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All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order (e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
R Random track list
Random track list (MP3 mode only)
You will hear the tracks in the current play-
list or currently active folder (including all
subfolders) in random order.
i The
Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence option is
automatically selected when you change
the disc you are currently listening to or
when you select a different medium. If an
option is selected, it remains selected after COMAND Online is switched on or off.
Notes on MP3 mode General notes
Depending on the volume and format of the
MP3 data, the length of time required for
reading the data may increase.
Permissible data carriers
R CD-R and CD-RW
R DVD-R and DVD-RW
R DVD+R and DVD+RW
R SD memory card
R USB storage device
Permissible file systems R ISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
R UDF for audio and video DVDs
R FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS for SD memory
card and USB storage media
Multi-session CDs
For multi-session CDs, the content of the first session determines how COMAND Online will process the CD. COMAND Online plays only
one session and gives priority to the audio CD
session.
If possible, only play CDs on COMAND Online that have been written in one session.
File structure of a disc
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, the tracks can be organised in
folders. A folder may also contain subfolders. The disc may contain no more than eight
directory levels. Files beyond the eighth level
will not be recognised by the system.
i COMAND Online loads up to 15,000
tracks from the SD memory card or USB
storage medium.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, you can assign names to the
tracks and folders.
COMAND Online uses these names accord-
ingly for the display. Folders that contain data other than MP3 or WMA tracks are not dis-
played by COMAND Online.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder. COMAND Online will then show the name of the root directory as the
folder name.
You should observe the following when
assigning track names:
R track names must have at least one char-
acter.
R track names must have the extension
"mp3" or "wma".
R there must be a full stop between the track
name and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
COMAND supports the following formats:
R MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)
R Microsoft Windows Media Audio V8 and V9
(WMA) without copy protection
Microsoft Windows Media Audio V2, V7, V8 and V9 (WMA)
R additional music files in AAC format with
the file extensions .aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, but not copy-protected iTunes
music files with the extension .m4p.
i If, in addition to MP3 files, there are other
music files in these audio formats stored on Audio
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Operation with Bluetooth
®
audio
Preconditions for the Bluetooth ®
audio
device Bluetooth
®
audio mode requires a Blue-
tooth ®
-capable audio device. Observe the
information in the Bluetooth ®
audio device's
operating instructions.
Before using Bluetooth ®
audio mode, you
should check your Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following:
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device must support
the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
Certain Bluetooth ®
audio devices require
more than simply activating the Bluetooth ®
function. In addition, your device must be
made "visible" to other devices.
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device name is predetermined but can
usually be changed. To make a clear selec-
tion of the Bluetooth ®
device possible,
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you cus-
tomise the device name.
i A2DP (
Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data transmission
AVRCP (Audio VideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data playback
i Not all Bluetooth ®
audio devices available
on the market are equally suitable.
Information on suitable Bluetooth ®
audio
devices and on connecting Bluetooth ®
audio devices to COMAND Online:
R is available from your Mercedes-Benz
Service Centre
R or visit the website http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect X
Activate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibil-
ity on the Bluetooth ®
audio device.
Preconditions in COMAND Online X
Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND Online (Y page 313).
Connecting Bluetooth ®
audio devices General notes
Before using your Bluetooth
®
audio device
with COMAND Online for the first time, you
will need to authorise it.
When you authorise a new Bluetooth ®
audio
device, it is connected automatically. Con-
nection involves first searching for a Blue-
tooth ®
audio device and then authorising it.
You can authorise up to fifteen Bluetooth ®
devices.
i If you authorise a mobile phone that sup-
ports Bluetooth ®
audio, the A2DP and
AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are con-
nected automatically.
The mobile phone is then entered:
R in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list
(Y page 391)
R in the Bluetooth ®
device list
(Y page 489)
Mercedes-Benz recommends authorising a mobile phone in Bluetooth ®
telephony
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External authorisation
If COMAND Online does not find your Blue-
tooth ®
audio device, this may be due to par-
ticular security settings on your Bluetooth ®
audio device. In this case, check whether your Bluetooth ®
audio device can locate the
COMAND Online system. The Bluetooth ®
device name of COMAND Online is MB
MB Blue‐
Blue‐
tooth
tooth.
