key MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class 2005 C215 Comand Manual

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* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching the radio operation on . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 46
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 56
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
General information
on DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD operation . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting brightness, contrast
and color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Saving phone numbers . . . . . . . . . 109
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 120
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 122Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Activating the Destination Entry
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 138
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 139
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Recalculating an existing route . . . 139
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 143
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 144
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 146
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Saving the current location . . . . . . 151
Defining route guidance displays . 151

Contents
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 156
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a POI around
your current location . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 164
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Service main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Activating the Service main menu 168
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reading SMS message received. . 171
Saving a sender phone number . . 172
Deleting a SMS message* . . . . . . 175Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Entries in the address book . . . . . 176
Selecting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Details on an address book entry . 178
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 185
Deleting an address book entry . . 186
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 187
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 190
Information call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote Door Unlock and
Stolen Vehicle Recovery . . . . . . . . 192
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Input via selection menu. . . . . . . . 193
Input via 12-button keypad. . . . . . 195
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 198
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 201
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 201
Voice control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Voice control system* functions . 203
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

8 IntroductionSymbols

SymbolsYou will find the following symbols in these
operating instructions:
* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system equip-
ment may deviate from some
descriptions and illustrations.

This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.

A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.
The continuation symbol
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued
on the next page.
(
page 9) This symbol tells you where
to look for further infor-
mation on this subject.
-> This symbol is used in the
glossary. It indicates that
the term immediately follo-
wing the symbol is also exp-
lained in the glossary.
Display
Messages, menu items or
soft key names appearing in
the COMAND color display
are printed in the type
shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to ha-
zards that may endanger your health or life,
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you
may find useful.


13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio menu
34
2
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3
Color display with Radio
main menu
4
1 - 0
Station selection
Saving stations manually
Selecting a station from
the preset memory
38
40
42
5
H,h,g,G
Function selection
g and G
e.g.
Automatic seek tuning
H and h
e.g. Manual tuning
37
37
Function
Page
6
E Confirm
7
J
Muting
35
8
Volume control
28
9
e Switching on and off
27
a,
b
d and D
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
37
37

15 At a glance
CD operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio menu
34
2
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3
Color screen if CD/DVD
slot is open
47
4
1 - 0
Selecting a CD (CD
changer* only)
Track select
49
51
5
H and h
Selecting a CD (CD
changer* only)
Selecting a folder
(MP3-CD)
g and G
Track select
Selecting a track
(MP3-CD)
49
58
51
58
Function
Page
6
E Confirm
7
CD ejection
47
8
CD/DVD slotiThe CD changer* is
located in the trunk.
48
9
J
Muting
53
Function
Page
a
Volume control
28
b
e Switch on/off
27
c,
d
d and D
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
Selecting a track
(MP3-CD)
Skip track (MP3-CD)
50
52
58
59

17 At a glance
Satellite radio* operating elements
Function
Page
1
Satellite radio main menu
Switching satellite radio
operation on and off
80
80
2
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3
Color screen with Satellite
radio main menu
4
1 - 0
Station selection
Saving stations manually
82
83
5
H,h,g,G
Function selection
6
E Confirm
Function
Page
7
J
Muting
81
8
Volume control
28
9
e Switching on and off
27
a,
b
d and D
Previous or next channel
81

19 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
Function
Page
1
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2
Color screen with
Telephone menu
3
1 - 0
Entering the unlock code
Entering a telephone
number
Speed-dialing
Quick-dialing
95
98
102
102
Function
Page
4
H,h,g,G,F,f
Function selection
5
E Confirm
6
k
Accepting a call
Making a call
Redialing
97
99
99
Function
Page
7
K
Muting the ringing tone or
ending a call
97,
98
8
Volume control
28
9
e Switching on and off
27
a
a
Telephone menu
Switching telephone
operation on and off
96
92

21 At a glance
Navigation operating elements
Function
Page
1
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2
Color screen with
Navigation main menu
3
H,h,g,G
F,f
Function selection
4
E Confirm
5
J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
140
140
Function
Page
6
j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
139
140
7
Volume control
28
8
e Switching on and off
27
9
b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
118
140
143
a
c
Switches to map display
140

23 At a glance
Service operating elements
Function
Page
1
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2
Color screen with Service
main menu
3
1 - 0
Input functions
4
H,h,g,G
F,f
Function selection
5
E Confirm
6
e Switching on and off
27
7
C
Service main menu
168