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stations
areautomaticall ystored inthe
preset positions.
Cancel ingstoring
X Select Cancel and
press the9button to
confirm. Weatherband
Switching on X
Press the$ function buttonrepeatedly
until Weatherband hasbeen selected.
or
X Press the: button tohighlig htthe
submenu.
X To selec tWeatherband :press the;
or = button repeatedly untilthe
currently selectedwavebandishighlig hted
(FM or
AM ).
X Press 9.
The waveba ndsubmenu opens.
X Select WB .
Searching forachanne l X
Press the; or= button whenthe
disp lay/se lectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF buttononthe
con trol panel.
Chann elsearc hscan sup ordown and
st ops atthe nextchan nelfoun d.
Selecting achanne lfrom thechann el
lis t X
Press the: button tohigh light the
sub menu.
X To call upthe chann ellist:press
the ; or= button repeatedl yuntil
Channe l is
high lighted.
X Press 9.
The channel lista ppears. X
To select achanne l:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press the9button.
or
X Press anumbe rkey on the control panel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Progr
aminform ation
i This function isonly available foranalog
FM programs anddigital (HDRadio) AM/
FM programs.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tprogram isusu ally
disp layed abo vethe submenu bar.
X To show theprogram information inthe
display/ selection window: selectInfo in
the radiodisp laysub menu.
Information onthe current programisnow
show nint he displa y/selection window.
The cont ents andpurpose ofthe
information dependonthe radio station. Rad
iomode
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Radio ®
display 1
Displ ay/sele ction windowwith frequ ency
disp lay
2 Prese tnumbe r
3 Nam eof thesele cted stati on wit hHD icon
and program number
4 Stati on frequen cy
5 Sound setting s
6 FM,AM orWB radio
7 Program inform ation
8 Stati on pre sets
9 Radio function s Swit
chingwave bands
Se e"Swit ching waveb ands"intheradio mode
ch apt er(Y page 119). Select
ingastatio n
Yo ucan select an HD Radio sta tionint he
same wayasselecting astandard FMradio
station. Aftertuning into an HD Radi o
frequency, youwillbriefly heartheanalog
station untilthedigital datahasbeen
decoded. Youwillthen belistening todigital
radio andbeable toswitch toasub-program
(-HD 2).
See "Selecting stations"inthe Radi omode
section (Ypage 119). Storing
stations
See "Storing stations" inthe Radi omode
section (Ypage 120). Displaying
programinformat ion
X Select Info in
the radio displa yusing the
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
Inform ationonthe current lyselected
station isdispla yed.Thecont ents and
purpose ofthe information dependonthe
HD Radi ostation. Satellite
radio Import
antnotes
This section provides detailedinformation on
the following topics:
R selecting achannel andprogram category
R memory functions
R sound settings
i The SatRadio modedescribed below
requires optionally availableSatRadio
equipment andregistration withaSatRadio
provider.
i Note thatthecategories andchannels
shown inthe illustration sdepend onthe
program contentoffered bythe provider.
The program contents mayvary. The
illu stration sand descriptions inthese
operating instructionsmay therefore differ
from thechannels andcategories offered
by the provider.
SatRadio modemaybetemporarily
unavaila bleorinterrupted foravariety of
reasons. Thesereasons include
environm entalortopographical conditions
as well asother issues beyond ourcont rol.
Operation mayalsobeimpaired incertain
locations (e.g.tunnels,parking garages) or
in the vicinity offacilities orobject sthat
impair satellite reception. Satellite
radio
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X
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
<0004000900130010000C0001001C002400130005000C0005000300140009000F
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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Selec
tingbytrack list X
Select Title or
Tracks in
audi oCD/D VD
mode andpress the9button toconf irm.
or
X Press the9button inMP3 mode whenthe
display /selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphab eticalorder.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber pad X
Press theU button onthe number pad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
X To complete entry:press the9button .
i Pressin gand holding anumber keyfor
two secon dsormore alsocomplet esent ry
and thecorr espondin gtrac kisplay ed.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Switch onaudi oCD/DVD ,MP3 orSD
memory cardmode onCOMAND.
