air MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

X
Ifthe numeric codeonboth devices
matches, confirmYes by
pressi ngW.
If you select Yes ,t
he authori zationprocess
is completed andthemobil ephone is
connect ed.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled.
X Confirm themessag eonthe mobil ephone. External
authorization
If COMAND doesnotdetect yourmobile
phone, thismay bedue toparticular security
sett ings onyour mobile phone. Inthis case,
you can test ifyour mobile phonecanfind
COMAND. TheBluetooth ®
device nameof
COMAND isMB Bluetooth .
Please notethefollowi ng:some mobile
phones requirethatyouestablish the
conn ection toCOMAND againonceyouhave
enter edthe passkey (seethemobile phone
operating instructions). Themobile phone
cann ototherwise beauthorized.
X Press the% functionbutton on
COMAND.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
by sliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Update .X
Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select External Authorizatio n and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Start theBluetooth ®
search onthe mobile
phone (seethemobile phoneoperating
instr uctions).
X Select COMAND (MBBluetooth )o
nt he
mobile phone.
X Option 1:when requested todo so, enter
the passkey firstonthe mobile phoneand
then inCOMAND.
X Option 2:conf irmthedisplay edcodes on
the mobile phoneandinCOMAND (Secure
Simple Pairing). Connec
tinganother mobilephone
If you have authorized morethanonemobile
phone, youcan switch between theindividual
phones.
i You canonly switch toanother authorized
phone ifyou arenot current lymaking acall.
X Select themobile phoneinthe Bluetooth ®
telephones listbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The selected mobilephoneissearched for
and conn ected ifit is within Bluetooth ®
range andifBluetooth ®
is activated.
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected
at any one time. Thecurrent lyconn ected
mobile phoneisindicated bythe #dot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephones list
(Y page 116). 118
Telephony viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ceTelephone

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. 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 yofthe select edstat ion
A Sound settings
B FM radio, AMradio orWB radio
C Program information
D Preset functions
E Radio functions 144
Rad
iomodeAudio

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
149Audio

X
Opt ion 2(Secure SimplePairing): ifthe
digit codes displayed inCOMAND andon
the Bluetoot h®
audio device arethe same,
con firm Yes by
pressing W.
If you select Yes ,a
uthorizat ioncontinues
and theBluetoot h®
audio device is
con nect ed.Playback starts.
If you select No ,a
uthorizat ionwill be
canc eled.
i The Bluetoot h®
audio device must
support theBluetoot h®
version 2.1for
con nect ionviaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix-digit code, which is
displayed onthe two devices thataretobe
con nect ed.
X Externa lauthoriz ation: COMAND may
not beable tolocate yourBluetoot h®
audio
device duetothe specific securitysett ings
of the Bluetoot h®
audio device itself.Inthis
case, check whether yourBluetoot h®
audio
device canlocate theCOMAND system
(Y page 118). TheBluetoot h®
device name
of COMAND isMB Bluetoot h .
Aft ersuccess fulauthorizat ion,the
Bluetoot h®
audio device iscon nect edand
start splaying.
Reconnecting aBluet ooth ®
aud io
device The
Bluet ooth®
audio profilesareconnected
automat icallyunder thefollowin g
circ umst ances:
R one ofthe last two mobile phonestohave
been connected has also been usedasa
Bluet ooth®
audio player (ifthis func tion is
support edbythe mobile phone).
R the mobile phonetakes over theautomat ic
con nection itself.
AB luetoo th®
audio player withouttelep hone
func tionsisn otautom atically reconn ected,
even ifit was thelast devic econnec ted.
If the NoBlue toothAudioD evice Conn
ected mess
ageappears, youhave two opt
ions tocon nectaB luetooth®
audio
devic e:
Opt ion 1
X Conf irmConn ectLast Device in
the
basic display bypress ingWthe COMA ND
con troller.
If COMA NDcan locat ethe Bluet ooth®
audio device,itwill becon nected and will
st art playing.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Opt ion 2
X Selec tBT Audi o by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
X Conf irmBlue toothAudioD evice List by
press ingWthe COMA NDcontroller.
X Selec taBluet ooth ®
au diod evice byturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au diod evice ,itw illb ec onnected andwill
star tplaying.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Blu etoot h®
aud iodevice and
simu ltaneous searchfor mobile phones During
thesearc hfor mobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceist ermin ated. Inthe
Bluet ooth®
audio basicdisplay
(Y page 176),you willsee theRece ived Busi
ness Cards mess
ageand the
Rece ived Business Cards men
uitem
can not beselec ted. 174
Bluetoot h®
au dio mod eAudio

If
different sortingrulesaredefined (e.g.in
iTu nes ®
), the search iscanceled without
any resul t. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab le:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence Norm
altrack sequence: youh earthe
track sint heir normal order(e.g.numerical
or alpha betical).
R Random Medium All
the track sonthe medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList The
track sint he current lyactive category
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
play edinrandom order.
i For MP3 players, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 track schosen at
random.
X To selec taplayback option:select
Media Interface in
the basic displa yby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
The options listappea rs.The #dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtoconfirm . MP3
player instructions
Data forma ts MP3
andWMA aresupported asdata formats
with fixed andvariable bitrates (upto
320 kbits/s ).
Special considerationswhen using MP3
players Up
toeight directory levelswithupto1000
track sperdirectory aresupported.
Do not use USB exten sionleads oradapters.
They canimpair functionality. i
DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
If COMAND isequipped withaMedia
Interface, externalaudiosources are
located inthe stowage compartment inthe
center console.
i You willfind further information onlineat
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(1-800-367-6372) (fortheUSA) or
Customer Relationsat1-800-387-0100
(for Canada). Activating
audioAUXmode
When youconnect anexternal audiosource,
audio AUXisnot selected automatically.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudio AUXmode inthe
audio menu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audio menu appears. 182
Audio
AUXmodeAudioAnAUX socket isnot provided. The
You
canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
connections forthe Media Interface are
(AUX)
toCOMAND. Youwillfind the
connected usingthecorresponding cableset.
necessary
socketinthe cent erconsole
stowage compartment .

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
Weather
199Weatherservices

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
SIRIUS
WeatherWeat
herservices

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
2 SI
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ther
se
rvic es

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
Weather
203Weatherservices

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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vices