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The
DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Themessage
Loading Disc... appears.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
insert ed)
X To exit themenu: pressthe8 eject/
load button againorpress thek button .
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X To fill empt ymagaz inetrays: press the
8 load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots .
You seethePlease Wait... message.
COMAND switchestothe next empty
magazine tray.Youthen seethePlease Insert
Disc message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never insert
morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime.
X Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Once thedisc isloaded, theDVD changer
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please Insert Disc . message.
X Repeat thisstep until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand
is of apermissible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To complete theinsertion: pressthe
8 eject/load button againorpress the
k button .
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer If
you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interruptsplayb ack.
Playba ckcont inues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
X To eject aCD/DVD: pressthe8 load/
ej ec tbut ton.
or
X Se lec tBac k by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray with thecurrent discishighlighted. :
Ejec tpossible
; Disc type Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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=
Discname (onlyifstore don thedisc )
? Curr entd isc
X Selec tama gazine traycontaining adisc by
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
You seetheEjecting Disc... messa
ge.You then seethefollowi ng
messa ge. X
Take thedisc outofthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin aga inau tomatical ly
after ashort whileand loadit aga in.
X To ejec tallCDs/DVDs: pressthe8
load/ej ectbutt on.
The magazin emen uappears. X
Conf irmEject All by
press ingW.
The DVD changerejec tsthe last disc
select ed.The message EjectingDisc ..
. appears.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePleas eRemov eDisc message
.
The DVD changerswitc hestothe next
loaded magazin etray and ejectsthe disc.
X Repeat thelast stepunt ilthe magazin eis
empt y.
X To cancel ejecting:press the8 eject/
load buttonagain orpress thek button.
or
X Selec tBack by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm . Insert
ingand eject ingaPCMCIA
mem orycard
Gener alinfor mation COMA
NDsuppo rts 16 -bitfull- sizetyp eIa nd
II PC MC IAmem orycards.
i Not allcomm ercially availabl eP CMCIA
mem orycardsand storag emed iaare
desi gned for thete mpe ratures whichmay
be reac hedintheveh icle.
If you arenolonger usin gth ePCMCI A
mem orycard,you should rem ove itfrom
COMA ND,as high tempe ratures could
damag eth ecar d. 128
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Inser
ting aPCMCIA memorycard :
PCMCI Amemory cardslot
X Inser tthe memory cardintothe slot. The
side with thecontact smust face
downwards andpoint towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effec t.Ifno MP3
trac kscan befound, youwillsee amessage
to this effec t.
Ejecting aPCMCIA memorycard :
Eject button
; PCMCI Amemory cardslot
X Press ejectbutt on : twice.
The mem orycardis ejec ted.
X Remo vethemem orycardfrom slot ;. Activ
ating audio CD/DVD orMP3
mod e
Op tion 1 X
Inser taC D/DVD (Ypage 126) oraPC MC IA
mem orycard(Y page 129) .
CO MAND load sthe med iumi nser tedand
sta rts toplay it.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe efunctio nbu tton.
i Thissw itch estothe last disc mod e
sel ecte d(aud ioCD/DV D/videoDVD/
MP3). COMANDwill access alldiscs inthe
DV Dc hanger, thememory card,theMUSIC
REGISTER orthe Media Interface.
X Select anaudi omedium fromthemedia list
(Y page 131).
Option 3 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
If disc mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch todisc mode inthe audi o
menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Disc or
Memory Card and
press
W toconfirm .
The desired discmode isactivated.
X Select anaudi omedium fromthemedia list
(Y page 131). Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Exam
pledispla y:au dio CDmod e :
Disctype
; Tracknum ber
= CD orDV Dinser ted
? Tracknam e(on lyifstor ed on thedisc as
CD text or ifGrac enote®
dat ais avail able)
A Tracktime
B Grap hictime and track disp lay
C Curr entp layback settings (no symbol 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 Datacarr ierposit ioninthe media list
I Music filesrecorded
J Playback options
Exam pledisp lay:audioDVD mode :
Disc type
; Trac knumb er =
CD orDV Dinse rted
? Trac kname (onlyifstore don thedisc as
CD text)
A Trac ktim e
B Graph ictim eand track displ ay
C Curr entp layback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifsto red onthe disc)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Stop func tion
I Pause function
J Datacarr ierposit ioninthe media list
K Playback options
Exam pledisp lay:MP3 mode :
Disc type
; Trac knumb er
= CD orDV Dinse rted
? Trac kname
A Trac ktim e
B Graphic timeand track display
C Curren tplayback option
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Curren tfolder
G Tocall upthe folder list
H Data carrier position inthe media list
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Pause
function
In audio CD/DVD andMP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypresstheB
button.
The , symbol appears atthe top leftin
the status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
B button again.
The , symbol disappea rs.
Only inaudio DVDmode X
To pause playback: switchonaudi oDVD
mode (Ypage 129).
X Select Ëbysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudi oDVD
mode.
X Switch onaudi oDVD mode (Ypage 129).
X To interru ptplayback: 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.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. X
To stop playback: whileplayback is
interr upted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Play back starts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selec
tingaudio CD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selec tingviathe media list X
In audio CD/DVD andMP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X In audio CD/DVD mode only:press W
the COMAND controller when thedisplay /
selection windowisactive.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Media
list Maga
zinetrays ,posi tions 1to6: readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 Media
Interface, position 9 i
Ifadata medium isnot readable, anentr y
appears behindthemagazine trayoryou
receive amessage ifyou have selected the
memory card.
X Select thedata medium byturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 150). 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 .
Sk ipping backwards restartsthe curr ent
tr ack (ifithas been playing formor ethan
8s econ ds)orstart sthe previous track(if
the curr enttrack hasonly been playing for
a shor tertime).
If the Rand omTrac ks opt
ion has been
selec ted,thetrack swill beplayed ina
rand omorder . Selecting
bytrack list X
In audio CD/DVDm ode, select Track List by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller inMP3
mode whenthedisplay /select ionwindow
is active.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphabetical order. Fast
forward /rewind
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. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
or
X Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller when the
display/ selectionw indow isact ive.
The folder contentappears. 132
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:
Curr entfol der nam e
; Trac ksymbo l
= Curr enttr ack
? Sym bolforne xt folder up
X To swit chtothesupe rordi nat efo lder :
sele ctico n: and pressW toconfirm . :
Disc nam e(if stor ed on thedisc )
; Curr entfolder
= Folder icon
X Select thefolder byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gra
cenote MediaDatabase
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio CD
mode.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenote ®
,Emeryville, California, USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecogn izethis bythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bottom right-
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 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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Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adisplay
on/off X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase by
turnin g
cVd andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switch thefunct iononO oroff ª.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognit iontechn ology.
Infor mation aboutnewversions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognit ion
software updatedtherewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 93). 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 129).
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 listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat current ly
selected.
X Select theaudio format byturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress thek button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare playe din the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
In MP3 mode, thetrack order isdetermin ed
by the order inwhich thetrack sare written
to the MP3 datacarrier whenitis created.
Alphabetical orderisthe most common .
Once allthe track sin afolder havebeen
playe d,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 (only
inMP3 mode)
The track sin the current lyactive folderare
playe din random order. 134
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CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio