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of
Mercedes-B enzUSA ,LLC. Operation
may alsobeimpaired incert ainlocations
(e.g. tunnels,parking garages aswell as
inside ornext tobuildi ngs).
i SIRIUS XMRadio offers morethan130
digital-quali tyradio chann elsproviding
100% commer cial-free music,sport,news
and enter tainmen t.
SIRIUS XMRadio employs afleet ofhigh-
performanc esatellites tobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada.
The satellite radioprogram isavaila blefor
a mont hlyfee. Details areavaila blefrom
the SIRIUS XMServic eCenter andat
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DB (USA)or
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001B .com
(Canada) . Registering
satelliteradio
X Switch onsatellite radiomode
(Y page 129).
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel.You cann ot
select anyother station s.
X Select SatRadio in
the lower menu bar
and press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Service and
press Wtoconf irm.
The service informationscreen appears. Service
informat ionscreen
1 Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS XMIDofyour satellite receiver X
Call thephone number ofyour satellite
radio provider shownonthe screen .
i You canalso have thesatellite service
activated online.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DB (USA)or
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001B .com
(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe service staff.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes. Ifthe activation iscompleted
successfully, theNoService message
appears inthe display ,followed bythe
satellite radiomainmenu.
i Ifregistrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account .
If the satellite receiver isnot installed oris
not installed correctly,the Device Unavailable message
willappear. Switching
onsatellite radiomode
Notes You
canalso usethemultifunct ionsteerin g
wheel totune inchann elsorscroll through
lists, e.g.bypressing the=;
9: buttons(Y page 21).
Import antnoteson registrat ion,see
"Registering satelliteradio"(Ypage 129).
Option 1 X
Press $thefunct ionbutton .
The NoService message
appearsafter
switching onorifno signal isbeing
received. OnceCOMAND receivesthe
signal, thesatellite radiodisplay appears.
The station lastselected isplaye d.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunct ionbutton
switches betweentheFM, AM, WB
wavebands inthat order andthen switches Satellite
radio
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Note
sabo utdis cs
Pl ay ba ck pro blems mayoccu rwhen playing
copied discs.Therearealarge 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 ffer ent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
R PAL orNTSC standard
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 uptofive 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
andremoving DVDs
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Insert ingand
eject ingCDs andDVD s"section
(Y page 134). Activating
videoDVDmode
Option 1 X
Insert avideo DVD.
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it.
X To display thepictur e:press theh
button . Video
DVDmode
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X
Sel ect DisplayTra ckInformation us
ing the 9: buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche don O oroff ª,
de pendi ng on the previous statu s. Vide
oDVD mode Gen
eral notes
Here youwi llfind further informa tion onthe
fol lowi ng topi cs:
R sa fety notes (Ypage 133)
R notes onDVDs (Y pa ge 162) DVD
playbackcondit ions
Playback problems mayoccurwhen playing
cop ieddisc s.Ther eis alarge varietyof disc s,
DV Da uth oring sof twar e,writ ingsoftwar eand
writ ersavailab le.This varietymean sth at
th ere isno guaran teeth at theRear Seat
En tertainm entS yst em will beable toplay
vid eo DVDs that you havecopied yourself.
You willfind further informationinthe Video
section (Ypage 163). Information regarding
COMAND alsoapplies tothe Rear Seat
En tert ainment System. Function
restrictions
Dependin gon the DVD ,it is possible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions ,you willsee the
K symbol inthe display . Inserting
andremoving aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe"Au dio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 179) . Ac
tiv atin gvideo DVD mode
X Inse rtavid eo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewa sthe last mod esel ecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa snot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedin the followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
If the video DVD fulfills the play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo umu ststa rtthe
fi lm ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu. Hiding/show
ingthe navigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button
on the remote control.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menu
: Disc type
; Current track
= Current scene
? Track time
A Toshow themenu 184
Video
DVDmodeRear Enterta inment System