2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET ECO mode

Subtitles
andcamera angle
These functionsarenot availa bleonallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle languages andcamera
angles availabledepends onthe cont entof
the DVD .Iti spossible thatthesettings may
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 166).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press Wtoconfirm.
In both cases, amenu appears.The #dot
in front ofan entry indicates thecurrent
setting.
X Select asetting byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. Interactive
content
DVDs cancont aininteract ivecont ent(e.g. a
video game). Inavideo game, forexample,
you may beable toinfluence eventsby
selecting andtriggering actions.Thetype and
number ofactions depend onthe DVD.
X Select anaction bysliding ZVÆorXVY the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
execute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select ,
is highlig hted.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. Video
AUXmode AUX
jacks
An extern alvideo source (videoAUX)canbe
conn ected withCOMAND viaMedia Interface
(Y page 152)using the1/8 inch audio/video
conn ections inthe glove box.
i Invehicles witharear view camera, the
video AUXjackcannot beused forextern al
video sources. Switching
tovideo AUXmode
X Select Video in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If video AUXmode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch tovideo AUXmode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Aux and
press Wtoconfirm.
The video AUXmenu appea rs.You willhear
and seethecont entofthe extern alvideo
source ifit is conn ected andswitched to
play back. Video
AUXmode
For details onhow tooperate theextern al
video source, seetherespective device's
operating instructions. 168
Video
AUXmodeVideo

Showing/
hidingthemenu
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 35)
and sound (Ypage 35)settin gsinthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcem entsand
navigation systemannouncem entsaremuch
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually .
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice whichis
conn ected asan extern alvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusua lmaximum volumecannotbe
reached. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atamedium volumeandincrease it
gradual ly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay the
sound athigh volume without distortin git. Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
X Select Volume in
the AUX display byturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
X Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
Standar d :t
he volume ofthe extern alvideo
source isadjusted toastandard value.
Boost :
the volume ofthe extern alvideo
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Video
AUXmode
169Video Z

X
Remo vedisc harged batterie sA from the
tr ay.
X Inser tthe new batteries. Observethe
polarity markings onthe batteries and
battery compartmen twhen doing so.
Left- hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwa rds.
Right-hand battery:thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwards.
X To close thebatt erycompart ment:
insert battery compartmen tcover =
startin gwith retaining lugs?into the
battery compartmen tand allow catch
tab ;toengage inplace.
On the cordless headphones The
battery compartmen tcover islocated on
the left headphone. :
Batt erycompart mentcover
The cordless headphones contain2type AAA,
1. 5V bat terie s.
X To ope nth ebat tery com partme nt:fli p
bat tery compar tmentco ver :upwar ds.
As you doso, holdth elef t-han dside ofthe
head phonesas sho wntopre ven tthe
batteries fromfalling out.
X Remove thedischarged batteriesfromthe
tray.
X Insert thenew batteries. Observethe
polarity markings onthe batteries and
battery compartmen twhen doing so.
Left- hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwa rds. Right-hand
battery:thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwards.
X To close thebatt erycompart ment:
press battery compartmen tcover
downwards untilitengages intoplace.
If the batteries havebeen inserted
correct ly,the indicator lampwilllight up
green whentheheadphones areswitched
on. Basic
functions Using
headph ones
i Vehicles intendedforsale inthe USA are
equipp edwith cordless headphones.
Corded headphones areavaila bleforthe
Canadia nand othe rmarkets.
You canusetheco rdle ssheadp hones
suppli edand /or uptotwo setsof corded
headp honesconn ect edtothec orrespondin g
jack ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s
(Y page 173).
Infor mation on:
R switching thecordless headphones on/off
R adjusting thevolume ofthe headphones
R selecting ascreen forthe headphones
can befound inthe Cordless headphones
section (Ypage 174). Using
themain loudspeaker s
This funct ionisavaila bleinconj unct ionwith
COMAND.
You canusethevehicle loudspeakers to
listen toadisc insert edinthe rear-
compart mentdrive. Todo so, atleast oneof
the rear-com partmentscree nsmus tbeset to
disc mode. 176
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sic functionsRear Entert ainment System

