display MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2004 W211 Comand Manual

28 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDSwitching ON 
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2,
or

Press .
COMAND switches on the last active
system and displays the corresponding
menu.
Switching OFF

Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0 and remove it,
or

Press .Different volume settings are possible for
navigation*, telephone*, or Voice con-
trol*.
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, CD changer*, AUX and
Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
iThe system can be operated as follows:
from COMAND itself, or

from the multifunction steering
wheel
This operating manual describes oper-
ation from COMAND and from the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
Unless otherwise specified, the de-
scriptions and the displays illustrated
relate to the COMAND control unit.
Switching ON/OFF
iWithout the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
iIf a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF, is disabled.Volume

30 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDSetting balance/fader
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Bal/Fad soft key.
The Balance/Fader menu is displayed.
Now you can set the balance and the
fader (
page 30).
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti-
cal line indicates the balance setting.
The horizontal line indicates the fader
setting.

Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the desired balance,
or

Press or :
The cursor moves vertically, adjusting
the fader.
Storing new settings:

Press or the Back soft key,
or

wait until the display changes.For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:

Radio (FM waveband)

Radio (AM waveband)

Radio (Weather Band)

Single CD

CD changer*

AUX

Satellite radio*

Navigation*
Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 99).
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
i Using  and , the cursor can be
moved simultaneously in vertical and
horizontal direction (diagonally).
Bass and treble

31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Storing new settings:

Press or the Back soft key,
or

wait until the display changes.If the vehicle is equipped with a sound sys-
tem*, the sound functions are available for
the following operating modes:

Radio

Single CD

CD changer*

AUX

Satellite radio*
Different sound functions* can be activat-
ed for each one of the operating modes
listed above.
Example:
For CD mode: the LOGIC7 Surround func-
tion,
for Satellite radio* mode: the Speech
function.The following sound functions are avail-
able:

Default Settings:
Resets the sound functions* to the fac-
tory setting.

Standard:
Normal stereo playback.

Speech:
Playback optimized for speech compre-
hension.

LOGIC7 Surround:
7-channel-surround playback (not for
mono-sources like AM waveband or
Weather Band in radio mode).
Switching sound functions* ON

Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 25).

Press the Sound soft key.
Sound functions*


36 AudioRadio operation
The following options are available:
Tuning via station search (
page 36).

Tuning via station presets (
page 37).

Tuning via Autostore presets
(page 37).

Tuning via scan search (
page 38).

Manual tuning (
page 38).

Tuning via direct frequency input
(page 39).
Tuning via station search
On COMAND control unit:

Switch to the desired FM or AM wave-
band (
page 35).

Press or :
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or

Press or :
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
On multifunction steering wheel:

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the radio display
(page 23).

Pressj:
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
iThe wavebands cover different fre-
quency ranges:
FM broadcast band:
FM (VHF = very high frequency)
87.7 - 107.9 MHz

Tuning increments 0.2 MHz
AM broadcast band:

MW (medium wave)
530 - 1710 kHz

Tuning increments 10 kHz
WB waveband:

WB (Weather Band)
162.400 - 162.550 MHz

Tuning increments = 1 channel
Tuning to a FM / AM station

37 Audio
Radio operation

Pressk:
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
Tuning via station presets
Ten presets each are available for FM and
AM. The presets are accessed using the
number keypad, or via the Memory menu.
Accessing via number keypad:

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press one of the number keys

- :
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu:

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.

Use , ,  or  to choose a
preset and press,
or

Press one of the number keys

- .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this No.
Tuning via Autostore presets
The Autostore function allows placing of
stations into the presets sorted by recep-
tion quality (
page 41). The system will store the station with the
strongest signal in preset 1.
Ten presets each are available for FM and
AM.

Switch to the desired waveband
(page 35).

Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears. It
can take several seconds until all fre-
quencies are displayed.


39 Audio
Radio operation
Tuning via direct frequency input
Entry example:
98.5 MHz in FM waveband
Switch to the FM waveband
(page 35).

Press.The frequency input display appears.
The frequency range of the FM wave-
band is shown.

