2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class ESP

Imp
orting cont acts
Cond itions You
canimpo rtco ntact stothe address book
from anexter nalBluetooth ®
device oran SD
memory card.
The Bluetooth ®
device needstobe inside the
vehicle andhastobe switched on,activated,
and authorized. Itmust beable totrans mit
cont acts and/or vCardsviaBluetooth ®
.
i Around 900entriescan bestored inthe
address book.When themaximum number
has been reached, youcan delete existing
entr ies(Ypage 110),and then import new
ones.
Import ingcontacts X
Start thedata exchan geon the exter nal
device (seetheexter naldevice's operating
instr uctions).
or
X Insert anSD memory card.
X Select Address Book in
the address book
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Download Contacts and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select FromMobile Phone ,
From The Memory
Card or
Receive Business Card(s) and
press 9tocon firm.
The contact sare import ed. Deleting
contacts X
With theaddress bookshown, select
Address Book and
press the9button to
con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Delete Contacts and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select oneofthe following options:
R Interna lContact s R
From Mobile Phone R
From TheMemory Card R
Receive dBusines sCards R
Delete All Ap
rompt correspo ndingtoyou rselection
appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the contact sare deleted
accor dingtoyour select ion.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Opera
tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel Telephone
menu
Introd uction You
canoperate thetelephon eusing the
function sin the "Tele phone" menu,provided
you have connected itto the Mercedes-Benz
hands-free system.
The displa yin the "Tele phone" menudepends
on the status ofthe telephone.
X Switch onthe telephone andCOMAND.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL displa
y.
Telephone isready toreceive calls Bluetooth
®
interface telephony: whetherthe
network provider's nameisdispla yed
depends onthe telephone connected. Operat
ingthe telephone usingthemult ifunction steeringwheel
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HD
Radio Important
notes
The "HD Radio ™" chapter providesdetai led
informati onon the followi ng:
R speci alfunctions available exclus ivelyfor
HD Radio when compare dwith analogAM
and FMradi o
R sele cting anHD Radio station
R disp laying progra minform ation
i Opti onally av ailabl e HD Radio®
eq uipme ntisreq uired toma keuseof the
HD Radio fu nctio nsdescri bedh ere.
Registrat ionisnot required.
i HD Radio functionsoffer:
R digital broadcast inginthe same
wavebands asanalog AM/FM.The
analog AM/FMstat ions remain available
on the same frequenc ieswhen select ing
a stat ion.
R multiple program streams viaasingle
AM/ FMfrequenc y(e.g. HD1,HD 2etc .)
R int erferen ce-free, clear recept ion
R FM: sound reproduct ioninCD quality;
AM: sound reproduct ionasfor analog FM
stat ions
R numerous dataservic es,text-based
infor mation display: artist'sname, track
name etc.
Furt herinfor mation onHD Radio canbe
found athtt p://ww w.hdradio.com.
i Please notethat sub-progr amsand
program information showninthe
illustration sare dependen tonthe program
broadcast bythe respective radiostation.
The program contents mayvary. Thesub-
programs andprograms showninthe
illu stration sin this manual maytherefore
differ fromthesub-programs andprograms
broadcast byradio stations. Switching
onHD radio
i AsHD Radi ostations arebroadcast inthe
AM/F Mwaveba nds,operating HDRadi ois
similar tooperating analogAM/FMradio.
This chapter describes onlythose functions
that differ fromstandard FMradio
funct ions.
Operating analogFM/AMradio isdescribed
in the "Radio" chapter (Ypage 116).
You candeactivate HDRadi ofor the selected
frequency inthe radio submenu. X
Select Radio in
the radio displa yusing the
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
X Select HDRadio and
press the9button
to confirm .
If check boxc isempty, HDRadi ois
deactivated.
You willbelistening tothe frequency's
analog program.
If you switch toanother HDRadi o
frequency, HDRadi ois automatically
reactivated. 120
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Rad ioAudio

