2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class key

X
Select a preset by turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controlle rand press and hold
0021 until you hea ratone.
or
X Press and hold a numbe rbutton, e.g. 4,
until you hear a tone.
The channel is stored under the preset.
Storing channels automatically
This function automatically stores channels
with adequate reception in the preset
memory. Channels stored manually in the
preset memory will be overwritten.
X Option 1: press0021the COMAND controller
when the display/selection window is
active.
X Select Autostore in the presets by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Option 2: selectPresets in the submenu
bar by sliding 001C0006and turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Autostore and press
0021to confirm.
In both cases, COMAND searches for
channels that can be received. You will see
a message to this effect. The available
channels are automatically stored in the
preset positions.
X To cancel storing: selectCancel and
press 0021to confirm.
Selecting achannel from the preset list
X To call up the channel list: select
Presets by turning
0031001C0032the COMAND
controlle rand press 0021to confirm.
The channel preset list appears.
X To se tachannel: select a prese tby
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
or
X Press a numbe rkey, e.g. 4. Using the multifunction steering wheel
X
Press 0009or000C to select the Audio menu.
X Press 000Aor000B briefly.
Displaying information
X Select Info in the submenu bar by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
Information on the currently received
program is displayed.
X To return to the SatRadio main display:
slide 003C001C003D the COMAND controller.
Displaying service information
The provider's customer service center is
available by phone at any time to answer any
general questions or questions on the
versions available.
X Select Sat. Radio in the submenu bar by
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Service and press
0021to confirm.
The provider's details appear.
X To return to the SatRadio main display:
slide 003C001C003D the COMAND controller.
Channel list updates
When receiving a new channel list, the display
shows the Updating channel... message.
The station last selected is switched to mute
until the update has been completed.
Satellite radio mode is not available during
this process.
Once the update has been completed, the
satellite radio main menu appears. The
station last selected is played.
Sound settings
You will find details on the sound settings in
the "At a glance" section (Y page 139).224
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MUSIC REGISTER, position 3
Media Interface, position 4
USB, position 5
X
Select the data medium by turning 0031001C0032
the COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
i If you select a video DVD, the system
switches to video DVD mode
(Y page 245).
Selecting atrac kusing the number
keypad
X Press a number button, e.g. 0035, when the
display/selection window is active.
The medium at the corresponding position
in the media list is loaded and then played.
Selects atrack Selecting by skipping to
atrack
X To skip forwards or back to a track: slide
003C001C003D or turn 0031001C0032the COMAND controller
when the display/selectio nwindow is
active.
The skip forward function skips to the next
track.
Skipping backwards restarts the current
track (if it has been playing for more than
8s econds) or starts the previous trac k(if
the current track has only been playing for
a shorter time).
If you activate the Medium Mix or
Track List Mix playback option (MP3 mode
only), the track order is random.
X On the multifunction steering wheel:
switch COMAND to audio CD, audio DV Dor
MP3 mode (Y page 226).
X Press 0009or000C to select the Audio menu.
X Press the 000Aor000B button on the
multifunction steering wheel. Selecting by track list
X
In audio mode, select Search by sliding
001C0006 or turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Current Track List .
or
X Press 0021the COMAND controller in audio
mode when the display/selection window
is active.
X Select Current Track List by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select the track by turning 0031001C0032and press
0021 to confirm.
i In MP3 mode, the list shows all the tracks
in alphabetical order.
X On the multifunction steering wheel:
switch COMAND to audio CD, audio DVD or
MP3 mode (Y page 226).
X Press 0009or000C to select the Audio menu.
X Press and hold the 000Aor000B button
until the desired track has been reached.
If you hold down 000Aor000B, the system
runs through the list more quickly. Not all
audio drives or data carriers support this
function.
If track information is stored on the audio
drive or data storage device, the
multifunction display shows the number and
name of the track.
Selecting atrac kusing the number
keypad
X Press the 001Bbutton on the number
keypad.
An umerical entry field appears. The
number of positions offere dcorresponds to
the number of trackso n the CD/DVD. Only
numbers that correspond to a track
number on the CD/DVD can be entered.
X Enter the desired track number using the
numbe rkeys. Audio
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Fast forward/rewind
X
While the display/selection window is
active, slide 003C001C003Dand hold the COMAND
controller until the desired position has
been reached.
Music search You can use the following characteristics to
search music:
R
Keyword search
R Playlist
R Artists
R Albums
R Tracks
R Genres
R Year
X In audio mode, select Search by sliding
001C0006 or turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
As election list appears.
X Select the desired characteristic by sliding
001C0006 and turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
For the search, the media inserted is scanned
and the music track data is stored in a
COMAND database. Amedium that has
already been scanned is not scanned again if
another search is carried out. The scanning
process may take some time for media with
a large capacity. The search can be carried
out after the scanning process is finished.
