language MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class 2014 C217 Comand Manual

Displaying all traffic reports
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0012 button.
X To show the menu: press0037the COMAND
controller.
X Select Traffic in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
X Select All Messages and press
0037to
confirm.
Al ist is shown containing all roads, areas
or regions affected by traffic reports.
Roads, areas or regions not on the route
also appear in the list.
X To show a traffic report: selectaroad,
area or regio nand press 0037to confirm.
The traffic report is displayed .There may
be several traffic reports for the affected
road. You can find an example of a traffic
report here: (Y page 101).
X To close areport: slide003400120035 the COMAND
controller. Reading out traffic reports on the
route
Introduction The read-aloud function is only available while
route guidance is active. It reads out traffic
reports affecting the current route. You can selec
tthe following text reader
properties:
R Language (Y page 45)
R Text reader speed (Y page 44)
You can start the text reader function
manually or set it to automatic.
Starting the text reader function
manually X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0012 button.
X To show the menu: press0037the COMAND
controller.
X Select Traffic by turning
003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
X Select Read out all messages on route and press
0037to confirm.
COMAND reads out the reports in
sequence.
i If there are no reports for the route, the
Read out all messages on route menu
item is shown in gray and cannot be
selected.
X To switch off the read-aloud function:
select Cancel Read-Aloud Function and
press 0037to confirm or press the 001C
button.
COMAND reads out the current report and
then exits the read-aloud function.
Automatic read-aloud function X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0012 button. 102
Traffic reportsNavigation

If the above conditions are met, new incoming
text messages appear in the COMAND text
message inbox. The 0017symbol appears in
the status bar. The symboli s no longer
displayed once you have read the text
message. The úmail symbol is displayed
if the text message memory is full. The symbol
is no longer displayed once you delete at least
one text message.
i COMAND may not load all of the most
recent text messages:
This may occur in exceptional cases, for
example when using certain mobile
phones/brackets and if the mobile phone
inbox holds a large number of text
messages. Displaying the text message inbox
Calling up the inbox Text message inbox
X
Press the 000Ffunction button.
X Select Txt Msg. in the telephone basic
menu by turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
The text message inbox appears. Reading a text message X
Call up the text message (SMS) inbox
(Y page 147)
X Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
The text message appears.
X To scroll through the display or select
phone numbers in atext message: turn
003C0012003D the COMAND controller.
The display scrolls up or down line by line,
or skips to the nex torprevious telephone
number and automatically highlights it.
X To return to the list: press0037and select
Back .
Text message read-aloud function Settings for the read-alou
dfunction:
R Language (Y page 45)
R Speed (Y page 44)
X Press 0037while a text message is being
displayed, select Read Aloud and press
0037 to confirm.
COMAND reads out the text message.
X To cancel the read-alou dfunction: press
the 001C button.
or
X Press 0037, select Cancel Read-Aloud Function and press
0037to confirm.
Sender or text display You can switch between displaying the text
message sender or the text message content.
The sender display shows the sender of the
text message. If the sender is stored in the
COMAND phone book, the name is displayed.
The text display shows the first few words of
the text message. Text messages
147Telephone Z

This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function
is not available for albums or playlists, for
example.
X
Select a category, e.g. Artists , by turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X Press the corresponding number key once
or repeatedly to select the initial letter of
the desired artist. For example, to select an
artist whose name begins with C, press the
002A number key three times.
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
After a message, the first entry in the list
which matches the letter entered is
highlighted.
i If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to aprevious letter is
highlighted instead.
i iPods and MP3 players :the quality of the
search results is highly dependent on the
version and language variant of the
software used to populate the device. A
well-known example of such software is
iTunes ®
.
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in
iTunes ®
), the search is canceled without
any result.
Additional selection functions R
Select By Cover Albums can be chosen by cover using the
menu item.
The first time the
Select By Cover function is used, additional data must be
loaded from the iPod
®
/iPhone ®
.T he
current music playback is interrupted to
allow access to this data. The process may
take a few minutes and should not be
canceled. Otherwise it will start again from
the beginning the next time Select ByCover is selected. Covers are initially searched for in the Gracenote Media
Database and are then added to during
playback from the connected device
(Y
page 202). The availability depends on
the use and the tracks already selected.
