2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER Owners Manual

Media Interface mode
Connection options Overview
You will find the connection sockets in the
centre console stowage compartment.
Device-specific adapter cables are required
to connect external devices to the Media
Interface. These are supplied in country-spe-
cific versions with the Media Interface
(Y
page 494).
You can connect the following data carriers to
COMAND Online via the Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R certain MP3 players
i Store individual parts in a safe place.
Only use genuine Mercedes-Benz connec-
tion cables.
i iPod ®
and iPhone ®
are registered trade-
marks of Apple Inc., Cupertino, California,
USA.
i MP3 players that support MTP (
Media
Transfer Protocol) can be used.
This allows the MP3 player to be easily con- nected to the Media Interface and removed
after use. Audio data is played without
problems.
On some MP3 players, you have to activate
the relevant function; see the MP3 player
operating instructions.
Supported devices
For further details and a list of supported
devices, contact a Mercedes-Benz Service
Centre or visit the website at http://
www.mercedes-benz-mobile.com/
connect. Then, follow the instructions in the
"Media Interface" section. Connecting an external device Do not leave external devices in the vehicle.
At extreme temperatures, they cannot be
guaranteed to function correctly (see the
operating instructions of the device in ques-
tion). Examples of extreme temperatures are direct sunlight or very low outside tempera-
tures. Mercedes-Benz accepts no liability for
damage to external devices.
i Never connect more than one device at a
time. You will otherwise not be able to play
back from the external device.
USB hubs (devices with several USB con-
nections) are not supported. :
4-pin socket for 3.5 mm stereo jack, e.g.
for MP3 players (audio and video)
; iPod ®
plug, to connect an iPod ®
= USB socket, to connect an MP3 player
? Example of device (iPod ®
)
X Connect the external device with suitable
socket :,;or=.
COMAND Online activates the device, a
display appears (when connecting an iPod ®
plug or USB socket).
If you remove a device, the No Nodevice
device con‐
con‐
nected
nected message appears.
i A connected iPod ®
or MP3 player should
not be simultaneously operated via the
Media Interface and the remote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control) or directly
via the device itself. Doing so may cause
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Applications (Apps) that are activated on
the connected device may lead to malfunc-
tions.
i Connecting a fully discharged iPod ®
or
MP3 player can result in an extended initi-
alisation period.
Error messages appear while the device is
being activated if:
R the connected device is not supported
(External device unavailable External device unavailable mes-
sage).
R the connected device consumes too much
power.
R the Media Interface connection is faulty.
R a mass storage device (e.g. USB memory
stick or USB hard drive) is connected to the Media Interface.
In this case the Please connect the Please connect the
device to the other USB port
device to the other USB port mes-
sage appears.
i The separate USB connection ensures
quick access and expanded media content
options.
i Information is available at any Mercedes-
Benz Service Centre.
Disconnecting an iPod ®
X Press the release buttons on iPod ®
plug ;
and pull the iPod ®
cable from the iPod ®
,
see the separate cable kit instructions.
Switching to Media Interface mode General notes
In extreme cases, starting up individual func-
tions can take up to several minutes; this
depends on the external device and its con-
tent (e.g. video podcasts).
Only use the original software to save files on
iPods ®
or MP3 players. Otherwise, some or all
functions may not be available. Switching on automatically
X Connect an external device (Y page 494).
COMAND Online activates the device (if
connected via the iPod ®
connector or USB
socket). The basic display then appears.
Switching on with the function button
The external device is connected to the Media Interface.
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 using a number key
X Press the inumber key (for a DVD
changer) or the onumber key (for a
single DVD drive) number key.
This selects the connected external audio
device directly.
Switching on via the media list Media Interface mode (iPod
®
mode) when equip-
ped with a DVD changer
: Cover (if available) or representation of
device
; Track number Audio
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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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Information on:
R volume settings (Y page 299)
R sound settings (Y page 299)
Increasing the volume on COMAND
Online X
Select Volume Volume in the AUX display by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
A menu appears. The #dot indicates the
current setting.
X Select Standard
Standard orBoost Boost and press Wto
confirm.
Standard Standard: the volume of the external audio
source is adjusted to a standard value.
Boost
Boost: the volume of the external audio
source is raised by approximately 10 dB.
A device which is connected as an external
audio source may seem quieter or louder in
the vehicle, or the usual maximum volume
cannot be reached. On some devices, it is
possible to adjust the volume separately. In
this case, start at a medium volume and
increase it gradually. This enables you to
determine whether the system is able to play the music at high volume without distorting it. Video
Features of your COMAND Online
This Supplement describes all the standard
and optional equipment for your COMAND
Online system, as available at the time of going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your
COMAND Online system may not be equip-
ped with all the features described. General notes
Automatic picture shutoff If the vehicle is travelling faster than approx-
imately 5 km/h, the picture for the driver
automatically switches off in the following
modes:
R TV mode (with teletext)
R Video DVD mode
SPLITVIEW allows the front passenger to view the TV and video image (Y page 308).
The following message appears in the display: In order not to distract you from In order not to distract you from
the traffic situation, the picture the traffic situation, the picture
is is faded
faded out
outwhile
while the
thevehicle
vehicle is
is in
in
motion.
motion.
As soon as the vehicle speed drops below
about 5 km/h, the picture switches back on
again.
Background video mode If another main function is active, e.g. navi-
gation, you can perform the following opera-
tions in TV and video DVD mode. A window
shows information about the selected func-
tion.
Using the EorF button, you can:
R select a TV channel
R select a scene or chapter (video DVD
mode)
R fast forward or rewind (video DVD mode)
Where operating steps can be carried out in
the active main function using the number
keys, the following functions are notpossi-
ble:
R selecting TV channels from the channel
presets
R storing TV channels in the channel presets Video
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