Five Things to Know About Mercedes' Comand System - Cars.com News

Perhaps what's most stunning about the Comand system is the graphic quality and interface that fill the main semi-floating 8. 4-inch screen with the kind of high-resolution imagery you'd expect to find in a top-tier tablet. Whether you're customizing things like ambient lighting, scrolling through a music library or tweaking the multiple drive settings, you're treated with a high-quality (960 x 540 pixels) display showing off sleek and modern graphics. Dig into the vehicle settings menu and a highly detailed graphic of the C-Class shows cutaways of the powertrain while the car flips around to a model with an open door and view of the inside when adjusting entry and exit settings. "Graphics quality and resolution has improved with this generation of the available Comand navigation system, but usability has declined because of one seemingly small change that's not. Before, all of the Comand menus at the top and bottom of the screen stayed on the screen. 2015 Mercedes-Benz C300. . The main access points to control all functions of the C300's multimedia system are a large rotary dial and new touchpad located just ahead of the center armrest. The rotary controller performs many of the same functions as the touchpad and is the primary way most of our staff interacts with Comand even though the touchpad is flashier and has more tricks. Source: www.cars.com