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206 Voice Control
Command list
MP3
MP3
MP3 changer (on)
Next MP3
Other MP3
Previous MP3
Last MP3
Repeat/replay MP3
Next directory
Other directory
Previous directory
Last directory
Next track
Other track
Previous track
Last track
Repeat/replay track
Track 1 - Track 99
Track number 1 - Track number 99
MP3 1 - MP3 6
MP3 number 1 - MP3 number 6
Hard disk
Hard disk
Music register
Memory card
Memory card
DVD audio
DVD audio
DVD audio changer on
Next DVD audio
Other DVD audio
Previous DVD audio
Last DVD audio
Next directory
Other directory
Previous directory
Last directory
Next group
Other group
Previous group
Last group
Group 1 - 9
Group number 1 - 9
Next track
Other track
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207 Voice Control
Command list
Previous track
Last track
Repeat/replay track
Track 1 - Track 99
Track number 1 - Track number 99
DVD audio 1 - DVD audio 6
DVD audio number 1 - DVD audio
number 6
AUX
Audio aux
Video
Video
DVD video
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213 Technical terminology
AAC
(A
dvanced Audio Coding)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses. Based on
the MPEG2 standard.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per unit time.
Bluetooth
®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
Writeable ->CD-ROM.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
CD which can be read, written and de-
leted.CD text
CD text is an extension of an audio CD,
which contains text information such
as title, artist and name of the individu-
al pieces of music.
->COMAND displays
this information on the corresponding
screens if the selected audio CD con-
tains this information.
COMAND control system
(Co
ckpit Management and Data
System)
Central information and operating unit
for various vehicle functions, such as
radio, DVD changer and other equip-
ment, such as telephone, navigation
system.
Dolby Digital
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.
DTMF
(D
ual Tone Multi-Frequency)
DTMF tones control answering machi-
nes or other devices, e. g. for remote
queries.
DTS
(D
igital Theater Sound)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format
for storing large data volumes, e.g.
films.
DVD+R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD+RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
DVD-R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD-RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
Geo-coordinates
Indicate the geographical position of a
location on the earth's surface.
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214 Technical terminology
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.
Gracenote Media Database
Media database that is stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive.
Gracenote
® music recognition techno-
logy
Music recognition software that is
stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive. If
the selected audio CD does not contain
any
->CD text, ->COMAND can
recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Kilobyte
Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.
LOGIC7
®
Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7
® cre-
ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.
MLP
(M
eridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
Multisession
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
Music Register
Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.
Notebook
Portable personal computer (PC).
NTSC
(N
ational Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
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215 Technical terminology
PAL
(P
hase Alternating Line)
TV standard, widespread mainly in Eu-
rope.
PCM
(P
ulse Code Modulation)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD-audio or DVD-video.
The audio data are provided in com-
pressed form, similar to ->MP3,
->MPEG1 Audio-Layer 3, but in contrast
are not subject to losses.
PDA
(P
ersonal Digital Assistant)
Small portable computer featuring
functions for managing dates, addres-
ses and appointments, for example.
PIN
(P
ersonal Identification Number)
Personal identification number, to be
entered to activate the telephone.
Provider
Service provider offering access to a
mobile phone network or services
within the network.RDS
(R
adio Data System)
Digital data transmission system for
FM radio stations.
Region code
Because of the region code, video
DVDs can only be played on DVD
equipment with the same code as that
of the ->DVD. The factory setting of the
COMAND is code 2 (
page 75). It can
only play video DVDs which also have
code 2 or code 0 (no region code).
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a data sto-
rage medium.
Scan rate (->MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volta-
ge samples are taken during the con-
version of an analogue signal into a
digital signal. The analogue-to-digital
converter converts the samples into di-
gital signals.UDF
(U
niversal Disc Format)
Standard for recording data, e.g. for
DVDs.
vCard
An address book entry may contain up
to 8 telephone numbers that are placed
in a vCard (business card). When an
entry of this kind is stored in the mobile
phone’s telephone book, a separate
entry in the vCard is created there for
every telephone number.
Voice Control
A system which can be used to operate
the ->COMAND or the telephone using
speech.
WAV
Standard audio file format for storing
audio on PCs.
WMA
(W
indows® Media Audio)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
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217 Index
A
AAC
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Address book
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Creating an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Details for an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Initiating phone call . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Searching for entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . 109
Voice tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DVD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Authorizing
Bluetooth
® device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Aux
Audio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B
Back button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bit
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bit rate
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Block Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bluetooth®
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bluetooth® interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Business cards
Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
C
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 213
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting from the DVD changer . . . . 57
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading the DVD changer . . . . . . . . . 55
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
CD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Character entry
Accepting first list entry . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cancelling an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deleting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Entering characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
COMAND
Basic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Character entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Opening menu for a main function . . 31
Operating example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
COMAND controller
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D
De-authorizing
Bluetooth
® device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Declaration of conformity regarding
the distribution of telecommunica-
tions equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Delete button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Index
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218 Index
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dolby Digital
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Driving maneuver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
DTMF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DTS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting from the DVD changer. . . . . 57
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading the DVD changer . . . . . . . . . 55
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DVD audio
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61DVD video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stop function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Video game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
DVD+R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD+RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
E
Emergency calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
F
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
G
GPS
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Gracenote Media Database. . . . . . . . 64
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Switching read function on/off . . . . . 65
Gracenote® music recognition techno-
logy
End user licence agreement (EULA) . 64
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
H
Highway information. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
I
ID3 tag
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ISO9660
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
J
Joliet
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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219 Index
K
Kilobyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
L
List entry
Selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LOGIC7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
M
Making calls
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Map
Information on map . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Map display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Menu COMAND
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MLP
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 214MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . 23
Multisession
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Music Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 214
Recording music files . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
N
Navigation
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Block Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 119
Driving maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 153
Off map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
POI input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traffic lane recommendation . . . . . 150
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 153
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
NTSC
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
O
Off map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152