2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER CD player

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Elapsed track time (also in format
00:00:00 for audio books)
? Track name
A Graphic time display
B Track position in playlist
C Album name (if available)
D Artist (if available)
E Music search
F Position in the media list
G Data medium type
H Playback options
X Select the entry under position 0 (DVD
changer) or position 5 (single DVD drive) in
the media list by turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm
(Y page 474).
COMAND Online activates the connected
device. You will see a message to this
effect. The basic display then appears.
If no device is connected, you will see the
Media Interface
Media Interface entry instead of a
device name.
The type of device connected is indicated by
the corresponding symbol for iPod ®
(iPhone ®
) or MP3 player.
The current playback option is shown with a
symbol behind album name (no display for
Normal track sequence Normal track sequence) (Y page 499).
i If the device connected does not contain
any playable tracks, a message appears to
this effect.
Selecting music files Note
COMAND Online displays the data stored on
the iPod
®
, iPhone ®
or MP3 player according
to the file structure used in the respective
medium. Selecting by skipping to a track
X To skip forwards or back to a track: turn
cVd the COMAND controller when the dis-
play/selection window is active.
or
X Press the EorF button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track. The skip back function skips to the
beginning of the current track if the track
has been playing for more than eight sec-
onds. If the track has been playing for less
than eight seconds, it skips to the start of
the previous track. If you have selected a
playback option other than Normal Normaltrack
track
sequence
sequence, the track sequence is random.
X On the multifunction steering wheel:
switch to Media Interface mode in
COMAND Online (Y page 495).
X On the multifunction steering wheel, press
the = or; button to select the
Audio
Audio menu.
X Press the 9or: button briefly.
If you hold down the 9or: button,
the system scrolls through the list more
quickly. Not all media players support this
function.
If track information is available on the
media player, the multifunction display
shows the number and name of the track.
Selecting using the number keypad X To make an entry: press thelbutton.
An input menu appears. The number of
characters available for input depends on
the number of stored tracks.
X To enter a track number: press a number
key, e.g. q.
The digit is entered in the first position in
the input line.
i COMAND Online will ignore and not dis-
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Enter more numbers if desired.
The track plays after the last possible num- ber is entered.
i Pressing and holding a number key for
more than 2 second scompletes the entry,
and the corresponding track is played.
Fast forward/rewind X While the display/selection window is
active, slide XVYand hold the COMAND
controller until the desired position has
been reached.
or
X Press and hold the EorF button
until the desired position is reached.
i On an iPod ®
or iPhone ®
, fast rewind only
functions within the current track.
Selecting a category/playlist/folder Overview
For an iPod ®
, iPhone ®
or certain MP3 players,
you can select tracks using categories or fold-
ers.
Depending on the device connected, the fol-
lowing categories may be available, for exam- ple:
R Current tracklist
Current tracklist
R Select by cover Select by cover
R Keyword search
Keyword search
R Playlists
Playlists (e.g.All
All)
R Artists
Artists
R Albums
Albums
R Tracks
Tracks
R Podcasts
Podcasts
R Genres
Genres
R Composers
Composers
R Audiobooks
Audiobooks
R Videos
Videos (except for Hong Kong)
i Some playback categories contain the
entry All
All. If this entry has been selected,
the entire content of the category selected will be played. The
Videos
Videos category is available for iPods ®
and iPhones ®
(except for Hong Kong).
i The functions are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and
analysed. For certain functions, such as
keyword search and selection by cover, this can take several minutes, depending on the
scope of media and the connected device.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these functions are available much more quickly.
However, if you change the media content,
it has to be read and analysed again.
Calling up the category list Example: category list
X Select Search Search in the basic display by slid-
ing VÆ and turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
The category list appears.
i Search
Search
is not available until the device
has been activated. Audio
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Reading:
if the media content of the con-
nected device is being read, this is indica-
ted on the upper right by a symbol. When
reading has ended, the categories Select
Select
by cover
by cover andKeyword Search Keyword Search are avail-
able.
Depending on the connected device and
the size of the media content, reading may
take several minutes. When the device is
next started or reconnected, the advanced
functions will be quickly available.
However, if you change the media content
on your iPod ®
/iPhone ®
, it has to be read
and analysed again. Example: current track list
:
Symbol for next folder up
; Device symbol and device name
= Track symbol
? Current track
X Select Current tracklist Current tracklist by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
The content of the current track list
appears.
X Select the track by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm.
The track is played.
X To switch to the next folder up: slideXV
the COMAND controller.
or
X Press the %back button. Playing back the contents of a category or
folder
X Select the category or folder by turning
cVdthe COMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The content of the category or folder selec-
ted is played according to the playback
option selected (Y page 499).
Alphabetical track selection
iPod ®
, iPhone ®
and MP3 player
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function is not available for albums or playlists, for exam-
ple.
X Select a category, e.g. Artists
Artists, by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X Press the corresponding number key once
or repeatedly to select the initial letter of
the desired artist. For example, to select an
artist whose name begins with C, press the l number key three times.
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
After a message, the first entry in the list
that matches the letter entered is highligh-
ted.
i If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to an initial letter is
highlighted instead.
i iPods and MP3 players: the quality of the
search results is highly dependent on the
version and language variant of the soft-
ware used to populate the device. A well-
known example of such software is
iTunes ®
.