X
Setting usingCOMAND: press,for
example, the$ functionbutton to
switch onanaudi omode.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Audio menuappears.
X Select Rear by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i The headphones' volumesettingdoes not
affect themain loudspeakers. Adjust
ingthe sound settings
You canselect thesound settings inthe audio
CD/D VD/MP3, video DVDandAUX modes.
X Switch onanoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode) (Ypage 180).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the :=; buttonson the remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
An adjustmen tscal eap pea rs.
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm. Multi
pleusers
Simul taneoususeofthe rear-
co mpartment discdrive The
two rear-comp artmentscree nscan be
ope rate dalmost entirelyind epe ndentl yfrom
one another. However,there canbeaconfl ict
in some menusif the two scree nsare used
sim ultaneo usly.
If the rear-comp artmentdisc drive isbei ng
us ed for both scree nssim ultaneo usly,
sel ecting certainmenu sor setti ngsonone of
the scree nsalso affe ctsthe othe rscree n.
The followi ng functi onsaffectboth scree ns:
R cha nging play ba ck opti ons
R sel ecting atrack (fromatra cklist or folder)
R us ing the play ,pa useand stopfu nctio ns
R fast for wa rd/ rew ind orscro lling R
cal ling up the DVD menu andnavigati ng
wi thi nit
R setting thelangua ge,subtitles andcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content
The followi ngfunction saffect onlyone
screen:
R audi oand video function sas well aspicture
settings
R switching betweenfullscreen andthe
menu
Switching betweenoperating modes When
youexit anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode), thecurrent settingissaved. Ifyou
call upthis operating modeagainlate r,th ere
are two poss ibilities:
R theoper atingmod ehas been chang edon
th eot her scree n.
R theoper atingmod ehas notb een changed.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as itis on the other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
are detailed later(Y page 188).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc hon video DVDmode (Ypage 184).
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menu
(Y page 164)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm. Ba
sic functions
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X
In both cases, selectDVD-Video using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select Brightness ,
Contrast or
Color using
the9: buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
An adjus tment scaleappears.
X Select asetting usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
Changi ngthe picture format X
To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu whil
ethe naviga tionmenu
(Y page 164)isshown andpress the9
button toconfirm.
X Select DVD-V using
the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
The dotinfront ofone ofthe menu items
16:9 Optimized ,
4:3 or
Widescreen indicates
theformat currently selected.
X Select aformat usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm. System
settings Note
You canadjus talmost allsyst emsettings
indiv idually foreach screen witho utaffec ting
the otherscr een. Usetheremo tecon trol to
adjust thesettings. Selecting
thedisp laylangu age
X Selec tSyst em using
the9=;
butt onon the remo tecon trol and press
9 tocon firm .
You seethesyst emmen uon the selec ted
rear screen. X
Selec tSett ings with
the: buttonand
con firm with the9butt on.
X Selec tLang uage using
the9:
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
The listoflanguages appears.The#dot
indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec talanguage usingthe9:
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
The Rear SeatEnter tain men tSyst em
act ivat esthe respe ctive language. Switch
ingthedisp laydesign
X Selec tSett ings with
the: buttonand
con firm with the9butt on.
X Selec tDay Mode ,
Nigh tMode or
Auto matic using
the9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
The dotinfro ntofthe men uitem indicates
the curr entlyselec tedsetting. Design Expla
nation Day
Mode The
display isset
perm anentlytoday
design . Nigh
tMode The
display isset
perm anentlytonigh t
design . Auto
matic The
display design
chan gesdepen dingon
the vehic leinst rumen t
clust erilluminat ion. 178
Syst
emsett ingsRea rEnter tainment System

Setting
thebrightness
X Select Settings with
the: button and
conf irmwith the9button.
X Select Brightness using
the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconf irm.
As caleap pea rs.
X Adju stthe brightne ssusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The brightne ssbarm oves upordown. The
picture becomes lighterordarker in
accordanc ewith thescale. Showing/hiding
thepictur e
X To hide thepictur e:select Display Off in
the system menuusingthe:;
button son the remote controland press
the 9button toconf irm.
The picture ishidden.
X To display thepictur e:press the9
button . Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Safety
note G
WARNIN
G
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaClass 1laser
prod uct.There isadanger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. General
notes
You willfind information onthe following
topics inthe Audio section:
R notes onCDs/DV Ds(Ypage 144)
R notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 143)
R notes oncopyright (Ypage 144) Inserting
aCD/DVD
The CD/DVD drive isloc ated
R in thece nter und ertherea rseat sin
veh icles witharea rbenc hseat that canbe
folded up
R in the armrest between therear seats in
vehicles withoutarear bench seatthatcan
be folded up :
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. Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
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C
Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name (ifavailab le)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Stop funct ion
H Pause function
I Playba ckoptions Example
display:MP3mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions, toswitch track
inform ationon/of f
i ForMP3 track swith avariable bitrate, the
elapsed tracktimeshown canbedifferent
to the actual elapsed playbacktime. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th eski pfor wa rdfunctio nskip sto the next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor eth an
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If you have selected theplayba ckoptions
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,
the
track order israndom.
Sel ecting bytrack list In
audio CDmode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In au dio DVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudio format" (Ypag e142).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow sall tracks
in the currently activefolderaswell asthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Track List (au
dio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedispla y/
selection windowisselected.
The track listappea rs.The #dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
181RearEntertainm entSystem Z

Making
aselection byenter ingthetr ack
num berdirectly X
Pres sth eh buttonontherem ote
con trol.
The track entrydisplay appears .
Ex ample: track 2
X Pres sth e· numberbutt on.
Ex ample: track 12
X Pres sth ecor respon ding numberkeys in
rapid successio n.
i Itis no tp ossible toenter numbers that
exceed thenumber oftrack son the CDor
in the current lyactive folder.
X Wait forapproximately threeseconds after
making theentr y.
You willhear thetrack which hasbeen
enter ed.The correspon dingbasic menu
then reappears. Fast
forward /rewind
X With thedisplay /select ionwindow active,
press the= or; button onthe
remote controlrepeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der in
MP3 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 isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. :
Folder selectionsymbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe super ordina tefolder :
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remot econ troland press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The display showsthenextfolder up. :
Folder selection symbol
; Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode. 182
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeRear Entert ainment System