Mercedes-Benz COMAND, Operating Instructions Manual

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Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your COMAND
system may not be equipped with all the fea-
tures described.
SIRIUS Weather
Introduction
This function is currently not available for
Canada.
For the reception of weather forecasts via
satellite radio, you will need a SIRIUS XM Sat-
ellite Weather subscription.
If the message
Call Call SIRIUS SIRIUS to to activate activate
system at: SIRIUS_number ESN: system at: SIRIUS_number ESN:
SIRIUS_ID SIRIUS_ID appears along with the ID number
of the SIRIUS device, you will need to have the
weather service activated first.
X
To select Call Call or Cancel Cancel : turn and press
the controller.
If a mobile phone is connected to COMAND
(
Y
page 138), the call will connect to a SIR-
IUS service employee after selecting Call Call .
The ID number of the SIRIUS device will be
transferred to the telephone display.
X
This will be followed by instructions from
the service employee.
COMAND can receive weather forecasts via
satellite radio for the entire USA (including
Alaska and Hawaii). The received weather
data can be displayed as an information chart
(daily forecast, five-day forecast, detailed
information) or on the weather map.
The weather data received from a weather
station is stored in COMAND for one hour. It
can therefore be displayed again immediately
after restarting the engine (for example after
refueling).
Depending on which scale has been selected,
the weather map can display the following
weather data with symbols:
R
rain radar
R
storm characteristics
R
areas of high-pressure/low-pressure,
weather fronts
R
course of tropical cyclones (hurricanes,
typhoons)
R
gale warnings
R
wind direction and speeds
i
The rain radar cannot be displayed for
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
i
Hurricane: term used to describe the trop-
ical cyclones that primarily develop in the
Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific
oceans. The wind speeds are above 74 mph
(118 km/h). Five categories are used to
classify the strength of a hurricane.
Typhoon: term used to describe a tropical
cyclone that develops in the northwestern
Pacific. The wind speeds are in the category
of a hurricane.
Switching the SIRIUS Weather display
on/off
Switching on
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