reset MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2018 COMAND Manual

Index....................................................... 4
Introduction......................................... 15
Operating safety .................................... 15
Data stored in the vehicle ...................... 16
Information on copyright ...................... .18
Your multimedia system equipment ...... 18
Overview and operation .....................19
Overview ................................................ 19
Touchpad .............................................. .23
Basic functions ...................................... 28
Character entry (telephony) ................... 30
Character entry (navigation) .................. 31
Favorites ................................................ 33
System settings .................................. 35
Your multimedia system equipment ...... 35
Important safety notes .......................... 35
Display settings ..................................... 35
Time settings .........................................3 6
Text reader settings ...............................3 7
Voice Control System settings ............... 38
Wi-Fi ...................................................... 38
Bluetooth
®settings ............................... 40
Automatic volume adjustment ............... 40
Setting the system language .................4 0
Callin g up and editing the Favorites
function ................................................ .41
Importing/exporting data ...................... 41
Reset function ....................................... 43
Vehicle functions ................................ 44
Your multimedia system equipment ...... 44
Important safety notes .......................... 44
Vehicle settings .....................................4 4
360° camera ......................................... 46
Rear view camera .................................. 47
Climate control settings ........................ 48
DYNAMIC SELECT .................................. 50
Navigation ........................................... 53
Your multimedia system equipment ...... 53
Introduction ...........................................5 3Basic settings ........................................ 55
Destination entry ................................... 57
Personal POIs and routes ...................... 67
Route guidance ...................................... 71
Real-time traffic reports ......................... 77
Storing destinations ............................... 80
Map functions ........................................ 82
Functions in the Navigation menu ......... 87
Problems with the navigation system .... 88
Telephone
............................................ 91
Your multimedia system equipment ...... 91
Important safety notes .......................... 91
General notes ........................................ 91
Telephone menu .................................... 92
Connecting/disconnecting a mobile
phone .................................................... 92
Reception and transmission volume ...... 96
Using the telephone .............................. 97
Mobile phone voice recognition ........... 100
Phone book ......................................... 101
Address book ...................................... 104
Call lists ............................................... 110
Speed dial lists .................................... 112
Messages ............................................ 113
Online and Internet functions ..........120
Your multimedia system equipment .... 120
Important safety notes ........................ 120
General notes ...................................... 120
Conditions for access .......................... 120
Setting up an Internet connection
(Canada) .............................................. 121
Establishing/ending the connection .... 124
Mercedes-Benz Apps ........................... 124
Door-to-door navigation ....................... 125
Web browser .......................................1 25
Radio.................................................. 130
Your multimedia system equipment .... 130
Switching on the radio ......................... 130
Overview .............................................. 130
Setting the waveband .......................... 130
Station ................................................. 131
Tagging music tracks ........................... 132
Displaying station information ............. 133
2Contents

Writing ...........................................116
EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature
Activating/deactivating
(COMAND) ....................................... 45
Entering the city .................................. 57
Exterior mirror
Activating/deactivating the auto-
matic folding mirror function
(COMAND) ....................................... 45
F
Factory setting (reset function) ......... 43
Favorites
Adding ............................................. 33
Adding (predefined) ......................... 33
Adding (your own) ............................ 33
Deleting ...........................................3 4
Displaying and calling up ................. 33
Moving ............................................. 33
Overview .......................................... 33
Renaming ......................................... 33
Favorites (Internet) ........................... 128
Favorites button .................................. 41
G
GPS reception...................................... 53
Gracenote®Media Database ............ 143
H
Handwriting recognition
Switching text reader function
on/off .............................................. 26
Touchpad ......................................... 26
Heading up (navigation) ..................... 82
Home
see Home address
Home address
Entering and saving .........................5 8
I
Importing/exporting data.................. 41
Incident (traffic report) .......................77
Interior lighting
Setting the delayed switch-off
time (COMAND) .............................. .46 Intermediate destinations
Entering ........................................... 64
Internet
Conditions for access .................... 120
Creating favorites .......................... 128
Entering the URL ............................ 125
Favorites manager ......................... 128
Favorites menu .............................. 128
Menu functions .............................. 126
Options menu ................................ 126
Selecting/setting access data ....... 121
Setting automatic disconnection
of the Internet connection ............. 123
Setting up an Internet connection .. 121
K
Keyword search (navigation)Entering keywords ........................... 59
Online search ................................... 61
Selecting search options ................. 60
Selecting search results ................... 60
L
Lane recommendationsExplanation ...................................... 72
Presentation .................................... 72
Lighting
Setting the delayed switch-off
time (COMAND) ............................... 46
Switching the locator lighting on/
off .................................................... 45
Lights
Setting the ambient lighting
(COMAND) ....................................... 44
List of access data
New provider ................................. 122
List of mobile phone network pro-
viders
With the selected provider ............. 122
Locator lighting
Setting (COMAND) ........................... 45
Locking confirmation
see Acoustic locking confirmation
Index7

