steering wheel MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2012 R230 Comand Manual

COMAN
Doper ating syst em............... 14
Mult ifunction steeringwheel............. 19
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Basic functions ofCOMAND ........ ....... 26
Rear Entert ainment System............... 30
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Multifunc
tionsteering wheel G
WARNING
A drive r'sattention tothe road andtraffic
conditions mustalwaysbe his/he rprimary
focus whendriving.
For yoursafet yand thesafe tyof other s,
selec tingfeat ures throug hth em ultifun ction
st eer ing wheel should onlybe don eby the
driv erwhen traff icand road cond ition sper mit
it to be don esafe ly.
Bear inmin dth at ataspee dof jus t30 mph
(appr oximat ely50km/h ),your vehicle is
co ver ing adist anceof 44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond. Funct
ion Pag
e :
Mult
ifunction display 69
;
W
Incr eases thevolum e 27
X
Decreases the
volum e 27
=
6
Accep tsacall 10
0 ~
Rejectsor end sa call 10
0 ?
Sel
ect sa men u V
Scrolls up U
Scrolls down (see
vehicle Oper ator's
Man ual) A
Sel
ect sa subm enuorlist
ent ry &
Scrolls up *
Scrolls down (see
vehicle Oper ator's
Man ual) Oper
ating COMAN D Select
ingam ainfunc tion
Ini tial situatio n You
wouldlike toswi tch from navigation
mode (addre ssinpu tmenu) tothe system
sett ings, forexample.
X To switch tonavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button . Opera
tingCOMAND
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Switching
theCOMAND displayon/
off
X Press theW functionbutton.
or
X Select System in
the main functionbar
using the9=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
In both cases, thesystem menuappears.
X To switch off:select Display off and
press the9button toconf irm.
X To switch on:press theqor% back
button. Mute
Switching audioandvideo sources on/
off X
Press the8 button.
The sound fromtherespective audioor
video source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound isoff, thesystem
display sthe , icon inthe status line.
When youchange theaudi oor video
source, oradjust thevolume, sound
automatically switchesonagain.
i Even ifthe sound isswitched off,you will
still hear traffic andnavigation system
announc ements.
Switching offtraffic progra mand
navigation announcements completely X
Tra ffic progra m:press andhold the
8 button untilthe. display
disappea rsfrom thestatus barofthe
display .
X Navigat ionannouncements: pressthe
8 button duringtheannounc ement.
i Navigation announcementscanbeturned
on again afterCOMAND hasbeen switched
on oroff with theqcont rolknob. Adjust
ingthe volume
Audio andvideo source volume X
Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The volume ofthe current lyselected audio
or video source changes.
Adjust ingthe volume fortraffic
announcements andnavigation
announcements i
You cansetthe volume oftraffic and
navigation announcementsrelativetothe
volume ofthe audi oor video source.
During trafficornavigation announcements:
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel.
Adjust ingthe volume forphone calls You
canadjust thevolume forhands-free
mode during atelephone call.
X Turn qthe cont rolknob.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multifunct ionsteering wheel. 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. Basic
functions ofCOMAND
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X
Sel ect Positi on in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Compass and
press the9button to
confirm.
Depending onthe previous status,you
switch theoption onO oroff ª. Example
display:compass
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded tothe nearest 50m)
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinates
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinates
B Currently setsteering angleofthe front
wheels
i Todispla ycurrent height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. SteeringangleBcan bea
maximum of35° inboth directions. Updat
ingthe digital map
Introduction The
digital mapsgenerated bythe map
software becomeoutdated inthe same way
as conven tionalroadmaps. Optimal route
guida ncecanonly beprovided by
the navigation systeminconj unction withthe
most up-to-date mapsoftware. Information
aboutnew version sof the digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter .You canhave the
digital mapupdated therewith aDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
map software. Duringthis time, youwill
only beable toswitch onradio mode and
to accept incomingcalls. Theupdate willbe
complet edmore quickly ifthe vehicle is
stat ionary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengin e
switch edoff and thestart erbatter yhas
insuffic ientpower, COMAND may
automatic allyswitch offduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe batter y.Ifthis
occ urs, restartthe update withtheengin e
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Never runtheengin ein an enclos edspace.
The exhaust fumescontain poisonous carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustfumesis
hazardous toyour health andcanlead toloss
of con sciousnes sand death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD (Ypage 127).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compat iblewith thenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, COMAND
start supdating thedigital map.
If the map data hasalready beeninstalled,
the display showsversion dataanda
message tothis effec t.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe9
button .
X Eject the DVD .
While theupdate isrunn ing,youwillsee a
message tothis effec tand apro gressbar.The Addi
tional settin gs
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Telephony viathe Bluet ooth®
inter-
face ........ .......... .................. .................. . 95
Reception andtransm ission volume .99
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Using calllists .................. ................. 106
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Opera tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel.......... 113 93Telephone

