MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2011 W164 Comand Manual

Multifunc
tionsteering wheel G
Warning
A drive r'sattention tothe road andtraffic
conditions mustalwaysbe his/he rprimary
focus whendriving.
For yoursafet yand thesafe tyof other s,
selec tingfeat ures throug hth em ultifun ction
st eer ing wheel should onlybe don eby the
driv erwhen traff icand road cond ition sper mit
it to be don esafe ly.
Bear inmin dth at ataspee dof jus t30 mph
(appr oximat ely50km/h ),your vehicle is
co ver ing adist anceof 44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond. Funct
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ifunction display 69
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Incr eases thevolum e 27
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Decreases the
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Accep tsacall 10
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Rejectsor end sa call 10
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Sel
ect sa men u V
Scrolls up U
Scrolls down (see
vehicle Oper ator's
Man ual) A
Sel
ect sa subm enuorlist
ent ry &
Scrolls up *
Scrolls down (see
vehicle Oper ator's
Man ual) Oper
ating COMAN D Select
ingam ainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssinpu tmenu) tothe system
sett ings, forexample.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button . Opera
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X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssthe 9button.
X Sel ect Destination us
ing
the :=; buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect AddressEnt ry and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
The addre ssentry menu appe ars. Add
ressentry menu
: Mainfunctio nba r
X Pre ssthe 9 button tosw itch toma in
fu nctio nba r:.
X Sel ect System in
the mainfunctio nba r
us ing the =; buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The system menu appe ars. 1
Menu settings
2 Time setti ngs
= Switchi ngoff the displ ay Cal
ling up the men uofam ainfunc tion
If one ofthe mainfunc tion snav igat ion,audio,
te leph oneor vide ois swit ched on,
tr iang le: appear sne xtto theen try. You can
no wsele ctan asso ciatedmen u.
The example describeshow tocall upthe
audio menufrom audio CDmod e.Inser ta
CD/ DVD(Y page 129). :
Tocall uptheaudio menu
; Main function bar
X Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar usin g
th e9 buttona nd pre ssthe 9button
to confi rm.
The Audiomenu appe ars. :
The #do tindi cate sthe current opera ting
mod e
; Mainfunctio nbar
= Audi omen u
The #dot indicat esthecur ren taudio mode.
X Se lec tanothe raudio mode,e.g. Rad io ,
usin gth e9: buttons and pressthe
9 buttonto confirm . 20
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Selec
tingamenu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
The station presetmenuappears. :
Selection bar
X Select astation usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
The station isset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andselect astation
from thestation list,forexample.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe audi ofunction
R switch onradio mode
R select astation formthestation list System
menu
1 Menu settings
2 Time settings
= Switching offthe displa y
Callin gup the audio function X
Select Audio in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
The basic displa yof the current audio
operating mode,e.g.audioCD, appea rs. :
Selection bar
Switching onrad iomode Option
1
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.
i Repea tedlypressing the$ function
button switches betweentheFM, MW, SW
and LWwaveba ndsinthat order. Operat
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ion 2
X Select Audio again
usingthe9 button
and press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press the9button tocon firm Radio .
The radio basic display appears showing
the previously selectedwaveband (FMin
the example). Calling
upthe stat ionlist X
Select Radio using
the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The radio menu appears. Station List is
highlighted. X
Confirm Station List by
pressing the
9 button .
The stationlistappears. X
Select astat ionusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The select edstat ionisplayed. Theradio
basic display appears. Entering
characters innavigat ion
mode (entering acity' sname)
Gen eral information The
followi ngsectio ndescribes howtoent er
charact ersusing cityinput forMODEL CITY as
an example.
If you want touse theaddress inputmenu
(Y page 49)toent eracity, astr eet ora
house number, forexample, COMAND
provides eitheralist with acharact erbar
(Option 1)or aselect ionlist(Option 2).
You canenterthe charact ersusing either the
charact erbar orthe number pad.Inthe 22
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selection
list,you select anentry tocopy itto
the address inputmenu.
Option 1:city listwith character bar X
Cal lup the city listwith character bar
(Y page 49).
The alpha betically sortedcitylistshows the
first available entries. :
Chara cterbar
Entering characters usingthecharacter
bar
X Select M using
the=;9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select O and
press the9button to
confirm. :
Chara ctersentered bythe user: MO ;
Chara ctersautomaticall yadded by
COMAND: DELCITY =
List entry thatmost closely resembles the
user's current entry
? Toswitch tothe selection list
A Todelete anentry B
Chara ctersnotcurrently available for
selection
C Chara cterscurrently available for
selection
D Chara cterbar
E Currently selectedcharacter
F Tocancel anentry
G List
List Gshows allexisting citynames
beginning withMO .T
he list entr ymost closely
resembling theuser's current entry= is
alwa yshighlighted atthe top ofthe list
(MODEL CITY in
the example).
All characters currentlyentered bythe user
are shown inblack (MO :
inthe example).
Lett ersadded byCOMAND areshown ingray
(DEL CITY ;
inthe example).
Character barDshows theletters still
availa bleforselection inblack D.These can
be selected. Inthe example, theletter I is
highlighted G.Whichcharacters remain
availa bledepends onthe characters already
entered bythe user andonthe data stored in
the digital map.Characters thatarenolonger
availa bleare shown ingray C.
X Select D ,
E ,
L ,
C ,
I ,
T ,
and Y one
byone,
confirm ingeach onebypressing the9
button.
Entering character susing thenumber
keypad
X Press number keyÀ oncetoenter the
letter M .
Once abutton hasbeen pressed, the
character displayappea rsat the bottom of
the displa y.The first availa bleletter is
highlighted.
You seewhich characters youcan enter with
that button. Eachtimethebutton ispressed,
the next character isselected. Operat
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Exam
ple wi th À:
R pre ssonce =M
R pre sstwi ce =N
R press three times =O
X Wait untilthecharact erdisplay goesout.
The entries matc hingyour input areshown
in the list.
X En ter O ,
D ,
E ,
L ,
CI ,
T ,
and Y using
the
corr espondin gkeys.
Furt herfunctions inthe listwith
chara cterbar X
To delete achara cter:select the2
icon atthe bott omright inthe charact erbar
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
or
X Press the2 button .
X To delete anentry :select 2andpress
and hold the9button untiltheentireent ry
has been deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
ent ireent ryhas been deleted.
X To switch thechara cterset:select
B andpress the9button tocon firm.
This switches betweentheLatin andthe
Cyrillic charact erset.
X To cancel anentry :select the& icon in
the bott omleft ofthe charact erbar and
press the9button tocon firm.
or
X Press thek button .
The address inputmenu appears.
X To accept thefirst listentry :press and
hold the9button untiltheaddress input
menu appears.
The accept edlist entryappears. Calling
upthe listasas election list Sele
ctthedesir edcityfrom theselec tionlist .
If the reare sever alent ries foracit yor if
sever alcit ies ofthe same name arestored,
the n¬ ishighligh tedinthe char acterbar.
X Press the9butt on.
It is also possible toswitc hthe listofcit ies to
the selec tionlistatany timedurin gchar acter
input .
X Press the9 buttonrepeat edlyuntilthe
cit ylist appears asaselec tionlist.
or
X Selec tthe ¬ iconinthe character bar
using the;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
Option 2:city listasselec tionlist COMAND
eithershows theselection list
automatically oryou can callupthe selection
list from thelistwith character bar.
The example showstheselection listafter the
city DENT has
been entered. Theentryis
highlighted automatically . X
Select alist entr yusing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
The address inputmenu appears.You can
now enter astreet ,for example. 24
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You willfindfurt her informat ioninthe
"Dest inationentry" sect ion(Ypage 48). Enter
ingchar acters inthead dress
and theph one book
Intr oduct ion The
followin gsect iondesc ribes howtoent er
char acters inthe phon ebook (Ypage 102)
and theaddress book(Ypage 110)when
cre atin ganew entry.
Creat inganew entr yint he phone book X
Ca llup the inpu tmenu with data fields
(Y page 105). Phone
book:inputmenu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar Creat
inganew entry inthe address
book X
Call upthe input menu withdata fields
(Y page 110). Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
i IfCOMAND isnot equipped withahard
disk, youcan only editdata fields with
telephon enumbers.
Entering character s The
example describes howtoent erthe
surname Schulz .
X Select S using
the=;9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
S is
ent ered intodata field:.All
charact ersare shown inblack andcan
alway sbe select edincharact erbar ;.