Personal POIs and routesAlert when approaching (personal
POI) .................................................. 68
Editing ..............................................6 9
General notes .................................. 67
Importing via Mercedes-Benz
Apps ................................................ 69
Recording the route ........................ .70
Saving .............................................. 68
Selecting .......................................... 69
Selecting and editing ....................... 69
Settings for personal POIs ............... 67
Phone book
Adding a new contact .................... 102
Adding information to a contact .... 102
Calling up ....................................... 101
Deleting a contact ......................... 103
Displaying the details of an entry ... 102
Entering characters ......................... 30
Saving a contact ............................ 103
Searching for a contact ................. 101
Symbol overview ............................ 101
Phone call
Dialing .............................................. 97
Picture viewer
Changing view ............................... 159
Displaying pictures ........................ 158
Exiting the picture viewer .............. 159
General notes ................................ 158
Starting a slide show ..................... 159
PIN protection
Activating/deactivating ................... 42
POI (navigation)
Calling up the menu ......................... 61
Category .......................................... 62
Defining the position for the POI
search .............................................. 62
Entering ........................................... 61
Rotating 3D POI ............................... 64
Selecting .......................................... 63
Previous destinations (navigation) .... 81
R
Radio
Activating/deactivating the sta-
tion presets display ....................... 132
Deleting a station .......................... 132 Displaying information ................... 133
Displaying station information ....... 133
Displaying the artist and track ....... 133
Moving stations ............................. 132
Overview ........................................ 130
Setting the waveband .................... 130
Sound settings (balance, bass,
treble) ............................................ 133
Station list ..................................... 132
Storing stations ............................. 132
Switching on .................................. 130
Tagging music tracks (download-
ing/purchasing tracks from the
iTunes Store
®) ............................... 132
Radio station
Storing ........................................... 132
Read-aloud function
Automatic ........................................ 80
Read-aloud function for e-mails ....... 115
Reading out
Traffic reports on the route .............. 79
Real-time traffic reports ..................... 77
Rear view camera
Displaying the image ........................ 47
Object detection .............................. 47
Opening the camera cover for
cleaning (COMAND) ......................... 48
Switching object detection
on/off .............................................. 47
Switching on/off (COMAND) ........... 47
Receiving vCards ............................... 109
Redialing (telephone) .......................... 98
Reducing the volume
Switching announcements on/off
(COMAND) ....................................... 56
Reserve fuel level
Switching announcements on/off(COMAND) ....................................... 56
Resetting (factory settings) ............... 43
Road map
see Map (navigation)
Route (navigation)
Selecting an alternative route .......... 75
Setting route options (avoiding:
highways, toll roads, tunnels, fer-
ries) ................................................. 55
10Index

Setting the route type (short
route, fast route, dynamic route or
economic route) ............................... 55
Starting calculation .......................... 59
Route guidance
Canceling/continuing ...................... 74
Continue .......................................... 74
Freeway information ........................ 73
General notes .................................. 71
Lane recommendations ................... 72
Off-road ........................................... 76
Traffic reports .................................. 77
S
Safety notesAudio CD/DVD and MP3 mode ..... 139
Using the telephone ......................... 91
Satellite radio
Displaying information ................... 137
Overview ........................................ 134
Presets menu view ......................... 135
Registering .................................... 134
Switching to ................................... 134
SatRadio
Channel list updates ...................... 137
Memory functions .......................... 135
Music and sports alerts ................. 136
Notes ............................................. 133
Selecting a category ...................... 134
Selecting a channel ....................... 135
Tagging music tracks ..................... 136
SD card
Inserting ........................................ 141
Inserting/removing ........................ 141
Removing ....................................... 141
Searching for a gas station
When the fuel level is low ................ 66
Seat-belt adjustment function
Activating/deactivating
(COMAND) ....................................... 45
Selecting stations
Radio ............................................. 131
Sending DTMF tones ........................... 99
Setting access data
Online and Internet ........................ 121
Setting the language
COMAND ......................................... 41 Setting the night design
..................... 35
Setting the text reader speed ............ 37
Setting the volume
Telephone calls ................................ 28
Short message
see Text messages (SMS)
SIRIUS weather display
5-day forecast ................................ 162
Daily forecast ................................. 162
Detail information .......................... 163
Information chart ........................... 162
Selecting a location for the
weather forecast ............................ 163
Switching on/off ........................... 162
Weather map ................................. 165
SMS
Unread messages .......................... 114
Sound
Switching on/off .............................. 28
Sound settings
Audio ............................................. 160
Balance/fader ............................... 160
Calling up the sound menu ............ 160
Equalizer ........................................ 160
Sound system
see Burmester
®surround sound system
Speed dial
Deleting ......................................... 112
Setting up ...................................... 112
State/province
Selecting .......................................... 58
Stati

