wheel MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual
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press
W.
R pressin gthe 6 or~ buttonand
using thetelephon ekeypad onCOMAND
R pressin gthe 6 or~ buttonon the
multifun ction steer ingwheel
R using theVoice Control(see theseparate
Voice Controloperatin ginst ruct ions)
Unless statedother wise, thedescript ionsand
illustration sint his sect ionrefer toCOMAND . Function
restrictions
The telephon eisn otready foruse inthe
following situations:
R the telephon eautomatic allytries tolog on
to an etwork. Ifno net work isavailable, you
may notbeable tomake a"911"
emergen cycall. Ifyou attempt tomake an
outgoin gcall, the No Servic
e message
will
appear forashort while. 911
emergency call G
WARN
ING
The 911 emergen cycall system isap ublic
servic e.Using itwithout duecause isa
crimin aloffen se.
The following requiremen tsmust befulfilled
for a911 emergen cycall:
R the mobile phonemustbeswitc hedon.
R an etwork must beavailable.
R av alid and operation alSIM card must be
insert edinthe mobile phone.
R the mobile phoneiscon nected toCOMAND
via Bluetoot h®
.
If you cann otmake anemergen cycall, you
must arrange rescuem easuresyourself.
X En ter numbers onCOMAND (Ypage 121).
X Press the6 button.
The telephon emakes theconnection .
X Wait forthe emergen cycall centerto
respon dand then describe theemergen cy. Teleph
onyviathe Bluet ooth®
inter face Conditions
On the mobile phone For
telephon yviaCOMAND 'sBluetoot h®
int erface, aBluetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phone isrequired.
i Not allmobile phones available onthe
mark etare equally suitable. Moredetailed
infor mation onsuitable mobilephones and
on con nectingB luetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phones withCOMAND canbefound onthe
Int ernet at
htt p://www .mbusa- mobile.com.
Alt ernat ively, calltheMercede s-Benz
Customer AssistanceCente rat
1-800-FOR-MERC edes(1-800-367-6372)
(for USA) orCu stomer Relatio nsat
1-800-387-0100 (forCanada ).
The battery ofthe mobi lephone should
al wa ysbe kept sufficiently chargedinorde r
to preve ntmal functions.
In prep aration fortelep honing viathe
Blue tooth ®
interfa ce,you shou ldcheck the
foll owi ngitems onyou rmobile phone (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions):
R Hands- FreeProfile
The mobile phonemustsupport Hands-
Free Profile 1.0orabove.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainmobile phones, thedevice itself
must bemade "visible" toother devices, as
well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion
(see themobile phoneoperating
instr uctions).
R Bluetooth ®
device name
Every Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown
Bluetooth ®
device name.Thisdevice name
is freely definable, butcan beidentical for
all devices fromthesame manufacturer .It
is therefor erecomm endedthatyouchange
this name sothat youcan easily recogn ize Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
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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( exam ple)
i Youc an 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 yiss tored in
the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept acallasdescribed
above whenanother mainfunctionis
switched oninCOMAND. Onceyouhave
accepted thecall, thedispla yswitches to
telephone mode.Afterthe call isfinished,
you seethedispla yofthe 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 gthe
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthet elep ho ne basic 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 gthe
telep hone basicmenu X
Call upthet elep ho ne basic menu
(Y page 119).
X Sele ctthed igitsone byoneb yturnin g
cVd andslidin gZVÆ theC OMA 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 oneo peratio n
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Switching
thehands- freemicrophone
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X To switch off:select MikeOff and
press
W toconf irm.
If the microphone isswitched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
as hort period.
X To switch on:select MikeOn and
press
W toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Rejecting oraccepting awaitin gcall The
callwaiting function mustbesup ported
by the mobi lephone network providerand be
enab led.Depending onthe mobile phone
used, thesystem behavior differswhen
accept ingacall(option 1and 2).
