MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON 2011 S212 Comand Manual

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Media selection
A Sound settings Fast
forward ing/rew inding
X In full-screen mode,slideXVY andhold the
COMAND controller untilthedesired
position hasbeen reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
You seethenavigation menu. Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interru ptplayback: selectÉby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconfirm .
or
X During playback, confirm Ébypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: confirmtheÌ
selection bypressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: selectËby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th ef ilm isdivi ded intos cene so rchapters ,
you can selectthem dire ctly while thef ilm is
run ning,or skip for wards step- by-s tep. So me
DV Ds donotpermit thisatcert ainpoint s(e.g.
during theopenin gcredit s).
It may alsobepossible toselect thescen e/
chapter fromwithin themenu storedon the
DVD .
X To skip forwar dsorback: infull-scr een
mode, turncVd orslide XVY the
COMAND controller.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
con trol panel.
The navigation menu(Ypage 188)appears
for approximat elyeight secon ds. Selecting
afilm/t itle
This function isonly available ifthe DVD is
divided intos ever alfilms /titles .Ift he DVD
cont ains several films,these canbeselected
directly. Afilm can beselec tedeitherwhen
the DVDisb eing playedback orwhen itis
stopped.
The film canalso beselected fromthemenu
on the DVD itself. Video
DVDmode
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X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
conf irm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Title Selecti on by
turn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. X
Select afilm/t itleand press Wtocon firm. Selecting
avideo DVD from them edia
list
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcontroller toshow
the men u.
X Selec tChan ger or
Medi a by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAN Dcontroller and
press Wtocon firm .
The media listappears. The#dot
indic atesthecurr entmedium beingplayed.
Video DVDsareindic ated bythe ý icon.
X Equip pedwith aDVD changer :press W
the COMAN Dcontroller todisplay all
magazine trays.
X Select avideo DVD byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND loadsthevideo DVDandbegins
playi ngit. i
Ifyou select aCD,an audio DVDoran
MP3 medium, youswitch tothe respect ive
audio mode. Youcanfind further
information aboutthemedia liston
(Y page 159). DVD
menu
Calling upthe DVD menu The
DVD menu isthe menu stored onthe DVD
itself. Itis struct uredinvarious ways
according tothe individual DVDandpermits
cert ainactions andsettings.
In the case ofmulti-language DVDs,for
example, youcan change theDVD language
in the DVD menu.
X In full-screen mode,pressWthe COMAND
cont roller toshow themenu.
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu byturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Menu and
press Wtoconf irm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menuitemsinthe DVD menu X
Select amenu item bysliding ZVÆor
turnin gXVY theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The menu appears.
i Menu itemswhich cannotbe selected are
shown ingray. 190
Video
DVDmodeVideo

X
To rec onfirm your selecti on:confi rm
Sel ect by
pre ssing W.
CO MAND execute sthe acti on.
Ma keaselecti onfrom thefurthe roption s,
if nec essary.
COMAND thenswitc hesback tothe DVD
menu.
i Depen dingonthe DVD ,the menu items:
Back (tomovie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
., /orGo Up may
not
func tion ormay notfunc tion atcert ain
point sint he DVD menu. Toindicat ethis,
the Kicon appears inthe display.
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Select thecorr espondin gmenu item inthe
DVD menu andpress Wthe COMAND
con troller tocon firm.
or
X Select anymenu iteminthe DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
con firm.
X Select GoUp and
press Wtocon firm.
Back tothe film X
Press the% backbuttonrepeatedly
until youseethemovie.
or
X Select thecorr espondin gmenu item from
the DVD menu.
X Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress Wtocon firm. Sett
ingthe langua geand audio
form at
This function isnot available onallDVD s.Ifit
is available, youcan setthe DVD menu
language, theaudio language orthe audio
form at.The number ofsett ings isdeter mined
by the DVD content.Itis possible thatthe
sett ings may alsobeaccess edinthe DVD
menu (Ypage 190). X
In full-sc reenmode, pressWthe COMAND
con troller toshow themenu.
X Select DVD-Vi deo in
the menu byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
X Select DVDFuncti ons and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select MenuLangua ge or
Audio Langua
ge and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, amenu appears afterafew
secon ds.The #dot infron tofane ntry
indicat esthe curren tlyselect edlanguage.
X Select asetting byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm. Subt
itles andcamer aangle
These functionsarenot available onallDVD s.
