: Pressthe8 button .
The sound fromtheactive audioorvideo
source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound ismuted, youwillsee the
X icon inthe status bar.
If you change theaudio orvideo source or
change thevolume, thesound is
automatically switchedonagain.
i Ann ouncemen tsfrom thenavigation
system canstillbeheard withthesound
switched off.
Switching NavigationAnnounce ments
On/Off X
Press 8during theannounc ement.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqbutton. Setting
theVolume
X To set: Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe sele cted audio orvide o
source changes.
Volume ofNavigatio nAnn ounc ements You
cansetthe volu mefornaviga tion
announcements independently ofthe volu me
for the active audio orvide osource .
During anaviga tionannouncement:
X Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel.
Audio Fadeout
The Audi oFadeo utfunction, ifactivated ,
low ers the volu meofthe current audio source
when anaviga tionannouncement isissu ed.
As soon asthe naviga tionannouncement has
ended, theaudio source willbe played atthe
previ ousvolume(Ypag e36).
Setting Volume forPhone Calls You
canadju stthe volu meforhands-free
mode duringatelep hone call.
During atelep hone call:
X Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel. Sound
Setting s
You canselectdiffere ntsound settings for
each audio and videosource .The sound
menu canbeopened fromthesubmenu ofthe
desired operating mode. 36
Basic
Function sof COMANDAt aglance

Exam
ples :
R Aud io £
FM/AMRadio £
Sound R
Aud io £
Disc £
Sound Se
ttin gBass andTreb le X
Sel ect Sound £
Treble or
Bas s .
Th epre viou slyse lected setting isind icated
by an emp tybar. Setti
ngtreb leand bass
1 Last selected setting
2 Curre ntsetting
X To chang ethe settin g:Ro tate ymzor
slide qmrunt ilth edesi redtreble andbass
leve lsare set.
X To sav eset ting:Pre ssn.
The setting isstore dand themen uis
ex ited.
X To exit themen uwithout changes: Press
the k buttonorslide omp .
Setting Balance The
balance determines whetherthesound
inten sityishigher onthe driver’s sideoron
the front passenger’s side.
X Select Sound £
Balance . Sett
ingBalance (displayimagemaydiffer
depending onmodel)
1 Current setting
X To change thesetting: Slideqmror
ompunt ilth ebalan ceisset asdesi red.
X To store asetting: Pressth en butt on.
The settingis stored andthemen uis
exit ed.
X To exit themenu withoutchan ges:Press
th ek button. Ba
ng &O lufsen soundsystem
Your vehic leisequipped withthe
Ban g&O lufsen soundsyst em.
There aretwo settings available withTrue Imag
e ™s
ound techn ology:
R reference This
settingprovides acrisp, clear, luxury
high-end soundsettingforastudio
atmosphere inyour vehicle.
R surround This
settingenables awide-ranging sound
experienc efor playi ngmusic andvideos.
The Sound Mode funct
ioncan beused to
optimize theselected soundsettingforone
seat. Thesettings left ,
all and
right can
be selected.
The Bang &Olufsen soundsyst emprov ides
the followin goperat ingmodes :
R Radio (FMonly)
R Sat radio
R Audio CD Ba
sic Functions ofCOMAND
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R
Aud ioDVD (MLP, DTS, PCMand Dolby
Dig italau dio for ma ts)
R MP3 (inclu ding PCMC IAmem orycard)
R Me diaInter face
R Vide oDVD (PCM ,DTS andDolbyDig ital
au dio for ma ts)
R AUX
Since manyDVDs containbo th ster eoand
mu lti-cha nnel audio for ma ts,itma ybe
nece ssaryto set the audio for ma t
(Y page 148) .
Dis cswh ich supp ort the audio for ma ts
menti onedha ve the followi ng logos : Dol
by®
Dig ital DTS™
MLP
™ Se
lecti ng settin gsfort he
Bang &Olufsen soundsystem
Calling uptheselection menu X
Selec tSoun d .
X Highlig htBang &Olufsen . The
currentsettings for the True Image ™
and Soun dMode sound
techno logy canbe
seen inthe right -handhalf ofthe screen.
X Press W.
As election menuappears. Select
ionmenu
A # dot infron tof an ent ryindicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
Selecting thesetting forTrue Image™ X
Turn cVdor slideZVÆand highlight
ref erence or
sur round .
X Pre ssW.
Select ingsoun dmode X
Sele ctSou ndMode in
theselec tionm enu. 38
Ba
sic Functions ofCOMANDAt aglance