Press the number buttons in
succession:, , and .
Each number entered appears in the
display.
The system tunes to the frequency en-
tered (in this example: 98.5 Mhz).
The FM menu appears with a brief de-
lay.Tuning via station search
Seven channels are available on the
Weather Band.
Tuning using COMAND control unit

Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the WB soft key in the Radio main
menu (
page 35).
iManual tuning is also possible in all
wavebands by pressing or .
The frequency will change by the tuning
increments for the respective wave-
band each time one of the buttons is
pressed.
Frequency increments for manual
tuning:
FM 0.2 MHz

AM 10 kHz
iEntries outside the frequency range are
not possible.
Within the AM waveband, the input is
restricted to frequencies within the re-
spective frequency increment, which
is10 kHz.
The system will select the nearest valid
frequency if a frequency outside the
frequency increment is entered.Tuning to a station on Weather Band


40 AudioRadio operation
The system will tune to the strongest
receivable station.

Press or.
Search begins in ascending or
descending frequency.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.

Press one of the number keys

- !.
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.

Press WB soft key again.
The system again tunes to the stron-
gest receivable station. The tuned-in
station may be a different one. Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to audio display
(page 23).

Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.
Ten presets each are available for the
FM and AM waveband.
The following options are available:

Storing manually using number keys

Storing manually using the Presets
menu

Storing using Autostore Storing manually using the number
keys
- 

Tune to the station to be stored
(page 36).

Press a number key between
and
 and hold it for more than 2 sec-
onds.
The station is now stored in the respec-
tive memory location.
Storing manually using the Presets
menu

Tune to the station to be stored
(page 36).

Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Storing stations

44 AudioSingle CD operationThe COMAND CD drive holds one CD. The
slot for inserting a CD is located above the
display (
page 15).

Insert a CD into the CD slot while
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the
CD with the label facing up.
COMAND pulls the CD in. If the CD is
an audio CD, the system switches to
CD mode.

Press.
COMAND ejects the CD.

Remove the CD from the slot.
If you do not remove the CD from the
slot within approx. 15 seconds, the CD
is pulled back into the CD drive.

Open the Audio main menu
(page 34).

Press the CD soft key.
The CD main menu appears.
If the CD contains CD text data, the
Single CD main menu will show the title
of the track currently playing.The status bar also contains the follow-
ing:

the track number and total number
of tracks

elapsed time of the track
1Track title
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title.
iIf a CD is already loaded, it must be
ejected before inserting the new CD.
Inserting a second CD in the slot with
another CD still loaded will cause dam-
age to the CD drive not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty. Ejecting a CD
Single CD main menuiIf no audio CD is inserted, the system
will not switch to Single CD mode. The
message No CD appears briefly. The
system switches back to the Audio
main menu.
Load an audio CD into the
COMAND CD drive (
page 43).

45 Audio
Single CD operation
The following options are available:
Selecting via track list (
page 45)

Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 46)

Selecting via scan search (
page 46)

Selecting via track skip
Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit:

Open the Single CD main menu
(page 44).

Pressfor forward skipping.
or

Press for backward skipping.On the multifunction steering wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the audio display
(page 23).

Pressj for forward skipping.
or

Pressk for backward skipping.Selecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks of the cur-
rent CD. Only one list entry is visible at a
time, it is the number of the track currently
playing.

Use or  to select another track
from the list.

Pressor do not change the selec-
tion.
The selected track is played.
Selecting a track
iForward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.

46 AudioSingle CD operationSelecting via manual entry of the track
number 
Open the Single CD main menu
(page 44).

Press.
The track input display appears. The
number of tracks on the CD is dis-
played.
Entry example: Track 1

Press
.Entry example: Track 12

Press
and " in quick succession.

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search
During scan search, each track on the cur-
rent CD is played for approx. 8 seconds.
The scan search starts playing each track
on the current CD for approx. 8 seconds.
It stops automatically at the track listened
to before the scan search was started.
It is also possible to end the scan search
manually. Starting scan search

Press the Scan soft key.
Terminating scan search manually

Press the Scan soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is terminated remains playing.

Open the Single CD main menu
(page 44).

Press and hold or .

For stop release or .
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start the scan search, play-
back option Normal Sequence is acti-
vated automatically.Fast forward/reverse