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stations
areautomaticall ystored inthe
preset positions.
Cancel ingstoring
X Select Cancel and
press the9button to
confirm. Weatherband
Switching on X
Press the$ function buttonrepeatedly
until Weatherband hasbeen selected.
or
X Press the: button tohighlig htthe
submenu.
X To selec tWeatherband :press the;
or = button repeatedly untilthe
currently selectedwavebandishighlig hted
(FM or
AM ).
X Press 9.
The waveba ndsubmenu opens.
X Select WB .
Searching forachanne l X
Press the; or= button whenthe
disp lay/se lectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF buttononthe
con trol panel.
Chann elsearc hscan sup ordown and
st ops atthe nextchan nelfoun d.
Selecting achanne lfrom thechann el
lis t X
Press the: button tohigh light the
sub menu.
X To call upthe chann ellist:press
the ; or= button repeatedl yuntil
Channe l is
high lighted.
X Press 9.
The channel lista ppears. X
To select achanne l:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press the9button.
or
X Press anumbe rkey on the control panel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Progr
aminform ation
i This function isonly available foranalog
FM programs anddigital (HDRadio) AM/
FM programs.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tprogram isusu ally
disp layed abo vethe submenu bar.
X To show theprogram information inthe
display/ selection window: selectInfo in
the radiodisp laysub menu.
Information onthe current programisnow
show nint he displa y/selection window.
The cont ents andpurpose ofthe
information dependonthe radio station. Rad
iomode
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HD
Radio ®
display 1
Displ ay/sele ction windowwith frequ ency
disp lay
2 Prese tnumbe r
3 Nam eof thesele cted stati on wit hHD icon
and program number
4 Stati on frequen cy
5 Sound setting s
6 FM,AM orWB radio
7 Program inform ation
8 Stati on pre sets
9 Radio function s Swit
chingwave bands
Se e"Swit ching waveb ands"intheradio mode
ch apt er(Y page 117). Select
ingastatio n
Yo ucan select an HD Radio sta tionint he
same wayasselecting astandard FMradio
station. Aftertuning into an HD Radi o
frequency, youwillbriefly heartheanalog
station untilthedigital datahasbeen
decoded. Youwillthen belistening todigital
radio andbeable toswitch toasub-program
(-HD 2).
See "Selecting stations"inthe Radi omode
section (Ypage 117). Storing
stations
See "Storing stations" inthe Radi omode
section (Ypage 118). Displaying
programinformat ion
X Select Info in
the radio displa yusing the
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
Inform ationonthe current lyselected
station isdispla yed.Thecont ents and
purpose ofthe information dependonthe
HD Radi ostation. Satellite
radio Import
antnotes
This section provides detailedinformation on
the following topics:
R selecting achannel andprogram category
R memory functions
R sound settings
i The SatRadio modedescribed below
requires optionally availableSatRadio
equipment andregistration withaSatRadio
provider.
i Note thatthecategories andchannels
shown inthe illustration sdepend onthe
program contentoffered bythe provider.
The program contents mayvary. The
illu stration sand descriptions inthese
operating instructionsmay therefore differ
from thechannels andcategories offered
by the provider.
SatRadio modemaybetemporarily
unavaila bleorinterrupted foravariety of
reasons. Thesereasons include
environm entalortopographical conditions
as well asother issues beyond ourcont rol.
Operation mayalsobeimpaired incertain
locations (e.g.tunnels,parking garages) or
in the vicinity offacilities orobject sthat
impair satellite reception. Satellite
radio
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X
To sto pplay back:wh ile play ba ck is
inte rrupte d,sel ect ±againa nd pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
M ishighl ighted .
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD. Se
lecti ng audi oCD /DVD/ MP3 discs
Se lecti ng viat he media list X
In audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode: select
Media or
Change r usi
ng
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
or
X In audio CD/DVD mode only:press the
9 button whenthe displa y/selection
window isactive.
The media listappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble.Reada blediscs areaudi oCDs, MP3
CDs orDVD s,audi oDVD sand video DVDs.
i Ifadisc isnot readabl e,an entr yappea rs
behind themagazine trayoryou receive a
message atthe selected memorycard. Positions
inthe media list For
DVD changer Media
Interface, position 0 Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 SD
memory card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 X
Select adisc using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 150).
Selecting atrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n, whenthe
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000E> windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button.
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 the Random tracks or
Random folder
pla
yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom. 132
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CD/DVD and MP3 modeAudio

Selec
tingbytrack list X
Select Title or
Track list in
audi oCD/
DVD mode andpress the9button to
conf irm.
or
X Press the9button inMP3 mode whenthe
display /selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphab eticalorder.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press theU button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
X To complete entry:press the9button .
i Pressin gand holding anumber buttonfor
2s econ dsormore alsocomplet esent ry
and thecorr espondin gtrac kisplay ed.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Switch onaudi oCD/DVD ,MP3 orSD
memory cardmode onCOMAND.