X
To select ac atego ry:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected categ ory:press
9.
The catego rysel ected isshow nint he
displa y.The station lastselected inthis
category beginsplaying.
The All Channels category
isat the top
of the category list.This category issorted
by channel numberandallow syou to
browse allavaila blechannels.
Selec tingachanne l The
followi ngfunctions areavailable toyou :
R channel search
R channel selection bydire ctentry
R channel selection bySatRa diochannel list
R sele ction byprese tmenu
Channel search
X Press ;or= when theSatRadio
main display ishighlighted.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
con trol panel.
COMAND searchesinboth direct ions
(ascendin gand descen ding)andstops at
the nextchann elfound inthe select ed
categor y.
SatR adio menu
X Using the; or= button ,select
SatRadi o in
the submenu barand press
the 9button tocon firm. The
SatRadio menuappears.
Entering channelnumbersdirect ly
X Select SatRadi o in
the SatRadio menu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Enter Channel and
press the9
button tocon firm.
An input dialog appears.
or
X Press lonthe control panel.
X To enter achanne l:press the
correspo ndingnumbe rkey onthe control
panel .
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadi o in
the SatRa diomenu
usi ngthe 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Channel List and
press the9
button toconfirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X To select achanne l:sele ct9
or :.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press 9. 124
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iteradioAudio

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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:
Sym bolfornext folderup
; Current track
= Tracksymbo l
X To switch tothe supe rord inatefolder:
sel ect icon: and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The displ aycha nges tothe next folderu p. :
Disc name (onlyifstor edon the disc)
; Current folder
= Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm.
You willsee thetrac ksinthe folder.
X Select atrac kusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
The track isplay edand thecorresponding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gracenote
MediaDatabase
Introduction This
function isonly available inaudi oCD
mode andduring operation withtheinstalled
hard disk.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenote ®
,Emeryville, California, USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecognize thisbythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bottom right-
hand corner ofcertain audiodispla ys. Many
audioCDs containCD text .COMAND
uses theinformation contained therein to
displa ythe artist, albumandtrac kname.
If th eaudio CDdoes notc ont ain any CDtext
inform ation,COMAND canusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen runnin gin audio CDmode. The
prerequisites forthis arethat therelevant
inform ationbestored inthe Gracenote Media
Database andthat the"Rea dCDd atab ase"
fun ction isact ivat ed.
If th is is thecas e,COMA NDwill displ aythe
co rrespo nding datasuc has artist,album and
tr ack nam ein therele vantdisplays andlists.
If COMA NDaccesses theGracen oteMedia
Dat abase whenreadin gan audio CD,youwill
see thefollowin gmess age: 134
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

"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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WMA
COMAND supports WMA filesof the followi ng
types :
R fixed bitrates of8kbit/s upto
384 kbit/s
R samp lingrates of8kHz to48 kHz
COMAND doesnotsupport WMA filesof the
foll owi ngtypes :
R DRM (DigitalRights Mana gement)
encrypted files
R vari ablebit rate
R WMA Pro
R 5.1 Surrou nd
i Only usetracks withabit rate ofat lea st
128 kbit/s andasamp lingrate ofat lea st
44.1 kHz.Lowe rrates cancaus ea
noticeab ledeteri oratio ninq ualit y.This is
espe ciallythecas eif you have activat eda
surr oundsoun dfun ction .
Not eson copy right MP3
orWMA track sth at you creat eor play
bac karegenera llysub ject tocopyri ght
protection inaccorda ncewith theapplicable
internationa land national regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, evenfor
priva teuse ,are not permi ttedwitho utthe
prior consent ofthe copyri ghthold er.
Make surethatyouknow aboutthe app licable
copyri ghtregu lations and that youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryou r
own composi tionsandrecordi ngs,orifthe
copyri ghthold erhas granted youpermi ssion,
these restrictions donot apply.
Notes onCDs/D VDs Discs
withcopy protection arenot
compati blewith theaudio CDstandard and
therefore maynotbeabletobe playe dby
COMAND.
Playba ckproblems mayoccur whenplaying
copied discs.Thereisawide range ofdata carriers,
disc-writingsoftware andwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplayb ackproblems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot conf orm tothe current ly
applicabl estandards.
i Onmany DVDaudio discs, thelast track
does notcont ainany music andCOMAND
then switches tothe next disc. Thisis
normal system behavior anddoes notmean
that there isamalfunct ion.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabels tothe discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN6090 8standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum 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 the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND canplay back audio CDswith
the high-resolution surroundformat. MUSIC
REGISTER General
information
This funct ionisavaila bleifCOMAND features
an integr atedhard disk.
To protec tthe hard drive fromdamage,
COMAND switchesitoff atvery high
temperatures. TheMUSIC REGISTER willthen
be temporarily unavailable.
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of4G B. MUS
ICREGI STER
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