lights MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2011 W164 Comand Manual

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i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Display
settings Setting
thebrightness
The brightn essdetect edbythe COMAND
light sensor affectsthe sett ingoptions forthis
funct ion.
X Press theW button .
X Select Settings using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Brightness and
press the9
button toconf irm. :
Current setting
X Adjust thebrightn essusing the9:
button sand press the9, = ork
button toconf irm. Display
design
X Press theW button . X
Select Settings using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Display and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The äicon indicates thecurrent setting.
i When theAutomatic sett
ingisselected,
COMAND evaluatesthereadings fromthe
automatic vehiclelightsensor and
switches betweenthedisplay designs
automatically. Time
settings General
information
If COMAND isequipped withanavigation
system andhasGPS reception ,COMAND
automatically setsthetime anddate. Youcan
also adjust thetime yourself in30- minute
increm ents,but thedate cannotbe changed.
i Ifyou setthe time in30- minute
increm ents,any time zonesett ings and
sett ings forchanging betweensummerand
standard timearelost (Ypage 37).
If your vehicle isnot equipped witha
navigation system,youcan setthe minutes
exact ly.
i The following functionsrequire thetime,
time zoneand summer/st andardtimeto
be set correc tlyinorder towork properly:
R route guidance onroutes withtime-
dependent trafficguidance
R calculation ofexpect edtime ofarrival
R time informat ionforreceived and
outgoing phonecalls 36
Tim
esettingsSystem settings

Vehi
cle equi pmen t
i TheseOpe rating Instru ctionsdescri beall
sta nda rdand optio nal equipme ntava ilab le
for your veh icleat the time ofpurcha se.
Pl ea se note thatyour vehicle maynotbe
equipped withallfeatures described. Introdu
ction Safety
note G
War
ning!
For safety reasons, onlyenter anew
destination whenthevehicle isstation ary.
You may otherwise bedistract edfrom the
traffic conditions,cause anaccident and
injure yourself andothers.
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 maygiveincorr ectdriving
recommen dationsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorrespon dto the actual
condit ions.Forexample, aroute mayhave
been diverted orthe direction ofaone-way
street mayhave changed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve the
respect iveroad andtraffic rulesand
regulations duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority oversystem driving
recommen dations. G
War
ning
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 In
vehicles forcert aincount ries,the
navigation systemisnot operational
immediately afterdelivery because thedigital
map isnot pre-inst alled.
You willbenot ified ofthis when switching to
navigation modebythe following display
message:
Please insertthemapDVDto activate
Navigation. X
To install themap software: proceedas
described inthe "Updating thedigital map"
section (Ypage 89).
The navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestor ed.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gstother 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 46
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ionsystem

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
notes 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 . Changing
direction
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
65Navigat ionsyst em Z

focuse
don safe drivingbeha vior,especially
pay attention totraffic andstreet signs,and
shou ldutil ize the system 'sau dio cues while
drivi ng.
The navig ation system doesnotsupplyany
informa tiononstop signs, yield signs, traffic
regu lations ortraffic safetyrul es. Thei r
obse rvance alwaysremai nsinthe drive r's
perso nalrespo nsibility.DVD maps donot
cover allareas norallroutes withinanarea.
Traffic regulationsalways have priority over
any route recommendations given.Bearin
mind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(app roximately 50km/h), yourvehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second.
During routeguidance, youwillnotreceive
infor mation on:
R traff iclights
R stop andyield signs
R parking orstoppin gzon es
R one- way street s
R narrow bridges
R other trafficregulation data
You should thereforealway sstric tlyobserve
traff icregulations whiledriving. Drive
carefully andalway sobey trafficlaws and
road signs, evenifthey contradict navigation
system instruct ions. G
War
ning
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without divertingyour
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
con sulting themap display fordirect ions.
Consultin gthe symbols ormap display for
direct ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t. G
War
ning!
Please donot use theVoice ControlSystem
in an emergen cy,asthe toneof your voice
may change inastres sfulsituation .This could cause
adelay incompleting yourphone call
in atimely manner. Thiscould distract youin
an emergency situationandcause youtobe
involved inan accident. Operat
ion
You canusevoice controlto:
R enter astate
R enter aprovince
R enter acity
R enter adistrict (center)
R enter astreet
R enter anintersec tion
R enter ahouse number
R enter anentire address
R enter azip code
R find address
R enter apoint ofinterest
R select oneofyour previous destinations
R call uproute information
R store adestination
R displa ythe map
R enlarge/reduce thesize ofthe map
R listen tothe destination memory
R start andstop route guidance
R switch theguida nceinstruct ionsonand off
To select thenavigation application:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you. 186
Navigat
ionVoiceControl