1,
2, 3...
911 emergency call<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 115A
Ac tive partition (USBdevices only)
Sele cting ............ .................. .......... 163
Add ress book
Br owsin g.<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021> 136
Ca lling up ....... ............................ ....136
Cha nging anentry .......................... 138
Connecting acall<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 139
Cre ating anentry <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 137
Deleti nganentry <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 137
Detail sabout anent ry<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021V 137
Importi ngcontacts <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021V 141
Searchi ngfor anentry <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021V 136
Starting routeguidance <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021V 139
Voice tag<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021> 140
Address bookentry
Adopt ingasahome address ............ 94
Showing thedetails <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021V 138
Address entry(example) <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021V 54
Address entrymenu ............................ 54
Al ternative route<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021> 82
Area Avoidi ng<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021> 105
Audio AUXjack<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021> 182
Audio CD/DVD orMP3 mode
Switchi ngto<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021> 157
Switchi ngto(Rear Seat
Entertainment System)<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021V 217
Audio DVD
Pau sefunction <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 219
Stop function <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021> 159
Audio format
Setting (audi oDVD mode )............. 163
Autos tore<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 147
AUX jacks
CD/DVD drive<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 210B
Back button <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021> 19
Bird's-ey evie w<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021> 100
Blueto oth®
Activating/d eactivating <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021V 45
External authoriza tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021V 118Gene
ralinforma tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021V 44
Interface <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021> 115
Settings <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 44
Tel epho ny<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021> 115
Blueto oth®
audio basicdisplay ........176
Blueto oth®
audio device
Connecting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021> 172
Reco nnecting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021> 174
Blueto oth®
audio mode
Switchi ngon <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021> 175
Blueto oth®
devi celist<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021V 173
Blueto oth®
inte rface
Tel epho ny<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021> 114
Blueto oth®
inte rface telephony
Cond itions <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021> 115
Blueto oth®
tele phone list<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021V 116
Buttons onthe COMA ND
co ntroll er<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 19 C
Call Accepting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 120,121
Connecting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021> 121
Reje cting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 120,121
Call lists <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 129
Displ aying deta ils....... .............. ...... 130
Openi ngand selecting anentry .....129
Saving anentry inthe address
book <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 130
Storing anentry whichhas notyet
bee nstore d.<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021> 130
Car pool lanes<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021> 53
Categ ory
Satell iterad io<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 150
Categ orylist(musi cse arc h)............ 166
CD Cop yprotection <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 165
Data medium<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021> 165
Gene ralinforma tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021V 165
Mul tisess ion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021> 164
Pla yback optio ns<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 163
Sele cting amedium <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021V 159
Sele cting atrack <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 1604
In
dex
Swi
tching to<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021> 179
USB mass storag edevice .............. 178
Media list<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 159
Menu Exiting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 36
Poi nts ofinterest <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 66
Showi ng<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 51
System settings <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 21
Menu item
Sele cting .................... .................. .... 27
Menu overview
COM AND <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021> 21
Mobi lephone
Authori zing<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021> 117
Connecting (Bluetooth ®
interfa ce).116
De-au thorizi ng<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 119
External authoriza tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021V 118
Reg isteri ng(authori zing)................ 116
MP3
Bit/samp lingrates .........................165
Cop yright <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021> 165
Data medium<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021> 164
File systems <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021> 164
Formats <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021> 164
Sele cting amedium <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021V 159
Multifun ctiondisplay <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 23
Multifun ctionstee ring wheel............. 22
Multis ession CDs....... ..................... ...164
Music files
Reco rding <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021> 169
MUSI CREGI STER
Deleti ngallm usic files.<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021V 170
Disk spaceinforma tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021V 170
Pla yback optio ns<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 171
Switchi ngto<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021> 168
Music search<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021> 165
My address
see Home address N
Navigati on(als osee route
guidan ce)
Traffi creport <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021> 88
Navigati onanno uncements
Switchi ngoff <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 33,81
Navigati onmode
Switchi ngto<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021> 51North
uporie ntation <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021V 100 O
Off-map <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 87
Off-road <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 87
Orie ntation indirec tionoftravel .....100 P
Passc ode
Entering <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021> 117
Pause function ................................... 158
Perso nalpoin tofinterest
Select ingasthe destin ation.............7 5
Personal pointsofinterest
Displayi ngon the map <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021V 72
Mana gingcatego ries....... .............. ...73
Saving <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 74
Settings <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 72
Visu alinforma tion<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 73
Phon eboo k
Addi nganumbe rtoan address
book entry.<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021> 128
Ca lling up ....... ..................... ...........125
Cre ating anew entry<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021V 128
Deleti nganentry <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 127
Icon overvi ew....... .......................... 126
Phon eboo kentry
Search ing<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021> 126
Playb ackoptio ns<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 163
Poi ntofinte rest
Ca tegory <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 68
Defining theposi tion forthe point
of interest search ....... .............. ........67
Enteri ng<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 66
Entering using the map <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021V 71
ZAGAT ®
rating service<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021V 70
Poi ntofinte rest icon
Setting <0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021> 101
Poi ntofinte rest list<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 69
With chara cterbar<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
00210021002100210021002100210021002100210021V 71
Previ ousdestin ations<0021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100210021
002100210021002100210021002100210021V 97 In
dex
7
X
Sel ect aba lance setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afa de rs ett ing bysliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscon tain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,
all permissible
format sare played asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,an optimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
35Ataglance Z
X
Sea rch foranentry inthe phoneboo kon
the mob ile pho ned (Ypage 126) .
