key MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class 2007 W219 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening the Audio main menu . . . . 36
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 38
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 43
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 45
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 51
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 52
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 52
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 53
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 61
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 61
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . . 62
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . . 63
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Contents
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting city . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 118
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting street . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 121
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 122
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . . 126
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Start route guidance menu . . . . . . 128
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation announcements . . . . . 129
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 132
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . 132
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 134During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 136
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Displaying the route on the map . 137
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 138
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Defining route guidance displays . 143
Setting symbols displays . . . . . . . 143
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 144
Map display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 146
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 148
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 149
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 154
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 156
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 160
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 164
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 167
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 168
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 ! - "
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
41
43
39
FunctionPage
4 #, $, %, &
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
38
43
5 '
Confirmation
6 (
Mute function
36
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
8 *
Volume adjustment
29
9 + and ,
Station search
Manual tuning
38
41

15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 CD slot46
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
48
FunctionPage
5 % and &
Selecting tracks
48
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
CD ejection
46
FunctionPage
8 (
Mute function
36
9 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
a *
Volume adjustment
29
b +0and ,
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
47
49

17 At a glance
MP3 operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 MP3 CD slot54
4 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
58
i
Depending on vehicle production date
COMAND may not be equipped with
the MP3 functionality. If so, the CD
changer* may be used for playback of
MP3 CDs.
FunctionPage
5 % and &
Selecting tracks
# and $
Selecting folders
57
56
6 '
Confirmation
7 /
MP3 CD ejection
55
FunctionPage
8 (
Mute function
36
9 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
a *
Volume adjustment
29
b +0and ,
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
57
59

19 At a glance
CD changer* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 -
Audio main menu
36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3 . and ! - "
Entering track numbers
! - 1
Selecting CDs
69
68
FunctionPage
4 # and $
Selecting CDs
% and &
Selecting tracks
67
69
5 '
Confirmation
6 (
Mute function
36
FunctionPage
7 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
8 *
Volume adjustment
29
9 +0and ,
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
69
70

21 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 2
Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
89
85
85
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
FunctionPage
3! - "
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
87
88
91
95
4 #, $, %, &
Selection buttons
5 '
Confirmation
FunctionPage
6 3
Answering calls
Redialing
90
92
7 4
Ending or refusing a call
91
8 )
Switching ON/OFF
29
9 *
Volume adjustment
29

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 5
Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
108
132
2 6
Switching map display
131
3 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4 #, $, %, &,07,0
8
Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
FunctionPage
5 '
Confirmation
6Navigation computer105
7Navigation DVD slot105
8 (
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
129
9 9
Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
129
129
FunctionPage
a :0
Ejecting navigation DVDs
105
b )
Switching ON/OFF
29
c *
Volume adjustment
29

27 At a glance
Menu system

Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, CD changer* and
AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
Service
Opening main menus
Audio (page 36):
Press -.
Satellite radio* (page 73):
Press ;.
Telephone* (page 89):
Press 2.
Navigation* (page 108):
Press 5.
Service (page 159):
Press <.
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar
The functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key sec-
tions 1.Messages or settings are displayed in the
main area 2.
The settings can be changed by operating
controls accordingly.
The status bar 3 is divided into three ar-
eas.
Left side:
The selected operating mode is given. In
this example: Radio
Center:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
FM = selected waveband
1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
i
A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.

28 At a glance
Menu system
Right side:
General status information is displayed, re-
gardless of the selected operating mode.
In this example:
ROAMING = telephone* is logged into a
mobile communications network out-
side your home network.
 = telephone* signal strength
Menu functions and submenus
Using the soft keys, you can switch func-
tions ON or OFF, or open submenus.
Example: Radio main menu:
The Scan soft key switches the scan
search ON or OFF.
The Autost. soft key opens the submenu
for the Autostore settings.
In some situations, soft keys may not have
any function and thus not be available.
Should a soft key not be available, it will
appear shaded out, its characters will ap-
pear white.
Example:
Presets, Scan and Autost. soft key.Exiting from submenus
You can exit the current submenu by
pressing the
Back soft key. The display
switches to the next higher menu level.
The system does not accept setting modi-
fications which have not been stored.
There are exceptions where pressing the
Back soft key will also store new settings.
These exceptions, whenever applicable,
are referenced on the following pages.
i
This information is also displayed in
Navigation* mode (only in map dis-
plays).