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The
track sin the curren tlyactive folderare
played inrandom order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 137).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorrespon dingdisplay inthe display /
selection window.Seetheexample ofthe
display inaudio CDmode (Ypage 137).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurren tlylistenin gto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R PCMCIA memorycard
Permissible filesystems R
ISO 9660 /Joliet standard forCDs
R UDF foraudio andvideo DVDs
R FAT1 6or FAT3 2for PCMCIA memorycards
with storage medium
Multisession CDs For
multisession CDs,thecont entofthe first
session determin eshow COMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonlyone
session andgives priority tothe audio CD
session. If
possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which havebeen written inone session.
File structur eof adat acarr ier When
youcreate adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan beorganized in
folders. Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of
25 5track sand 255subf older s.
The disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast 1
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
Trac k1.m p3
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags. Au
dio CD/DVD and MP3 mode
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Permissible
formats COMAND
supportsthefollowing formats:
R MPEG1 AudioLayer3(MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA)
Permissible bitand samp lingrates COMAND
supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R const antand variable bitrates from
32 kbit/s to320 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND supportsWMAfilesofthe
following types:
R fixed bitrates from5kbit/s to384 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND doesnotsupport WMAfilesofthe
following types:
R DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
encrypted files
i Only usetrack swith abit rate ofat least
128 kbit/s andasampling rateofat least
44.1 kHz.Lower ratescancause a
notic eable deterioration inqual ity.This is
especially thecase ifyou have activated a
surround soundfunction.
Notes oncopyright MP3
orWMA tracksthat youcreate orplay
back aregenerally subjecttocopyright
protect ioninaccordance withtheappli cable
intern ational andnational regulations.
In many countr ies,reproductions, evenfor
private use,arenot permitted withoutthe
prior consen tofthe copyright holder.
Make surethatyouknow about theappli cable
copyright regulations andthat youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryour
own compositions andrecordings, orifthe
copyright holderhasgranted youpermission,
these restrict ionsdonot apply . Notes
onCDs/ DVDs Discs
withcopy protect ionare not
compatible withtheaudi oCD standard and
therefore maynotbeable tobe play edby
COMAND.
Play back problems mayoccur whenplaying
copied discs.Thereisawide range ofdata
carriers, disc-writing softwareandwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplay back problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot confor mto the current ly
appli cable standards.
i Onmany DVDaudiodiscs, thelast track
does notcont ainany music andCOMAND
then switches tothe next disc. Thisis
normal system behavior anddoes notmean
that there isamalfunction.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN60908 standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum 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 the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audioCDs
in multichannel audioformat. MUSIC
REGISTER General
notes
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of6G B. 144
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!
Retain theoriginal musicfilesinasecure
location. Anerror inCOMAND mightresult
in the loss ofthe music filesstored inthe
MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Benz isnot
liab lefor any loss ofdata. Switchin
gto MUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theh function buttonrepeatedly
until theMUSIC REGISTER isswitched on.
By pressing thefunction buttonrepeatedly ,
you can change theoperating modeinthe
followi ngorder:
R audi oCD/DVD /MP3(disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode
R Media Interfaceoraudi oAUX mode
If there areany music files,youwillhear the
first track inthe first folder foundorplay back
will begin atthe point itwas lastinterrupted.
If there arenomusic files,youwillsee a
message tothis effect.
X Confirm themessage bypressing Wthe
COMAND controller andcopy themusic
files (Ypage 145).
Option 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
slidi ngZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audi omenu.
X Select Audio by
slidi ngZV andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The audi omenu appears. X
Select Music Register and
press Wto
confirm. :
Type ofdata carrier: MUSICREGISTER
; Track number
= Track orfile name
? Track time
A Graphi ctime and track display
B Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
C Soun dset tings
D Media selection
E Curren tfolder
F Folder functions
G Data carrier position inthe media list
H Tocall upthe MUSIC REGISTER menu Import
ingmusic files
Introdu ction CD
inform ationsuchasalbum name, disk
name, artistandtrack isprovided through
Gracenote MediaDatabase (Ypage 141).
X Switch onaudio CDmode (Ypage 137).
X With anaudio CDinsert ed,select REC in
the
basic CDdisplay bysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm. MUSIC
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Step
1:Selec tingtracks toimport X
Select Tracks by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. :
Torecord allmusic files(standard)
; Torecord individual tracksO
= Toconf irmyour selection
If you donot select anytrack s,every trackon
the CDwill beimported.
Step 2:Selec tingthetarget folder X
Select Folder by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. :
Tocreate anew folder (standard)
; Exist ingfolders
= Currently selectedfolder
X Select afolder byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. If
you donot select atarget folder, anew one
will becreated.
Step 3:Beginning theimport X
Select Start by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Inform ationabout theimport source and
target aswell asthe progress isdisplay ed. The
Audio CDbasic display automatically
appea rsafter successful import.
X To cancel importing:during importing,
conf irmCancel by
pressing Wthe
COMAND controller.
The Audio CDbasic display appears. Dele
ting allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER.
! The deletion procedure maytake several
minutes. Inorder toprevent malfunction s,
do not use COMAND duringthisperiod.
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Delete AllMusic Files and
press Wtoconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you sele ctYes ,
all musi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ... mess
age.
Then ,you seetheDele tion Procedure Succ
essful mess
age. 146
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If
you select No ,
the process willbe aborted . Call
ingupmemory spaceinfo
X Select Music Register by
slid ing VÆ and
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Memory Info and
press Wto
confirm.
The follo wing isdisp layed:
R storage capacity
R avai lablememory
R occupie dmemory
R content (folders,tracks) Fol
der functio ns
Introductio n You
canview thecontent ofthe MUSIC
REGISTER, changefolderortrack names and
dele teindivi dualfolders ortracks.
Call ingupthe MUSIC REGISTE R X
Select Folder by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller whenthe
disp lay/selection windowisactive.
You seethecontent sof the current folder. :
Folder selection symbol
; Current folder
= Icon formusic file
X To swi tch tothe superordinate folder:
select theÒ iconandpress Wto
confirm.
The displaychanges tothe next folder up.
Changi ngthe folder/ trackname X
Select Folder by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
slid ing VY andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Change and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Ent eraname forthe folder/track.
X To save thechange s:select ¬and
press Wtoconfirm.
De letin gfolders/ tracks X
Select Folder by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
slid ing VY andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,
th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase wait... MUS
ICREG ISTER
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messa
ge.Then, youseetheDeletion Procedur
eSuccessf ul messa
ge.
If you sele ctNo ,
the process willbe abo rted. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab le:
R Nor mal TrackSequence The
tracks areplay ed inthe norma lord er
(e .g. track 1,2,3,etc.).
R Ran dom Tracks All
the tracks onthe med iuma repla yed in
random order.
R Random Folder (only
inMP3 mode)
The tracks inthe currently activefolderare
pla yed inrandom order.
X To selecto ptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 145).
X Sel ect Musi c Regi
ster by
sliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.For allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence ,
yo uwi ll
see acorre spondingdispl ayinthe displ ay/
sel ectio nwindow.
i The Norm alTrac kSequ ence opt
ion is
autom atically selec tedwhen youchan ge
the disc youarecurr entlylist enin gto or
when youselec tadifferent medium.Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitc hedonoroff. Bluet
ooth®
aud iomode Connecting
Bluetooth®
aud iodevices
Conditions Bluet
ooth®
aud iodevice
Bluetoot h®
audio mode requires a
Bluetoot h®
-c apable audiodevice.
i Not allBluetoot h®
audio devices available
on the mark etare equally suitable. For
more detailed information onsuitable
Bluetoot h®
audio devices andon
con nectingBluetoot h®
audio devices to
COMAND ,visit
htt p://www .mbusa- mobile.com (for
USA ).Or call theMercede s-Benz Customer
Assist anceCente rat
1-800-FOR-MERC ede<0013003600240025002800230023002500350026003400250026003500340030
002BV
(for theUSA) orCu stomer Relatio nsat
1-800-387-0100 (forCanada ).
Before using Blue tooth ®
au dio mode ,you
shou ldcheck yourBluetoo th®
audio device
for the followin g(see theBluet ooth®
audio
devic e'soperat inginst ruct ions ):
R Bluet ooth®
audio profile
The Bluet ooth®
audio devicemust support
the A2DP and AVRCP Bluet ooth®
audio
prof iles.
R Bluet ooth®
visibilit y
On certain Bluet ooth®
audio devices,as
well asact ivat ing the Bluet ooth®
fun ction,
the devic eits elf must alsobemade
"visible" forotherdevic es(see the
Bluet ooth®
audio device'soperat ing
inst ruct ions ).
R Bluet ooth®
devic ename
Ev ery Bluet ooth®
devic ehas itsown
Bluet ooth®
devic ename .This device name
is freely definable, butcan beidentical for
all devices fromthesame manufacturer.
You should therefore changethename of
the device sothat youcan correct lyidentify
your Bluetooth ®
audi odevice (seethe 148
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Blu
etoo th®
au dio dev ice'sope rating
instru ctions ).
i A2DP (Advance dAud ioDistri bution
Prof ile): Bluetoo th®
au dio pro file for audio
da ta transm ission
AVRC P(Au dio Vid eoRemote Control
Prof ile): Bluetoo th®
au dio pro file for audio
da ta play ba ck
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
and Bluetoo th®
vis ibility on the Bluetoo th®
au dio dev ice.
