Radio tuning MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At 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

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu36
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3  - 
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
41
42
39
FunctionPage
4 , , , 
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
38
42
5 
Confirmation
6 
Mute function
36
FunctionPage
7 
Switching ON/OFF
30
8 
Volume adjustment
30
9  and 
Station search
Manual tuning
38
40

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.


40 Audio
Radio operation
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 scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search performs two runs.
During the first run, stations with ex-
tremely good reception are played.
During the second run, stations with
weaker reception are played.
Scan search plays each receivable sta-
tion for approx. 8 seconds.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search automatically stops at the
station listened to before the scan
search was started.
Starting scan search
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 37).
Press the Scan soft key.
Scanning begins.
Ending Scan search manually
Press the Scan soft key again.Manual tuning
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 37).
Press and hold or  for at
least 2 seconds to tune up or down.
Manual tuning is activated.
Keep the button pressed or release it
and keep tapping or  in
quick succession.
The frequency will change by the tuning
increments for the respective wave-
band each time one of the buttons is
pressed or for as long as a button is
pressed and held.
Manual tuning is deactivated if no but-
ton is pressed for approx. 3 seconds.

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

76 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Main area, in this example:
ROCK = selected category (page 77)
Vault = name of the selected station
Status bar, in this example:
SAT (on the left) = the selected mode
SAT5 = location in the program
memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored
Ch16 = number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys
Presets
shows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 79) and re-
quest stored stations (
page 76).
Info
shows additional text information relat-
ed to the current channel.
Scan
is used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 79).
Service
displays a screen showing the tele-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the particular receiver.
You can also adjust the following:
Bass and treble (page 32)
Balance and fader (page 31)
Sound functions (page 33)
Volume (not on soft keys)
(
page 30)
The following options are available:
Tuning via station presets (page 76)
Tuning via manual channel input
(
page 77)
Tuning via the program category list
(
page 77)
Tuning a station within the selected
category (
page 78)
Tuning via scan search (page 79)
Tuning via station presets
Ten Satellite radio station presets are
available.
You can access the presets via number
keys or via the Presets menu.
Selecting a station
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The Presets memory is empty at first-
time activation of the system.

77 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Accessing via number keys
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu.
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets list 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 manual channel input
Example: Tuning in channel 12
Press.
Press  and .
The system tunes to channel 12.
Tuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort-
ed alphabetically.Only one entry is visible at a time. The en-
try appears at the top of the main screen.
Selecting a category
Example 1: category
ALL
The station list of category
ALL contains all
receivable channels (channel mode).
Use or  to select the category
All from the list.
The station listened to before remains
tuned.
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If an entry is made and such a channel
is not available, the message
Channel
unavailable appears. The channel select-
ed last continues playing.

78 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Example 2: category POP
In the station list, only channels of catego-
ry
POP are available (category mode).
Use or  to select the category
POP from the list.
If the station listened to before was of
POP
category, the channel remains tuned.
Otherwise the system switches to the sta-
tion of
POP category that was selected last
in this category.The system will automatically switch to a
station of
POP category if the currently se-
lected station is not of the
POP category.
Otherwise, the currently selected station
remains tuned.
Tuning a station within the selected
category
The channels identified for the currently
selected category are sorted numerically
by channel number, which appear in the
status bar one at a time.
Tuning using COMAND control unit
Press or .
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
Press or .The search proceeds in descending or-
der and stops at the first receivable
station.
Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 25).
Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
i
Using oris followed by a short
delay before the change occurs. Using
 and changes the channel
immediately.