Selecting afolder This function is only available in MP3 mode.
X
Switch on MP3 mode (Y page 226).
X Select Search by sliding
001C0006and turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Folder by sliding
001C0006and turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
You will see the tracks in the folder. X
Select a track by turning 0031001C0032and press
0021 to confirm.
The track is played and the corresponding
folder is now the active folder.
Copying music files from audio CDs to
the hard disk Audio files can be copied from CD to
COMAND's hard disk.
X
Select Audio by sliding
001C0006and turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Switch on CD/audio DVD or MP3 mode
(Y page 226).
X Select a medium (Y page 228).
The audio CD is played.
X To copy all music tracks: selectREC by
sliding 001C0006and turning 0031001C0032and confirm
with 0021. 0002
Audio source
0003 Destination
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under the corresponding position and
press
0021to confirm.
COMAND 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 entry instead of a
device name. Example display: iPod mode
0002
Data medium type
0003 Track number
0026 Track name
0025 Graphic time display
0023 Track time
0024 Graphic track display
0014 Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Normal track sequence")
0015 Sound settings
0016 Media list
0017 Album name (if available)
0018 Categories, playlists and/or folders
001C Artis t(if available)
001D Playback options
Type of device 0002connected is indicated by
the corresponding symbol for iPod, MP3
player or USB mass storage device.
i If the device connected does not contain
any playable tracks, a message appears to
this effect. Selecting music files Note
COMAND displays the data stored on the
iPod
®
, MP3 player or USB mass storage
device according to the filing structure used
in the respective medium.
Selecting by skipping to atrack
X To skip forwards or back to a track: turn
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller when the
display/selectio nwindow is active.
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
seconds .Ifthe track has been playing for
less than eight seconds, it skips to the start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playback option other than Normal Track Sequence , the track sequence is
random.
X On the multifunction steering wheel:
switch on Media Interface mode
(Y page 238).
X On the multifunction steering wheel, press
the 0009 or000C button to select the
Audio menu.
X On the multifunction steering wheel, press
000A or000B to select a track.
Selecting using the number keypad
X To makeane ntry:press the 001Bbutton.
An input menu appears. The number of
characters available for input depends on
the number of tracks that can currently be
selected.
X To enter a track number: press a number
key, e.g. 0037.
The digit is entered in the first position in
the input line.
i COMAND will ignore and not display an
invalid digit.
X Enter more numbers if desired.
The selected trac kis played. 240
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Playing back the contents of
acategory
or folder X
Select the category or folder by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller.
X Press 0021the COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The content of the category or folder
selected is played in accordance with the
playback optio n(Ypage 242) selected.
Alphabetical track selection iPod
®
and MP3 players
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function
is not available for albums or playlists, for
example.
X Select a category, e.g. Artists , by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X Press the corresponding number key once
or several times to select the first letter of
the artist's name (e.g. for an artist
beginning with the letter "C", press number
key 0034 three times).
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
After a message, the first entry in the list
which matches the letter entered is
highlighted.
i If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to aprevious letter is
highlighted instead.
i For iPods ®
and MP3 players, the quality
of the search results is highly dependent on
the versio nand language variant of the
software (e.g. iTunes ®
version) used to
populate the device.
US Bm ass storage device
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted directories .This function is not
available for albums or playlists, for example. X
In a directory, press the corresponding
number key once or several times to select
the first letter of the artist's name (e.g. for
an artist beginning with the letter "C", press
number key 0034three times).
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
If the directory only contains folders,
COMAND searches for folders. After a
message, the first entryw hich matches the
letter entered is shown at the top of the list.
If no entry matches the entered letter, the
first item in the list is the last entry to
correspond to a selection.
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only) You can select this function for USB mass
storage devices when the storage device is
partitioned. Up to four partitions (primary or
logical; FAT format) are supported.
i
The Windows formatting program
supports FAT partitioning up to 32 GB as
standard.
X Select Media Interface in the basic
display by sliding 001C0006and turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Select Active Partition and
press 0021to confirm.
Playback options The following options are available:
R
Normal Track Sequence Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
R Random Tracks All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Category Mix or
Random Folder (for USB
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Removing
aCD/DVD X
Press the 0008eject button.
The drive ejects the disc.
X Take the dis cout of th eslot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot,
the drive will draw it in again automatically
after a shor twhile.
Switching to audio CD, audio DVD or
MP3 mode X
Insert a CD/DVD (Y page 255).
The Rear Seat Entertainment System loads
the inserted disc.
X Select Disc in the menu using the
000A0009000C buttons on the remote
control and press the 000Cbutton to confirm.
The corresponding mode is switched on.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System plays
the disc.
i Variable bit rates in MP3 tracks can result
in the elapsed time shown being different
to the actual elapsed time.
