rear entertainment MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2007 W251 Comand Manual

111 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Selecting the language
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Lang. soft key and press to select.
The languages list will appear.
Press G or g to select the desired
language.
or
Select Instrument cluster.
The display will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.Selecting the source of the speakers
If two audio sources (eg audio CD and
AUX 2) are playing back simultaneously,
one at the left monitor the other at the
right monitor, you can select which source
can be played through the vehicle
speakers via the COMAND AUX channel.
At the COMAND, you can set the volume,
bass and treble, balance and fader and
sound functions* (
page 82).
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Speaker soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select Left
source
or Right source.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.RSE is set to playback
At the COMAND open the Audio menu
(
page 42).
Press the AUX soft key.
Playback begins.
Press during playback (CD or
MP3 CD mode, DVD mode).
The respective operation is muted and
theß symbol is displayed in the status
bar of the corresponding main menu.
Press again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
RSE audio playback through
speakers
Muting on/off

112 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
In the CD menu (page 97), MP3 CD
menu (
page 99) or AUX menu
(
page 108) turn the thumb wheel to
highlight the
Bass or Treble soft key
and press to select.
Press H or h.
Bass or Treble is adjusted.
Press E or wait until the display
changes.
The new setting is saved.
Press on remote.
The monitor is switched off.
Press on remote again.
The monitor is switched on again.
Setting bass and treblei
Press H or h and keep it depressed
to move the slider continuously.
Release the soft key to set the current
value.
Monitor off /on

113 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
The remote control is operated with two
batteries type AAA 1.5 V. If you press any
button on the remote and the LED does not
light or is red in color, discharged batteries
are most likely the cause.
Remove the cover h of the battery
compartment f on the back of the
remote control.
Press the retainer clip g in the
direction of the arrow and remove
the cover h.
Remove batteries k.
Insert the new batteries. Please make
sure you insert the batteries in the
correct polarity direction (+/-).
Left battery:
Plus (+) must point upward.
Right battery:
Plus (+) must point downward.
Insert the cover h with the location
lugs j into the battery compartment
f and then snap the retainer clip g
into the compartment.
Replacing remote batteries
WarningG
Keep batteries out of the reach of children.
Immediately seek medical help if a child
swallows a battery. Batteries are not to be
short-circuited, dismantled or thrown into
fire.
Environmental NoteH
Batteries contain materials that can harm
the environment if disposed of improperly.
Recycling of batteries is the preferred
method of disposal. Many states require
sellers of batteries to accept old batteries
for recycling.

235 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Setting menu (DVD mode) . . . . . . . 104
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 220
the help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 207
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Adjusting
brightness, contrast and color . . . . 107
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
display brightness (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 110
headset volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
headset volume (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
tone (DVD mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 195
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 138
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CD
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
playback mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

236 Index
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
switching to CD operation. . . . . . . . . 61
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD changer*
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD/DVD
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing
aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
camera view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
DVD language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CODE INCORRECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Compass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
Connecting
external video sources (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
headsets (rear audio operation*) . . . 84
headsets (rear seat entertainment*). 92
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 152
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 175
D
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Displaying
full screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 109
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
soft keys during playback . . . 102, 108
the compass screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Displaying and switching
between subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106DRIVE EMPTY (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DVD
playback requirements (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
E
Ejecting
CD
at the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
at the RSE CD/DVD player . . . . . . 94
MP3 CD
at the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ending
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 138
ENTER UNLOCK CODE . . . . . . . . . . . 128

237 Index
Entering
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
telephone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . 133
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone. . . 133
F
Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Headsets
adjusting volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
connecting (rear audio operation*) . 84
connecting (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 56
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
into the RSE CD/DVD player . . . . . 93
MP3 CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 56
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M
Making
a conference call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Monitor off /on (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
MP3 CD
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
loading (see CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
selecting a folder (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

238 Index
switching to MP3 CD mode. . . . . . . . 74
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Muting
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
MP3 CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 119
Muting (rear seat entertainment*). 111
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Opening
the Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 178
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . 129
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . 129
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK
ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Playback options
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD
(EMERGENCY CALL 911 ONLY
POSSIBLE WITH PHONE) 129, 130, 134
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING DISC...
(rear seat entertainment*) . . . . . 93, 94
PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE...
(rear seat entertainment
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Program category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Radio station
saving station manually . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reading
SMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 216
Rear Audio operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear monitor (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

239 Index
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rejecting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control). . . . . . . . 113
Resetting
all settings to the factory settings . 227
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90S
Satellite radio*
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Saving
current location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 63
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 99
frequency (audio search function) . . 30
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
memory (audio search function) . . . . 30
multifunction display. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 119source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 111
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Voice control* settings . . . . . . . . . . 224
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
display dimming characteristics . . . 223
map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
routing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct
channel entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

240 Index
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switching
between the rear monitors
(rear seat entertainment*) . . . . . . . . 89
to AUX mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
to CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
to CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
to DVD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
to MP3 CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
to MP3 CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching off
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 142
rear audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CD drive in the COMAND . . . . . . . . 62
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 142
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 118
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . 135
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Traffic routes
minimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Trail settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
U
Unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone . . . . 133
Unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
V
Verified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Voice control individualization. . . . 225
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Volume
adjusting
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear audio* headsets . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear Seat Entertainment*
headsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 35
W
Weather Band WB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45