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6 Index
COMAN
Dco ntr oller . ..... . . . . . . . .60
Op erati on. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .61
COMAN Ddis play . . . ..... . . . . . . . .59
COMAN Dme nu
Auto matic airco nditi oning . . . . . . .210
Ca r. .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .203
Navig ation syst em. . . ..... . . . . . .129
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .63
Syste msettings . . . . ..... . . . . . .196
Telephone . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .106
Te xt messages (SMS ).... . . . . . . .122
TV ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .96
Vi de o. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .88
Combinat ion sw itch . ..... . . . . . . .249
Con sump tion . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .521
Con sump tion stat istics .... . . . . . .277
Conveni enceopeni ng/closing . . . .352
Air -recir culation mode.... . . . . . . .340
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .. 37 9,523
Checking th eleve l.. . .... . . . . . . .379
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .430
Te mp erature gaug e. ..... . . . . . . .272
Coo lbox . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .362
Cor nering light function ... . . . . . .250
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .477
Re plac ing . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .480
Cruise contr ol. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .290
Displ ay(instrum entcl uster) . . . . . .292 Dis
playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .413
Cup holder . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . .358 D
Dashboard . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Date Setting (COM AND) ... . . . . . . . . . .197
Dayt imedr ivin gl ights . . . . . . . . . . .247
Setting (on-bo ard comp uter ). . . . . .286
De laye dswit ch-off
Ex terior lighting (CO MAND). . . . . . .205
Interior lighting (CO MAND) . . . . . . .206
Demisti ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .338
Des tina tion entry ..... . . . . . . . . . .143
Des tina tion memory .. . . . . . . . . . .181
Di gital TV . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .101
Dimensions . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . .517
Dipped -beamheadlamps
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .432
Dri ving abroa d...... . . . . . . . . . . .392
Ov ervie w. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .477
Sw itch ing on/of f.... . . . . . . . . . . .247
Sy mm etrica l. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .392
Dire ction of rotation (t yres) . . . . . .382
Display me ssage .... . . . . . . . . . . .404
Di stance re corder
Re set (on-board comp uter) . . . . . . .278
Dist ance warn ing system. . . . . . . . .51Distronic
. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..293
Cle aning th esensors . . . . . . . . . . ..396
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..405
Di stanc ewarn ings ystem . . . . . . ...51
Drivi ngtips.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..298
Menu (on-bo ardco mputer) .. . . . ..297
Warnin glam p. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..446
Distronic Plus ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..300
Cle aning th esensors . . . . . . . . . . ..396
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..407
Drivi ngtips.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..307
PR E-SAF EBrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...51
Warnin glam p. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..446
Door Auto matic loc king . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Di sp lay message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..421
Lo cking/unl ocking . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Po wer closing ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . ...21
Drinks hol der– see Cup holder
Drive program .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..268
Driving abroad ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..392
Driving onfloo ded roads . . . . . . . ..391
Dr ivin g safe tysyst em. . . . . . . . . ...46
ABS . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...46
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . ...50
Adaptive brake lamp s. . . . . . . . . ...48
BAS . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...47 216_R
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Index M
Main-beam headlamps
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .433
Re plac ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .478
Sw itching on/ off. . . .... . . . . . . . .249
Malf unction memory ..... . . . . . . .285
Malf unct ion message –see Display
me ssage
Manual release
El ec tric parking brak e. ... . . . . . . .472
Mass agefu nc tion . ..... . . . . . . . .219
Ma ximum permissi blegr oss ve hicle
we ight . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .518
Mem oryfu nc tion . . . .... . . . . . . . .242
Mes sages – see Dis play me ssage
Min ispa re . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .402
Mirr ors
Se eExte rior mi rrors or
Rear -view mirror
Mis firi ng . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .456
Mobile pho ne
Ha nds-free mo de . . ..... . . . . . . .364
In se rting into th ebrack et . . . . . . . .364
Remo vingfrom the bracke t. . . . . .365
Ru n-on tim e. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .365 MOEx
tende dru n-flat
