MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class 2012 X204 Comand Manual

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Ifyou setthe time in30-minute
increments, anytime zone settings and
settings forchanging betweensumm erand
st and ard time are lost (Ypage 39).
i The followin gnav igat ionsyst emfunction s
req uire thetime, time zone and summ er/
st and ard time tobe set correc tly in ord er
to work properly:
R rout eguidan ceon rout eswit htime-
depe ndenttraffic guidance
R calcu lation ofexpected timeofarriva l To
set the time
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select SetTime and
press Wtoconfirm. :
Toset the time
; Current date(setautomatical lyby
COMAND)
X Set thetime byturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm. Setting
thetime/date format
X Press theSbutton. X
Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Format and
press Wtoconfirm.
The #dots indica tethe prese ntsettings. Abb
reviatio n Meani
ng DD /MM /YYYY Day/Mo
nth/Year
(da teformat) YYYY /MM /DD Yea
r/Month/Day
(da teformat) HH /MM Hours/Mi
nutes
(time format) You
cansetthe 24-hour orthe AM/PM
format. X
Set theformat byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm. Setting
thetime zone andswitching
betw eensummer andstandard time
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Time by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Time Zone and
press Wtoconfirm.
You willsee alist oftime zones. The#dot
indica testhe current setting.
X Select thetime zone andpress Wto
confirm.
X To swi tch automatic changeoveron/
off: selectAuto. Daylight Saving Time
On or
Auto. Daylight Saving Time
setting s
39System settings

Time
Off by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The #dot indicates thecurrent setting. Text
reader settings Setting
theread-a loudspeed
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select TextReader Speed and
press W
to confirm.
Al ist appears. The#dot indic ates the
curr entsetting.
X Selec ta set tingby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . Voice
ControlSyst emsett ings Activa
ting/d eactivating thehelp
window
In additio ntothe audib leinstr uctions, the
help window willshow youother inform ation
during voicecontroloperation andthe
individuali zationprocess.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select HelpWindow and
press Wto
conf irm.
You have switched thehelp window on
O oroff ª. Individualiza
tion
Introdu ction You
canusetheindividuali zationfunctionto
fine tune theVoice Control System toyour
voice andtherefor eimprove voice
recogn ition.However, thiswillaffect the
system's abilitytorecogn izethe voices of
other users. Forthis reason thisfunct ioncan
be switched off(Ypage 42).
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000EV consistsof two parts and
lasts about fiveminutes. Itinvolves training
the system usingacert ainnumber of
numerical sequences andvoice comman ds.
Star ting new individualiza tion It
is only possible tostart individuali zation
when thevehicle isstation ary.Before
start ing,switch offalldevices orfunct ions
which couldinterfere,such asthe radio orthe
navigation system.Afterstart ingthe session,
the system guidesyouthrough thetrainin g
with spoken instructions.
X Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm. 40
Voice
Control System settingsSystem settings

X
Sel ect Start New Individualization and
pressW toconfi rm.
Yo usee and hearaprompt askingwhether
you would likefurther infor mation .
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select No ,
the first part of
<0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV begins.Youhear aprompt
askin gwhether youwould liketotrain the
system innumbers orinvoice comm ands.
Aft erselect ingYes ,
you seeaninfor mation
display andhear information regardin gthe
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000EV process.The first part of
<0009000E0004000900160009000400150001000C0009001C000100140009000F
000EV thenbegins automatic ally.
X To close thedispla y:press Wthe
COMAND controller.
You hear aprompt askingwhether you
would liketotrain thesystem innumbers
or invoice comm ands. At
the end ofthe first part, youwillsee a
prompt askingwhether youwish tobegin the
secon dpart.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select No ,
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000EV willbe
canc eled. Thedata from thefirst part is
stor edautomatic ally.
If you select Yes ,
the secon dpart willbegin.
Indiv idualization iscomplet edatthe end of
the secon dpart. Youwillsee amessage to
this effec t.The data from thesecon dpart is
stor edautomatic ally. Canceling
thefirst orsecond partof
individ ualization X
Conf irmCanc el by
press ingWthe
COMAN Dcon troller.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really dowish tocancel.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
individuali zationwillbe
canceled. Thedata from thepart canceled
is not stored.
If you select No ,
the current partbegins
again.
Dele ting existing individualiza tiondata X
Press theSbutton .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Delete Individualiz ation and
press Wtoconf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtodelete.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
the individuali zationis
deleted. Youwillsee amessage tothis
effect . Voice
Control System settings
41Systemsettings