X Use theV orU button onthe
multifunction steeringwheeltoselect the
DISC displa y.
X Press the9 or: button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
You willhear theprevious ornext track.
Skipping backwards skipstothe beginning
of the current trackifthe track hasbeen
play ingformore thaneight seconds. Ifthe
track hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track. Fast
forward/rewind
Selec tingusing COMAND X
The displa y/selection windowisactive:
press the= or; button repeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Press andhold the9 or: button on
the multifunction steeringwheeluntilthe
desired position hasbeen reached. Selec
tingafolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 131).
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Icon fornext folder up
; Current track
= Track icon CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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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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COMA NDdoes notsuppo rtthe"SD -HC
2. 0St and ard" SDcardfor mat .Mer cedes-
Ben zrec omm ends usin gSDmem orycards
wi th astor agecap acityof up to4G B.
Pe rmiss ible filesys tems R
ISO9660/J oliet for CDs
R UDF foraudio and video DVDs
R FAT16 forSD memo rycard swi th stora ge
med ium
Multi sessi on CDs For
multisession CDs, thecontent ofthe first
ses siond eterm ineshow COMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonlyone
session andgives priority tothe audio CD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which werewritteninone session.
File structur eof adisc When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,thetrac kscan beorganiz edin
folders. Afolder canalso containsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of25 5
tr ack sand 255s ubfo lders.Ad isc can contain
a maxim umof120 0track s.
The disc may contain nomor ethan eight
direc torylevels. Filesbeyond theeight hlevel
will notberec ogn ized bythe syst em.
Tr ack and filenam es When
youcreate adisc with compress ed
music files,youcan assign namesto the
tr ack sand folder s.
COMA NDuses thesename sacc ordin glyfor
the display. Folderswhich contain data other
than MP3 orWMA track sare not displayed by
COMA ND.
If MP3 orWMA filesarestored inthe root
direc toryits elf, the root direc torywill also be
tr eated asafolder .COMAND willthen show the
name ofthe root directory asthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowi ngwhen
assigning tracknames:
R track names musthaveatleast one
character.
R track names musthavetheextension
"mp3" or"wma ".
R there mustbeafull stop between thetrack
name andtheextension.
Example ofacorrect trackname:
"Track1.mp3"
i COMAND doesnotsupport ID3tags.
Permissible formats COMAND
supportsthefollowi ngformats:
R MPEG1 AudioLayer3(MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) without copyprotect ion
Permissible bitand samp lingrates MP3
COMAND supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R fixed andvariable bitrates of32 kbit/s up
to 320 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz
WMA
COMAND supportsWMAfilesofthe following
types:
R fixed bitrates of8kbit/s upto
384 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND doesnotsupport WMAfilesofthe
following types:
R DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
encrypted files
R variable bitrate
R WMA Pro
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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.
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Fold ersel ectio nicon
; Icon formus icfile
= Current folder
X To select one folder higher :select the
U icon.
The display changes tothe nextfolder up.
Changing thefolder/tr ackname X
Select Folder using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackusing the:9
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Options and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Change and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X En ter aname forthe folder/t rack.
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press the9button toconf irm.
Dele ting folders/tr acks X
Select Folder using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackusing the:9
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Options and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
conf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,
th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase Wait... mes
sage .Then, youseetheDeletion Procedure
Successful message.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence You
willhear thetrack sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Tracks All
the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random Folder (MP3
mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplay edinrandom order.
X To selec toptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 139).
X Sel ect Musi cRegi ster .
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti on.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence wi
llbe
ind icated inthe displ ay/sel ectio nwindow.
i The Norm alTrac kSequ ence opt
ion is
autom atically selec tedwhen youchan ge
the disc youarecurr entlylist enin gto or
when youselec tadifferent medium.Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitc hedonoroff. Media
Interfacemode Connection
options
Overview The
connection jacksare located:
R in the centercon sole stowage
compart ment(SL)
R in the glove box Media
Interfacemod e
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