key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2005 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
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
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 42
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 44
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 50
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 51
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 52
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 53
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 60
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . . 61
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . . 61
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 66

Contents
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting city . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting street . . . . . . . . . . 122
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 123
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 124
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Entering a destination via
geo coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Start route guidance menu . . . . . . 130
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Navigation announcements . . . . . 131
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 134
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 135
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Displaying the route on the map . 136
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 137
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Defining route guidance displays . 142
Setting symbols displays . . . . . . . 142
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 143
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 145
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 145
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 147
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 148
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 153
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 155
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 158
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 162
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 162
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON/OFF. . . . 165
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 166
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3

- 
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
41
42
39
Function
Page
4
, , , 
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
38
42
5

Confirmation
6

Mute function
36
Function
Page
7

Switching ON/OFF
30
8


Volume adjustment
30
9
 and 
Station search
Manual tuning
38
40

15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
CD slot
46
4
 and

- 
Entering track numbers
48
Function
Page
5
 and 
Selecting tracks
48
6

Confirmation
7

CD ejection
46
Function
Page
8

Mute function
36
9

Switching ON/OFF
30
a


Volume adjustment
30
b
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
47
49

17 At a glance
MP3 operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
MP3 CD slot
53
4

and

- 
Entering track numbers
57
Function
Page
5
 and 
Selecting tracks
 and 
Selecting folders
55
54
6

Confirmation
7

MP3 CD ejection
53
Function
Page
8

Mute function
36
9

Switching ON/OFF
30
a


Volume adjustment
30
b
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
56
58

19 At a glance
CD changer* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
 and

- 
Entering track numbers

- 
Selecting CDs
69
68
Function
Page
4
 and 
Selecting CDs
 and 
Selecting tracks
67
69
5

Confirmation
6

Mute function
36
Function
Page
7

Switching ON/OFF
30
8


Volume adjustment
30
9
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
68
70

21 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
89
85
85
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
Function
Page
3

- 
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
87
88
92
95
4
, , , 
Selection buttons
5

Confirmation
Function
Page
6

Answering calls
Redialing
91
92
7

Ending or refusing a call
91
8

Switching ON/OFF
30
9


Volume adjustment
30

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
110
134
2

Switching map display
134
3
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4
, , , ,,

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

Confirmation
6
Navigation computer
107
7
Navigation DVD slot
107
8

Cancelling navigation an-
nouncements
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
131
131
Function
Page
9

Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
131
131
a

Ejecting navigation DVDs
107
b

Switching ON/OFF
30
c


Volume adjustment
30

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 .

Navigation* (
page 110):
Press .

Service (
page 157):
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.

28 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 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.