On COMAND
X Activa tethe Bluetoo th®
functi onin
CO MAND (Ypage 47).
Gen eral informati on Befor
eus ing your Blu etoo th®
au dio dev ice
wi th CO MAND forthe firsttime, youwillneed
to author izeit.
When youauthor izeanew Bluet ooth®
audio
devic e,itis con nected autom atically.
Conn ecting com prises :
R searc hingforaBluet ooth®
audio device
R subsequen tlyauthor izingit
You canconnectup toten Bluet ooth®
devic es.
i Ifyou author izeamobile phonethat
support sBluet ooth®
audio, theA2DP and
AV RCP Bluet ooth®
audio profilesare
con nected autom atically. Themobile
phon eis the nentere din bo th the
Blu etoo th®
tel ephone slist (Y page 104)
and inthe Bluetoo th®
de vic elist.
Mer cedes-B enzreco mme ndsauthor izing a
mob ile ph one inBlu etoo th®
tel ephony
(Y page 104) . Se
arch ingfo rand autho rizing a
Blue tooth®
audi odev ice X
Swi tch onBlu etoo th®
au dio mod e
(Y page 151) .
If yo usee theNoBluetooth Audio Dev
ice Authorized mes
sage ,yo uwi ll
nee dto conne ctthe Bluetoo th®
au dio
de vic efir st.
X Sel ect BT Aud
io by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
X Co nfir mBlu etooth AudioDevice List by
pre ssing W the COMAND controller.
X To search :confi rmUpd ate by
pre ssing
W the COMAND controller.
CO MAND scansfor Bluetoo th®
au dio
de vic eswithi nrang eand enters them inthe
Blue tooth®
devi celist ifth ey suppo rtthe
A2 DP and AVRCP Bluetoot h®
audio
pro files.
The durat ionofthesear chdepen dson the
num berofBlue tooth®
audio deviceswithin
ran geand their charac teris tic s. Blue
toot h®
dev icelist (example )
: Newly detectedmob ilephon ewit h
Blue tooth®
audio function inran ge
; Blue tooth®
audio player notw ithin range
but prev iously author ized(icon appears in
gray)
The Bluet ooth®
devic elist shows all
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceswithin rangeand all
pre viouslyau thor izedBlu etoo th®
au dio
de vic es, whethe rornotthey areinrange. Bluetooth
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X
To autho rize:sel ect anuna uthorized
Blu etoo th®
au dio de vic efrom thelist
(e xam ple: :) byturning cVd the
CO MAND controller.
X Sel ect Options by
slid ing VY the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Aut horize and
pressW toconfi rm.
Enter thepassco de.Todo so, proceed as
described inthe "Authorizin g(registering)
a mobile phone" section (Ypage 105).
Aft ersuccessful authorization ,the
Bluetooth ®
audio device isconn ected and
start splayi ng.
X External authoriza tion:COMAND may
not beable tolocate yourBluetooth ®
audio
device duetothe specific security settings
of the Bluetooth ®
audio device itself.Inthis
case, check whether yourBluetooth ®
audio
device canlocate theCOMAND system
(Y page 105). TheBluetooth ®
device name
of COMAND isMB Bluetooth .
Aft ersuccessful authorization ,the
Bluetooth ®
audio device isconn ected and
start splayi ng.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playb ackmust beinitially startedon the
device itself,sothat COMAND canplay the
audio data.
Reconnec tingaBluet ooth ®
aud io
device If
the NoBlue toothAudi oDevi ce Conn
ected messag
eappears, youhave the
followin goptio nstocon nectaBl uetooth ®
au dio dev ice:
Optio n1
X Co nfirm ConnectLast Device in
the
ba sic displ ayby pre ssing W the COMAND
control ler.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au diodev ice,it wi llbe connected andstart
pl ay ing. i
With some Bluetoo th®
au dio dev ices,
pl ay ba ck mus tbeinitially startedon the
device itself,sothat COMAND canplay the
audio data.
Opt ion 2
X Select BTAudio by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Confirm Bluetoo thAudio Device List by
pressing Wthe COMAND controller.
X Select aBluetoot h®
audio device byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
If COMAND canlocate theBluetoot h®
audio device, itwill becon nected and start
playing.
Displaying details X
Select aBluetoot h®
audio device inthe
Bluetoot h®
device list.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Details and
press Wtocon firm.
The following information concern ingthe
select edmobile phoneisshown:
R Bluetoot h®
name
R Bluetoot h®
address
R availabili tystat us(is shown afteranew
search)
R authoriz ationstatus
X To close thedeta iledview: turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller.
De-aut horizing(de-r egistering) a
Bluet ooth®
aud iodevice X
Select aBluetoot h®
audio device inthe
Bluetoot h®
device list.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm. 150
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aud iomod eAudio