audio MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

Content
i
Please also refer to the index (
page 217).
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Declaration of conformity regarding
the distribution of
telecommunica-tions equipment . . 11
Intended purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Function restrictions when driving
the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
COMAND control system . . . . . . . . . . . 14
COMAND components . . . . . . . . . . 14
COMAND display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . 17
COMAND controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Back button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clear button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 23
Operating the Multifunction display 24
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Menus and submenus . . . . . . . . . . 24
Navi menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Audio menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Operating COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening menu for a main function . 31
Selecting menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Character entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operating example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basic functions of COMAND . . . . . . . . 35
Switching COMAND on/off . . . . . . 35
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting sound settings . . . . . . . . 36
Surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching to weather band . . . . . . . 44
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Subscribing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . 47
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3 . . . . . . 52Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Notes on MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Notes on CD/DVD discs . . . . . . . . . 54
Notes on the care of
CD/DVD discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading PCMCIA memory card . . . 57
Ejecting CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting PCMCIA memory card . . . . 58
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching to CD audio, DVD audio
or MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting CD/DVD/MP3 media . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gracenote Media Database . . . . . . 64
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Music Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Switching to Music Register . . . . . . 67
Recording music files . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Deleting all music files . . . . . . . . . . 69
Requesting memory space
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Folder functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Content

Content
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching to Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . 71
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DVD video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic picture switch-off. . . . . . 74
Notes on storage media . . . . . . . . . 74
Notes on the care of discs . . . . . . . 74
DVD playback conditions . . . . . . . . 75
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 75
Loading DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ejecting DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching to DVD video . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying/hiding control menu . . . 77
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selecting DVD media . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Subtitles and camera angle . . . . . . 82
Interactive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Interruptions to the connection while
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operating options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 85
Activating the mobile phone . . . . . . . . . 86
Mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting transmit and receive
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
“911” emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
COMAND phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening COMAND phone book . . . 93
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Initiating call to an entry . . . . . . . . . 94
Creating a new entry. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Adding phone number to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Call lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Initiating an outgoing call . . . . . . . 101
Functions during a single call . . . . 102
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening the address book . . . . . . 104
Submenu overview for
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selecting entry in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Creating a new address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Searching for an address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Displaying details for an
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Initiating a phone call to an entry . 109
Starting navigation to an entry . . . 109
Voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Content
Emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Voice Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Operating Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Symbols only used in this chapter 176
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Phone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Radio and Satellite Radio* . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
DVD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
External equipment (AUX) . . . . . . . . . 199 Audio aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Command list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
General commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Phone commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Navigation commands . . . . . . . . . 202
Address book commands . . . . . . . 203
Audio and video commands . . . . . 204
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Satellite Radio* (SIRIUS). . . . . . . . 205
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
DVD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Help function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Technical terminology. . . . . . . . . . . 213
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

7
Where to find it
Introduction
This operating guide has been designed to
help you use your COMAND control unit in
all situations. Each chapter has its own col-
or code in order to make it easier to find in-
formation.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of the com-
ponents of COMAND. Then you will find ex-
amples illustrating how to operate
COMAND and information on the basic
functions. If you are operating a COMAND
for the first time or have rented the vehicle,
you should first read this chapter.
Audio
Here you will find all information regarding
the audio function and its radio, SatRadio*,
CD-audio/DVD audio/MP3, music register
and audio aux modes.
Video
Here you will find all information regarding
the video system.
Telephone
The telephone functions are described
here. You will also find information on the
address book.
Navigation
Here you will find detailed information re-
garding the following topics:

Setting options for the map display and
the route calculation

Destination input

POI input

Route guidance

Destination memory
System settings
Here you will find all the important infor-
mation regarding the system settings of
the COMAND.
Furthermore, you will find here basic infor-
mation about TeleAid* (SOS, Roadside as-
sistance and Information calls).
Voice Control
Here you will find information about oper-
ating several COMAND functions via Voice
Control.
Indexes
The technical terminology glossary ex-
plains the most important technical terms.
Content and keyword indexes are intended
to help you find information quickly.
Where to find it

9 Introduction
Operating safety
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful in-
terference, and
(2) This device must accept any interfer-
ence received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
Operating safety
G Warning
Any alterations of electronic components or
software can cause malfunctions.
Radio, satellite radio, amplifier, DVD chang-
er, navigation module, telephone and Voice
Control systems are interconnected. There-
fore, if one of the components is not opera-
tional, or has not been removed/ replaced
properly, the function of other components
could be impaired.
Such conditions might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend to have any service work on
electronic components carried out by an au-
thorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
G Warning
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings while the vehicle is at a
standstill, and operate the system only
when permitted by road, weather and traffic
conditions.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
covers a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
G Warning
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, especially
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. Their ob-
servance always remains in the driver’s per-
sonal responsibility. DVD maps do not cover
all areas nor all routes within an area.

