shown
inaseparate categoryinaddition to
the folders. Initialization oflarger USBmass
storage devices containing alarge number
of files may take several minutes.
i DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
You canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
(AUX) toCOMAND.
The socket islocated inthe cent erconsole.
If COMAND isequip pedwith aMedia
Interf ace,extern alaudi osources are
conn ected usingthecorresponding cableset.
An AUX socket isnot provided.
i You canfind more information onthe
Intern etathtt p://www .mercedes-
benz.com/co nnectandinthe "Medi a
Interf acemode" section (Ypage 140). Activating
audioAUXmode
When youconn ectanextern alaudi osource,
audi oAUX isnot selected automaticall y.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudi oAUX mode inthe
audi omenu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Aux using
cVdandpress Wto
confirm.
The audi oAUX menu appea rs.The medium
in the extern alaudi osource isplay ed,ifthe source
isconn ected andplayback
selected. Please
seetherespective operating
instruct ionsforhow tooperate theextern al
audi osource.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 31)
and sound (Ypage 32)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal audiosources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcement sand
navigation systemannouncement sare much
loude r.Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manuall y. Increasin
gthe volume usingCOMAND
In some cases, thevolume ofthe extern al
audi odevice maybequieter orloude r,or the
usua lmaximum possiblevolumemaybe
lower. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately .Int his case,
start atamedium volumeandincrease it
gradua lly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay themusic
at high volume without distorting it.
X Select Volume in
the AUX displa yby turning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. 146
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AUXmodeAudio
COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. General
information Autom
aticpictu reshut off
The video picture isonly shown ifthe select or
lever isin the Pposition .
If the select orlever ofthe tran smission is
changed fromposition P,the In order not
to
distrac tyou from thetraffic situati
on, the picture is faded out
while
thevehicle isinmotion. message
appears
As soon asthe select orlever ofthe
tran smission isreturn edtoposition P,the
video image isshown. Basic
settings Pictur
esettings
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stor
color X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Brightn ess ,
Contras t or
Color by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Changing
thepictu reform at X
Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X Select DVD-V by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select 16:9Optimiz ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een and
press Wtocon firm.
The dotinfron tof the entryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edformat .
X Select asett ingbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Video
DVDmode Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
COMAND isclassified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . 150
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DVDmodeVideo
Note
sabo utdis cs
Pl ay ba ck pro blems mayoccu rwhen playing
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 ersorlabel sto the discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND. Stickers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recognit ionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommodate
discs which comply withtheEN60908
standard. Youcantherefore onlyusediscs
with amaximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage
COMAND.
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
If video DVDsdon otconf orm tothe NTSC or
PAL TVstandards, theymaycreate picture,
sound orother problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced according tothe following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e)
i Ifyo uins ert avid eo DVD with adi ffe rent
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 126). Activating
videoDVDmode
Option 1 X
Insert avideo DVD.
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it.
X To display thepictur e:press thee
button .
Option 2 X
Press theefunct ionbutton .
COMAND switchestothe previous disc
operating mode.
If video DVDmode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive. Video
DVDmode
151Video Z
If
not, youcan switch onvideo DVDmode
as follo ws:
X Select Media by
slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select aý video DVDinthe media listby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
Option 3 X
Select Video in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
Video DVDmode isswitched on. Hiding/
showingthe navigatio nmenu
X To show :turn cVd orslid eZVÆ the
COMAND controller.
i This function isnot avai lablewhil ethe
DVD's ownmenu (Ypage 154)isbeing
disp layed.
X To hide: slideZVÆ theCOMAND
controller.
or
X Wai tfor approximately eightseconds. Navigation
menudisplaye d
: Disc type
; Current track
= Current scene
? Track time
A Toshow themenu Showing/hiding
themenu
This funct ionisnot availa blewhile theDVD 's
own menu (Ypage 154)isbeing display ed.
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress Wtoconf irm.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Menu
shown
: Video DVDoptions
; Pause function
= Stop function
? Media selection
A Sound settings Fast
forward /rewind
X Slide XVY andhold theCOMAND
cont roller untilthedesired position has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
You seethenavigation menu. 152
Video
DVDmodeVideo
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
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DVDmodeVideo