If yo uh aveac allinp rogre ssand rece ive
ano ther call,an ew windo wappears inthe
di spl ay.Y ou also hear aton e.You canaccept
or rejec tthe call.
X To reject: selectReject and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel. X
To accept: selectAccept and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Option 1:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisended.
The active callwillalso beended ifyou
accept thewaiting callusing theVoice
Control System (seetheseparate
operating instructions).
Option 2:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisput onhold. Youcanthen
switch backandforthbetween bothcalls
(toggling) (Ypage 124).
i The second optionisavaila bleifyour
mobile phonesupports thetoggling
funct ion(via Bluetooth ®
).
Valid forboth options: ifyou accept the
waiting callusing themobile phone, theactive
call isput onhold. Youthen have twocalls.
The callyou have justaccepted isactive.
The COMAND displaychanges. Ifyou
cont inue tooperate functionsonthe mobile
phone, theCOMAND displaymaydiffer from
that ofthe mobile phone.
Making afurther call You
canmake asecond callwhile onthe
phone withsomeone else.Thisaction puts
the previous callonhold. Thefunct ionis
availa bleifyour mobile phonesupports this
funct ionviaBluetooth ®
. :
Symbol formaking asecond call Telephone
operation
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X
Sel ect symbo l: byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe ; button onCOMAND.
X Enter thephone num ber:
R ma nua lly( Ypa ge121)
R us ing the phone book (Ypage 125)
R from thecalllists (Y page 129)
R us ing speeddial (Y page 122)
Cal lwaiting Yo
uc an switch back and forth betwe encalls
wi th thisfun ctio n.The functio nisa vail able if
your mobile phonesupports thetoggling
function (viaBluetooth ®
).
You canusethefunction ifyou areanswering
as econd callormaking asecond call.
Switching betweenthe active calland the
call onhold :
Active call
; Callonh old
X Confirm symbol;bypressing W.
or
X Press the; button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The previous callonhold isactivated. Ends
anactive call
X Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Confe rence call You
canintercon nectcalls (active andon
hold) onthe mobile phone. Thispermits
several partiestohear oneanother andspeak
with oneanother.
You canalso make afurther callinCOMAND
(Y page 123).
Sending DTMFtones This
function isnot supported byallmobile
phones.
Answering machinesorother devices canbe
cont rolled byDTMF tones, e.g.forremote
query function s.
X Ifyou woul dlike tolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,forexample,
select thecorresponding number.
X To transmit individual characters: once
ac onn ection hasbeen established tothe
answering machine,selectthedesired
characters inthe character barand press
W toconfirm.
or
X Press thecorresponding keyonthe
COMAND numberkeypad.
Every character selectedwillbe
transmitt edimmediately .
X To send aphone book entry asaD TMF
sequence :select Name by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentry and
press Wtoconfirm.
The entry issent asaD TMF character
string. 124
Telephone
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envir
onmen talortopogr aphical conditions
as well asother issues beyond thecontrol
of Mercedes- BenzUSA,LLC. Operation
may alsobeimpaired incert ainlocation s
(e.g. tunnels,multi-s toreycarparks or
within aswell asclose tobuildings).
i SIRIUS XMRadio offersmore than 130
digital-quality radiochann elsproviding
100 %comm ercial-f reemusic, sports,news
and entertain ment.
SIRIUS XMRadio employs afleet ofhigh-
perform ancesatellites tobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada.
The satellite radioprogram isavailable for
am onthly fee. Details areavailable from
the SIRIUS XMServ iceCenter andat
htt p://www.sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://www.siri uscanada .com
(Canada). Register
ingsatellit eradio
X Switc honsatellite radiomode
(Y page 149).
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel.You cann ot
select anyother stations.
X Select SatRadio in
the lower menu bar
and press Wtocon firm.
X Select Service and
press Wtocon firm.
The servic einfor mation screenappears. Serv
iceinfor mation screen
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
activ ated online. Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt p://www.sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://ww w.siriu scanada .com
(Canada).