14 At a glance
COMAND control system
COMAND comprises

the COMAND display

the COMAND control unit with DVD
changer

the COMAND controller with the Back
and Clear button
With COMAND you can operate the follow-
ing main functions:

the navigation system

the audio function with the
radio, SatRadio*, disc (CD audio, DVD
audio or MP3 mode),
PCMCIA memory card (MP3 mode),
Music Register and Audio Aux operat-
ing modes

the telephone and the address book
function

DVD video

the system functions
COMAND control systemFunctionPage
1COMAND display15
2Tilting and folding COMAND
display
16
3COMAND control unit with
DVD changer
17
4COMAND controller20
5Clear button (CLR)22
6Back button22
COMAND components

15 At a glance
COMAND control system
The currently selected function and the
associated menus are shown on the
COMAND display. The COMAND display is
divided into several areas.
1Status line
2Main functions
3Main area
4SubmenusThe status line 1 displays the time and
the current telephone status.
You can change the main function using
the menu bar 2. The selection is made us-
ing the COMAND controller (
page 20).
In this example, the Audio main function is
set to the radio mode and the main area 3
is active.
i The arrangement of the menus can vary, de-
pending on the equipment. The menus for the full
equipment version are shown in this guide.
Menu overview
Having selected a main function, you will
see the submenu at the bottom edge 4 of
the COMAND display.
Additional menus are available at the top
of the COMAND display 2 for the naviga-
tion, audio and telephone main functions
(
page 16).
COMAND display

16 At a glance
COMAND control system
Main Function menu items
The table below illustrates the structure of the main functions and the associated menu items.
NaviAudioPhoneVideoSystem
Map DisplayFM / AM RadioPhone(Resumes playback if
DVD video is loaded in
changer)(Main function display
appears)
ModeSatRadio*Address Book
Block AreaDisc
Information On MapMemory Card (MP3 mode)
D Highway InformationMusic Register
Aux

19 At a glance
COMAND control system
FunctionPage
1Switching to radio mode
Switching wavebands
Switching to SatRadio*
mode40
42
45
2Switching to CD audio,
DVD audio or MP3 mode
Switching to DVD video
mode
60
77
3Disc slot
Loading CDs/DVDs
Ejecting CDs/DVDs
Updating the map soft-
ware
54
57
112
4Load/Eject button
5Clear button for functions
Entering a phone number
Deleting digit or entire
entry
101
95
6Tuning to a station via the
station memory
42, 42
6Storing stations manually
Selecting DVD changer
compartments
Entering a phone number
Sending DTMF tones43, 43
101
102
7Tuning to a station via sta-
tion search
Fast forward
Selecting next track
42
63, 78
63
8Switching COMAND on/
off
35
9Setting the volume35
aSlot for PCMCIA memory
card
bEject button for
PCMCIA memory card
58
cTuning to a station via sta-
tion search
Fast reverse
Selecting previous track
42
63, 78
63
FunctionPage
dAnswering calls
Initiating calls
Redial101
94,101
101
eRejecting calls
Ending an active call101
103
fOpening System menu164
gMute
Switching hands-free mi-
crophone on/off
Switching traffic and navi-
gation announcements off35
102
35
hSwitching to phone mode
92
jSwitching to navigation
mode
Displaying menu system
118
119
FunctionPage

21 At a glance
COMAND control system
SymbolHow to use the COMAND controllerFunction
nPress briefly.
Select menu item.

Exit full-screen image with Navi.
Press and hold until the selected
action has been carried out.
Accept destination for navigation.
ymzRotate.
Move through vertical or horizontal menus.

Move through text.

Program settings.
qmr Slide.
Move through vertical menus.

Exit horizontal menus.
Slide and hold.
Moves through a navigation map.
ompSlide.
Move through horizontal menus.

Exit vertical menus.
Slide and hold.
Fast forward or reverse for audio CD or audio DVD playback.

Move through a navigation map.
wmxSlide and hold.
Move through a navigation map.