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70 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
i The"L OG IC7 ®
on" func tion of theharman /
ka rdon LOGIC7 ®
Su rround Sound system allows
play back of discret e5.1 and stereo recordings
wit han optim um surrou ndsound stage for ea ch
pas seng er.It en ablesoptim umplay back ofmu-
sic and films on a CDor audio and video DVDs
wit hh igh-resolution surround format s,su ch as
MLP, DTS orDo lby Digita l.
For ideal sound perception from all seats,
LO GIC7 ®
dis trib ut es the 5.1 surround informa-
ti on over the 13-c hannel arc hite ctu re. This re-
sult sinso und charac teristic slike those int ended
by the sound engin eer when the original was re-
co rded.
Harma n/kardon LOGI C7®
co nver tseac htwo-
ch annel stereo sound sour ceinto mu lti-ch annel
surround sound. LOGIC7 ®
rea dsthe surround in-
formation st ored during theor igin alreco rdi ng
and dis trib ut es it over the13channels. This does
no tc rea teany spe cial eff ects;you can sim ply
he ar what was always there.
In addition, harman /kardon LOGIC7 ®
mo ves
th e percei ved sound source away from the loud-
speak ers and thereby genera tes a nat ural 360°
so un d stage for every passenger. i
Ifyo u select "LOG IC7 ®
off ",playbac kof all
playable forma tsisas it is on the medium. Opti-
mum sound effects are not guaran teed at all
seats due to thespatial ch aracteristic sof the ve-
hicl e.
Se ttin gsur round sound
Yo uca nselect "LOGIC7 ®
on" and
" LOG IC7®
off" in surr oundsoun dmo de.
6 Select "Sound" "3D soun d".
Se ttin gt he surrou ndsou nd
1 Curr entse tting
6 To make the setting: slideqm ror
turn ym z. 6
Tostore the setting: pressn.
Th eset ting is st ored and yo uexit the
menu.
6 To exit the menu without stor ing:
pre ssthe L back button or slide
om p.
i Plea se bear thefo llowing in mind:
! For an opt imum sound effec tfor all seats
when LOGIC7 ®
is swit ched on, the ba lance
and fade should beset to the centre of the
passe nger comp artme nt.
! You will ac hieve the bes tsou ndresults by
playing high -qualit yaudio and video DVDs.
! Theb it rat eshould be at least 128 kbps for
MP 3trac ks.
! Surround-sou ndplay back does notwo rkfor
mo nosign al sources, suc has them edium
wa veband in radio mode.
! Ifth e radio rec eption is poor, e.g. in a tunnel,
yo u sh ould sw itch offLO GIC7 ®
bec ause it
ma y ot herwise swit chautomat ically be-
tw een stereo and mono and therefore cause
temp orary distortio nsinthes ound.
! Onsom estereo recordings, the sound char-
acter istics ma y dif fer from conventio nal
stereo play back.
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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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86 COM
AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3
i Skippin gfo rw ards throu ghthetrac ks skips
to the nexttrac k.Sk ippin gba ckwa rds thro ugh
th etrac ks sk ipstotheb eginning ofthecu rre nt
tr ac kif th etrack has been playing for more than
8 se cond s.Ifth etrack has been playin gfor less
th an 8 secon ds,it skips to thestart of the previ-
ou strack.
If yo u have switc hedon the" Rando mtracks"
playbac koption, the order of thet racks is ran-
dom. To
select wi th tit le list
6 Select "Audio""Aud io".
6 Select "CD" or"DVD-A" or"MP 3".
6 Select "Track" or"Tr acks A-Z" .
or 6 Only inMP3 mode: press nwh en the
mai nar ea is select ed.
The trac kl isting appe ars. The Rdot
indi cates thecu rre nttrac k.
6 Select atrack.
i In MP 3mo de,th elis tsh ow sall the tr acks in
alphabetical order.
6 Select themain area. 6
Slide andho ldom punt ilthe desired
plac e isreac hed.
i This func tion is only available in audio MP3
mo de.
6 Select "Aud io""Audio" "MP3" 
"Fo lder" .
or
6 Press nafte r selecting the main area.
The folder lis ting appear s.
1 Folde rselecti onicon
2 Curr enttrack icon
3 Trac kicon 6
Toselec tone folder high er: select
the Q icon.
