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Switching
thehands- freemicrophone
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X To switch off:select MikeOff and
press
W toconf irm.
If the microphone isswitched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
a short period.
X To switch on:select MikeOn and
press
W toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Rejecting oraccepting awaitin gcal l The
callwaiting function mustbesup ported
by the mobi lephone network providerand be
enab led.Depending onthe mobile phone
used, thesystem behavior differswhen
accept ingacall (option 1and 2).
If yo uha ve acal lin pro gressand rece ive
ano ther call,a new windo wap pe arsin the
di spl ay.Y ou also hear aton e.You canaccept
or rejec tthe call.
X To reject: selectReject and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel. X
To accept: selectAccept and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Option 1:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisended.
The active callwillalso beended ifyou
accept thewaiting callusing theVoice
Control System (seetheseparate
operating instructions).
Option 2:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisput onhold. Youcanthen
switch backandforthbetween bothcalls
(toggling) (Ypage 124).
i The second optionisavaila bleifyour
mobile phonesupports thetoggling
funct ion(via Bluetooth ®
).
Valid forboth options: ifyou accept the
waiting callusing themobile phone, theactive
call isput onhold. Youthen have twocalls.
The callyou have justaccepted isactive.
The COMAND displaychanges. Ifyou
cont inue tooperate functionsonthe mobile
phone, theCOMAND displaymaydiffer from
that ofthe mobile phone.
Making afur ther call You
canmake asecond callwhile onthe
phone withsomeone else.Thisaction puts
the previous callonhold. Thefunct ionis
availa bleifyour mobile phonesupports this
funct ionviaBluetooth ®
. :
Symbol formaking asecond call Telephone
operation
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Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 mode Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
COMA NDisclas sified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion. <001E000E00130005001200140009000E000700210005000A0005000300140009
000E0007H
CDs/DVDs
Notes If
the CD/D VDhas aprinted side,thismust
face upwards whentheCD/D VDisinsert ed.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe playe d
should facedownwards. Thesystem maynot
be able toplay CDs/D VDswith copy
protect ion.
i Ifamedium contains 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. X
To insert aCD/DVD intoth ema gaz ine
tr ay :pre sstheV load/ejec tb utt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select amagazine traytobe filled by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.j.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease wait... message.
You then seethePlease insertdisc . message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards. 154
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

The
DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.TheLoading disc
message
appears.
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 To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X To fill empt ymagaz inetrays: press the
V load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots .
You seethePlease Wait... message.
COMAND switchestothe next empty
magazine tray.Youthen seethePlease Insert
Disc. message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never insert
morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime.
X Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Once thedisc isloaded, theDVD changer
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please InsertDisc message.
X Repeat thisstep until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand
is of apermissible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To cancel loading: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
i Ifyou cancel loading withthe% back
button ,the system loadsandplays thelast
CD you insert ed.
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer If
you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interruptsplayb ack.
Playba ckcont inues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
X To eject aCD/DVD: presstheV load/
ej ec tbut ton.
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray with thecurrent discishighlighted. :
Ejec tpossible
; Disc type
= Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
? Current disc Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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X
Sel ect amag azine tray conta ining adi sc by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
or
X Pre ssanumb erkey ,e.g. j.
Yo usee themes sage: Eje ctingDisc
... Yo
uthen seethefollowi ng
mes sage: X
Ta ke the disc outo fthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin again automatically
after ashort while andload itagain.
X To eject allCDs/ DVDs: presstheV
load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears. X
Select Eject All by
sliding ÆVand
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The DVD changer ejectsthe last disc
selected. Youseethemessage: Ejecting Disc
X
Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePlease RemoveDisc message.
The DVD changer switches tothe next
loaded magazine trayandeject sthe disc.
X Repea tthe last step until themagazine is
empty.
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button.
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm . Inserting
andejecting anSD memory
card
General informat ion COMAND
supportsSDmemory cards
(Secure Digital)andSDH Cmemory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity).
i Not allmemory cardsavailableonthe
market aredesigned forthe temperatures
which maybereached inthe vehicle.
If you arenolonger usingtheSDmemory
card, remove itfrom COMAND, ashigh
temperatures coulddamage thecard.
Due tothe wide range ofSD memory cards
availa bleonthe market, playback cannot
be guaranteed forallbrands ofSD memory
card.
The readabl estorage capacity depends on
the memory cardused. Youcanobtain
further information atany authorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. 156
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

Inser
ting anSD mem orycard X
Inser tthe memory cardintotheslot until it
engages inplace. Theside with the
cont acts must facedownwards andpoint
towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effect .Ifn oMP3
track scan befound, youwillsee amessage
to this effect .
Ejecting anSD memor ycard X
Press thememory card.
The memory cardiseject ed.
X Take thememory cardoutofthe slot
(Y page 17),position H. Connec
tingaUSBdevice
The USB portislocated inthe stowage
compartmen tin the cent erconsole.
Elect ricalconsumpt ionatthis conn ection
must notexceed acont inuous current of
500 mA.Ifthe electrical consumpt ionis
higher, useaseparate sourcetoprovide
power forthe USB device (e.g.
12 Vp ower supply).
X Connect theUSB device (e.g.USBstick)to
the USB port. Ac
tiv atin gaudi oCD /DVD orMP3
mode
Opti on1 X
Inse rtaC D/DVD (Ypage 154) ,SDmem ory
car d(Y page 157) orconne ctaU SBdevice
(Y page 157) .
CO MAND load sthe med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe h functio nbu tton oneormor e
time s. i
Bypre ssing the functio nbutton
rep eatedly, youcan chang eth eoper ating
mod ein thefol lowin gord er:
R audio CD/DVD/vide oDV D/ MP3 CD/
MP3 DVDin theDV Dch ang er(disc
mod e)
R mem orycardmod e
R MUS ICREGI STER
R US Bstorag edev ice
R Medi aIn te rface oraudio AUXmod e
R Blue toot h®
audio mode
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 159).
Op tion 3 X
Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar by
slidi ngZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
The lastactive audio sourceisno w
act ivat ed.
You canactivat eadiff ere ntaudio source
usin gth eaudio menu.
X Se lec tAud io by
slidi ngZV andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tDis c ,
Mem ory Card ,
Mus ic Reg
ister ,
USB Storage or
Med ia Int
erface and
pressW toconfirm .
This switches tothedesi redaudio source.
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 159). Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 mode
157Aud io Z

the
disc, the load ing proces sma yreq uire a
lo nge rtime befor ethe firsttrack ispla yed .
i The MP3 audio encoding methodisunder
license fromFraunho ferIIS(Institut
Integrierte Schaltungen–Institute for
Integrated Circuits)and Thomso n.
Permissi blebitand sampling rates COMAND
supports MP3filesof the followi ng
types :
R fixed andvaria blebitrates from32kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R samp lingrates of8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND supports WMA filesof the
foll owi ngtypes :
R fixed bitrates from5kbit/s to384 kbit/s
R samp lingrates of8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND doesnotsupport WMA filesof the
foll owi ngtypes :
R DRM (DigitalRights Manag ement)
encrypted files
i Only usetracks withabit rate ofat lea st
128 kbit/s andasamp lingrate ofat lea st
44.1 kHz.Lowe rrates cancaus ea
noticeab ledeteri oratio ninq ualit y.This is
espe ciallythecas eif you have activat eda
surr oundsoun dfun ction .
Not eson copy right MP3
orWMA track sth at you creat eor play
bac karegenera llysub ject tocopyri ght
protection inaccorda ncewith theapplicable
internationa land national regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, evenfor
priva teuse ,are not permi ttedwitho utthe
prior consent ofthe copyri ghthold er.
Make surethatyouknow aboutthe app licable
copyri ghtregu lations and that youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryou r
own composi tionsandrecordi ngs,orifthe
copyri ghthold erhas granted youpermi ssion,
these restrictions donot apply. Notes
onCDs/D VDs Discs
withcopy protection arenot
compati blewith theaudio CDstandard and
therefore maynotbeabletobe playe dby
COMAND.
Playba ckproblems mayoccur whenplaying
copied discs.Thereisawide range ofdata
carriers, disc-writingsoftware andwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplayb ackproblems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot conf orm tothe current ly
applicabl estandards.
i Onmany DVDaudio discs, thelast track
does notcont ainany music andCOMAND
then switches tothe next disc. Thisis
normal system behavior anddoes notmean
that there isamalfunct ion.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabels tothe discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN6090 8standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudio dataonthe other), they
cann otbe eject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audio CDs
in multichann elaudio format. Music
search Calling
upacatego rylist
X Switch onanaudio source and callupthe
bas icdis pla y,e.g. CDmode (Ypag e158). Music
search
165Audio Z

COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. General
information Autom
aticpictu reshut off
The video image isonly displayed ifthe
select orlever ofthe tran smission isin
position P.
If the select orlever ofthe tran smission is
changed fromposition P,the In order not
to
distrac tyou from thetraffic situati
on, the picture is faded out
while
thevehicle isinmotion. message
appears
As soon asthe select orlever ofthe
tran smission isreturn edtoposition P,the
video image isshown. Basic
settings Pictur
esettings
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stor
color X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Brightn ess ,
Contras t or
Color by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Changing
thepictu reform at X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select 16:9Optimiz ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een and
press Wtocon firm.
The dotinfron tof the entryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edformat .
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Video
DVDmode Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
COMAND isclassified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . 186
Video
DVDmodeVideo

Note
sabo utdis cs
Pl ay ba ck pro blems mayoccu rwhen playing
copied discs.Therearealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,writing
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyouhave
copied yourself.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND. Stickers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recognit ionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommodate
discs which comply withtheEN60908
standard. Youcantherefore onlyusediscs
with amaximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage
COMAND.
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
If video DVDsdon otconf orm tothe NTSC or
PAL TVstandards, theymaycreate picture,
sound orother problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced according tothe following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e)
R PAL orNTSC standa rd
Yo uwi llge nera lly find thereleva ntdetai ls
ei ther onthe DVD itselfor on the DVD case.
i Ifyo uins ert avid eo DVD with adi ffe rent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect . i
COMAND isset toregion code1at the
factor y.This settingcan bechanged atan
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Thiswill
allow youtoplay video DVDswith a
different regioncode,provided thatthey
are produced inaccordanc ewith thePAL
or NTSC standard. Theregion codecanbe
changed uptofive times. Function
restrictions
Dependin gon the DVD ,it is possible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions willbe
temporarily blockedormay notfunct ionatall.
As soon asyou trytoactivate thesefunctions
or actions ,you willsee theKsymbol inthe
display . Inserting
andremoving DVDs
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Insert ingand
eject ingCDs andDVD s"section
(Y page 154). Switching
tovideo DVDmode
Option 1 X
DVD changer: insertavideo DVD.
X Press theh functionbutton orthe
% backbutton .
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
COMAND switchestothe previous disc
operating mode. Video
DVDmode
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A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don /o ff(fo rcorded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atatime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sin the rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg eth est art er
bat tery.
X Poin tth erem oteco ntrol attherear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctamen u/m enuitemusin gth e
=;9 :buttonson the
rem otecon trol and pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDslot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jackfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan befound onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
General
informationRearSeatEntert ainment System

Setting
thebrightness
X Select Settings with
the: button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Brightness using
the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconf irm.
As caleap pea rs.
X Adju stthe brightne ssusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The brightne ssbarm oves upordown. The
picture becomes lighterordarker in
accordanc ewith thescale. Showing/hiding
thepictur e
X To hide thepictur e:select Display Off in
the system menuusingthe:;
button son the remote controland press
the 9button toconf irm.
The picture ishidden.
X To display thepictur e:press the9
button . Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Safety
note G
WARNIN
G
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaClass 1laser
prod uct.There isadanger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. General
informat ion
You willfind information onthe following
topics inthe Audio section:
R notes onCDs/DV Ds(Ypage 165)
R notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 164)
R notes oncopyright (Ypage 165) Inserting
aCD/DVD
De pen dingon themo del and theveh icle
equip ment,th eCD /DVD drive isloc ated:
R beh ind th ece nter console inafo ldin g
co mpa rtmen t,or
R in thece nter und ertherea rseat s,or
R in thearm restbetween therear seats :
Disc slot
; Disc ejectbutton
The CD/D VDdrive isasingle discdrive. If
ther eis already adisc insert ed,this must be
ejec tedbefore anotherisinsert ed.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slot.
The print edside ofthe disc must face
upwards. Ifneit her side ofthe disc is
print ed,the side youwish toplay must face
downwards.
The CD/D VDdrive draws inthe disc. 216
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear SeatEntert ainmentSyst em