Traffic MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class 2012 X164 Comand Manual

X
To start route calculati on:sel ect Start and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe point
of interest shouldbeused asthe
destination.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
route calculation begins.
If you select No ,
you can select anew point
of interest . Route
guidance General
informat ion G
WARNING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following, forexample:
R traffic lights
R stop andgive waysigns
R parking orstopping restrictions
R lane narrowing
R other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
COMAND maygiveincorrec tdriving
recommen dationsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorrespond tothe actual
condition s,e.g. theroad layou thas chang ed.
For this reas on,you must always observeth e
res pec tiveroad andtraff icrules and
reg ulatio nsdurin gyour journ ey. Road and
tr aff icrules andregulatio nsalways have
prio rityove rsyst em drivin g
rec omm endat ions.
Rout eguidan cebegi nsonce aroute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 51).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destinat ionby
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated route,
COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
informat ion,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents .
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
avoided forroute guidance. Switching
betweenthefull-screen
map andthechange-of-dir ection
display
X Press theß button .
COMAND switchestothe respect ive
display . Change
ofdirection
Introdu ction Changes
ofdirection havethree phases:
R Preparation phase
R Ann ouncemen tphase
R Change-of- directionphase
Prepa ration phase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Themap canbeseen inthe
full- scree ndisplay. Rou
teguid ance
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direct
ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atte ntion from driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t.
Repea tingnavigat ionannouncement s i
Audible navigationannoun cementsare
muted duringatelephon ecall.
If you have missed anannoun cement,you can
call upthe curren tannoun cementat any
time.
X To show themenu: presstheØ
func tion butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
Switching navigationannouncement s
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannoun cement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The guidan
ceinstru ctions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press theØ function
butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
i COMAND automaticallyswitch esthe
navigat ionannoun cementsback onwhen:
R itreceiv esRDS- TMC trafficreport s
during traffic-dependen troute guidance
and recalculates theroute (Ypage 51).
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine. Reducing
volumeduring anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainmenu barusing the
9=; buttonsand press the9
button tocon firm.
X Select Audio fadeout and
press the9
button tocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,the
func tion isswitch edon O oroff ª.
Sett ingthe volume manually X
Adj ust the volume usingtheqcon trol
kn ob during anavigation announcement.
or
X Select +inthe map view withthemenu
shown andadjust thevolume usingthe
q con trol knob. Nav
igation system displaysinthe
mult ifunction display
Calling upthe navigat ionsystem menu X
Press theV orU button repeatedly
until Navi appears
inthe display.
The view inthe multifunc tiondisplay depends
on whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
Rout eguida nceisinactive: thedirect ionof
travel and,ifkn own, thename ofthe road you
are curren tlytravelin galong areshown inthe
multifunc tiondisplay.
Rout eguida nceisactive: thedisplay inthe
multifunc tiondisplay depends onwhether a
change ofdirect ionisannoun cedornot .
When achange ofdirect ionisannoun ced,you
will see asymbol forthe change ofdirect ion
and adistanc egraphic. Thedistanc e
indicat orshort enstowards thetop ofthe
display asyou approach thepoint ofthe
announ cedchange ofdirect ion. Rout
eguida nce
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shows
thecompass headingtothe actual
destination.
The route ishighlig htedblue, starting from
the last recognized streetthevehicle wason
before itleft themap.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway .
Route guidance fromanoff-map
location toad esti nation If
th eveh icle posit ionisouts idethearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, then theveh icle
is in an off-map locat ion.COMAND isalso
able toguide youtoadestination evenfrom
an off-map location.
At the start ofthe route guidance,youwillsee
the Off Mapped Road message,
anarrow
and thedistance tothe destination. Thearrow
shows thecompass headingtothe road left
last.
The route ishighli ghted bluestarting atthe
nearest roadknown tothe system.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway .
Off-road duringrouteguidance Due
toroadworks, forexample, theremaybe
differences betweenthedata onthe digital
map andtheactual course ofthe road.
In such cases, thesystem willtemporarily be
unable tolocate thevehicle position onthe
digital mapandthus considers thevehicle to
be inan off-road position.
In the displa y,you willsee theOff Mapped Road message,
anarrow andthedistance to
the destination. Thearrow shows the
compass headingtothe last road youwere
driving on.
