2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class ECO mode

:
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
133Audio Z

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
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

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

Switching
toMUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theefunct ionbutton.
i This switches tothe last disc mode
selected (audioCD/D VD/video DVD/
MP3). COMANDwill access alldiscs inthe
DV Dc hanger, thememory card,theMUSIC
REGISTER orthe Media Interface.
X Select theMUSIC REGISTER positioninthe
media listand press Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconfirm (Ypage 131).
If there areany music files,youwillhear the
first track inthe first folder foundorplay back
will begin atthe point itwas lastinterrupted.
If there arenomusic files,youwillsee a
message tothis effect .
X Confirm themessage bypressing Wthe
COMAND controller andcopy themusic
files (Ypage 137).
Option 2 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audi omenu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Music Register and
press Wto
confirm . :
Type ofdata carrier: MUSICREGISTER
; Track number
= CD orDVD inserted
? Track name
A Track time
B Graphic timeandtrack displa y
C Current playback option
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Current folder
G Folder functions
H Data carrier position inthe media list
I Tocall upthe MUSIC REGISTER menu Import
ingmusic files
Introduction CD
information suchasalbu mname, disk
nam e,art ist and track ispro vide dth roug h
Grac enoteMedia Database (Y page 133).
X Swit chon audio CDmod e(Y page 129).
X Wit han audio CDinserted, selec tREC in
the
basic CDdispl ayby slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroll erand pres s
W toconfirm .
St ep 1:Select ingtrack sto impor t X
Sel ect Tracks by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll erand pres sW to
co nfirm . MUS
ICREG ISTER
137Audio 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

Never
connect morethanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeableto pla y
back fromtheexternal device. :
Four-pin socketfor⅛inch stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players (audio and video)
; iPod ®
plu g,to connect aniPod ®
= USB socket, toconnect USBdevices
? Example ofdevice, iPod®
X Connect theexternal devicewithsuitab le
socket :,;or=.
COMAND activatesthedevice.
If you remove adevice, theNodevice connected message
appears.
i Aconnect ediPod ®
or MP3 player shoul d
not besimul taneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control), asthis
may produ ceunpredi ctableresults.
i Connecting afull ydischarg ediPod ®
or
MP3 player can resul tina ne xtend ed
ini tia lizati onperio d.
Ma lfunctio nmessages appearwhilethe
device isbeing activat edif:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
con nected (Externa ldevice unavail
able ).
R the connected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Consult anauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center ifrequired. Switching
toMedia Interfacemode
General information In
ext reme cases, startingupindividual
func tionscan take uptoseveral minutes–
this depends onthe external device andits
con tent(e.g. video podcasts ).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Otherwise, some orall
func tionsmay notbeavailable.
Opt ion 1 X
Connec tan ext ernal device (Ypage 140).
COMAND activates thedevice. Thebasic
display thenappears.
or
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If anoth eraudio source isswitch edon, you
can now switch toMedia Interface modein
the audio menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Media Int. and
press Wto
con firm.
Opt ion 2 X
Press theefunc tion button .
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If not ,you can switch onMedia Interface
mode viathe Audio menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Media Interfa ce and
press Wto
con firm. Media
Interfacemod e
141Audio Z

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

X
Sel ect the cate gory/folde rb ytur ning
cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller and press
W toconfirm .
You willsee theco nten to fthe selected
category orselected folder.
i Ifthe data needs tobe read from the
conn ected device, thePlease wait... message
appears.
X Ifnecessary, repeatthisstep until the
track sin the desired folder/album appear. Example
display:curr ent track list
: Sym bolfornex tfold erup
; Curre ntcat egor y
= Trac ksymbo l
? Curr enttitle
X Se lec tth etrack byturning cVd the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The track isplayed .
X To swit chtothesup eror dina te fold er:
sele cttheÒ iconu sing theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
i The Ò symbol isalwa yslisted rightat
the top ofthe respective folder. Playing
backthecontent ofac atego ry
or folder
X Sele ctthe catego ryor fold erby turning
cVd theCOM AND controll er.
X Press Wthe COM ANDcontroll erfor longe r
than twoseconds .
The content ofthe catego ryor fold er
sel ected ispla yedin accord ancewith the
pla yback optio n(Ypage 134)select ed. Alphabet
icaltrack selection
iPod ®
and MP3 players This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort edcateg ories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not available foralbums orplaylists, for
example.
X Select acateg ory,e.g.Artist s ,
by turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The available artistsare displayed.
X Press thecorr espondin gnumber keyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letterof
the artist 'sname (e.g.foranartist
beginn ingwith theletter"C", press number
key ;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryinthe list
which matchestheletterent ered is
highlighted.
i Ifno corr espondin gent ryexist s,the last
ent rycorr espondin gto ap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the quality
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu ageva ria nt ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. 14
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dia Interfac emodeAu dio