User's Manual

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RDS only functions for stations which
transmit RDS data.
Switching RDS on/off
You can use the Frequency fix (radio mode)
or Station fix (DAB mode) functions to prevent
COMAND Online from switching between the
alternative frequencies of a station. This is
useful, for example, when the same content
is broadcast with a time delay, or when there
is interference on one of the frequencies.
X
Select Radio in the radio display by sliding
VÆ and turning cVd the COMAND con-
troller and press W to confirm.
X
Select Frequency fix or Station fix by
turning cVd the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
Depending on the previous status, switch
Frequency fix on O or off ª.
Traffic Programme
Note
Many FM stations transmit traffic announce-
ments (TA). You can also hear these in DAB
radio mode.
Switching traffic announcements on/
off
X
Option 1: select Radio by sliding VÆ and
turning cVd the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
The tick next to TA indicates that traffic
announcement reception is switched on.
You see the TA symbol in the status bar.
X
Select TA and press W to confirm.
TA is switched on or off, depending on the
previous status.
X
Option 2: on COMAND Online or on the
multifunction steering wheel, press and
hold the 8 button until the TA icon lights
up or goes out in the status bar.
A warning tone sounds.
Once traffic announcements have been
switched on, COMAND Online selects an RDS
station.
Traffic Programme is retrieved from:
R
the currently selected FM station
R
an RDS station from the network of the
currently selected FM station
R
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.
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Telephone conversations and navigation
announcements are not interrupted.
A display message appears in the display in
all audio operating modes.
Interrupting a traffic announcement
During a traffic announcement:
X
On COMAND Online or on the multifunction
steering wheel, briefly press the 8 but-
ton.
or
X
Press the 9, : or 9 button on the
multifunction steering wheel.
COMAND Online switches back to the
audio source that was selected before the
announcement. Any subsequent new
announcements will continue to interrupt
the audio source.
Radio text/radio text plus
Messages in the display
The function is available in FM mode and in
DAB radio mode.
Radio text/radio text plus consists of addi-
tionally transmitted data, e.g. information on
the current programme, which is displayed in
the COMAND display.
If the station supports radio text plus, the
artist and track are displayed.
Radio mode and DAB radio mode
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Audio