2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

(for
theUSA )or Custom erRelation sat
1- 800 -387- 010 0(for Canada). Connecting
anexter naldevice
i Donot leave extern aldevice sin your
vehic leas ext reme temperatur es(e.g.
caused bydirect sunlight orext remely low
outside temperatur es)can effec t
func tionality (see theoperat ing
inst ruct ions forthe respec tivedevice ).
Merc edes- BenzUSA ,LLC does nottake
respon sibility forany damage toext ern al
device s.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time .You will otherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheexter naldevice. :
4-pin socket for⅛inch stereo jack,e.g.
for MP3 playe rs(audi oand video)
; iPod socket ,to conn ectaniPod ®
= USB socket ,to conn ectaUSBdevice
? Examp leof device (iPod ®
)
X Co nnect theexter naldevice with suita ble
socke t:, ;or=.
CO MAND activate sthe device .
If yo uremo veade vice ,the No Device
Connected messageappears.
i Aconn ected iPod®
or MP3 playershould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control), asthis
may produce unpredictable results. i
Connect ingafully discharged iPod®
or
MP3 playercan result inan exten ded
initialization period.
Error messages appearwhile thedevice is
being activated if:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
conn ected (No Device Connected).
R two devices areconn ected simultaneously
(Please makesurethatonlyone
device isconnected).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Where necessary, consultanauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. Switching
toMedia Interfacemode
General notes In
ext reme cases, startingupindividual
func tionscan take uptoseveral minutes–
this depends onthe external device andits
con tent(e.g. video podcasts ).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Someorall func tions
may notbeavailable otherwise.
Opt ion 1 X
Connec tan ext ernal device (Ypage 143).
COMAND activates thedevice. Thebasic
display thenappears.
or
X Select Audiointhe main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If anoth eraudio source isswitch edon, you
can now switch toMedia Interface modein
the audio menu. Media
Interfacemod e
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Sel ect Audiobysliding ZV andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The audio menu appe ars .
X Sel ect MediaInt erface andpressW to
confi rm.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe efuncti onbutton.
If yo uha dpre viouslysel ected Media
Interfa cemod e,this willnow beacti vate d.
If not, youcan switch onMed iaInterfa ce
mod evia the audio menu .
X Sel ect Audiobysliding ZV andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The audio menu appe ars .
X Sel ect MediaInt erface andpressW to
confi rm.
Opti on3 X
Pre ssthe Enumb erbutton.
Thi sdi rectl ysel ects theconnecte dexter nal
au dio eq uipme nt. Examp
leof Med iaInterf acedispl ay(iPod ®
mod e)
: Type ofdata med ium
; Tracknumb er
= Trackname
? Visualtime displ ay
A Elapse dtrack time(also inform at
00:00:00 foraudiobo oks)
B Visualtrack displ ay C
Current play ba ck setti ngs(noiconfor
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media list
F Album name(ifsupplied)
G Categories, playlistsand/or folders
H Artist (ifsupplied)
I Playb ackoptions Selecting
musicfiles
Notes COMAND
displaysthe data stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 playe rorU SB mas sstora ge
de vice acco rding tothe filing stru cture used
in the respective medium.
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
Sk ipping forward skipsto the nexttr ack .
Sk ipping backwards skipsto the begin ning
of the curr enttrack ifthe track hasbeen
playing formor ethan eight seconds .Ift he
track hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track .Ify ou have selected aplayb ack
option otherthanNormal Track
Sequence, thetrack sequence israndom.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, such asE.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
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COMA NDwill ignore and notd isplay an
inv alid digit .
X Ifdesire d,ent erfurt her digit s.
X To confir man entr y:press Wthe
COMA NDcontroller orpress andhold the
numb erkey correspo ndingto the last digit
of the desire dtrack numb er.
The selec tedtrack isplayed.
Fast forwar d/rewind X
While thedisplay/s electionwindow is
act ive, slide XVY andhold theCOMA ND
con troller untilthe desire dposition has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached.
i OnaniPod ®
,fast rewind onlyfunct ions
within thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fol der
iPo d®
and certain MP3playe rs You
canselect tracks foraniPo d®
and MP3
pla yera ccord ingtocate goriesand folder s.
Depe nding on the deviceconnecte d,the
fol lowi ng cate goriesmay beava ilab le,for
exa mpl e:
R Curr entTracklis t
R Play lists(e .g. All)
R Arti sts
R Albu ms
R Trac ks
R Podc asts
R Genr es
R Comp osers
R Audi obooks
i Some play ba ck cate goriescontai nthe
All entry.Ifthis entryhas been selected, the
entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed.
USB devices For
USB mass storage devices, youcan select
folders andalso playlists (ifavaila ble).
COMAND canalso displa ythe albu mname
and artist (met adata)durin gplaybac k,ifth is
inf orm ationhasbeen entered intoth e
syst em.
Playlist sare indicat edinthedispl ayby a
spec ialsymb ol.When youopen theplaylist ,
th eco rrespo nding track sare open edand
playbac kbegins. Youcannow select Random
Categor iesinstead ofRandom Folderasa
playback option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todisplay themetadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded music data,orto
display thefileand direct orynames whenthe
music isplaying.
X To displa ythe album andartist name:
select Media Int.inthe basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Display Metadataand press Wto
con firm.
Selecting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Musicinthe basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
category selectedorthe folder nameisin
the status barofthe displa y.
i The Music menuitemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Media
Interface mode
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ple of displ ay:c ateg orylist
: Dev iceiconand devic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies
X Sele ctthecat egor y/folder byturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
You willsee thecon tent oftheselec ted
cat egor yor selec tedfold er.
i Ifth edata needstobe read from the
con necteddevic e,thePle ase Wait...
mes sage appears .
