MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET 2011 C207 Comand Manual

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Mercedes-B enzUSA ,LLC. Operation
may alsobeimpaired incert ainlocations
(e.g. tunnels,parking garages aswell as
inside ornext tobuildi ngs).
i SIRIUS XMRadio offers morethan130
digital-quali tyradio chann elsproviding
100% commer cial-free music,sport,news
and enter tainmen t.
SIRIUS XMRadio employs afleet ofhigh-
performanc esatellites tobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada.
The satellite radioprogram isavaila blefor
a mont hlyfee. Details areavaila blefrom
the SIRIUS XMServic eCenter andat
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(Canada) . Registering
satelliteradio
X Switch onsatellite radiomode
(Y page 129).
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel.You cann ot
select anyother station s.
X Select SatRadio in
the lower menu bar
and press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Service and
press Wtoconf irm.
The service informationscreen appears. Service
informat ionscreen
1 Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS XMIDofyour satellite receiver X
Call thephone number ofyour satellite
radio provider shownonthe screen .
i You canalso have thesatellite service
activated online.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
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(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe service staff.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes. Ifthe activation iscompleted
successfully, theNoService message
appears inthe display ,followed bythe
satellite radiomainmenu.
i Ifregistrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account .
If the satellite receiver isnot installed oris
not installed correctly,the Device Unavailable message
willappear. Switching
onsatellite radiomode
Notes You
canalso usethemultifunct ionsteerin g
wheel totune inchann elsorscroll through
lists, e.g.bypressing the=;
9: buttons(Y page 21).
Import antnoteson registrat ion,see
"Registering satelliteradio"(Ypage 129).
Option 1 X
Press $thefunct ionbutton .
The NoService message
appearsafter
switching onorifno signal isbeing
received. OnceCOMAND receivesthe
signal, thesatellite radiodisplay appears.
The station lastselected isplaye d.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunct ionbutton
switches betweentheFM, AM, WB
wavebands inthat order andthen switches Satellite
radio
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to
satel lite radiomod e.Pre ssing the button
ag aint ake syou back toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Sel ect Audio in
themain function bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
If sat ellit eradio modewas thelast mod e
selec ted, itwill nowbe act ive.
If ano ther audio modeis swit ched on,you
can nowswit chtosat ellit eradio modein
th eaudio menu.
X Sel ect Audio by
slidin gZV theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Sel ect Sat Rad
io and
pres sW toconfirm .
The NoService mes
sage appear swhen
st art ing uporifno sign alisbein grec eive d.
If th esat ellit erec eive risnot installed oris
not installed correctly,the Device Unavailable message
willappea r. Once
COMAND receivesthesignal, the
satellite radiodispla yappea rs.The station
last selected isplay ed. Satellite
radiomainmenu
1 Satellite radiodispla yarea
2 Channel name
3 Preset
4 Selected category/channel number
5 Channel information (inbrief)
6 Sound settings
7 Category list
8 Channel information (indetail)
9 Channel presetlist
a SatRadio menu
Channel information Acan beviewed in
detail (Ypage 132).
Changing thecategory Satellite
radiostations aresorted intovarious
categories. Youcanchoose between the
different categories, suchasnews/talk
shows, sportsorcountry, ifthey areavail able.
The category listissorted alphabetically .
Selec tingacatego ry
X To callup the categ orylist:sel ect
Catego ry by
turning cVdtheCOM AND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The cate gorylist appe ars.
X To select ac atego ry:select acatego ryby
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
press ingWtoconfirm.
The catego rysel ected isshow nint he
displa y.You hear thestation lastselected
for this category.
The All Channels category
isat the top
of the category list.This category issorted 130
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by
chann elnumber andallows youto
browse allavailable channels.
Selecting achanne l Chann
elsearc h
X Turn cVd orslide XVY theCOMAND
controlle rwhile thedispla y/selection
window inthe SatRadio displayisactive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
COMAND searchesinboth directions
(ascending anddescending) andstops at
the next channel foundinthe selected
category.
SatRa diomenu
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
The SatRadio menuappears. Entering
channelnumbers directly
Option 1
X Press thel button.
An input menu appears.
Option 2
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Enter Channel and
press Wto
confirm.
An input menu appears. X
To enter achanne l:irresp ective ofthe
optio n,press thecorrespo ndingnumbe r
keys onthe control paneloneafter the
other.
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadio in
the submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controllerand
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Channel List and
press Wto
confirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
Memor yfunct ions Stor
ingchannels
i There areten preset savailable.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller when the
display/select ionwindow isactiv e.
or
X Select Preset s in
the submenu barby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, thechann elpreset sappear.