As soon asthe system canassign thevehicle
position tothe map again,route guidance
cont inues inthe usua lway . Tra
ffic report s Condition
s
i The satellite radioreception described
below requires optionally available satellite
radio equipment aswell asasubscription
to SIRIUS XMSatellite RadioTraffic
Message Service.Furtherdetailson
satellite radioareavail able inthe "Satellite
radio" chapter (Ypage 121).
COMAND canreceive trafficreports via
satellite radioandincorporate theminthe
navigation system.Trafficreports andmap
icons canthen beshown inthe COMAND
displa y. Real-time
traffic report son the map
COMAND canshow certain trafficincidents
on the map. Theincidents areshown onthe
map atascale from1/16 mito20 mi.
X Press UorT repeatedly untilthe
desired mapscale hasbeen set. 1
Icon displa yfor the section ofroute
affected
2 Icon forincident onroute
3 Current position anddirection oftravel
4 Icon delimi tingtheaffected sectionofthe
route
5 Map scale Tr
affic report s
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Icon
forreal-tim etraf fic rep orts Icon Descr
iption Tr
affic rep ortsin thema p
dis pla y Tr
affic rep ort
list Tr
affic
rep ort Warn
ing
(re d) N/
A En
try typ e:
warn ing En
tryt ype:
warn ing Caut
ion
(yello w) N/
A En
try typ e:
caut ion En
tryt ype:
caut ion Tra
ffic jam
(sp eed &flow) Appe
arswhen approac hinga
tr affic jam(averag espeed
betwe en25 and 45mph) ifrout e
guidanc eis act ive and therout e
passes through thearea affec ted
by the traffic jam.
This icon mayappear in
con junction with yellow vehicle
icon s. En
try type:
tr affic jamon
rout e(speed &
flow) En
tryt ype:
tr aff icjam
on route
(sp eed &
flo w) Tra
ffic jam on
th ero ute Ap
pear swhen approachinga
tr aff icjam( aver agespee d
bet ween 5and 20mph )if rout e
guidan ceisact ive and therout e
passe sth roug hth earea affect ed
by thetraff icjam .
This iconm ayappear in
co njunc tionwit hred vehicle
ico ns. En
try type :
tr aff icjam on
rout e En
tryt ype:
tr aff icjam
on route Blo
cked
sec tion on
ro ute Ap
pear sat thebeg inni ng ofa
bloc kedsec tion ifro ute
guida nceis act ive and thero ute
pass esthro ugh thebloc ked
are a.
The XXXXico ns can appe arin
co njunc tion withth is ico n. En
try typ e:
bloc kedro ute
sec tion En
tryt ype:
bloc ked
ro ute
sec tion 74
Tr
affic rep ortsNavi gatio n

Icon Descr
iption Tr
affic rep ortsin thema p
dis pla y Tr
affic rep ort
list Tr
affic
rep ort Yellow
lin ewit h
arr ows In
cid ents Poss
ibletraff icbloc ks(e.g.
road work s)
Ap pear son theside ofther oad
affect ed(arrows indicate
direction oftraffic flow) N/A N/A
Green
line with
arrows Unimpeded
traffic flow No
traffic blocks
Appears onlyonthe side ofthe
road withunimpeded trafficflow
(arrows indicate thedirection of
traffic flow) N/A N/A
Displaying
real-timetraffic repor ts
X Ifnecessary, switchtonavigation mode
and show themenu (Ypage 47).
X Use the9:=; buttonsto
select TMC and
press the9button to
conf irm.
If you seeadialog window showing theNo Traffic
Messages message,
this means that:
R no traffic reports havebeen received yet.
R no traffic reports areavaila ble.
X To cancel thesearch: selectCancel .
X To close themessage window:select
OK .
If there areany traffic reports, alist isshown.
The cont entofthe listvaries depending on
whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
List when routeguidance isnot active The
listshows allthe roads, areasorregions
for which reports areavaila ble. 1
Icon forwarning message
2 Country code
3 Road concerned
X To show thelistoftraffic report s:use
the 9:=; buttonsto select
Display AllMessages and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
i Atraffic report mayrefer toan area ora
region, e.g.ifvisibility isimpaired dueto
fog.