X Use theV orU button onthe
multifunction steeringwheeltoselect the
DISC displa y.
X Press the9 or: button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
You willhear theprevious ornext track. The
skip back function skipstothe beginning of
the current trackifthe track hasbeen
play ingformore thaneight seconds. Ifthe track
hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track . Fast
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Selec tingusing COMAND X
With thedispla y/selection windowactive,
press the= or; button repeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Press andhold the9 or: button on
the multifunction steeringwheeluntilthe
desired position hasbeen reached. Selec
tingafolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
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"Read
CDdata base" function X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD using
the=;9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select ReadCDdatabase using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
The function isswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recogn itiontechnolo gyand the
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognition technology.
Information aboutnew versions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognition
software updatedthere withaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedatthe same timeasthe map
software. 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 using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm. X
Select Group using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select anaudio format usingthe
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; 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 (MP3
mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive folderare
playe din random order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption usingthe9 or:
button andpress the9button toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorrespon dingdisplay inthe display /
selection window.Seeexample ofdisplay :
audio CDmode (Ypage 130), itemB. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurren tlylistenin gto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R SD memory card:
i COMAND doesnotsupport the"SD- HC
2.0 Standard" SDcard format .Mercedes-
Benz recomm endsusing SDmemory cards
with astorage capacity ofup to4G B.
Pe rmiss ible filesys tems R
ISO 9660/J oliet stand ardforCDs
R UDF foraudio and video DVDs
R FAT16 forSD memo rycard swi th stora ge
med ium
Multi sessi on CDs For
multisession CDs, thecontent ofthe first
ses siond eterm ineshow COMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonlyone
session andgives priority tothe audio CD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which havebeen writteninone session.
File structur eof adat acarr ier When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,thetrac kscan beorganiz edin
folders. Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of
25 5track sand 255subf older s.Adisc can
co ntain amax imum of12 00 track s. The
disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve 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 one
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) without copyprotect ion
Permissible bitand samp lingrates MP3
COMAND supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R const antand variable bitrates from
32 kbit/s to320 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz 136
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copy
ingisin pro gress. You willothe rwise
crea teunu sable da ta inthe MUSIC
REG ISTER . :
Progressbar
i Itmay take some timeforthe copy ing
pro cess tobe comp leted, dependi ngon the
amo untofdata. Itsho uld take abou to ne
minu teto cop y20 MB. Ifther eis not
eno ughmem oryspace, youwi llsee a
mes sage tothiseff ect.
Once copying iscomp lete, youhea rthe first
track onthe albu mcopied. TheMUSIC
REGISTER displayappea rs.Now youcan copy
more music filestothe MUSIC REGISTER.
X To cancel thecopying process: select
Cancel and
press the9button toconfirm .
Music filesarestored inthe MUSIC
REGISTER upuntil thepoint ofcancellation. Dele
ting allmusic files
This funct iondeletes allmusic filesfrom the
MUSIC REGISTER.
! The deletion procedure maytake several
minutes. Inorder toprevent malfunctions,
do not use COMAND duringthisperiod.
X Select Music Register using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
X Select Delete allmusic files and
press the9button toconfirm .
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed. If
you sele ctYes ,
all musi cfiles aredelet ed.
You seethePlea seWait ... mess
age.
Then ,you seetheDele tion Procedure Succ
essful mess
age.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbeabort ed. Calling
upmem oryspaceinfo
X Selec tMusi cRegi ster using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tMemo ryinfo and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .
The followin gis displayed:
R storage capacity
R available memory
R occ upied memo ry
R con tent(folder s,track s) Folder
functions
Intr odu ction You
canview thecontentof the MUS IC
REGIS TER,changefolder ortrack name sand
delet eindiv idual folder sor track s.
i You cannot chan gefolder ortrack name s
while thevehic leisin mot ion.
Calling uptheMUSIC REGISTER X
Selec tFold er using
the:=;
butt onsand press the9butt ontocon firm .
or
X Press the9butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionwindow isselec ted.
You seethecontentof the curr entfolder . 140
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:
Fold ersel ectio nsymbo l
; Icon formus icfile
= Curr entfolder
X To select onefolder higher: selectthe
U symbol.
The display changes tothe next folder up.
Changing thefolder/tr ackname X
Select Folder using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackusing the:9
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Options and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Change and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X En ter aname forthe folder/t rack.
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press the9button toconf irm.
Dele ting folders/tr acks X
Select Folder using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackusing the:9
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Options and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Delete and
press 9toconf irm.
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 bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare play edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Tracks All
the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random Folder (only
inMP3 mode)
The track sin the current lyactive folderare
play edinrandom order.
X To selec toptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 138).
X Sel ect Musi cRegi ster .
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti on.
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 The
connection jacksare located:
R in the centercon sole stowage
compart ment(SL)
R in the glove box Media
Interfacemod e
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