2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

:
Curr entfol der nam e
; Trac ksymbo l
= Curr enttr ack
? Icon forne xt folder up
X To swit chtothesupe rordi nat efo lder :
sele ctico n: and pressW toconfirm . :
Disc nam e(if stor ed on thedisc )
; Curr entfolder
= Folder icon
X Select thefolder byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gra
cenote MediaDatabase
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio CD
mode.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenote ®
,Emeryville, California, USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecogn izethis bythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bottom right-
hand cornerofcert ainaudio display s. Many
audio CDscontainCD text .COMAND
uses theinformat ioncont ained therein to
display theartist, album andtrack name.
If the audio CDdoes notcont ainany CDtext
informat ion,COMAND canusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen inaudio CDmode. Thisisonly
possible ifthe relevant informationissaved
in the Gracenote MediaDatabase andifthe
"Gracenote MediaDatabase" functionis
activated.
If this isthe case, COMAND willdisplay the
availa bledata such asartist, album andtrack
name inthe relevant displaysand lists.
If COMAND accessestheGracenote Media
Database whenreading anaudio CD,youwill
see thefollowing message: Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adisplay
on/off X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 131).
X Select CDbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase byturnin g
cVd andpress Wtoconf irm.
This switches thefunct iononO oroff ª.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognit iontechn ology.
Infor mation aboutnewversions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognit ion
software updatedtherewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 92). Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmulti-chan nelformats ,for
example) orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected. X
Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 131).
X Select DVD-Abysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Groupbyturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select theaudio format byturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress thek button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence
You willhear thetrack sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2, 3,etc. ).
In MP3 mode, playbackproceeds inthe
order inwhich thetrack swere written to
the disc bythe program usedtocreate the
MP3 disc. Thisiscommon lyalphabetical
order. Onceallthe track sin afolder have
been played,the track sin the next folder
are playe d.
R Random Tracks
All the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5etc. ).
R Random Folder(MP3mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplaye din random order. 136
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X
To select opti ons:sw itch onaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode(Y pa ge 131) .
X Sel ect CD,DVD -AorMP3 byslid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption byturn ingcVd andpress
W tocon firm.
The option isswitch edon. For alloption s
exc ept "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow. Seetheexample ofthe
display inaudio CDmode (Ypage 132).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the medium youarecurren tlylisten ingto
or when youselect adifferen tmedium. If
an option isselect ed,itremains selected
after COMAND isswitch edon oroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Perm issible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R PCMCIA memorycard
Perm issible filesystem s R
ISO9 660/Joliet forCDs
R UDF foraudio andvideo DVDs
R FA T16 orFA T32 forPCMCIA memorycards
with storage medium
Mult isession CDs For
multisession CDs,thecontentofthe first
session determines howCOMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonly one
session andgives priority tothe audi oCD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which werewritten inone session. File
structure ofadisc When
youcreate adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan beorganized in
folders. Afolder canalso containsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of25 5
tr ack sand 255subf older s.
The disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3"
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags.
Pe rmis sibl efo rmats CO
MAND supp orts thefollowi ng forma ts:
R MP EG1 AudioLayer3( MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Permissible
bitand samp lingrates COMAND
supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R fixed andvariable bitrates of32 kbit/ sup
to 320kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDsuppo rts WM Afile sof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R fix ed bit rates of5kb it/s upto
38 4kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDdoes notsuppo rtMP3 filesof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R DRM (Digit alRight sMan agem ent)
en crypt edfiles
i Onlyuse track swit habit rateof at least
12 8kb it/s and asamp lingrat eof at least
44 .1kH z.Lower ratescancause a
noticeabl edeteriora tioninqua lity. This is
especi allythe case ifyou have activated the
surrou ndsound function.
Notes oncopyrig ht MP3
orWMA tracks thatyoucreate orpla y
back aregeneral lysubject tocopyri ght
protection inaccordance withtheapplicable
international andnational regulations.
In many countries, reproductions,evenfor
priva teuse, arenot permitted withoutthe
prior consen tofthe copyright holder.
Make surethatyouknow about theappli cable
copyright regulations andthat youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryour
own compositions andrecordings, orifthe
copyright holderhasgranted youpermission,
these restrict ionsdonot apply .
Notes onCDs/ DVDs Discs
withcopy protect ionare not
compatible withtheaudi oCD standard and
therefore maynotbeable tobe play edby
COMAND. There
maybeplay back problems when
play ingcopied discs.Therearealarge variety
of discs, disc-writing softwareandwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplay back problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.These
CDs arenot compatible withcurrent ly
appli cable standards.
i Inmany DVDaudioalbu ms,thelast track
does notcont ainany music andtheRear
Seat Entertainment Systemswitches tothe
next disc. Thisbehavior issystem-related
and isnot amalfunction.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN60908 standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audioCDs
in multichannel audioformat. MUSIC
REGISTER General
notes
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of4G B.
! Retaint he original musicfilesinasecure
location. Anerror inCOMAND mightresult
in the loss ofthe music filesstored inthe
MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Ben zis not
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Switching
tothe MUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theefunct ionbutton.
i This switches tothe last disc mode
selected (CD/audio DVD/video DVD/
MP3). COMAND willaccess alldiscs inthe
DVD changer, thememory card,theMUSIC
REGISTER orthe Media Interface.
