navigation MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2008 W251 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 16
MP3 CD operating elements . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 20
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 22
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 24
System operating elements . . . . . . . . . 26
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 28
M, GL and R-Class steering wheel . 28
CLK-Class steering wheel . . . . . . . . 31
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . 33
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching the COMAND control
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rear view camera*
(except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 45
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching to radio operation. . . . . . 46
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
General information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 54
Loading/Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching to CD changer* mode . . 57
M, GL and R-Class CD changer* . . . 57
CLK-Class CD changer* . . . . . . . . . 62
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 63
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 65
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 71
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 72
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 72
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . 73
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 74
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Contents
Rear Audio/Video*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Audio operation*
(except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selecting the audio source . . . . . . . 85
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation* (except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . 87
General information on CD/DVD
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Permissible CDs/DVDs. . . . . . . . . . 88
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 89
Operating the Rear Seat
Entertainment* (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Connecting headsets . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching the rear monitor on
and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Loading/ejecting CDs. . . . . . . . . . . 93
Connecting external video sources. 94
Adjusting the headset volume . . . . 95
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . 98
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . 101Switching to AUX mode . . . . . . . . 107
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
RSE audio playback through
speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Muting on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting bass and treble . . . . . . . . . 111
Monitor off /on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing remote batteries. . . . . . 112
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Subscribing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . 115
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Changing the program category . . 117
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . 119
Displaying service information . . . 120
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switching telephone operation on 126
Switching telephone operation off 126
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switching to telephone operation 130
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 148

Contents
Saving current location. . . . . . . . . 149
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Activating the Enter street menu . 150
Selecting the state/province . . . . 151
Entering destination address . . . . 152
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 163
Displaying the compass screen
(except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 167
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Recalculating an existing route . . 167
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Partially digitized areas/unverified
roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 177
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 177
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 178
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Saving the current location . . . . . 185
Defining route guidance displays . 185Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 191
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 192
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 198
Entering a POI by phone number . 199
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adding a destination to
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Activating the System menu . . . . 208
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 209
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off. . . . . 209
Selecting display settings . . . . . . . 210
Switching the screen off or on . . . 211
Selecting Voice control* settings
(except CLK-Class) . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Resetting all settings to the
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
SMS Received list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Reading SMS message received . . 216
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 217
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

7
Where to find it
Introduction

Where to find it
This Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, CD player (CD,
MP3 CD), CD changer* (CD, MP3 CD) and
AUX operation.
Rear Audio/Video*
Hear you can learn about the rear audio*
functions and the rear seat entertainment*
operation.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.
Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input
Route guidance including detour
Last destinations and destination
memory
POIs
Today’s plan
System
Here you will find all the information about:
COMAND system settings
SMS*
Tele Aid*
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
WarningG
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
radio*, telephone* and navigation module
are interconnected. When one of the com-
ponents is not operational or has not been
removed/replaced properly, the function of
other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
only by qualified personnel.
WarningG
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 44 feet (approxima-
tely 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encoura-
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
MP3 CD operating elements
Satellite radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation system operating elements
System operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

24 At a glance
Navigation operating elements

Navigation operating elements

25 At a glance
Navigation operating elements
FunctionPage
1b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
146
169
177
2c
Switches to map display
Changing the map display
(split and full view)
169
171
3Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
4Color screen with
Navigation main menu
146
5Entering a house or street
number
Entering a POI by phone
number
153
199
6Push the joystick to
H,h,g,G,F,f
Function selection,
Scrolling on map
Press E to confirm
7l
Updating software/
changing map data
i
There are two l
buttons. One is on the
display unit. The other is
located left of the DVD
NAVIGATION slot behind
the display.
204
FunctionPageFunctionPage
8J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
168
168
9j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
168
168
aVolume control38
be Switching on and off37

34 At a glance
Menu system

Menu system
The menu system allows for easy
operation of COMAND.
Main menus are provided for the following
main functions:
Audio (AM/FM radio, CD,
CD changer*, MP3 CD, AUX, Rear
Audio*)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation
SystemCalling up main menus Menu display
A display may consist of three areas.
Example: FM menu
1Soft keys area
2Main area
3Status bar
The functions currently assigned to the
soft keys are displayed in the soft key
sections 1.
Main functionActivating main
menu
Audio
(
page 44)
Press A.
Satellite radio*
(
page 116)
Press B.
Telephone*
(
page 130)
Press a.
Navigation
(
page 146)
Press b.
System
(
page 208)
Press C.
i
A maximum of five soft keys may be
displayed on each side of the main area
2.

38 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
When the audio is playing, the volume
knob will adjust the audio volume, and also
the volume for telephone and navigation.
During a telephone call (talking or ringing),
the volume knob will adjust the telephone
voice and ringer volume.
The volume for the navigation announce-
ments can only be changed while an
announcement is being made.
When you adjust the volume, the system
will automatically store the setting for the
current operating mode.Adjusting the volumeAt the COMAND, turn the rotary control
at the e key.
or
Press J or I on the
multifunction steering wheel.
The volume is turned up or down
depending on the direction of rotation
or the key pressed on the
multifunctional steering wheel.
The system remembers the volume
setting when it is switched off.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control feature
adjusts the volume depending on:
vehicle speed (only in vehicles without
premium sound system*)
or
ambient noise inside the vehicle (only
in vehicles with premium sound
system*)
Volume
i
When the system is switched on again,
the volume may be lower or higher than
at the time when the system was
switched OFF.
This will be the case when the volume
was adjusted to a value outside a
certain range when the system was
switched off.
i
This function is active all the time and
can not be turned on and off.