language MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class 2014 W218 Comand Manual

Displaying all traffic reports
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Traffic
Traffic in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select All
All Messages
Messages and press0098to con-
firm.
A list 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: select a road,
area or region and press 0098to 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 a report: slide009500520096 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 select the following text reader prop-
erties:
R
Language (Y page 45)
R Text reader speed ( Ypage 44)
You can start the text reader function man-
ually or set it to automatic.
Starting the text reader function man-
ually X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Traffic Traffic by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Read out all messages on
Read out all messages on
route
route and press 0098to confirm.
COMAND reads out the reports in
sequence.
i If there are no reports for the route, the
Read Read out
outall
allmessages
messages on
onroute
route menu
item is shown in gray and cannot be
selected.
X To switch off the read-aloud function:
select Cancel Cancel Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud Function
Functionand
press 0098to confirm or press the 0063but-
ton.
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
00BE button. 102
Traffic
reportsNavigation

played once you delete at least one text mes-
sage.
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 mes-
sages. Displaying the text message inbox
Calling up the inbox Text message inbox
X
Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Txt Msg.
Txt Msg. in the telephone basic
menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The text message inbox appears.
Reading a text message X
Call up the text message (SMS) inbox
(Y page 145)
X Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The text message appears. X
To scroll through the display or select
phone numbers in a text message: turn
00790052007A the COMAND controller.
The display scrolls up or down line by line,
or skips to the next or previous telephone
number and automatically highlights it.
X To return to the list: press0098and select
Back
Back.
Text message read-aloud function Settings for the read-aloud function:
R
Language (Y page 45)
R Speed (Y page 44)
X Press 0098while a text message is being dis-
played, select Read ReadAloud
Aloud and press 0098to
confirm.
COMAND reads out the text message.
X To cancel the read-aloud function: press
the 0063 button.
or
X Press 0098, select Cancel Read-Aloud
Cancel Read-Aloud
Function Function and press0098to 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.
X
Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller.
X To switch to the text display: select the
list symbol to the right of the text message
by sliding 00520096the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Display Display Text
Text and press 0098to con-
firm.
The view changes. Text messages
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Example: current track list
0043
Symbol for next folder up
0044 Device icon and device name
0087 Track symbol
0085 Current title
X Select Current Tracklist Current Tracklist by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The content of the current track list
appears.
X Select the track by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The track is played.
X To switch to the next folder up: slide
00950052 the COMAND controller.
or
X Press the 003Dback button.
Playing back the content of a category
or folder X
Select the category or folder by turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller.
X Press 0098the COMAND controller for longer
than 2 seconds.
The content of the category or folder
selected is played in accordance with the
playback option selected (Y page 219).
Alphabetical track selection iPod
®
, iPhone ®
and MP3 player 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
Artists, by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 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
0082 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 high-
lighted.
i If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to a previous 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 soft-
ware 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 Select By Cover
Albums can be chosen by cover using the
menu item.
The first time the Select by cover Select by cover func-
tion is used, additional data must be loaded
from the iPod ®
/iPhone ®
. The 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 begin-
ning the next time Select By Cover Select By Cover is
selected. Covers are initially searched for 218
Operation
withthe 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. A film can be selected either when
the DVD is 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 226).
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video by turning00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press0098to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Title Selection
Title Selection by turning00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select a film/title and press 0098to confirm. Selecting a video DVD from the media
list
X Show the menu (Y page 226).
X Select Media
Media by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The media list appears. The 003Bdot indicates
the current medium being played. Video
DVDs are indicated by the ýicon.
X Equipped with a DVD changer: press0098
the COMAND controller to display all mag-
azine trays.
X Select a video DVD by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
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 193). DVD menu
Calling up the DVD menu The DVD menu is the menu stored on the DVD
itself. It is structured in various ways accord-
ing to the individual DVD and permits certain
actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for exam-
ple, you can change the DVD language in the
DVD menu.
X Show the menu (Y page 226).
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video in the menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press0098to
confirm.
X Select Menu
Menuand press 0098to confirm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menu items in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 228).
