radio MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2011 W251 Comand Manual

COMAN
Ddis pla y
Disp layover view The
COMA NDdispl aysho wsthefun ction curren tlyselec teda nd itsassoci atedmenu s.The
CO MAND displ ayisdivid ed into severalar ea s.
The radio displ ayissho wninthe exampl e. :
Statu sba r
; Tocallup the audio menu
= Mainfunctio nbar
? Display/s electionw indow
A Radio menubar
St atus bar:shows thetimeand thecurr entsettings for radio andtelep honeoperat ion.
The main functionsnavig ation,audio, telephoneand video feature additio nalmen us.This is
indic ated bytriangle ;.Thefollowing tableliststheavaila blemenu items.
Main functionbar =allow syou tocall upthe desired mainfunction.
In the example, themain functionaudi ois set toradio mode anddispla y/selection
window ?isactive.
Radi omenu barAallow syou tooperate theradio functions.
Menu overview The
table liststhemenus availableafter calling upthe main functionnavigation, audio,
telephone orvideo inthe main functionbar. COMAND
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Navi Au
dio Tel Vide
o Sys
tem Ma
pdisp lay Ra
dio Te
leph one AUX Ca
lls up the
sy ste mm enu Set
tingroute
calculation mode SatRadio Address
book Video
DVD Avoidin
gan area Disc
Select
ingthe "Record
route" function Memory
card Inf
ormat iononmap MUSIC
REGISTE R O
Freeway
infor mation Media
Int erface O
Reading outthe
TMC messages
automatic ally Rear
O
Volume limiter AUX
System
menuoverview Sett
ings Tim
e Display
off Set
tingthe language Set
tingthe time Switc
hingoffthe display Display
settings Set
tingthe format Text
reader settings Set
tingthe time zone Voice
ControlSystem
sett ings Rear
viewcamera Ac
tivat ing/deac tivating
Bluetoot h® Resett
ingCOMAND If
the func tion isactivat edand COMAND isswitch edon, the image ofthe rear view camera
is automatic allyshown inthe COMAND displaywhenrevers egear isengaged. 18
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Selec
tingamenu item
The exam pledesc ribes howtoselec tastation
from thestation presets inradio mode.
X Press the$ function button.
X Select Presets using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
The station presetmenuappears. :
Selection bar
X Select astation usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
The station isset. Example
ofoperation
Initial situation You
woul dlike toswitch fromthesystem
function toradio mode andselect astation
from thestation list,forexample.
The operating exampledescribes howto:
R call upthe audi ofunction
R switch onradio mode
R select astation formthestation list System
menu
1 Menu settings
2 Time settings
= Switching offthe displa y
Callin gup the audio function X
Select Audio in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
The basic displa yof the current audio
operating mode,e.g.audioCD, appea rs. :
Selection bar
Switching onrad iomode Option
1
X Press the$ function button.
The radio displa yappea rs.
i Repea tedlypressing the$ function
button switches betweentheFM, MW, SW
and LWwaveba ndsinthat order. Operat
ingCOMAND
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Opt
ion 2
X Select Audio again
usingthe9 button
and press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Radio is
highlighted. X
Press the9button tocon firm Radio .
The radio basic display appears showing
the previously selectedwaveband (FMin
the example). Calling
upthe stat ionlist X
Select Radio using
the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The radio menu appears. Station List is
highlighted. X
Confirm Station List by
pressing the
9 button .
The stationlistappears. X
Select astat ionusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The select edstat ionisplayed. Theradio
basic display appears. Entering
characters innavigat ion
mode (entering acity' sname)
Gen eral information The
followi ngsectio ndescribes howtoent er
charact ersusing cityinput forMODEL CITY as
an example.
If you want touse theaddress inputmenu
(Y page 49)toent eracity, astr eet ora
house number, forexample, COMAND
provides eitheralist with acharact erbar
(Option 1)or aselect ionlist(Option 2).
You canenterthe charact ersusing either the
charact erbar orthe number pad.Inthe 22
Opera
tingCOMANDAtaglance

Adj
usting thev olum efor traf fic rep orts
and navigat ionannou ncemen ts i
You cansetthevolum eof traff icand
nav igat ionann ounc emen tsrelat ivetothe
volum eof theaudio orvideo source.
Dur ing traff icor nav igat ionann ounc emen ts:
X Turn orpres sth eq con trol kn ob.
or
X Pres sth eW orX buttononthe
mult ifunction steerin gwheel.
Adj usting thevolum efor telep hone
calls You
canadjus tthe volume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn orpress theqcont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
Calling upthe sound menu You
canmake various soundsettingsfor the
different audioand video sources. Thismeans
that itis possible toset more bassforradio
mode thanforCD mode, forexample. Youcan
call upthe respective soundmenufromthe
menu ofthe desired mode.
The example describes howtocall upthe
sound menuinradio mode.
