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Ifamediu mcontains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloading time
before thefirst track startsto play may be
longer.
Inserting discsintotheDVD changer The
DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays.
Inserting asingle CD/DVD intoa
ma gaz ine tray
X Press theV load/ej ectbutt on.
A men ushows thecurr entmagazin e
con tents.The lasttray select edisident ified
by ared digit. X
Selec tthe magazine trayusing the
=; buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.l.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease Wait... message.
You then seethePlease InsertDisc . message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc atatime intoa
magazine tray. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
The DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Youseethe
Loading Disc... message.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinserted forapproximately 20
seconds, thedispla yreturns tothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthe disc if:
R ithas been inserted correctly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Magazine traycontains adisc (eject
funct ionisavaila ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbeloaded)
X
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress thek button. CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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ion 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
i Bypressing theh function button
repeatedly, youcan change theoperatin g
mode inthe following order:
R Audio CD/DVD,video DVDorMP3 disc
in the DVD changer
R SD memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R Media Interface mode
X Ifdesired, selectanaudio medium fromthe
media list(Ypage 134).
Opt ion 3 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbarusing
the =;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
If disc mode wasthelast mode selected,it
will now beactive.
If anoth eraudio source isswitched on,you
can now switch todisc mode inthe audio
menu.
X Select Audio using
the9=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Disc or
Memory Card and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
The desired discmode isactivat ed.
X Ifdesired, selectanaudio medium fromthe
media list(Ypage 134). Examp
ledispla yin aud ioCD mode :
Type ofdata medium
; Track number
= CD orDVD insert ed
? Track name (onlyifstor edon the disc as
CD textor ifGracenot e®
data isavailable)
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrackdisplay
C Curren tplayback settings (no icon for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD textor ifGracen ote®
data isavailable)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Datamedium positioninthe media list
I Playback options
Exam pledisp layinaud ioDVD mode :
Type ofdata medium
; Trac knumb er
= CD orDV Dinse rted 132
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Track name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text )
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrack display
C Current playbacksett ings (noicon for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Stop funct ion
I Pause function
J Data medium positioninthe media list
K Playba ckoptions
Examp ledisplay inMP3 mode :
Type ofdata medium
; Track number
= CD orDVD insert ed
? Track name
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrack display
C Current playbacksett ings (noicon for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Current folder
G Tocall upthe folder list
H Data medium positioninthe media list
I Playba ckoptions i
Ifno Media Interface (Ypage 143)is
conn ected during operation inDVD
changer mode,Ddisplay sChanger instead
ofMedia .
Pause
function
In aud ioCD/D VDand MP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypress8.
The , display isat the top leftinthe
status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
8 button again.
The , display goesout.
Only inaud ioDVD mode X
To pause playback: switchonaudio DVD
mode (Ypage 131).
X Select «using the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
The «display changes toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheMdisplay changes to
«. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availab lein audio DVD
mode.
X Switc hon audio DVDmode (Ypage 131).
X To interr uptplayback: select±using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
The «display changes toM.T he± icon
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted. CD/
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To sto pplay back:wh ile play ba ck is
inte rrupte d,sel ect ±againa nd pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
M ishighl ighted .
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD. Se
lecti ng CD/au dioDVD /MP3 discs
Se lecti ng viat he media list X
In audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode: select
Media or
Change r usi
ng
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
or
X In audio CD/DVD mode only:press the
9 button whenthe displa y/selection
window isactive.
The media listappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble.Reada blediscs areaudi oCDs, MP3
CDs orMP3 DVDs,audi oDVD sand video
DVD s.
i Ifadata medium isnot readabl e,an entr y
appea rsbehind themagazine trayora
message indicating theselected memory
card appea rs. Positions
inthe media list For
DVD changer Media
Interface, position 0 Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 SD
memory card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 X
Select adisc using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 152).
Selecting atrac kusing thenumber pad X
Press anumber key,e.g.n, whenthe
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000E> windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Skip ping forwa rdski ps tothe next track.
Skip ping backw ards res tartsthe curre nt
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor eth an
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If the Random Tracks or
Random Folder
pla
yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom. 134
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only beatta ined with up-to-da te
Gra cenote ®
mus icreco gnitiontechno logy .
Inform ation abou tnew versions can be
obta ined from anauthori zedMercede s-Benz
Ce nter.
You canhave your mus icreco gnition
softw areupdated there with aD VD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedatthe same timeasthe map
software. Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmultichann elformats ,for
example) orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 131).
X Select DVD-A using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Group using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select anaudio format usingthe
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence You
willhear thetrack sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3etc. ).
In MP3 mode, playbackproceeds inthe
order inwhich thetrack swere written to
the disc bythe program usedtocreate the
MP3 disc. Thisiscommon lyalphabetical
order. Onceallthe track sin afolder have
been played,the track sin the next folder
are playe d.
R Random Tracks All
the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5etc. ).
R Random Folder (MP3
mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplaye din random order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 131).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
The options listappears. A# dot indicates
the option selected.
X Select anoption usingthe9 or:
button andpress the9button toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorrespon dingdisplay inthe display /
selection window.Seethedisplay example
for audio CDmode (Ypage 132), itemB.
