ECU MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2012 W251 Comand Manual
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X
Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory and
press
the 9button toconfi rm. Off-ro
adrou tememo rymenu
X Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory use
d and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ab arsho wsthemem oryusage asa
perc entag e.
X To close thedis pla y:pres sth eß
fun ction button.
i When themem oryisco mple tely full, you
can notselec tth eOff -roadroute mem
ory men
uite m.
Deleti ngtherou temem ory X
To swit chtonav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function button.
X To show themen u:pres sth e9 button.
X Sel ect Navi in
themain function bar usin g
th e9=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Saveoff -roadroute and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Off -road rou
te mem
ory and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Delete off-roadroutememory and
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
Aq uery appear sask ing whet herthe
mem oryshould bedelet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No .
If you selectYes ,
th emem oryisdelet ed.
If you sele ctNo ,
th epro ces swill beabor ted. Free
way information
When drivingonfreeways, youcan have the
ne ares tgas statio ns,res tareas, etc.,aswel l
as you rcurr entd istanc efrom them, shown
on the right-hand sideofthe disp lay.
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Navi in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select freeway information and
press
the 9button toconfirm.
Dependi ngon the previ ousstatus, you
swi tch the option onO oroff ª. Example
displaywith function active
: Icons forfreew ayservice facilities
; Name offreew ayservice
= Distance fromcurrent vehicleposi tion
i Ifthe digitalmap does notsupplyany
data ,only astyli zed road witho utfreew ay
informati onisvisib leon the right-hand side
of the disp lay. Co
mpass function
You canseethecurrent vehicleposi tion and
dire ction oftravel inthe compas sview .
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button. 88
Additio
nalsetting sNavigatio n
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Aut
horizing (regist ering) amobile
ph one X
Sele ctas yet unaut horizedmobi lephon e
= intheBluet ooth®
telepho nelist usin g
th e9: buttons.
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAut horize and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
The passc odeentrymen uappears . The
passc odeisany oneto six teen- digit
num bercom binatio nwhich youcan
determine yourself.Youmust enter thesame
number combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
-capable mobilephone(seethe
operating instructionsofthe Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephone).
i Some mobile phones requiretheinput of
a four-digit passcode orlonger character
strings.
If you want tore-authorize amobile phone
following <0004000500270001001500140008000F00120009001E000100140009000F000E
0035> youcan select a
different passcode.
X To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys inturn.
¬ ishigh lighted after thefirst numbe r
has beenentere d.
or
X Sel ect the digits using the =;
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The n,sel ect ¬. X
To confi rm anentry inCO MA ND: press
the 9button.
X Now enterthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone.
To enter inthe mobile phone:ifthe
Bluetooth ®
conn ection issuccessful, youwill
be prompted bythe mobile phonetoenter the
passcode (seethemobile phoneoperating
instruct ions).
X Ent erthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone asalready entered inCOMAND.
i Afterenterin gthe passcode, youmay also
need toenter aconfirm ationinyour mobile
phone toconn ectcalls. Check thedispla y
of your mobile phone.
If the COMAND displayshows the
Authorization Procedure Unsuccessful message,
youmay have
exceeded theprescribed timeperiod.
Repea tthe procedure.
The mobile phoneisconn ected toCOMAND
(authorized). Youcannow make phone calls
using theCOMAND hands-free system. External
authorizat ion
If COMAND doesnotdetect yourmobile
phone, thismay bedue toparticular security
settin gson your mobile phone. Inthis case,
check whether yourmobile phonecanfind
COMAND. TheBluetooth ®
device nameof
COMAND isMB Bluetooth .
Observe thefollowing: somemobile phones
require thatyoureconn ecttoCOMAND after
you have entered thepasscode (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions).The
mobile phonecanotherwise notbe
authorized.
X Press the% functionbutton.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm . Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interface 97Telephone Z
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X
Sel ect Bluetooth Phones and
pressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Update and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect ExternalAuthorization and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Start theBluetoo th®
sea rch onthe mob ile
pho ne(seethe mob ile pho neope rating
instr uctions) .
X Sel ect COMAND (MB Bluetooth )
on the
mob ile pho ne.
X Enter thepassco deon the mob ile pho ne
wh en req uested toand then inputitin
CO MAND. Auto
matic reconnecti on
CO MAND alwa yssea rche sfor the last
connecte dmob ile pho ne.
If no connecti oncan bemad eto the mos t
rece ntlyconnecte dmob ilep hone, thesystem
searches forthe mobile phonewhichwas
conn ected before thatone. Conne
ctinganother mobilephone
If you have authorized severalmobilephones,
you can switch between theindividua l
phones.
i You canonly switch toanother authorized
mobile phoneifno phone callisactive.
X Select themobile phoneinthe Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The selected mobilephoneissearched for
and conn ected ifit is within Bluetooth ®
range andifBluetooth ®
is activated.