The Rdot infron tof apreset entry
indicat esthat thecurren tlyselect ed
chann elisstor edunder thispreset . Sat
ellite radio
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Stati
onpre sets
X Sel ect apre set byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssand hold
W unti lyo uhea rato ne.
or
X Pre ssand holdanum berb utt on,e. g. 4,
unt ilyou hear ato ne .
The chann elisstore dund erthepre set.
St ori ng cha nnels autom aticall y
This function auto maticallystore sch ann els
wit hadequat erec ept ion inthepre set
mem ory.Chan nelsstore dman ually inthe
pre set mem orywill beove rwritte n.
X Op tion1: pre ssW theCOMA NDcontrol ler
when thedisp lay/s election win dow is
act ive.
X Se lec tAut ostore in
thepre setsby turnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
X Op tion2: sele ctPre sets in
thesubm enu
bar byslidi ngVÆ andturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tAut ostore and
pressW toconfirm .
In bot hcas es, COMA NDsear ches for
ch ann elsthat can berec eive d.You willsee
a mes sage tothis eff ect.The availab le
ch ann elsare auto maticallystore din the
pre set posi tion s.
X To cance lst ori ng: sele ctCan cel and
pre ssW toconfirm . Select
ingachanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe preset list:sele ct
Presets by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The channel preset list appe ars.
X To setac hanne l:sele ctaprese tby
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconf irm.
or
X Pre ssanum berk ey, e.g. 4.
Displaying information X
Select Info in
the submenu barbyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tlyreceived
program isdisplayed. 1
Category andchann elnumber
2 Channel name
3 Artist
4 Track s
If available, yousee:
R the fullchann elname
R the artist ofthe trac kthat iscurrent lybeing
play ed
R the track thatiscurrent lybeing played
X To retur nto the satellite radiomain
menu: confirm Info by
pressing W.
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller up. 132
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radioAudio

Disp
laying service informa tion The
provider'scus tomer servicece nter is
avai lable bypho neatany time toans wer any
gen eralques tion sor ques tion son the
ver sions avai lable .
X Se lec tSat Radio in
thesubm enubar by
tu rn ing cVd theCOM ANDco ntro ller and
pre ssW toconfirm .
X Se lec tSer vic e and
pressW toconfirm .
The provider'sdet ails appe ar. 1
Prov ider 'spho nenum ber(SIRI US XM) or
Cal lSer vicePro vider 2
SIRIU SID ofyour satellit erec eiver
X To retu rn tothesa tellit era dioma in
me nu:slid eXVY theCOM ANDc ont roller.
Channel listupd ates During
reception ofanew chann ellist, the
Updating Channels... message
isshown.
The station lastselected isswitched tomute
until theupdate hasbeen completed.
Satellite radiomode isnot availa bleduring
this process.
Once theupdate hasbeen completed, the
satellite radiomainmenu appears. The
station lastselected isplaye d.
Sound settings You
willfind details onthe sound settings in
the "Ataglance" section(Ypage 35). Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Import
antsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
COMAND isclassified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
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CDs/DVDs
Notes If
the CD/D VDhas aprinted side,thismust
face upwards whentheCD/D VDisinsert ed.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe playe d
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protec tionmay notbeable tobe playe d
by the system.
i Ifamedium contains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloading time
before thefirst track startsto play may be
longer. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Inser
ting discsintoth eDVD changer :
Load /ejectbut tonV
; Disc slot
The DVDc hanger hasafixed magazine with
six trays.
X To insert aCD/DVD intoth ema gaz ine
tr ay :pre sstheV load/ejec tb utt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select themagazine traybyturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.j.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease Wait... message.
You then seethePlease InsertDisc message. i
Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
The DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Themessage
Loading Disc... appears.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
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X
To exitthe men u:pre ssthe V eject/
lo ad button againo rpress thek button.
or
X Select Back by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X To fill empty magazine trays:pressthe
V load/eject button.
The maga zinemenu appears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots .
You seethePlease Wait... messa
ge.
COMAND switches tothe next empty
maga zinetray. Youthen seethePlease Insert
Disc messa
ge.
i Never insertadata mediumbefore
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamaga zine
tray atatime.
X Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards .
You seethePlease Wait... messa
ge.
Once thedisc isloa ded, theDVD changer
swi tches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please Insert Disc . messa
ge.
X Rep eatthis step until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willpla ythe lastdisc
loaded ifit has been inserted cor rectlyand
is of aperm issible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays have been loaded withadisc.
