2006 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class key

59 Audio
CD operation
Previous track or start of title (if more
than 10 seconds of playing time has
elapsed)
Press g.
Playback begins.
Select any desired track
Press g or h as many times as
necessary.
With the joystick
Push the joystick to g or G to play
the next or previous track.With the number keypad
Activate the CD main menu
(
page 56).
Press *.
An input line will appear in the CD main
menu.
1Number of tracks on CD corresponds
with the valid number range
2Input line
E.g.: Track 14.
Press 1 and 4 in short succession.
After entering the track number, wait
approximately 3 seconds.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu is displayed.
CD track scan
The tracks on a CD can be scanned one
after the other for 8 seconds each. The
function will switch off automatically when
the starting track is reached. You can also
manually stop the scan function.
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Entries higher than the number of
tracks available on the CD are not
possible.

60 Audio
CD operation
Activating
Press the Scan soft key.
Scan will begin.Ending the function
Scan search is running.
Press the Scan soft key.
or
Press E.
Playback will resume with the desired
track.Fast forward
Press and hold h for more than 2
seconds.
Fast reverse
Press and hold g for more than 2
seconds.
Ending the function
Release h or g.
Playback will resume.
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When you start the scan function, the
playback mode
Normal sequence
(
page 63) is automatically activated.
Fast forward/reverse

61 Audio
CD operation
On
Press J during playback.
The CD operation is muted and theß
symbol is displayed in the status bar.
The soft keys on the left side are
greyed out in some submenus.
Off
Press J again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
The soft keys on the left side are
selectable again.The following options are available:
Normal sequence (page 63)
Track mix (page 63)
CD mix (page 63)
Repeat track (page 63)
Repeat CD (page 63)
Mutingi
COMAND will also deactivate muting if
you
press A to select another audio
source
change the volume
press either g or h.
Playback mode
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If the CD changer* is connected, the
playback modes
Repeat CD and
CD mix are available additionally.

62 Audio
CD operation
Activating playback mode
E.g.:
Mode
Repeat track
Press the Setting soft key.
The setting menu will appear.
CD changer* setting menu
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the playback mode
Repeat
track
.
Press E.
The mode is activated. The CD
changer* main menu will then appear.
REPEAT TRACK will appear in the
status bar.
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The playback mode Normal sequence
is not displayed in the status bar.

69 Audio
MP3 CD operation
Activate the Audio menu (page 40).
Press the MP3 soft key.
It may take a while to load the data
depending on the number of folders
and tracks.
If the MP3 CD is loaded, the MP3 main
menu will appear.
MP3 main menu
1Current folder
2Current MP3 track
3Track number within the current fold-
er/number of tracks in current folder
4Elapsed playback time of the current
trackIf the MP3 can not be read, the
message
CD error will appear.i
Depending on vehicle production date
the MP3 CD feature may not be
available in your vehicle.
MP3 main menu
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The MP3 soft key is visible if a MP3
CD is already loaded. If not, the
CD
soft key will appear. In this case, load a
MP3 CD first.
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On MP3 tracks with variable bit rates,
the elapsed track time displayed may
deviate from the actual time elapsed.

71 Audio
MP3 CD operation
Selecting via extended folder list
In the MP3 main menu (page 69),
press the
Folder soft key. The
extended folder list appears.
Push the joystick to G or g to
select a folder.
Press E.
COMAND changes the folder and loads
the data from the new folder. It may
take a while to load the data de-
pending on the number of folders and
tracks.If a folder was selected:
A list of MP3 tracks appears.
If a folder was selected:
The next level of the folder structure
will appear.
Push the joystick to G or g to
select a track or another folder. Repeat
until desired track or folder appears.
If the
Play soft key is available:
When pressed, playback of the
highlighted track or the first track in
the selected folder will begin.
To go up one level in the folder structure:
Press the soft key.
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The extended folder list only contains
folders in which MP3 or audio CD
tracks are stored.
After inserting a MP3 CD the COMAND
begins loading the data. The
Folder
soft key may be greyed out during that
time. Once loaded the folder soft key is
available.
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Folder contains MP3 tracks
Folder contains subfolders

72 Audio
MP3 CD operation
You can select a track:
by using G or g in the track list of a
selected folder or MP3 CD
with g or h
with the number keypad
with ScanIn the track list
The track list includes all tracks of the CD
or currently selected folder. Only one list
entry is visible at a time.
1Current folder
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 69).
Push the joystick G or g to move
forward or backward through the track
list.
Press E or the Play soft key to begin
playback.
Using Skip track
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 69).
Forward
Press D.
The next track from the track list is
played.
Track select
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If there are tracks on the MP3 CD that
can not be read, you will not see any
error messages. The audio output will
be muted and a search will begin to the
next readable position.
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At any time during playback an
expanded view of a track title can be
displayed by pressing the
Detail soft
key.

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MP3 CD operation
Backward
Press d.
If the track has been playing for more
than approx. 10 seconds, the track is
replayed from the start. If the playing
time is shorter, the previous track is
played.
With the number keypad
The tracks of the current folder can be
selected with this function.
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 69).
In short succession, press button *
and the number key of the desired
track, e.g. 8.1Number of tracks in the current folder
(10 tracks)
After your entry the selected track is
played and visible.Using MP3 track scan
The tracks of the current folder can be
scanned one after the other for 8 seconds
each. Subfolders are not considered.
The function will switch off automatically
when the beginning track is reached.
You can also manually stop the scan
search.
Starting the scan search
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 69).
Press the Scan soft key.
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If the current folder contains less than
10 tracks, the system will only recogni-
ze the first digit entered and play the
appropriate track.
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When you start the scan search, the
playback mode
Normal sequence
(page 75) is automatically activated.