Th edisp lay changes to thene xt folder
up.
1 Current folder
2 Folder icon
6 Toselec ta fo lder: sele ctthedes ired
fo lder.
Yo uwi llsee thetrac ks in the folder.
6 Select atrack.
Th etrac kis played and theco rres po nd-
ing folder is nowthe acti vefolder. Fast forwa
rd/r ew ind Sele
cting a folder
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AND
COMAND DVD video
If thevehicle is tra vellin gfa ster than ap-
prox imately5k m/ h, the picture autom at-
ic al ly sw itch es offin vide oDVD mode.The
fo llowing messageap pe ars in th edisplay:
"I n orde rnot to distrac t thedriver, the pic-
ture is faded out whilethe veh icle is in mo-
tion" .
As soon asthe ve hicle speed drops below
ab out 5km/ h,the picture switches back
on again.
i There may be playbac kproblem swhen play-
ing copied dis cs.
Th ere is a large variety of dis cs,DV D aut horing
sof tware, dis cburnin gsof tware and burners
available. This variety means that the re is no
guarantee that the system will be abl eto play
discs that you have copied you rself.
! Donotaffix stickers or labels to the discs, as
th ey could peel off and damage COMAND. Stick-
ers can also causeth e disc tobend, whic hcan
result in read errors and disc reco gnition prob-
lems.
! COMAND isdesig ned to hold discs which
co mp lywith th eEN 60908 st andard. You can
th erefore only use discs wit hama ximum thick-
ne ss of 1. 3mm. If you insert
thicker discs, e.g. thos eth at contain
data on bot hsides (D VDon on eside and audio
da ta on the ot her), they cann ot be ejec ted and
ca ndamag eCOMA ND.
Do not use discs wit hadiameter of 8 cm,even
wit han adapt er.
On lyus e round discs 12 cmin dia meter.
! Onlyho ld dis csby theedge.
! Handl edi scs care fully to pre vent pl ay-
ba ck probl em s.
! Avoid getting scratc hes,fingerpr ints
an ddu st on discs.
! Cleandiscs from tim eto ti mewith a
co mm ercial ly-ava ilable clea ning clot h.
Do not wipe the mwith acir cularmo-
ti on, buto nly in st raight li nesfrom the
ce ntre outwa rds.
! Only use a pendesi gned forsu ch a pu r-
pos eto label discs.
! Plac edis csback in their cases afte r
use.
! Protect discs from heat and dire ctsun-
light. COMA
NDDVD video Safet
ynotes G
Risk of inj ury CO
MAN Disclassif ied as aCl ass 1 laser
pr od uct.You mu stnot op en the casing.
There is a ri skofexpo sure to invisibl el aser
ra diatio nifyou open thec asing, or ifthe
casi ngisfaul tyor damaged. COMAN Ddoes
not contain any parts that can beservic ed
by the user. For safety reas ons,haveany
necessa ryma intenanc ewor kcar ried outby
qu alified afters ales tech nicians only. G
Risk of acc ident Do
thefollowing onlywhen thevehic leis
station ary:
! Loadin gthe disc
! Ejec ting the disc
There is a risk ofbeing dist ra cted from the
ro ad andtraf fic con dition sif this is done
wh ile the vehi cle is in mo tion. Aut
omat icpictu re sh utoff No
tes abou tdiscs No
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COM
AND
COMAND DVD video
6 Load aDVD ( =page 79).
or 6 Select "Video" "Video" "Video
DVD" .
or
6 Press the Mfunction button once or
twi ce.
i Thenumb eroftime syou have topre ss the
fu nc tion button depends on the opera ting mo de
cu rre ntly se lect ed . Th efunction bu ttonta ke s
yo u directly to the previou sly se tdisc mode (au-
dio CD, audio DVD*,MP 3C Dor video DVD).
6 Toshow: slide qm r.
6 To hide: slideqm r.
or
6 Wai tfo rap proxim atelyei ght secon ds.Illu
stra tion: navigation menu activated
1 Disc type
2 Current tra ck
3 Curr ent scene
4 Trac ktime
5 Todisp lay the menu syst em
6 Toshow: press n.
6 To hide: pressnwhen the main area
is se lect ed. Illust
ration: menusystem activa ted
1 DVD vi deo options
2 Pau sefunction
3 Stop function
4 Medium sele ction ( "Med ium" displ ay
on sing leDVD dr ive)
5 Sound settings
6 Slide andho ldomp untilthe desired
plac e isreac he d.