Imp
orting cont acts
Cond itions You
canimpo rtco ntact stothe address book
from anexter nalBluetooth ®
device oran SD
memory card.
The Bluetooth ®
device needstobe inside the
vehicle andhastobe switched on,activated,
and authorized. Itmust beable totrans mit
cont acts and/or vCardsviaBluetooth ®
.
i Around 900entriescan bestored inthe
address book.When themaximum number
has been reached, youcan delete existing
entr ies(Ypage 110),and then import new
ones.
Import ingcontacts X
Start thedata exchan geon the exter nal
device (seetheexter naldevice's operating
instr uctions).
or
X Insert anSD memory card.
X Select Address Book in
the address book
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Download Contacts and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select FromMobile Phone ,
From The Memory
Card or
Receive Business Card(s) and
press 9tocon firm.
The contact sare import ed. Deleting
contacts X
With theaddress bookshown, select
Address Book and
press the9button to
con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Delete Contacts and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select oneofthe following options:
R Interna lContact s R
From Mobile Phone R
From TheMemory Card R
Receive dBusines sCards R
Delete All Ap
rompt correspo ndingtoyou rselection
appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the contact sare deleted
accor dingtoyour select ion.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Opera
tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel Telephone
menu
Introd uction You
canoperate thetelephon eusing the
function sin the "Tele phone" menu,provided
you have connected itto the Mercedes-Benz
hands-free system.
The displa yin the "Tele phone" menudepends
on the status ofthe telephone.
X Switch onthe telephone andCOMAND.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL displa
y.
Telephone isready toreceive calls Bluetooth
®
interface telephony: whetherthe
network provider's nameisdispla yed
depends onthe telephone connected. Operat
ingthe telephone usingthemult ifunction steeringwheel
113Telephone Z

Accept
ingacall
When thetelep hone isrea dyfor use ,you can
accep tacallat any time .When acall is
incoming, youseethename ortelephone
number inthe multifunction display.
X Press the6 button onthe multifunction
steering wheel. Rejecting
orending acall
X Press the~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Cal
linganumbe rfrom theCOM AND
phone book
You may select and diala numbe rfrom the
COMAND phonebookatany time, provid ed
you rmobile phone isready toreceive calls.
i Ifyou have imported contacts
(Y page 113), youcan select thephone
book entriesofthe mobile phonebyusing
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL display
.
X Press the& or* button toopen the
phone bookinthe multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the& or* button repeatedly
until thedesired entryis highlighted.
The saved names aredisplay ed
alphabetically .
i Ifyou press andhold the& or*
button forlonger thanonesecond, the
multifunct iondisplay willskip from thefifth
entr yto the first entryfound under the
following letter.Release thebutton tostop. :
Mode
; Call er's name
X To mak eacall: press the6 button on
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
i Ifthere areseveral numbers forthis
name, youseealist ofsub-ent ries.
X Press the6 button again.
The Connecting call... message
appears inthe multifunct iondisplay along
with thenumber beingdialed andthe
name, ifit is stored inthe phone book.
The phone number dialedisstored inthe
appropriate calllist.
X To exit without connectingacall: press
the ~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Redial
ing
X Press theV orU button tosel ect the
TEL dis
pla y.
X Press the6 button.
You seethelast call dialed .
X To scroll throug hthe listo fdialed calls:
press the& or* buttonrepeat edly
unt ilthe desire dent ryisshown .
X To ma keacall: press the6 button. 114
Oper
ating thetelep hone using themu ltifunct ionsteer ingwheelTelep hone