X Press the$ functionbutton.
The radio displa yappea rs.You willhear the
last station playedon the last waveba nd.
X Select Sound using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
You cannow setthe treble andbass orthe
bala nce and fader forradio mode. Adjust
ingtreble andbass X
Select Treble or
Bass in
the sound menu
using the:=; buttonsonthe
remote controland press the9button to
confirm .
As etting scale appears. Adj
usting thebass
: Last settingselect ed
; Current setting
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu.
Adju sting balance andfader With
thebalance function,you can control
whether thesound islouder onthe driver’s or
fron t-passenger side.
With thefader function,you can control
whether thesound islouder inthe fron torthe
rear ofthe vehicle.
i The fader cannot beset onRoadster
vehicles.
X Select Bal/Fad (bala
nce/ fader) inthe
sound menuusingthe:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm . 28
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Adju
sting balance and fader
: Current setting
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the =;
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
The setti ngisstore dand youexi tthe menu. Surr
ound sound
General notes If
your vehicle isequipp edwith theharman/
kardon ®
Logic 7®surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundfor
every passenger.
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7®surround
sound system isavaila bleforthe following
operating modes:
R Radi o(FM only)
R HD Radi o
R SatRadio
R Audio CD
R Audio DVD(MLP, DTS,PCM andDolby
Digital audioformats)
R MP3 (including SDmemory card)
R Video DVD(PCM, DTSandDolby Digital
audi oformats)
R AUX
Because manyDVDscont ainboth stereo and
multichannel audioformats, itmay be
necessary toset the audi oformat
(Y page 137). i
The Logic7 ®
On funct
ionenables
play back of,e.g. stereo recordings witha
surround soundexperience forevery
passenger. Itenables optimum playback of
music andfilms onCD, audi oDVD orvideo
DVD withmultichannel audioformats, such
as MLP, dtsorDolby Digital. Theresulting
audio experienc ereflect sthat inten dedby
the sound engineer duringtheoriginal
recordin g.
i Byselecting Logic7 ®
Off ,
playb ackofall
playa bleformats isas itis on the medium.
Due tothe design ofthe passenger
compartm ent,anoptimum audio
experienc ecann otbe guaranteed forall
passengers.
i Discs which support theaudio formats
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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Switching
surround sound on/off Example:
switching onsurround soundfor
radio mode
X Press the$ functionbutton.
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last station playedon the last waveband.
X Select Sound using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconf irm.
X Select Surround and
press the9button
to conf irm. X
Select Logic7 ®
On or
Logic7 ®
Off using
the 9: buttonsandpress the9
button toconf irm.
Depending onyour selection, surround
sound isswitched onoroff and themenu
is exited.
X To exit themenu without storing:press
the % backbutton orthe = button.
i Please bearthefollowing inmind:
For anoptimum audioexperience onall
seats when Logic7 ®
is switched on,
bala nce and fader should beset tothe
cent erofthe passenger compartmen t.
You willachieve thebest sound results by
play inghigh-quali tyaudi oand video DVDs.
MP3 track sshould haveabitrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic 7®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions. On
some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Rear
SeatEntertainment Components
Overview The
Rear SeatEntertainment System
comprises:
R two screens behindthefront -seat head
restraints
R the remote control
R aCD/DVD drive
R AUX jacks onboth screens (AUXdispla y)
and onthe CD/DVD drive(AUX drive)
R two sets ofwireless headphones Rear-comp
artment screens :
Sock etfor wired headphones
; AUX jacks; foradetailed view,seeCD/
DVD drive (Ypage 32) 30
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Tex
tread ersettin gs Se
ttin gthe read -alou dspe ed
X Pre ssthe W button.
X Sel ect Settings us
ing
the :=; buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect TextRea der Speed and
pressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
Al ist appears. The#dot indic ates the
curr entsetting.
X Selec tasetting usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm. Voice
Control System settings General
notes
This function isavail able ifCOMAND features
an integrated harddisk.
To protect theintegrated harddisk, COMAND
deactivates itat very high temperatures and
at extreme altitudes. TheVoice Control
System willthen betemporarily unavailable. Opening/
closingthe help window
X Press theW button.
X Select Settings using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select Voice Control and
press the9
button toconfirm.
X Select Helpwindow and
press the9
button toconfirm.
You have switched thehelp window on
O oroff ª.
i The help window provides information in
addition tothe audi bleinstruct ionsduring
individua lizationaswell aslater, when you
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Introduction Using
individua lization,youcan fine tune the
Voice Control System toyour ownvoice and
thus improve voicerecognition. Thismeans
that other users' voices willnotberecognized
as easil y,and therefore thisfunction canbe
deactivated (Ypage 39).
Individual izationcomprises twoparts and
takes approximately 5minut es.Itcon sistsof
tr ainin gthe syst emtorec ogn izeacer tain
numb erofdigit sequen cesand voice
com mand s.
