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Selec
tingatrac k
Th efu nctio nisnot supported byall
Bluetooth ®
audi odevices.
X To skip forwards orbackwards toa
tra ck: press theE orF button. Selec
tingplayback options
If the Bluetooth ®
audi odevice supports the
corresponding function,the followi ngoptions
are avail able:
R Normal TrackSequence The
tracks areplay edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3,etc. ).
Audio dataplayback isdetermined bythe
order inwhich thetracks arewritten tothe
data carrier. Alphabetical orderisthe most
common. Onceallthe tracks inafolder
have been played,the tracks inthe next
folder areplay ed.
R Random Tracks All
the tracks onthe medium areplay edin
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5etc. ).
X Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The #dot indicates theoption selected.
X Select theoption byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
If you select Random Tracks ,
you willsee
a corresponding symbolinthe displa y/
selection window. Adjusting
thesound settings
The sound settings aredescribed usingradio
mode asan example inthe "Basic function s
of COMAND" section(Ypage 35). Increasin
gthe volume usingCOMAND
X Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Volume and
press Wtoconfirm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
You willfind furth erinfor mation inthe "Audio
AUX Mode" section(Ypage 158). Media
Interfacemode Connection
options
Overview The
connection jacksare located:
R in the glove box(E-Class)
R in the centercon sole (CLS)
Devic e-spec ificadapter cables,included with
the Media Interface, arerequired tocon nect
ext ernal devices tothe Media Interface.
i Store individual partsinas afe plac e.
On lyuse genuine Mercedes-Ben z
co nn ect ion cabl es.
You canconn ect thefoll owin gdat acar rier s
to COMA NDviatheMedia Inte rface:
R iPod ®
R US Bd evices (USBsticks,USB hard drives) 152
Media
Interfacemod eAudio
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All
the tracks onthe med iuma repla yed in
random order.
R Random Categori es or
Random Folder (for
USB devicesifFolder has
been
sele cted)
The tracks inthe currently activecategory
or folde r,includ ingany subfolde rs,are
pla yed inrandom order.
i For USB devices, therandom playlists
offer amaximu mof 300 tracks chosen at
random.
X To selecta playbac koption :sele ct
Media Interfac e in
the basicdisp layby
slid ing VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The options listapp ears. The#dot
indica testhe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtoconfirm. Notes
onUSB devic es
Data formats The
followi ngdata formats aresupported:
R MP3: fixedandvaria blebitrates upto
320 kbit/s
R WMA: fixedandvaria blebitrates upto
320 kbit/s
Notes onUSB devic es R
In order tokeep theinitia lization time toa
minimu m,store onlymusi cdata onaUSB
devi ce.
R Up toeigh tdirec torylevels withupto1,0 00
tr ack sper direc toryare support ed.
R Do not use USB extens ion leads or
adapter s.They canimpair functionality.
R Aback groun dsearc hof the USB devic eis
perf ormedand anyplaylists foundare
shown inaseparat ecat egory inadditio nto
the folders. Initia lizati onoflarge rUSB mas s
stora gedevice sconta ining alarge numb er
of files may take severalminut es. i
DRM (DigitalRights Manage ment)
prot ectedfiles arenot support edbythe
Media Inter face . Audio
AUXmode Not
eson aud ioAUX mode
You canconnectan ext ern alaudio source
(AU X)toCOMA ND.
The socketscan befoun d:
R in the glove box(E-Class)
R in the centercon sole (CLS) :
⅛inc hsoc ket
If COMA NDisequipped withaMedia
In ter face ,ext ern alaudio sourcesare
con nected using thecorrespo ndingcable set.
An AUX socket isnot prov ided.
i You canfindmor einf orm ation onthe
In ter net athttp://www.m ercedes-
benz. com/connect andinthe "Media
In ter face mode" section(Ypage 152). Activa
tingaudioAUX mode
When youconnectane xterna lau dio sou rce,
au dio AUX isnot selecte dau toma tically.
X Sel ect Audio in
the mainfunctio nba rby
sl id ing ZV andturni ngcVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
If AUX modewa sthe last mod esel ecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve. 15
8 Au
dio AUXmodeAu dio
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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