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected
at any one time. Thecurrent lyconn ected mobile
phoneisindicated bythe #dot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephone list(Ypage 96). To
display details
X Press the% functionbutton on
COMAND.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Details and
press the9button to
confirm .
The following information concerning the
selected mobilephoneisshown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availa bility
R authorization status
X To close thedetailed display:pressthe
= or; button. Deregis
tering(de-aut horizing) a
mobile phone
Mercedes-Ben zrecomm endsde-
authoriz ationinCOMAND andonthe mobile
phone. Subsequent authorizationmay
other wisefail.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetoot h®
telephon elist using the
9: buttons. 98
Telephony viatheBluet ooth®
interf aceTelephone
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X
Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect De-Aut horize and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtorevoke authorization forthis
mobile phone.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the mobile phonewillbe
deleted fromtheBluetooth ®
telephone list.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled.
i Before re-authoriz ingthe mobile phone,
you should alsodelete thedevice nameMB Bluetooth from
yourmobile phone's
Bluetooth ®
list. Telephone
basicmenu (Bluetooth ®
interfa ce)
X Press the% functionbutton .
If the mobile phoneisready foruse, the
following displayappears: 1
Phone service status
2 Network reception Ä(ifsupported
by the telephone)
3 Receiver icon:¢or¡
4 Todisplay theCOMAND phonebook
5 Todisplay calllists
6 Character bar
7 Bluetooth ®
name ofthe current ly
conn ected mobile phone i
Displays :and ;are shown depending
on the mobile phoneconnected.
Bars ;display thecurrent signalstrength
of the mobile phonenetwork .Ifa llthe bars
are filled, youhave optimum receptio n.If
all the bars areempt y,the reisvery poor
rec eptio nofnone atall.
Receiver icon=shows whether acall is
active/ beingconnected ¡ornot ¢. Reception
andtransmission volume
Once themobile phonehasbeen authorized,
you can optimize thetrans mission and
reception volumesettings. Tofind outabout
the best possible settings foryour mobile
phone, contactanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center orvisit htt<0010002D002200220017001700170021000D0005001200030005000400050013
0025B
benz.com/connect .
These settings canalso bechanged while
making acall.
i Incorrect settings may have asignificant
impact onthe quali tyof calls.
X Press the% functionbutton .
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Adjust Volume and
press the9
button toconf irm. Scale
withindicator showingcurrentvolume Reception
andtransmission volume
99Telephone Z
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Switching
wavebands
Option 1 You
canswitch theradio between theFM, AM
and WBwaveband.
X Press the$ functionbutton repeatedly
until thedesired waveband isselected.
Option 2 X
Press :tohighlight thesubmenu.
X To selec tawaveband: press the; or
= button repeatedlyuntil thecurrently
sel ected waveba ndishig hlighted (FM ,
AM ,
or WB ).
X Press 9.
The waveba ndsub menu opens. 1
Wave band submenu
The #dot indicates thecurrently
sel ected waveba nd.
X Sele ctthe waveba nd(FM, AM,orWB). Sel
ecting astatio n
Se lecti ng stati onsusi ng the stati on
se arc hfuncti on X
Press the; or= button whenthe
disp lay/se lectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF buttononthe
COMA NDcontrol panel.
St ation searchscan sup ordown andstops
at the nextst ation found. Selecting
stations viathesta tion
pr esets Quick
setting
X Press anumb erkey, such asl.
Direct lyin thesta tion presets
X Selec tPres ets (radio
mode) using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
or
X Press the9butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionwindow isact ive.
The station presetmenu appears. The#
dot indicat esunder which preset the
curren tlyselect edstat ionisstor ed. St
ation preset sin radio mode
X Select achann elusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
Tuning instat ions byentering the
freq uency manually This
function isavailable inradio mode.
Opt ion 1
X Press theU button .
Opt ion 2
X Select Radio in
the radio display using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm. Rad
iomod e
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Memory
functions i
There areten prese tsava ilable .
The followi ngfunctions areavailable toyou :
R storing channels
R sele cting channels fromthesatel lite
prese ts
Storing channels
X Press 9when thedisp lay/sele ction
wind owisactive.
or
X Select Presets in
the SatRa diosubmenu
bar.
In both cases ,the channel presetsapp ear.
The Rdot infront ofaprese tentry
indica testhat thecurrently selected
station isstored underthisprese t. Cha
nnel prese ts
X To selectap reset:pressthe 9
or : button.
X To sto reach ann elunde ra se lecte d
pres et:pressand hold9 unti la tone
sou nds .
or
X Pre ssand holdanum berk ey, e.g. 4,until
you hear aton e.
The chann elisstor ed. Selecting
achanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe chann ellis t:press ;or
= inthe submenu repeatedl yuntil
Presets is
high lighted.
The channel presetlist appears.
X To select achanne l:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press 9.
or
X Press anumbe rkey on the control panel,
e.g. 4.
