MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2012 W166 Comand Manual

Stat
ion
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Storage options
Sele cting .... ................ .................. .... 96
Summer andstandard time
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Surround sound<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Syste mlanguag e
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Tele phone
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Entering phonenumbe rs....... .........121
Incoming call<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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0021> 120
Maki ngacall<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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0021> 123
Maki ngacall viaspee ddia l........... 122
Outgo ingcall <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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0021> 121
Red ialing <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Reje cting/accep tingawa iting
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0021V 123
Sending DTMFtones......................124
Single call<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Switchi nghands -freemicrop hone
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Togg ling<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Tele phone basicmenu
Blue tooth ®
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Tele phone number
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Text messag es(SMS )
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Deleti ng<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Inbox ..............................................133
Informati onand requ ireme nts....... 133
Rea ding .......................................... 133
Storing senderina ddress book.....135
Time
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Time format
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Time zone
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settin gs
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Treb leand bass.<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Track
Sele cting .............. .......................... 218
Track information ..............................220
Traffic jamfunc tion .............................82
Traffi cPro gram
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Traffic reportread-alo udfunc tion ..... 93
Treble andbass
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Usi ngthe telephone <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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V-Cards Rece iving <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Video DVD
Fast forwa rd/rew ind....... .............. .189
Opera tion.............. .........................186
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Selecti ng....... ............................ ..... 190
Selecti ngafilm /title ..................... .189
Sele cting ascene/cha pter............ 189
Showi ng/hid ingthe control menu.188
Stop function <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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0021> 189
Video DVDmode
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Voic eCo ntrol Syste m
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Volume
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Navi gationannou ncements .............33
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Waveb and
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Waypoi nts
Accepting waypoints forthe route ...66
Editing ................................... ...........65
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Weather
map(SIRIUS)
Ca lling up ...... ...... ...........................200
Legend ........ ...................................2 04
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Showi ng/hid inglaye rs <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Showi ng/hid ingthe menu ............. 200
Time stamp <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Weather memory(SIRIUS )
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Storing anarea <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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In
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Opera
tingsafet y General
notes G
WARN
ING
An yalteration sof electr oniccompon entsor
soft ware cancause malfunct ions.
Radio, satellite radio,amplifier, DVDchanger ,
navigation module,telephon eand Voice
Contr olsystems areinter connect ed.
Therefor e,ifone ofthe compon entsis not
operation al,orhas notbeen removed/
replaced properly, thefunc tion ofother
compon entscould beimpaired.
Such conditions mightseriously impairthe
operatin gsafety ofyour vehicle.
We recom mendhaving anyservic ework on
electr oniccompon entscarried outbyan
authoriz edMercedes- BenzCenter . G
WARN
ING
In order toavoid distrac tionwhich couldlead
to an acciden t,the driver should entersystem
sett ings while thevehicle isat astan dstill, and
operate thesystem onlywhen permitt edby
road, weather andtrafficcon ditions .
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your carcover sa
distanc eof 44 feet (approximat ely14m) every
secon d.
COMAND suppliesyouwith information to
help youselect yourroute moreeasily and
guide youconvenien tlyand safely toyour
destin ation. Forsafety reasons, we
enco urage thedriver tostop thevehicle ina
safe place before answering orplacing acall,
or con sulting theCOMAND screentoread
navigation almaps, instruct ions, or
downloaded information . G
WARN
ING
While thenavigation systemprovides
direct ionalassistanc e,the driver mustremain
focused onsafe driving behavior, especially
atten tiontotraff icand stree tsigns, and should
utilizethesystem's audiocueswhile
driving.
The navigation systemdoesnotsupply any
infor mation onstop signs, yieldsigns, traffic
regulations ortraff icsafety rules.Their
observan cealway sremains inthe driver's
personal responsibility.DVDmaps donot
cover allareas norallroutes withinanarea.
i Canada only:Thisdevice complies with
RSS- 210ofIndust ryCanada. Operation is
subject tothe following twoconditions :
1. This device maynotcause interferen ce,
and
2. this device mustaccept anyinterferen ce
received, includinginterferen cethat may
cause undesired operationofthe device.
An yunauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment.
i USA only: Thisdevice complies withPart
15 ofthe FCC Rules. Operation issubject
to the following twoconditions :
1. This device maynotcause harmful
int erferen ce,and
2. this device mustaccept anyinterferen ce
received, includinginterferen cethat may
cause undesired operation.
An yunauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment. G
WARN
ING
Change ormodificat ionnot express ly
approved bythe party respons iblefor
complianc ecould voidtheuser's authorit yto
operate thisequipment.
! Note: Thisequipment hasbeen tested
and found tocomply withthelimits fora
Class Adigital device,pursuan ttoPart 15
of the FCC Rules. Theselimitsaredesigned
to provide reasonable protectionagainst
harmful interferenc ewhen theequipment
is operated inacommer cialenviron ment.
