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i
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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Exam
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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the
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
AUXmode
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Note
son discs
Th ere maybe play ba ck pro blems when
pl ay ing cop ieddi scs .There arealarge variety
of discs, DVDauthoring software,writing
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyouhave
copied yourself.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND. Stickers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recognit ionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommodate
discs which comply withtheEN60908
standard. Youcantherefore onlyusediscs
with amaximum 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
COMAND.
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
If video DVDsdon otconf orm tothe NTSC or
PAL TVstandards, theymaycreate picture,
sound orother problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced according tothe following
standards:
R Region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e)
i Ifyo uins ert avid eo DVD with adi ffe rent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
R PAL orNTSC TVstandard
You willgenerally findtherelevant details
either onthe DVD itself oron the DVD case. i
COMAND isset toregion code1at the
factor y.This settingcan bechanged atan
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Thiswill
allow youtoplay video DVDswith a
different regioncode,provided thatthey
are produced inaccordanc ewith thePAL
or NTSC standard. Theregion codecanbe
changed amaximum offive times. Function
restrictions
Dependin gon the DVD ,it is possible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions willbe
temporarily blockedormay notfunct ionatall.
As soon asyou trytoactivate thesefunctions
or actions ,you willsee theKsymbol inthe
display . Inserting
andejecting aDVD
X Pro cee das descri bedin the "Inser ting and
ejec ting CDs andDVDs" section
(Y page 128) . Sw
itchin gto video DVD mode
Opti on1 X
Inse rtavid eo DVD.
CO MAND load sthe med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
X To dis play thepicture: pressthe e
bu tton.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe efunctio nbu tton.
CO MAND switch estothe previous disc
op era ting mod e.
If vid eo DVD modewa sthe last mod e
sel ecte d,itwi llnow beacti ve. DVD
video mode
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tingavideo DVD
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcon troller toshow
the men u.
X Selec tMedi aby sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm .
The media listappears. The#dot
indic atesthecurr entmedium beingplayed.
Video DVDsare indic ated bythe ý icon. :
ý symbol foravideo DVD
; Video DVDcurrentlyplaying
X Selec ta video DVDbyturn ingcVd the
COMAN Dcontroller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND loadsthevideo DVDandbegins
playi ngit.
i Ifyou select aCD, anaudio DVDoran
MP3 medium, youswitch tothe audio mode
in question. Youcanfind further
inform ationabout themedia liston
(Y page 133). Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interr uptplayback: select±by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The «display changes toM.T hevideo
image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, select±again andpress W
to confirm .
or
X During playback, confirm ±bypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
The Msymbol isshown.
X To restar tplayback: confirmMby
pressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: select«byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The «displa ychanges toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th efilm isdivi ded intosc en es orchapt ers,
th ese can bedire ctly sele cted oryou can skip
th roug hth em while thefilm isrun ning.So me
DV Ds disab lethis feat ure atsom epoin tsin
th eplaybac k(e.g. during theopenin gcredit s). DVD
video mode
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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
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