X To comp letetheinser tion: press the
V eject/load buttonagain orpress the
k button.
Eject ingdiscs from theDVD chang er If
you remo veone disc while playing another
disc, theDVDc hanger interrupts playback.
Play back continues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed. X
To eject aCD/DVD: presstheV load/
ej ec tbut ton.
or
X Se lec tBac k by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray with thecurrent discishighlighted. :
Ejec tpossible
; Disc type
= Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
? Current disc
X Select amagazine traycont aining adisc by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.j.
You seetheEjecting Disc... message.
Youthen seethefollowing
message. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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X
Take thedisc outofthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin again automatically
after ashort while andload itagain.
X To eject allCDs/D VDs:press theV
load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears. X
Confirm EjectAll by
pressing W.
The DVD changer ejectsthe last disc
selected. Themessage Ejecting Disc ... appears.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePlease RemoveDisc message.
The DVD changer switches tothe next
loaded magazine trayandeject sthe disc.
X Repeat thelast step until themagazine is
empty.
X To cancel ejecting: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress thek button .
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm. Inserting
andejecting aPCMCIA
mem orycard
Gener alinfor mation COMA
NDsuppo rts 16 -bitfull- sizetyp eIa nd
II PC MC IAmem orycards. i
Not allcomm ercially availabl eP CMCIA
mem orycardsand storag emed iaare
desi gned for thete mpe ratures whichmay
be reac hedintheveh icle.
If you arenolonger usin gth ePCMCI A
mem orycard,you should rem ove itfrom
COMA ND,as high tempe ratures could
damag eth ecar d.
Inser tingaP CMCIA memorycard :
PCMCI Amemory cardslot
X Inser tthe memory cardintothe slot. The
side with thecontact smust face
downwards andpoint towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effec t.Ifno MP3
trac kscan befound, youwillsee amessage
to this effec t.
Ejecting aPCMCIA memorycard :
Eject button
; PCMCI Amemory cardslot 136
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

X
Press ejectbutton :twice.
The memory cardiseject ed.
X Remove thememory cardfrom slot;. Activating
audioCD/D VDorMP3
mode
Option 1 X
Inser taC D/DVD (Ypage 134) oraPC MC IA
mem orycard(Y page 136) .
CO MAND load sthe med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe h functio nbu tton oneormor e
time s.
i Bypre ssing the functio nbutton
rep eatedly, youcan chang eth eoper ating
mod ein thefol lowin gord er:
R audio CD/DVD/vide oDV D/ MP3 CD/
MP3 DVDin theDV Dch ang er(disc
mod e)
R mem orycardmod e
R MUS ICREGI STER
R Blue tooth®
audio mode
R Medi aIn te rface oraudio AUXmod e
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 139).
Op tion 3 X
Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar by
slidi ngZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
If disc modewas thelast mod esele cted, it
will nowbe act ive.
If ano ther audio sourceisswit ched on,you
can nowswit chtodisc modein theaudio
men u. X
Se lec tAud io by
slidi ngZV andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tDis c or
Mem ory Card and
press
W toconfirm .
The desireddisc modeis act ivat ed.
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 139).
Exa mpledis pla y:au dio CDmod e :
Disctype
; Tracknum ber
= Tracknam e(on lyifstor ed on thedisc as
CD text or ifGrac enote®
dat ais avail able)
? Tracktime
A Grap hictime and track disp lay
B Curr entp layback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
C Soun dset tings
D Media selection
E Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD textor ifGracen ote®
data isavailable)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Datacarr ierposit ioninthe media list
H Music filesrecorded
I Playback options
i The display mayshow theartist under
E ifthe relev antdata isavailable. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Exam
pledispla y:au dio DVD mode :
Disctype
; Tracknum ber
= Tracknam e(on lyifstor ed on thedisc as
CD text)
? Tracktime
A Grap hictime and track disp lay
B Curr entp layback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
C Soun dset tings
D Media selection
E Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Stop func tion
H Pause function
I Datacarr ierposit ioninthe media list
J Playback options
Exam pledisp lay:MP3 mode :
Disc type
; Trac knumb er
= Trac kor file name ?
Trac ktim e
A Graphic timeand track display
B Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
C Soun dset tings
D Media selection(display showseither
Medi a or
Chan ger )
E Curren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Data carrier position inthe media list
H Playb ackoptions Pause
function
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypressthe
8 button .
The , symbol appears atthe top leftin
the status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
8 button again.
The , symbol disappea rs.
Only inaudio DVDmode X
To pause playback: switchonaudio DVD
mode (Ypage 137).
X Select Ëbysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. 138
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