X Select a menu item by sliding 009700520064the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Select a menu item by sliding 009500520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The menu appears.
X To reconfirm your selection: confirm
Select
Select by pressing 0098.
COMAND carries out the action. 228
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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 Back (to
(tothe
the movie)
movie) ,Play
Play, Stop
Stop,004E,
004F orGo up
Go up may either not function at
all or may not function at certain points in
the DVD menu. To indicate this, the 0047
symbol appears in the display.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 228).
X Select the corresponding menu item in the
DVD menu and press 0098the COMAND con-
troller to confirm.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 0098the COMAND controller to con-
firm.
X Select Go Up Go Upand press 0098to confirm.
Back to the movie X
Press the 003Dback button repeatedly
until you see the movie.
or
X Select the corresponding menu item from
the DVD menu.
X Select the Back Back(to (tomovie)
movie) menu item in
the menu and press 0098to confirm. Setting the language and audio for-
mat
This function is not available on all DVDs. If it
is available, you can set the DVD menu lan-
guage, the audio language or the audio for-
mat. The number of settings is determined by
the DVD content. It is possible that the set-
tings may also be accessed in the DVD menu
(Y page 228). X
Show the DVD menu (Y page 228).
X In full-screen mode, press 0098the COMAND
controller to show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video in the menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press0098to
confirm.
X Select Menu Language Menu Language orAudio Lan‐ Audio Lan‐
guage
guage and press 0098to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The 003Bdot in front of an entry indi-
cates the currently selected language.
X Select a setting by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. 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. It may also be possible to access
the settings from the DVD menu.
X Show the DVD menu (Y page 228).
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video in the menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press0098to
confirm.
X Select Subtitles
Subtitles orCamera Angle
Camera Angle and
press 0098to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears. The 003Bdot
in front of an entry indicates the current
setting.
X Select a setting by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. 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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Basic functions
Using headphones
You can use the cordless headphones sup-
plied and/or up to two sets of corded head-
phones connected to the corresponding jack
of the rear-compartment screens
(Y page 235).
Information on the cordless headphones
(Y page 237). Using the main loudspeakers
This function is available in conjunction with
COMAND.
You can use the vehicle loudspeakers to lis-
ten to a disc inserted in the rear-compartment
drive. To do so, at least one of the rear-com-
partment screens must be set to disc mode.
X To set on COMAND: press the002Afunc-
tion button to switch on an audio mode.
X Select Audio
Audio by sliding 00970052the COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
The Audio menu appears.
X Select Rear
Rear by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to 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 242).
X Select Treble
Treble orBass Bass using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm. Multiple users
Simultaneous use of the rear-compart-
ment 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, select-
ing 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 track (from a track list or folder)
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
menu
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. 240
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Picture settings
Overview You can select picture settings in video DVD
and AUX mode (Y page 252).
Adjusting the brightness, contrast and
color Example: TV mode
0043
Brightness, contrast and color
0044 Picture formats
X Switch on video DVD mode (Y page 246).
X To show the menu: press the008Bbutton
on the remote control.
or
X While the navigation menu is shown,
(Y page 226) select Menu Menuand press the
008B button to confirm.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video using
the 006400590065 buttons and press the
008B button to confirm.
X Select Brightness
Brightness, Contrast
ContrastorColor
Color
using the 00630064 buttons and press the
008B button to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm. Changing the picture format
X To show the menu: press the008Bbutton
on the remote control.
or
X While the navigation menu is shown,
(Y page 226) select Menu Menuand press the
008B button to confirm.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video using
the 006400590065 buttons and press the
008B button to confirm.
The dot in front of one of the menu items
16:9
16:9 Optimized Optimized ,4:3
4:3 orWidescreen
Widescreen indi-
cates the format currently selected.
X Select a format using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton 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 235). Selecting the display language
X Select System System using the 006300590065
buttons on the remote control and press
008B to confirm.
You see the system menu on the selected
rear screen.
X Select Settings Settings using the0064button
and press 008Bto confirm.
