2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class display

There
isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraff iccondit ionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . Notes
aboutdiscs
Playba ckproblems mayoccur whenplaying
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 ersorlabels tothe discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND .Stic kers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recogn itionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommo date
discs which comply withtheEN6090 8
standard. Youcantheref oreonly usediscs
with amaximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudio dataonthe other), they
cann otbe eject edand candamage
COMAND .
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
There arevideo DVDsavaila bleonthe market
which donot conf orm tothe curren t
standards.
These DVDscan create picture, soundor
other problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced accordingto the following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e) i
Ifyo uins ert avid eo DVD with adi ffer ent
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 127). Switching
tovideo DVDmode
Option 1 X
Insert avideo DVD(Ypage 127).
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start sto play it.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton .
COMAND switchestothe disc mode last
set (audi oCD, audio DVD,MP3 CD, video
DVD )or Media Interface. COMAND
accesses alldiscs inthe DVD changer. Video
DVDmode
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If
you previou slyselected thevideo DVD
function, itis now switched on.
If you activated adifferent discfunction:
X Select Media .
The media listapp ears.
X Select avideo DVD(Ypage 132).
Option 3 X
Show themenu (Ypage 152).
X Select Video in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
If video DVDmode wasthelast mode
selected, itwil lnow beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toDVD mode inthe video
menu.
X Select Video using
the9 button and
press the9button toconfirm.
The video menu appears.
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9button
to confirm. Hiding/
showingthe navigatio nmenu
X To show :press the9 or: button.
i This function isnot avai lablewhil ethe
DVD's ownmenu (Ypage 154)isbeing
disp layed.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wai tfor approximately eightseconds. Navigation
menudisplaye d
: Disc type
; Current title
= Current scene
? Track time
A Shows themenu Showing/
hidingthemenu
This funct ionisnot availa blewhile theDVD 's
own menu (Ypage 154)isbeing display ed.
X To show: pressthe9button .
or
X Select Menu while
thecont rolmenu is
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To hide: press the9 button ,select
Full screen and
press the9button to
conf irm. Menu
shown
: Video DVDoptions
; Pause function
= Stop function 152
Video
DVDmodeVideo

?
Media selection
A Sound settings Fast
forward ing/rew inding
X Press andhold the= or; button
until thedesired position isreached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
You seethenavigation menu. Selec
tingavideo DVD
X Show themen u(Y page 152).
X Selec tMedi a and
press the9butt onto
con firm .
The media listappears. The#dot
indic atesthecurr entmedium beingplayed. Media
list
: Video DVDsymbol
; Video DVDcurrentlyplaying
X Selec tavideoDVD using the 9
or : button andpress the9button to
confirm.
COMAND loadsthe vide oDVD.
i Ifyou selectaCD, anaudio DVD oran
MP3 medium,youswitch tothe respe ctive
au dio mode. Youcanfind further
informati onabo utthe medi alist on
(Y page 129). Stop
function
X Sho wthe men u(Y page 152).
X To inter rupt pla yback :selec t± and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
The «display changestoM.T hevideo
image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted. Themenu ishidden.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, select±again andpress the
9 button toconfirm .
Selection isat M.
X To restar tplayback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm .
Play back starts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD .The menu ishidden. Pause
function
X Show themenu (Ypage 152).
X To pause playback: select«and press
the 9button toconfirm .
The «displa ychanges toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconfirm .
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).
It may alsobepossible toselect thescen e/
chapter fromwithin themenu storedon the
DVD . Vid
eoDVD mode
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Cha
nging thepict urefor ma t X
To show themen u:pres sth e9 button
on therem oteco ntrol.
or
X Sel ect Menu while
thenav igat ionmen u
(Y page 152)issho wnand pres sth e9
but tonto confirm .
X Sel ect DVD-Vi deo usin
g
th e:=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
The äiconin fron tof the16: 9 Opt
imized ,
4:3 or
Wid escreen men
uite m
ind icat esthefor mat curren tlyset .
X Sel ect thefor mat andpres sth e9 button
to confirm . Sys
tem settings Not
e
You canadjust almos tallsyst emsettings
indiv idually foreach screen witho utaffec ting
the otherscr een. Youmakethe seset tings
using theremo tecon trol (Y page 30). Selecting
thedisp laylangu age
X Selec tSyst em using
the9=;
butt ons onthe remo tecon trol and press
the 9butt ontocon firm .
You seethesyst emmen uon the selec ted
rear screen. Syst
emmen u 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 in
the syst emmen uusing
the : buttonand press the9butt on
to con firm .
X Selec tDay Mode ,
Nigh tMode or
Auto matic using
the9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
The äicon indicates thecurr entsetting. Design Expla
nation Day
Mode The
display isset
perm anentlytoday
design . Nigh
tMode The
display isset
perm anentlyto
nigh tdesign. Automat
ic The
display design
changes depending
on the vehicle
inst rument cluster
illumination. Sett
ingthe bright ness
X Select Setting s in
the system menuusing
the : button andpress the9button
to con firm.
X Select Brightn ess using
the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
As caleap pea rs. Sys
tem setting s
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X
Adju stthe brightne ssusing the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The brightne ssbarm oves upordown. The
picture becomes lighterordarker in
accordanc ewith thescale. Showing/hiding
thepictur e
X To hide thepictur e:select Display Off in
the system menuusingthe:;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
The picture ishidden.
X To display thepictur e:press the9
button . Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Import
antsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
The CD/D VDdrive isaclass 1laser product.
Nev eropen thehousi ng.There isarisk of
exposure toinvisible laserradiation ifthe
housing isopened, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemcontains
no parts which youcan repair yourself. For
safety reasons, allmaintenanc ework must be
carried outbyqual ified aftersales
techn icians. G
WARNING
The driver should notwear aRear Seat
Ent ertainment headsetwhileoperating the
vehicle underanycircumstan ces.Theuseof
a headset whiledriving thevehicle could
drastically impairtheabili tyto react toaudi ble
traffic conditions (e.g.emergency sirensfrom
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etc. ). G
WARNING
When notinuse, headsets orextern alvideo
sources shouldbestored inas afe locatio n
(e. g.on eof theveh icle'sstorag e com
partmen ts)so that they are notloose
within thepassenger compartmentduring
braking, vehiclemaneuvers oratraffic
accident .Object smoving withinthe
passenger compartmentcould cause serious
personal injurytovehicle occupant s. G
WARNING
Due toapotent ialchokin ghazar d,wired
heads etusage bychildre nshould onlyoccur
with adultsuper vision . Gener
alnot es
You willfindinf orm ationonthe following
topics inthe "Audio" section:
R notes onCDs/DV Ds(Ypage 137)
R notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 136)
R notes oncopyright (Ypage 137) Inserting
aCD/DVD
M- Class :th eCD /DVD drive isin thece nter
beh ind th efron tseats.
R-Class: theCD/D VDdrive isin the center
con sole. :
Disc slot
; Eject button
The CD/D VDdrive isasingle discdrive. If
ther eis already adisc insert ed,this must be
ejec tedbefore anotherisinsert ed.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slot.
The print edside ofthe disc must face
upwards. Ifneit her side ofthe disc is 164
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CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear Entert ainmentSyst em

