2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class Interface

X
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 147)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. 146
Media
Interface modeAudio

Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence You
hear thetrack sin their normal order
(numerical oralphab etical,forexample).
R Random Tracks All
the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random Categories or
Random Folder (in
the case ofUSB devices whenFolder has
been selected):
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder, including anysub-folders, are
play edinrandom order.
i ForUSB devices, therandom playlists can
cont ainamaximum of300 randomly
selected tracks.
X To selec ta playback option:select
Media Int. in
the basic display using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconf irm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data forma ts The
following dataformats aresupported:
R mp3: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/ s)
R wma: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/ s)
Notes onUSB devices R
Avoid storing dataother thanmusic dataon
the USB device sothat thestart- uptime is
not exten dedunnecessarily.
R Up toeight directory levelswithupto1000
track sare supported. R
Do not use aUSB exten sioncable or
adapter. Thesemayimpair functionality.
R As earch ofthe USB device isperform edin
the backgr oundandanyplaylists foundare
provided inaseparate categoryin addition
to the folders. Initialization oflarger USB
mass storage devices containin gahigh
number offiles cantake uptoseveral
minut es.
i Files protec tedwith DRM (Digital Rights
Managemen t)are not supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaud ioAUX mode
You canconnectan ext ernal audio source
(AUX) toCOMAND .The sock etfor this is
located inthe glove box.
If COMAND isequipped withaMedia
Int erface, external audio sources are
con nected using theassociated cableset.
The audio cablesetreplaces theaudio AUX
sock et.
i You canfind more information onthe
Int ernet athtt p://ww w.mer cedes-
benz.com /connectand inthe "Media
Int erface mode" section(Ypage 141). Switching
onaud ioAUX mode
When youconnectane xterna lau dio sou rce,
au dio AUX isnot selecte dau toma tically.
X Sel ect Aud io in
the mainfunctio nbarusin g
th e9=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
If AU Xmod ewas thelast mod eselec ted, it
will nowbe act ive.
If ano ther audio sourceisswit ched on,you
can nowswit chtoaudio AUXmod ein the
audio menu.
X Sel ect Audio usin
gth e9 buttonand
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
The audio menuappear s. Aud
ioAUX mode
147Aud io Z

There
isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraff iccondit ionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . Notes
aboutdiscs
Playba ckproblems mayoccur whenplaying
copied discs.Therearealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,writing
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyouhave
copied yourself.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabels tothe discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND .Stic kers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recogn itionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommo date
discs which comply withtheEN6090 8
standard. Youcantheref oreonly usediscs
with amaximum 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
COMAND .
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
There arevideo DVDsavaila bleonthe market
which donot conf orm tothe curren t
standards.
These DVDscan create picture, soundor
other problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced accordingto the following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e) i
Ifyo uins ert avid eo DVD with adi ffer ent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect .
R PAL orNTSC standard
You willgenerally findtherelevant details
either onthe DVD itself oron the DVD case.
i COMAND isset toregion code1at the
factor y.This settingcan bechanged atan
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Thiswill
allow youtoplay video DVDswith a
different regioncode,provided thatthey
are produced inaccordanc ewith thePAL
or NTSC standard. Theregion codecanbe
changed uptofive times. Function
restrictions
Dependin gon the DVD ,it is possible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions willbe
temporarily blockedormay notfunct ionatall.
As soon asyou trytoactivate thesefunctions
or actions ,you willsee theKsymbol inthe
display . Inserting
andremoving DVDs
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Insert ingand
eject ingCDs andDVD s"section
(Y page 127). Switching
tovideo DVDmode
Option 1 X
Insert avideo DVD(Ypage 127).
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton .
COMAND switchestothe disc mode last
set (audi oCD, audio DVD,MP3 CD, video
DVD )or Media Interface. COMAND
accesses alldiscs inthe DVD changer. Video
DVDmode
151Video Z

X
Sel ect Menulan guage or
Aud io lan
guage and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
In both cases, amenu appe ars afte rafew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entry
indi cates thecurrently selected langua ge.
X Select asetting using the 9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X To exitthe menu: pressthe=
or ; button. Subtitle
sand camera angle
These functions arenot available onallDVDs.
The numbe rofsubt itle lang uages andcam era
ang lesavailab ledepe ndson theco nten to f
the DVD. Itis po ssi ble tha tthe settin gsmay
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 154).
X Show themenu (Ypage 152).
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press the9button toconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appears.The #dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gusing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button. 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 usingthe
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toexecute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select ,
is highlighted.
X Press the9button.
or
X Show thecont rolmenu whileinvideo DVD
mode, ifnecessary.
X Select Menu using
the=;
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
X Select DVD-V in
the menu usingthe
=;9: buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select orexecute anaction usingthearrow
keys. Video
AUXmode Conne
ctingexternal videosources
If your vehicle isequipp edwith aMedia
Int erface, youcan conn ectanextern alvideo
source.
You require anadditional audio/video cable
set toconn ectanextern alvideo source to
Media Interface.
For details, pleaseconsult anauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCenter orvisit http://
www .mer<00030005000400050013002500020005000E001D00210003000F000D00220003
000FB nnect.and
proceed asdescribed under"Media
Int erface".
The conn ection jacksarelocated:
R in the cent erconsole stowage
compartmen t(SL)
R in the glove box 156
Video
AUXmodeVideo