Acti
vating/d eactivating
ind ivid ualization X
Pre sstheS button.
X Se lec tSet tings by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tVoi ceControl and
pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tInd ividualizationOn and
press
W toconfirm .
You haveswit ched individ ualiz ation onO
or off ª. Blu
eto oth ®
set tings Gene
ralinf orm ation abou t
Blu eto oth ®
Blue toot h®
tech no logy isthest and ard for
sho rt-rang ewire less datatrans mis sion ofup
to appr oximat ely10met ers.Bluetoo th®
allows, forexam ple,theexchang eof vCards.
Bluet ooth®
is aregis tered trademark of
Bluet oothSpec ialInter est Group (SIG) Inc. Req
uirement sfor aBlu etoot h®
connection
You canconnectmobile phones and
not ebooks toCOMAND.
To do so, the following conditionsneed tobe
met:
R Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, needtocomply withacert ain
profile (Ypage 99)inorder tobe
conn ected toCOMAND. EveryBluetooth ®device
hasitsown specific Bluetooth ®
name.
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe respect iveBluetooth ®
device;
see theseparate operating instructions.
R the Bluetooth ®
device mustbe"visible" to
COMAND inorder forCOMAND tofind and
display it.For thesettingprocedures,
please seetheoperating instructions for
the Bluetooth ®
device.
i Once amobile phonehasbeen
conn ected, reception andtrans mission
volume maychange. <00340003001400090016000100140009000E0007002100040005000100030014
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ingBluetooth ®
X Press theSbutton .
The system menuappears.
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Bluetooth and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Activate Bluetooth and
press
W toconf irm.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on O oroff ª. Connec
tingBluetooth ®
devices
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
device with
COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed to
conn ectit.
Connect ingcomprises:
R searching foraBluetooth ®
device
R subsequently authorizingit
i You canconn ectuptoten devices to
COMAND.
More detailed informationonsuitable mobile
phones andonconn ectin gBluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND canbe
found onthe Internet athtt p:// 42
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

www.m
busa-mo bile. com .Or callth e
Mer cedes -Ben zC ust ome rAssistance Center
at 1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(for theUSA) orCustomer Relations at
1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ).
Searching forBluetooth ®
devices X
Act ivate Bluetooth ®
(Y page 42).
X Select Settings in
the system menuby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select Update and
press Wtoconfirm.
COMAND searchesforBluetooth ®
devices
within range. Afterashort while,the
Bluetooth ®
device listappea rs. Example
ofdispla y:Bluetooth ®
device list
: Currently connected #and authorized
device (Yicon)
; Device notwithin rangebutpreviousl y
authorized (Lappea rsingray)
= Newly detected devicewithinrangebut
not yetauthorized (noY icon)
The Bluetooth ®
device listshows alldevices
within rangeandallpreviousl yauthorized
devices, whether ornot they areinrange.
If the Bluetooth ®
device listisalrea dyfull, you
will berequested tode-authorize adevice
(Y page 44).IfCOMAND doesnotdetect
your Bluetooth ®
device, external
authorization maybenecessary
(Y page 44). i
When subsequ entlycalled upagai n,the
list may nolonger showalldevices, for
example becauseadevice hasbeen
removed fromthevehicle inthe meantime.
In this case, startanew search toupda te
the device list.
Authorizing aBluetooth ®
device
(registering) X
In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select notyet
authorized device=byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm.
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm. The
passcode isany one tosixteen- digit
number combination whichyoucan choose
yoursel f.You must enter thesame number
combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
device tobe authorized (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions).
i Some mobile phones requireapasscode
with fourormore digits.
i Ifyou want tore-authorize adevice
followi ngde-authorization (Ypage 44),
you can select adifferent passcode. Bluetooth
®
settings 43System
settings

