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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
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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 ®
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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
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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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:
Tocreate anew folder (standard)
; Existing folders
= 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 theimpor t X
Select Start by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Infor mation abouttheimport source and
target aswell asthe progress isdisplay ed. The
Audio CDbasic display automatically
appears aftersuccessf ulimport.
X To cancel importing:during importin g,
conf irmCancel by
pressing Wthe
COMAND controller.
The Audio CDbasic display appears. Dele
ting allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTE R.
! Inorder toprevent malfunct ions,donot
use COMAND duringthistime.
X Switc htoM USIC REGISTE R(Ypage 168).
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 ,a
llmusi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ... mess
age.
Then ,you see theDele tion Procedure Succ
essful mess
age.
If you selec tNo ,t
he proc esswillbeabort ed. Calling
upmem oryspaceinfo
X Swit chtoMUS ICREGIS TER(Ypage 168).
X Selec tMusi c Regi
ster by
slidin gVÆ and
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
press Wtocon firm .
X Selec tMemo ryInfo and
press Wto
con firm .
The followin gisd isplayed:
R storage capacity
R available memory
R occ upied memo ry
R con tent(folder s,track s) Mus
icsear ch
The music searchfinds track sviaall available
media. Thesearc hbegin swiththe audio
sourc ethat iscurr entlyact ive.
The followin gmedia areincluded forthe
music search:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/ MP3)
R memo rycard 170
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R
MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
X Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Search by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The category listappea rs.
X Select atrack inac ategory (Ypage 165).
Example: openingafolder X
Sele ctFol der in
thec ategor ylist by
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
You seethec ontent so fthe cur ren tfolder. The
name ofthe current folderisat the top
and thetrack current lyplayi ngisindicated by
a # dot.
X To switch tothe next folder up:press the
% backbutton orslide XVthe
COMAND controller.
Changing thefolder/tr ackname X
Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Rename/Delet eFiles and
press
W toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackbyturnin gcVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconf irm. X
Select Change and
press Wtoconf irm.
X En ter aname forthe folder/t rack.
Inst ruction sfor enter ingcharact erscan be
found inthe "Ent ering charact ersinthe
phone bookandaddress book"section
(Y page 31).
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press Wtoconf irm.
Dele ting folders/tr acks X
Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Rename/Delet eFiles and
press
W toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackbyturnin gcVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,t
he folder s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase wait... mes
sage .Then, youseetheData Deleted message.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila ble:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sareplay edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Medium All
the track sonthe medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
The track sint he current lyactive folder/
track listare play edinar andom order. MUSIC
REGISTER
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X
To select opti ons:sw itch tothe MUSI C
REG ISTER (Ypage 168) .
X Sel ect Mus ic Reg
ist er by
slid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm.
The option isswitche don.For alloption s
exc ept Normal TrackSequenc e ,y
ou will
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow.
i The Normal TrackSequenc e option
is
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the disc youarecurren tlylisten ingtoor
when youselect adifferen tmedium. Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitched onoroff. 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 market areequally suitable. For
more detailed information onsuitable
Bluetoot h®
audio devices andon
con nectingB luetoot h®
audio devices to
COMAND ,visit
htt p://ww w.mbu sa-mobile.com (for
USA ).Alt ernat ively, calltheMercedes- Benz
Customer AssistanceCenter at
1-8 00- FOR-ME RCedes (1-800-367 -6372)
(for USA )orC ustomer Relations at
1-8 00- 387 -0100(for Canada). Befor
eusing Bluetoot h®
audio mode, you
should checkyour Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following (seetheBluetooth ®
audio
device's operating instructions):
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device mustsupport
the A2D Pand AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainBluetooth ®
audio devices, as
well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion,
the device itselfmust alsobemade
"visible" toother devices (seethe
Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device nameispredetermin edbut can
usual lybe changed. Tomake aclear
selection ofthe Bluetooth ®
device
possible, Mercedes-B enzrecomm ends
that youcustomiz ethe device name(see
the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
i A2D P(Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data trans mission
AVRCP (AudioVideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data playb ack
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibility onthe Bluetooth ®
audio device.
On COMAND
X Act ivate theBluetooth ®
funct ionin
COMAND (Ypage 45).
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
audio device
with COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed
to authorize it.
When youauthorize anew Bluetooth ®
audio
device, itis conn ected automatically.
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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
®
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X
Opt ion 2(Secure SimplePairing): ifthe
digit codes displayed inCOMAND andon
the Bluetoot h®
audio device arethe same,
con firm Yes by
pressing W.
If you select Yes ,a
uthorizat ioncontinues
and theBluetoot h®
audio device is
con nect ed.Playback starts.
If you select No ,a
uthorizat ionwill be
canc eled.
i The Bluetoot h®
audio device must
support theBluetoot h®
version 2.1for
con nect ionviaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix-digit code, which is
displayed onthe two devices thataretobe
con nect ed.
X Externa lauthoriz ation: COMAND may
not beable tolocate yourBluetoot h®
audio
device duetothe specific securitysett ings
of the Bluetoot h®
audio device itself.Inthis
case, check whether yourBluetoot h®
audio
device canlocate theCOMAND system
(Y page 118). TheBluetoot h®
device name
of COMAND isMB Bluetoot h .
Aft ersuccess fulauthorizat ion,the
Bluetoot h®
audio device iscon nect edand
start splaying.
Reconnecting aBluet ooth ®
aud io
device The
Bluet ooth®
audio profilesareconnected
automat icallyunder thefollowin g
circ umst ances:
R one ofthe last two mobile phonestohave
been connected has also been usedasa
Bluet ooth®
audio player (ifthis func tion is
support edbythe mobile phone).
R the mobile phonetakes over theautomat ic
con nection itself.
AB luetoo th®
audio player withouttelep hone
func tionsisn otautom atically reconn ected,
even ifit was thelast devic econnec ted.
If the NoBlue toothAudioD evice Conn
ected mess
ageappears, youhave two opt
ions tocon nectaB luetooth®
audio
devic e:
Opt ion 1
X Conf irmConn ectLast Device in
the
basic display bypress ingWthe COMA ND
con troller.
If COMA NDcan locat ethe Bluet ooth®
audio device,itwill becon nected and will
st art playing.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Opt ion 2
X Selec tBT Audi o by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
X Conf irmBlue toothAudioD evice List by
press ingWthe COMA NDcontroller.
X Selec taBluet ooth ®
au diod evice byturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au diod evice ,itw illb ec onnected andwill
star tplaying.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Blu etoot h®
aud iodevice and
simu ltaneous searchfor mobile phones During
thesearc hfor mobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceist ermin ated. Inthe
Bluet ooth®
audio basicdisplay
(Y page 176),you willsee theRece ived Busi
ness Cards mess
ageand the
Rece ived Business Cards men
uitem
can not beselec ted. 174
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