X To read atraffic report :select aroad, an
area oraregion.
List when routeguidance isactive The
first listshows theroads, areasand
regions thatliealong theroute andforwhich
traffic reports areavaila ble. Tr
affic repor ts
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1
Toshow alltraff icreports (including those
not affect ingthe route)
2 Tohave trafficreports readout,seeread-
aloud function(Ypage 73)
3 Affected roads, areasorregions (only
availab lewhen therearetraff icreports for
the route)
X To show alltraffic repor ts:use the
9:=; buttonsto select
Display AllMessages and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
You seealist ofall roads, areasandregions
for which trafficreports areavailab le,even
if the reports donot affect yourroute. X
To display arepor t:select aroad, anarea
or aregion fromthelist.
X To close thelist: press the; or=
button onceorrepeatedly. Examp
le:traffic repor t 1
Dependin gon your selection :Messages On
Route or
All Messages 2
Report 1of 1for the road affect ed
3 Beginn ingofthe affect edroute section
4 Endof the affect edroute section
5 Text ofreport
6 Road, areaorregion affectedbytraff ic
reports
C Icon forreport type,e.g.warning message
D Country code
X To scroll within themessage ortothe
next message: pressthe9 or:
button .
X To retu rntothe message list:press
the ; or= button . Read-
aloud function
The read-aloud functionisonly availab lewhile
route guidance isactive. Itreads outtraff ic
reports affectingthe curren troute. Youcan
adjust thetext reader volume (Ypage 27).
If the automatic read-aloud functionfortraff ic
reports isactivat ed,received trafficreports
are read outautomatically.
X Ifnecess ary,switch onnavigation mode
and show themenu system (Ypage 47).
X Use the9:=; buttonsto
select TMC and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press the9button toconf irm. 76
Tr
affic repor tsNavigation

COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm 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. General
information Introd
uction
In the telephon efunc tion,telephon yvia
Bluetoot h®
int erface isavailable ifa
Bluetoot h®
-c apable mobile phoneis
con nected.
Using theBluetoot h®
int erface andasuitable
mobile phone, youcan useCOMAND ’shands-
free feature todownload electronicbusiness
cards (vCards).
More detailed information onsuitable mobile
phones andoncon nectingBluetoot h®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND canbe
found onthe Internet athtt p://
www.mbusa- mobile.com.Or call the
Mercedes- BenzCust ome rAssistance Center
under
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(USA), orCustomer Relations under
1-80 0-387-01 00(Canad a). Importa
ntsafety notes G
WARNING
A driver's attentiontothe road must always
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommend thatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtraffic conditions permit. Some
jurisdictions prohibitthedriver from
using acellula rmobile phone whiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehicle is
coverin gadistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second. G
WARNING
You andothers maydamage yourhealth due
to excessive electromagneticradiation. By
using anexter nalanten na,the possible health
risks ofelectrom agneticfields,whichare
under discussion amongthescient ific
communit y,should belargely prevent ed. Call
disconnec tionwhile thevehicle is
in motion
Ac allmay bedisc onnected if:
R there isins ufficie ntnetwo rkcover age in
cer tain areas .
R you mov efrom onetrans mitter/ rec eive r
area (cell)int oano ther and nochann elsare
fr ee.
R you useaSI M car dwhic his no tcompatible
with thenetwork available.
R you areusing amobile phonewith
"Twincard" andthemobile phonewiththe
second SIMcard isalready loggedintothe
network . Operat
ingoptions
You canoperate thetelephone by:
R the = and; button orthe 9button
on COMAND
R the 6 or~ button andthenumber
keypad onCOMAND
R pressing the6 or~ button onthe
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel
R by speaking usingtheVoice Control
System 94
General
informationTelephone

i
Save entry is
shown ingray ifthe
selected listentry hasalrea dybeen saved.
X Select Add and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press the9toconfirm.
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile ,
and press the9toconfirm.
X Select Save .
The search menuforaddress bookentries
appea rs.
X Search forthe desired entry(Ypage 103).
X Press the9button whenyouhave finished
searching.
COMAND storesthedata ifthere arefewer
than fivenumbers assigned tothe entry you
are searching forinthe selected number
category.