This equipment generates,usesandcan Introdu
ction
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radi
ateradi ofrequ ency energy and,ifnot
install edand usedin accorda ncewith the
instruction manual,may causeharmfu l
interference toradi ocommunica tions. G
WARNING
This equipme ntcompli eswith FCCradiation
exposu relimi tsset forth foruncontrolle d
equ ipme ntand meets theFCC radio
frequ ency (RF)Exposure Guide lines in
Suppl ement Cto OET65.
This equipme nthas very lowlevel sof RF
energy thatisdeeme dto comply without
maximu mpermissive exposureevaluation
(MPE). Butitis desirable thatitshould be
inst alled andoperated withatleast 8inche s
(20 cm) andmore betwe enthe radiator and a
pe rso n's body (exclu ding extre mities:hands,
wri sts, feetand legs.) Co
rrec tuse
Observe thefollowing information whenusing
COMAND :
R the safety notesinthis manual
R all road trafficregulations
i Improper workonelectr oniccompon ents
or other systems (suchasradio, DVD
changer )and their software mayresult in
malfunct ionorfailure. Evensystems that
have notbeen modified couldbeaffect ed
because theelectr onicsystems are
con nect ed.Elect ronic malfunct ionscan
seriously jeopardize theoperation alsafety
of your vehicle.
i Roof anten nafunc tionality (telephone,
satellite radio,GPS)canbeaffect edbythe
use ofroof carrier systems.
Retrofit tingmetalized plasticfilmstothe
windows canaffect radiorecept ionand
lead topoorer receptionofall other
anten nas(e.g. emergen cycall anten nas)
inside thevehicle.
i Only have repairs orchanges toelectr onic
compon entscarried outataqualified specialist
workshop whichhasthe
neces saryspecialist knowledge andtools
to carry outthework required. Daimler
recom mends thatyouuseanauthorized
Mercedes- BenzCenter forthis purpose. In
particular, workrelevant tosafety oron
safety-r elatedsystems mustbecarried out
at aqualified specialist workshop.
i Protect ionagainst theft:this device is
equipped withtechnical provisions to
protec tit against theft.Furt herinfor mation
on protec tionagainst theftcanbeobtained
from anauthorized Mercedes-BenzCenter . Informa
tiononcopyright
Macrovision™ This
product incorporates copyright
protec tiontechnology thatisprotec tedby
U.S .patent sand other intellec tualpropert y
rights. Useofthis copyright protection
tec hnology mustbeauthorized byRovi
Corporation ,and isinten dedforhome and
other limited viewing usesonly, unless
otherwise authorized byRovi Corporation .
Reverse engineer ingordisassembly is
prohibited.
libjpeg This
software isbased inpart onthe work of
the Indepen dentJPEG Group.
Free Type Portion
sof this software arecopyright ©
2005
The FreeType Projecthtt p://
www.freetyp e.org.
All rights reserved.
NetFr ont™ This
product contains NetFrontBrowser
soft ware ofACCES SCo.,Ltd. Copyright ©
1996 -2010ACCESS Co.,Ltd.Allrights
reserved. 12
Introdu
ction

The
NetF rontBrowser software isbased in
part onthe work ofthe Independen tJPEG
Group.
Camellia Copyright
©
2006 ,2007 NTT(Nippon
Telegraph andTelephone Corporation).
All rights reserved.
The condit ionsanddisclaimers inconn ection
with useofCamellia areavailab leat htt p://
info.isl.nt t.co.jp /crypt /eng/in dex.html.
Flash ®
Lite™ This
product contains Flash ®
Lite™
techn ology byAdobe Systems Incorporated.
This product contains Adobe ®
Flash ®
player
software underlicense fromAdobe Systems
Inc orporated, Copyright©1995 -2010Adobe
Macromedia Software LLC.Allrights
reserved. AdobeandFlash areregistered
trademark sof Adobe Systems Incorporated
in the United States and/or othercountries. COMAND
features
These Operating Instruction sdescribe all
standard andoptional equipment available
for your COMAND systematthe time of
purchase. Country-spec ificdeviations are
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Thisincludes safety-
related systems andfunct ions. Therefore, the
equipment onyour COMAND systemmay
differ fromthatinthe description sand
illustrations. Theoriginal purchase
agreement listsallsystems installed inyour
vehicle. Contact anauthorized Mercedes-
Benz Center ifyou have anyquestions about
equipment oroperation. Function
restrictions
For safety reasons, someCOMAND functions
are restr icted orunavailabl ewhile thevehicle is
in motion .You will notice this, forexample,
because youwilleither notbeable toselect
cert ainmenu itemsorbecause COMAND will
display amessage tothis effect . Introdu
ction
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COMAN
Doper ating syst em............... 16
Mult ifunction steeringwheel............. 22
Opera tingCOMAND <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
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Basic functions ofCOMAND ........ ....... 33
Climat econtrol statusdispla y........... 36
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aglance

COMAN
Doper ating syst em Over
view Ex
ample Funct
ion Pag
e :
COMA
NDdispl ay 20
;
COMA
NDcontrol pane l
wit hDV Dch ang er 17
=
COMA
NDcontroll er 18
Bac
kbut ton(lef t) 19
Clear
button( right) 19
Favori
tesbutton (left) 19
Favori
tesbutton (right) 19
i
Dependi ngon the vehicl eequ ipme nt,up
to two favori tesbuttons maybeava ilable
in the M-Cla ss. Co
mponen tsof COMA ND
COMAND consistsof:
R the COMAND display
R the COMAND controlpanelwithDVD
changer
R the COMAND controller R
the back andclearbuttons
R depe nding onthe vehicl eequ ipme nt,upto
two favori tesbuttons (e.g.M-Cla ss)
You canuseCOMAND toopera tethe
foll owi ngmain functions:
R the naviga tionsystem
R the audio function withradioand satel lite
radi omodes ,disc (CD/au dioDVD andMP3
mode) ,memory card(MP3 mode) ,MUSIC
REGISTER ,USB storage device,Medi a
Interface, Bluetooth ®
au dio and audio AUX
R the telep hone withtextmessa gefunction
and theaddress book
R the vide ofunction withvideoDVD and
vide oAUX modes
R the wea ther service SIRIUSWeather
R the system settings
You cancallupthe main functions:
R usi ng the correspo ndingfunction buttons
R usi ngthe main function barinthe COMAND
disp lay(Ypag e20)
i You cantransfer anaudio orvide osource
sele cted inCOMAND tothe RearSeat
En tert ainmen tSystem . 16
COMAND
operatingsystemAtaglance

COMAN
Dcont rolpanel Funct
ion Pag
e :
Swit
ches toradio mode 14
4 Swit
ches waveb ands 14
5 Swit
ches tosat ellit eradio 14
9 ;
Swit
ches tonav igat ion
mod e 51
Sh
ows themen usyst em 51
=
Pre
ssh repeatedly •
Swit ches toaudio CD,
audio DVDa ndMP3 mode
or DVD video mod e 157
•
Swi tche sto mem orycard
mod e 157
•
Swi tche sto MUSI C
REG ISTER 168
•
Swi tche sto USB storage
de vic emod e 157
•
Swi tche sto Med ia
Inter face oraudio AUX
mod e 179
•
Swi tche sto Blu etoo th®
au dio mod e 175 Fu
nctio n Pag
e ?
Ca
lls up the telephone
ba sicm enu: •
Bluetoot h®
int erface
telephon y 119
A
V
Load/ej ectbutton 154
B
Select
sa stat ionusing the
stat ionsearch function 146
Rewind 161
Select
sthe previous track 160
C
Disc
slot •
Loads CDs/D VDs 154
•
Eject sCDs/D VDs 155
•
Updates thedigital map 109
D
Select
sa stat ionusing the
stat ionsearch function 146
Fast
forwards 161
Select
sthe nexttrac k 160
E
Clear
button •
Delet escharact ers 30
•
Delet esan ent ry 30COMAND
operatingsystem
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Funct
ion Pag
e F
Numb
erpad •
Sel ect sst atio nsvia the
st atio npresets 146
•
Stores stations manually 146
•
Mobi lephone
au thorizatio n 117
•
Tele phone number entry 121
•
Sends DTMFtones 124
•
Cha racter entry 28
•
Selects aloca tion forthe
wea ther forecast fromthe
memory 199
z
Displaysthe current
track being played 162
g
Selects stations by
entering thefrequ ency
manua lly 146
g
Selects atrack 160
G
Switches
COMAND on/off 33
Adjusts
thevolu me 33 Func
tion Page
H
SD
memory cardslot 157
I
Ca
lls up the system menu 27
J
Accepts
acall 121
Dial
sa number 121
Red
ials 122
Accepts
awa iting call 123
K
Mute 33
Switches
thehands-free
micropho neon/off 123
Ca
ncels thetext messa ge
read -alou dfunction 133
Switches
offnaviga tion
announcements 33
L
Rejects
acall 121
Ends
anactive call 123
Rejects
awa iting call 123
COMA
NDcontrolle r Example
:M-Class
: COMAND controller
Yo ucan usethe COMAND control lert oselect
the menu itemsinthe COMAND display.
You cancallupmenus orlists, scroll through
menus orlists andexitmenus orlists. Operating
theCOMAND controller (example)
The COMAND controller canbe:
R pressed brieflyorpressed andheld W
R turned clockwiseorcount er-clockwise
cVd
R slid leftorright XVY
R slid forwards orback ZVÆ
R slid diagonally aVb 18
COMAND
operatingsystemAtaglance