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(Ca nada). Registering
Registering SatRadio Switching
toSatRadio mode:
X From another mainfunction: select
Audio using
the9:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Audio and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
i Ifradio mode wasthelast active mode,
you only need toselect Audio .
X When inaudio mode: selectAudio using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel. Youcannot
select anyother stations.
X Select SatRadio (in
the submenu) using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Service and
press the9button to
confirm.
The service information screenappears. Service
information screen
1 Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
= SIRIUS IDofyour traffic tuner
X Cal lthe phone number ofyour satellite
radio provider shownonthe screen.
i You canalso have thesatellite service
activated online.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radi owebsite at
htt p://www .sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://www .siriuscanada. com
(Canad a).
Once theconn ection hasbeen established :
X Follow theinstruct ionsofthe service staff.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes. Ifthe activation iscompleted
successfully ,the NoService message
appea rsinthe displa y,followed bythe
SatRadio mainmenu.
i Ifregistration isnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account. SatRa
diomode
i You canalso usethemultifunction
steering wheeltotune inchannels orscroll
through lists,e.g.bypressing
the ;=9: buttons.122
Satellite
radioAudio

Selec
tingbytrack list X
Select Title or
Track list in
audi oCD/
DVD mode andpress the9button to
conf irm.
or
X Press the9button inMP3 mode whenthe
display /selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphab eticalorder.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press theU button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
X To complete entry:press the9button .
i Pressin gand holding anumber buttonfor
2s econ dsormore alsocomplet esent ry
and thecorr espondin gtrac kisplay ed.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Switch onaudi oCD/DVD ,MP3 orSD
memory cardmode onCOMAND.
X Use theV orU button onthe
multifunction steeringwheeltoselect the
DISC displa y.
X Press the9 or: button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
You willhear theprevious ornext track. The
skip back function skipstothe beginning of
the current trackifthe track hasbeen
play ingformore thaneight seconds. Ifthe track
hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track . Fast
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Selec tingusing COMAND X
With thedispla y/selection windowactive,
press the= or; button repeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Press andhold the9 or: button on
the multifunction steeringwheeluntilthe
desired position hasbeen reached. Selec
tingafolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
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Star
ting theDialog X
Switch onthe ignition (seethevehicle
Owner's Manual).
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull thelever toward you
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been started.
X Give acommand.
Interru ptingtheDialog If
alist appears onthe display ,you can use
the “Pause” command tointerr uptthedialog.
You canthen select anentr yusing the
COMAND controlpanel.
To resume thedialog withvoice control,press
the ? button onthe multifunct ionsteering
wheel.
Cancel ingthe Dialog X
Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the A button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push thelever away fromyou.
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been canceled.
or
X Say thecommand “Cancel”(exceptwhen
creating andstoring voicetags,navigation
entr iesorduring individual ization).
or
X Press anybutton onCOMAND.
Adjust ingthe Volume X
Start thedialog.
X Give acommand, e.g.“Help”. X
Press theW orX button.
The volume increases ordecreases during
voice output.
or
X Set thevolume forthe voice output onthe
volume controlfor COMAND.
Display Messages The
audi blehelp funct ioncan be
supplemented byvisual helponthe display
(Y page 38).Ifthe help funct ionisswitched
on, the most important commands thatare
current lypossible appearint he displa ywhen
you start thedialog .
In the address bookandnavigation system,a
selection listisshown inthe displa yif voice
cont rolrequires additional information from
you. 1
Display
Entering Numbers R
Digits from“zero” to“nine” arepermitted.
R Say thephone number ingroups of,e.g.,
three tofive digits.
R Say each individua ldigit clearly.
Spell R
The letters ofthe alpha betand thenumbers
0 to 9are permitted.
R Say theletters ingroups of,e.g., fiveto
seven letters.
R Say each individua lletter clearly. 180
OverviewVoice
Control