2011 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class window

USB
devices For
USB mass storage devices ,you can select
folders andalso playlists (ifavailable). When
playing backplaylists, COMAND canalso
display therespec tivealbum andartist name
(metadat a),ifthes ehave been uploaded to
the system .
Playlists areindicat edinthe display bya
special icon.When youopen theplay list, the
corresponding tracksare opened and
play back begins. NowRandom Categories is
availa bleasaplay back option instead of
Random Folder .
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todispla ythe metadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded musicdata,orto
displa ythe fileand directory nameswhenthe
music isplay ing.
X To display thealbum andartist's
name: selectMedia Int. in
the basic
displa yusing the:=; buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Display Metadata using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
Selec tingacatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press the9button whenthe displa y/
selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Music in
the basic displa yusing
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
category selectedorthe folder nameisin
the status barofthe displa y.
i The Music menu
itemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Example
ofdisplay :categ orylist
: Dev iceicon anddevic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies
X Sele ctacat egor y/folder usingth e
9: buttonsand pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
You willsee thecon tent oftheselec ted
cat egor yor selec tedfold er.
i Ifth edata needstobe read from the
con necteddevic e,thePle ase Wait... mes
sage appears .
X Ifnec essar y,repe atthis oper atingst ep
unt ilth etrack sin thes elected folder/
album appear. Ex
ample ofdisplay: currenttrac klist
: Icon fornex tfolder up
; Current category
= Track icon
? Current track
X Select atrac kusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
The track isplay ed. Media
Interface mode
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X
To switchto the supe rordinate folde r:
sel ect the U iconu sing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
i The U iconisalwa yslisted rightatthe
top ofthe respective folder. Playing
thecontent ofacategory or
folder
X Select acategory orfolder.
X Press the9button forlonger thantwo
seconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 149)selected. Alphabetical
track sele ction
iPod ®
and MP3 player This
function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not avail able foralbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists .
The avail able artists appear.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
You seetheavail able letters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
X Press the9button.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entry inthe list
which matches theletter entered is
highlig hted.
i Ifthere isno entry which matches the
letter which hasbeen entered, thelast
entry inthe listwhich matches aprevious
letter ishighlig hted.
i For iPods ®
and MP3 players, thequal ity
of the search results ishighly dependent on
the version andlangua gevariant ofthe software
(e.g.iTunes ®
version) usedto
popul atethe device.
USB mass storage devices This
function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted directories. Thisfunction isnot
avail able foralbu msorplay lists, forexample.
X In adirectory, pressthecorresponding
number keyonce orseveral timestoselect
the first letter ofthe artist's name(e.g.for
an artist beginning withtheletter "C",press
number keyl three times).
You seetheavail able letters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Aftera
message, thefirst entry found which
matches theletters entered appearsfirst in
the list.
If there isno entry beginning withtheletter
entered, thelast entry beginning withthe
previous letterisshown atthe top ofthe
list. Selec
tinganactive partition (forUSB
mass storage devices only)
You canselect thisfunction forUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partitioned. Uptofour partitions (primaryor
logical andFAT- formatted) aresupported.
i The Windows formattingprogram
supports FATpartitions ofup to32 GB as
standard.
X Select Media Int. in
the basic displa y
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Select ActivePartition using
the 9: buttonsandpress the9
button toconfirm. 148
Media
Interface modeAudio