syst em. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .38 2,492
Motorway mode ..... . . . . . . . . . . .250
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Menu ove rview .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Op eration . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
Pl ay ba ck options .... . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Se lect ing afol der. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Se lect ing amedium . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Se lect ing atra ck... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Multi- conto urdynamic driving seat
COMA ND. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Multi- conto urseat
Fr ont . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .21 6,232
Multi-function disp lay . . . . . . . . . . .273
Multi- function stee ring wheel
Bu ttons . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .273 N
Na viga tion syst em. . . . . . . . . . . ...129
Ba sic settings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...139
Chang eof dire ction . . . . . . . . .16 7,279
Des tina tion entry . . . . . . . . . . . ...143
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . ...181
Hiding/ showing the me nu
syste m. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Ins trum entcl uste r.. . . . . . . . . . ...278
Lane re comm endation . . . . . . . ...169
Map displa y.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...136
Op erati on.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Pr evi ousd estin ations . . . . . . . . ...185
Ro ute guidan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...167
Special destination entry . . . . . ...159
Traf ficjam func tion . . . . . . . . . . ...175
Traf fic rep orts (RDS -TMC ).. . . . ...176
Ni gh tVi ew Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . ...329
Chang ing the IRemit ter. . . . . . ...479
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...435
Fa ult. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...469 216_R
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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Co
mbinatio nsw itch
! Main -beam headl am ps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwi pers 249
257
253
2 Cru
isecontrol le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Speedtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavail ab leinall coun tries 290
309
293
300
3 Mu
lti-fu nc tion stee ring
whe el 273
4 In
st rume ntcluster 271
5 Sele
ctor lever 261 Fun
ction Page
6 Cont
rolpanel with
bu ttons and ro tary
cont rols for Ve
hicl elevel 313
ESP
® 49
Pa
rktro nic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Sw
ivels the COMAND
displ ay 59
Setting the
instr umen t
lighting and COMAND
displ ay 271
7 COMA
NDdisplay 59
8 Ov
erhead control panel 252
9 Automatic
air condi tioning
Centr econ sole,upp er
section 336
18 Fun
ction Page
a Gl
ove compar tment 355
b CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
c Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19
d Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
e Adju
ststh e st eering wheel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
h Light switch 247
j Night View
Assis t* 329
k Door con
trol panel 21216_R
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At a glan
ce
On-board computer and COMAND Fu
nction Pa
ge 1 L
Back/switch es off
voi ce control* 2 $
Scrolls up
% Scrolls do wn
& Movesright
( Movesle ft
# Confirms a
se lect ion 3 Multi
-fun ction disp lay 273
4 s
Accepts a call*
t Endsa call*
æ Increases the
vol ume
ç Decreases the
vol ume
o Mute 283
283 Fun
ction Page
5 !
Voice control
(Lingu atro nic) * -
se e the separa te
Operati ng
Inst ructions 6 Sets the
bright ness of the
mu lti-fu nctio ndis play 271
7 Sw
ivels the COMAND
displ ay 59
8 Sets the
bright ness of the
COMA NDdisplay 271
9 COMA
NDdisplay 59
a CD
and DVD player /
chang er* 79
b COMA
NDcontro ller and
COMA NDfunc tion buttons 59216_R
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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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58 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
De arradio user,
This radio can be operat edby anyone inac-
cordance with the re levant EC Di recti ve.
Th eequipment corresp onds to the current
Eu rop eanand harmonise dnationa lsta nd-
ar ds.
Th isgu aran tees th atthe equipment con-
fo rms to the rele vantspecific ations
regardi ngelec tromag netic compatibility. Th
is means that int erfere nc e cause dby
yo ur equipment in othe re lect ric al/ele c-
tro nicequipment and interfere ncein yo ur
equipment caus ed byother electri cal/
electro niceq uipment canb epr ev en ted to
a larg eex tent.
Th eequip mentisap prove dby the vehicle
manuf acturer inacc orda nce with Europe-
an Autom otive EMC Di rective 95 /54/ EC.
Th isme ans tha tcorrect ope rationof the
equipment in yourvehicle is auth orised.
Th eequip mentdoes notrequire certifica-
tion.
The equ ipme ntconform sto the relevant
equipment-specific EMC specific ations in
ac co rdance with th efollo wing European
sta ndards:
! EN55013
! EN55020 For
safety reasons, so meCOMA ND func-
ti ons arerestricted orunavailabl ewh en
the vehicl eis being driven .You wi llnot ice
this, for ex amp le,bec ause yo uwi lleither
not beableto select certai n menu item sor
because COMAND will display amessa ge
to th ateffect. COMA
NDintrod uction Oper
ating safety G
Risk of acc ident Yo
ur atte ntion must always be focused on
th etraf fic condi tion s.