R Keyword Search Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the
connected device for keywords.
i More information on Select By Cover and
Keyword Search can be found under
"Music search, selecting category"
(Y page 222).
i For an iPod ®
/iPhone ®
, the available
covers are added most efficiently if the
entire media content is in the current
playlist. This is the case if you have selected
the playback option Tracks or
Random Medium (Y
page 224).
Special feature in iPod ®
/iPhone ®
mode i
If the connected iPod ®
/iPhone ®
is not
functioning or paused, you can search for
tracks but cannot select them. After
confirming a new track,t heFunction Unavailable message appears.
Playback options
X To select a playback option: select
Media Interface in the basic display by
sliding 00120008and turning 003C0012003Dthe COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
The options list appears. The 000Fdot
indicates the option selected.
X Select an option and press 0037to confirm.
The following options are available:
R Normal Track Sequence Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
R Random Medium 224
Operation with the Media InterfaceAudio

This function is only available if the DVD is
divided into several films/titles. If the DVD
contains several films, these can be selected
directly.
Afilm can be selected either when
the DV Dis being played back or when it is
stopped.
The film can also be selected from the menu
on the DVD itself.
X Show the menu (Y page 230).
X Select DVD-Video by turning
003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press
0037to
confirm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Title Selection by turning
003C0012003D
the COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
X Select a film/title and press 0037to confirm. Selecting
avideo DVD from the media
list
X Show the menu (Y page 230).
X Select Media by sliding
00120008and turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
The media list appears. The 000Fdot indicates
the current medium being played. Video
DVDs are indicated by the ýicon.
X Equipped with a DVD changer: press0037
the COMAN Dcontroller to display all
magazine trays.
X Select a video DVD by turning 003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
COMAND loads the video DVD and begins
playing it.
i If you select a CD, an audio DVD or an
MP3 medium, you switch to the respective
audio mode.
Further information on the media list
(Y page 199). DVD menu
Calling up the DVD menu The DVD menu is the menu stored on the DVD
itself. It is structured in various ways
according to the individual DVD and permits
certain actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for
example, you can change the DVD language
in the DVD menu.
X
Show the menu (Y page 230).
X Select DVD-Video in the menu by turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press
0037to
confirm.
X Select Menu and press
0037to confirm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menu items in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 232).
X Select a menu item by sliding 003600120008the
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
or
X Select a menu item by sliding 003400120035the
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
The menu appears.
X To reconfirm your selection: confirm
Select by pressing
0037.
COMAND carries out the action. 232
Video DVD modeVideo

Make a selection from the further options,
if necessary.
COMAND then switches back to the DVD
menu.
i Menu items which cannot be selected are
shown in gray.
i Depending on the DVD, the menu items:
Back (to the movie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
0003,
0004 orGo up may either not function at
all or may not function at certain points in
the DVD menu. To indicate this, the 0005
symbol appears in the display.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 232).
X Select the corresponding menu item in the
DVD menu and press 0037the COMAND
controller to confirm.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 0037the COMAND controller to
confirm.
X Select Go Up and press
0037to confirm.
Back to the movie X
Press the 000Aback button repeatedly
until you see the movie.
or
X Select the corresponding menu item from
the DVD menu.
X Select the Back (to the movie) menu
item in the menu and press 0037to confirm. Setting the language and audio
format
This function is not available on all DVDs. If it
is available, you can set the DVD menu
language, the audio language or the audio
format. The number of settings is determined
by the DVD content. It is possible that the
settings may also be accessed in the DVD
menu (Y page 232). X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 232).
X In full-screen mode, press 0037the COMAND
controller to show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video in the menu by turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press
0037to
confirm.
X Select Menu Language or
Audio Language and press
0037to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The 000Fdot in front of an entry
indicates the currently selected language.
X Select a setting by turning 003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm. Subtitles and camera angle
These functions are not available on all DVDs.
The number of subtitle languages and camera
angles available depends on the content of
the DVD.Itm ay also be possible to access
the settings from the DVD menu.
X Show the DVD men u(Ypage 232).
X Select DVD-Video in the menu by turning
003C0012003D the COMAND controller and press
0037 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press
0037to
confirm.
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press 0037to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears. The 000Fdot
in front of an entry indicates the current
setting.