X Sel ect the list symbo lto the right ofthe
entry bysliding VY theCOMAND
control lera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect SaveEnt ry and
pressW to
confi rm.
The Saving Procedure Successful mes
sage appe ars. The phone book entry is
now saved asan addre ssbook entry .
The diconisreplaced bythe ¥icon. Importing
contacts
Information andrequirem ents You
canimport contacts (vCards) fromthe
memory cardandaUSB device intothe
address book,orreceive vCardsvia
Bluetooth ®
.
i Upto2500 entries canbeimported into
the address book.Amessage notifies you
when themaximum numberisreached.
You now have todelete existingentries
(Y page 137)ino rder toimport newentries.
Dependi ngon the source ofthe contact data,
differe ntrequ ireme ntsapply: Source Con
dition s Memory
card The
SDmemory cardmust
be inserted (Ypag e157)
and must contain
importa blecontact data. USB
device The
USB devicemust be
inserted inthe USB port
and must contain
importa blecontact data. Requiremen
tsfor rece ivingvCards via
Bluetoo th®
You canreceive vCards from devices(e.g.
from aPC) whichsup port thesending of
vCa rds viaBlue tooth ®
. It
is not necessary toauthorize thedevi cein
COMAND todo so.
Plea sebea rthe following inmind:
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe Bluetooth ®
device (see
operating instructionsforthe device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device mustbeable tosend
vCards viaBluetooth ®
(see operating
instruct ionsforthe device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device inthe vehicle must
be switched on.
Import ingfrom thememory cardorUSB
device Ent
ries imported fromthememory cardor
from aUSB device havethe¯ symbol.
The following conditionsmust befulfilled in
order toimport vCards:
R vCards (vcffiles) maybelocated inthe main
directory orinfolders. COMAND allowsfor
a targeted selection ofthe corresponding
directories.
R vCards musthavethefileexten sion".vcf".
i Avcffilecan also contai nseveral vCards.
COMAND supportsvCardsinversion s2.1
and 3.0.
X Select Address Book in
the address book
or, ifthe telephon ebasic menu isshown,
select Phone by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
X Select Downloa dContact s and
press W
to con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select FromTheMemory Card or
From USB
Device in
the menu byturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Add or
Overwri te and
press Wto
con firm.
Add import
sthe entries from thememory
card orUSB device intothe address book. Using
theadd ress book
141Telephone Z
Media
listshowing allmagazine trays
X Select thedata medium byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 186).
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n, whenthe
<0004000900130010000C0001001A002200130005000C0005000300140009000F
000EV 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 ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .
The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan
eight seconds.Ift he track hasbeen playing
for less than eight seconds, itskips tothe
start ofthe previous track. If
you have selected theplay back options
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,
the
track order israndom.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press the¯ button onthe number
keypad.
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.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumb erkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Selecting atrac kusing music search Select
musicviacategor ies(e.g. album,
artist )with themusic search function.
If you select acategor y,COMAND startsa
search fortrac kinfor mation ifthe following
con ditions arefulfilled:
R the data carriers areinsert edorcon nect ed
R the trac kinfor mation fromthese data
carriers isnot yetcontained inthe
COMAND musicdatabase
COMAND importstrackinfor mation fromthe
following datacarriers:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
The Track informat ioniscomplete message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.COMAND storesthe music data
in its own database. Youcannow select the
available musicdatawithin thedesired
categor y. 160
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
Disp
laying metada ta (MP 3mo de)
COM ANDc analso displ aythea lbum name
and artist (met adata) duringplayback ,if this
inf orm ation hasbeen entered intothe
syst em.