On lyuse COMAND or thet elep hone*w hen
th eroad andtraf fic con dition spe rmit.
Be ar inmi nd that ,at asp eed of on ly
50 km /h, you rveh icle iscov ering adis-
ta nce ofnea rly1 4 m per second. The
na vigat ionsyst em*will not provid eyou with
in fo rmation ab outstop sign s,give -way
si gn s,traf fic re gulat ions or roa dsaf etyfe a-
tures. It isuptoyou topa yat te nt ionto these
wh ile drivin gth e ve hicle. Only entera new
des tina tion when the veh icle isstat iona ry. Funct
ion restri ctions wh en the
ve hicl e is bei ngdriven 216_R
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COM
AND
CO MA ND introd uction
Yo uca nuse COM ANDto op eratethef ol-
lo wing inyour vehicl e:
! The audio functions
! Thena vigatio nsyste m*
! The telep hone*a nd comm unicat ion
fu nc tion s(te xtme ssages*)
! DVD vi deoan dTV*
! Variou svehi cle se ttings
COM AND consists of:
! the CO MAND disp lay
! theCO MA ND contro ller
! the CO MAND func tion buttons
! the tel ephone* keypad COMA
NDdisp lay
Th eCO MA ND displ ayshows thef unction
cu rrently selec teda nd itsasso ciate dme n-
us .Th eCO MA ND disp lay isdivided in to
se veralar eas. 1
Status line
2 Main func tions
3 Main area
4 Submenus
5 Air-cond itio ning function line
Th eacti vearea is highlighted inwh ite.
Once youha ve selecte damain function,
the main area is activ e.
i The layou tof theme nus may vary depending
on the equ ipme ntinthe vehicle. Theme nus for
af ully-equipped vehicle are shown in these in-
struc tion s.
Sw ivelling the COMAN Ddisplay
Yo uca nsw ivel theCO MA ND display to the
le ft or to the rig ht.Th ebu ttons are located
to the right of the instru ment clu ster. 1
To sw ivel the display to the left
2 To sw ivel the display to the right
Sets the bri ghtnes sof the COMA ND
display
1 COMA NDdisplay brightness Component
sof COM AND
P82.86-5174-31 P54
.25-5072-31 216_R
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68 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
Sw itching off the radio data syste mand
navigati onanno unceme nts compl etely
6 Radio data syst em: press andho ld
th eo button until"TA" disapp ears
from thedisplay.
6 Navig ation annou ncem ents: press
and holdthe o button duringanan-
no unceme ntun tilthe announc ementis
swi tche doff.
i Theannouncement sre ma insw itche d
off even if you st arta new route guidanc eorif
COMA ND is swi tchedoffand on with th e
o
bu tton .
If yo u sw itch COMA NDoffbyremov ingth ekey
from the ignition loc kand then swit ch theigni-
ti on back on af termo rethan 3mi nute s,thean-
nouncement sare au tomaticall y switched ba ck
on. Ad
justi ng the volume
1 Thumb wheel
6 To adj ust:turn thumbw heel1.
The vol umeof the au dio so urce cu r-
re ntly select edchan ges.
Vo lume oftraf fic and na vigati on
an no un ceme nts
Yo u can adjust the vol umeof traff icand
navigation announc ements inde pe ndently
of the vol umeof the audio source.
6 Turn thumbwheel 1during a traffic or
nav igation anno uncement. Adjusti
ngthevo lum efor telephone calls
Yo uca nad just thevol um efo r hands-free
mo deduri ngatele phoneca ll.
6 Turn thumbw heel1 during atel e-
ph one call.
or
6 Press theæ orç button on the
mu lti-fu nction stee ring whe elduring a
tel ephone call. Ma
king sou ndsettings
Yo uca nma kevariou sso un d sett ings for
th edi fferent audioand vide oso urce s.Yo u
ca n re ach th ere spec tive soun d menu via
the submen uin wh ichy ou wi sh to make
the settings.