on presets (radio)
Deleting marked stations ............... 132
Stop function
Video DVD ..................................... 158
Storing stations
Radio ............................................. 132
Street name announcements
Switching on/off (COMAND) ........... 56
Switching between summer time
and standard time ............................... 36
Switching on media mode
Using the Media button ................. 138
Via the device list .......................... 139
Via the main function bar ............... 138
System settings
Automatic volume adjustment ......... 40
Index11

Bluetooth®....................................... 40
Date ................................................. 36
Importing/exporting data ................ 41
Language .........................................4 0
Text reader speed ............................3 7
Time .................................................3 6
Time zone ........................................3 6
Voice Control System ...................... 38
T
Telephone
Accepting a call (COMAND) .............9 7
Adding a call .................................... 98
Adjusting the volume for calls .......... 28
Authorizing a mobile phone (con-
necting) ............................................ 94
Call lists ......................................... 110
Call waiting .................................... 100
Calling up the telephone menu ........ 92
Calls with several participants ......... 99
Conference calls ............................ 100
Connecting a mobile phone (gen-
eral information) .............................. 92
De-authorizing (disconnecting) a
mobile phone ................................... 96
Deleting a speed dial preset .......... 112
Deleting messages ........................ 119
Displaying Bluetooth
®connection
details .............................................. 96
Downloading messages manually .. 114
E-mail ............................................. 113
E-mail requirements ....................... 113
E-mail settings ............................... 113
Ending an active call ...................... 100
Entering a number ........................... 97
Entering phone numbers .................. 97
Establishing the connection from
the mobile phone ............................. 95
Function restrictions ........................ 92
Functions available during a call ...... 98
General notes .................................. 91
Incoming call during an existing
call ................................................. 100
Making a call .................................... 97
Message conditions ....................... 113
Message settings ........................... 113
Operating options ............................ 92 Phone book .................................... 101
Reading messages ......................... 114
Reception and transmission vol-
ume ................................................. 96
Reconnecting a mobile phone
automatically ................................... 96
Rejecting a call (COMAND) .............. 97
Safety notes ..................................... 91
Sending DTMF tones ........................ 99
Setting up a speed dial .................. 112
Switching between calls (call wait-
ing
) .................................................. 99
Sw

itching between mobile
phones ............................................. 96
Switching the microphone on/off .... 99
Telephone menu overview ............... 92
Text message conditions ............... 113
Text message settings ................... 113
Text messages (SMS) .................... 113
Toggling ........................................... 99
Using the telephone ......................... 97
Voice recognition ........................... 100
Writing e-mails ............................... 116
Writing text messages ................... 116
Telephone number
Entering ........................................... 97
Text messages (SMS)
Calling the sender .......................... 118
Calling up the settings menu ......... 113
Configuring the text messages
displayed ....................................... 113
Deleting ......................................... 119
Displaying details ........................... 115
Downloading manually ................... 114
Editing text templates .................... 117
Inbox .............................................. 115
Reading .......................................... 114
Reading aloud ................................ 115
Settings ......................................... 113
Storing sender in address book ..... 118
Storing the sender as a new
address book entry ........................ 118
Using a phone number in the text .. 118Using text templates ...................... 117
Writing ........................................... 116
Time
Setting ............................................. 37
Setting summer/standard time ....... 36
12Index

