2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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AND
COMAND radio
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" .
Th etick next to "Freque ncy fix" indi-
ca test hat th efu nction is sw itch ed on.
6 Select "Freque ncyfix" .
Th efu nction issw itche don or off de-
pe nd ing onthe pr evious stat us.
Many FM stat ions trans mittr af fic an-
nouncements (TA).
You can switch annou ncemen ts onando ff
or interrupt acurrent announc ement. Sw
itching anno unce mentson or off
6 First op tion: select "Audio""Audio"
 "Ra dio "Radi o" "TA" .
The tick next to "TA"indicates th atthe
function is switch ed on.
6 Seco nd op tion:pre ssand holdthe
o button unt il"TA" appe arsin the
displ ayor disappears from th edispl ay.
You have switched the function on or
of f.If the fu nction is sw itche don, you
wi ll see theTA symb olinthestat us
li ne.
Onc etra ffic an nounc ements have be en
sw itch ed on, CO MAND selec tsan RDS sta-
tion. Thet raff ican nounce ments arep layed
from:
! the currently sele cted FM stati on
! an RDS stat ion from theprogr amme
servic eofthe currently sele cted FM
stati on
! the RDS station with the best re cepti on
quality Wh
en traff icann ouncements are sw itched
on, atra ffic an nouncem ent will interrupt
the audio signa lfr om thecurrently activat-
ed audio or vi deoso urce.
i Telephone conver sations and navigation an-
nou ncem ents are not interrupted.
A di spla ymessa geappears in the display
in ev eryau dio op erating mode. Inter
rupting atraf fica nnou ncement
6 Briefly press the obutton during
the tra ffic an nouncem ent.
COMAND switch es back to th eau dio
so urce before you ha vehea rdthean-
nounceme nt.Su bseque nt announc e-
me nts will interrupt thea udio source
agai n. Sw
itching offRDS
6 Pres sand hol dthe o button until
"TA" disappears from the displ ay. RDS
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COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3 Permiss
ible discs
! CD-R andCD-RW
! DVD-R andD VD-RW
! PCMC IAcard ( =pag e80) Perm
issible file syst ems
! ISO966 0/Jolietfor CDs
! UDF forD VDs
! FAT16 orFA T32for PC MCIA cards with
st or ag emedium Multisession CDs
Fo
rmu ltisessi onCDs ,the co nten tof the
fi rst sessio n determine sho w COMA NDwill
pr oc ess theCD.
If the fi rstsessio n conta insdata inaudio
CD form at,fo rex amp le,and these co nd
sess ion conta insMP3 trac ks, CO MAND
will treat th eCD as a conventi onal au dio
CD. This mean sthat it isnot possible to
acces sthe MP 3tra cks.
If the fi rstsessio ncont ains MP 3tra cks,for
ex ampl e,and th e second sessio n conta ins
data in audio CDform at, COMAND will tre
atthe CDas an MP3file .Th isme ans
tha titis not pos sibl e to acces sthe audio
CD tr acks. Fi
le stru ctur eon a disc
When you creat ean MP3 disc, the MP3
tracks can be organi sedin folder s.Afo lder
can al socontain other fol ders.A di sc
ca nc ontai namaxi mum of 255folders.
Each folder canco ntain a maximum of
25 5t rack san d 255 fo lders.Adisc can
co ntaina maximu mo f4, 00 0 tracks. Track
and file names
When you creat ean MP3 disc, you can as-
sign na mes to the MP3tra cksan dfo lders.
COMA NDuses these name sfo r the co rre-
sp ond ing di splay inMP 3mo de.E mp ty
fol ders or fol derswhich con tain data other
tha nMP 3tra cksar e not dis play ed by
COMA ND.
If MP 3files are store din the root directory
its elf,the root dire ctory wil lalso be treated
as a fol der.CO MA ND willth en show the
nam eof the root directory as the fol der
nam e. COMAN
Dau dio CD /audio DVD*
and MP3 Safety
notes G
Risk of inju ry CO
MA ND isclass ifiedas a Class 1 laser
pr od uct. You mu stno to penthe casing .
The reis a risk ofexpo sure to invisi ble laser
ra diat ion ifyou op enthe casing, or ifthe
ca sing is fault yordam aged.
COMA NDdoes not con tainany par tsthat
ca nbe ser vice d by theuser. Forsa fety rea-
son s,ha ve any ne cessary maintenance
work carrie d out by qua lifi ed afte rsales tech-
nicians only. G
Risk of accide nt Do
the foll owingo nly when the vehi cle is
station ary:
! Loading the disc
! Ejecti ngthe disc
The re is a ri skofbeing distra cted from the
ro ad an dtraf fic conditions ifthis is done
while the veh icle is in motion. No
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AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3
Yo umu stobs erve the fol lowing when as-
signin gtrack name s:
! Trac kna mes musthave atleas tone
cha racter.