You willsee amessage tothis effect.
If five numbers arestored forthe entry you
are searching for,aprompt willappea r
asking whether youwish tooverwrite one
of the existing numbers.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm.
If you select Yes ,
a selection listwith the
five existing numbers isdispla yed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
X Select thenumber tobe overwritten from
the listusing the9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
COMAND overwrites theselected number
with thenew data. Del
eting calllists
i The stored calllists remain inCOMAND,
even ifyou useCOMAND withanother
mobile phone. Forthis reason, youshould
delete anycalllists before handing overor
selli ngthe vehicle. X
Select Calllists in
the telephone basic
menu usingthe:=; buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Delete calllists and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete allcall lists.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to conf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the call lists aredeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Using
theaddress book Introdu
ction G
WARNIN
G
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremost tothe traffic situation youarein.
Before yourjourney, pleasefamiliarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
condit ionspermit youtodo so. Otherwise you
could beinvolved inan accident inwhich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areenter edfrom different
sources (mobilephone,SDmemory card,
COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Each address bookentryconsist sof a
surname, firstname andcompany, andcan
cont ainuptofive telephone numbers,one
home address andone business address.
The address bookcanstore around 900
entr ies.
i Address bookentriesremain storedwhen
the mobile phoneisdisconn ected.
Therefore, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 43). 108
Using
theaddress bookTelephone

i
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The SatRa dioprogra misavail able fora
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SIRIUS XMService Centerandat
htt p://www .sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://www .siriuscanada. com
(Ca nada). Registering
Registering SatRadio Switching
toSatRadio mode:
X From another mainfunction: select
Audio using
the9:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Audio and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
i Ifradio mode wasthelast active mode,
you only need toselect Audio .
X When inaudio mode: selectAudio using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel. Youcannot
select anyother stations.
X Select SatRadio (in
the submenu) using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Service and
press the9button to
confirm.
The service information screenappears. Service
information screen
1 Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
= SIRIUS IDofyour traffic tuner
X Cal lthe phone number ofyour satellite
radio provider shownonthe screen.
i You canalso have thesatellite service
activated online.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radi owebsite at
htt p://www .sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://www .siriuscanada. com
(Canad a).
Once theconn ection hasbeen established :
X Follow theinstruct ionsofthe service staff.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes. Ifthe activation iscompleted
successfully ,the NoService message
appea rsinthe displa y,followed bythe
SatRadio mainmenu.
i Ifregistration isnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account. SatRa
diomode
i You canalso usethemultifunction
steering wheeltotune inchannels orscroll
through lists,e.g.bypressing
the ;=9: buttons.122
Satellite
radioAudio

Disp
laying service informa tion If
you haveany ques tion so rrequire version
infor mation ,you can calltheprovider's
custo merservic ecen teratany time.
X Select SatRadi o using
the
9:=; buttonsand press
the 9button tocon firm.
X Select Service and
press the9button to
con firm.
The provider's detailsappear. 1
Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
= SIRIUS IDofyour traffictuner
X To retu rntothe SatR adio main displa y:
press ;or=.
Upda tingthechannel list When
receivin ganew chann ellist, thedisplay
shows theUpdatin gChannel s... message.
The stationlast select edismuted untilthe
update hasbeen complet ed.SatRadio mode
is not available duringtheupdate process .
When theupdate hasbeen complet ed,the
SatRadio mainmenu appears. Thestationlast
select edisplayed.
Sound settings Inf
ormation onthe sound settings canbe
found inthe "Ataglance" chapter.
R Volume (Ypage 27)
R Balance andfader (Ypage 28) R
Treble andbass (Ypage 28)
R Surroun dsound (Ypage 28) Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
COMAND isclassified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . <001F000E00130005001200140009000E000700220005000A0005000300140009
000E0007B
CDs/DVDs
Notes G
WARNING
Only insert aCD orDVD when thevehicle is
station ary.There isarisk ofbeing distract ed
from theroad andtraffic conditionsifthis is
done while thevehicle isin motion .
If the CD/D VDhas aprinted side,thismust
face upwards whentheCD/D VDisinsert ed.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe playe d
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protec tionmay notbeable tobe playe d
by the system. 126
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio