2007 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class Comand Manual

57 Audio
CD operation
CD drive
Activate the Audio menu (page 40).
Press the CD soft key.
The CD main menu is displayed.
If no audio CD has been inserted, the
message
No CD inserted will appear.
Load an audio CD into the CD drive
(
page 51).
CD main menu
CD changer*
Activate the Audio menu (page 40).
Press the CD soft key.
The CD changer* main menu will
appear. The CD last played is played
back.
CD changer* main menu
If the last played CD is not available, the
next available audio CD or MP3 CD is
played back.
No CD in the magazine:
The message
Magazine empty will appear.
Load audio CDs into the CD changer*
(
page 54).
Switching oni
The name of the CD and the name of
the track played are displayed if the
information is available.
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The CD soft key is available if a CD
changer* is connected to the
COMAND.
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The name of the CD and the name of
the track played are displayed if the
information is available.

58 Audio
CD operation
You can select an audio or MP3 CD:
in the CD list (page 58)
with the number keypad (page 58)
in the magazine menu (page 59)
In the CD listThe CD list includes all loaded CDs. Only
one list entry is visible at a time.
The entry is displayed above the track
indication. It shows the number of the CD
currently playing.
Push the joystick to H or h to
select another CD from the list.
or
Press j or k at the
multifunction steering wheel.
Loading CD is displayed.
After the CD is loaded, playback
begins.
With the number keypad
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only)
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Selection is possible if the
CD changer* has loaded the magazine
(COMAND knows the position of filled
and empty slots) and at least two audio
or MP3 CDs are loaded.
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The number keys 1 - 6 can be used
for direct selection.
Keys
1 - 6 magazine slots 1 to 6
of the CD changer*

59 Audio
CD operation
Press a number key, e.g. 2 to select
the corresponding CD.
Loading CD 2 is displayed.
The CD is changed. The selected CD is
played back.
The message
No CD will
appear if a selected slot is empty.
In the Magazine menu
Press the Magaz. soft key.
The Magazine menu is displayed. If the
magazine has not been read in, the
message
Magazine scan
Please wait
is displayed first.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a CD.
or
Press j or k at the
multifunction steering wheel.
Press E.
or
Press one of the number keys 1 to
6.
The CD is changed. The message
Loading CD will appear.You can select a track:
with g or h (page 59)
with the joystick (page 60)
with the number keypad (page 60)
with CD track scan (page 61)
With g or h
Activate the main CD menu
(
page 56).
Next track
Press h.
The next track is played.
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The name of the CD instead of e.g. CD1
is displayed if the information is
available.
Track select

60 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 multifunction steering wheel
Press j or k at the
multifunction steering wheel.With the number keypad
Activate the CD main menu
(
page 57).
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.
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Entries higher than the number of
tracks available on the CD are not
possible.
During MP3 playback
CD drive:
You can select the tracks of the
current folder (
page 74).
CD changer*:
You can select the first 99 tracks of
a MP3 CD.

61 Audio
CD operation
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.
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.View track detail
At any time during playback an expanded
view of a track title can be displayed in the
CD main menu via a separate window.
Press the Detail soft key.
To cancel
Press the Detail soft key again.
or
The window will automatically disappear in
approx. 5 seconds.
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When you start the scan function, the
playback mode
Normal sequence
(
page 64) is automatically activated.

62 Audio
CD operation
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.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.
Fast forward/reverseMutingi
COMAND will also deactivate if you
Press A, B, g, h
Change the volume at COMAND or
the multifunction steering wheel
Operate the joystick
Press any keypad button except #
Press j or k at the
multifunction steering wheel if the
audio menu is selected
Press any soft key.

63 Audio
CD operation
The following options are available:
Normal sequence (page 64)
Track mix (page 64)
CD mix (page 64)
Repeat track (page 64)
Repeat CD (page 64)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.
Playback mode
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If the CD changer* is connected, the
playback modes
Repeat CD and
CD mix are available additionally.
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The playback mode Normal sequence is
not displayed in the status bar.

64 Audio
CD operation
Explanation of the playback modes
Normal sequence
Tracks are played in ascending order
(e.g. 1, 2, 3 and so on). If just one CD is
inserted, the first track is played when
the last one is over.
If more than one CD is available, the
first track of the next CD is played
when the last track of the current CD is
over. The CDs are changed in normal
order.
Track mix
Tracks are played in random order. If
more than one CD is available, the next
available CD is played when the current
CD is over. The CDs are changed in
normal order.
CD mix (CD changer* only)
At least 4 tracks of any CD are played
in random order. Then follows the next
available CD. The CDs are changed in
random order.
Repeat track
The system repeats the current track
until you switch the function off.
Repeat CD (CD changer* only)
The system repeats the current CD
until you switch the function off.