MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

selection
list,you select anentry tocopy itto
the address entrymenu.
Option 1:city list/street listwith
character bar X
Cal lupt he city listwith character bar
(Y page 55).
The alpha betically sortedcitylistshows the
first available entries.
Entering characters usingthecharacter
bar
X Select N by
turning COMAND controller
cVd andpress Wtoconfirm. :
N character
enteredbyuser
; ANTICOKE characters
automaticall y
added byCOMAND
= List entry thatmost closely resembles the
current entrybythe user
? Toswitch tothe selection list
A Todelete anentry
B Chara ctersnotcurrently available
C Chara cterscurrently available
D Currently selectedcharacter
E Chara cterbar
F Tocancel anentry
G List
List Gshows allavail able citynames
beginning withN .T
he list entr ymost closely
resembling user'scurrent entry= isalwa ys
highlighted atthe top ofthe list(NANTICOKE in
the example). All
characters thathave been entered are
displa yedinblack, theletter N in
example :.Theletters thatareadded
automatically byCOMAND aredispla yedin
gray ;,ANTICOKE in
the example.
Character barEshows theletters still
availa bleforselection inblack C.These can
be selected; inthe example, theletter O is
highlighted D.Whichcharacters remain
availa bledepends onthe characters already
entered bythe user andonthe data stored on
the digital map.Characters thatarenolonger
availa bleare shown ingray B.
X Select E ,
W ,s
pace, Y in
order andconfirm
each withW. Entering
character susing thenumber
keypad
X Press number keyp twice inquick
succession toselect theletter N .
The character appearsat the bottom ofthe
displa ywhen thekey ispressed. Thefirst
availa bleletter ishighlighted.
You seewhich characters youcan enter with
that key. Each timethekey ispressed, the
next character isselected.
Example: keyp:
R press once=M
R press twice=N
R press three times =O
X Wait untilthecharact erdisplay goesout.
The entries matc hingyour input areshown
in the list. Opera
tingCOMAND
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X
Enter E ,
W ,s
pa ce,Y wi
th the corr espo ndi ng
key s.
i Thes pace isente redusing num berk ey
9.
Furt herfunctions inthe listwith
char acter bar X
To delete character s:select 2by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
or
X Press the2 button nexttot he
COMAND controller.
X To delete anentry :select the2 icon
by sliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller, andthen press Wand
hold until theentireent ryisdeleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button nexttot he
COMAND controller untiltheentireent ryis
deleted.
X To cancel anentry :select the& icon in
the bott omleft ofthe charact erbar and
press Wtocon firm.
or
X Press the% backbutton .
The address entrymenu appears.
X To accept thefirst listentry :press Wand
hold theCOMAND controller untilthe
address entrymenu appears.
The accept edlist entryisshown there.
Calling upthe listasas election list Sele
ctthed esir edcityfromt heselec tionlist .
If the reare sever alent ries foracityo rif
sever alcit ies ofthe same name arestored,
the n¬ ishighligh tedinthe char acterbar.
X Press Wthe COMA NDcontroller. It
is also possible toswitc hthe citylist tothe
selec tionlistatany timedurin gchar acter
input .
X Slide ZVtheCOMA NDcontroller
repeat edlyuntilthe citylist appears asa
selec tionlist.
or
X Selec t¬ inthe char acterbar byturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Opt ion 2:city listasselection list COMA
NDeith ershows theselec tionlist
autom atically oryou can callupthe selec tion
list fromt helist with characterbar.
The exam pleshows theselec tionlistafterthe
cit yNEW YORK has
been entered. Theentryis
highligh tedautom atically. X
Conf irmNEW YORK by
press ingWthe
COMA NDcontroller.
The address entrymen uappears. Youcan
now enteras treet ,for exam ple. 30
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You willfindf urt her informat ioninthe
"Dest inationentry" sect ion(Ypage 53). Enter
ingchar acters inthea ddres s
book andinthep hone book
Intr oduct ion The
followin gsect ion desc ribes howtoent er
char acters inthe phon ebook (Ypage 125)
and inthe address book(Ypage 137)when
cre atin gan ewentry.
