ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2012 W212 Comand Manual

the
COMAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Destinati onPositionMap and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The cros shairpo sitio nisset tothe relevant
destination. Map
settings
Callin gup the map settings menu X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
confirm.
The map settings menuappears. Setting
themap orientation Map
orientation
: Current maporientation The
followi ngdispla ymodes arepossible :
R 0 North orientation (themap view is
displa yedsothat north isalwa ysup).
R ¤ Orientation inthe direction oftravel (the
map isdispla yedsothat thedirection of
travel isalwa ysup; the orange pointofthe
icon points north).
R ¤ Bird's-eye view(themap isdispla yedso
that thedirection oftravel isalwa ysup; the
map project ionreproduces thecurvature
of the earth andtheorange pointofthe icon
points north).
R ¤ 3D map (themap isdispla yedsothat
the heading isalwa ysup; from ascale of
1k mt hemap displa yselevation; the
orange pointofthe icon points north).
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
confirm .
The map settin gsmenu appears.
X Select MapOrientation and
press Wto
confirm .
A # dot indicates thecurrent setting. Map
orientation menu
X Select North Up ,
Heading Up ,
Bird's- eye
View or
3-D Map by
turning cVdthe 100
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

While
scrollin gthe map (Ypage 61),youwill
see thegeo-c oordinat esofthe cross hair
position .Height display :and number of
satellites used?are not displayed.
"None" menuoption Display
switchedoff
: Current maporient ation
i Durin gthe "Move map"function youcan
see additional information depending on
the position ofthe cross hair,such asaroad
name, ifthe digital mapsupports thisdata.
Switching thetopogr aphical map on/
off The
topogr aphical mapuses differen tcolors
to depict elevation. Thecolor keygenerally
reflect sthe topography's dominant
vegetation orthe ground's perceived color
when seenfromtheair,forexample:
R green (grass) forlowland
R yellow ,brown (woodland) forhills
R gray (stone) andwhite (snow) for
mountains.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map settings menu appears.
X Select Topographic Map and
press Wto
conf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Freeway
information When
driving onfreeways, youcan have the
nearest gasstation s,rest areas, etc.,as well
as your current distance fromthem, shown
on the right- hand sideofthe display .
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map settings menu appears.
X Select Highway Information and
press
W toconf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Example:
freewayinformation
The entriesshow thenumber ofthe freeway
and freeway exitsaswell astheir distance
from thevehicle's currentposition.
Switching thecity model on/off When
thecity model isswitched on,the map
shows buildingsas3D models.
i The citymodel isonly shown for"Bird's-
eye view" or"3D map".
It is availa bleformap scales 50ma nd
100 m. Map
operatio nand settin gs
103Navi gation Z

The
data required fordisplay ingbuildings
is not availab lefor allcities.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map settings menu appears.
X Select City (3D) and
press Wtoconf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Example:
citymodel
Showing/hiding intersectingstreets If
route guidance isinact ive,inter secting
street scan beshown onthe upper edgeof
the display .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map settings menu appears.
X Select NextIntersecti ngStreet and
press Wtoconf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Int
ersect ingstreet (example: cityroute) Int
ersect ingstreet (example: freewayroute)
Coordinates onthe map X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map settings menu appears.
X Select Compass OnMap and
press Wto
conf irm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Never ,
When Off-Roa d or
When Route
Guidanc eInactiv e and
press W
to con firm.
The select edsett ingisaccept ed. 104
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opera tionandsettingsNavigation

X
Sel ect SIRIUS Service and
pressW to
confi rm.
The window onthe right halfof the displ ay
sho wsthe telephone numb erofthe
pro vider(SIR IUSXM) andtheserialnumb er
of your ser vice module for rece iving traf fic
mes sages .
Reg isteri ngfor the SIRIU SXM traffic
repo rtse rvic e X
Ca llthe trafficrep ort provider'spho ne
numb ersho wnonthe scre en.
i Youcan also have the satel lite ser vice
acti vate donl ine.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DH (USA)or
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001H .com
(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe operator.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes.
If registrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account . Compass
function
In the compass view,youcan seethecurrent
direction oftravel, thecurrent heightabove
sea level andthecoordinat esofthe vehicle
position, forexample.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Pos. in
the navigation systemmenu
bar bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Compass and
press Wtoconf irm. Compass
(example)
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel,
rounded
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s.
X To exit thedisplay: confirmBack by
pressing Worpress the% button . Showing
themap dataversion
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapVersion and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map data version number isshown.
Infor mation aboutnewversions ofthe
digital mapcanbeobtained froman
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 108
Additional
settingsNavigation

Upd
ating the digit alma p
Intr oduct ion The
digital mapsgeneratedbythe map
soft ware becom eoutdate din the same way
as con vent ional roadmaps. Optimalroute
guidance canonly beprovided by
the navigat ionsystem incon junction with the
most up-to-dat emap software.
Inf ormat ionabout newversion sof the digital
map canbeobtain edfrom anauthoriz ed
Merc edes-B enzCent er.You canhave the
digital mapupdated therewith aDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update processcan takealong time
(over anhour), dependingonthe size ofthe
digit almap. During this time,you willonly
be able toswitc hon radio mode andto
acc ept incomin gcalls. Theupdate willbe
com plete dmor equick lyifthe vehic leis
st ation ary.
If you carryout theupdate withtheengine
switc hedoffand thestart erbatt eryhas
insuf ficient power, COMANDmay
autom atically switc hoff durin gthe proc ess
in order toprot ectthe batt ery. Ifthis
occ urs, restartthe update withtheengine
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Neve rleave theengine runninginan enclos ed
space. Theexhaust gasescontain carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustgasesconstitutes a
health hazard andcould leadtoloss of
con sciousnes sor even death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD intotheDVD changer
(Y page 154).
COMAND checkswhether thedigital map
on the DVD iscompat iblewith the
navigation systemandsystem software.
Ap rompt thenappears asking ifyou want
to install thedata base.Versio nsofthe
data basecurrently installedand the
data basethat isto be install edare
disp layed.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm.
After selecting Yes ,
an activa tioncode
must beentered wheninstall ingadata base
for the first time. Youwillreceive the
activati oncode when youbuy the
naviga tionDVD.
If you sele ctNo ,
the process willbe abo rted.
X Enter theactiva tioncode.
After entering theactivati oncode
correctly, COMAND startsupdating the
digi talmap. Once theupdate isfinishe d,
you willsee amessa ge.
X To confirm themessage :press Wthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
Whil ethe update isrunning, youwillsee a
messa getothis effect andaprogre ssbar. The
naviga tionsystem isnot opera tional untilthe
upd ate iscomple te.
i You cannot ejecttheDVD duringthe
upd ate. Ifyou switch offCOMAND during
the update, theupdate isinterrup ted.It
then continues fromwhere itwa s
interrup tedwhen thesystem isrestarted.
COMAND mayprompt youtochange theDVD
duri ngthe update.
X Press theV load/eject button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. Additio
nalsetting s
109Navigatio n Z

X
To reje ct:select Reject by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe ~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifu nctio nstee ring wheel.
X To acce pt: conf irm Acc ept by
pre ssing
W.
or
X Pre ssthe 6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifu nctio nstee ring wheel. Mu
ltifu ncti ondisp lay(e xam ple)
i Youcan also acc eptthe call byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Once youhave accepted thecall, youcan use
hands-free mode.Thecallvolume canbe
adjusted (Ypage 34).Formore information ,
see the"Function sduring asingle call
conn ection" section (Ypage 122).
The displa yshows thephone number orthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored in
the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept acall asdescribed
above whenanother mainfunctionis
switched oninCOMAND. Onceyouhave
accepted thecall, thedispla yswitches to
telephone mode.Afterthe call isfinished,
you seethedispla yof the previous main
appli cation again.
The displa ydoes notswitch totelephone
mode ifyou:
R hide thewindow withthe% button
next tothe COMAND controller andthen
R accept thecall with the; button on
the multifunction steeringwheel Making
acall
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 119).
X En tert he digits usingthenumber keypad.
X To conne ctac all: press the6 button
on COM AND oron the multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el.
Ente ring ateleph onenum berusin gth e
telep hone basicmen u X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 119).
X Sele ctthedigit son eby oneby turnin g
cVd andslidin gZVÆ theCOMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm.
X To connect acall: select °inthe
chara cterbarand press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOM AND oron
the multifunctio nstee ring wheel. Tel
eph oneope ratio n
121Tel eph one Z

COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Rad
iomode General
information
i Portable electronicdevices inthe vehicle
may seriously impairradiorecept ion. Switching
torad iomode
Opt ion 1 X
Press $thefunc tion button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switch esbetween theFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressin gthe button again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If radio mode wasthelast mode selected,
it will now beactive.
If anoth eraudio mode isswitch edon, you
can now switch toradio mode inthe audio
menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Ex
ample: audiomenu
: Current audiooperatin gmode
; Main function bar
= Audio menu
X Select FM/AM Radio by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Ex
ample: HDRadio display
: Display window withstationsett ings
; Preset position ofthe select edstat ion
= Name ofthe select edstat ion(icon forHD
Radio™ andnumber ofsubprogram)
? Frequenc yof the select edstat ion
A Sound settings
B FM radio, AMradio orWB radio
C Program information
D Preset functions
E Radio functions 144
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iomod eAudio

