MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect astate ,e.g. Flo rida ,a
nd confi rm
by pre ssing W. X
Sel ect acate gor y,e.g. DaytonaBeach ,
and pressW toconfi rm.
The informa tion chartsho wsthe weath er
fore castfor the selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station.
Option 2:selec tingthearea inthe
weather map X
Call upthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Move theweather mapsothat the
crosshair isover thedesired area
(Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The information chartshows theweather
forecast forthe selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station. Memory
functions
Storing thearea inthe weather memory For
areas thatarefrequently calledup,10
presets (0,1–9 )are available inthe weather
memor y.
X In thep res etmemo ry:select the area for
the weath erfor eca st(Y page 197) .
Th es elect edarea issho wnatthe top inthe
sta tus bar.
X Sel ect Position in
the inform ation cha rt
by turning cVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect the presetb yturning cVd orslid ing
ZVÆ theC OMA NDcontroller .
X Pre ssand holdW theC OMA NDcontroller
unt ilth ea reai se ntered inthes ele cted
pre set.
X To stor er apidly:in thed aily forec ast
(Y page 197)pre ssand holdan umber key,
e. g. l,u ntilth ep reset position num ber
is sho wninthes tatu sb arinfron to fthe
are anam e.
i You canalso usethis fun ction inthef ive-
day forec ast (Y page 197), and inthe
det ailed info rm ation view( Ypage 197).
Select inganarea from thew eather
me mo ry X
Fro mt heweat hermemo ry:in the
in fo rm ation chart ,sele ctPos ition by
tur ning cVd theC OMA NDcontro ller and
pre ssW toconfirm .
X Se lec tMem ory and
pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tap reset that contain sane ntry by
tur ning cVd orslid ingZVÆ theC OMA ND
co ntroller andpressW toconfirm .
The weat herdataofthe sele cted are ais
sho wn.
X Ra pids election :if th ere isan ent ry
available inthew eath ermem ory,e.g.when SIRIUS
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the
dailyf oreca stissho wn, brieflyp ress a
num berk ey, such asl.
The weather dataofthe select edarea is
shown. Weat
hermap
Calling upthe weather map X
Select Map in
the infor mation chartby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The weather mapappears inthe 500 km
scale. Weather
map(example)
i For themap display, youcan activat ethe
topogr aphicmapstyle (Ypage 103).
Moving theweather map X
Slide XVY, ZVÆoraVb theCOMAND
con troller.
The weather mapmoves inthe
corr espondin gdirect ionunder the
cross hair.
Changing thescale X
As soon asyou turn cVd theCOMAND
con troller, youseethescale bar.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. Showing/hiding
themenu inthe
weather map X
To show: pressWthe COMAND controller
in the weather map. X
To hide: slideupZV theCOMAND
con troller .
Selecting aweather stationinthe map X
Move theweather mapandcross hairtothe
desired position (Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The menu isshown.
X Confirm Display Weather by
pressing
W.
COMAND receivestheweather dataforthe
select edposition fromthenearest weather
stat ionand displays itautomatic allyasa
daily forecast. 200
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Switching
layersonthe map on/off You
canswitch ondiffering layers,for example todisplay therain radar, weather frontsand
the course oftropical stormsonthe map.
X Display themenu onthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select thelayer byturn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆtheCOMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
Switc hthe display onO oroff ª.
Explana tion Layer Map
displa y Selectable
scales Radar
Map Shows
therain radar asac olored areaonthe map,
for anexplanat ionofthe colors, seethe"Legend"
sect ion(Ypage 204). All
Storm
Charact
eristic s Shows
thecharact eristicsofas torm
Character isticsare:
R torn adic storm:
stor mcellwith strong winds (super cells),from
which atorn ado (also know astwist er)can
develop.
R cyclon e:
stor mcells, from which atorn adic stormcan
develop
R hailstorm
R the likelihood ofah ailstorm All
Atmosph
eric Pressur
e Shows
theposition ofhigh andlow-pressure areas
(H, L),weather frontsand isobars 200
km,500 km SIRIUS
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Layer Ma
pd isplay Select
able
scales Tro
pical Sto
rmTracks Sho
wsthep ath /dir ectionalmov emen tspeed ofa
tro pical stormw ithtime andstrengt hinfor mation All
Winds Shows
thewind direct ionand wind speed 5k
m There
areanumber ofillustrate dexamples inthe following section.
Sam pledispla ysofweather dataint he
ma p Rain
radar
The Radar Map display
layerisactiv ated
(Y page 201)and weather dataisavailable. Weather
mapshowing therain radar
The precipit ationradar legend canbecalled
up at(Y page 204).
Stor mcharacter istics
The Storm Characterist ics display
layer
is activ ated (Ypage 201)and weath erdata is
av aila bl e. We
ath erma pshowing ahailstor ma ndtorna dic
storm switht he path and directi onalmove ment
spe ed(examp le) Wea
ther map showing ahailst orm (examp le)
The storm sleg end canbecalledu p
( Ypa ge204) .
Di spl aying additi onalinformati on
X Sli de XVY ,ZVÆ oraVb theCOMAND
control lera nd move thecros shaironto a
corre sponding symbo l.
