steering 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

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

24 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
2 Volume setting:
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
30
30
3 Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
91
92
91
4 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
25
25
FunctionPage
5 Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
Single CD and CD chang-
er* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
38
38
68
68
5Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
78
78
5Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
95
95

25 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,
MP3, CD changer*, Satellite radio* or
Telephone* display appears in the mul-
tifunction display of the instrument
cluster.
Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequencySingle CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current track
MP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current trackCD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel name
Selecting the multifunction display

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Telephone* operation
Either the main display, or a list appears on
display.
Telephone main display:
In the list screen, instead of the
READY mes-
sage, either a phone book entry or one of
the last 10 outgoing calls will be displayed.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.

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

31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Setting the volume
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel
The volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if:
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.
Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without Sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with Sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)A common balance and fader setting ap-
plies to the following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
When adjusting the balance or the fader,
the system automatically stores the set-
ting for the currently active operating
mode.
Balance and fader
i
For Navigation* a different balance/
fader setting is possible. You find the
description under “Adjusting the
acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 111).

36 Audio
Audio main menu
Press.
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus appears:
Press the Back soft key as often as
necessary until the Audio main
menu appears,
or
Press again.
Various audio sources can be selected in
the Audio main menu.
Radio soft key
Station settings for WB, FM, and AM
wavebands appear (
page 37)
CD soft key or MP3 soft key
The Single CD main menu (
page 46)
or the MP3 main menu (
page 53) ap-
pears
CDC soft key
The CD changer main menu appears
(
page 66)
AUX soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 72)Switching the mute function ON:
Press .
The system is switched to mute.
Switching the mute function OFF:
Press again,
or
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
The audio source heard is the one se-
lected before the mute function was
activated.
Opening the Audio main menuSelectable soft keys
i
The Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing (
page 75).
Mute function
i
The mute function is still activated if
the system is switched off and then on
again.

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
i
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

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