2011 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class audio

Eject
ingallCDs/DVDs X
Pres sth eV load/eject butt on.
The magaz inemen uappear s.
X Sele ctEje ct All .
The DVDc hanger ejectsthe last disc
selected. YouseetheEjecting Disc ... message.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePlease RemoveDisc message.
The DVD changer switches tothe next
loaded magazine trayandeject sthe disc.
X Repea tthe last step until themagazine is
empty.
X To cancel ejecting: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress thek button. Inserting
andejecting anSD memory
card
General informat ion COMAND
supports16-bitfull-size typeIand
II SD mem orycards.
Me rced es-Benzreco mme ndsusing SD
mem orycardswith astor agecap acityof up
to 4GB.
SD mem orycardsfea turethe following logo: This
logo isaregistered trademark ofSanDisk
Corporation.
i COMAND doesnotsupport the"SD-H C
2.0 Standard" SDcard format. NotallSD
memory cardsandstorage mediaare
designed forthe temperatures whichmay
be reached inthe vehicle.
Due tothe wide range ofSD memory cards
availa bleonthe market, playback cannot
be guaranteed forallbrands ofSD memory
card.
Inserting anSD memory card X
Insert theSDmemory cardintotheslot.
The side with thecont acts must face
downwards andpoint towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effect .Ifn oMP3
track scan befound, youwillsee amessage
to this effect .
Ejecting anSD memor ycard X
Press theSDmemory card.
The SDmemory cardiseject ed.
X Remove theSDmemory cardfrom theslot. Switching
onaudio CD/DVDorMP3
mode
Option 1 X
Insert aCD/D VD(Ypage 128)oran SD
memory card(Ypage 131).
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it. 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
CD/DVD
audio and MP3 modeAudio

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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/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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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
<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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/DVD audio andMP3 modeAudio

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/
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To switch tothe superordinate folder:
select icon:and press the9button to
conf irm.
The display changes tothe next folder up. :
Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
; Current folder
= Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplayed andthecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gra
cenote MediaDataba se
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availab lein audio CD
mode andduring operation withtheinstalled
hard disk.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenot e®
,Emeryville, California,USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecogn izethis bythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bott omright-
hand cornerofcert ainaudio display s. Many
audio CDscontainCD text .COMAND
uses theinform ationcontained therein to
display theartist, album andtrack name.
If the audio CDdoes notcont ainany CDtext
inform ation,COMAND canusetheGracenot e
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen runnin gin audio CDmode. The
prerequisites forthis arethat therelevant
inform ationbestored inthe Gracenot eMedia
Database andthat the"Read CDdatabase"
funct ionisactivat ed.
If this isthe case, COMAND willdisplay the
availab ledata such asartist, album andtrack
name inthe relevant displaysand lists.
If COMAND accessestheGracenot eMedia
Database whenreading anaudio CD,youwill
see thefollowing message: "Read
CDdatabase" function X
Switc hon audio CDmode (Ypage 131).
X Select CD using
the=;9:
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase using
the
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
The funct ionisswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status.
Upda tingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gra cenote MediaDataba se The
digital dataonthe Gracenot eMedia
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality 136
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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
R 5.1 Surround 138
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