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Disp
laying metada ta (MP 3mode)
COM ANDc analso displ aythea lbum name
and artist (met adata) duringplayback ,ift his
inf orm ation hasbeen entered intot he
syst em.
For allmedia thatcontain MP3 data(e.g.MP3
CD, SDmemory card,MUSIC REGISTE R),you
can determin ewhether:
R the metadata contained inthe tags ofthe
encoded musicdatashould bedisplaye d
R the fileand directo rynames should be
displaye dduring playba ck
X To display thealbum andartist name:
select MP3 or
USB in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Display TrackInformati on and
press Wtoconf irm. Selecting
agrou p
Th ec onte ntofan audioD VD canb edivid ed
into upto9g roup s.The availabil ity and type
of grou pdepe nds onthe respe ctiveDVD.
Ag roup cancontain musicind iffe ren tsound
quali ties(stereo andmultichann elformats ,
for example), orbonus tracks.
Each group cancont ainupto99 track s.
If an audio DVDonlycontains oneaudio
format, theGroup menu
item(s) cannotbe
selected.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X Select DVD-A by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Group by
turnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The #dot indicates thegroup current ly
selected.
X Select thedesired groupbyturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress the% backbutton . Selecting
anactive partition (USB
mass storagedevices only)
You canselect thisfunct ionforUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partition ed.Upto9p artition s(pri mar yor
logic al;FATa nd FAT32 )are suppo rted.
X Sel ect MP3 in
theb asic displ ayby slidin g
VÆ andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
X Sel ect Select Active Partition and
pres sW toconfirm . Pla
yba ckopt ions
The followin goption sareavailabl etoy ou:
R Nor mal Track Sequence The
track sareplayed inthen orma lorder
(e. g.track 1,2,3, etc.).
In MP3 mode,thet rack ord erisdet erm ined
by theo rder inwhic hthe track sarewrit ten
to theM P3datacarrier when itis creat ed.
Alp habet icalorderisthem ostc ommon.
Once allthe track sinaf older havebeen
playe d,the track sint he next folder are
playe d.
R Random Media All
the track sonthe medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5e tc.).
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
You hear thetrack softhe current tracklist
or the current lyactive folder(including all
sub-folders) inrandom order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 157).
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 Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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see
acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.Seetheexample ofthe
displa yina udioC Dm ode (Ypage 158).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automaticall yselected whenyouchange
the medium youarecurrently listeningto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
General informat ion Depending
onthe volume andformat ofthe
MP3 data, thelength oftime required for
reading thedata mayincrease.
Permissible datacarriers R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD-R andDVD-RW
R DVD+R andDVD+RW
R SD memory card
R USB storag edevice
Permis siblefiles yste ms R
ISO 9660/Jol ietstanda rdfor CDs
R UDF foraudio and videoDVDs
R FAT16 orFAT32 forSD memory cardsand
USB storag emedia
Multis essionC Ds For
multises sionC Ds, theconte ntofthe first
se ssi on determ ineshow COMAND will
pro ces sthe CD. COMAND play so nlyo ne
se ssi on and gives priorityto the audioC D
se ssi on.
If po ssi ble, useC OM AND toplay onl yC Ds
wh ich have been writte nino neses sion.
Fi le struc tureofad ata carrie r Whe
nyou create adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan be organized infolders.
Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
Ad isc can cont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers .
Eac hfold ercan contain am aximum of
25 5t rack sa nd 255s ubf older s.
The disc may contain nomor ethane ight
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dthe eight hleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadiscwith 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 one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havethee xtensi on
"mp3 "or"wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thet rack
nam eand thee xtensi on.
Ex ample ofac orrec ttrack nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3".
Per missibl eforma ts COMA
NDsuppo rtst he followin gformat s:
R MPE G1Audi oLayer 3(MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA)
R additional musicfilesinAAC format with
the fileexten sions .aac,.mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, butnot copy-protect ediTunes
music fileswith theexten sion.m4p.
i If,inaddition toMP3 files, there areother
music filesinthese audioformats storedon 164
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
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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
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If
different sortingrulesaredefined (e.g.in
iTu nes ®
), the search iscanceled without
any resul t. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab le:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence Norm
altrack sequence: youh earthe
track sint heir normal order(e.g.numerical
or alpha betical).
R Random Medium All
the track sonthe medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList The
track sint he current lyactive category
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
play edinrandom order.
i For MP3 players, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 track schosen at
random.
X To selec taplayback option:select
Media Interface in
the basic displa yby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
The options listappea rs.The #dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtoconfirm . MP3
player instructions
Data forma ts MP3
andWMA aresupported asdata formats
with fixed andvariable bitrates (upto
320 kbits/s ).
Special considerationswhen using MP3
players Up
toeight directory levelswithupto1000
track sperdirectory aresupported.
Do not use USB exten sionleads oradapters.
They canimpair functionality. i
DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
If COMAND isequipped withaMedia
Interface, externalaudiosources are
located inthe stowage compartment inthe
center console.
i You willfind further information onlineat
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audioAUXmode
When youconnect anexternal audiosource,
audio AUXisnot selected automatically.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudio AUXmode inthe
audio menu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audio menu appears. 182
Audio
AUXmodeAudioAnAUX socket isnot provided. The
You
canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
connections forthe Media Interface are
(AUX)
toCOMAND. Youwillfind the
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necessary
socketinthe cent erconsole
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X
To paus eplaybac k:sel ect Ë using
the :=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ë displ aycha nge stoÌ .
X To conti nue playback:sel ect Ì and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ì displ aycha nge stoË . Sto
pfuncti on
This function isonly available inaudio DVD
mode.
X To inte rrupt playbac k:sele ctÉ using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
The Ë displayc hange stoÌ .
X To continue playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback continues fromthepointwhe reit
wa sinterrup ted.
X To stop playbac k:whi lepla yback is
interrup ted,selectÉ againand press
the 9button toconfirm.
Pla yback stops andreturns tothe
begi nning ofthe DVD. Ì ishigh lighted.
X To restart playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback starts fromthebegi nning ofthe
DVD. Settin
gthe audio format
Further informationonaudio formats is
ava ilable inthe "Aud io"section
(Y pag e163).
X Select DVD-A usi
ng the :=;
buttons onthe remote controlle rand pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl ea udioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind ica tes the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d. X
Sel ect anaudiof orm atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. Pl
ayb acko ptio ns
Fur ther informa tion onplay ba ck opti ons is
ava ilab lein the "Audio" secti on
(Y page 163) .
X Sel ect CD ,
DVD -A or
MP3 us
ing
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The options list appe ars .The # dot
indicates theoption current lyselected.
X Select Normal Track Sequence ,
Random Tracks or
Random Folder using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except Normal TrackSequence ,y
ou will
see acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.
i Ifyou change thedisc, theNormal Track
Sequence option
isactivated
automatically .Ifa no ption isselect ed,it
remains selectedafter theRear Seat
En tert ainmen tSyst em isswitc hedonor
off. Switching
track inform ationon/off
(MP3 mode only)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
names aredisplayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
names aredisplayed.
X Select MP3 using
the:=;
butt ons onthe remot econtro ller and press
the 9butt ontocon firm. 220
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear
Seat
Entert ainment
Syst em