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

Opera
tingsafet y General
notes G
WARN
ING
An ya lteration sofelectr onic compon entsor
soft ware cancause malfunct ions.
Radio, satellite radio,amplifier, DVDchanger ,
navigation module,telephon eand Voice
Contr olsystems areinter connect ed.
Therefor e,ifone ofthe compon entsisn ot
operation al,orhas notbeen removed/
replaced properly, thefunc tion ofother
compon entscould beimpaired.
Such conditions mightseriously impairthe
operatin gsafety ofyour vehicle.
We recom mendhaving anyservic ework on
electr oniccompon entscarried outbyan
authorized Mercedes-BenzCenter . G
WARN
ING
In order toavoid distrac tionwhich couldlead
to an acciden t,the driver should entersystem
sett ings while thevehicle isat as tan dstill, and
operate thesystem onlywhen permitt edby
road, weather andtrafficcon ditions .
Bear inmind thatatas peed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your carcover sa
distanc eof44feet (approximat ely14m) every
secon d.
COMAND suppliesyouwith information to
help youselect yourroute moreeasily and
guide youconvenien tlyand safely toyour
destin ation. Forsafety reasons, we
enco urage thedriver tostop thevehicle ina
safe place before answering orplacing acall,
or con sulting theCOMAND screentoread
navigation almaps, instruct ions, or
downloaded information . G
WARN
ING
While thenavigation systemprovides
direct ionalassistanc e,the driver mustremain
focused onsafe driving behavior, especially
atten tiontotraff icand stree tsigns, and should
utilizethesystem's audiocueswhile
driving.
The navigation systemdoesnotsupply any
infor mation onstop signs, yieldsigns, traffic
regulations ortraff icsafety rules.Their
observan cealway sremains inthe driver's
personal responsibility.DVDmaps donot
cover allareas norallroutes withinanarea.
i Canada only:Thisdevice complies with
RSS- 210ofIndust ryCanada. Operation is
subject tothe following twoconditions :
1. This device maynotcause interferen ce,
and
2. this device mustaccept anyinterferen ce
received, includinginterferen cethat may
cause undesired operationofthe device.
An yu nauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment.
i USA only: Thisdevice complies withPart
15 ofthe FCC Rules. Operation issubject
to the following twoconditions :
1. This device maynotcause harmful
int erferen ce,and
2. this device mustaccept anyinterferen ce
received, includinginterferen cethat may
cause undesired operation.
An yu nauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment. G
WARN
ING
Change ormodificat ionnot express ly
approved bythe party respons iblefor
complianc ecould voidtheuser's authorit yto
operate thisequipment.
! Note: Thisequipment hasbeen tested
and found tocomply withthelimits fora
Class Adigital device,pursuan ttoP art15
of the FCC Rules. Theselimitsaredesigned
to provide reasonable protectionagainst
harmful interferenc ewhen theequipment
is operated inac ommer cialenviron ment.
This equipment generates,usesandcan Introdu
ction
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COMAN
Doper ating syst em Over
view Ex
ample Funct
ion Pag
e :
COMA
NDdispl ay 20
;
COMA
NDcontrol pane l
wit hD VD chang er 17
=
COMA
NDcontroll er 18
Bac
kbutto n( left) 19
Clear
button( right) 19
Favori
tesbutton (left) 19
Favori
tesbutton (right) 19
i
Dependi ngon the vehicl eequipme nt,up
to two favori tesbuttons maybeava ilable
in the M-Cla ss. Co
mponen tsof COMA ND
COMAND consistsof:
R the COMAND display
R the COMAND controlpanelwithDVD
changer
R the COMAND controller R
the back andclearbuttons
R depe nding onthe vehicl eequipme nt,upto
two favori tesbuttons (e.g.M-Cla ss)
You canuseCOMAND toopera tethe
foll owi ngmain functions:
R the naviga tionsystem
R the audio function withradioand satel lite
radi omodes ,disc (CD/au dioDVD andMP3
mode) ,memory card(MP3 mode) ,MUSIC
REGISTER ,USB storage device,Medi a
Interface, Bluetooth ®
au dio and audio AUX
R the telep hone withtextmessa gefunction
and theaddress book
R the vide ofunction withvideoDVD and
vide oAUX modes
R the wea ther service SIRIUSWeather
R the system settings
You cancallupthe main functions:
R usi ng the correspo ndingfunction buttons
R usi ngthe main function barinthe COMAND
disp lay(Ypag e20)
i You cantransfer anaudio orvide osource
sele cted inCOMAND tothe RearSeat
En tert ainmen tSystem . 16
COMAND
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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
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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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i
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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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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Ã
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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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. Introd
uction Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenterad estin ation
when thevehicle isstat ionary. Whenthe
vehicle isin motion ,apassen gershoul denter
th ed estinat ion.Stud ym anualand select
rou tebefor ed rivin g.
Bea rinm indt hata ta spee do fjus t3 0m ph
(a pp roxi mately5 0k m/h) ,you rv ehiclei s
cove ringad ista nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysecon d.
COMA NDcalc ulate sthe rout etot he
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way-signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges G
WARNING
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwiththe actual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofao ne-way roadhasbeen
reversed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtraffic rulesand regulations
duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generated bythe system. G
WARNING
Navigation announcementsareinten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysusethis feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smaycause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system The
navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestored.
Therefore, youmay have todrive foraw hile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Correct
functioning ofthe navigation system
depends, amongstotherthings, onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremaybe
int erferen ceorther emaybe no recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Entry restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereisa
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactiv eabove avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe 50
Intr
oduct ionNavigat
ion

Basi
csettin gs Route
settin gs
Se ttin groute typeandroute options Yo
uc an select the followi ng rou tetyp es:
R Fas tRoute :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest (minimized) journeytime.
R Dynamic TrafficRoute :s
ame route
type asFast Route .I
na ddition ,COMAND
tak esany trafficreport sreceiv edwith
regard tothe route intoa ccoun tduring
route guidance. Thenavigat ionsystem can
help youavoid atraf fic jam, forexample, by
recalc ulating theroute.
R Dynami cTRF. Route AfterRequest :
same routetypeasDynami cTraffi c Route .A
fter recalc ulating theroute,
COMAND asksyouwhether youwish to
adopt thenew route orwhether youwould
prefer tocon tinue along theoriginal route.
R Eco Route :t
he Eco Route (econ
omic
route) isav ariant ofthe Fast Route route
type. COMAND willattempt tominimiz ethe
journ eydistan ceatthe expen seofas lightly
incr eased journeytime.
R Short Route :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest possible(minimized)
route distance.
i Onvery long routes, the"Eco Route" more
or less corresponds tothe "Fast Route"
route type.
X To call upthe route settings menu:press
the Ø function button.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
slidi ngZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Route Settings and
press Wto
confirm. Route
settings menu(startofmenu)
: Toselect theroute type
; Toset the number ofpersons inthe
vehicle forthe use ofcarpool lanes
= Toset route options
X Select aroute typeandpress Wtoconfirm.
Af illed circle indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec tthe route option(s) andpress Wto
confirm .
The route options areswitched onO oroff
ª,d epending onthe previous status.
i Ifyou change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceisactive
(the route hasbeen calculated), COMAND
will calculate anew route.
If you change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceis
inactive (nodestination hasbeen entered
yet), COMAND usesthenew settin gfor the
next route guidance.
i The route calculated may,forexample,
include ferryconnections, evenifthe
Avoid Ferries route
option isswitched
on.
In some cases, e.g.when calculating
particularly longroutes, COMAND maynot
be able totake allthe selected route
options intoaccount.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. 52
Basic
settingsNavigation