Creat inganew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 128). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
Creat inganew entry inthe address
book X
Call upthe input menu withdata fields
(Y page 137). Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
Entering character s The
example describes howtoent erthe
surname Schulz .
X Select S by
turn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆ
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
S is
ent ered intot he data field. All
charact ersare shown inblack andcan
alway sbeselect edinthe charact erbar.
The charact erbar offers charact ers
corr espondin gtot he respect ivedata field
(letters ordigits). :
Toswitch thecharact erbar to
uppercase/lowerc aseletters
; Toswitch thecharact erbar from
uppercase/lowerc aseletters todigits
= Tochange thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar
? Todelete acharact er/an entry Opera
tingCOMAND
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X
Sel ect c and
confi rmbypre ssing W the
CO MAND controller.
The letter c is
ad de dt oS in
the data field.
X Re peat the process untilthe name has
be en enter edinful l.
X To enter aphon enumb er:select the
di gits one byone inthe corre spondingdata
fie ldby turni ngcVd andsliding ZVÆ the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
Sw itchin gdata fields If
yo uw anttoe nte raf irst name afteryouhave
entered asurna me,forexamp le,procee das
foll ows toswi tch betwe enthe data fields:
Option 1
X Select the4or5 icon inthe chara cter
bar and press Wtoconfirm.
The inpu tmenu shows thedata field
select ed. :
Cursor inthe nextdata field
; Tostore anentry
= 4 and 5icons toselec tadataf ield
Opt ion 2
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthecharac terbar
disappears.
X Select thedata fieldbysliding ZVÆand
press Wtocon firm. Stor
inganentr y X
Select ¬inthe charact erbar byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The entryisstor edinthe address book.
Furt herfunct ionsavaila bleinthe
char acter bar X
To switch thechar acter barto
upp ercase/lowercase character s:
select *orE andpress Wto
con firm.
X To switch thechar acter set:select
p andpress Wtocon firm.
The charac terset switc hesbetween
uppercase/ lowercaseletters and digits.
X To change thelangua geofthe
char acter bar:select Bandpress W
to con firm.
X Select thelanguage byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X To reposit ionthe cursor withinthedata
field: select the2or3 icon andpress
W tocon firm. :
Cursor (reposit ioned)
; 2 and 3icon toreposit ionthe cursor
X Delet ethe charact er/entry(Ypage 30). 32
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Basi
cfunc tions ofCO MA ND Sw
itchin gC OM ANDo n/off
X Pre ssthe qcontro lknob.
Aw arning mes sage appear s.COMA ND
calls upthep reviously selectedm enu.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudioo rvideo source willal so
be switch ed off. Sw
itch ingt he COMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display Off and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To switch on:press oneofthe funct ion
button s,e.g. W, Øorthe % back
button . Mut
e
Sound fromanaudio/video source X
Press the8 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
The sound fromtherespect iveaudio or
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudio orvideo
source, oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i Even ifthe sound isswitched off,you will
still hear navigation system
announc ements. Switching
offallnavigation
announcements X
Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
Switching navigation announcements
back on X
Press 8again.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqcontrol knob. Adjusting
thevolume
Adjusting thevolume forthe audio or
video source X
Turn theqcontrol knob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multi function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe currently selected audio
or vide osource changes.
You canalsoa dju stthe volu meforthe
foll owi ng:
R naviga tionannouncements
R phone calls
R voice outputofthe Voice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions)
Adjust ingthe volume fornavigation
announcements During
anavigation announcemen t:
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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Adj
usting thev olu me forphone calls You
canadjust thev olume forhan ds-free
mod eduring ateleph onec all.
X Turn theq control knob.
or
X Pre sstheW orX buttono nthe
mult ifunction steer ing whee l. Adj
usting thes oun dsettings
Callin gupthe sound menu You
canmak evarious soun dsettin gs for the
diff eren taudio andvide osour ces. Thismean s
th at itis poss ibletoset mor ebass forradio
mod ethanf or audio CDmod e,for example .
You cancallupther espec tive soun dmenu
fr om them enuo fthe desi redmod e.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
soun dmenuinr adio mode.
X Pre ssthe$ function button.
The radio displayappear s.You willhear the
last stati on played onthel ast waveb and. X
Se lec tSou nd by
slidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
You cannows etthet reble and bass orthe
balan ceand fade rfor radio mode. Adjust
ingtreble andbass X
Select Treble or
Bass in
the sound menu
by turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconf irm.
An adjustmen tscal ea ppears. Adju
sting thebass (exa mple)
X Sel ect asetti ngbyturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
The setti ngisstor edand youe xitt he menu.
Adjust ingbalance andfader With
thebala nce funct ion,youcan cont rol
whether thesound islouder onthe driver's or
front -passenger side.
The fade funct ionisused tocont rolwhether
the sound islouder inthe front orthe rear of
the vehicle.
X Select Balance or
Bal./Fad. (bala
nce/
fader) inthe sound menubyturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . Example:
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X
Sel ect abalan ce setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afader setting byslidin gZVÆ the
COM AND controllera nd press Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscontain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,a
llpermissible
format sareplayed asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,ano ptimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect surround and
pressW toconfi rm. Setting
surrou ndsou nd(examp le)
X Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllera nd
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche donoroffand themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwithout saving:pre ss
the % back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audioe xpe rience forall
pa sse nger swhenL ogic7 ®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshouldb e
set tothe center ofthe vehiclei nter ior. Yo
uw illa ch ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audioa nd video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldh aveab itrat eo fatleast
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nisp oor, e.g.inat unnel,
you should switchoffLogic7 ®
,a sitm ay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s.
The climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X Turn oneofthe two temperature controls
and setthe temperature forthe left or
right 1,
2
or turn thetemperature controland
set the temperature 3,
4
.
or
X Turn thecont roltoset the airflow 3,
4
.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow 1,
2
I Decreases airflow 1,
2
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off 1,
2, 3
á Switches theZONE function on/
off 1,
2
1 Available for2-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-conditioning system.
4 Available forHeatmatic. 36
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Controls thec lim ate control
auto matically1,
2
ñ Setsthec lim ate control style to
auto maticmod e(FO CUS /MEDIUM /
DI FF US E)2
_ Setsthea irdist ribut ion1,
2
M, PorO Setsthea ir
dist ribut ion3,
4
.
¬ Activat esthed efros tfun ction 1,
2,3, 4
Ù Switches on max imum coolin g
i The climatestatus displaydoes not
appear whenthei mag efromt herear view
cam eraisdisp layed. The
climat estatus disp layintheC OMA NDdisp lay
(ex ampl e) The
illust ration showsanexample ofthe
cur ren tsettings for:
R thed efros terf un ction (top)
R clim atemod eina uto mat icmod e(center)
R max imum coolin g(bot tom) X
To hid ethe displa y:tur no rpress the
COMA NDcontrol ler.
or
X Pre ssoneo fthe but tons on theC OMA ND
oper ating syst em.
i Adetailed descript ionofthe climate
con trol isavailable inthe vehicle
Operator 'sManual. Rear
view camer a G
WARN
ING
The rear view camera ismerely anaid.
Please observe thecorr espondin gnotes in
your vehicle's Operator's Manual.
The image fromtherear view camera is
shown inthe COMAND displaywhenreverse
gear isengaged, if:
R your vehicle isequipped witharear view
camera.
R COMAND isactivated.
R the Activation byRg ear funct
ionis
activated.
If the funct ionisactivated, theCOMAND
display willautomatically switchbacktothe
previously selecteddisplayassoon asyou
shift outofreverse gear.
i Further informat iononthe rear view
camera drivingsystem canbefound inthe
vehicle Operator's Manual.
X Press theW functionbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Rear View Camera and
press Wto
conf irm.
1 Available for2-zone automatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zone automatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-condit ioningsystem.
4 Available forHeatmatic . Rear
view camera
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X
Sel ect Activa tionbyRg ear and
press
W toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche donOor offª,
de pendi ng on the previous statu s.
i Ifas idev iewc ame raisava ilab le,u sing
CO MAND youc an switch from therearview
came rapict ure tothe side view came ra
pict ure, seethe"Syst emsettings" sect ion. 38
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