! Track nam esmu sthave th eex tens ion
"m p3".
! There mus tbe afull stop betweenth e
tra ck name an d theextensi on.
Exa mpleof aco rre cttrack nam e:
Trac k1.mp3
i COMA ND does not suppor tID3 tags. Permissi
bleMP3 formats
COMA NDsupports the MP EG1Audio Lay-
er 3f ormat .
i This format is generally known as "M P3" in
everyday usage. Per
miss ible bit and sampli ngrates
! Fixe dan d variabl ebit rates upto
32 0k bit/s
! Samp ling rates of 24kHz to 48kHz
i Onlyus eMP 3trac ks with abi trat eof at
least 128 kbit /sand a sampling rat eof at least
44.1 kHz. Smaller rat escanca use a notic eable
de teriora tion in quality. This is especially the
case if you have activa ted a surround sound
fun ction*. No
tes on co pyright
The music trac ks that yo ucreatefo r MP3
mo deandca n play ba ckinMP 3mod ear e
ge ne rally subject to copyright prot ection in
ac cord ance with the applica bleint erna-
tion al an d nationa lregulations.
In man yco un tries ,re product ions are not
permitt edwithout the pri orconse ntof the
co pyright holder, noteven for priv ate use. Make
sure th atyou know th eap plicable
co pyright reg ulat ions andt hat you comp ly
with these.
If yo uown these ri ghtsyourself ,e. g. for
yo ur own compos itio ns andr ecordings,
or the copyr ight holder has gra nted you
permis sion, these restr iction sdono ta p-
pl y.
i Discs with co py pro tection ar enot co mpati-
ble wit hthe CD audio standard and there fore
ma yno tbe able tobe play ed by COMA ND.
There may be pla yback proble mswhen pla ying
co pied discs.
Ther eis a large variety of dis cs,d isc-writing sof t-
ware and writers available .This varie tymeans
th at there is no guaran teetha tthe system will be
able toplay discs that youha ve copied yourself.
There may be playback problems ifyo u play CDs
th at youha ve copied yours elf wi thast orage ca-
pac ity of more than 700 MB. These CDsare not
co mpatible with cu rrently applicable standards. No
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COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3
! Donotaffix stic kers or labels to the discs,
as they could peel off and damage COMAND.
COMA NDis desig nedto hold dis cswh ichc om-
ply with th eEN 60908 st andard. You canth ere-
fo re only usediscswith ama ximum thickn ess
of 1.3 mm.
If yo uin se rtthicke rdi scs ,e. g. thos eth at co ntain
da ta on both sides (DVD on one side and audio
data on theothe r), they cannot be ejec ted and
can dam ageCOMA ND.
Do notuse dis cswith a diameter of 8cm,even
wi th an adapt er.
On ly use rou nddiscs12 cm in diamet er.
! Onlyho ld discs bythe edge.
! Handle dis cs carefully to prev entp lay-
ba ck pro blems.
! Avoid getting scratches ,fi ng erp rints
an d dust on discs.
! Clean dis csfrom time to tim ewith a
comme rciall y-ava ilab lecleanin gcloth.
Do not wipe the mwith acircul armo-
ti on, butonl yin st raigh tlines from the
ce ntre outwards.
! Onlyus e a pen designed forsu ch a pur-
po se tolabel discs. !
Place disc s back intheircases afte r
use.
! Prote ctdisc sfrom heat an d direc tsun-
li ght.
i Ifthe CD /DVD hasa print edside, this must
face upw ards when the CD /DVD is loaded.
If nei ther side is print ed,th e side tobe played
sh ould face dow nwards.
CD s/DVDs with copy protec tion mayno tbe
able tobe played bythe syst em. Loa
ding the single DVD drive
1 Disc slot
2 Eject button
6 Presseject button 2.
If a discis load ed ,it wi llbe ejec ted.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 .
6 Slide adisc in toslot 1 .
Th edr ive draws the dis cin and plays it,
if it has been in serted corre ctly an d is
permissible. No
tes about han dling CDs /DVDs Lo
adingCD sand DV Ds G
Risk ofaccide nt On
ly loa daCD orDVD when the vehicle is
station ary. Th erei s a risk of be ing distrac ted
fr om theroa dand traffic con dition sif this is
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AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3 Lo
ad ing int oth e DVD chan ge r*
Th eDVD cha nger*ha sa fixed magazine
wi th six trays.