The charact erbar offer scharact ers
corr espondin gto the respect ivedata field
(lett ersordigits). Opera
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Toswitch thecharact erbar tolower-case
letter s
; Toswitch thecharact erbar from upper/
lower-case lettersto digits
= Tochange thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar
? Todelete acharact er/anentry
X Select c and
press the9button to
conf irm.
c is
added toS in
the data field.
X Repeat theprocess untilthename has
been entered infull.
X To enter aphone number :select the
digits forthe respect ivedata fieldoneby
one using the=;9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
Switching thedatafield If
you want toent erafirst name afteryouhave
ent ered asurname, forexample, proceedas
follows toswitch between thedata fields:
Option 1
X Select 4or5 inthe charact erbar and
press the9button toconf irm.
The input menu display sthe data field
selected. :
Cursor innext data field
; Tosave theentry
= 4 and 5icons toselect adata field
Option 2
X Press the9 button repeatedly untilthe
charact erbar disappears.
X Select adata fieldusing the9:
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
Furt herfunctions availableinthe
chara cterbar X
To switch thechara cterbarbetween
upp er/lower-case characters: select
* orE andpress the9button to
conf irm.
X To switch thechara cterset:select
p andpress the9button toconf irm.
The charact erset switches between
upper/lower-case lettersand digits.
X To change thelanguage ofthe
chara cterbar:select Bandpress the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select alanguage usingthe9 or:
button andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To reposition thecursor withinthedata
field: select 2or3 and press the9
button toconf irm. 26
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Curso r(reposi tioned)
; 2 and 3icon toreposi tionthecursor
X Delete thechara cter/entry (Ypag e24).
Saving theentry X
Select the¬ iconusing the =;
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
The entry isstored inthe address book. Basic
functio nsofCOMA ND Swi
tching COMANDon/ off
X Turn orpress theqcontrol knob.
Aw arning mes sage appear s.COMA ND
calls uptheprev iously selectedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Switching
theCOMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar
using the9=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears. X
To switch off:select Display Off and
press the9button toconf irm.
X To switch on:press theqor% back
button . Mut
ing
Switching anaudio andvideo source
on/off X
Press the8 button .
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 You willstill hear traffic announc ements
and navigation systemannounc ements,
even ifthe sound ismuted.
Switching offTraffic Progra mand
navigation announcements completely X
Traffic Progra m:press andhold the
8 button untilthe. display
disappea rsfrom thestatus barofthe
display .
X Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
i Navigation announcementscan beturned
on again afterCOMAND hasbeen switched
on oroff with theqcont rolknob. Adjust
ingthe volume
Audio andvideo source volume X
Turn orpress theqcont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
The volume ofthe current lyselected audio
or video source changes. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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Adj
usting thev olum efor traf fic rep orts
and navigat ionannou ncemen ts i
You cansetthevolum eof traff icand
nav igat ionann ounc emen tsrelat ivetothe
volum eof theaudio orvideo source.
Dur ing traff icor nav igat ionann ounc emen ts:
X Turn orpres sth eq con trol kn ob.
or
X Pres sth eW orX buttononthe
mult ifunction steerin gwheel.
Adj usting thevolum efor telep hone
calls You
canadjus tthe volume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn orpress theqcont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
Calling upthe sound menu You
canmake various soundsettingsfor the
different audioand video sources. Thismeans
that itis possible toset more bassforradio
mode thanforCD mode, forexample. Youcan
call upthe respective soundmenufromthe
menu ofthe desired mode.
The example describes howtocall upthe
sound menuinradio mode.
X Press the$ functionbutton.
The radio displa yappea rs.You willhear the
last station playedon the last waveba nd.
X Select Sound using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
You cannow setthe treble andbass orthe
bala nce and fader forradio mode. Adjust
ingtreble andbass X
Select Treble or
Bass in
the sound menu
using the:=; buttonsonthe
remote controland press the9button to
confirm .
As etting scale appears. Adj
usting thebass
: Last settingselect ed
; Current setting
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu.
Adju sting balance andfader With
thebalance function,you can control
whether thesound islouder onthe driver’s or
fron t-passenger side.
With thefader function,you can control
whether thesound islouder inthe fron torthe
rear ofthe vehicle.
i The fader cannot beset onRoadster
vehicles.
X Select Bal/Fad (bala
nce/ fader) inthe
sound menuusingthe:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm . 28
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