X Switch on Bluetooth ®
audio mode
(Y page 491).
X Select BT
BT audio
audio by sliding VÆand turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
X Confirm Bluetooth audio device list
Bluetooth audio device list
by pressing Wthe COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmConnect via BT
Connect via BT
audio device
audio device by pressing the COMAND
controller W.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth ®
audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
X To authorise: start the authorisation on
the Bluetooth ®
audio device; see the oper-
ating instructions of the Bluetooth ®
audio
device.
After successful authorisation, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device itself so that COMAND Online can play the
audio files. Reconnecting a Bluetooth
®
audio device
The Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are connected
automatically under the following circum-
stances:
R one of the last two mobile phones to have
been connected has also been used as a
Bluetooth ®
audio player (if the function is
supported by the mobile phone).
R the mobile phone takes over the automatic
connection itself.
A Bluetooth ®
audio player without telephone
functions is not automatically reconnected,
even if it was the last device connected.
If the No Bluetooth audio device con‐
No Bluetooth audio device con‐
nected nected message appears, you have two
options to connect a Bluetooth ®
audio
device:
Connecting the last device
X Confirm Connect last device
Connect last device in the
basic display by pressing Wthe COMAND
controller.
If COMAND Online can locate the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device, it will be connected
and will start playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device itself so that COMAND Online can play the
audio files.
Connecting a device from a list
X Select BT audio BT audio by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm.
X Confirm Bluetooth audio device list Bluetooth audio device list
by pressing Wthe COMAND controller.
X Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
If COMAND Online can locate the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device, it will be connected
and will start playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must be initially started on the
device itself so that COMAND Online can
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Using the Bluetooth
®
audio basic display
X Connect Bluetooth ®
audio devices
(Y page 488)
or
X Reconnect the Bluetooth ®
audio device
(Y page 490).
COMAND Online activates the Bluetooth ®
audio device. The basic display appears
and the device starts playing.
Using the function button
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
Using the media list X Select Bluetooth audio
Bluetooth audio 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.
Starting/stopping playback X
To start playback: selectÌby sliding
VÆ and turning cVdthe COMAND con-
troller and press Wto confirm.
Playback starts. Éis selected.
X To stop playback: selectÉby turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
A message appears. Ìis selected. X
To continue playback: selectÌby
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
A message appears. Éis selected.
Restarting playback after stopping During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device is
terminated (Y page 390). In the Bluetooth ®
audio (Y page 491) basic display, you will see
the No NoBluetooth
Bluetooth audio
audiodevice
device connec‐
connec‐
ted
ted message and the Connect
Connectlast
lastdevice
device
menu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth ®
audio device can be reconnected. X Confirm Connect last device
Connect last device by press-
ing W.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
need to start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth Bluetooth
audio device paused
audio device paused message.492
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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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Showing/hiding the control menu
:
Preset position of the selected TV channel
; Selected TV channel/number
= Current programme
? Next TV channel in the channel list (chan-
nel name or number)
A Shows the TV menu
B Previous TV channel in the channel list
(channel name or number)
X To show the control menu: slideZVÆ the
COMAND controller while in full-screen
mode.
i Full-screen mode means that the control
menu is hidden and you see the television
picture.
i If you turn
cVdthe COMAND controller,
the next/previous channel is selected at
the same time.
X To hide the control menu: slideZVÆ the
COMAND controller.
or X Wait for approximately eight seconds. Showing/hiding the TV menu :
TV options
; Channel preset list
= Information about the current programme
? To switch on teletext
A Sound settings
X To show the TV menu: pressWthe
COMAND controller while in full-screen
mode.
or X Select Menu Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press Wto confirm.
X To hide the TV menu: slideZVthe
COMAND controller and confirm Full
Full
screen screen by pressing W.
i Information about current programme
=
and teletext ?are not supported by all TV
standards or TV channels in all countries.
Selecting TV channels Selecting channels using the control
menu
X Turn cVd the COMAND controller.
or X Slide XVY the COMAND controller.
or X Press the EorF button.