print
ed,the side youwish toplay must face
downwards.
The CD/D VDdrive draws inthe disc. The
CD/D VDdrive plays thedisc:
R ifit has been insert edcorr ectlyand isa
permissible disc,and
R ifyou have switchedtodisc mode (audio
CD, audio DVDandMP3 mode)
(Y page 165)
Dat aon anMP3 CDfirst needs tobe loaded
by the drive. Loading maytakesome time,
dependin gon the number offolders and
trac ks. Removing
aCD/DV D
X Press theþ ejec tbut ton.
The drive ejec ts thedis c.
X Tak eth edis co utofthes lot.
If you donot takethe disc outofthe slot,
the drive willdraw itin again autom atically
aft erashor twhile. Switching
toaudio CD,audio DVDor
MP3 mode
X Insert aCD/DV D(Y page 164).
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemloads
the inserted disc.
X Select Disc in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote cont
roland confirm bypressing the9
button.
The corresponding modeisswitched on.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemplays
the disc. Example
display:audio CDmod e
: Type ofdat amedi um_
; Trac knum ber
= Trac kname (onlyifstore don thedisc as
CD text)
? Trac ktim e
A Graph ictim eand track displ ay
B Curr entp layback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
C Setsthe bass
D Setsthe treble
E Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text)
F Calls upthe track list
G Playback options Ex
ample display: audioDVDmode
: Type ofdata medium ü
; Trac knumb er Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Track time
? Graphic timeandtrack display
A Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
B Sets thebass
C Sets thetreble
D Calls upthe track list
E Stop funct ion
F Pause function
G Playba ckoptions Example
display:MP3mode
: 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 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 e168).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow sall tracks
in the currently activefolderaswell asthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (au
dio CD/DVD mode)or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland 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. 166
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Making
aselection byenter ingthetr ack
num berdirectly X
Pres sth eh buttonontherem ote
con trol.
The track entrydisplay appears .
Ex ample: track 2
X Pres sth el numberkey.
Ex ample: track 12
X Pres sth ecor respon ding numberkeys in
rapid successio n.
i Itis no tp ossible toenter numbers that
exceed thenumber oftrack son the CDor
in the current lyactive folder.
X Wait forapproximately threeseconds after
making anentr y.
You willhear thetrack which hasbeen
enter ed.The correspon dingbasic menu
then reappears. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X With thedisplay /select ionwindow active,
press the= or; button onthe
remote controlrepeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onson therem otecon trol and pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. :
Folder selectionsymbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switc hto the nextfolder up:select
symbol :.
The display showsthenext folder up. :
Folder selection symbol
; Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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