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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/
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Filling
emptyma gaz ine tray s
X Pre sstheV load/eject button.
The magaz inemen uappear s.
X Sel ect FillEmp tySlots .
You seethePle ase Wait... mes
sage.
COMA NDswit ches tothene xt emp ty
magaz inetray. You then see thePle ase Ins
ert Disc . mes
sage.
i Nev erins ert adat amed iumbefore
COMA NDprompt syou todo so. Nev er
ins ert mor eth an onedisc atatim eint oa
magaz inetray.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slotwith the
print edside facin gupwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Onc ethe disc isloaded, theDVD chang er
switc hestothe nextempty tray.Yousee
the Please InsertDisc messa
ge.
X Rep eatthis step until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willpla ythe lastdisc
loaded ifit has been inserted cor rectlyand
is of aperm issible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays have been loaded withadisc.
X To comp letetheinser tion: press the
V eject/load buttonagain orpress the
k button.
Eject ingdiscs from theDVD chang er Not
es G
War
ning!
Only ejectadisc whenthevehicle is
stat ionary. Otherwise, youmay bedistrac ted
from thetrafficcon dition sand could cause an
acciden t.
If you remov eone disc while playing another
disc, theDVD chang erinterrupts playback.
Playback continues oncethe disc hasbeen
ejec ted. Ejecting
asingle disc
X Press theV load/ej ectbutt on.
The magazin emen uappears. Themagazin e
tr ay con tain ingthe curr entdisc is
highlight ed. :
Loaded magazin etray (ejec tingpossible)
; Type ofdata medium
= Disc name (onlyifsto red onthe disc)
? Curren tdisc (eje cting possible )
X Selec taloaded magazinetray using the
=; buttonsand press the9butt on
to con firm .
or
X Press numberkeys j top.
The Ejec ting Disc... mess
age
appears. Then,you seethefollowin g
mess age: X
Take thedisc outofthe disc slot.
If you donot takethe disc outofthe disc
slot ,COMA NDwill autom atically draw itin
again afterashor tperiod andload itagain. 130
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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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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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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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REGISTERAudio

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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
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Artis t(ifsupplied)
I Playback options
Type ofdevic e: con nected isindic ated by
the correspo ndingicon foriPod ®
,MP3 player
or USB mass storage device.
i Ifthe devic econ nected does notcontain
any playable track s,amess ageappears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not es COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 player orUSB mass storage
devic eacc ordin gto the filingst ruct ureused
in the respe ctive medium.
Selecting byskip ping toatrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe ; or= button.
or
X Pre ssthe F orE button.
Skip ping forwa rdski ps tothe next track.
Skip ping backwa rdsskips tothe beginning
of the curre nttra ck ifthe track hasbe en
pl ay ing formor etha neight seco nds.Ift he
track hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track .Ify ou have selected aplayb ack
option otherthanNormal Track Sequence ,
the track sequence israndom.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press theU button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atr ack number :press anumber
key, such asq.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line. i
COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X Ifdesired, enterfurth erdigits.
X To confirm anentry :press the9button
or press andhold thenumber key
corr espondin gto the last digit ofthe
desired tracknumbe r.
The selected track isplayed.
Fast forwar d/rewind X
Wit hth edisp lay/s election win dow active,
pre ssthe; or= buttonr epeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached.
i OnaniPod ®
,the fast rewind function can
only beused within thecurren tlyplaying
trac k. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fol der
iPo d®
and selected MP3 playe rs You
canselect tracks foraniPo d®
and MP3
pla yera ccord ingtocate goriesand folder s.
Ca tego riescan include:
R Curr entTracklist 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 entr
y.Ifthis entryhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 146
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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
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