2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class ECO mode

Inser
ting anSD mem orycard X
Inser tthe memory cardintotheslot until it
engages inplace. Theside with the
cont acts must facedownwards 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 thememory card.
The memory cardiseject ed.
X Take thememory cardoutofthe slot
(Y page 17),position H. Connec
tingaUSBdevice
The USB portislocated inthe stowage
compartmen tin the cent erconsole.
Elect ricalconsumpt ionatthis conn ection
must notexceed acont inuous current of
500 mA.Ifthe electrical consumpt ionis
higher, useaseparate sourcetoprovide
power forthe USB device (e.g.
12 Vp ower supply).
X Connect theUSB device (e.g.USBstick)to
the USB port. Ac
tiv atin gaudi oCD /DVD orMP3
mode
Opti on1 X
Inse rtaC D/DVD (Ypage 154) ,SDmem ory
car d(Y page 157) orconne ctaU SBdevice
(Y page 157) .
CO MAND load sthe med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe h functio nbu tton oneormor e
time s. i
Bypre ssing the functio nbutton
rep eatedly, youcan chang eth eoper ating
mod ein thefol lowin gord er:
R audio CD/DVD/vide oDV D/ MP3 CD/
MP3 DVDin theDV Dch ang er(disc
mod e)
R mem orycardmod e
R MUS ICREGI STER
R US Bstorag edev ice
R Medi aIn te rface oraudio AUXmod e
R Blue toot h®
audio mode
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 159).
Op tion 3 X
Se lec tAud io in
themain function bar by
slidi ngZV andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
The lastactive audio sourceisno w
act ivat ed.
You canactivat eadiff ere ntaudio source
usin gth eaudio menu.
X Se lec tAud io by
slidi ngZV andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tDis c ,
Mem ory Card ,
Mus ic Reg
ister ,
USB Storage or
Med ia Int
erface and
pressW toconfirm .
This switches tothedesi redaudio source.
X Se lec tana udio mediumfrom themed ialist
(Y page 159). Aud
ioCD/DVD andMP3 mode
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In
audio DVD modeonly X
To pause playba ck:swit chon audio DVD
mod e(Y page 157).
X Se lec tË byslidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The Ë displaychang estoÌ.
X To cont inuepla yba ck:sele ctÌ and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Playbac kcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted.
X To stop playback: whileplaybackis
inter rupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To resta rtplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart sat the beginning ofthe
DVD . Selecting
audioCD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selecting viathe media list X
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
listwhen equipped withaDVD changer
: Todisplay allmagazine trays
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Media
list Magazine
trays,positions 1to6: readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 USB
storage device,position 9 Media
Interface, position 0 Bluetooth
®
audio i
Ifadisc cann otbe read, anentr yappears
next tothe correspon dingmagazine tray.
X To show allmagaz inetrays: press Wthe
COMAND controller when :is
highlighted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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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
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You
willfindfurt her informat iononsearc hing
for music inthe "Music search"sect ion
(Y page 165).
X In audio CD/audio DVDm ode/MP3 mode,
select Search by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The category listappears. X
Select Current Tracklist ,
Folder or
a
category andpress Wtoconf irm. Current
tracklist(example)
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The basic display appears andthetrack is
playe d. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND cont
roller untilthedesired position has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Gra
cenote MediaDatabase
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio CD
mode.
There isaversion ofGracenote ®
music
recogn itiontechn ology (Emeryville,
Cali fornia, USA)on the COMAND harddisk.
You willrecogn izethis bythe logo which can
be seen inthe bottom right-hand cornerof
cert 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 canusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen runnin gin audio CDmode. This
is only possible ifthe relevant informationis
saved inthe Gracenote MediaDatabase and
if the "Gracenote MediaDatabase" function
is activated.
If this isthe case, COMAND willdisplay the
correspon dingdata such asartist, album and
track name inthe relevant displaysand lists.
If COMAND accessestheGracenote Media
Database whenreading anaudio CD,youwill
see thefollowing message: Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Selec
tingGracenote ®
dat ato be
displayed If
several entriesexist forthe CDofa
particular artist,youcan select whichofthe
entr iesshould beshown.
If the inserted CDdoes notcont ainany
Gracenote ®
data, theGracenote Media Database menu
itemisshown ingray and
cannot beselected.
X Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Gracenote MediaDatabase by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. The
#dot indicat esthe curren tselection for
the display.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adispla y
on/off X
Switc hon audio CDmode (Y page 157).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Graceno teMedia Databas e by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X To switch offthe displa y:select None and
press Wtocon firm.
In the basic display (Ypage 158),Track 1 ,
Track 2 etc
.are shown instead ofthe
Gracenot e®
data, forexample.
X To switch onthe displa y:select anent ry
in the menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Upda tingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gra cenote MediaDataba se The
digital dataonthe Gracenot eMedia
Database needstobe updated duetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattain edwith up-to- date
Gracenot e®
music recogn itiontechnology.
Inf ormat ionabout newversion scan be
obtained fromanauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center .
You canhave yourmusic recogn ition
soft ware updated therewith aDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 109). Displayi
ngthe track and album
X Press thez button.
The current trackandalbumaredisp layed
in awindo w. 162
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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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the
disc, the load ing proces sma yreq uire a
lo nge rtime befor ethe firsttrack ispla yed .
i The MP3 audio encoding methodisunder
license fromFraunho ferIIS(Institut
Integrierte Schaltungen–Institute for
Integrated Circuits)and Thomso n.
Permissi blebitand sampling rates COMAND
supports MP3filesof the followi ng
types :
R fixed andvaria blebitrates from32kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R samp lingrates of8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND supports WMA filesof the
foll owi ngtypes :
R fixed bitrates from5kbit/s to384 kbit/s
R samp lingrates of8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND doesnotsupport WMA filesof the
foll owi ngtypes :
R DRM (DigitalRights Manag ement)
encrypted files
i Only usetracks withabit rate ofat lea st
128 kbit/s andasamp lingrate ofat lea st
44.1 kHz.Lowe rrates cancaus ea
noticeab ledeteri oratio ninq ualit y.This is
espe ciallythecas eif you have activat eda
surr oundsoun dfun ction .
Not eson copy right MP3
orWMA track sth at you creat eor play
bac karegenera llysub ject tocopyri ght
protection inaccorda ncewith theapplicable
internationa land national regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, evenfor
priva teuse ,are not permi ttedwitho utthe
prior consent ofthe copyri ghthold er.
Make surethatyouknow aboutthe app licable
copyri ghtregu lations and that youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryou r
own composi tionsandrecordi ngs,orifthe
copyri ghthold erhas granted youpermi ssion,
these restrictions donot apply. Notes
onCDs/D VDs Discs
withcopy protection arenot
compati blewith theaudio CDstandard and
therefore maynotbeabletobe playe dby
COMAND.
Playba ckproblems mayoccur whenplaying
copied discs.Thereisawide range ofdata
carriers, disc-writingsoftware andwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplayb ackproblems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot conf orm tothe current ly
applicabl estandards.
i Onmany DVDaudio discs, thelast track
does notcont ainany music andCOMAND
then switches tothe next disc. Thisis
normal system behavior anddoes notmean
that there isamalfunct ion.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabels tothe discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN6090 8standard.
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 andaudio dataonthe other), they
cann otbe eject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audio CDs
in multichann elaudio format. Music
search Calling
upacatego rylist
X Switch onanaudio source and callupthe
bas icdis pla y,e.g. CDmode (Ypag e158). Music
search
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