aux MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2005 W203 Comand Manual
[x] Cancel search | Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2005, Model line: C-Class, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2005 W203Pages: 237, PDF Size: 7.14 MB
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 49
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 61
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the program category . . . 63
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 66
Displaying service information . . . . 67
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching telephone operation on . 74
Switching telephone operation off . 74
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching to telephone operation . 78
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29 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Common balance and fader settings apply
to the following systems:
Radio operation
CD operation (
CD
)
CD changer* operation (
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
When you make balance or fader settings,
the system will automatically save the
settings for the current operating mode
and others.Setting balance and fader
In any audio source operation:
Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key.
Cross-hairs are displayed. The
horizontal hair line indicates the
balance setting. The vertical hair line
indicates the fader setting. You can
now make balance and fader settings.
Push the joystick to H or h.
Move the cross-hairs horizontally and
adjust the balance.
or
Push the joystick to g or G.
Move the cross-hairs vertically and
adjust the fader.
Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved.
Balance and fader
iPush the joystick to F and f to
move the cross-hairs simultaneously in
vertical and horizontal direction.
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30 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDDifferent bass and treble settings are
possible for the following operating modes:
Radio: FM-, AM- and
Weather (WB) bands
Single CD (
CD
) and CD changer*
(
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
When you adjust bass or treble, the
settings apply to other sources within the
group, but not to the other modes. For
example, if you adjust the bass while
listening to FM, that same bass level
applies to AM and Weather band, but not
to satellite radio* or CD.
Activating the Bass or Treble menu
In any audio source operation:
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu will appear. Making Bass and Treble settings
Push the joystick to H or h.
Bass or Treble is adjusted.
Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved.
If your vehicle is equipped with the
premium sound system*, the sound
functions* will be available for the
following operating modes:
Radio: FM-, AM- and
Weather (WB) bands
Single CD (
CD
) and CD changer*
(
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
The following sound functions* are
available:
Default Settings:COMAND sets the default settings
(Bass, Treble, Bal/Fad) for the active
source mode.
Standard:COMAND sets the sound linear for the
center of the vehicle.
Bass and Treble
iPress the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key and
keep it depressed to move the cursor
continuously. Release the soft key to
set the current value.
Sound functions*
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33 Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
AUX operation
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34 AudioRadio operation
Radio operationIn chapter “Audio” you will find detailed
information regarding
radio operation
CD operation (CD drive, CD changer*)
AUX operation
If you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance”.
Press A.
Audio menu
If an audio submenu is displayed, press
the
Back
soft key until the Audio menu
is displayed.
or
Press A again.
In the Audio menu, press the soft key
for the desired audio source.
Switching On
Press J.
The system mutes the active audio
source and theß symbol is displayed
in the status bar. The soft keys on the
left side are greyed out in some
submenus.
Switching off
Press J again.
or
Turn the rotary control at the e key to
adjust the volume.
or
Press g or h.
The soft keys on the left side are
selectable again.
Warning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the audio system only if
permitted by road, weather and traffic con-
ditions.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is co-
vering a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second.
Opening the Audio menuiThe
CD
soft key is available if a CD
changer* is connected to the
COMAND.
Selecting an audio sourceMuting
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58 AudioAUX operation
AUX operation
Open the Audio menu (
page 34).
Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu is displayed. The exter-
nal audio source is played back if it is
connected and switched to playback.At the COMAND, you can set the following
for the AUX operation:
Volume (
page 27)
Balance control and fader (
page 29)
Bass and treble control (
page 30)
Sound functions* (
page 30)
iAn external audio source can be con-
nected to the COMAND.
For further information please contact
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
iFor instructions on how to operate the
external audio source, please see the
operation manual of the device con-
nected.
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 49
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 61
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the program category . . . 63
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 66
Displaying service information . . . . 67
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching telephone operation on . 74
Switching telephone operation off . 74
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching to telephone operation . 78
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29 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Common balance and fader settings apply
to the following systems:
Radio operation
CD operation (
CD
)
CD changer* operation (
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
When you make balance or fader settings,
the system will automatically save the
settings for the current operating mode
and others.Setting balance and fader
In any audio source operation:
Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key.
Cross-hairs are displayed. The
horizontal hair line indicates the
balance setting. The vertical hair line
indicates the fader setting. You can
now make balance and fader settings.
Push the joystick to H or h.
Move the cross-hairs horizontally and
adjust the balance.
or
Push the joystick to g or G.
Move the cross-hairs vertically and
adjust the fader.
Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved.
Balance and fader
iPush the joystick to F and f to
move the cross-hairs simultaneously in
vertical and horizontal direction.
Page 90 of 237
30 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDDifferent bass and treble settings are
possible for the following operating modes:
Radio: FM-, AM- and
Weather (WB) bands
Single CD (
CD
) and CD changer*
(
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
When you adjust bass or treble, the
settings apply to other sources within the
group, but not to the other modes. For
example, if you adjust the bass while
listening to FM, that same bass level
applies to AM and Weather band, but not
to satellite radio* or CD.
Activating the Bass or Treble menu
In any audio source operation:
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu will appear. Making Bass and Treble settings
Push the joystick to H or h.
Bass or Treble is adjusted.
Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved.
If your vehicle is equipped with the
premium sound system*, the sound
functions* will be available for the
following operating modes:
Radio: FM-, AM- and
Weather (WB) bands
Single CD (
CD
) and CD changer*
(
CD
)
AUX
Satellite radio*
The following sound functions* are
available:
Default Settings:COMAND sets the default settings
(Bass, Treble, Bal/Fad) for the active
source mode.
Standard:COMAND sets the sound linear for the
center of the vehicle.
Bass and Treble
iPress the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key and
keep it depressed to move the cursor
continuously. Release the soft key to
set the current value.
Sound functions*
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33 Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
AUX operation