display MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual

30 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Switching 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, MP3, 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.
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The 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
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Without the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
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If a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF,  is disabled.
Volume

32 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting balance/fader
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the Bal/Fad soft key.
The Balance/Fader menu is displayed.
Now you can set the balance and the
fader (
page 32).
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
MP3
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 111).
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Using  and , the cursor can be
moved simultaneously in vertical and
horizontal direction (diagonally).
Bass and treble

33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 27).
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.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
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*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).
Different sound functions can be activated
for each one of the operating modes listed
above.
Sound functions*

38 Audio
Radio operation
The following options are available:
Tuning via station search (page 38).
Tuning via station presets (page 39).
Tuning via Autostore presets
(
page 39).
Tuning via scan search (page 40).
Manual tuning (page 40).
Tuning via direct frequency input
(
page 41).
Tuning via station search
On COMAND control unit
Switch to the desired FM or AM wave-
band (
page 37).
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 25).
Pressj:
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
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The 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

39 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 Presets menu.
Accessing via number keypad:
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 37).
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 37).
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 number.
Tuning via Autostore presets
The Autostore function allows placing of
stations into the presets sorted by recep-
tion quality (
page 43). 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 37).
Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears. It
can take several seconds until all fre-
quencies are displayed.


41 Audio
Radio operation
Tuning via direct frequency input
Entry example:
98.5 MHz in FM waveband
Switch to the FM waveband
(
page 37).
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) and
switches back to the FM menu.Tuning via station search
Seven channels are available on the
Weather Band.
On COMAND control unit
Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the
WB soft key in the Radio main
menu (
page 37).
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Manual 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
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Entries 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


42 Audio
Radio 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.
On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Radio display
(
page 25).
Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable
station. Tuning via station presets
The seven strongest channels are sorted in
prest 1 to 7 each time you press the
WB soft
key. They are accessed using the number
keypad.
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
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 38).
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 38).
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Storing FM/AM stations

46 Audio
Single CD operation
The 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 face up.
COMAND pulls in the CD. If the CD is
an audio CD, the system switches to
Single CD mode.
Press.
COMAND ejects the CD.
Remove the CD from the slot.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx. 7
seconds.
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 36).
Press the CD soft key.
The system switches to Single CD
mode.The center of the status bar shows: The track number and total number
of tracks
The elapsed playing time of the
track
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If 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.
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If the CD is an MP3 CD, the system
switches to MP3 mode (
page 53).
Ejecting a CD
Single CD main menu
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The CD soft key is shaded out if no audio
CD is loaded. The system will not
switch to Single CD mode.
Load an audio CD into the
COMAND CD drive (
page 45).
The
MP3 soft key instead of the CD soft
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been
loaded.

47 Audio
Single CD operation
1Track title or track number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
The Single CD main menu shows the track
title in the center if the CD contains corre-
sponding CD text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title. The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip
Selecting via track list
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 48)
Selecting via scan search (page 48)
Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit
Open the Single CD main menu
(
page 46).
Pressfor forward skipping.
or
Press for backward skipping.On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Single CD dis-
play (
page 25).
Pressj for forward skipping.
or
Pressk for backward skipping.
Selecting a track
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Forward 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.

48 Audio
Single CD operation
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 track currently playing.
Use or  to select another track
from the list.
Press, or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.Selecting via manual entry of the track
number
Open the Single CD main menu
(
page 46).
Press.
The Manual track input display ap-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
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
Scan serach is charcterised as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.
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Entries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.