Sta rting new indiv idualiz ation In
dividualiz ationcanonly bestart ed when the
vehic leisstation ary.Before start ing, switc h
off alldevic esorfunc tionswhich could
int erf ere, such asthe radio orthe navig ation
syst em. After start ing the sessio n,the syst em
guides youthrough thetrainin gwith spoken
inst ruct ions .
X Press theW button.
X Selec tSett ings using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tVoic eCont rol and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tStar tnew individualization and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
You willsee and hear aprom pt,askin g
whet heryou would likefurther inform ation .
X Selec tYes or
No and
press the9butt on
to con firm .
If you selec tNo ,
the firstpart of
indiv idualizat ionbegin s.You willbeasked
whet heryou would liketotrain digit sor
voic ecom mand s.
If you selec tYes ,
you willsee and hear
inf orm ation onthe indiv idualizat ion 38
Voice
ControlSyst emsett ingsSyst emsett ings

direct
ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atte ntion from driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t.
Repea tingnavigat ionannouncement s i
Audible navigationannoun cementsare
muted duringatelephon ecall.
If you have missed anannoun cement,you can
call upthe curren tannoun cementat any
time.
X To show themenu: presstheØ
func tion butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
Switching navigationannouncement s
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannoun cement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The drivin
ginstru ctions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press theØ function
butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
i COMAND automaticallyswitch esthe
navigat ionannoun cementsback onwhen:
R itreceiv esRDS- TMC trafficreport s
during dynamic routeguidance and
recalculate sthe route accordingly
(Y page 51).
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengin e. Redu
cingvolume during anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volumeofan active radioof vide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainmenu barusing the
9=; buttonsand press the9
button tocon firm.
X Select Audio Fadeout and
press the9
button tocon firm.
The func tion isswitch edon O oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status.
Sett ingthe volume manually X
Adj ust the volume usingtheqcon trol
kn ob during anavigation announcement.
or
X Select +inthe map view withthemenu
shown andadjust thevolume usingthe
q con trol knob. Nav
igation system displaysinthe
mult ifunction display
Calling upthe navigat ionsystem menu X
Press theV orU button repeatedly
until Navi appears
inthe display.
The view inthe multifunc tiondisplay depends
on whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
Rout eguida nceisinactive: thedirect ionof
travel and,ifkn own, thename ofthe road you
are curren tlytravelin galong areshown inthe
multifunc tiondisplay.
Rout eguida nceisactive: thedisplay inthe
multifunc tiondisplay depends onwhether a
change ofdirect ionisannoun cedornot .
When achange ofdirect ionisannoun ced,you
see anicon forthe change andavisual
represen tationofthe distanc e.The distanc e
indicat orshort enstowards thetop ofthe
display asyou approach thepoint ofthe
announ cedchange ofdirect ion. Rout
eguida nce
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The
route ishighlighted bluefrom thenearest
road known tothe system.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
kn own tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usual way.
Route guidance fromanoff-m ap
location toad esti nation If
th eveh icle posit ionisouts idethearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, then theveh icle
is in an off-map locat ion.COMAND isalso
able toguide youtoadestination evenfrom
an off-map location.
At the start ofthe route guidance,youwillsee
the Off Mapped Road message,
anarrow
and thedistance tothe destination. Thearrow
shows thecompass headingtothe road left
last.
The route ishighli ghted bluestarting atthe
nearest roadknown tothe system.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway .
Off-road duringrouteguidance Due
toroad const ruction work,forexample,
there maybedifferences betweenthedata
on the digital mapandtheactual course of
the road.
In such cases, thesystem willtemporarily be
unable tolocate thevehicle position onthe
digital mapandthus considers thevehicle to
be inan off-road position.
In the displa y,you willsee theOff Mapped Road message,
anarrow andthedistance to
the destination. Thearrow shows the
compass headingtothe actual destination.
As soon asthe system canassign thevehicle
position tothe map again,route guidance
cont inues inthe usua lway . Tra
ffic report s Condition
s
i The satellite radioreception described
below requires optionally available satellite
radio equipment aswell asasubscription
to SIRIUS XMSatellite RadioTraffic
Message Service.Furtherdetailson
satellite radioareavail able inthe "Satellite
radio" chapter (Ypage 123).
COMAND canreceive trafficreports via
satellite radioandincorporate theminthe
navigation system.Trafficreports andmap
icons canthen beshown inthe COMAND
displa y. Real-time
traffic report son the map
COMAND canshow certain trafficincidents
on the map. Theincidents areshown onthe
map atascale from1/16 mito20 mi.
X Press UorT repeatedly untilthe
desired mapscale hasbeen set. 1
Icon displa yfor the section ofroute
affected
2 Icon forincident onroute
3 Current position anddirection oftravel
4 Icon delimi tingtheaffected sectionofthe
route
5 Map scale Tr
affic report s
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