Permissible
bitand samp lingrates COMAND
supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R fixed andvariable bitrates of32 kbit/ sup
to 320kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDsuppo rts WM Afile sof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R fix ed bit rates of5kb it/s upto
38 4kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDdoes notsuppo rtMP3 filesof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R DRM (Digit alRight sMan agem ent)
en crypt edfiles
i Onlyuse track swit habit rateof at least
12 8kb it/s and asamp lingrat eof at least
44 .1kH z.Lower ratescancause a
noticeabl edeteriora tioninqua lity. This is
especi allythe case ifyou have activated the
surrou ndsound function.
Notes oncopyrig ht MP3
orWMA tracks thatyoucreate orpla y
back aregeneral lysubject tocopyri ght
protection inaccordance withtheapplicable
international andnational regulations.
In many countries, reproductions,evenfor
priva teuse, arenot permitted withoutthe
prior consen tofthe copyright holder.
Make surethatyouknow about theappli cable
copyright regulations andthat youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryour
own compositions andrecordings, orifthe
copyright holderhasgranted youpermission,
these restrict ionsdonot apply .
Notes onCDs/ DVDs Discs
withcopy protect ionare not
compatible withtheaudi oCD standard and
therefore maynotbeable tobe play edby
COMAND. There
maybeplay back problems when
play ingcopied discs.Therearealarge variety
of discs, disc-writing softwareandwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplay back problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.These
CDs arenot compatible withcurrent ly
appli cable standards.
i Inmany DVDaudioalbu ms,thelast track
does notcont ainany music andtheRear
Seat Entertainment Systemswitches tothe
next disc. Thisbehavior issystem-related
and isnot amalfunction.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN60908 standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audioCDs
in multichannel audioformat. MUSIC
REGISTER General
notes
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of4G B.
! Retaint he original musicfilesinasecure
location. Anerror inCOMAND mightresult
in the loss ofthe music filesstored inthe
MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Ben zis not
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ge.Then, youseetheDeletion
Procedur eSuccessf ulmessa ge.
If you sele ctNo, the process willbe abo rted. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab leto you:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence
Yo uwi llhea rthe track 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(MP3mode 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 bysliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence willbe
ind icated byacorre sponding iconint he
displa y/selection window.
i The Normal TrackSequence optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the disc youarecurrent lylistening toor
when youselect adifferent medium. Ifan
option isselected, itremains selected after
COMAND isswitched onoroff. Media
Interface mode Conne
ctionoptions
Overview You
willfind theconn ection socketsin the
glove box. To
conn ectextern aldevices tothe Media
Int erface, youwillneed device-specific
adapter cableswhichareincluded withthe
Media Interface.
i Stow theindividua lparts inasecure
location.
Use only genuine Mercedes-Ben z
conn ecting cables.
You canconn ectthe following datacarriers
to COMAND viathe Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R USB devices (USBsticks,USB hard drives)
i iPod ®
is aregistered trademark ofApple
Inc. ,Cupertino, California, USA.
Suppor tediPod ®
variant s The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variants:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Suppor tedUSB devices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astartup/
permanent currentofamaximum of
800 mA(itmay benecessary toconn ecta
separate powersupply)
R certain MP3players
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
Inform ationconcerning USBDevice
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For further detailsandalist ofsupported
devices, visithttp://www .mbusa-
mobile.co m.O rcall theMer cedes-Ben z
Cust omerAssistance Centerat
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COMA NDwill ignore and notd isplay an
inv alid digit .
X Ifdesire d,ent erfurt her digit s.
X To confir man entr y:press Wthe
COMA NDcontroller orpress andhold the
numb erkey correspo ndingto the last digit
of the desire dtrack numb er.
The selec tedtrack isplayed.
Fast forwar d/rewind 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 hasbeen
reached.
i OnaniPod ®
,fast rewind onlyfunct ions
within thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fol der
iPo d®
and certain MP3playe rs You
canselect tracks foraniPo d®
and MP3
pla yera ccord ingtocate goriesand folder s.
Depe nding on the deviceconnecte d,the
fol lowi ng cate goriesmay beava ilab le,for
exa mpl e:
R Curr entTracklis t
R Play lists(e .g. All)
R Arti sts
R Albu ms
R Trac ks
R Podc asts
R Genr es
R Comp osers
R Audi obooks
i Some play ba ck cate goriescontai nthe
All entry.Ifthis entryhas been selected, the
entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed.
USB devices For
USB mass storage devices, youcan select
folders andalso playlists (ifavaila ble).
COMAND canalso displa ythe albu mname
and artist (met adata)durin gplaybac k,ifth is
inf orm ationhasbeen entered intoth e
syst em.
Playlist sare indicat edinthedispl ayby a
spec ialsymb ol.When youopen theplaylist ,
th eco rrespo nding track sare open edand
playbac kbegins. Youcannow select Random
Categor iesinstead ofRandom Folderasa
playback option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todisplay themetadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded music data,orto
display thefileand direct orynames whenthe
music isplaying.
X To displa ythe album andartist name:
select Media Int.inthe basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Display Metadataand press Wto
con firm.
Selecting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Musicinthe basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
category selectedorthe folder nameisin
the status barofthe displa y.
i The Music menuitemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Media
Interface mode
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Selec
tingavideo DVD
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcon troller toshow
the men u.
X Selec tMedi aby sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm .
The media listappears. The#dot
indic atesthecurr entmedium beingplayed.
Video DVDsare indic ated bythe ý icon. :
ý symbol foravideo DVD
; Video DVDcurrentlyplaying
X Selec ta video DVDbyturn ingcVd the
COMAN Dcontroller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND loadsthevideo DVDandbegins
playi ngit.
i Ifyou select aCD, anaudio DVDoran
MP3 medium, youswitch tothe audio mode
in question. Youcanfind further
inform ationabout themedia liston
(Y page 133). Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interr uptplayback: select±by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The «display changes toM.T hevideo
image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, select±again andpress W
to confirm .
or
X During playback, confirm ±bypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
The Msymbol isshown.
X To restar tplayback: confirmMby
pressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: select«byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The «displa ychanges toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th efilm isdivi ded intosc en es orchapt ers,
th ese can bedire ctly sele cted oryou can skip
th roug hth em while thefilm isrun ning.So me
DV Ds disab lethis feat ure atsom epoin tsin
th eplaybac k(e.g. during theopenin gcredit s). DVD
video mode
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Scene/
chapter selecti onmay also be
pos siblefrom theDVD menu storedon the
DVD itself.
X To skipforw ards orbac k:turn cVd or
sli de XVY theCOMAND controller.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button onthe
control panel .
The navigation menu (Ypage 154) appe ars
for appro xima telyei ght seco nds. Se
lecti ng afilm/t itle
This function isonly available ifthe DVD is
divided intosever alfilms /titles .Ift he DVD
cont ains several films,these canbeselected
directly. Filmselection ispossible bothwhile
the DVD isstopped andwhile itis play ing.
Film selection mayalsobepossible fromthe
DVD menu onthe DVD itself.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select DVDFunctions andpress Wto
confirm .
Am enu appears.
X Select Title Selecti onbyturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. X
Select afilm/t itleand press Wtocon firm. DVD
menu
Calling upthe DVD menu The
DVD menu isthe menu storedon the DVD
itself. Itis str uctured invarious ways
accor dingtothe individual DVDandpermit s
cert ainaction sand settings.
For multilingual DVDs,you can switch
between languages inthe DVD menu, for
example.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Vid eointhe menu byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
X Select DVDFunctio nsand press Wto
con firm.
X Select Menuandpress Wtocon firm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menuitemsinthe DVD menu X
Select amenu itembysliding ZVÆor
turn ingXVY theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The menu appears.
i Menu itemswhich cannotbe select edare
shown ingray. X
To reconfirm yourselection: confirm
Select bypressing W.
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Make
aselection fromthefurther options,
if necessary.
COMAND thenswitches backtothe DVD
menu.
i Depending onthe DVD ,the menu items:
Back (tomovie), Play,
Stop, ., /orGo Upmay not
funct ionornot funct ionatcertain pointsin
the DVD menu. Youwillsee theKicon in
the displa yas an indicator.
Stopping afilm orskipping tothe
beginn ingorend ofas cene X
Se lec tany men uitem fromthe DVD menu .
Th emenu appe ars.
X To sto pthe film: select the Stopmenu
ite ma ndpre ssW toconfi rm.
X To skipto the endof asc en e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssW to
confi rm.
X To skiptoth ebeginnin gof as cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress Wto
confirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Press thek button.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu andpress Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconfirm .
or
X Select anymenu iteminthe DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
confirm .
X Select GoUpand press Wtoconfirm .
Going backtothe movie X
Press thek button repeatedly untilyou
see thefilm.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu. X
Select theBack (tomovie) menuitemin
the menu andpress Wtoconfirm . Setting
thelanguage andaudio
forma t
This funct ionisnot availa bleonallDVD s.Ifit
is availa ble,youcan setthe DVD menu
language ,the audi olanguage orthe audi o
format. Thenumber ofsettin gsisdetermined
by the DVD content. Itis possible thatthe
settin gsmay alsobeaccessed inthe DVD
menu (Ypage 156).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video inthe menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select MenuLanguage orAudio
Language andpress Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appearsafter afew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entr y
indicates thecurrent lyselected language.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. Subtitles
andcamera angle
These functionsarenot availa bleonallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle language sand camera
angles availabledepends onthe cont entof
the DVD .Iti spossible thatthesettings may
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 156).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-Video inthe menu byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm. DVD
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Sel ect DVD Functi ons andpressW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Subtitles orCam era Angleand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
In both cases, amenu appe ars .The # dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. Interactive
content
DVD scan cont aininteract ivecont ent(e.g. a
video game). Inavideo game, forexample,
you may beable toinfluence eventsby
selecting andtriggering actions.Thetype and
number ofactions depend onthe DVD .
X Select anaction bysliding ZVÆorXVY the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
execute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select, ishighlighted.
X Press theWCOMAND controller. 158
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Sel ect System Settingsusing the :
bu tton andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Languageusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of langu ages appe ars .The # dot
indicates thecurrent setting.
X Select alanguage usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
The Rear SeatEntertainment System
activates theselected language. Toggling
thedisplay design
X Select System Settings usingthe:
button andpress the9button toconfirm .
X Select DayMode, Night Modeor
Automatic usingthe9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The äicon indicates thecurrent setting. Desig
n Explanation
Day
Mode The
displa yis set
permanent lyto day
design. Night
Mode The
displa yis set
permanent lyto night
design. Automatic The
displa ydesign
changes, depending on
the vehicle instrumen t
cluster illumination. Setting
thebrightness
X Select System Settings usingthe:
button andpress the9button toconfirm .
X Select Brightness usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
As caleap pea rs.
X Adju stthe brightne ssusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The brightne ssbarm oves upordown. The
image dimsorbrightens according tothe
bar position onthe scale. Hiding/showing
thepictur e
X To hide thepictur e:select Display Off
in the system menuusingthe:;
button son the remote controland press
the 9button toconf irm.
The picture ishidden.
X To display thepictur e:press the9
button . Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Safety
note G
War
ning
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaClass 1laser
prod uct.There isadanger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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