Note
son HD Radi o™
i Thefu nctio nsofHD Radio™ include:
R digital transmi ssion inthe same
wa veb and sas ana log AM/FM .The
analog AM/FMstations remaininthe
same position whenselecting astati on.
R the ability tobro adcas tseveral program
str eams overasingle FMfrequenc y(e.g.
HD 1,HD 2etc .).
R int erferen ce-free, clear recept ion.
R FM: sound inCD quality; AM:sound as
on analog FMstat ions.
R tex t-based information (e.g.artist ,trac k
name) inthe display.
For furth erinfor mation onHD Radio™, visit
htt p://ww w.hdradio.com.
You candeactivat eHD Radio™ forthe
select edfrequenc yin the radio submenu. X
Select Radio in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ theCOMAND controller andpress W
to con firm.
X Select HDRadio and
press Wtocon firm.
HD Radio™ isdeactivat edifthe ªchec k
box isempty.
You hear theanalog program ofthis
frequenc y.
As soon asyou change toanoth erHD Radio
frequenc y,the HDRadio™ isreact ivated. Switching
wavebands
Opt ion 1 You
canswitch theradio between theFM, AM
and WBwaveband.
X Press the$ function button repeatedly
until thedesired waveband isselect ed.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switch esbetween theFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressin gthe button again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select FM ,
AM or
WB in
the radio display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Waveband submenuisopened. 1
Waveband submenu
The #dot shows thecurren tlyselect ed
waveband.
X Select awaveband andpress Wtocon firm.
You willhear thelast stationplayed onthe
select edwaveband. Rad
iomod e
145Audio

Selec
tingastatio n
Se lecti ng astatio nusi ng the stati on
se arc hfuncti on X
Press theE orF button.
or
X Turn cVd orslide XVY theCOMAND
controlle rwhile thedispla y/selection
window inthe radio displa yis active.
Stat ionsearch scansupordown andstops
at the next station found.
Selec tingstations viathe stat ion
presets X
Quick setting: pressanumber key,e.g.
l.
X Directly inthe stat ionpresets: select
Presets by
sliding VÆandturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller when the
displa y/selection windowisactive.
The station presetmemory appears.The
# dot indicates underwhich preset the
current lyselected stationisstored.
X Select astation byturning cVdand
pressing Wtoconfirm orpress anumber
key, e.g.l.
Selec tingstations byentering the
frequency manually X
Option 1:press thel button.
X Option 2:select Radio in
the radio displa y
by sliding VÆandturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Enter Frequency and
press Wto
confirm .
Irrespect iveofthe option chosen, aninput
menu willappea r. X
Ent erafrequency usingthenumber keys.
COMAND tunesinto the frequency
entered. Waveband Frequency
AM
(MF) 530
–1700 kHz FM
(VHF) 87.7
–107. 9MHz WB
(Weather Band) Weather
report
channels i
You canonly enter current lypermitted
numbers.
i Ifyou enter afrequency inthe FMorAM
waveba ndswhich isoutside thefrequency
range, COMAND tunesinto the next lower
frequency. Storing
stations
Storing stations manua lly There
areten presets availableforthe FMand
AM waveba nds.
X Quick save:pressandhold anumber key,
e.g. l, untilyouhear atone.
The station isstored.
X Directly inthe stat ionpresets: pressW
the COMAND controller when thedispla y/
selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
In both cases, thestation presets appear.
The #dot indicates underwhich preset
the current lyselected stationisstored. 146
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iomodeAudio

X
Sel ect acha nnel byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssanum berk ey on the control panel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Displaying
stationinform ation
This function isonly available foranalog FM
programs anddigital AM/FMprograms (HD
Radio™).
Inf ormation relevanttothe curren tstat ionis
shown belowthemain function bar.
X Select Radio in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm. X
Select ShowStation Information by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,you
switch ShowStation Information on
O oroff ª. Displaying
program information
This function isonly available foranalog FM
programs anddigital AM/FMprograms (HD
Radio™).
Inf ormation relevanttothe curren tstat ionis
shown inthe display window. X
Select Info in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tlyselect ed
stat ionisdisplayed. Contentisdependent
on the station. X
To retur nto the radio display: confirm
Info by
pressing W.
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller up. Satellite
radio Importa
ntnotes
This section provides detailedinformation on
the followi ngtopics:
R selecting achannel andprogram category
R memory functions
R sound settings
i The satellite radiomode described below
requires optionally available satellite radio
equip ment andregistration withasatellite
radio provider.
i Note thatthecategories andchannels
shown inthe illustrations dependonthe
program contentoffered bythe provider.
The program contents mayvary. The
illu strations anddescriptions inthese
operating instructionsmay therefore differ
from thechannels andcategories offered
by the provider.
Satellite radiomode maybetemporarily
unavail ableorinterrupted foravariety of
reasons. Thesereasons include 148
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radioAudio