2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN key

Media
listshowing allmagazine trays
X Select thedata medium byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 186).
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n,w henthe
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0031V windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gtoat rack X
To ski pforwa rds orbac ktoat rack:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerw hent he
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipstot he nex t
tr ack .
The skip back function skipstot he
begin ningo fthe curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan
eight seconds.Ift he track hasbeen playing
for less than eight seconds, itskips tothe
start ofthe previous track. If
you have selected theplay back options
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,t
he
track order israndom.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press the¯ button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentryf ielda ppear s.The
num berofposi tion so ffere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr esp ond toatrac k
num bero nthe CD/DV Dcanbe ente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum beru sing the
num berk eys.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumberkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Selecting atrac kusing music search Select
musicviacategor ies(e.g. album,
artist )with the music search function.
If you select acategor y,COMAND startsa
search fortrac kinfor mation ifthe following
con ditions arefulfilled:
R the data carriers areinsert edorcon nect ed
R the trac kinfor mation fromthese data
carriers isnot yetcontained inthe
COMAND musicdatabase
COMAND importstrackinfor mation fromthe
following datacarriers:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
The Track informat ioniscomplete message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.COMAND storesthe music data
in its own database. Youcannow select the
available musicdatawithin thedesired
categor y. 160
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

X
Sel ect atrack andpressW toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck star ts.
Se lecti ng ayear ofpublicat ion X
Sele ctYea r in
thec ategor ylist
(Y page 165)by tur nin gcVd theC OMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm. X
Sele ctan ent ryand pres sW tocon firm.
The genrelist isdisplayed .
X Sele ctag enre, e.g.pop, and press Wto
conf irm.
The track listisdisplay ed.
X Select atrack andpress Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart s.
Selecting acover X
Sele ctSel ect ByCover in
thec ategor y
list (Ypage 165)by turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
The available covers are displayed in
alphabet icalorde rofthe artists. X
Select thedesired coverbyturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
The corresponding albumisplayed.
Selec tionviakeyword search X
Select Keyword Search in
the category list
(Y page 165)byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
An input menu appears. X
Ent ercharacters andconfirm theentry.
Instr uctions forentering characters canbe
found inthe "Enterin gcharacters inthe
phone bookandaddress book"section
(Y page 31).
Depending onthe entry, thehits areshown
in alist. Music
search
167Audio Z

If
music filesareavai lable,pla yba ckbegi nsat
the point lastlistened to.
If there arenomusic files,you willsee a
messag etot his effect.
X Confirm themessag ebypressi ngW the
COMAND controller andcopy themusic
files (Ypage 169).
Option 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller 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 audiomenu.
X Select Audio by
slid ing ZV andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The audiomenu appears.
X Select Music Register and
press Wto
confirm.
Option 3 X
Press ther number key(DVD changer).
The MUSIC REGISTER isswitched on. Importing
musicfiles
Introductio n R
R
R
i X
Switch onaud ioCD mode (Ypage 157).
X With anaud ioCD inserted, selectREC in
the
CD basi cdisplay byslidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Step 1:selecting tracks toimp ort X
Selec tTrac k(s) by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . :
Torec ord allmusic files(standard )
; Torec ord indiv idual track sO
= Tocon firm your selec tion
If you donot selec tany trac ks,eve rytrac kon
the CDwillbe impo rted .
Ste p2:selectin gthe target folder X
Sele ctFol der by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm. MUSIC
REGISTER
169Audio Z
CD
inform ation suc hasalbum name, disc
changer:
You
cancopy music filesinthe followi ngfile
formats fromthedata carrier inthe DVD-
name, artistandtrack isprovide dbythe
MP3
WMA
Gracenote MediaDatabase (Ypage 161).
and
.aac)
AAC
(with fileextension .m4p,.m4s,.m4b

Blu
etoo th®
au diod evice and then authori zing
it.
You canauthori zeup tofifte enBlu etoo th®
dev ices.
i Ifyo ua uthori zeam obilep hone that
su ppo rtsBluetoo th®
au dio, the A2DP and
AVRC PBluetoo th®
au diop rofiles are
connected automa tically. The mob ile
pho neisthen entere dinb oth the
Blu etoo th®
tele pho nelist (Y page 116) and
in the Bluetoo th®
dev icelist (Y page 173).
Merce des-Benz recom mendsauthori zing a
mob ilep hone inBlu etoo th®
tele pho ny
(Y page 116).
Se archi ngfor and authori zinga
Blue tooth®
audio device X
Swi tch onBlu etoo th®
au diom ode
(Y page 175).
If yo us ee the NoBlue toothAudi o Devi
ceAuth orized mess
age, youw ill
need toconnect theBluetoo th®
au dio
dev icefirst.
X Sele ctBT Audi
o by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfir m.
X Co nfirm BluetoothAudi oDevi ceList by
pre ssing W the COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmUpda te by
pre ssing
W the COMAND controller.
CO MAND searches forBluetoo th®
au dio
dev icesw ithin rang eand adds them tothe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist. Blu etoo th®
au dio
dev icesaredete cted ifthey suppo rtthe
Blu etoo th®
au diop rofiles (A2DP, AVRCP).
The durati onofthe search depends onthe
numb erofBlu etoo th®
au diod evice sw ithin
rang eand thei rcharacteristics. Example:
Bluetooth®
device list
: Newly detectedmobile phonewith
Bluetooth ®
audi ofunct ioninrange
; Bluetooth ®
audi oplayernot within range
but previously authorized (iconappea rsin
gray)
The Bluetooth ®
device listdispla ysall
authorized devices,whether theyarewithin
range ornot. Afterad evice search, devices
which arewithin rangebutnot authorized are
also displa yed.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audi odevices,
play back must beinitially started onthe
device itself,sothat COMAND canplay the
audi odata.
X To auth orize: select anunauthorized
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice fromthelist
(example: :)byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select thesymbol tothe right ofthe
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm .
Depending onthe Bluetooth ®
audi odevice
used, younow have twooptions for
cont inuing withauthorization.
X Option 1:enter thepasskey. Todo so,
proceed asdescribed inthe "Authorizing
(registering) amobile phone" section
(Y page 117).
Aft ersuccessful authorization, the
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice isconn ected and
starts playing. Bluetooth
®
audi omode 173Audio Z

