2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class ESP

To
conn ectexter naldevices tothe Media
Int erface, yourequire device-spec ificadapter
cables whichareincluded inthe Media
Int erface scopeofdelivery.
i Stow the individual partsinasecure
location.
Use only genuine Mercedes- Benz
conn ectin gcables.
You canconn ectthe following datacarriers
to COMAND viathe Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R USB devices (USBsticks,USB hard drives)
i iPod ®
is aregistered trademark ofApple
Inc .,Cupertino, California,USA.
Supp orted iPod®
varia nts The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variants:
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 max. 800mA(itmay
be necess arytoconn ectaseparate power
supply)
R cert ainMP3 players
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
Infor mation concernin gUSB Device
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For further detailsandalist ofsupported
devices, pleasecontactanauthorized
Mercedes-Benz Centerorvisit http://
www .mercedes-be nz.com/conne ctand proceed
asdescribed under"Media
Interf ace". Conne
ctinganexternal device
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle, asatextreme temperatures (e.g.in
direct sunlight orextremely lowoutside
temperatures) theycannot beguara nteed
to function correctly(see theoperating
instruct ionsforthe respective device).
Mercedes-Benz doesnottake
responsibili tyfor any damage toextern al
devices.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheextern aldevice. :
Four-pin socketfor3.5 mm stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players(audio and video)
; iPod socket ,to conn ectaniPod ®
= USB socket ,to conn ectaUSBdevice
? Examp leof device (iPod ®
)
X Co nnect theexter naldevice with suita ble
socke t:, ;or=.
CO MAND activate sthe device .
If yo uremo veade vice ,the No Device Connected message
appears.
i Aconn ected iPod®
or MP3 playershould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control)asthis
may produce unpredictable results.142
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Interface modeAudio

H
Artis t(ifsupplied)
I Playback options
Type ofdevic e: con nected isindic ated by
the correspo ndingicon foriPod ®
,MP3 player
or USB mass storage device.
i Ifthe devic econ nected does notcontain
any playable track s,amess ageappears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not es 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 skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe ; or= button.
or
X Pre ssthe F orE button.
Skip ping forwa rdski ps tothe next track.
Skip ping backwa rdsskips tothe beginning
of the curre nttra ck ifthe track hasbe en
pl ay ing formor etha neight seco nds.Ift he
track hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track .Ify ou have selected aplayb ack
option otherthanNormal Track Sequence ,
the track sequence israndom.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press theU button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atr ack number :press anumber
key, such asq.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line. i
COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X Ifdesired, enterfurth erdigits.
X To confirm anentry :press the9button
or press andhold thenumber key
corr espondin gto the last digit ofthe
desired tracknumbe r.
The selected track isplayed.
Fast forwar d/rewind X
Wit hth edisp lay/s election win dow active,
pre ssthe; or= buttonr epeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached.
i OnaniPod ®
,the fast rewind function can
only beused within thecurren tlyplaying
trac k. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fol der
iPo d®
and selected MP3 playe rs You
canselect tracks foraniPo d®
and MP3
pla yera ccord ingtocate goriesand folder s.
Ca tego riescan include:
R Curr entTracklist R
Play lists (e
.g. All )
R Arti sts R
Albu ms R
Trac ks R
Podc asts R
Genr es R
Comp osers R
Audi obooks i
Some play ba ck cate goriescontai nthe
All entr
y.Ifthis entryhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 144
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Interface modeAudio