messages. The selected language affects the
characters available for entry.
iThe navigation announcements are not
available in all languages. If a language is not
available, the navigation announcements will
be in English.
iWhen you set the system language, the lan-
guage of the Voice Control System will
change accordingly. If it is not supported by
the Voice Control System, English will be
selected.
Setting the system language
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select System Settings: turn and press
the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Language: turn and press the con-
troller.
The list of languages appears. The #dot indi-
cates the current setting.
XSelect the desired language.
The multimedia system loads the selected
language and sets it.
Calling up and editing the Favorites
function
The Favorites function can, depending on the
vehicle equipment, be called up as follows:
Rvia the System Settingsmenu
Rvia the Favorites button on the controller
(Ypage 21)
Rvia the Favorites button on the touchpad
(Ypage 23)
Calling up the Favorites function via the sys-
tem menu
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select System Settings: turn and press
the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Favorite Functions: press the
controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select the desired function, e.g. Phone‐book: turn and press the controller.
Calling up the Favorites function via the
controller or touchpad
XPress the Favorites button on the controller or touchpad.
The menu for setting favorites appears.
XTo select the desired function, e.g. Phone‐book: turn and press the controller.
Exiting the Favorites function
XPress the Favorites button again.
or
XPress the %button.
Further information on favorites (
Ypage 33).
Importing/exporting data
General notes
!
Never remove the stick or card when writing
data to the USB stick or the memory card. You
may otherwise lose data.
Using this function you can do the following with
your personal data:
Rtransfer your data from one multimedia sys-
tem to another multimedia system
The transfer may be limited or not possible,
depending on the vehicle's equipment.
Rmake a backup copy of your personal data
(export data) and load it again (import data)
Rprotect your data from unwanted export by
activating a pin prompt (presetting: deactiva- ted ª)
You can either use an SD card or a USB storage
device (e.g. a USB stick) as temporary storage.
You can obtain further information on data
import and export from an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
Importing/exporting data41
System settings
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Activating/deactivating PIN protec-
tion
XPress th eØ button.
or
XPress Vehicl ein themain function bar.
The vehicl emen uis displayed.
XTo switch to th emen ubar: slid e6 thecon-
troller .
XTo select System Settings:tur nand press
th econtroller .
A men uappears.
XTo select DataImport/Expor t:tur nand
press th econtroller .
XSelectActivate PIN Protectio n.
Activat eO or deactivat eª PIN protection .
When activating PIN protection ,you will be
prompted to ente r aPIN .
XTo ente rth e4-digit PIN and select ¬:turn
and press th econtroller .
You will be prompted to ente rth ePIN again .
XEnterth ePIN again and select ¬.
The PIN prompt no wprotect syour personal
dat afrom unwanted export.
iIf you deactivat eyour PIN protection ,you
will first be prompted to ente ryour PIN .If you
hav eforgotte nyour PIN ,an authorize d
Mercedes-Benz Cente rcan deactivat eyour
PIN protection for you. Alternatively, you can
deactivat ePIN protection by resetting your
personal dat a (
Ypage 43).
Importing/exporting data
The followin gdat acan be exported:
Raddress dat a
Rsystem setting sthat you hav emade
Rbookmarks
Rradi ostation list s Personal music file
sin th eMedi aRegiste rcan -
no tbe saved or transferred usin gthis function .
Mercedes-Benz is no tliable for any loss of data.
Connecting aUSB storage device
XInser tth eSD memory car d (Ypage 141).
or
XConnect aUS Bdevice (e.g. aUS Bmemory
stick ) (Ypage 142).
Importing or exporting data
iIf you import dat asuc has address data, th e
existing dat ain th emultimedia system is
overwritten. You will see amessage to this
effect. The multimedia system is restarte d
after th edat aimport .
XPress th eØ button.
or
XPress Vehicl ein themain function bar.
The vehicl emen uis displayed.
XTo switch to th emen ubar: slid e6 thecon-
troller .
XTo select System Settings:tur nand press
th econtroller .
A men uappears.
XTo select DataImport/Expor t:tur nand
press th econtroller .
XSelectImport Dat aorExport Dat a.
If PIN protection is activated, aPIN prompt
appear swhen you select Export Data
.
XTo enterth e4-digit PIN and select ¬:turn
and press th econtroller .
PIN protection is deactivated.
XTo select MemoryCard,USB 1orUSB 2:tur n
and press th econtroller .
This function exports all th edat ato th eselec-
te ddisc .
42Importing/exporting data
System settings