X Select Language
Language using the00630064 but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The list of languages appears. A 0036dot
indicates the current setting.
X Select a language using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System acti-
vates the selected language. System settings
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Selecting a scene/chapter
General notes Observe the information on DVD video mode
(Y page 227).
Skipping forwards/backwards X
Press the 0059or0065 button on the
remote control.
or
X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The navigation menu (Y page 226) appears
for approximately eight seconds.
Selecting a scene/chapter directly These examples illustrate how to select
scene/chapter 5.
X
Option 1: while the film is playing, press
the 007E button on the remote control.
X Press the corresponding number key, such
as 5.
X Option 2: while the film is playing, press
the 008Bbutton on the remote control and
show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-V and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Scene Selection
Scene Selection and press the
008B button to confirm.
X Select 5
5 using the 0063or0064 button and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
In both cases, playback will begin from the
fifth scene/chapter after a brief pause. Selecting a film/title
Option 1:
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm. X
Select DVD Functions DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Title Selection
Title Selection and press the
008B button to confirm.
X To call up the selection list: press the
008B 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 accord-
ing to the individual DVD and permits certain
actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for exam-
ple, you can change the DVD language in the
DVD menu.
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Menu
Menuand press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
The DVD menu appears. 248
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Selecting menu items in the DVD menu
X
Select a menu item using the
0063006400590065 buttons on the
remote control and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Confirm Select Selectby pressing the 008Bbutton.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System car-
ries out the action or shows a submenu.
X If available, additional options can now be
selected.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System 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 movie)
Back (to movie), Play Play,Stop
Stop,0048,
0049 orGo Up
Go Up may either not function at
all or may not function at certain points in
the DVD menu. To indicate this, the 0047
symbol appears in the display.
Stopping a film or skipping to the begin-
ning or end of a scene X
Select any menu item from the DVD menu.
The menu appears.
X To stop the film: select theStop Stopmenu
item and press the 008Bbutton on the remote
control to confirm. X
To skip to the end of a scene: select the
0049 menu item and press the 008Bbutton
to confirm.
X To skip to the beginning of a scene:
select the 0048menu item and press the
008B button to confirm.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu.
X Press the 0038back 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 0098the COMAND controller to con-
firm.
X Select Go Up Go Upand press 0098to confirm.
Back to the movie X
Press the 003Dbutton repeatedly until you
see the movie.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 008Bto confirm.
X Select the Back Back(to
(tomovie)
movie) menu item in
the menu and press the 008Bbutton to con-
firm. 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 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm. Video DVD mode
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X
Select Audio Language
Audio Language and press the008B
button to confirm.
A menu appears after a short while.
The 0036dot in front of an entry indicates the
currently selected language.
X Select a language using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0059
or 0065 button. 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. It may also be possible to access
the settings from the DVD menu.
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Subtitles
Subtitles orCamera Angle
Camera Angle and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The 0036dot in front of an entry
indicates the current setting.
X Select a setting using the 00630064but-
tons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0059
or 0065 button. Interactive content
DVDs can also contain interactive content
(e.g. a video game). In a video 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
006300650064 buttons on the remote control and press the
008Bbutton to
execute it.
A menu appears and the first entry,
Select
Select , is highlighted.
X Press the 008Bbutton. Operation with an active COMAND
source
Switching the function on/off in
COMAND
You can transfer an audio or video source
selected in COMAND to the Rear Seat Enter-
tainment System. If you subsequently switch
modes in COMAND, the new source will not
be transmitted to the Rear Seat Entertain-
ment System.
X To switch on the function in COMAND:
switch to the desired audio mode in
COMAND, e.g. CD mode (Y page 191), or
show the menu in video DVD mode
(Y page 226).
X Select the menu item at the bottom left,
e.g. CD CDin audio CD mode, by sliding 00520064
and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm. X
Select Active Aud./Vid. Source For
Active Aud./Vid. Source For
Rear
Rear and press 0098to confirm.
In the status bar at the top, you will see the
headphones icon and the _icon for the
source that has been switched on. 250
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