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. 20
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Weather
mapwithinform ationonacyclone
(example)
The following informationisshown (if
availabl e):
R categor yofthe tropic alstorm
R date andtime ofobservation (timestamp)
R direct ionalmovemen tspeed andpath
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellmoves.
Weat herfront s
The Atmosph ericPressur e display
layeris
activat ed(Ypage 201)and weather datais
available. Weather
mapshowing theposition ofhigh andlow-
pressure areas(H,L),weather frontsand isobars
(example)
i Isobars arelines thatshow where theair
pressure isthe same. Weather
fronts(legend)
: Cold front(blue linewith blue triangles)
; Warm front(red line with redsemi-circl es)
= Stationary front(red-b lueline with red
semi-circl esand bluetriangl es)
? Occlusi on(vio letline with aviolet semi-
circle andtriangl es) Weather
front Explan
ation Col
dfront If
ac old front moves in,the
wea ther remai nschangea ble
and there areoften rain
show ersand thunderstorms .
The airtempera ture
decrea ses. Warm
front This
canmean longer periods
of rain andcanleadtoa n
increase inclou dcover anda
slow increase intempera ture. Stationary
front The
weather front moves
minima lly.T he weather
remains changeable inthis
area. Occlusion This
occurs whenafaster cold
front reaches anadvancing
warm frontandcombines
with it.The weather remains
changeable andrainy within
an occlusion. SIRIUS
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Path
oftrop icalstorm s
The Tropical StormTracks display
layer
is activated (Ypage 201)andweather datais
availa ble.
Symbol ?shows thecurrent position ofthe
tropical cyclone.
Ad ashed lines hows thep atht od ate and the
predicted pathofthe cyclone.
More inform ation;can beshown onthe
following positions:
R positions ofprevious path=
R current position ?
R positions onthe predicted routewith
inform ationondate :
X In the map, slideXVY, ZVÆoraVb the
COMAND controller andslide thecrosshair
to ; or=.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. Weather
mapshowing thepath ofat ropical low-
pressure areaandfurther informat ion(example)
Showing information ;(ifavaila ble):
R name ofthe tropical stormandcategory
R time stamp
R direction almovemen tspeed andpath
(Wind )
R maximum windspeed (Max. WindSpeed )
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellofat ropic al
stor mm oves.
At ropica lstorm issepa rated intodiffere nt
categori esaccordi ngtothe loca tion atwhi ch
it devel ops. Regi
onof
origi n Categ
ory Atlantic,
North and
South Pacific
Oceans Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
RainZone Tropical
Storm Hurrican
eCategory 1 to
Hurrican eCategory 5
Northwes
t
Paci fic Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
Cyclone Typhoon
Super-Ty
phoon Wind
directi onsand windspee ds Wea
ther map showing wind directi onsand wind
spe eds (exa mple)
Le ge nd (pre cipitati onradar andstorms) X
Disp layt he menu onthe weathe rmap
(Y page 200).
X Sel ect Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll erand pres sW to
co nfirm .
X Sel ect Legend and
pres sW toconfirm . 204
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The symbol foratorn adic storm isalso
valid foracyclone (mesocyclone). Precipita
tiontype Color
scale Rain Seven
colorlevels
from light(light
green) toheavy (red) Mixed Light
(light violet) to
heavy (violet) Snow Light
(light
turquoise) toheavy
(turquoise) Time
stamp The
time stamp shows whentheweather data
was created bythe weather station.
X Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Timestamp and
press Wto
conf irm. The
time stamps correspon dtothe time at
the vehicle's currentposition. Thechange
over from summer timetostandard timeis
performed automatically.
Changing tothe informa tionchart X
Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Display Weather and
press Wto
conf irm. SIRIUS
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SeatEntert ainm
ent
System

COMAN
Dfeatures
Thes eOperatin gInstruc tio ns desc ribeall
st andar dand opt ionalequipm 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. General
information Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaC lass 1laser
prod uct.There isad anger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. G
WARNING
The driver should notwear aRear Seat
Ent ertainment headsetwhileoperating the
vehicle underanycircumstan ces.Theuseof
ah eadset whiledriving thevehicle could
drastically impairtheabili tyto react toaudi ble
traffic conditions (e.g.emergency sirensfrom
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002900330031002800240052V anothercar'shorn,
etc. ). G
WARNING
When notinuse, headsets orextern alvideo
sources shouldbestored inas afe locatio n
(e. g.on eo fthe veh icle'sstorag e
com partmen ts)s ot hatthe ya renotloose
within thepassenger compartmentduring
braking, vehiclemaneuvers oratraffic
accident .Object smoving within the
passenger compartmentcould cause serious
personal injurytovehicle occupant s. G
WARNING
Due toap otent ialchokin ghazar d,wired
heads etusage bychildre nshould onlyoccur
with adultsuper vision . Comp
onents
Over view The
Rear SeatEntertainm entS ystemi s
co mpr ised of:
R two rear-comp artmen tscree ns behin dthe
fr on t-seat head restraint s
R ther em otec ontro l
R aC D/DVDd rive
R AU Xjacks on bot hscree ns (AU Xdispl ay)
and ontheC D/DVDd rive( AU Xd rive)
R two setsofcordle ssheadp hones 208
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