radio MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class 2007 W463 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 10
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 12
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 14
MP3 CD operating elements . . . . . . . . 16
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the multifunction
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear view camera* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 41
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 42
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 51
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching to CD changer* mode . . 54
Loading CDs into
the CD changer*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 56
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 65
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 66
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 66
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . 68
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 69
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 116
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . 117
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Activating the Enter street menu . 118
Selecting the state/province . . . . 119
Entering destination address . . . . 120
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 131
Displaying the compass screen . . 132
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 135
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Recalculating an existing route . . . 135Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Partially digitized areas/
unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 145
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 146
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Saving the current location . . . . . . 153
Defining route guidance
displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Last destinations memory. . . . . . . 159
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 160
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map. . . . . . 166
Entering a POI by phone number . 167
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adding a destination
to today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

9 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
MP3 CD operating elements
Satellite radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Service operating elements
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

10 At a glance
Radio operating elements

Radio operating elements

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu40
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color display with Radio
main menu42
41 - 0, *
Station selection
Saving stations manually
Selecting a station from
the preset memory
43
47
49
5Push the joystick to
H,h,g,G
Function selection
g and G
e.g.
Automatic seek tuning
H and h
e.g. Manual tuning
Press E to confirm
44
44
FunctionPage
6J
Muting
41
7Volume control33
8e Switching on and off32
9d and D
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
44
44

18 At a glance
Satellite radio* operating elements

Satellite radio* operating elements

19 At a glance
Satellite radio* operating elements
FunctionPage
1Satellite radio main menu
Switching satellite
operation on and off80
80
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color screen with Satellite
radio main menu
80
41 - 0, *
Station selection via direct
channel entry
Saving stations manually
82
83
5Push the joystick to
H,h,g,G
Selecting a category,
selecting a station
Press E to confirm
6J
Muting
81
FunctionPage
7Volume control33
8e Switching on and off32
9d and D
Previous or next channel
81

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel

Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1Multifunction display
2Volume setting:
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
32
32
3Making calls:
s
Accepting calls,
Redialing
t
Ending or rejecting calls
98
100
100
4Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
27
FunctionPage
5Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
44
44
Single CD and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
59
59
MP3 CD mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
73
73
Satellite radio* mode
j Next station
k Previous station
81
81
Telephone* mode
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
107
107

27 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display to the
respective system if you wish to
operate the system using the buttons
on the multifunction steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
press è or ÿ repeatedly until
one of the following, Radio, Single CD
or MP3 CD, CD changer*, Satellite
radio* or Telephone* display appears
in the multifunction display of the
instrument cluster.Radio operation
1Waveband
2Station frequencySingle CD/ CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Selecting the multifunction display

28 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
MP3 CD operation
1MP3 mode
2Current MP3 trackSatellite radio* operation
1SAT mode and preset channel number
2Channel nameTelephone* operation
List with a phone book entry
On display will appear either:
the main display with the READY
message
a list with either a phone book entry or
one of the last 10 outgoing calls
In order to close the list display,
press t.
This switches to the telephone main
display.