X Select a setting by turning 003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm. Interactive content
DVDs can contain interactive content (e.g. a
video game). In a video game, for example, Video DVD mode
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i
The operating duration of the headphones
with a set of batteries is up to 40 hours. Basic functions
Using headphones
You can use the cordless headphones
supplied and/or up to two sets of corded
headphones connected to the corresponding
jack of the rear-compartment screens
(Y page 239).
Information on:
R switching the cordless headphones on/off
R adjusting the volume of the headphones
R selecting a screen for the headphones
can be found under "Cordless headphones"
(Y page 241). Using the main loudspeakers
This function is available in conjunction with
COMAND.
You can use the vehicle loudspeakers to
listen to a disc inserted in the rear-
compartment drive. To do so, at least one of
the rear-compartmen tscreens mus tbe set to
disc mode.
X To set on COMAND: press the0006
function button to switch on an audio
mode.
X Select Audio by sliding
00360012the COMAND
controller and press 0037to confirm.
The Audio menu appears.
X Select Rear Audio by turning
003C0012003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0037to
confirm.
i The headphones' volume setting does not
affect the main loudspeakers. Selecting sound settings
You can select the sound settings in the CD/
audio DVD/MP3, video DVD and AUX modes. X
Switch on an operating mode (e.g. audio
CD mode) (Y page 246).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the 00090006000A buttons on the remote
control and press the 0016button to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm. Multiple users
Simultaneous use of the rear-
compartment disc drive The two rear-compartment screens can be
operated almost entirely independently from
one another. However, there can be a conflict
in some menus if the two screens are used
simultaneously.
If the rear-compartment disc drive is being
used for both screens simultaneously,
selecting certain menus or settings on one of
the screens also affects the other screen.
The following functions affect both screens:
R changing playback options
R selecting a trac k(from a track lis torfolder)
R using the play, pause and stop functions
R fast forwarding/rewinding or scrolling
R calling up the DVD menu and navigating
within it
R setting the language, subtitles and camera
angle
R calling up interactive DVD content
The following functions affect only one
screen:
R audio and video functions as well as picture
settings
R switching between full screen and the
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Switching between operating modes
When you exit an operating mode (e.g. audio
CD mode), the current setting is saved. If you
call up this operating mode again later, there
are two possibilities:
R the operating mode has been changed on
the other screen.
R the operating mode has not been changed.
In the first case, the operating mode appears
as it is on the other screen.
In the second case, the setting appears on the
screen as it was when you last exited the
operating mode. Picture settings
Overview You can select picture settings in video DVD
and AUX mode (Y page 258).
Adjusting the brightness, contrast and
color Example: TV mode
0001
Brightness, contrast and color
0002 Picture formats
X Switch on video DVD mode (Y page 251).
X To show the menu: press the0016button
on the remote control.
or
X While the navigation menu is shown,
(Y page 230) select Menu and press the
0016 button to confirm. X
Select DVD-Video using
the 00090006000A buttons and press the
0016 button to confirm.
X Select Brightness ,
Contrast or
Color using the
00080009 buttons and press the
0016 button to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm. Changing the picture format
X To show the menu: press the0016button
on the remote control.
or
X While the navigation menu is shown,
(Y page 230)select Menu and press the
0016
button to confirm.
X Select DVD-Video using
the 00090006000A buttons and press the
0016 button to confirm.
The dot in front of one of the menu items
16:9 Optimized ,
4:3 or
Widescreen indicates the format currently selected.
X Select a format using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm. System settings
Note
You can adjust almost all system settings
individually for each screen without affecting
the other screen. You make these settings
using the remote control (Y page 239). Selecting the display language
X Select System using the
00080006000A
buttons on the remote control and press
0016 to confirm.
You see the system menu on the selected
rear screen. System settings
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X
Select Settings using the
0009button
and press 0016to confirm.
X Select Language using the
00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
The list of languages appears .A0027dot
indicates the current setting.
X Select a language using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System
activates the selected language. Switching the displa
ydesign
X Select Settings using the
0009button
and press 0016to confirm.
X Select Day Mode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic using the
00080009 buttons
and press the 0016button to confirm.
The dot indicates the curren tsetting. Design Explanation
Day Mode The display is set
permanently to day
design.
Night Mode The display is set
permanently to night
design.
Automatic The display design
changes depending on
the vehicle instrument
cluster illumination.
Setting the brightness
X Select Settings using the
0009button
and press 0016to confirm.
X Select Brightness using the
00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
As cale appears. X
Adjust the brightness using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
The brightness ba rmoves up or down. The
picture becomes lighter or darker in
accordance with the scale. Showing/hiding the picture
X To hide the picture: selectDisplay Off in the system menu using the
0009000A
buttons on the remote control and press
the 0016button to confirm.
The picture is hidden.
X To display the picture: press the0016
button. CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1laser product.
If you open the CD/DV Ddrive housing, you
could be exposed to invisible laser radiation.
This laser radiation could damage yourr etina.
There is a risk of injury.
Never open the housing. Always have
maintenance and repair work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop. General notes
You will find information on the following
topics in the Audio section:
R notes on CDs/DVDs (Y page 206)
R notes on MP3 mode (Y page 204)
R notes on copyright (Y page 205)246
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X
Select DVD Functions and press the
0016
button to confirm.
X Select Title Selection and press the
0016 button to confirm.
X To call up the selection list: press the
0016 button.
X Select a film/title.
Option 2:
Example :selecting film 2
X Press button 2.
After a brief pause, the second film is
played. DVD menu
Calling up the DVD menu The DVD menu is the menu stored on the DVD
itself. It is structured in various ways
according to the individual DVD and permits
certain actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for
example, you can change the DVD language
in the DVD menu.
X Press the 0016button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video and press the
0016button
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press the
0016
button to confirm.
X Select Menu and press the
0016button to
confirm.
The DVD menu appears. Selecting menu items in the DVD menu
X
Select a menu item using the
000800090006000A buttons on the
remote control and press the 0016button to
confirm.
Am enu appears.
X Confirm Select by pressing the
0016button.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System
carries out the action or shows a submenu.
X If available, additional option scan now be
selected.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System then
switches back to the DVD menu.
i Menu items which canno tbe selected are
shown in gray.
i Depending on the DVD, the menu items:
Back (to the movie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
0001,
0002 orGo up may either not function at
all or may not function at certain points in
the DVD menu. To indicate this, the 0005
symbol appears in the display.
Stopping a film or skipping to the
beginning or end of ascene X
Select any men uitem from the DVD menu.
The menu appears.
X To stop the film: select theStop menu
ite ma nd press the 0016button on the remote
control to confirm. 254
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X
To skip to the end of a scene: select the
0002 menu ite mand press the 0016button
to confirm.
X To ski pto the beginning of ascene:
selec tthe 0001 menu item and press the
0016 button to confirm.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu.
X Press the 001Eback button on the remote
control or select the corresponding menu
item in the DVD menu.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 0037the COMAND controller to
confirm.
X Select Go Up and press
0037to confirm.
Back to the movie X
Press the 000Aback button repeatedly
until you see the movie.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 0016to confirm.
X Select the Back (to movie) menu item in
the menu and press the 0016button to
confirm. Setting the audio format
This function is not available on all DVDs. If it
is available, you can set the audio language
or the audio format. The number of settings
is determined by the DVD content. It may also
be possible to access the settings from the
DVD menu.
X Press the 0016button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video and press the
0016button
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press the
0016
button to confirm. X
Select Audio Language and press the
0016
button to confirm.
Am enu appears after a short while.
The 0027dot in fron tofanentry indicates the
currently selected language.
X Select a language using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0006
or 000A button. Subtitles and camera angle
These functions are not available on all DVDs.
The numbe rofsubtitle languages and camera
angles available depends on the conten tof
the DVD. It may also be possible to access
the settings from the DVD menu.
X Press the 0016button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video and press the
0016button
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press the
0016
button to confirm.
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press the 0016button to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The 0027dot in front of an entry
indicates the current setting.
X Select a setting using the 00080009
buttons and press the 0016button to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0006
or 000A button. Interactive content
DVDs can also contain interactive content
(e.g. a video game) .Inavideo game, you may
be able to influence events by selecting and
triggering actions. The type and number of
actions depend on the DVD.
X Select an action using the
0008000A00090006 buttons on the Video DVD mode
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