Navi MERCEDES-BENZ B-Class 2015 W246 Comand Manual
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Your COMAND equipment
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COMAND operating system ...............20
Using COMAND ................................... 28
Basic COMAND functions ...................29
Character entry (telephony) ...............33
Character entry (navigation) ..............35
SPLITVIEW ........................................... 37 19At a glance
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Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your
COMAND system may not be equipped with
all the features described. COMAND operating system
Overview
0043
COMAND display (Y page 21)
0044 COMAND control panel with a single DVD
drive
0087 COMAND controller (Y page 26)
You can use COMAND to operate the follow-
ing main functions: R the navigation system
R the audio function
R the telephone function
R the video function
R the system settings
R the online and Internet functions
R the Digital Operator's Manual
(available depending on the vehicle model) You can call up the main functions:
R using the corresponding buttons
R using the main function bar in the COMAND
display
R using the remote control 20
COMAND ope
rating systemAt a glance
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COMAND display
Display overview Example display for radio
0043 Status bar
0044 Calls up the audio menu
0087 Main function bar
0085 Display/selection window
0083 Radio menu bar
Status bar 0043displays the time, the current mobile phone network provider and the signal
level.
The main functions – navigation, audio, telephone and video – feature additional menus. This
is indicated by triangle 0044. The following table lists the available menu items.
Main function bar 0087allows you to call up the desired main function. When the main function
is activated, it is identifiable by the white lettering.
In the example, the radio mode is switched on within the audio main function, display/selec-
tion window 0085is active.
Menu bar 0083allows you to operate the radio functions. COMAND operating system
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Menu overview
Navi Audio Telephone Video System
Symbol
00A7
00A7 Route settings FM/AM
radio (using
HD Radio™) Telephone Video DVD Calls up the
system
menu Calls up the
Digital
Operator's
Manual
(available
depending
on the vehi-
cle model)
Map settings Satellite
radio Address
book AUX Calls up
COMAND
and Internet
Personal POIs Disc Calls up the
weather
service SIR-
IUS
Weather
Messages
(street name
announcements,
acoustic informa-
tion during calls,
audio fadeout,
reserve fuel level) Memory
card Calls up the
Mercedes-
Benz Mobile
website 0073
Activates/
deactivates alter-
native routes MUSIC
REGISTER
Avoids an area USB stor-
age device
SIRIUS service Bluetooth
Audio
Map version Media Inter-
face
AUX22
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COMAND control panel
Function Page
0043
Switches to radio mode 186
Switches wavebands 187
Switches to satellite radio 191
0044
Switches to navigation
mode 61
Shows the menu system 61
0087
Press
003Arepeatedly • Switches to audio CD and
MP3 mode 197
• Switches to memory card
mode 197
• Switches to MUSIC REG-
ISTER
207
• Switches to USB storage
device mode
197
• Switches to Media Inter-
face or audio AUX mode
218
• Switches to Bluetooth
®
audio mode 215
0085
Calls up the telephone
basic menu: • Telephony via the Blue-
tooth ®
interface 131
0083
Load/eject button 196 Function Page
0084
Selects stations via the sta-
tion search function 188
Rewinds 200
Selects the previous track 199
006B
Disc slot
• To insert CDs/DVDs 196
• To remove CDs/DVDs 196
• Updates the digital map 118
006C
Selects stations via the sta-
tion search function 188
Fast forward 200
Selects the next track 199
006D
Clear button
• Deletes characters 36
• Deletes an entry 36COMAND operating system
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Function Page
006E
Number pad
• Selects stations via the
station presets
188
• Stores stations manually 188
• Mobile phone authoriza-
tion 128
• Telephone number entry 132
• Sends DTMF tones 134
• Character entry 35
• Selects a location for the
weather forecast from the
memory 261
0090
Displays the current
track being played 201
007D
Selects stations by
entering the frequency
manually 188
007D
Selects a track 199
006F
Switches COMAND on/off 29
Adjusts the volume 29 Function Page
0070
SD memory card slot 196
0071
Calls up the system menu 42
0072
Accepts a call 132
Dials a number 132
Redial 133
Accepts a waiting call 134
0073
Switches the sound on or
off
29
Switches the microphone
on/off
134
Cancels the text message
read-aloud function
145
Switches off navigation
announcements
29
0074
Rejects a call 132
Ends an active call 135
Rejects a waiting call 134
COMAND controller
Overview 0043
COMAND controller
You can use the COMAND controller to select
the menu items in the COMAND display. You can:
R call up menus or lists
R scroll within menus or lists and
R exit menus or lists
Operation Example: operating the COMAND controller26
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Using COMAND
Selecting a main function
Address entry menu
0043
Main function bar
Situation: switching from navigation mode
(address entry menu) to the system settings.
X To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination by sliding00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Address Entry Address Entry and press0098to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears.
X Slide 00970052the COMAND controller and
switch to main function bar 0043.
X Select System
System in the main function bar by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The system menu appears. Selecting the menu of a main function
Example display for audio CD mode and audio
menu (below)
0043
Calls up the audio menu
If one of the navigation, audio, telephone or
video main functions is switched on, trian-
gle 0043appears next to the entry in the main
function bar. You can now select an associ-
ated menu.
