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R
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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AUXmodeAudio
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Make
aselection fromthefurther options,
if necessary.
COMAND thenswitches backtothe DVD
menu.
i Depending onthe DVD ,the menu items:
Back (tomovie), Play,
Stop, ., /orGo Upmay not
funct ionornot funct ionatcertain pointsin
the DVD menu. Youwillsee theKicon in
the displa yas an indicator.
Stopping afilm orskipping tothe
beginn ingorend ofas cene X
Se lec tany men uitem fromthe DVD menu .
Th emenu appe ars.
X To sto pthe film: select the Stopmenu
ite ma ndpre ssW toconfi rm.
X To skipto the endof asc en e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssW to
confi rm.
X To skiptoth ebeginnin gof as cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress Wto
confirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Press thek button.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu andpress Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconfirm .
or
X Select anymenu iteminthe DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
confirm .
X Select GoUpand press Wtoconfirm .
Going backtothe movie X
Press thek button repeatedly untilyou
see thefilm.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu. X
Select theBack (tomovie) menuitemin
the menu andpress Wtoconfirm . Setting
thelanguage andaudio
forma t
This funct ionisnot availa bleonallDVD s.Ifit
is availa ble,youcan setthe DVD menu
language ,the audi olanguage orthe audi o
format. Thenumber ofsettin gsisdetermined
by the DVD content. Itis possible thatthe
settin gsmay alsobeaccessed inthe DVD
menu (Ypage 156).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video inthe menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select MenuLanguage orAudio
Language andpress Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appearsafter afew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entr y
indicates thecurrent lyselected language.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. Subtitles
andcamera angle
These functionsarenot availa bleonallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle language sand camera
angles availabledepends onthe cont entof
the DVD .Iti spossible thatthesettings may
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 156).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video inthe menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm. DVD
video mode
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Remo
tecontrol
Ove rview :
Toswitch thescre enon/off
; Toswitch thebutton lighti ngon/off
= Toselect the scre enfor remo teope ration
? Toselect amenu ormenu itemwith arr ow
key s
A Toconfi rmthe selectio nor setti ngwith
9
B Toswitch soundon/off (onwired
hea dphone s)
C Toadjust thevolume (forw ired
headphon es)
D Toskip atrack ,fast forward/r ewind
E Toselec ta track ,direc tent ry
F Toexit amen u(back ) Selecting
ascree nfor rem oteoper ation The
remoteco ntrol allows youtooper ateone
of thetwo rear-comp artmen tsc ree ns.To do
so, you willneed toswit chtherem oteco ntrol
to theco rrespo nding scree n.
X To sele cttheleft -hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"L REA R"is
high light edinthewin dow.
X To sele cttherig ht-hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"REA RR" is
high light edinthewin dow.
Swit chingth escr een on/off If
th eke yis in posi tion 0or 1in theign ition
loc k(see vehicle Operator's Manual),or the
key isnot inserted, thescreens inthe rear will
switch offafter 30minutes. Beforethe
screens switchoff,they show amessage to
this effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery.
X Point theremote controlatthe rear-
compartment screenwhichhasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press on/off button:onthe remote
cont rol.
The respective rear-compartmen tscreen
switches onoroff.
i The screen canonly beswitched onusing
the remote controlwhen theignition is
switched on.
Switching thebutton lighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous state,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
15 seconds, thebutton lighting switches
off automaticall y.162
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informat ionRearSeatSystem
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Selec
tingascree nfor thehea dphones X
Mov epush slider; toL(lef t-han dsc ree n)
or R(rig ht-hand scree n).
Ind icat orlam p,dis pla ys The
color oftheind icat orlamp shows
whet hertheheadp honesare swit ched on or
off and indicat esthech arge levelof the
bat teries inserted. Disp
lay St
ate Gree
n The
headp honesare swit ched
on and thebat teries arefully
ch arge d. Red The
headp honesare swit ched
on and thebat teries are
almo stdisc harg ed. No
disp lay
(dar k) The
headp honesare swit ched
off orthebat teries are
disc harg ed,incorrect lyor not
ins erted. Connect
ingaddit iona lhea dphones You
canconn ecta na ddition alset ofwired
headphones toeach rear-compart ment
scre en(Ypage 161).The jack isfor
headphones with⅛"ster eojack plugs andan
impedanc eof 32 ohms. Rear
-comp artm ent socket
On vehicles withtheRear SeatEntert ainmen t
Syst em, thereis asock etinthe rear
compart mentonthe centercon sole.
The sock etcan beused foraccess orieswith
a maximum powerconsumption of180 W. :
Soc ket
X Lift upthe cover ofsock et:. Changing
thebatt eries
Bot hthe remot econ troland thetwo sets of
wireless headphones requirebatteries. G
War
ning!
Keep thebatt eries outofthe reach of
children .Consult adoctor immediately ifa
child should swallow abattery.
Do not dismantle, short-circuit orburn a
battery. H
Environmental
note
Dispose ofdischarged batteriesinan
environ mentallyresponsible manner. General
information
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-hand battery: thepos itive pole (+)
mus tface down wards .
X To close thebat terycomp artm ent :
pres sth ebat tery compar tmentlid
downwar dsunt ilit clips intoplace.
If the batt eries havebeen inserted
cor rectly, the indic atorlamp willlight up
green whentheheadphon esare switc hed
on. Ba
sic functions Using
headphones
You canusethewireless headphon es
supplied and/orup totwo setsof wired
headphon escon nected tothe correspo nding
jac kof the rear- compartmen tscr eens
(Y page 161).
In for mat ionon:
R switc hingthewireless headphon eson/ off
R adjust ingthe volume ofthe headphon es
R selec tingascr een forthe headphon es
can befoun din the Wireles sheadphon es
sect ion(Ypage 164). Using
thema inloud spea kers
This function isavailable incon junction with
COMA ND.
You canusethevehic leloudspeak ersto
list en toadisc inserted inthe rear-
com partmen tdrive. Todo so, atlea stone of
the rear-compa rtmentscreens mustbeset to
disc mode.
X To set using COMA ND:press, for
exampl e,the efunction buttontoswi tch
on anaudio mode.
X Select Audiobyslid ing ZV theCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Rearbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm. i
The headpho nes'volumesetting doesnot
affect themain loudspe akers. Adjusting
thesoun dsettings
You canselec tthe sound settingsinthe audi o
CD/DV D/MP3, videoDVDandAUX modes.
X Switch onanoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode) (Ypage 170).
X Select Treble orBass using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
As etting scale appears.
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm. Several
users
Simult aneous useofthe rear -
compa rtment drive The
two rear-c ompartm entscreen scan be
operated almostentirely independen tlyfrom
one anoth er.However, therecan beacon flict
in some menus ifthe two screen sare used at
the same time.
If the rear-c ompartm entdrive isbeing used
for both screen ssimultaneously, selecting
cert ainmenus orsett ings onone ofthe
screen salso affect sthe other screen .
The following functionsaffect bothscreen s:
R changin gplayback options
R select ingatrac k(from thetrac klist ora
folder)
R using theplay, pause andstop functions
R fast forwarding /rewindingor scrollin g
R calling upthe DVD menu andnavigatin g
within it
R sett ingthe language, subtitlesandcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content Ba
sic functions
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ralnotes
You willfind information onthe follo wing
topics inthe Audio section:
R Notes onCDs/DVDs (Ypage 138)
R Notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 137)
R Notes oncopyri ght(Ypage 138) Ins
erting aCD/DV D
The CD/DVD drive isloc ated inthece nter
beh ind th efron tseats. :
Disc slot
; Eject button
The CD/D VDdrive isasingle discdrive. If
ther eis already adisc insert ed,this must be
ejec tedbefore anotherisinsert ed.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slot.
The print edside ofthe disc must face
upwards. Ifneit her side ofthe disc is
print ed,the side youwish toplay must face
downwards.
The CD/D VDdrive draws inthe disc. The
CD/D VDdrive plays thedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorr ectlyand itis a
permissible type.
R you have switchedondisc mode (audio
CD/audio DVD/MP3 mode).
Dat aon anMP3 CDfirst needs tobe loaded
by the drive. Theloading processtak esa
cert aintime, dependin gon the number of
folders andfiles. Ejecting
aCD/DVD
X Press theþ ejec tbut ton.
The drive ejec ts thedis c.
X Tak eth edis co utofthed isc slot .
If you donot takethe disc outofthe disc
slot ,the drive willdraw itin again
autom atically afterashor twhile. Switching
toaudio CD,audio DVDor
MP3 mode
X Insert aCD/DV D(Y page 170).
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemloads
the inserted disc.
X Select Discinthe menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
The corresponding modeisswitched on.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemplays
the disc. Example
displayinaudio CDmode
: Type ofdata medium _
; Track number 170
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If
the Random TracksorRandom Folder
pla yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom.
Sele cting bytrack list In
aud ioCD mode, thetrack listcontains all
the tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In aud ioDVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudioformat" (Ypage 136).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshows alltracks
on the currently activefolder, aswel las the
folder structure forselection ofall the tracks
on the MP3 CD.
X Select Track List(audio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder (MP3mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedisp lay/
selection windowisactive.
The track listapp ears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
Sele cting atrac kbydirect lyenter ingits
num ber X
Press honthe remo tecon trol.
The track entrydisplay appears.
Ex ample: track 2
X Press the· numbe rbutt on.
Ex ample: track 12
X Press thecorrespon dingnumbe rkeys in
rapid success ion.
i Itis not possible toent ernumbers that
exc eed thenumber oftrac kson the CDor
in the curren tlyactiv efolder.
X Wait forapproximat elythree secon dsafter
makin gthe entry.
You willhear theentered track.The
corr espondin gbasic menu thenreappears. Fast
forwar d/rewind
X While the<0004000900130010000C0001001A002200130005000C0005000300140009000F
000EV windowis
active, pressthe= or; button on
the remot econ trol repeatedly untilyou
reach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der inMP3 mode using
th e:=; buttonson therem ote
con trol and pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Folder selection symbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe superord inatefolder:
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remote controland press the9
button toconfirm .
The displa yshows thenext folder up. 172
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Fold ersel ectio nsymbo l
; Folder icon
X Se lec tafo lderusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
You willsee thetracks inthe folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
The track isplay edand thecorresponding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This function isonly available inaudi oDVD
mode.
X To pause playback: select«using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm.
The «displa ychanges toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm.
The Mdispla ychanges to«. Stop
function
This function isonly available inaudi oDVD
mode. X
To interrup tplayback: select±using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm.
The «displa ychanges toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, select±agai nand pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck stop sand jumpstothe beginning
of the DVD. Theselecti onmarker isat M.
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts from thestartof the DVD. Se
ttin gthe audi ofo rmat
Fur ther informa tionon audio form atsis
av ailabl e in the Aud iosec tion(Ypage 136).
X Select DVD-Ausingthe:=;
butt ons onthe remot econ troland press
the 9butt ontocon firm.
X Select Groupusingthe9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm.
The listofavailable audioformatsappears.
The #dot indicat esthe form atcurren tly
select ed.
X Select anaudio formatusing the
9: buttonsand press the9butt on
to con firm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button. Playba
ckoptions
Furt herinfor mation onplayback optionsis
available inthe Audio section(Y page 136). Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
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