display MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2004 W211 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 16
Telephone operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the multifunction display 23
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio main menu . . . . 34
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tuning to a FM / AM station . . . . . 36
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 42
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 43
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 46
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 48
Switching to CD changer* mode . . 49
Accessing the CD changer* . . . . . . 49
Retracting the CD changer* . . . . . 49
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
CD changer* main menu . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Contents
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 116
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 120
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 121
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Displaying the route on the map . 122
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 123
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Storing the current location . . . . . 127
Defining route guidance displays . 127
Setting symbol displays . . . . . . . . 128
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 129
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 130
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 131Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 132
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 133
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selecting POI in the local area
of the current location . . . . . . . . . 137
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 138
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 140
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Data entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Entry via Selection menu . . . . . . . 142
Entry via 12 button keypad. . . . . . 143
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 145
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 145
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 148
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 148
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 151
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Voice control settings . . . . . . . . . . 152
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

8 IntroductionSymbolsThe following symbols are used in this
Operator’s Manual:* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system’s
equipment may deviate from
some descriptions and illustra-
tions.

This symbol points to instruc-
tions for you to follow.

A number of these symbols ap-
pearing in succession indicates
a multiple-step procedure.

This continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continued on the next
page.
page This symbol tells you where to
look for further information on
this subject.
->This symbol is used in the glos-
sary. It indicates that the term
immediately following the sym-
bol is also explained in the glos-
sary.Display
Words appearing on the
COMAND display or the multi-
function display are printed in
the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to haz-
ards 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.

21 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
98
120
2

Switching map display
120
3
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4
, , , ,,

Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
Function
Page
5

Confirmation
6
Navigation computer
95
7
Navigation DVD slot
95
8

Cancelling navigation an-
nouncements
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
117
117
Function
Page
9

Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
117
117
a

Ejecting navigation DVDs
95
b

Switching ON/OFF
28
c


Volume adjustment
28

22 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheel
Function
Page
1
Multifunction display
2
Volume setting
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
28
28
3
Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Terminating calls
78
83
80
79
4
Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
23
23
Function
Page
5
Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
Single CD and CD chang-
er* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
36
36
56
56
5
Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
66
66
5
Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
82
82

23 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display to the re-
spective system if you wish to operate the
system using the buttons on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel. 
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
one of the following, radio, Single CD,
CD changer*, satellite radio* or tele-
phone* display appears in the multi-
function display of the instrument
cluster.Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequency
Single CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current trackCD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel nameSelecting the multifunction display

24 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheelTelephone* operation:
Either the main display, or a list appears on
display.
Telephone main display:
In the list screen, instead of the READY
message, either a phone book entry or one
of the last 10 outgoing calls will be dis-
played.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.

25 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*

Navigation*

Telephone*

Service
Opening main menus

Audio (
page 34):
Press
.

Satellite radio* (
page 61):
Press .

Navigation* (
page 98):
Press .

Telephone* (
page 77):
Press .

Service (
page 141):
Press .
Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status barThe 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
iA maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.

26 At a glanceMenu systemCenter:
Indication of the selected operating mode.
In this example:

FM = selected waveband

1 = selected station is stored on
preset 1
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 strengthMenu 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 sub-
menu 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.

27 At a glance
Menu system
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.