For allmedia thatcontain MP3 data(e.g.MP3
CD, SDmemory card,MUSIC REGISTE R),you
can determin ewhether:
R the metadata contained inthe tags ofthe
encoded musicdatashould bedisplaye d
R the fileand directo rynames should be
displaye dduring playback
X To display thealbum andartist name:
select MP3 or
USB in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Display TrackInformati on and
press Wtoconf irm. Selecting
agrou p
Th econte ntofan audio DVD canbe divide d
into upto9g roup s.The availabil ity and type
of grou pdepe ndsonthe respe ctiveDVD.
Ag roup cancontain musicind iffe ren tsound
quali ties(stereo andmultichann elformats ,
for example), orbonus tracks.
Each group cancont ainupto99 track s.
If an audio DVDonlycontains oneaudio
format, theGroup menu
item(s) cannotbe
selected.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X Select DVD-A by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Group by
turnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The #dot indicates thegroup current ly
selected.
X Select thedesired groupbyturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress the% backbutton . Selecting
anactive partition (USB
mass storagedevices only)
You canselect thisfunct ionforUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partition ed.Upto9p artition s(pri mar yor
logic al;FATand FAT32 )are suppo rted.
X Sel ect MP3 in
thebasic displayby slidin g
VÆ andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
X Sel ect Select Active Partition and
pres sW toconfirm . Pla
yba ckopt ions
The followin gopt ionsare availabl eto you:
R Nor mal TrackSequence The
track sare played intheno rm alord er
(e. g.track 1,2,3, etc.).
In MP3 mode,thetrack orderisdet erm ined
by theord erinwhic hth etrack sare writ ten
to theMP3 datacar rier when itis creat ed.
Alp habet icalorderisthemos tcommon.
Once allthe track sin afolder havebeen
playe d,the track sin the next folder are
playe d.
R Random Media All
the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5etc. ).
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
You hear thetrack sof the current tracklist
or the current lyactive folder(including all
sub-folders) inrandom order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill Audio
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see
acorresponding displayin the displa y/
selection window.Seetheexample ofthe
displa yin audi oCD mode (Ypage 158).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automaticall yselected whenyouchange
the medium youarecurrently listeningto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
General informat ion Depending
onthe volume andformat ofthe
MP3 data, thelength oftime required for
reading thedata mayincrease.
Permissible datacarriers R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD-R andDVD-RW
R DVD+R andDVD+RW
R SD memory card
R USB storag edevi ce
Permis siblefilesyste ms R
ISO 9660/Jol ietstanda rdfor CDs
R UDF foraudio and videoDVDs
R FAT16 orFAT32 forSD memory cardsand
USB storag emedi a
Multis ession CD s For
multises sionC Ds, theconte ntofthe first
se ssi on determ inesho wCO MAND will
pro ces sthe CD. COMAND play sonl yone
se ssi on and gives priorityto the audio CD
se ssi on.
If po ssi ble, useCO MAND toplay onl yCDs
wh ich have been writte nino neses sion.
Fi le struc tureofadata carrie r Whe
nyou create adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan beorganized infolders.
Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of
25 5track sand 255subf older s.
The disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeight hleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3".
Per missibl efor ma ts COMA
NDsuppo rts th efoll owin gfor mat s:
R MPE G1Audi oLayer 3(MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA)
R additional musicfilesinAAC format with
the fileexten sions .aac,.mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, butnot copy-protect ediTunes
music fileswith theexten sion.m4p.
i If,inaddition toMP3 files, there areother
music filesinthese audioformats storedon 164
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If
music filesareavai lable,pla yba ckbegi nsat
the point lastlistened to.
If there arenomusic files,you willsee a
messag eto this effect.
X Confirm themessag eby pressi ngW the
COMAND controller andcopy themusic
files (Ypage 169).
Option 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audiomenu.
X Select Audio by
slid ing ZV andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The audiomenu appears.
X Select Music Register and
press Wto
confirm.
Option 3 X
Press ther number key(DVD changer).
The MUSIC REGISTER isswitched on. Importing
musicfiles
Introductio n You
cancopy music filesinthe fileformats
MP3, WMA andAAC (withthe file
extensions .m4p,.m4a,.m4band.aac) from
the follo wing media :
R discs inthe DVD changer
R memory card
R USB storage device
i CDinformation suchasalb um name, disc
name, artistandtrack isprovide dby the
Gracenote MediaDataba se(Ypage 161). X
Switch onaud ioCD mode (Ypage 157).
X With anaud ioCD inserted, selectREC in
the
CD basi cdisplay byslidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Step 1:selecting tracks toimp ort X
Selec tTrac k(s) by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . :
Torec ord allmusic files(standard )
; Torec ord indiv idual track sO
= Tocon firm your selec tion
If you donot selec tany trac ks,eve rytrac kon
the CDwillbe impo rted .
Ste p2:selectin gth eta rget folder X
Sele ctFol der by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm. MUSIC
REGISTER
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