X
To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys inturn.
¬ ishig hlighted afterthefirst numbe r
has beenentere d.
or
X Sel ect the digits one byone byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
X To confi rm anentry inCO MA ND: select
¬ using the COMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Enter thesame passco deinto the
Blu etoo th®
de vic e(see the opera ting
ins tructio nsfor the respective devic e).
The devic eis au thor ized. Ex
tern alautho rization
If CO MAND does not detect your
Blu etoo th®
de vic e,thi sma ybe duet o
partic ularsecurit ysett ings onyour
Bluetoot h®
device. Inthis case, check
whether yourBluetoot h®
device canlocate
the COMAND system.The Bluetooth ®
device
name ofCOMAND is"MB Bluetooth".
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select External Authorization and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Start theBluetooth ®
scan process onthe
Bluetooth ®
device (seetheseparate
operating instructionsofthe respective
device).
X Select COMAND ("MBBluetooth").
X When prompted, enterthepasscode onthe
Bluetooth ®
device andthen onCOMAND. Displaying
thedetails ofa
Bluetooth ®
device
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
desired devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The detailed displayfor this device
appea rs.
X To close thedetailed view:turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller. De-authoriz
ing(de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
device
Mercedes-Ben zUSA, LLCrecommen dsthat
you de-authorize devices,e.g.mobile phones,
both inCOMAND andonthe respective
Bluetooth ®
device itself.Subsequent
authorization mayotherwise fail.
X In the Bluetooth ®
device list,select the
authorized devicebyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
confirm .
X Select De-Authorize and
press Wto
confirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the authorization forthe
device willberevoked.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i IfaBluetooth ®
device hasbeen de-
authorized andisout ofrange, whenanew
search iscarried outitwill notappear inthe
Bluetooth ®
device list. 44
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

Setting
thesystem language
This funct ionallow syou todetermine the
language forthe menu display sand the
nav igati on anno uncements .The selected
language affectsthecharacters availablefor
entr y.
When yousetthe system language ,the
language ofthe Voice Control System will
change accordingly. Ifthe selected language
is not supported bythe Voice Control System,
"English" willbeselected.
X Press theSbutton.
X Select Language and
press Wtoconfirm .
The listoflanguage sappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent setting.
X Select thelanguage byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
COMAND loadstheselected language and
sets it. Reset
function
You canreset COMAND tothe factory
settin gs.Amon gstother things, thiswill
delete allpersonal data(e.g.station presets,
address bookentries, entriesinthe
destination memoryandinthe listofprevious
destinations inthe navigation system).
Resetting isrecommen dedbefore sellingor
transf erring ownership ofyour vehicle, for
example.
Data onthe intern alhard drive, e.g.music
files inthe MUSIC REGISTER, willbedeleted.
You canalso delete musicfilesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER usingthe"Delete allmusic
files" (Ypage 138)function.
X Press theSfunct ionbutton.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . X
Select Reset and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to reset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
If you select Yes ,
a prompt willappear again
asking whether youreally wishtoreset.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
a message willbeshown.
COMAND isreset andrestart ed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Reset
function
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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. Introd
uction Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenteradestin ation
when thevehicle isstat ionary. Whenthe
vehicle isin motion ,ap assen gershoul dent er
th edest ination.Stud yma nua land select
rou tebefor edri vin g.
Bea rin mi nd tha tat asp ee dof jus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond.
COMA NDcalc ulate sth erout etothe
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 dwith theactual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofaone-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 announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause 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 forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
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 48
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