The number ofsubtit lelanguages andcamera
angles available dependsonthe contentof
the DVD. Itis po ssi blet hatthe settin gsmay
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 190).
X In full-screen mode,pressWthe COMAND
cont roller toshow themenu.
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appea rs.The #dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gbyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . Video
DVDmode
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Int
era ctive cont ent
DV Ds can contain interac tive conten t(e.g. a
vide ogame ).In av ide og ame ,for example ,
you may beable toinfluen ceeve ntsb y
sele cting and trigge ringa ction s.The typeand
num berofact ionsdepe ndontheD VD.
X Se lec tana ction bysliding ZVÆ orXVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
exe cute it.
Am enu appe arsa nd the first entry ,
Sel ect ,i
sh ighl ighted .
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. AU
Xv ideo mode Co
nnectin ge xtern alvideo source s
If yo ur veh iclei se quippe dwithaM edia
Inter face (Y pa ge 178) ,you can conne ctan
exte rnalvideo sou rce (AUXvideo).
The 1/8inch audio/vi deoj ack sareinthe
cen terc onsole stowage compartment.
i Invehicles witharear view camera, the
AUX video jackcann otbe used forexter nal
video sources. Switching
toAUX video mode
X Select Video in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If AUX video mode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toAUX video mode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Aux and
press Wtoconf irm.
The AUX video menu appears. Youwillhear
and seethecont entofthe exter nalvideo
source ifit is conn ected andswitched to
playb ack. AUX
video mode
For details onhow tooperate theexter nal
video source, seetherespect ivedevice's
operating instructions. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsaremuch
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually.
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice which is
conn ected asan exter nalvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusual maximum volumecannotbe
reached. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atam edium volume andincrease it
graduall y.This enables youtodetermin e 192
AUX
video modeVideo

whet
herthes yst em isable toplay the
soun dathigh volum ewithout distorting it. Increa
singthev olum eusing COMAN D
X Sele ctVol ume in
theA UX display bytur nin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
X Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
Standar d :t
he volume ofthe extern alvideo
source isadjusted toas tandard value.
Boost :t
he volume ofthe extern alvideo
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Picture
viewer Introduction
If there arepictures onthe active data
medium, youcan look atthem. Data
medium Suppor
tedpicture
forma ts CD/DV
Dwith
picture files jpeg,
jpg USB
devices (sticks,
hard drives)
SD memory card: jpeg,
jpg Calling
upacatego rylist
X Sele ctad ata medi um(e.g. memory card)
wi th pictu resinthe audio menu
(Y pag e144) orinthe medi alist
(Y pag e159).
X Sele ctSearc h in
the basicdis pla yby
sli ding VÆandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
The catego rylista ppears. Displaying
pictures
X Select (Ypage 166)Photos in
the
categ orylistbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller and press Wtocon firm.
Af older director yappears.
X Select afolder withphotos andpress Wto
conf irm.
The folder display sthe existin gpicture files
(example). X
Select aphoto andpress Wtoconf irm.
The photo isdisplay edand themusic is
stopped. Changing
thepictur eview
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
Am enu appears. Pictur
eviewe r
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X
To turn thepicture cloc kw ise: confi rm
Tur nClockw ise by
pre ssing W the
CO MAND controller.
X To turn thepicture counte r-clockw ise:
sel ect TurnCounte rclock wise by
tur ning thecVd COMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X To zoo mintoap icture: select Zoom by
tur ning thecVd COMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
After youh avez oom edinto thepictur e,yo u
can mov ethe sec tiono fthe pictur e.
X Sli de ZVÆ andXVY theCOMAND
contro ller.
X To return tothe original size: pressW
the COMAND controller. Ex
iting the picture view er
X Sel ect BackToM enu in
the menu by
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm. X
To start playingm usic:confi rmSea rch by
pre ssing W.
The cate gorylista ppears (Y pa ge 165) .
X Sel ect acate gor ybyturning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect othe rentrie swithi nt he category
(e.g. track ,albu m) until themusic starts
play ing. 194
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viewerVideo

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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. SIRIUS
Weather Introd
uction
For therecept ionofweather forecastsvia
satellite radio,youwillneed aSIRIUS XM
Satellit eWeather subscript ion.
When theCall SIRIUS toactivat e system at 888-539
-7474 message
withthe
SIRIUS deviceidentification number appears,
you willfirst have toobtain access tothe
weather service.Ad escript ionofthe
procedure canbefound inthe "Registering
satellite radio"section(Ypage 149).