X Ifnec essar y,repe atthis oper atingst ep
unt ilth etrack sin thes elected folder/
album appear. Ex
ample ofdisplay: currenttrac klist
: Icon fornex tfolder up
; Current category
= Track symbol
? Current track
X Select thetrac kby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The trackisplay ed. X
To selec tone folder higher: selectthe
U iconandconfirm with W.
i The U iconisalway sshown rightatthe
top ofthe respect ivefolder. Playing
thecontent ofacategory or
folder
X Select thecategor yor folder byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twosecon ds.
The contentofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 136)selected. Alphabetical
track selec tion
iPod ®
and MP3 player This
funct ionisavaila bleforalpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunct ion
is not availa bleforalbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists, byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The availa bleartists appear.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key ;three times).
You seetheavaila bleletters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryin the list
which matches theletter entered is
highlighted.
i Ifthere isno entr ywhich matches the
letter entered, thelast entryin the list
which matches aprevious letteris
highlighted.
i For iPods ®
and MP3 players, thequal ity
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version and langu ageva riant ofthe
so ftw are(e .g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the device.
US Bm ass storage devices Thi
sfunction isava ilable foralpha betica lly
sorted directories .This funct ionisnot
availa bleforalbu msorplay lists, forexample.
X In adirectory, pressthecorresponding
number keyonce orseveral timestoselect
the first letter ofthe artist's name(e.g.for
an artist beginning withtheletter "C",press
number key;three times).
You seetheavaila bleletters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Aftera
message, thefirst entryfound which
matches theletters enteredappears firstin
the list.
If there isno entr ybeginn ingwith theletter
ent ered, thelast entrybeginn ingwith the
previous letterisshown atthe top ofthe
list. Selecting
anactive partition (for USB
mass storage devices only)
You canselect thisfunc tion forUSB mass
stor age devices whenthestor age device is
partit ioned. Uptofour partit ions(primary or
logical andFAT-for matt ed)are supported.
i The Windows formattingprogram
supports FATpartit ionsofup to32 GB as
stan dard.
X Select Media Int.inthe basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Select ActivePartitionand
press Wtocon firm. Playback
options
The following optionsare available toyou:
R Normal TrackSequenc e
You hear thetrac ksintheir normalorder
(numeric alor alphabetical, forexample).
R Random Tracks
All the trac kson the medium areplayed in
random order.
R Random CategoriesorRandom Folder
(in the case ofUSB devices whenFolder
has been select ed):
The tracksinthe curren tlyactive categor y
or folder, including anysub-folders ,are
played inrandom order.
i ForUSB devices, therandom playlists can
con tain amaximum of300 randomly
select edtrac ks.
X To select aplayba ckoption: select
Media Int.inthe basic display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The option slist appears. The#dot
indicat esthe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data formats The
following dataformat sare supported:
R MP3: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/s)
R wma: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/s)
Notes onUSB devices R
Avoid storingdata other thanmusic dataon
the USB device sothat thestart -uptime is
not extended unnecessarily.
R Up toeight direct orylevels withupto100 0
trac ksare supported. Media
Interfacemod e
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Do not useaUSB extension cab leor an
ad ap ter. Thesema yim pairfunctio nality.
R Aba ckgro undsearch ofthe USB device is
pe rfo rme dand anyplay lists foundare
pro vide din ase pa rate cate gory inad ditio n
to the folders. Initia lizati onoflarge rUSB
ma ssstor agede vices conta ining ahigh
num berof files can take uptosever al
mi nute s.
i Files pro tecte dwi th DRM (Digital Righ ts
Ma nag eme nt)arenot supp orte dby the
Me diaInter face. Au
dio AUXmode Note
son audi oAU Xmode
Yo ucan conne ctan exte rnalau dio sou rce
(AU X)toCO MAND. Thesoc ket forthisis
lo cate din the glove box. :
⅛inch socket
If CO MAND iseq uipp ed with Me diaInter face,
exte rnalau dio sou rcesar econne ctedusing
the corr espo ndi ng cab leset.An AUX socket
is not provide d.
i Youcan findmor einf orm ation onthe
Inter netathttp:/ /www .merc edes-
be nz.c om/ conn ectand inthe "Media
Inter face mod e"sectio n(Y pa ge 142) . Sw
itchin gto audi oAU Xmode
Wh enyouconne ctan exte rnalau dio sou rce,
au dio AUX isnot selected automa tically. X
Sel ect Audiointhe mainfunctio nba rby
sl id ing ZV andturning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
If AUX modewa sthe last mod ese lected ,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If ano theraudio sourceisswit ched on,you
can nowswit chtoaudio AUXmod ein the
audio menu.
X Se lec tAud iousin gZV andpressW to
co nfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tAux usingcVd andpressW to
co nfirm .
The audio AUXmen uappear s.Ifco nn ected
and switched toplaybac k,you willhear the
ex tern al audio source.
Fo ro peration ofthe external audio source,
please seethecorr espondin goperatin g
inst ruct ions.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 31)
and sound (Ypage 32)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
War
ning!
Ex tern alaudio sources mayhave differen t
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraf ficanno uncem entsand
navigat ionsystem announcem entsare much
louder. Ifnec essary, pleasedeactiv atethe
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually. Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
It may bethe case thatadevice whichis
con nected asan ext ernal audio source seems
quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, orthat the
usual maximum volumecannotbe achieved.
The volume ofsome devices canbeset
separately. Inthis case, startatamedium
volume andthen raise itslowly. Thisenables
you tohear ifthe system canplay themusic
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Sel ect Vol ume inthe AUX displ ayby turni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
X Select Standar dor Boost andpress Wto
con firm.
Standar d:thevolume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toastandard value.
Boost:t hevolume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
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