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
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
Selec
tingavideo DVD
X Press Wthe COMAN Dcon troller toshow
the men u.
X Selec tMedi a by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAN Dcon troller andpress
W tocon firm .
The media listappears. The#dot
indic atesthecurr entmedium beingplayed.
Video DVDsare indic ated bythe ý icon. :
ý icon foravideo DVD.
; Video DVDcurrentlyplaying
X Selec ta video DVDbyturn ingcVd the
COMAN Dcontroller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND loadsthevideo DVDandbegins
playi ngit.
i Ifyou select aCD, anaudio DVDoran
MP3 medium, youswitch tothe respect ive
audio mode. Youcanfind further
inform ationabout themedia liston
(Y page 131). Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconfirm .
or
X During playback, confirm Ébypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
Selection isat Ì.
X To restar tplayback: confirmÌby
pressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: selectËby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th efilm isdivi ded intosc en es orchapt ers,
you can selectthem dire ctly while thefilm is
run ning,or skip for wards step- by-s tep. So me
DV Ds donotpermit thisatcert ainpoint s(e.g.
during theopenin gcredit s). Vid
eoDVD mode
153Vid eo Z
It
may alsobepossi bletoselect thescene/
chapter fromwithin themenu stored onthe
DVD.
X To skip forwards orback: turncVd or
slid eXVY theCOMAND controller.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
control panel.
The naviga tionmenu (Ypage 152)appears
for app roximately eightseconds. Sele
cting afilm/t itle
This function isonly available ifthe DVD is
divided intosever alfilms /titles .Ift he DVD
cont ains several films,these canbeselected
directly. Afilm can beselec tedeitherwhen
the DVDisbeing playedback orwhen itis
stopped.
The film canalso beselected fromthemenu
on the DVD itself.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
confirm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Title Selecti on by
turn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. X
Select afilm/t itleand press Wtocon firm. DVD
menu
Calling upthe DVD menu The
DVD menu isthe menu storedon the DVD
itself. Itis str uctured invarious ways
accor dingtothe individual DVDandpermit s
cert ainaction sand settings.
In the case ofmulti-lan guageDVDs,for
example, youcan change theDVD language
in the DVD menu.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V in
the menu byturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select DVDFunctio ns and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select Menu and
press Wtocon firm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menuitemsinthe DVD menu X
Select amenu itembysliding ZVÆor
turn ingXVY theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The menu appears.
i Menu itemswhich cannotbe select edare
shown ingray. X
To reconfirm yourselection: confirm
Select by
pressing W.
COMAND executes theaction . 154
Vid
eoDVD modeVideo
Make
aselection fromthefurther options,
if necessary.
COMAND thenswitches backtothe DVD
menu.
i Depending onthe DVD ,the menu items:
Back (tomovie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
., /orGo Up may
not
funct ionornot funct ionatcertain pointsin
the DVD menu. Toindicate this,theK
symbol appearsinthe displa y.
Stopping afilm orskipping tothe
beginn ingorend ofas cene X
Se lec tany men uitem fromthe DVD menu .
Th emenu appe ars.
X To sto pthe film: select the Stop menu
ite ma ndpre ssW toconfi rm.
X To skipto the endof asc en e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssW to
confi rm.
X To skiptoth ebeginnin gof as cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress Wto
confirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Press thek backbutton.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu andpress Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconfirm .
or
X Select anymenu iteminthe DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
confirm .
X Select GoUp and
press Wtoconfirm .
Back tothe film X
Press thek backbutton repeatedly
until youseethemovie.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuitemfrom
the DVD menu. X
Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress Wtoconfirm . Setting
thelanguage andaudio
forma t
This funct ionisnot availa bleonallDVD s.Ifit
is availa ble,youcan setthe DVD menu
language ,the audi olanguage orthe audi o
format. Thenumber ofsettin gsisdetermined
by the DVD content. Itis possible thatthe
settin gsmay alsobeaccessed inthe DVD
menu (Ypage 154).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select MenuLanguage or
Audio Language and
press Wtoconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appearsafter afew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entr y
indicates thecurrent lyselected language.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. Subtitles
andcamera angle
These functionsarenot availa bleonallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle language sand camera
angles availabledepends onthe cont entof
the DVD .Iti spossible thatthesettings may
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 154).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm. Video
DVDmode
155Video Z
X
Sel ect DVD Functions and
pressW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Subtitles or
Cam era Angle and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
In both cases,amenu appe ars .The # dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller. 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 bysliding ZVÆorXVY the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
execute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select ,
is highlighted.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. 156
Video
DVDmodeVideo
X
To setu sing COMAND: press,for
example, theefunct ionbutton toswitch
on anaudio mode.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The Audio menuappears.
X Select Rear by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
i The headphones' volumesettingdoes not
affect themain loudspeakers. Adju
sting thesound settings
You canselect thesound settings inthe audio
CD/D VD/MP3, video DVDandAUX modes.
X Switc hon anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode) (Ypage 168).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the :=; buttonson the remot e
con trol and press the9button tocon firm.
An adjustmen tscal eap pea rs.
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm. Multi
pleusers
Simul taneoususeofthe rear-
co mpartment discdrive The
two rear-comp artmentscree nscan be
ope rate dalmost entirelyind epe ndentl yfrom
one another. However,there canbeaconfl ict
in some menusif the two scree nsare used
sim ultaneo usly.
If the rear-comp artmentdisc drive isbei ng
us ed for both scree nssim ultaneo usly,
sel ecting certainmenu sor setti ngsonone of
the scree nsalso affe ctsthe othe rscree n.
The followi ng functi onsaffectboth scree ns:
R cha nging play ba ck opti ons
R sel ecting atrack (fromatra cklist or folder)
R us ing the play ,pa useand stopfu nctio ns
R fast for wa rding/r ewind ing orscro lling R
cal ling up the DVD menu andnavigati ng
wi thi nit
R setting thelangua ge,subtitles andcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content
The followi ngfunction saffect onlyone
screen:
R audi oand video function sas well aspicture
settings
R switching betweenfullscreen andthe
menu
Switching betweenoperating modes When
youexit anoperating mode(e.g.audio
CD mode), thecurrent settingissaved. Ifyou
call upthis operating modeagainlate r,th ere
are two poss ibilities:
R theoper atingmod ehas been chang edon
th eot her scree n.
R theoper atingmod ehas notb een changed.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as itis on the other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
are detailed later(Y page 176).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc hon video DVDmode (Ypage 172).
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menu
(Y page 152)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm. Ba
sic functions
165RearSeatEntert ainment Z
X
In both cases, selectDVD-Video using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select Brightness ,
Contrast or
Color using
the9: buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
An adjus tment scaleappears.
X Select asetting usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
Changi ngthe picture format X
To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu whil
ethe naviga tionmenu
(Y page 152)isshown andpress the9
button toconfirm.
X Select DVD-Video using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
The dotinfront ofone ofthe menu items
16:9 optimized ,
4:3 or
Widescreen indicates
theformat currently selected.
X Select aformat usingthe9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm. System
settings Note
You canadjus talmost allsyst emsettings
indiv idually foreach screen witho utaffec ting
the otherscr een. Usetheremo tecon trol to
adjust thesettings. Selecting
thedisp laylangu age
X Selec tSyst em using
the9=;
butt ons onthe remo tecon trol and press
9 tocon firm .
You seethesyst emmen uon the selec ted
rear screen. X
Selec tSett ings using
the: button
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tLang uage using
the9:
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
The listoflanguages appears.The#dot
indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec talanguage usingthe9:
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
The Rear SeatEnter tain men tSyst em
act ivat esthe selec tedlanguage. Switch
ingthedisp laydesign
X Selec tSett ings using
the: button
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDay Mode ,
Nigh tMode or
Auto matic using
the9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
The dotinfro ntofthe men uitem indicates
the curr entlyselec tedsetting. Design Expla
nation Day
Mode The
display isset
perm anentlytoday
design . Nigh
tMode The
display isset
perm anentlytonigh t
design . Auto
matic The
display design
chan gesdepen dingon
the vehic leinst rumen t
clust erilluminat ion. 166
Syst
emsett ingsRea rSeat Enter tainment