X Select theMUSIC REGISTER positioninthe
media listand press Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconf irm(Ypage 133).
If there areany music files,youwillhear the
first track inthe first folder foundorplay back
will begin atthe point itwas lastinterr upted.
If there arenomusic files,youwillsee a
message tothis effect .
X Confirm themessage withtheCOMAND
cont roller Wand record themusic files
(Y page 139).
Option 2 X
Select Audiointhe main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audi omenu.
X Select Audiobysliding ZVandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Music Register andpress Wto
conf irm. :
Type ofdata medium: MUSICREGISTER
; Track number
= CD orDVD inserted
? Track name
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrack display
C Current playback option
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Current folder
G Folder functions
H Data medium positioninthe media list
I Tocall upthe MUSIC REGISTER menu Recording
musicfiles
Introduct ion CD
information suchasthe albu mname, disc
nam e,art ist and track nam eis pro vide dby
th eGrac enoteMedia Database
(Y page 135).
X Swit chon audio CDmod e(Y page 131).
X Wit han audio CDinserted, selec tREC inthe
CD basic displayby slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroll erand pres s
W toconfirm . MUS
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Fir
ststep: select ingthetrack sfor
reco rding X
Se lec tthe Track byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . :
Torecord allmusic files(standard)
; Torecord individua ltrack sO
= Toconfirm yourselection
If you donot select anytrack ,all track sonthe
CD are recorded.
Seco ndstep: selectingatarget folder X
Sele ctthe Folde rby turning cVdthe
COM AND controll erand pres sW to
confirm. :
Tocreate anew folder(sta ndard )
; Existing folders
= Currently selected folder
X Sele ctafold erby turning cVdthe
COM AND controll erand pres sW to
confirm. If
you donot select atarge tfolder, anew
target folderiscreated.
Thir dstep: startrecording X
Select Startbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Infor mation onthe recordin gsource and
destination aswell asthe recordin g
progress isdisplay ed. The
audio CDbasic display appears
automatically afterasuccessful recording.
X To cancel recording: confirmCancel with
the COMAND controller Wduring
recordin g.
The audio CDbasic display appears. Dele
ting allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER.
! The deletion procedure maytake several
minutes. Inorder toprevent malfunct ions,
do not use COMAND duringthisperiod.
X Select Music Register bysliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Delete AllMusic Filesand
press Wtoconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No ishigh light ed.
If you sele ctYes ,all musi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ...mess age.
Then ,you seetheDele tion Procedure
Succ essf ulmess age. 140
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If
you select No,the process willbe aborted . Call
ingupmemory spaceinfo
X Select Music Register byslid ing VÆ and
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Memory Infoandpress Wto
confirm.
The follo wing isdisp layed:
R storage capacity
R avai lablememory
R occupie dmemory
R content (folders,tracks) Fol
der functio ns
Introductio n You
canview thecontent ofthe MUSIC
REGISTER, changefolderortrack names and
dele teindivi dualfolders ortracks.
Call ingupthe MUSIC REGISTE R X
Select Folder byslid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller whenthe
disp lay/selection windowisactive.
You seethecontent sof the current folder. :
Folder selection symbol
; Icon formusic file
= Current folder
X To swi tch tothe superordinate folder:
select theU iconandpress Wto
confirm.
The displaychanges tothe next folder up.
Changi ngthe folder/ trackname X
Select Folder byslid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options byslid ing VY andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Change andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Ent eraname forthe folder/track.
X To save thechange s:select ¬and
press Wtoconfirm.
De letin gfolders/ tracks X
Select Folder byslid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options byslid ing VY andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Delete andpress Wtoconfirm.
Aq uery appear s.No ishigh light ed.
If you selectYes ,th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase Wait... MUS
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ge.Then, youseetheDeletion
Procedur eSuccessf ulmessa ge.
If you sele ctNo, the process willbe abo rted. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab leto you:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence
Yo uwi llhea rthe track sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3,etc. ).
R Random Tracks
All the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random Folder(MP3mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplay edinrandom order.
X To selec toptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 139).
X Sel ect Musi cRegi ster bysliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence willbe
ind icated byacorre sponding iconint he
displa y/selection window.
i The Normal TrackSequence optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the disc youarecurrent lylistening toor
when youselect adifferent medium. Ifan
option isselected, itremains selected after
COMAND isswitched onoroff. Media
Interface mode Conne
ctionoptions
Overview You
willfind theconn ection socketsin the
glove box. To
conn ectextern aldevices tothe Media
Int erface, youwillneed device-specific
adapter cableswhichareincluded withthe
Media Interface.
i Stow theindividua lparts inasecure
location.
Use only genuine Mercedes-Ben z
conn ecting cables.
You canconn ectthe following datacarriers
to COMAND viathe Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R USB devices (USBsticks,USB hard drives)
i iPod ®
is aregistered trademark ofApple
Inc. ,Cupertino, California, USA.
Suppor tediPod ®
variant s The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variants:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Suppor tedUSB devices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astartup/
permanent currentofamaximum of
800 mA(itmay benecessary toconn ecta
separate powersupply)
R certain MP3players
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
Inform ationconcerning USBDevice
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For further detailsandalist ofsupported
devices, visithttp://www .mbusa-
mobile.co m.O rcall theMer cedes-Ben z
Cust omerAssistance Centerat
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