The
DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.TheLoading disc
appears.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstot he
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis ap ermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
insert ed)
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X To fill empt ymagaz inetrays: press the
V load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots .
You seethePlease Wait... message.
COMAND switchestothe next empty
magazine tray.Youthen seethePlease Insert
Disc
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never insert
morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atat ime.
X Insert adisc into thedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Once thedisc isloaded, theDVD changer
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please Insert Disc
X Repeat thisstep until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand
is of ap ermissible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To cancel loading: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
i Ifyou cancel loading withthe% back
button ,the system loadsandplays thelast
CD you insert ed.
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer If
you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interruptsplayb ack.
Playba ckcont inues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
X To eject aCD/DVD: presstheV load/
ej ec tb utto n.
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray with thecurrent discishighlighted. :
Ejec tpossible
; Disc type
= Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
? Current disc Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
155Audio Z
X
Sel ect amagazi ne tray conta ining adiscb y
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllera nd
pre ssW toconfi rm.
or
X Pre ssan umb erkey ,e.g. j.
Yo us ee the mes sage: Eje ctingDisc
... Yo
ut hen seethefollowi ng
mes sage: X
Ta ke the disc outo fthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin again automatically
after ashort while andload itagain.
X To eject allCDs/ DVDs: presstheV
load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears. X
Select Eject All by
sliding ÆVand
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The DVD changer ejectsthe last disc
selected. Youseethemessage: Ejecting Disc
Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePlease RemoveDisc
The DVD changer switches tothe next
loaded magazine trayandeject sthe disc.
X Repea tthe last step until themagazine is
empty.
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button.
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm . Inserting
andejecting anSD memory
card
General informat ion COMAND
supportsSDmemory cards
(Secure Digital)andSDH Cmemory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity).
i Not allmemory cardsavailableonthe
market aredesigned forthe temperatures
which maybereached inthe vehicle.
If you arenolonger usingtheSDmemory
card, remove itfrom COMAND, ashigh
temperatures coulddamage thecard.
Due tothe wide range ofSD memory cards
availa bleonthe market, playback cannot
be guaranteed forallbrands ofSD memory
card.
The readabl estorage capacity depends on
the memory cardused. Youcanobtain
further information atany authorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. 156
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
In
audio DVD modeonly X
To pause playba ck:swit chon audio DVD
mod e(Ypage 157).
X Se lec tË byslidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The Ë displaychang estoÌ.
X To cont inueplayba ck:sele ctÌ and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Playbac kcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted.
X To stop playback: whileplaybackis
inter rupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To resta rtplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart satthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selecting
audioCD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selecting viathe media list X
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
listwhen equipped withaDVD changer
: Todisplay allmagazine trays
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Media
list Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 :readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 USB
storage device,position 9 Media
Interface, position 0 Bluetooth
®
audio i
Ifad isc cann otbe read, anentr yappears
next tothe correspon dingmagazine tray.
X To show allmagaz inetrays: press Wthe
COMAND controller when :is
highlighted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
159Audio 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 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
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
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
Bluetoot h®
au dio mod eAudio
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