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in iTunes ®
), the search is cancelled without
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Additional selection functions
R Select by cover
Select by cover
Albums can be chosen by cover using the
menu item.
The first time the Select by cover Select by cover func-
tion is used, additional data must be loaded
from the iPod ®
/iPhone ®
. The current
music playback is interrupted to allow
access to this data. The process may take a
few minutes and should not be cancelled.
Otherwise it will start again from the begin-
ning the next time Select by cover
Select by cover is
selected. Covers are initially searched for in the Gracenote Media Database and are
then added to during playback from the
connected device (Y page 476). The avail-
ability depends on the use and the tracks
already selected.
R Keyword search
Keyword search
Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the con-
nected device for keywords.
i For more information on
Select by Select by
cover
cover andKeyword Search
Keyword Search can be found
under "Music search, selecting category"
(Y page 497).
i For an iPod ®
/iPhone ®
, the available cov-
ers are added most efficiently if the entire
media content is in the current playlist. This is the case if you have selected the play-
back option Title TitleorRandom media
Random media
(Y page 499).
Special feature in iPod ®
/iPhone ®
mode
i If the connected iPod ®
/iPhone ®
is not
functioning or paused, you can search for
tracks but cannot select them. After con-
firming a new track, the Function
Function
unavailable
unavailable message appears.
Playback options X
To select a playback option: select
Media Interface
Media Interface in the basic display by
sliding VÆand turning cVdthe COMAND controller and press
Wto con-
firm.
The options list appears. The #dot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option and press Wto confirm.
The following options are available:
R Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
R Random media Random media
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random track list Random track list
The tracks in the currently active category
or folder, including any subfolders, are
played in random order.
i If the connected iPod ®
/iPhone ®
is not
functioning or paused, the playback
options are inactive. The display of options
is greyed out.
MP3 player instructions General information
Up to 30,000 tracks per medium are suppor-
ted.
You can speed up some functions and
improve the search results by:
R making sure the names of tracks, albums
and artists, for example, are written the
same way
R labelling albums featuring various artists as
"compilations"
i Multiple entries of tracks in playlists are
filtered out for some players.
Data formats
MP3 and WMA are supported as data formats
with fixed and variable bit rates (up to
320 kbit/s). Audio
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Special considerations when using MP3
players
Up to 8 directory levels with up to 1,000
tracks per directory are supported.
Do not use USB extension leads or adapters. They can impair functionality.
i DRM (Digital Rights Management) protec-
ted files are not supported by the Media
Interface. Audio AUX mode
Notes on audio AUX mode The varying volumes of external audio sour-
ces can mean that system messages (e.g.
traffic and navigation announcements) are
played at a noticeably increased volume. If
necessary, deactivate the system messages
or adjust their volume manually.
You can connect an external audio source
(AUX) to COMAND Online.
Depending on the vehicle model series the
connection is made via a jack in the storage
compartment in the centre console or via the
USB port (Y page 472).
If COMAND Online is equipped with a Media
Interface, external audio sources are connec-
ted using the cable set provided. The cable
set then replaces the audio AUX socket. The
connections for the Media Interface are loca- ted in the stowage compartment in the centre
console.
i You can find more information on the
Internet at http://www.mercedes-
benz.com/connect and in the "Media
Interface mode" section (Y page 494).
Switching to audio AUX mode Switching on with the function button
The external device is connected to the audio
AUX input.
X Press the hfunction button one or more
times. By pressing the function button repeatedly,
you can change the operating mode in the
following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB memory
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R operation with Bluetooth ®
audio
Switching on with the audio menu
When you connect an external audio source,
audio AUX is not selected automatically.
X Select Audio
Audio in the main function bar by
sliding ZVand turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
If AUX mode was the last mode selected, it
will now be active.
If another audio source is switched on, you
can now switch to audio AUX mode in the
audio menu.
X Select Audio
Audio usingZVand press Wto
confirm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Aux Auxby turning cVdand press Wto
confirm.
The audio AUX menu appears. The medium in the external audio source is played if the
source is connected and playback selec-
ted. Please see the respective operating instruc-
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Stowage compartment/telephone
compartment under the armrest
X
To open: press button ;.
Armrest :opens.
In the stowage compartment, there are a
stowage tray and a mobile phone bracket.
i Depending on the vehicle equipment, a
12 V power socket, USB port or a Media
Interface is installed in the stowage com-
partment. Media Interface is a universal
interface for mobile audio equipment, e.g.
for an iPod ®
or MP3 player (Y page 494).
Spectacles compartment X
To open: press marking :.
Spectacles compartment ;opens.
Make sure that the spectacles compartment
is always closed while the vehicle is in motion. Stowage compartment in the centre
console
X
To open: press the trim element on
cover :.
X To remove the rubber mat: grasp the tabs
on the rubber mat and pull up to remove.
X To insert the rubber mat: press the rub-
ber mat into the housing.
X To close: swing cover :downwards until
it engages.
You can remove the rubber mat from the
stowage compartment to clean it. Clean it
with clean, lukewarm water only.
Depending on the vehicle's equipment, there is a cup holder and an ashtray in the centre
console stowage compartment.
Umbrella holder Example: vehicle side, left
There are umbrella holders in the door stow-
age compartments on both sides of the vehi-
cle. One compact umbrella can be stowed per
side. Stowage areas
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