2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class COUPE ECO mode

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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
REGISTER
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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
Bluetooth ®
aud iomodeAudio

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
Sel ect De-Aut horize and
pressW to
confi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the device willbedeleted
from theBluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i Before reauthorizing theBluetooth ®
audio device, youshould alsodelete the
device nameMBBluetooth from
your
Bluetooth ®
audio device's Bluetooth ®
list. Switching
toBluetooth ®
audio mode
Option 1 X
Connect ing(Ypage 148)orrecon necting
(Y page 150)aBluetooth ®
audio device.
COMAND activatestheBluetooth ®
audio
device. Thebasic display appears andthe
device startsplayi ng.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
i Bypressing thefunct ionbutton
repeatedly, youcan change theoperating
mode inthe following order:
R audio CD/DVD/video DVD/ MP3 inthe
DV Dchan gerorDV Dsing ledrive (disc
mode)
R memo rycard mode
R MUS ICREGIS TER
R Bluet ooth®
audio mode
R Media Inter face oraudio AUXmode
Opt ion 3 X
Press numberbutt ons.
This willselec tthe conn ected Bluetooth ®
audi odevice directly. Option
4 X
In the media list(Ypage 139), select the
entr yat position 9by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
COMAND activatestheconn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs. Bluetooth
®
audio display (example)
: Bluetooth ®
audi odata medium type
; Position inthe media list
= Sound settings
? Media list
A Tostop ±orstart Mplay back
B Toconn ectBluetooth ®
audi odevices
i Ifthe Bluetooth ®
audi odevice connected
supports metadata andcorresponding data
is availa ble,then theartist, trackandalbu m
name canbedispla yed. Star
ting/stopping playback
X To star tplayback: selectMby turning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Play back starts.
X To stop playback: select±byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am essage appears. Selectionisat M. Bluet
ooth®
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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

Switching
toMedia Interface mode
General notes In
extr eme cases, startingup individual
funct ionscantake uptoseveral minutes –
this depends onthe extern aldevice andits
cont ent(e.g. video podcasts).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Otherwise, someorall
funct ionsmay notbeavaila ble.
Option 1 X
Connect anextern aldevice (Ypage 153).
COMAND activatesthedevice. Thebasic
display thenappears.
or
X Select Audio in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactivated.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toMedia Interface modein
the audi omenu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Media Int. and
press Wto
conf irm.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
By pressing thefunct ionbutton repeatedly,
you can change theoperating modeinthe
following order:
R audi oCD/D VD/MP3 (disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode
R Media Interface oraudi oAUX mode Option
3 X
Press thei number button.
This selects theconn ected extern alaudi o
device directly. Media
Interface mode(iPod®
mode)
: Disc type
; Track number
= Track name
? Graphic timedisplay
A Elapsed tracktime(also informat
00:0 0:00 foraudi obooks)
B Graphic trackdisplay
C Current playback settin gs(no symbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media list
F Album name(ifavaila ble)
G Categories, playlists and/or folders
H Artist (ifavaila ble)
I Play back options Selec
tingmusic files
Note COMAND
displaysthe data stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 playeror USB mass storage
device according tothe filing struct ureused
in the respective medium. 154
Media
Interface modeAudio

Categories instead
ofRandom Folder as
a
play back option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todispla ythe metadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded musicdata,orto
displa ythe fileand directory namesduring
play back.
X To display thealbum andartist name:
select Media Interface in
the basic
displa yby slidi ngVÆ andturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select Display Metadata and
press Wto
confirm.
Sele cting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Music in
the basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
displa y'sstatus barshows theselected
category orthe folder name.
i The Music menu
itemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Example
display:categ 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 step unt ilth e
tr ack sin thedesir edfold er/album appear. Ex
ample display: Currenttrack list
: Sym bolfornex tfold erup
; Curre ntcat egor y
= Trac ksymbo l
? Curr enttr ack
X Se lec tth etrack byturning cVd the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The track isplayed .
X To swit chtothesup eror dina te fold er:
sele cttheÒ iconu sing theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
i The Ò symbol isalwa yslisted rightat
the top ofthe respective folder. 156
Media
Interface modeAudio

Playing
backthecontents ofa
category orfolder
X Select thecategory orfolder byturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 142)selected. Alphabetical
track selec tion
iPod ®
and MP3 players This
funct ionisavaila bleforalphab etically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunct ion
is not availa bleforalbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists ,
by turnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The availa bleartists aredisplay ed.
X Press thecorrespon dingnumber keyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
The availa bleletters arelisted atthe lower
edge ofthe display .
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryin the list
which matches theletter entered is
highlighted.
i Ifno correspon dingentryexists, thelast
entr ycorrespon dingtoap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the quality
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu ageva ria nt ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. US
Bm ass storage device 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 keyl three times).
The availa bleletters arelisted atthe lower
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Aftera
message, thefirst entrywhich matches the
letter entered isshown atthe top ofthe list.
If no entr ymatches theentered letter,the
first item inthe lististhe last entryto
correspond toaselection. Selec
tinganactive partition (USB
mass storage devices only)
You canselect thisfunct ionforUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partitioned. Uptofour partitions (primaryor
logical; FATformat) aresupported.
i The Windows ®
formatt ingprogram
supports FATpartitioning upto32 GB as
standard.
X Select Media Int. in
the basic displa yby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Select ActivePartition and
press Wtoconfirm . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila ble:
R Normal TrackSequence Normal
tracksequence: youhear the
track sin their normal order(e.g.numerical
or alpha betical).
R Random Tracks Media
Interface mode
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