X
To select opti ons:sw itch onaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode(Y pa ge 129) .
X Sel ect CD ,
DVD -A or
MP3 by
slid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption byturn ingcVd andpress
W tocon firm.
The option isswitch edon. For alloption s
exc ept "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow. Seetheexample ofthe
display inaudio CDmode (Ypage 130).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the medium youarecurren tlylisten ingto
or when youselect adifferen tmedium. If
an option isselect ed,itremains selected
after COMAND isswitch edon oroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Perm issible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R PCMCIA memorycard
Perm issible filesystem s R
ISO 9660/Joliet standard forCDs
R UDF foraudio andvideo DVDs
R FA T16 orFA T32 forPCMCIA memorycards
with storage medium
Mult isession CDs For
multisession CDs,thecontentofthe first
session determines howCOMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonly one
session andgives priority tothe audi oCD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which havebeen written inone session. File
structure ofadat acarrier When
youcreate adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan beorganized in
folders. 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 1
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
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags.
Pe rmis sibl efo rmats CO
MAND supp orts thefollowi ng forma ts:
R MP EG1 AudioLayer3( MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
135Audio Z
Callin
gup diskspace informati on
X Sel ect Mus ic Reg
ister by
sliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory Info and
pressW to
confi rm.
The followi ng isdispl ayed :
R stora gecap acity
R ava ilab lememo ry
R occu pied memo ry
R content (folders ,tracks ) Fo
lde rfuncti ons
Introduc tion You
canview thecontent ofthe MUSIC
REGI STER, change folderor track names and
del ete individu alfold ersortracks.
Call ingupthe MUSI CREGI STER X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controllerwhen the
displa y/selection windowisactive.
You seethecont ents ofthe current folder. :
Folder selection symbol
; Icon formusic file
= Current folder X
To switch tothe superord inatefolder:
select theÒ iconandpress Wto
confirm .
The displa ychanges tothe next folder up.
Changing thefolder/tra ckname X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconfirm .
X Select Change and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Ent eraname forthe folder/track .
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press Wtoconfirm .
Dele ting folders/tra cks X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,
th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase wait... mes
sage .Then, youseetheDeletion Procedure
Successful message.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila ble:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare play edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Tracks MUSIC
REGISTER
139Audio Z
All
the tracks onthe med iuma repla yed in
random order.
R Random Folder (only
inMP3 mode)
The tracks inthe currently activefolderare
pla yed inrandom order.
X To selecto ptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 137).
X Sel ect Musi c Regi
ster by
sliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.For allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence ,
yo uwi ll
see acorre spondingdispl ayinthe displ ay/
sel ectio nwindow.
i The Norm alTrac kSequ ence opt
ion is
autom atically selec tedwhen youchan ge
the disc youarecurr entlylist enin gto or
when youselec tadifferent medium.Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitc hedonoroff. Media
Interfacemode Connection
options
Overview You
willfind theconnection sock etsinthe
cen tercon sole.
Devic e-spec ificadapter cables,included with
the Media Interface, arerequired tocon nect
ext ernal devices tothe Media Interface.
i Store individual partsinas afe plac e.
On lyuse genuine Mercedes-Ben z
co nn ect ion cabl es.
You canconn ect thefoll owin gdat acar rier s
to COMA NDviatheMedia Inte rface:
R iPod ®
R US Bd evices (USBsticks,USB hard drives) i
iPod ®
is aregister edtrademark ofApple
Inc .,Cupertino, California,USA.
Supp orted iPod®
var iants The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variant s:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Supp orted USBdevices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astart up/
permanen tcurren tof amaximum of
800 mA(itmay benec essary tocon necta
separate powersupply)
R cert ainMP3 players
i The Media Interface supports USB
stor age media of"USB DeviceSubclass 6".
Inf ormat ionconcern ingUSB Devic e
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For details andalist ofsupported devices,
visit http://www .mbusa-mobile.com.
Altern atively, calltheMercedes-Benz
Customer Assistance Centerat
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800 -367-6372)
(for theUSA) orCustomer Relations at
1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ). Conne
ctinganexternal device
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle, astheir correct function cannotbe
guara nteed ifthey aresubjected to
extreme temperatures, e.g.from exposure
to direct sunlight orvery lowoutside
temperatures (seetheoperating
instruct ionsofthe respective device).
Mercedes-Benz USA,LLCaccepts no
liab ility fordamage toextern aldevices. 140
Media
Interface modeAudio
Opt
ion 3 X
Press number buttonE.
This select sthe connected external audio
device directly. Media
Interface mode(iPod®
mode)
: Disc type
; Track number
= Track name
? Graphic timedisplay
A Elapsed tracktime (also infor mat
00: 00:00for audio books)
B Graphic track display
C Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media list
F Album name(ifavailable)
G Catego ries,playlists and/orfolder s
H Artis t(ifavailable)
I Playback options Selecting
music files
Not e 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 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
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal track
sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, e.g.E.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The track plays afterthelast possible
number isenter ed.
i Pressing andholding anumber keyfor
more thantwoseconds completes the
entr y,and thecorrespon dingtrack is
playe d.
Fast forward ing/rewinding X
While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND 142
Media
Interface modeAudio
control
leru ntil the desired positio nh as
been reached.
or
X Pre ssand hold theF orE button
unt ilth edesir edposi tionisreached.
i OnaniPod ®
,fast rewind onlyfunction s
within thecurrent track. Selec
tingacatego ry/playl ist/folder
iPo d®
and certain MP3playe rs For
aniPo d®
or MP3 player,you can select
tracks using catego riesorfold ers.
Depend ingonthe devi ceconnected, the
foll owi ngcatego riesmay beava ilable ,for
examp le:
R Curre nttrack list R
Playl ists (e.g.
All )
R Artis ts R
Album s R
Track s R
Podca sts R
Genre s R
Compo sers R
Audio books i
Some playback catego riescontain the
entry All .I
ft his entr yhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed.
USB devices For
USB mass storage devices, youcan select
both folders aswell asany existing playlists.
COMAND canalso displa ythe albu mname
and artist (met adata)durin gplaybac k,ifth is
inf orm ationhasbeen entered intoth e
syst em.
Playlist sare indicat edinthedispl ayby a
spec ialico n.When youopen theplaylist ,th e
co rrespo nding track sare open edand
playbac kbegins. Youcannow select Random categor
ies inst
ead ofRandom folder as
a
playback option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todisplay themetadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded music data,orto
display thefileand direct orynames during
playback.
X To displa ythe album andartist name:
select Media Interfa ce in
the basic
display bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display Metadat
a and
press Wto
con firm.
Selecting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Music in
the basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
displa y'sstatus barshows theselected
category orthe folder name.
i The Music menu
itemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Example
display:categ orylist
: Dev iceicon anddevic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies Med
iaInter face mod e
143Aud io Z
USB
massstor age device This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort eddirect ories. Thisfunction isnot
available foralbums orplaylists, forexample.
X In adirect ory,press thecorr espondin g
number keyonceor several timestoselect
the first letterofthe artist 'sname (e.g.for
an artist beginn ingwith theletter"C", press
number key;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
If the direct oryonly contains folders,
COMAND searchesfor folders. Aftera
message, thefirst entrywhich matchesthe
lett erent ered isshown atthe top ofthe list.
If no ent rymatc hestheentered letter,the
first item inthe lististhe last entryto
corr espond toaselect ion. Selecting
anactive partition (USB
ma ssstor age devices only)
You canselect thisfunc tion forUSB mass
stor age devices whenthestor age device is
partit ioned. Uptofour partit ions(primary or
logical; FATform at)are support ed.
i The Windows ®
form atting program
support sFA Tpartit ioningup to32 GB as
stan dard.
X Selec tMedia Interface in
the basic
display bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Selec tSelect activepartition and
press Wtocon firm. Playba
ckoptions
The following optionsare available:
R Normal tracksequence Norm
altrac ksequence: youhear the
trac ksintheir norm alorder (e.g.numeric al
or alphabetical).
R Random tracks All
the trac kson the medium areplayed in
random order.
R Random categories or
Random folder (in
the case ofUSB devices whenFolder has
been select ed):
The tracksinthe curren tlyactive categor y
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
played inrandom order.
i For USB devices, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 trackschosen at
random.
X To select aplayba ckoption: select
Media Interfa ce in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The option slist appears. The#dot
indicat esthe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data formats The
following dataformat sare supported:
R MP3: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
R WMA: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
Notes onUSB devices R
In order tokeep theinitializat iontime toa
minimum, storeonly music dataonaUSB
device.
R Up toeight direct orylevels withupto100 0
trac ksper direct oryare supported.
R Do not use USB extension leadsor
adapters. Theycanimpair functionality.
R Abackgr oundsearch ofthe USB device is
perform edand anyplaylists foundare Media
Interfacemod e
145Audio Z
Remo
tecontrol
Ove rview :
Toswitch thescre enon/off
; Toswitch thebutton lighti ngon/off
= Toselect the scre enfor the remo te
control
? Toselect amenu ormenu itemwith arr ow
key s
A Toconfi rmthe selectio nor setti ngwith
9
B Toswitch soundon/off (forcorded
headphones)
C Toadjust thevolume (forcorded
headphones)
D Toskip, fast-forward/fast -rewind
E Toselect atrack ;direct entry
F Toexit amenu (back) Selecting
thescreen forthe remot e
control You
canusetheremote controltooperate
one ofthe two rear screen sat atime. Todo
so, you must switch theremote controltothe
desired screen.
X To select theleft- hand screen :turn
thumbwheel =until "LREAR" is
highlighted inthe window.
X To select theright- hand screen :turn
th umbwh eel=until"REA RR" is
high light edinthewin dow.
Swit chingth escr een on/of f If
th eSm artKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ign ition lock(see thevehicle Operator's
Manual ),or the SmartKey isnot inserted, the
screens inthe rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreens switchoff,they
show amessage tothis effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery.
X Point theremote controlatthe rear-
compartment screenwhichhasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press on/off button:onthe remote
cont rol.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on.
Switching thebutton lighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
abou t15s econ ds,the button lighting
switch esoff automatic ally. 160
General
informationRear SeatEntert ainment
C
Sets thetreb le
D Calls up the track list
E Stop functi on
F Pausefuncti on
G Play ba ck opti ons Examp
ledispl ay:M P3 mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Sets thebass
D Sets thetreble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Calls upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions, toswitch track
inform ationon/of f
i ForMP3 track swith avariable bitrate, the
elapsed tracktimeshown canbedifferent
to the actual elapsed playbacktime. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th eski pfor wa rdfunctio nskip sto the next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
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 you have selected theplayba ckoptions
Random tracks or
Random folder ,
the
track order israndom.
Sel ecting bytrack list In
audio CDmode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In au dio DVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudio format" (Ypag e134).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow sall tracks
in the currently activefolderaswell asthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Track list (au
dio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont rol,and confirm bypressing the9
button.
or
X Press the9button whenthedispla y/
selection windowisselected.
The track listappea rs.The #dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
169RearSeatEntertainm ent Z