2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON window

X
Sel ect achannel byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
Opti on2
X Sel ect ChannelListw ithA rtist , Tit
le and
pressW toconfi rm.
The channel list appe arsa nd displ ayst he
ar tis ts and trackscur rentl ybeing play ed . X
Sel ect achannel byturning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
Memo ryfun ctions Sto
ringc hann els
i Therearet en pre sets availabl e.
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller wh en the
di spl ay/se lectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Selec tPres ets in
the submen ubarby
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
press Wtocon firm .
In bot hcases ,the chan nelprese tsappear.
The Rdot infro ntofap rese tentry
indic ates thatthecurr entlyselec ted
st ation isstored under thisprese t. St
ation presets
X Selec tapreset byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press andhold
W until youhear atone.
or
X Press andhold anumber button,e.g.
n,u ntilyou hear atone.
The chann elisstor edunder thepreset .
Stor ingchannels automat ically
This function automatic allystoreschann els
with adequate receptioninthe preset
memor y.Channels storedmanually inthe
preset memor ywillbe overwrit ten.
X Opt ion1:press Wthe COMAND controller
when thedisplay/select ionwindow is
activ e.
X Select Autost ore in
the preset sbyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
X Opt ion 2:select Preset s in
the submenu
bar bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Select Autost ore and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, COMAND searchesfor
chann elsthat canbereceiv ed.You willsee
am essage tothis effec t.The available
chann elsare automatic allystoredinthe
preset position s.
X To cancel storing: select Cancel and
press Wtocon firm. 152
Sat
ellite radioAudio

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

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

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
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.
Connect ioninvolves firstsearching fora 172
Bluetooth ®
aud iomodeAudio

Selec
tingatrac k
Th isfunctio nisn otsupported byall
Bluetooth ®
audi odevices.
X To skip forwards orbackwards toa
tra ck: press theE orF button on
COMAND.
or
X Press the9 or: button brieflyon
the multifunction steeringwheel.
X Rapid scroll: pressandhold the9
or : button onthe multifunction
steering wheeluntilthedesired trackis
reached.
If you hold down the9 or: button,
the system runsthrough thelistmore
quickly. 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 inaf older
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 3,8,5e tc.). 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 ,y
ou will see
ac orresponding symbolinthe displa y/
selection window. Adjusting
thesound settings
The sound settings aredescribed usingradio
mode asan example inthe "Basic function s
of COMAND" section(Ypage 34). 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 182). Bluet
ooth®
aud iomod e177Audio 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
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Interface modeAudio

C
Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name (ifstored onthe disc)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Stop funct ion
H Pause function
I Playba ckoptions Example:
MP3mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions; toswitch track
inform ationon/of f
i Variable bitrates inMP3 track scan result
in the elapsed timeshown beingdifferent
from theactual elapsed time. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gtoat rack X
To skipforwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th es kipf orwa rdfunctio nskip stot he next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor ethan
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If you have selected theplayba ckoptions
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,t
he
track order israndom.
Sel ecting bytrack list In
audio CDmode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In au dio DVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudio format" (Ypag e163).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow salltracks
in the currently activefolderasw ellasthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (au
dio CD/DVD mode)or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont rol,and confirm bypressing the9
button.
or
X Press the9button whenthedispla y/
selection windowisselected.
The track listappea rs.The #dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm. 218
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeRear
Seat
Entertainment System