Reset function
General information
You can reset the multimedia system to the fac-
tory settings. Resetting is recommended beforehanding over or selling the vehicle, for example.
This includes the deletion of all of your personal
data on the multimedia system. These include,
for example:
RStation presets
REntries in the destination memory
REntries in the list of previous destinations in
the navigation system
REntries in the address book
RAuthorized telephone
Data on the internal hard drive, e.g. music files in
the Media Register, will be deleted during a
reset.
In addition, an activated PIN protection, which
you have used to protect your data against
unwanted export, will be deactivated during a
reset.
Mercedes-Benz is not liable for any loss of data.
Resetting the multimedia system
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select System Settings: turn and press
the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Reset: turn and press the controller.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish to
reset.
XSelect Yes.
A prompt appears again asking whether you
really wish to reset.
XSelect Yes.
A message appears. The multimedia system
is reset to the factory settings and restarted.
Reset function43
System settings
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Addressbook
Introduction
Always pay attention to traffic conditions.
Familiariz eyourself wit hth eaddress book func-
tion sbefore beginning your journey.
You can use th emultimedia system when th e
road and traffic condition spermit .You could
otherwise become involved in an acciden tin
whic hyou or other scould be injured .
The address book displays all th econtact sfrom
th evarious source s(mobile phone ,memory
card, US Bdevice ,th ephone book of th emulti-
media system, navigation).
You can use th econtact sto mak etelephon e
calls, navigat eand to writ emessages.
If amobile phone is connecte dto th emultimedia
system and automatic calling up is activated
(
Ypage 108), th emobile phone's contact sare
displayed in th eaddress book .If you disconnect
th emobile phone from th emultimedia system,
these contact sare no longer displayed in th e
address book .
When you import ,save, edit or add contacts,
they will be saved in th emultimedia system.
These contact swill remain available eve nwhen
you connec tth emultimedia system to adiffer -
en tmobile phone .You can vie wthese contact s
eve nwithout amobile phone .
iThe address book can store atotal of 5,000
contacts:
R2000 entries are reserved for permanentl y
s
aved contact s
R3000 entries are reserved for contact sthat
you can load from th emobile phone
iBefor eselling your vehicle, delete th econ-
tacts saved in th emultimedia system usin g
th ereset function (
Ypage 43).
Calling up the address book
XTo call up thetelephon emenu: press th e
% button.
XTo display th emain function bar: slid e5 the
controller .
XTo selectPhone:tur nand press th econtroller .
XTo select AddressBoo k:tur nand press th e
controller .
XTo browse in th eaddress book :tur nth econ-
troller .
An address book entr ycan also include apic -
ture. This is shown to th elef tof th eaddress
data. Address book entries wit hpictures can
only be created by importing vCards (vc f
files). Further information on importing
vCards (
Ypage 109). The qualit yof th epic -
tur edepend son th epicture's resolution .
Searching for a contact
Using the cha racter bar
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 104).
XTo switch to th emen ubar: slid e6 thecon-
troller .
XTo select Search:tur nand press th econtrol -
ler .
XTo select characters: tur nth econtroller and
press to confirm .
The first contact wit hth eselected first char-
acter is highlighte din th ephone book .If there
are similar contacts, th enext differen tchar-
acter is shown. Fo rexample, wit hcontact s
suc has Jan a
and John,th ebeginning sof th e
names are identical. The next differen tchar-
acter A
andOare offere dfor selection .
104Address book
Telephone

Editing a contact
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
XTo selectG: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Edit: turn and press the controller.
The entry field for the selected entry is dis-
played.
Information about character entry (
Ypage 30).
Changing the category of an entry
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Change Category: turn and press
the controller.
XTo select a category: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
Storing the phone number as a speed
dial number
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired telephone number:
turn the controller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Speed Dial: turn and press the
controller.
XTo select AssignSpeedDialPreset: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select a memory position for the speed
dial: turn and press the controller.
The phone number has been saved as a speed
dial.
Voice tags
Introduction
You can enter voice tags via the Voice Control
System (see the separate operating instruc-
tions). Once you have assigned a voice tag to an
address book entry, you can call up this entry
with a voice command and dial a phone number,
for example. You can add one voice tag per
address book entry.
Adding a voice tag
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XSearch for an address book entry with or with-
out a voice tag ¦(Ypage 104).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select VoiceTag: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Add: turn and press the controller.
Subsequent operation is voice-controlled.
The Voice Control System guides you through
the dialogs.
Deleting a voice tag
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XSearch for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Ypage 104).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select VoiceTag: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Delete: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The voice tag is deleted.
Listening to a voice tag
XSearch for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Ypage 104).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
Address book107
Telephone
Z