audio MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON 2011 S212 Comand Manual

Opera
tingvideo DVD X
Switc honC OMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switc honDVD-Video (Y
page 187).
X In the multifunc tiondisplay, selectthe
audio menu withthe= or; button .
X To select thenext/pr eviousscene:
briefly pressthe: or9 button . Telephone
menu G
WARN
ING
Ad river's attentiontothe road must alway s
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofother s,we
recom mendthatyoupull over toas afe
location andstop before placing ortakin ga
telephon ecall. Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfr ee
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtrafficcon ditions permit.
Some jurisdict ionsprohibit thedriver from
using acellular mobile phonewhiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatatas peed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof44feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second.
Opera tingthetelephone X
Switc honC OMAND (Ypage 33).
X Call upthe telephon ebasic menu
(Y page 119).
If the telephon ehasnot yetbeen authorized,
the Bluetoo thReady message
appearsin
the multifunc tiondisplay.
If the telephon eiss witched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appears inthe multifunc tiondisplay.
Acce pting acall X
Press the6 button. Mul
tifunctio ndisplay (example)
The display showsthephon enumbe rorthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yiss tored
in the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept thecall byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Rejecting orending acall X
Press the~ button.
Cal lingan umbe rfrom thephone book X
Use = or; tosel ect the Phone menu.
X Press :, 9or9 toswi tch tothe
phone book.
X Press :or9 tosel ect the name you
wa nt.
i The save dnames aredispla yed
al pha betica lly.
i Ifyou holddownthe : or9 button
for longer thanonesecond, rapidscroll
begins. Themultifunction displaygoes from
the seventh entrydispla yedtothe first
entr yunder thefollowing letter.Release
the button tostop.
X To conne ctac all: press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel.
Th eCon nectin gcall.. . mes
sage
ap pe arsi nt he mu ltifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,ifi ti ss tored inthe phon ebook . Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
25Atag lance Z

The
number dialedisstored inthe
correspon dingcalllist.
i Ifthere areseveral numbers forthis
name, youseealist ofsub-ent ries.
X Press :or9 toselect the
phone number youwant.
X Press the6 or9 button againto
place thecall.
Redialing COMAND
savesthelast phone numbers or
names dialed.
X Press the=; buttonstos elect the
Phone menu.
X Press the; button toopen thelistof
dialed numbers.
X Press the:9 buttonstos elect the
desired nameorphone number.
X To connec tacall:press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel. Ope
ratin gCOM AND Se
lecti ng am ainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssentry menu) tothe system
settings, forexamp le.
X To switch onnavi gatio nmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressW the COM AND
controll er.
X Sele ctDesti natio n by
sliding VÆand
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAddre ssEntry and
pres sW to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears. Addre
ssentry menu
: Mai nfunc tion bar
X Sli de ZV theC OMA NDcontrol ler and
swit chtomain function bar :.
X Se lec tSys tem in
them ainfunction bar by
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
The systemmen uappear s. Calli
ngup them enuo fam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainfunc tion sn avigat ion,audio,
te leph oneo rvide oiss wit ched on,
tr iang le: appear snexttot he entryi nt he
main function bar. Youcannows electan
asso ciatedmen u.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
audio menufroma udio CDmod e(an audio
CD isplayin g). 26
Op
era ting COMAN DAtag
lan ce

:
Tocall upthe audio menu
X Select Audio in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The Audio menuappears. Audio
menu
The #dot indicates thecurren taudio mode.
X Se lec tanothe raudio mode,e.g. Rad io ,b
y
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Radio modeisa ctivat ed. Select
ingam enu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The station presetmemory appears. X
Select thestation byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
The station isset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andsetastation, for
example.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe current audiofunction
R switch onradio mode
R set astation
X To call upthe system menu:pressthe
W button. System
menu Operat
ingCOMAND
27Atag lance Z