Selects atrack Selecting by skipping to
atrack
X To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: press the 0009or000C button on
the remote control.
or
X Press the 0001or0002 button.
The skip forward functio nskips to the next
track.
Skipping backwards restarts the current
track (i fithas been playing for more than
eigh tseconds) or starts the previous track
(if the curren ttrack has only been playing
for a shorter time).
If you have selected the Track List Mixor
Random Folder playback options, the
track order is random. Selecting by track list
In audio CD mode, the track list contains all
tracks on the disc currently playing.
In audio DVD mode, the track list contains all
tracks in the currently active group; see
"Setting the audio format" (Y page 232).
In MP3 mode, the track list shows all tracks
in the currently active folde ras well as the
folder structure, allowing you to select any
track on the MP3 CD.
X Select Track List (audio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder (MP3 mode) using
the 000B0009000C buttons on the remote
control and press the 000Cbutton to confirm.
or
X Press the 000Cbutton when the display/
selection window is selected.
The track list appears. The 002Cdot indicates
the current track.
X Select a track using the 000Aor000B
button and press the 000Cbutton to confirm.
Making aselection by entering the track
number directly
X Press the 0033button on the remote
control.
The track entry display appears.
Example: track 2
X Press the 0013number key.
Example: track 12
X Press the corresponding number buttons in
rapid succession.
i It is not possible to enter numbers that
exceed the number of tracks on the CD or
in the currently active folder.
X Wait for approximately three seconds after
making the entry.
You will hear the track which has been
entered. The corresponding basic menu
then reappears. 256
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X
Option 1: while the film is playing, press
the 0033 button on the remote control.
X Press a corresponding number key, e.g.
0011.
X Option 2: while the film is playing, press
the 000Cbutton on the remote control and
show the menu.
X Select Video DVD and press the
000Cbutton
to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press the
000C
button to confirm.
X Select Scene Selection and press
000Cto
confirm.
X Press 000Aor000B to select number 5 and
press the 000Cbutton to confirm.
In both cases, playback will begin from the
fifth scene/chapter after a brief pause.
Selecting afilm/title Note
Further information on this function is
available in the "Video" section
(Y page 248).
Option 1
X Press the 000Cbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select Video DVD and press the
000Cbutton
on the remote control to confirm. X
Select DVD Functions and press the
000C
button to confirm.
X Select Title Selection and press
000Cto
confirm.
X To call up the selection list: press the
000C button.
X Select a film/track.
Option 2:
Example: selecting film 2
X Press the 0013button.
After a brief pause, the second film is
played.
DVD menu Note
You will find further information on the DVD
menu in the "Video" section (Y
page 245).
To call up the DVD menu
X Press the 000Cbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select Video DVD and press the
000Cbutton
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions and press the
000C
button to confirm.
X Select Menu and press
000Cto confirm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menu items in th eDVD menu
X Select a menu item using the
000A000B0009 buttons on the
remote control and press the 000Cbutton to
confirm.
Am enu appears.
i Menu items which cannot be selected are
shown in gray. Rear Seat Entertainment System
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lever or press the position button of the
memory function.
If there is a risk of entrapmen tby the seat, you
can also cancel the adjustmen tprocedure by
moving the switch for seat adjustment. The
steering colum nand driver's sea tstop moving
immediately.
Never leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle. They could open the driver's door and
thereby unintentionally activate the EASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature and become trapped.
You can make a setting in COMAND so that
the steering wheel swings upwards and/or
the driver's seat moves backwards before you
get into the vehicle. You can make the
following settings:
R Off : the function is switched off.
R Steering Column :t
he steering wheel
swings upwards.
R Steering Column and Seat :t
he steering
wheel swings upwards and the driver’s seat
moves backwards. X
To set the EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature:
select Vehicle in the main function bar by
sliding 003C001C003Dand turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and press
0021to
confirm.
The main area is active.
X Select the Easy Entry/Exit Feature menu
by sliding 003C001C003Dor turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller.
The EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature menu
appears. The current setting is indicated by
a 002C dot.
X Select Setting by sliding 002A001C0006or turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller.
The selected setting is indicated by a 002C
dot.
Setting the interior/exterior lighting
delayed switch-off time Interior lighting: you can set whether and for
how long you wish the interior lighting to
remain on in the dark after you have removed
the SmartKey from the ignition lock.
Exterior light: you can set whether and for
how long you want the exterior lighting to
remain on in the dark after the doors have
been closed. The exterior lighting
automatically switches off after the switch-off
delay has elapsed.
You may select from the following settings:
R
0s econds: delayed switch-off is
deactivated.
R 15, 30, 45, 60 seconds: delayed switch-off
is activated.
i You can reactivate this function by
opening a door within one minute. If none
of the doors are opened after the key is
removed from the ignition lock or if a door
is not closed after it has been opened, the
exterior lights switch off after 60 seconds. Vehicle
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