COMAND canreceive weather forecastsvia
satellite radioforthe entireUSA (including
Alaska andHawaii). Thereceived weather
data canbedisplayed asan infor mation chart
(daily forecast,five-dayforec ast,detail
infor mation )oro nthe weather map.
The weather datareceived fromaweather
stat ionisstor edinCOMAND foranhour and
can beshown againimmediately after
rest artin gthe engin e(e.g. after refueling).
The weather mapcandisplay thefollowing
weather datawithsymbols:
R rain radar
R stor mcharact eristics
R areas ofhigh-pres sure/low-pr essure,
weather fronts
R course oftropic alcyclon es(hurricanes ,
typhoon s)
R wind direct ionand speeds
i The rain radar cannotbe displayed for
Alaska, HawaiiandPuerto Rico. i
Hurric ane:descript ionofat ropic al
cyclon ewhich most lydevelop inthe
At lantic Ocean orinthe Nort hPacific
Ocean orSouth Pacific Ocean. Thewind
speeds areabove 74mph (118 km/h).To
charact erizethestrengt hofah urrican e,
ther earefive categor ies.
Typhoon: thedescript ionofat ropic al
cyclon ethat develops inthe Nort hWest
Pacific Ocean. Thewind speeds areinthe
categor yofah urrican e. Switching
theSIRIUS weather display
on/off
Switching on X
Select theglobe iconinthe main function
bar bysliding ZVandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The SIRIUS weather basicdisplay appears. X
Confirm SIRIUS Weather by
pressing W.
The infor mation chartshows thedaily
forec astatthe curren tvehicle position . 196
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Dai
lyfore castasa ninformation chart(example)
You seethefollowi nginformation:
R the date andtime ofthe weather message
received last
R information onthe current weather
(temperature, cloudcover) andforecast for
the next 3,6,12 hours
R the current highest temperature and
forecasts
R the current lowesttemperature and
forecasts
R the probabi lityofrain
X To switch tothe five-day forecast:
confirm 5-Day by
pressing W.
The information chartdispla ysthe forecast
for the next fivedaysint he currently
selected location. Five-day
forecastasan information chart
(example)
X To retur ntothe daily forecast: confirm
Current by
pressing W. Switching
off X
Press the% button.
or
X Select Back by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andconfirm bypressing W.
Both options appearint he SIRIUS weather
basic menu. Displaying
detailedinformation
Besides thecurrent temperatures, youcan
displa yinformation suchaswind speeds and
UV index.
X Select Info in
the information chartby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The information chartshows detailed
information forthe selected area. Selec
tingthearea forthe weather
forecast
Introduction You
canselect thefollowing areas:
R the current vehicleposition
R vicinity ofthe destination
R aw inter sports area
R an area within theUSA
You canselect anarea inthe information
chart (firstoption), onthe map (second
option) orfrom thememory, ifyou have SIRIUS
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alread
ysave dareas inthem emory
(Y page 199).
i COMA NDreceive sweather forecas tdata
fr om then eares tweat her statio natthe
selec tedd estinat ion.
Opt ion 1:select ingthel ocat ioninthe
infor mation chart X
Sel ect Positi on in
thei nform ationchart
by turnin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroll er
and pres sW toconfirm .
Am enu appears. "Select
ingthe area forthe weather forecast"menu
X To select thecurr entvehicle position:
select Current Position and
press Wto
con firm.
COMAND receivestheweather dataforthe
curren tvehicle position fromthenearest
weather stationand displays it
automatic ally.
X To select thevicinity ofthe
destina tion:select NearDestina tion in
the menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
i You canselect NearDestina tion if
a
route hasbeen calculated (Ypage 57).The
menu itemisother wisegrayed out.
X To select winter sportareas:select In Winter
SportsAreas in
the menu, and
con firm bypressing W. X
Select astate,e.g. Colorad o ,a
nd press
W tocon firm.
X Select awinter sportsarea from themenu
and press Wtocon firm.
The weather dataandother information is
displayed forthe winter sportsarea that
has been select ed.The data issupplied by
the nearest weather station.
The infor mation chartshows thefollowing
infor mation (ifavailable):
R ski slopes/sk ilifts
R snowboardin gand night time openin g
R snow conditions (e.g.snow depth)
R temper ature X
To select thevicinity ofanoth er
location: selectSearch Locatio
ns in
the
menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm. 198
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