The TV tuner selects the previous or next
channel from the alphabetical channel list. Video
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X
Press Wthe COMAND controller while in
full-screen mode.
The TV menu is shown.
X Select Preset Preset by sliding XVYor turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
X Select Autostore
Autostore and pressWto confirm.
COMAND Online searches for channels
with adequate reception. The available sta-
tions are automatically stored in the preset positions.
Information about the current pro-
gramme X
Press Wthe COMAND controller while in
full-screen mode.
The TV menu is shown.
X Select Info Infoby sliding XVYor turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
You will see the information if it is provided
by the selected TV channel or radio station. The information field otherwise remains
empty.
X To display multi-page information, turn
cVd or slide ZVÆthe COMAND controller.
i It may take a few seconds for the infor-
mation to appear.
Displaying the current programme or
programme preview This function is available if the selected TV
channel or radio station transmits the neces-
sary information.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller while in
full-screen mode.
The TV menu is shown.
X Select TV
TV by sliding XVYor turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
X Select Channel list (TV) Channel list (TV) orStation
Station
list (Radio)
list (Radio).
The selected channel list appears. It shows
the current programme on the digital TV channels or digital radio stations which
have adequate reception. A dot
#indicates
the currently selected channel. :
Alphabetical browser
; Channel name
= To display the programme preview
? Visual display of the elapsed programme
time (if this information is broadcast)
A Title of the current programme
B Current channel
X To activate the alphabetical browser:
slide XVthe COMAND controller to the
left.
The browser is highlighted.
X Select the initial letter of the desired chan-
nel name by sliding ZVÆor turning cVd
the COMAND controller.
or
X To select the letter B B, for example, press the
l number key twice in quick succes-
sion.
The programme display changes to the
appropriate channel.
i Entering characters using the number
keypad (Y page 305).
X Switch back by sliding VY.
X To display the programme preview: slide
VY the COMAND controller to the right.
The channel list shows the channel's next
programme. 506
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Video DVD mode
Important safety notes G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product. If you open the housing of the CD/DVD drive,
invisible laser beams may be released. These laser beams may damage your retina. There is
a risk of injury.
You must not open the casing. Always have
maintenance work and repairs carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop. G
WARNING
Handling discs while driving will distract you
from traffic conditions. You could then lose
control of the vehicle. There is a risk of an
accident.
Handle discs only when the vehicle is station- ary.
Bear in mind that, at a speed of only 50 km/h, your vehicle is already covering a distance of
14 m per second.
Notes on discs !
Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs.
They could peel off and damage
COMAND Online. Stickers can cause the
disc to bend, which can result in read errors
and disc recognition problems.
! COMAND Online is designed to play discs
which comply with the EN 60908 standard. Therefore, you can only use discs with a
maximum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can-
not be ejected and can damage the device.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm. Do not use discs with a diameter of
8 cm, even with an adapter.
You may encounter playback problems when
playing copied discs. There are a large variety of discs, DVD authoring software, writing software and writers available. This variety
means that there is no guarantee that the
system will be able to play discs that you have
copied yourself.
DVD playback requirements There are video DVDs available on the market
that do not conform to the current standards. Such DVDs may have picture, sound or other playback problems.
COMAND Online is capable of playing back
video DVDs produced according to the fol-
lowing standards:
R Region code 2 (for Europe) or region code 0
(no region code)
R PAL or NTSC standard
You will generally find the relevant details
either on the DVD itself or on the DVD case.
i If you insert a video DVD with a different
region code, you will see a message to this
effect.
i COMAND Online is set to region code 2 at
the factory. This setting can be changed at
a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre. This will
allow you to play video DVDs with a differ-
ent region code, provided that they are pro-
duced in accordance with the PAL or NTSC standard. The region code can be changed
a maximum of five times.
Function restrictions Depending on the DVD, it is possible that cer-
tain functions or actions will be temporarily
blocked or may not function at all. As soon as
you try to activate these functions or actions, you will see the Ksymbol in the display.
Inserting and removing DVDs X
Proceed as described in the "Inserting and
ejecting CDs and DVDs" section
(Y page 469). Video
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