Ex am ple:
"Audio" "Aud io""Rad io""So und"
P6
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AND
COMAND radio
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" .
Th etick next to "Freque ncy fix" indi-
ca test hat th efu nction is sw itch ed on.
6 Select "Freque ncyfix" .
Th efu nction issw itche don or off de-
pe nd ing onthe pr evious stat us.
Many FM stat ions trans mittr af fic an-
nouncements (TA).
You can switch annou ncemen ts onando ff
or interrupt acurrent announc ement. Sw
itching anno unce mentson or off
6 First op tion: select "Audio""Audio"
 "Ra dio "Radi o" "TA" .
The tick next to "TA"indicates th atthe
function is switch ed on.
6 Seco nd op tion:pre ssand holdthe
o button unt il"TA" appe arsin the
displ ayor disappears from th edispl ay.
You have switched the function on or
of f.If the fu nction is sw itche don, you
wi ll see theTA symb olinthestat us
li ne.
Onc etra ffic an nounc ements have be en
sw itch ed on, CO MAND selec tsan RDS sta-
tion. Thet raff ican nounce ments arep layed
from:
! the currently sele cted FM stati on
! an RDS stat ion from theprogr amme
servic eofthe currently sele cted FM
stati on
! the RDS station with the best re cepti on
quality Wh
en traff icann ouncements are sw itched
on, atra ffic an nouncem ent will interrupt
the audio signa lfr om thecurrently activat-
ed audio or vi deoso urce.
i Telephone conver sations and navigation an-
nou ncem ents are not interrupted.
A di spla ymessa geappears in the display
in ev eryau dio op erating mode. Inter
rupting atraf fica nnou ncement
6 Briefly press the obutton during
the tra ffic an nouncem ent.
COMAND switch es back to th eau dio
so urce before you ha vehea rdthean-
nounceme nt.Su bseque nt announc e-
me nts will interrupt thea udio source
agai n. Sw
itching offRDS
6 Pres sand hol dthe o button until
"TA" disappears from the displ ay. RDS
P8
2.86-5062-31 P8
2.86-5111-31 216_R
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COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3 Exa
mpledisplay in MP3mode
1 Curr ent pl ayba ck option
2 Disc type
3 Disc nu mber(only fo rDV Dc hang er*
an d not on PCMC IAcard)
4 Track name
5 Curr entfo lder path
6 Current folder
7 Track time
8 Grap hictime an dtrack displ ay
9 Sound settings
a Medi umselect ion ( "Med ium" display
on singl eDVD dri ve)
b Folder listing
c Track list ing
d Play bac koptions i
This func tion is only availabl e in audioDVD
mode *.
6 Tostop playbac k:select "Audio" 
"Audio" "DVD-A" "Stop".
6 Torestart pla yback:
select "Audio""Aud io""DV D-A"
 "Play" .
Pla ybackst ar ts from thesta rtof the
DVD.
In audio CD, audio DVD* and MP3 mode
6
Topausepl ay ba ck:
pr ess the Fbutton briefly.
6 Tocontinue pla yback: press the F
bu tto nagai nbrief ly. Only in audio DVD mode*
6
Topausepl ay ba ck:
select "Audi o" "Audio" "DVD-A" 
"Pau se".
The "Pause" display chan gesto "Play" .6
Toconti nuepl aybac k:select "Audi o"
 "Audio" "DVD-A" "Pla y".
The "Play" displaychan ges to "Pause".
6 Select "Audio""Aud io".
6 Select "CD" or"DVD-A" or"MP 3".
6 Inaudio CD, audio DVD* and MP3
mode: select"Ch anger" or"Med ium" .
i The" Ch anger" menu it emis only displayed
if th e sys temh asa DVD chang er*; the"M edium"
menu it emis only displayed for a system with a
single DVDdrive.
or
6 Only in audio CD and audio DVD*
mode: pressnafter sele cting the
mai nar ea.
The me dialist appears. TheRdot in-
dicates the cur rentmedium.
6 Select ame dium or fol der.
COMA NDchanges the medium. To
select wi th track skipping
6 To skip forwards orbackwards to a
track: turnym z.
P82.86-5049-31 St
op func tion Pause fu
nction Selecti
ngCD/DVD /M P3media Selecti
ngatrack 216_R
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