USB
devices For
USB mass storage devices ,you can select
folders andalso playlists (ifavailable). When
playing backplaylists, COMAND canalso
display therespec tivealbum andartist name
(metadat a),ifthes ehave been uploaded to
the system .
Playlists areindicat edinthe display bya
special icon.When youopen theplay list, the
corresponding tracksare opened and
play back begins. NowRandom Categories is
availa bleasaplay back option instead of
Random Folder .
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todispla ythe metadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded musicdata,orto
displa ythe fileand directory nameswhenthe
music isplay ing.
X To display thealbum andartist's
name: selectMedia Int. in
the basic
displa yusing the:=; buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Display Metadata using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
Selec tingacatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press the9button whenthe displa y/
selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Music in
the basic displa yusing
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
category selectedorthe folder nameisin
the status barofthe displa y.
i The Music menu
itemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Example
ofdisplay :categ orylist
: Dev iceicon anddevic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies
X Sele ctacat egor y/folder usingth e
9: buttonsand pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
You willsee thecon tent oftheselec ted
cat egor yor selec tedfold er.
i Ifth edata needstobe read from the
con necteddevic e,thePle ase Wait... mes
sage appears .
X Ifnec essar y,repe atthis oper atingst ep
unt ilth etrack sin thes elected folder/
album appear. Ex
ample ofdisplay: currenttrac klist
: Icon fornex tfolder up
; Current category
= Track icon
? Current track
X Select atrac kusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
The track isplay ed. Media
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X
To switchto the supe rordinate folde r:
sel ect the U iconu sing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
i The U iconisalwa yslisted rightatthe
top ofthe respective folder. Playing
thecontent ofacategory or
folder
X Select acategory orfolder.
X Press the9button forlonger thantwo
seconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 147)selected. Alphabetical
track sele ction
iPod ®
and MP3 player This
function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not avail able foralbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists .
The avail able artists appear.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
You seetheavail able letters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
X Press the9button.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entry inthe list
which matches theletter entered is
highlig hted.
i Ifthere isno entry which matches the
letter which hasbeen entered, thelast
entry inthe listwhich matches aprevious
letter ishighlig hted.
i For iPods ®
and MP3 players, thequal ity
of the search results ishighly dependent on
the version andlangua gevariant ofthe software
(e.g.iTunes ®
version) usedto
popul atethe device.
USB mass storage devices This
function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted directories. Thisfunction isnot
avail able foralbu msorplay lists, forexample.
X In adirectory, pressthecorresponding
number keyonce orseveral timestoselect
the first letter ofthe artist's name(e.g.for
an artist beginning withtheletter "C",press
number keyl three times).
You seetheavail able letters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Aftera
message, thefirst entry found which
matches theletters entered appearsfirst in
the list.
If there isno entry beginning withtheletter
entered, thelast entry beginning withthe
previous letterisshown atthe top ofthe
list. Selec
tinganactive partition (forUSB
mass storage devices only)
You canselect thisfunction forUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partitioned. Uptofour partitions (primaryor
logical andFAT- formatted) aresupported.
i The Windows formattingprogram
supports FATpartitions ofup to32 GB as
standard.
X Select Media Int. in
the basic displa y
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Select ActivePartition using
the 9: buttonsandpress the9
button toconfirm. 146
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X
Sel ect Aux us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The audioAUX menu appe ars .You will hear
the medium inthe exter nalaudio source if
it is conn ected andswitched toplayb ack. For
operation ofthe exter nalaudio source,
please seethecorrespon dingoperating
instr uctions.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 27)
and sound (Ypage 27)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal audio sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually. 148
Audio
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 whenthegear
lever isin position "P".
If the gear lever isshift edtoaposition other
than "P",theInorder nottodistrac t you from the traffic situati
on, the
picture
isfaded outwhile the vehicle
isinmotion message
appears.
If you reset thegear lever to"P", thepicture
will bedisplayed again. Basic
settings Pictur
esettings
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stor
color The
following describes thevideo DVDand
video AUXmodes.
X Press the9button invideo DVDmode and
show themenu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo or
AUX using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Brightn ess ,
Contras t or
Color using
the9: buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm. Changing
thepictu reform at The
following describes thevideo DVDand
video AUXmodes.
X Press the9button invideo DVDmode and
show themenu.
X Select DVD-Vid eo or
AUX using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select 16:9Optimiz ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een using
the9: buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
The äicon indicat esthe format currently
select ed. Sound
settings
The sound settings canbeselect edtosuit a
variety ofdifferen tvideo sourc es.You cancall
up the respe ctive soun dmen ufro mt hemenu
of the desired mode(Ypage 27). Video
DVDmode Safety
notes G
WARNING
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 150
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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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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.
or
X Show thecont rolmenu whileinvideo DVD
mode, ifnecessary.
X Select Menu using
the=;
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
X Select DVD-V in
the menu usingthe
=;9: buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Navigate inthe DVD menu usingthe
directional arrows.
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 ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X To skipto the endof asc en e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X To skiptoth ebeginnin gof as cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Press thek backbutton.
or X
Select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu andpress the9button to
confirm .
or
X Select anymenu itemfrom theDVD menu.
X Select DVD-V in
the menu usingthe
=;9: buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select Goup and
press the9button to
confirm .
Back tothe film X
Press the% backbutton repeatedly
until youseethemovie.
or
X Select thecorresponding menuitemfrom
the DVD menu.
X Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress the9button to
confirm . 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 Show themenu (Ypage 152).
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm . Video
DVDmode
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