The
curren tplayback option (Ypage 163)is
shown withasymbol behindalbum name
E (no display forNorm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ).
i Ifthe devic econnec ted does notcontain
any playable track s,am essage appears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
or MP3 player accordin gtot he filing
struct ureused inthe respect ivemedium.
Selecting byskipping toatrac k X
To ski pforwa rds orbac ktoat rack:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerw hent he
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipstot he nex t
tr ack .The skip back function skipstot he
begin ningo fthe curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
ap layb ack option otherthanNormal Track
Sequence ,t
he track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press thel button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atrack number :press anumber
key, e.g.q.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit. X
En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumberkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Fast forwar ding/r ewinding X
While thedisplay/s electionwindow is
act ive, slide XVY andhold theCOMA ND
con troller untilthe desire dposition has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position isreached.
i OnaniPod ®
/iPhone ®
,f ast rewind only
funct ionswithin thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fo lder
Ove rview iPo
d®
and certain MP3playe rs
For aniPo d®
or MP3 player,you can select
tracks using catego riesorfold ers.
Depend ingonthe devi ceconnected, the
foll owi ngcatego riesmay beava ilable ,for
examp le:
R Curre ntTrack list R
Playl ists (e.g.
All )
R Artis ts R
Album s R
Track s R
Podca sts R
Genre s R
Compo sers R
Audio books i
Some playback catego riescontain the
entry All .I
ft his entr yhasbeen selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 180
Media
Interface modeAudio

Callin
gupac atego rylist X
Sele ctSearc h in
the basicdis pla yby
sli ding VÆandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
The catego rylista ppears.
i The Search menu
itemisnot available
until thedevice hasbeen activated. Ex
ample: categorylist
X Select Curren tTrackl ist by
turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The contentofthe curren ttrac klist
appears. Ex
ample: currenttrac klist
: Symbol fornex tfolder up
; Devic eicon and device name
= Track symbol
? Current title
X Select thetrac kbyturn ing cVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
The trackisp layed. X
To switch tothe next folder up:slide
XV theCOMAND controller orpress the
% button.
Playing backthecontent ofac ategory
or folder X
Select thecategory orfolder byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 163)selected.
Alphabetical track sele ction iPod
®
and MP3 players
This function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not avail able foralbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists ,b
yt urning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The avail able artists aredispla yed.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
The avail able letters arelisted atthe lower
edge ofthe displa y.
Aft eram essage, thefirst entry inthe list
which matches theletter entered is
highlig hted.
i Ifno corresponding entryexists, thelast
entry corresponding toap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the qua lity
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu agev ariant ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. Me
dia Interfac emode
181Au dio Z

X
Sel ect astate ,e.g. Flo rida ,a
nd confi rm
by pre ssing W. X
Sel ect acate gor y,e.g. DaytonaBeach ,
and pressW toconfi rm.
The informa tion chartsho wsthe weath er
fore castfor the selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station.
Option 2:selec tingthearea inthe
weather map X
Call upthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Move theweather mapsothat the
crosshair isover thedesired area
(Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The information chartshows theweather
forecast forthe selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station. Memory
functions
Storing thearea inthe weather memory For
areas thatarefrequently calledup,10
presets (0,1–9 )are available inthe weather
memor y.
X In thep res etmemo ry:select the area for
the weath erfor eca st(Y page 197) .
Th es elect edarea issho wnatthe top inthe
sta tus bar.
X Sel ect Position in
the inform ation cha rt
by turning cVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect the presetb yturning cVd orslid ing
ZVÆ theC OMA NDcontroller .
X Pre ssand holdW theC OMA NDcontroller
unt ilth ea reai se ntered inthes ele cted
pre set.
X To stor er apidly:in thed aily forec ast
(Y page 197)pre ssand holdan umber key,
e. g. l,u ntilth ep reset position num ber
is sho wninthes tatu sb arinfron to fthe
are anam e.
i You canalso usethis fun ction inthef ive-
day forec ast (Y page 197), and inthe
det ailed info rm ation view( Ypage 197).
Select inganarea from thew eather
me mo ry X
Fro mt heweat hermemo ry:in the
in fo rm ation chart ,sele ctPos ition by
tur ning cVd theC OMA NDcontro ller and
pre ssW toconfirm .
X Se lec tMem ory and
pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tap reset that contain sane ntry by
tur ning cVd orslid ingZVÆ theC OMA ND
co ntroller andpressW toconfirm .
The weat herdataofthe sele cted are ais
sho wn.
X Ra pids election :if th ere isan ent ry
available inthew eath ermem ory,e.g.when SIRIUS
Weather
199Weatherservices

A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don/off( forc orded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atat ime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sint he rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg ethe start er
bat tery.
X Poin tthe rem otec ontro latthe rear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctam enu/m enuitemu singthe
=;9 :buttonso nthe
rem otec ontrol and pres sthe 9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDs lot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jac kfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan be found onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
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