1 Disc sl ot
2 Load button (all magazine tra ys)
3 Magazine tra ybuttons 1 to 6
i Each ma gazine tray butt on3 indicat es
th es tatu sof thec orrespondin gmaga zine tr ay
by means of an LE D.
! LEDoff = mag azine tray is emp ty
! LEDco nstantly lit = magazine tray is loaded
Loadin gan in dividu al ma gazine tray
6 Press desired magazine traybutton 3.
If a discis load ed ,it wi llbe ejec ted.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 . 6
Waitunt ilthe LEDforma gazine button
3 which yo u pressed flas hes quickly.
6 Slide a disc into sl ot1 .
Th eDVD cha nger*dr aw sth edis cin
an d pla ysit if:
! itha s been loaded corre ctly
! itis aper missible type of disc
Lo adi ng allsi x magazin etrays
6 Press load button 2.
Th eDVD cha nger*checks the lo ad sta-
tu sof all magazi netray sand switches
to the first empty tra y.
6 Waituntil the LED forco rre spondi ng
ma gazine tr aybutton 3flash esquick-
ly.
6 Slide a disc into sl ot1 .
Th eD VD chan ger *switc hesto the next
em ptyma gazine tray. 6
Repe atthe last tw ost eps until all tr ays
are lo aded.
Th eDVD changer* plays the last disc
lo ad ed if:
! itha s been lo aded corre ctly
! itis ap ermi ssible type of di sc
COMA NDsupports 16 bitfu llsize type I
an d II PCMC IAcards.
i NotallPC MC IAcards and storag emedia are
desi gned for thet em peratures whic hoccu r in
th e ve hicle.
Du eto the wide ran geofPC MC IAcardsavailable
on themarket, it cannot be guaran teed tha tplay-
bac kwill be pos sible wi thevery mak eofPCMCIA
ca rd.
P82.86-5643-31 Load
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AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3
1 Slot foraP CMCI Aca rd
6 Insert th ePC MC IA ca rdinto slot 1 .
Th e side with the con tact mu stpo int
towards the slot.
If the PCM CIAc ardconta insa storage
me diumw ith MP3 tra cks, COMAND
sw itche sto MP 3mo de. Ejecting
aDVD from the single DVD drive
1 Disc sl ot
2 Eject button
6 Presseject button 2. 6
Take the di scout of slot 1 .
If yo u do not take the disc out of
sl ot 1 , CO MAND willdr aw itba ck in
au tom atically after ash ort while. Ejec
ting fromt he DVD changer*
1 Disc slot
2 Magazine tra ybuttons 1 to 6
3 Eject button (alldiscs)
i Ifyo u ejec tone disc while playing anot her
disc, theDV Dc hanger int errupts playback. Play-
bac kco ntinues once th e disc hasbe en ejec ted.
P8
2.86-5644-31 Ejecting CDs
andDV Ds G
Risk ofaccide nt On
ly eje ctadi sc when the vehicle is station-
ary. You ma yot herwise be di stra cted fr om
th etraf fic con ditions and could cau sean ac-
ci de nt.
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6 To eje ctone di sc:press des iredmag-
az ine tray button 2.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 .
If yo u do not take the disc out of
sl ot 1 ,th eD VD cha nger willdr aw it
back in autom atical ly after ashort
whi le.
6 To eje ctalldi sc s: press ej ect
button 3.
Th eDVD chan ger switches to the first
loaded tray and eject sth edisc.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 .
Th eDVD chan ger switches to the next
loaded mag azinetra yand eject sthe
disc.
6 Rep eat the last step until the magaz ine
is em pty. 1
Ejectbut ton
2 Slot for a PC MCIA ca rd
6 Press eject button 1twice.
Th ePC MCI Acardis eje cted.
6 Take th ePCMCIA card out of slot 2 . Eject
ingaPCMCIA card
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AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3 Menu over
view CD or DVD-A*
or
MP 3 Pa
use/ stop /p lay
(audi oDVD mode*
onl y) Trac
k/Track list ing /
Tracks A –Z Folder
(MP
3mo deonly) Ch
anger/ Me dium So
un d No
rmaltra ck
seque nce Pa
use playba ck Show tra
cklisting
(audio CD /audio DVD
mod e*only) Select
folder Sele
ctme dium Treble
Ra
ndom trac ks St
op playba ck Di
splay alp habe tical
tra ck list ing
(MP 3mo deonly) Ba
ss Ra
ndom folder
(MP3 modeonly) Restar
tpl ay ba ck Bala
nce/ fader Re
peat folder
(MP3 modeonly) 3D
sound* 216_R
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