You
willfindfurt her informat iononsearc hing
for music inthe "Music search"sect ion
(Y page 165).
X In audio CD/audio DVDm ode/MP3 mode,
select Search by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The category listappears. X
Select Current Tracklist ,
Folder or
a
category andpress Wtoconf irm. Current
tracklist(example)
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The basic display appears andthetrack is
playe d. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND cont
roller untilthedesired position has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Gra
cenote MediaDatabase
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio CD
mode.
There isav ersion ofGracenote ®
music
recogn itiontechn ology (Emeryville,
Cali fornia, USA)ont he COMAND harddisk.
You willrecogn izethis bythe logo which can
be seen inthe bottom right-hand cornerof
cert ainaudio display s. Many
audio CDscontainCD text .COMAND
uses theinformation contained therein to
display theartist, album andtrack name.
If the audio CDdoes notcont ainany CDtext
information, COMANDcanusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen runnin gina udio CDmode. This
is only possible ifthe relevant information is
saved inthe Gracenote MediaDatabase and
if the "Gracenote MediaDatabase" function
is activated.
If this isthe case, COMAND willdisplay the
correspon dingdata such asartist, album and
track name inthe relevant displaysand lists.
If COMAND accessestheGracenote Media
Database whenreading anaudio CD,youwill
see thefollowing message: Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
161Audio Z
Selec
tingGracenote ®
dat atob e
displayed If
several entriesexist forthe CDofa
particular artist,youcan select whichofthe
entr iesshould beshown.
If the inserted CDdoes notcont ainany
Gracenote ®
data, theGracenote Media Database menu
itemisshown ingray and
cannot beselected.
X Switch onaudi oCDm ode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Gracenote MediaDatabase by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. The
#dot indicat esthe curren tselection for
the display.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adispla y
on/off X
Switc honaudio CDmode (Y page 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Graceno teMedia Databas e by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X To switch offthe displa y:select None and
press Wtocon firm.
In the basic display (Ypage 158),Track 1 ,
Track 2 etc
.are shown instead ofthe
Gracenot e®
data, forexample.
X To switch onthe displa y:select anent ry
in the menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Upda tingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gra cenote MediaDataba se The
digital dataonthe Gracenot eMedia
Database needstobe updated duetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattain edwith up-to- date
Gracenot e®
music recogn itiontechnology.
Inf ormation aboutnewversion scan be
obtained fromanauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center .
You canhave yourmusic recogn ition
soft ware updated therewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 109). Displayi
ngthe track andalbum
X Press thez button.
The current trackandalbumaredisp layed
in aw indo w. 162
Audio
CD/DVD and MP3 modeAudio
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
163Audio Z
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
X
Sel ect Search by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
The cate gorylista ppears. Ca
tego rylist
The cate goriesa redispl ayed acco rding tothe
da ta ava ilab le.T he categories Current Tracklist ,
Folder ,
Playlists (if
availa ble)
and Photos (if
availa ble)arealready
assigned. Theother availablecategories are
filled bythe music search. Selec
tingacatego ry
Starting amusic searc h If
you select acatego rythat contains no
content fromthecatego rylist,the musi c
sea rch starts.
The musi csearch findstracksvia allavailable
media. Thesearch beginswiththeaudio
source thatiscurren tlyactive.
The following mediaareincluded forthe
music search:
R disc mode (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
X Select acategor yint he categor ylist by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The Reading Data... message
appears.
The search maytake some time,depending
on the number oftrac ksavailable. The
Track informa tioniscomplet e message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.Playback thenstartswiththe
previously activeaudio source.
X To cancel themusic search: confirm
Cancel by
pressing W.
Selecting analbum X
Select Albums in
the categor ylist by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The available albumsaredisplayed
alphabetically. Ifther eisac over available
for analbum, itis displayed infron tofthe
albu mname. Select
ingatrac k X
Sel ect Tracks in
the categ ory list
(Y page 165) bytur ning cVd theCOMAND
contr ollera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
The availabl et rac ksared ispl ay ed . 16
6 Musi
csearchAu dio
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
X
Sel ect anentry byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm. X
Sel ect anentry ,e.g.Art ist s ,a
nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
The albu ma ndcove r(ifavailable) are
displayed. X
Conf irmthealbum withW.
The track sonthe album aredisplayed. X
Selec tatrack and press Wtocon firm .
Playback start sa nd the basic display
appears. MUSIC
REGISTER Gener
alinfor mation
You canstore music filesinac om press ed
for mat inthe MUS ICREGIS TER
(Y page 169).The memo ryhas acapac ityof
10 GB.
! Retain theorigin almusic filesinas ecur e
locat ion.Ifyou, forexam ple,accident ally
reset COMA NDtothe fact orysettings with
the reset function,allmusic filesinthe
MUS ICREGIS TERaredelet ed.Merc edes-
Ben zisn otliab lefor any loss ofdata. Switching
toMUSIC 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 USB storage device
R Media Interfaceoraudi oAUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode 168
MUSIC
REGISTERAudio
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