Onc ethe con nection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstruct ions ofthe servic estaff .
The activ ation process maytake uptoten
minut es.Ifthe activ ation iscomplet ed
success fully,theNoService message
appears inthe display, followed bythe
satellite radiomainmenu.
i Ifregistr ationisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivat eyour
accoun t.
If the satellite receiver isnot installed or
inst alled incorrectly,the Device unavail
able message
willappear. Switching
onsatellit eradiomode
Notes You
canalso usethemultifunc tionsteer ing
wheel totune inchann elsorscroll through
lists, e.g.bypressing the=;
9: buttons(Ypage 23).
For import antnoteson registr ation,see
"Registering satelliteradio"(Y page 149).
Opt ion 1 X
Press $thefunc tion button .
The NoService message
appearsafter
switch ingonorifno signal isbeing
received. OnceCOMAND receives the
signal, thesatellite radiodisplay appears.
The stationlast select edisplayed.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switch esthrough thewavebands inthe
order FM,AM, WBand subsequently Sat
ellite radio
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Selec
tingatrac k
Th isfunctio nisn otsupported byall
Bluetooth ®
audi odevices.
X To skip forwards orbackwards toa
tra ck: press theE orF button on
COMAND.
or
X Press the9 or: button brieflyon
the multifunction steeringwheel.
X Rapid scroll: pressandhold the9
or : button onthe multifunction
steering wheeluntilthedesired trackis
reached.
If you hold down the9 or: button,
the system runsthrough thelistmore
quickly. Selec
tingplayback options
If the Bluetooth ®
audi odevice supports the
corresponding function,the followi ngoptions
are avail able:
R Normal TrackSequence The
tracks areplay edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
Audio dataplayback isdetermined bythe
order inwhich thetracks arewritten tothe
data carrier. Alphabetical orderisthe most
common. Onceallthe tracks inaf older
have been played,the tracks inthe next
folder areplay ed.
R Random Tracks All
the tracks onthe medium areplay edin
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5e tc.). X
Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The #dot indicates theoption selected.
X Select theoption byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
If you select Random Tracks ,y
ou will see
ac orresponding symbolinthe displa y/
selection window. Adjusting
thesound settings
The sound settings aredescribed usingradio
mode asan example inthe "Basic function s
of COMAND" section(Ypage 34). Increasin
gthe volume usingCOMAND
X Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Volume and
press Wtoconfirm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
You willfind furth erinfor mation inthe "Audio
AUX mode" section(Ypage 182). Bluet
ooth®
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playback.
Ifno video image isavailable
from theAUX source connected, youwill
see anaudio menu.
Displaying AUX X
Select thescreen byturn ingthe scro ll
wheel onremot econtro l(Y page 210)until
"L REAR "(left scre en)or"REAR R"(right
scre en)ishighl ighted inthe windo w.
X Sel ect Aux in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Source from
theAUX menu and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Displa yAux and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
Yo uw ills ee and hearthe cont entofthe
video source ifit is switched toplay back. If
no video image isavaila blefrom theAUX
source connected, youwillsee anaudi o
menu. Adjust
ingtreble andbass
X Select Treble or
Bass in
the AUX menu
and press the9button onthe remote
cont roltoconfirm .
An adjustment scaleappea rs.
X Select asettin gusing the9 or:
button andpress the9button toconfirm . Adjust
ingthe brightness, contrastor
colo r
X Select Display Aux or
Disc Drive Aux in
the AUX menu andpress the9button
to confirm .
X Select Brightness ,
Contrast or
Color and
press the9button toconfirm .
An adjustment scaleappea rs.
X Select asettin gusing the9 or:
button andpress the9button toconfirm . Changing
thepicture format
X Select Display Aux or
Disc Drive Aux in
the AUX menu andpress the9button
to confirm .
X Select 16:9Optimized ,
4:3 or
Widescreen using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The dotinfront ofam enu item indicates
the current setting. AUX
mode
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