Displaying information X
Press ;or= inthe submenu
repeatedly untilInfo is
highlighted.
X Press 9.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tlyreceived
program isdisplayed. 1
Category
2 Channel
3 Artist
4 Name ofthe song
If available, youwillsee:
R the fullname
R additional information
X To retu rntothe SatR adio main displa y:
press ;or=. Sat
ellite radio
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i
Ifamediu mcontains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloading time
before thefirst track startsto play may be
longer.
Inserting discsintotheDVD changer The
DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays.
Inserting asingle CD/DVD intoa
ma gaz ine tray
X Press theV load/ej ectbutt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. X
Select themagazine trayusing the
=; buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.l.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease wait... message.
You then seethePlease insertdisc
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
The DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Youseethe
Loading disc
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
insert ed)
X
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress thek button . Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Load
ingemp tyma gaz ine trays
X Pres sth eV load/ejectbutt on.
The magaz inemen uappears .
X Sele ctFil lemp tyslots .
You seethePle ase wait... mess
age.
COMA NDswit chesto thenex tempt y
magaz inetray. You then see thePle ase ins
ert disc
age.
i Nev erins ert adata medium before
COMA NDprom ptsyou todo so. Nev er
ins ert mor eth an one disc atatim eint oa
magaz inetray.
X Insert adisc intoth edisc slotwith the
prin tedside facing upwards.
You seethePle ase wait... mess
age.
On ce thedisc isloaded, theDV Dc hanger
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please insertdisc
X Repea tthis step until alltrays areloaded .
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been inserted correctlyand
is of apermissible type.Thisappli eseven
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To complete theinsertion: pressthe
V eject/load button againorpress the
k button.
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer Notes
G
WARNING
Only eject adisc when thevehicle is
stationary. Otherwise, youmay bedistracted
from thetraffic condition sand could cause an
accident.
If you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interrupts playback.
Play back continues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
Ejecting asingle disc
X Press theV load/ej ectbutt on.
The magazin emen uappears. Themagazin e
tr ay with thecurr entdisc ishighlight ed. :
Magazin etr ay loaded (ejectionisenabled)
; Disc type
= Disc name (onlyifsto red onthe disc)
? Curren tdisc (eje cting possible )
X Selec taloaded magazinetray using the
=; buttonsand press the9butt on
to con firm .
or
X Press numberkeys j top.
The Ejec ting disc
age
appears. Then,you seethefollowin g
mess age: X
Take thedisc outofthe slot.
If you donot takethe disc outofthe slot,
COMA NDwill draw itin again autom atically
aft erashor twhile and load itagain. 128
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
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X
To sto pplay back:wh ile play ba ck is
inte rrupte d,sel ect ±againa nd pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
M ishighl ighted .
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD. Se
lecti ng audi oCD /DVD/ MP3 discs
Se lecti ng viat he media list X
In audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode: select
Media or
Change r usi
ng
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
or
X In audio CD/DVD mode only:press the
9 button whenthe displa y/selection
window isactive.
The media listappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble.Reada blediscs areaudi oCDs, MP3
CDs orDVD s,audi oDVD sand video DVDs.
i Ifadisc isnot readabl e,an entr yappea rs
behind themagazine trayoryou receive a
message atthe selected memorycard. Positions
inthe media list For
DVD changer Media
Interface, position 0 Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 SD
memory card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 X
Select adisc using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 150).
Selecting atrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n, whenthe
<0004000900130010000C0001001C002400130005000C0005000300140009000F
000E> windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th eski pfor wa rdfunctio nskip sto the next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor eth an
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If the Random tracks or
Random folder
pla
yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom. 132
Audio
CD/DVD and MP3 modeAudio
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i
The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurren tlylistenin gto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R SD memory card:
i COMAND doesnotsupport the"SD- HC
2.0 Standard" SDcard format .Mercedes-
Benz recomm endsusing SDmemory cards
with astorage capacity ofup to4G B.
Pe rmiss ible filesys tems R
ISO 9660/J oliet stand ardforCDs
R UDF foraudio and video DVDs
R FAT16 forSD memo rycard swi th stora ge
med ium
Multi sessi on CDs For
multisession CDs, thecontent ofthe first
ses siond eterm ineshow COMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonlyone
session andgives priority tothe audio CD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which havebeen writteninone session.
File structur eof adat acarr ier When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,thetrac kscan beorganiz edin
folders. Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of
25 5track sand 255subf older s.Adisc can
co ntain amax imum of12 00 track s. The
disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3".
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags.
Pe rmis sibl efo rmats CO
MAND supp orts thefollowi ng forma ts:
R MP EG1 AudioLayer3( MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) without copyprotect ion
Permissible bitand samp lingrates MP3
COMAND supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R const antand variable bitrates from
32 kbit/s to320 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz 136
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio