blue MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2012 W166 Comand Manual

Opera
tingvideo DVD X
Switc hon COMAND (Ypage 33).
X Switc hon DVD-Vid eo (Y
page 187).
X In the multifunc tiondisplay, selectthe
audio menu withthe= or; button .
X To select thenext/pr eviousscene:
briefly pressthe: or9 button . Telephone
menu G
WARN
ING
A driver's attentiontothe road must alway s
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofother s,we
recom mendthatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortakin ga
telephon ecall. Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfr ee
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtrafficcon ditions permit.
Some jurisdict ionsprohibit thedriver from
using acellular mobilephonewhiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second.
Opera tingthetelephone X
Switc hon COMAND (Ypage 33).
X Call upthe telephon ebasic menu
(Y page 119).
If the telephon ehas notyetbeen authorized,
the Bluetoo thReady message
appearsin
the multifunc tiondisplay.
If the telephon eis switched onand
authorized, thePhone Ready message
appears inthe multifunc tiondisplay.
Acce pting acall X
Press the6 button. Mul
tifunctio ndisplay (example)
The display showsthephon enumbe rorthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored
in the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept thecall byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Rejecting orending acall X
Press the~ button.
Cal linganumbe rfrom thephone book X
Use = or; tosel ect the Phone menu.
X Press :, 9or9 toswi tch tothe
phone book.
X Press :or9 tosel ect the name you
wa nt.
i The save dnames aredispla yed
al pha betica lly.
i Ifyou holddow nthe : or9 button
for longer thanonesecond, rapidscroll
begins. Themultifunction displaygoes from
the seventh entrydispla yedtothe first
entr yunder thefollowing letter.Release
the button tostop.
X To conne ctac all: press 6or9 onthe
mul tifunctio nstee ring wheel.
Th eCon nectingcal l... mes
sage
ap pe arsin the multifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,if it is stored inthe phon ebook . Mult
ifunction steeringwheel
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X
Sel ect aba lance setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afa de rs ett ing bysliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscon tain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,
all permissible
format sare played asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,an optimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
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settings

X
Sel ect Yes or
No and
pressW toconfi rm.
If yo usel ect No ,
ind ividu aliza tion willbe
cance led. The data from thefirst partis
store dau toma tically.
If yo usel ect Yes ,
the seco ndpartwi llbe gin.
Indi vidualizati oniscomp leted atthe end of
the seco ndpart. Youwi llsee ames sage to
this effect.The data from theseco ndpartis
store dau toma tically. Can
celing the firstorsecond partof
indi vidualiza tion X
Conf irmCancel by
pres singW the
COMA NDcontroller .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtocancel.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the voice trainin gwill be
canceled. Thedata from thepart during
which youexited isnot stored.
If you select No ,
the current partbegins
again.
Dele ting existing individualiza tiondata X
Press theW button .
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 .
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0009001600010014H ing
individualiza tion X
Press theW button .
X Select Settings by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Voice Control and
press Wto
conf irm.
X Select Individualiz ationOn and
press
W toconf irm.
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000EV isactivated Oor
deactivated ª. Bluetooth
®
settings General
informationabout
Bluetooth ®
Bluetooth ®
-capable devices,e.g.mobile
phones, mustcomply withacert ainprofile in
order tobe conn ected toCOMAND. Every
Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown specific
Bluetooth ®
name.
Bluetooth ®
techn ology isthe standard for
short- range wireless datatrans mission ofup
to approximately 10meters. Bluetooth ®
allows, forexample, theexchan geofvCards.
Bluetooth ®
is aregistered trademark of
Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group (SIG)Inc. 44
Bluetooth ®
settingsSystem settings

Acti
vating/d eactivating Blu eto oth ®
X Pre sstheW button.
The systemmen uappear s.
X Se lec tSet tin gs by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
X Se lec tAct iva teBluetooth and
press
W toconfirm .
This switches Blue tooth®
on O oroff ª. Set
ting thesys tem langua ge
This function allows youtodet erm inethe
lan guage forthemen udisp lays andthe
nav igat ionann oun cemen ts.T he navigation
announcemen tsare not availa bleinall
language s.Ifalanguage isnot availa ble,the
navigation announcemen tswill beinEnglish.
The selected language affectsthecharacters
availa bleforentr 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 theW button.
X Select Settings by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
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. Assign
ingthe favorites button
This funct ionisavaila ble,e.g. forthe M-Class.
Depending onthe vehicle equipment, youcan
assign oneortwo favorites buttons.Theyare
located onthe left (one favorites button
installed) oron the left and right (twofavorites
buttons installed) besidetheCOMAND
cont roller (Ypage 19).
You canselect thefollowing predefined
funct ionsinamenu:
R Display On/Off :
you can switch the
displa yoff oron.
R Full Screen: 'Clock' :y
ou can show the
clock infull screen .
R Full Screen: 'Map' :y
ou can show the
map infull screen .
R Spoken Driving Tip :y
ou can callupthe
current drivingrecomm endation.
R Display Traffic Messages :y
ou can call
up traffic reports.
R Navigate Home :
you can start route
guidance toyour home address ifyou have
already enteredand saved theaddress
(Y page 57).
R Detour Menu :y
ou can callupthe Detour
menu andthen avoid asection ofthe route
and recalculate theroute (Ypage 82).
R Compass Screen :y
ou can callupthe
compass.
X To assign afavorite sbutton: pressthe
W button.
X Sele ctSettin gs by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOM AND controll erand press
W toconfirm. As
sig nin gthe favorite sbutton
45Systemsettin gs

Cha
nge ofdir ection
Int rod uction Chan
gesofdire ction have three phase s:
R Pre parat ionphase
R An nounc emen tphase
R Chan ge-of-dire ction phase
Pr epa ration phase COMA
NDprep ares youfortheupco ming
ch ang eof dire ction .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Youseethefull- scree nm ap. Ex
ample display:preparat ionphas e
: Nex troad
; Poin tatw hich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Current road
Display ?depends onthe settin gselected
for "Information inmap" (Ypage 102).
Announc ementphase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
direction. Basedonthe example display
below, thechange ofdirection isannounced
with thePlease turn right in 500 ft.
and
follow the message.The
announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersec tion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:annou nceme ntpha se
: Next road
; Chang eof directi on(turnright her e)
= Graphicrepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
A Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
B Point atwhich thechange ofdirect ion
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn right announcemen
tis made 150ft.before
the change ofdirection.
The displa yis split intotwohalves, asinthe
announcemen tphase. 78
Route
guidanceNavigat ion

Exam
ple displ ay:c hange-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
Once thechange ofdirection iscompleted,
COMAND automatically switchesbacktofull-
screen display. Example
ofad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Lane
recomm endations
Overview On
multilane roads,COMAND candisplay
lane recom mendat ionsforthe nextchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
B Possible lane(light blue)
C Recommended lane(dark blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel Route
guidance
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane B
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lanes. Gray Gray
HOV
orcarpool lanes
Ar oute maybecalculated takingthe use of
HOV orcarpool lanesintoaccount .You can
use HOV orcarpool lanesdepending onthe
number ofpersons inthe vehicle aswell as
the local andtime limitation conditions.
i This inform ationisstored inthe map data.
i You canenter thenumber ofpersons in
the vehicle (Ypage 53).Inthis section ,you
can also findmore inform ationonHOV or
carpool lanes.
When thesystem guidesyouontoor away
from HOVorcarpool lanes,COMAND issues
visual andacoustic drivinginstructions. :
HOV symbol onthe road sign
; HOV symbol onthe carpool lane Announci
ngstreet names
If the funct ionisswitched on,the name ofthe
street whichyouareturnin ginto is
announc ed.
Ann ouncemen tsare not made inthese
languages inall count ries.They aremade
when relevant streetnames forthe selected
language areavaila bleinthe database.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton . 80
Rout
eguidanceNa vigation

Exam
ple: rou te1
The routeissho wninthe mapwi th ada rkblue
li ne.
Ro ute s1t o3a recalcu lated withthecurrent
settings forthe route typeandroute options
(Y pag e52). Route4is the economic route
(eco route) . Rou
te4( example: ecoroute)
The eco route isshown onthe alternat ive
route mapwithagreen line.
Opt ion 2 X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Calculat eAlternat iveRoutes and
press Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,the
func tion isswitched onO oroff ª. Function
isactivat ed:alternat iveroutes
are calculated directlyafter thedestin ation
is ent ered.
Menu functions X
To select thenext orprevious
alter native route:select Next or
Previous and
press Wtocon firm.
X To star trout eguidance usingthe
selected alternative route:select Start and
press Wtocon firm.
COMAND startsroute guidance onthe
chosen alternativeroute. Displaying
destinationinform ation
You candisplay destinationinformation for
the destin ation, forboth waypoints andfor
the inter mediate stop,ifthey arepart ofthe
route.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Destinat ionInformat ion and
press Wtocon firm.
Dest ination information isdisplayed. Ex
ample: destinationinform ation Rout
eguidance
83Navigation Z

cVd
theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
Displaying andediting therecorded
route X
Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Select List in
the Routes menubyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
Previousl yrecorded routesaredispla yed. X
Select aroute andpress Wtoconfirm.
The map appea rswith amenu. The
recorded routeisshown inthe map witha
blue dotted line. Tur
ning offfrom theroute onthe map
X Select Demo by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The map withthecrosshair appears.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Rou te
demonstration" section(Ypage 84). Start
ingroute calculation
X Select Start in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
COMAND attemptstoalig nthe recorded
route withthedigital map.
Editing theroute
You canchange theroute name andtheicon.
X Select Edit in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . X
To change theroute name: select
Rename and
press Wtoconfirm .
i The name cannot bechanged whilethe
vehicle isin motion.
X To change theicon: select Change Icon and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Ad escript ionforboth entries canbefound
in the "Personal POIs"sectionunder
"Managing categoriesforperson alPOIs"
(Y page 73).
Changing directionforrout ecalculation
You cansetthe icon forthe route tothe
start ingpoint ortothe destin ation, thereby
changin gthe direct ionforroute calculation .
i Durin groute calculation ,one- way streets
or turn restrictions, forexample, aretaken
int oaccoun t.Therefor e,the outward and
return routes maydiffer fromeach other. 86
Rout
eguida nceNavigation