Selec
tingbytrack list In
audi oCD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
the track son the disc current lyplay ing.
In audi oDVD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
track sin the current lyactive group; see
"Settin gthe audi oformat" (Ypage 170).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshows alltrack s
on the current lyactive folder, aswell asthe
folder structureforselection ofall the track s
on the MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (audi
oCD/D VDmode) or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedisplay /
selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
Selec tingatrac kbydirect lyenter ingits
num ber X
Press honthe remo tecon trol.
The track entrydisplay appears.
Ex ample: track 2
X Press thel numbe rkey.
Ex ample: track 12
X Press thecorrespo ndingnumbe rkeys in
rapid success ion.
i Itis not possible toent ernumbers that
exc eed thenumber oftrac kson the CDor
in the curren tlyactiv efolder.
X Wait forapproximat elythree secon dsafter
makin gan ent ry.
You willhear theentered track.The
corr espondin gbasic menu thenreappears. Fast
forwar d/rewind
X With the<0004000900130010000C0001001C002400130005000C0005000300140009000F
000E> windowactive,
press the= or; button onthe
remot econ trol repeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onson therem otecon trol and pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Folder selection icon
; Current foldername
= Track icon
X To switch tothe next folder up:select
icon :.
The displa yshows thenext folder up. CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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control
andpressthe 9buttons to
confi rm.
The options list ap pea rs.A# dot indicates
the optioncurr ently selected .
X Sel ect Norm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ,
Rand om Trac
ks or
Rand omFold er us
ing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence wi
llbe
ind icated inthe displ ay/sel ectio nwindow.
i Ifyou chan gethe disc, theNorm al Trac
kSequ ence opt
ion isact ivat ed
autom atically. Ifan opt ion isselec ted,it
remain sselec tedafterthe Rear Seat
En ter tain men tSyst emisswitc hedonor
off . Switch
ingtrack infor mation on/off
(MP3 modeonly)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
name sare displayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
name sare displayed.
X Selec tDisp layTrackInfo rmation using
the9: buttonsonthe remo te
con trol and press the9butt ontocon firm .
The func tion isswitc hedonO oroff ª,
depen dingonthe prev ious status. Vid
eoDVD mode Gener
alnotes
Her eyou willfindfurt her inform ation onthe
followin gtop ics:
R Safe tynot es(Ypage 128)
R Not eson CDs/ DVDs (Ypage 139) DVD
playback conditions
There maybeplayback problemswhen
playing copieddiscs .There arealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,discwriting
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
Rear SeatEntertainment Systemwillbeable
to play video DVDsthat youhave copied
yourself.
You willfind further information inthe "Video"
chapter (Ypage 153). Inform ationregarding
COMAND alsoappli estothe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System. Function
restrictions
Depending onthe DVD ,it is possible that
certain functionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions, youwillsee the
K icon inthe displa y. Inserting
andejecting aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe"Au dio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 129) . Sw
itchin gon video DVD mode
X Inse rtavid eo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewa sthe last mod esel ecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa snot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedin the followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc us
ing the 9=;
bu ttons onthe rem otecontro land press
the 9button toconfi rm.
If the video DVD fulfills the play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo uwi llnee dto
sta rtthe film ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu (Ypage 174). Video
DVDmode
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lesho oting Troub
lesho oting Tabl e Pro
blem Po
ssible Ca use /
Co nsequ ence Sug
geste dS olut ions Voic
econ trol does
not under stand
you. You
have not
oper ated the
syst emfromthe
driv er’s seat. X
On lyoper atethesyst emfromt hedriver’s
seat. You
have spoken
too exaggeratedly,
too loudl yor too
quietly . X
Stat ethe commands coherentlyand clearly
without exaggerating. Ab
lower isset to
its highes tsett ing
or ther eis wind
noise through an
open window. X
Preven tloud noises frominterf ering. An
address book
entr ywithout a
speaker-
dependent voice
tag isnot
recogn ized. The
fields inthe
address bookentry
for the last name
and first name are
both filled in,but
you only saidthe
first name orthe
last name. X
Say thelast name andthen thefirst name of
the address bookentryin full. The
names entered
in the address
book donot sound
sufficient ly
different ,or are not
pronounc edas
they arewritten . X
Make suretheaddress bookentriesare
plausi ble.
Check theaddress bookentriesforthe
following:
R The name entries, e.g. lastname andfirst
name, areinthe right fields.
R Do not use abbreviations oracronyms.
R Avoid unnecess aryspaces innames.
R Do not use special characters. 208
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oubleshoo tingVoiceControl

Problem Possible
Cause/
Conse quence Suggested
Solutions A
station listentr y
is not recogniz ed. The
voice tagsfor
the stations inthe
address bookdo
not sound
sufficiently
different . X
Save a<0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
0014> voicetagforthe
station (Ypage 194).
or
X Give the“List station list”command.
The system readsoutthestation list.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonsonthe
Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button whenthestation youwant is
read out.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control: Pull
the Voice Control levertoward you
The station isselected (Ypage 198). If
you aremaking
speaker-
dependent voice
tags, thesystem
prompts youto
enter themseveral
times. The
two voice tags
differ fromeach
other. X
Say thevoice tagwith thesame intonation
both times. Help
Function
Voice controlhas acomprehensive help
funct iontoassist theuser.
The voice controlhelp funct ionprovides:
R general information abouthowbest to
operate voicecontrol
R alist ofthe possible commands
“Help Voice Control” You
canusethe“Help Voice Control”
command toobtain information abouthow
best tooperate voicecontrol.
“Help” If
you press the? button andsaythe
command “Help”,youwillreceive helpforthe
appli cation current lyselected. If
you select the“Help” command duringa
voice dialog, forexample afterthe“Dial
number” command, youwillreceive help
explaining howthedialog continues.
You canalso request thehelp funct ionfora
specific system, forexample withthe“Help
phone” command.
If you have activated thehelp window, youwill
see aselection ofthe possible commands on
the display (Ypage 38). 210
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oublesho otingVoiceControl