CL - Interactive Owner's Manual [In depth | COMAND

Menu overview

Radio	Presets	FM (MW, LW, SW)	Sound
Station list (in FM waveband only)	Autostore	FM	Treble
Save station	Station presets	MW	Bass
Frequency input		LW	Balance/fader
Frequency fix (in FM waveband only)		SW	Surround sound*
TA (in FM waveband only)

Switching to radio mode

	Select Audio Audio Radio.
or
	Press the function button once or twice.
	The radio display appears once the system has switched to radio mode. You will hear the previously set station on the previously set waveband. The number of times you have to press the function button depends on the operating mode currently selected.

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Main area showing station or frequency

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Preset position of the selected station

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Name of the selected station

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Sound settings

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Waveband; to switch waveband

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Preset options

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Radio options

Example: radio operation

Switching wavebands

You can switch the radio between the FM, MW, LW and SW wavebands.

	Select Audio Audio Radio Waveband display .
	Select the desired waveband.
	You will hear the previously set station on the selected waveband.


In the MW, LW and SW wavebands, COMAND shows only the station frequency.

Selecting a station

You can select stations from the station list or by manually entering the frequency.

Selecting from the station list


The station list is only available in the FM waveband. It contains all the stations that can currently be received and is sorted alphabetically. For stations without a programme service, the list shows the frequency instead of the name.

	Slide or turn when the main area is selected.
or
	Select Audio Audio Radio Radio Station list.
	The station list appears. The dot in front of a list entry indicates the currently selected station. A number in front of the list entry indicates the preset position in the station preset memory.
	Select the station.

Selecting using the station search function


The station search function is only available in the MW, LW and SW wavebands.

	Slide or turn when the main area is selected.
	Station search scans up or down and stops at the next station found.

Selecting via the station presets

	Select Audio Audio Radio Preset.
or
	Press when the main area is selected.
	The preset menu appears. The dot in front of a preset position indicates that the currently selected station is stored there.
	Select the preset position and briefly press .


You can also select the station using the numbers on the telephone keypad more or the buttons on the multi-function steering wheel more.

Selecting by entering the frequency manually

	Select Audio Audio Radio Radio Frequency input.
	To select a higher or lower frequency: slide or turn .


You can only tune in to currently permitted frequencies.

	To move to the next frequency: slide .
	To set the frequency: press .
	COMAND tunes in to the frequency entered.


If you enter a frequency in the medium waveband which is outside the frequency range, COMAND tunes in to the next lower frequency.

Save station

Twenty stations can be stored in each waveband.

Storing manually

	Select Audio Audio Radio Radio Save station.
or
	Press when the main area is selected.
or
	Select Audio Audio Radio Preset.
	A station preset display appears. The dot in front of a preset position indicates that the currently selected station is stored there.

Storing to the selected preset position

If you have called up the station preset display using Save station:

	Press briefly.
In the two other cases:
	Press and hold until you hear a tone.
	The station is stored.

Storing using Autostore


This function automatically stores stations which can be received in order of their reception quality. Any stations stored manually in the preset memory will be lost if COMAND finds 20 stations. If COMAND finds fewer than 20 stations, for example 9, then the stations stored in preset positions 1 - 9 will be lost.

	Press when the main area is selected.
	Select Autostore.
or
	Select Audio Audio Radio Preset Autostore.
or
	Select Audio Audio Radio Radio Save station Autostore.
	COMAND searches for stations which can be received. The available stations are automatically stored in the preset positions.

RDS frequency diversity

COMAND is equipped with an RDS frequency diversity system in the FM waveband. The system consists of a listening receiver and a monitoring receiver.


The frequency diversity system only functions for stations which transmit RDS data.

The monitoring receiver constantly scans the FM waveband and collects data from all the stations which can be received, e.g. reception quality and RDS data. COMAND stores the data and constantly updates it. The listening receiver is therefore able to switch instantaneously to an alternative frequency with a better signal.

The Frequency fix function prevents COMAND from switching between a station's alternative frequencies. This is useful, for example, when there is a noticeable time offset between the frequencies or if there is interference on a frequency.

	To switch on/off: select Audio Audio Radio Radio.
	The tick next to Frequency fix indicates that the function is switched on.

	Select Frequency fix.
	The function is switched on or off depending on the previous status.

RDS

Many FM stations transmit traffic announcements (TA).

You can switch announcements on and off or interrupt a current announcement.

Switching announcements on or off

	Select Audio Audio Radio Radio TA.
	The tick next to TA indicates that the function is switched on.
or
	Press and hold the button until TA appears in the display or disappears from the display.
	You have switched the function on or off. If the function is switched on, you will see the TA icon in the status bar.

Once traffic announcements have been switched on, COMAND selects an RDS station.

The traffic announcements are played from:

the currently selected FM station
an RDS station from the programme service of the currently selected FM station
the RDS station with the best reception quality

When traffic announcements are switched on, a traffic announcement will interrupt the audio signal from the currently activated audio or video source.


Telephone conversations and navigation announcements are not interrupted.

A display message appears in the display in all audio operating modes.

Interrupting a traffic announcement

	Briefly press the button during the traffic announcement.
	COMAND switches back to the audio source that was selected before the announcement. Subsequent announcements will interrupt the audio source again.

Switching off RDS

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