Callin
gupthe cur ren taudiofunct ion X
Sel ect Audio in
them ainfunction bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The basic displayofthec urren taudio
fun ction ,e.g.a udio CDmod e,appear s. :
Tocall upthea udio menu
Swit chingtor adiomod e Op
tion1
X Pre ssthe$ function button.
The radio displayappear s.
i Repeat edlypressin gthisf un ction button
swit ches bet ween theF M, AM and WB
waveb andsint hato rder and then call sup
Sat Radio mode.Pre ssin gthe but tona gain
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Option 2
X Select Audio again
bysliding ZVthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The Audio menuappears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press Wthe COMAND controller and
conf irmRadio .
The radio basic display appears withthe
waveband lastselected. X
To set astation: turn cVd orslide XVY
the COMAND controller while thedisplay /
selection windowisactive. Entering
characters innavigation
mode (entering acity)
Gener alinfor mation Charact
erent ryisexplain edinthe followin g
sect ions using NEWYORK as
an exam plefor
ent erin gac ity.
If you want touse theaddress entrymen u
(Y page 54)toent erac ity, as treet ora
house numbe r,for exam ple,COMAN D
prov ides eitheralist with achar acterbar
(optio n1)oras elect ionlist(option 2).
You canenterthe charac tersu sing either the
charac terbar orthe number keypad. Inthe 28
Oper
ating COMANDAtag
lance

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
33Atag lance Z

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:
balanceandfader settings 34
Basic
functions ofCOMANDAt ag
lance

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
35Atag lance Z

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
Cli
mat econtrol stat usdisplayAt ag
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Reduc
ingv olume durin ganavigation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osource
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ctRPT on
the map displa yw hent he
menu isshown, andsetthe volume withthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection ofther oute
blocked byatraffic jam
This function bloc ksasectio no fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected. i
The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To delete theblocke dsection: select
Del ete while
them essage isshown and
pres sW tocon firm.
COMA NDcalc ulates ther out ew itho utthe
block . Selecting
analterna tiveroute
Intr odu ction With
the"Alternativ erout e"func tion,rout es
oth erthan theorigin alone canbecalc ulated.
Opt ion 1 X
To switch onnavigat ionmod e:press the
Ø function button.
X To show them enu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubarby turnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tAlte rnativeRoute and
press W
to con firm .
On the right -handside, youwillsee
inf orm ation onthe curr entlyselec ted
alter native rout e,e.g. distance,est imat ed
remain ingdrivin gtimea nd estimat edtim e
of arriv al.Route sections used (e.g.
fre eways, tunnels )are displayed as
symbols . 82
Rou
teguid anceNavigat
ion

mobil
ephone (Ypag e119). IfCOMAND
does notfind yourmobile phone, external
authorization (Ypage 118)maybe
necessary.
i Ifyou callupthe telephone listagain, the
unauthorized devicesareremoved fromthe
list. Inthis case, startanew search to
update theBluetooth ®
telephone list.
Authoriz ing(registering) amobile
ph one Opt
ion1:usin gthe passkey (access code)
X In theB luet ooth®
te lepho neslist,selec tthe
not yetauthorized mobilephonebyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm .
The input menu forthe passkey appears. The
passkey isany one tosixteen- digit
number combination whichyoucan choose
yourself. Youmust enter thesame number
combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
-capable mobilephone(seethe
operating instructionsofthe mobile phone).
i Some mobile phones requireapasskey
with fourormore digits.
If you want toreauthorize amobile phone
following <0025002400460033002E0021001B0030001F002C002A00330021002C00300031
0052V youcan select a
different passkey. i
Mercedes-Ben zrecomm endsde-
authorization inCOMAND andonthe
mobile phone. Subsequent authorization
may other wisefail.
X To enter apassk eyinCOMAND: press
the number keysinturn .
¬ ishighlighted afterthefirst number
has been entered.
or
X Select thedigits inthe digit barone byone
by turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm. Then, select
¬.
X To confirm anentry inCOMAND: press
W the COMAND controller.
X Now enterthe same passkey inthe mobile
phone.
To mak eentries onthe mobile phone:if
the Bluetoot h®
con nection issuccess ful,you
will berequested toent erthe passkey
(access code,code) (seethemobile phone
operatin ginst ruct ions).
X En ter the same passkey inthe mobile
phone asalready entered inCOMAND .
i Afterent ering thepasskey, youmay also
need toent erac onfirmat ioninyour mobile
phone tocon nectcalls. Pleas echeck your
mob ilephon edispl ay.
If th eC OMA NDdispl aysho wsthe
Aut horizatio nf ailed mes
sage, you
may have excee ded thep res cribed time
peri od.Repeat thep roced ure.
The mob ilephon eisc onnec ted toCOMA ND
(auth orized). Youcannowm ake calls using
th eC OMA NDhands-free syst em.
Opt ion 2:use Secur eSimple Pairing
The mob ilephon e(or theB luetoot h®
audio
devi ce)must suppo rttheB luetooth®
ver sion
2. 1f or conn ection viaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix-digit code,which is
display edon the two devices thataretobe
conn ected. Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ce117Telephone Z