The example describes how to call up the
audio menu from audio CD mode (an audio
CD is playing).
X Select Audio Audioin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
The Audio menu appears.
The 003Bdot indicates the currently selected
audio mode.
X Select another audio mode, e.g. Radio Radio, by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
Radio mode is activated. 28
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Selecting a menu item
X
Select the station by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The station is set. Basic COMAND functions
Switching COMAND on/off
X Press the 0043control knob.
When you switch on COMAND, a warning
message will appear. COMAND calls up the previously selected menu.
If you switch off COMAND, playback of the
current audio or video source will also be
switched off. Switching the sound on or off
Audio/video source sound X
Press the 0063button on the COMAND
controller or on the multifunction steering
wheel.
The sound from the respective audio or
video source is switched on or off.
i When the sound is switched off, you will
see the 006Bsymbol in the status bar. If you
change the audio or video source or change
the volume, the sound is automatically
switched on.
i Even if the sound is switched off, you will
still hear navigation system announce-
ments. Switching off navigation announce-
ments X
Navigation announcements: press the
0063 button during the announcement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press the 0063button again.
The navigation announcements are active
again:
R if COMAND is switched off/on with the
0043 control knob
R or after starting route guidance Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the volume for the audio or
video source X
Turn the 0043control knob.
or X Press the 0081or0082 button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
The volume of the currently selected audio
or video source changes.
You can also adjust the volume for the fol-
lowing:
R Navigation announcements
R Phone calls
R Voice output of the Voice Control System
(see the separate operating instructions)
Adjusting the volume for navigation
announcements During a navigation announcement:
X Turn the 0043control knob.
or
X Press the 0081or0082 button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel. Basic COMAND functions
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Changing the character set
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y
page 139):
X Select the 0042symbol and press 0098to
confirm.
R ABC ABC (upper/lower case)
R 123
123 (digits)
R Other
Other (special characters such as @, €,
etc.)
Moving the cursor to the next data field 0043
Cursor (repositioned)
0044 005D and 005Esymbol to reposition the cur-
sor
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 139):
X Select the 005Dor005E symbol and press 0098to
confirm.
Deleting a character/an entry While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 139):
X To delete characters: press the0037but-
ton on the control panel.
or
X Select the 0084symbol by sliding 00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
or
X Press the 0084button next to the
COMAND controller. X
To delete an entry: press and hold the
0037 button on the control panel until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or X Select the 0084symbol and press and hold
0098 the COMAND controller until the entire
entry has been deleted.
or
X Press and hold the 0084button next to the
COMAND controller until the entire entry is
deleted. Character entry (navigation)
General information
The following paragraphs describe how to
enter characters using city input for NEW NEW
YORK
YORK as an example.
If you want to use the address entry menu to enter a city, a street or a house number, for
example, COMAND offers you:
R a list with a character bar (option 1)
R a selection list (option 2)
You can enter the characters using either the
character bar or the number keypad. In the
selection list, you select an entry to copy it to the address entry menu. Option 1: city list/street list with
character bar
X Call up the city list with character bar
(Y page 64).
The alphabetically sorted city list shows the first available entries. Character entry (navigation)
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0043
Character N
Nentered by the user
0044 Characters automatically added by
COMAND ANTICOKE ANTICOKE
0087 List entry that most closely resembles the
current entry by the user
0085 Switches to the selection list
0083 Deletes an entry
0084 Characters not currently available
006B Characters currently available
006C Currently selected character
006D Character bar
006E Cancels an entry
006F List
Entering characters using the character
bar
X Select N Nby turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
List 006Fshows all available city names
beginning with N
N. The list entry most closely
resembling user's current entry 0087is
always highlighted at the top of the list
(NANTICOKE NANTICOKE in the example).
All characters currently entered by the user
are shown in black (letter N
N 0043 in the exam-
ple). Letters added by COMAND are shown
in gray 0044(ANTICOKEANTICOKE in the example).
Character bar 006Dshows the letters still
available for selection in black 006B. These
can be selected. In the example, the letter O
O
is highlighted 006C. The characters available
depend on the entry made by the user so far and the data contained in the digital map.
Characters that are no longer available 0084
are shown in gray. X
Select E E,W
W, space, Y
Yin order and confirm
each with 0098.
Entering characters using the number
keypad
X To enter the letter N N: press the0086num-
ber key twice in quick succession.
The character appears at the bottom of the
display when the key is pressed. The first
available letter is highlighted.
You see which characters you can enter
with that key. Each time the key is pressed,
the next character is selected.
Example: 0086key:
R press once = M
R press twice = N
R press three times = O
X Wait until the character display goes out.
The entries matching your input are shown
in the list.
X Enter E
E, W W, space, Y
Ywith the corresponding
keys.
i The space is entered using number key
0045. Further functions in the list with char-
acter bar
X To delete characters: press the0037but-
ton on the control panel.
or
X Press the 0084button next to the
COMAND controller. 36
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