new_mb123

Hello, I just got German 03 CLK , unfortunately the COMAND system is in German and I don't sprechen. I tried looking for some way to switch the language to English, but it seems that there is no simple way of doing it.

Could someone help me out with this problem? Right now, I'm driving without any idea of what the car is telling me.

Diesel Benz

Is this a W209 model?

Do you have the instrument cluster menu in English?

For a W209 you can find the Euro on-line user manual, and can switch between English and German language (I mean the web user manual language). I understood it would change the Comand language from the IC menu too (but did not read in detail).

http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/...e_manuals.html

new_mb123

Thanks, for the link. Checked the manual in English, but didn't find references to switching system language.

amdeutsch

Its located under the "On-board computer" heading.

Richard

Hit the 'SYS' key

In there is a menu called 'xxxxxxxsprache' (cant remember exactly what its called)

Click on that, and then select english from there

You need the nav disk in when you do this

Richard

new_mb123

Thanks everyone, will try it tomorrow morning. (I don't have the nav disk, but maybe it'll do it without).

Diesel Benz

Doesn't hurt trying but if Richard says the disc needs to be in, I would bet on that option. Perhaps the different language files are on the disc and loaded only one at a time.

new_mb123

Tried Richard's solution and it worked - WITHOUT the DISC. Yay

So for future reference: press sys, choose sprache, select english press OK. Voila!

Richard

Oops - sorry Diesel Benz - clearly the disc doesnt always need to be there - only when i've tried it!!

I think the language files are on the disk (they are certainly not on the software update disk, and it make sense that they are on the map disk), and previously had found the language change only worked if there was a disc loaded.

Glad to see it worked for you though

Richard

Diesel Benz

Cannot always win, when did I win last time actually

I'd still bet on Richard next time instead of doing some lottery. Perhaps English is for some odd reason a default language loaded just in case.

Anyway, as always, great that the issue was solved.

new_mb123

Well, I think Richard was right because only the COMAND is in English. The other displays are still in German (on the speed panel). Probably will need to get the disc to get everything in english... Anyway, at least I can use the phone.

amdeutsch

You need to go into the comand and set the language to display dependent. Then go into the display, as shown in the manual link posted, and set your language to english there. Now both will display the same language and anytime you want to change you will only have to change the display.

Diesel Benz

On a car with no Navi, the IC language can be selected from the IC menu. The above makes sense but wouldn't it then be possible to change the IC language to English from the IC even if the setting was not "dependent"?

The IC language cannot be from the CD/DVD while it could come for the Navi.

Anyway, if the Navi now is English, the above guide should solve the issue best.

amdeutsch

Correct. You can change it in the IC per the manual instructions. In the end that would accomplish the same.