6 Select "Video" "Video" "Video
DVD" .
6 Disp lay theme nusyst em if neces sary
( = page 91). Swi
tching to DVD video mode Hi
ding orshowing thenavigation
me nu Hid
ingor showing themenusyst em
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COMAND TV*
6 Select "Video" "Video" "TV" .
6 Toshow: slide qm r.
6 Tohide: slide qm r.
or
6 Wait for approximat ely eightseco nds.
Illu strat ion: nav igat ionmen uac tiva ted
1 Preset positio n of thes elec tedTV
channel
2 Select ed TV chann el
3 Curr entprogra mme(digi talTV rece iver
onl y)
4 Curr entp rogra mme on thenext TV
cha nne lin the list (digi tal TV receiv er
onl y)
5 Next TVchan nel in thelist
6 Preset positio nofthe next cha nnel
7 Todisp lay th eme nusystem
8 Curr entprogram meon th eprevious TV
cha nne lin the list (digi tal TV receiv er
onl y)
9 Prev ious TV chan nel in the list
a Presetpos ition of the previou scha nnel 6
Toshow: press n.
6 To hide: pressnafte rse lecting the
main area.
Illustra tion: menu system act ivated
1 Main area
2 Sou ndsettings
3 Swi tchon teletext
4 Info rm ation on thecurrent prog ramme
(o nlyfo rd igital ch ann els)
5 Chan nel preset list
6 TVoptions Sw
itch ingto TV mode Hidin
gorsh ow ing the naviga tion
me nu
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ding orshowing themenu syst em
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AND
COMAND telephone*
Calls disconnectedwhile the vehicle is in motion
A
ca llma ybedi sc onnec tedif:
! there is insuff icientGS Mnetworkco v-
erage in certa inareas
! youmov efrom one GSM transmit ter/
receiv erarea (GSM cell) into anothe r
and no channe lsarefree
! youuse a SIMcard wh ich is notcom-
patib le Opera
ting opt ions
If th emo bile ph one isinsert edinthe
bra cket,you can operat eth eph one using
the follo wing device s:
! Mobile ph onekeypad
! COMA ND /telepho nekeypad
! Multi -fun ction st eering wh eel
! Ling uatr onic*
! Blue tooth heads et
i In order for the fu nctions described in this
sec tion to wo rkcorrec tly, th eBl uet oot hhe ads et
mu st be linked to COMAND.Itmust not belink ed
to them obile phone .Ma kesure that any Blue-
to ot hh eadset link edto th e mobile phone is no
longer linked tothe mobile phone before you
place themo bileph on einto the bra cket and use
th ete lephone func tions using COMAND.
Th ed escripti ons in this sect ion assume
th at th emobile phone is insert edin the
br ac ket. Excep tions to thi sar eclearly st at-
ed.
Unless oth erwise indi ca ted, th edescrip-
ti ons and illustr ations in this sect ionr efer
to COMAND and the telephone keypa d.COMA
NDtelepho ne* Safet
ynotes G
Risk of acc ident Ob
ser vethelegal requ irem entsinthecou n-
tr y in whi chyou arecurrently driving when
op erating mo bile co mmunic ations equi p-
ment in the car.
If it is permitted to operatecom munications
equ ipme ntwh ilet he vehicle is in moti on,
you muston ly operate it when roadandtraf-
fi c con dition spe rmit .You may otherwise be
di st ra cted fromthe tr affic co nd itio ns, ca use
an acc iden tand inj ureyou rselfa nd oth ers.
Fo r reasons ofsaf ety, on lyus eh ands-free
mode ifyo uu sethe teleph onewhile thev e-
hi cle is in moti on. If you useh ands-free
mode toma keaca ll, you mustcont inue to
dr ive car efully, close all the wi ndow s and
preve ntany disrup tive no ises.
If you wish to ma keatele phone call without
us ing ha nds- freemode, youmuststopor
par kth e ve hicle. Donot sto porpar kin are-
as wh ere stoppi ngand pa rkingi sfor bidde n. Ge
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