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurrent lylistening to
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R SD memory card CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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playback
willbegin atthe point itwas last
int errupt ed.
If ther eare nomusic files,youwillsee a
message tothis effec t.
By pressin gthe h function button
repeatedly, youcan chang ethe operatin g
mode inthe following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R SD memor ycard mode
R MUSI CREGISTE R
R operatin gwith theMedia Interface
X You first need tocopy music filestothe
MUSI CREGISTE R(Y page 140).
Opt ion 2 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbarusing
the 9=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm.
If MUSI CREGISTE Rwas thelast mode
select ed,itis now switc hedon.
If anot heraudio source isswitc hedon,you
can now switc hon the MUSI CREGISTE Rin
the audio menu.
X Select Audio using
the9 buttonand
press the9butt ontocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Music Regist er and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
Opt ion 3 X
Press ther number key.
The MUSI CREGISTE Ris switc hedon. Ex
ample display: MUSICREGISTE R
: Type ofdata medium: MUSICREGISTE R
; Track number
= CD orDVD insert ed
? Track name
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrackdisplay
C Curren tplayback settings (no icon for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Curren tfolder
G Folder functions
H Data medium positioninthe media list
I Tocall upthe MUSIC REGISTER menu Copying
musicdatato the MUSIC
REGISTER
Introdu ction You
cancopy music filesfrom discs inthe
DVD changer orfrom thememory card,as
long asthey areinMP3 and/or WMAformat.
i While copying, severalfunctionswillnot
be availa ble.Ifthis isthe case, youwillsee
a message tothis effect .
1. Selecting adat amedium X
Select Music Register using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm. 140
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Progress bar
i Itmay take some timeforthe copying
process tobe complet ed,depending onthe
amount ofdata. Itshould takeabout one
minute tocopy 20MB. Ifthere isnot
enough memory space,youwillsee a
message tothis effect .
Onc ecopying iscomplet e,you hear thefirst
track onthe album copied. TheMUSIC
REGISTE Rdisplay appears. Nowyoucan copy
more music filestothe MUSIC REGISTE R.
X To cancel thecopying process: select
Cancel and
press the9button toconf irm.
Music filesupuntil thepoint ofcanc ellation
are stored inthe MUSIC REGISTE R. Deleting
allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTE R.
! The deletion procedure maytake several
minutes. Inorder toprevent malfunct ions,
do not use COMAND duringthisperiod.
X Select Music Register using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Delete AllMusic Files and
press the9button toconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you sele ctYes ,
all musi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ... mess
age.
Then youseetheDele tion Procedure Succ
essful mess
age. If
you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed. Calling
upmem oryspaceinfo
X Selec tMusi cRegi ster using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tMemo ryInfo and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .
The followin gis displayed:
R storage capacity
R available memory
R occ upied memo ry
R con tent(folder s,track s) Folder
functions
Intr odu ction You
canview thecontentof the MUS IC
REGIS TER,changefolder ortrack name sand
delet eindiv idual folder sor track s.
i You cannot chan gefolder ortrack name s
while thevehic leisin mot ion.
Calling uptheMUSIC REGISTER X
Selec tFold er using
the:=;
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
or
X Press the9butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionwindow isact ive.
You seethecontentsof the curr entfolder . 142
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Con necting aco mple tely disc harg ediPod
or MP3 player canresult inan extend ed
ini tializ ation per iod.
Er ror mes sage sappear whilethedev iceis
bein gact ivat edif:
R COMA NDdoes notsuppor tthe device
conn ected (External Device Unavailable ).
R two devices areconn ected simultaneously
(Please makesurethatonlyone device
isconnected ).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Ifnecessary, consultanauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. Switches
onMedia Interfa cemode
General notes In
ext reme cases, startingupindividual
func tionscan take uptoseveral minutes–
this depends onthe external device andits
con tent(e.g. video podcasts ).
Only usetheoriginal software tostor edata
on your iPods andMP3 players. Otherwise,
some orall func tionsmay notbeavailable.
Opt ions forswitching on Opt
ion 1
X Connec tan ext ernal device (Ypage 144).
COMAND activatesthe device. Thebasic
display thenappears.
Opt ion 2
X Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
By pressing theh function button
repeatedly, youcan change theoperatin g
mode inthe following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R SD memory cardmode R
MUSIC REGISTE R
R Media Interface mode
Opt ion 3
X Press thex number key.
This direct lyselect sthe con nected external
audio equipment.
Opt ion 4
X Use the9: buttonsto select the
ent ryunder position 0int he media list
(Y page 134)andpress the9button to
confirm .
COMAND activatestheconn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs.
If no device isconn ected, youwillsee the
Media Int. entr
yinstead ofadevice
name. Example
ofMedia Interface display (iPod®
mode)
: Type ofdata medium
; Track number
= Track name
? Visual timedispla y
A Elapsed tracktime(also informat
00:0 0:00 foraudi obooks)
B Visual trackdispla y
C Current playback settin gs(no icon for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media list
F Album name(ifsuppli ed)
G Categories, playlists and/or folders Media
Interface mode
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