2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class ESP

Selecting a station
Selects stations via the station search
function X
Press the 0048or0049 button.
or
X Turn 00790052007A or slide 009500520096the COMAND con-
troller while the display/selection window
in the radio display is active.
Station search scans up or down and stops at the next station found.
Selecting station via the station presets X
Quick setting: press a number key, e.g.
0082.
X Directly in the station presets: select
Presets
Presets by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
or
X When the display/selection window is
active, press 0098the COMAND controller.
The station preset memory appears. The
0036 dot indicates under which preset the
currently selected station is stored.
X Select a station by turning 00790052007Aand press-
ing 0098to confirm or press a number key,
e.g. 0082.
Selecting stations by entering the fre-
quency manually X
Option 1: press the003Ebutton.
X Option 2: selectRadio Radio in the radio display
by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Enter Frequency
Enter Frequency and press0098to
confirm.
Irrespective of the option chosen, an input
menu will appear.
X Enter a frequency using the number keys.
COMAND sets the frequency entered. Waveband Frequency
AM (MF) 530 - 1700 kHz
FM (VHF) 87.7 - 107.9 MHz
WB (Weather Band) Weather report
channels
i
You can only enter currently permitted
numbers.
i If you enter a frequency in the FM or AM
wavebands which is outside the frequency
range, COMAND sets the next lower fre-
quency. Storing station
Storing station manually There are ten presets available for the FM and
AM wavebands. Example: station presets
X Quick save: press and hold a number key,
e.g. 0082, until you hear a tone.
The station is stored. 188
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X
Directly in the station presets: press0098
the COMAND controller when the display/
selection window is active.
or X Select Presets
Presets by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
In both cases, the station presets appear.
The 0036dot indicates under which preset
the currently selected station is stored.
X Select a preset by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press and hold 0098
until you hear a tone.
The station is stored under the preset.
Storing station automatically This function automatically stores stations
with adequate reception under the presets.
The search starts at the lowest frequency.
COMAND stores any stations found, begin-
ning with preset 1. When the highest fre-
quency is reached or 10 stations have been
found, the storing process ends. Any stations stored manually under the presets will be lost.
COMAND may not occupy all memory slots
when storing.
X Option 1: press0098the COMAND controller
when the display/selection window is
active.
The channel preset memory appears.
X Option 2: selectPresets
Presets by sliding 00520064
and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The channel preset memory appears.
X Irrespective of the option, select Autos‐
Autos‐
tore
tore and press 0098to confirm.
In both cases, COMAND searches for sta-
tions that can be received. You will see a
message to this effect. The available sta-
tions are automatically stored in the preset
positions.
X To cancel storing: selectCancel
Cancel and
press 0098to confirm. Weather Band
Activating X
Press the 002Afunction button repeatedly
until the Weather Band is switched on.
or
X Select the currently set waveband FM
FM orAM AM
by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select WB WBfrom the menu and press 0098to
confirm.
Searching for a channel X
Quick select: turn00790052007A or slide 009500520096the
COMAND controller while the display/
selection window is active.
or X Press the 0048or0049 button.
Channel search scans up or down and
stops at the next channel found.
Selecting a channel from the channel
list X
Select Channel Channel by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The channel list appears. Radio
mode
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Selecting a channel
Channel search
X Turn 00790052007A or slide 009500520096the COMAND con-
troller while the display/selection window
in the SatRadio display is active.
or
X Press the 0048or0049 button.
COMAND searches in both directions
(ascending and descending) and stops at
the next channel found in the selected cat-
egory. Satellite radio menu
X Select Sat Satin the submenu bar by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The satellite radio menu appears. Entering channel numbers directly
X Option 1: press the003Ebutton.
An input menu appears.
X Option 2: selectSat Satin the submenu bar by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Enter Channel
Enter Channel and press0098to
confirm.
An input menu appears.
Entering the channel X With both options, press the corresponding
number buttons on the control unit in suc-
cession.
COMAND sets the selected channel.
i You can only select currently permitted
digits. Selecting a channel from the SatRadio
channel list
You can select the channel from the channel
list (option 1) or via the channel list that
shows the artists and tracks that are currently
being played (option 2).
X Select Sat Satin the submenu bar by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Option 1
X Select Channel
Channel List
Listand press 0098to con-
firm.
The channel list appears.
X Select a channel by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. Satellite radio
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Positions in the media list
Single DVD drive, position 1: readable data
media are audio CDs, MP3 CDs or MP3
DVDs and video DVDs Memory card, position 2
MUSIC REGISTER, position 3
USB storage device, position 4
Media Interface, position 5
Bluetooth
®
audio: position 6 i
If a disc cannot be read, an entry appears
next to the corresponding magazine tray.
i If you select a video DVD, the system
switches to video DVD mode (Y page 226).
Selecting a track using the number key- pad X
When the display/selection window is
active, press a number key, e.g. 0084.
The medium at the corresponding position
in the media list is loaded and then played. Selecting a track
Selecting by skipping to a track X
To skip forwards or back to a track: turn
00790052007A the COMAND controller when the dis-
play/selection window is active.
or
X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track.
The skip back function skips to the begin-
ning of the current track if the track has
been playing for more than 8 seconds. If the
track has been playing for less than
8 seconds, it skips to the start of the pre-
vious track. If the
Random Tracks
Random Tracks orRandom Folder Random Folder
playback option has been selected, the
track order is random.
Selecting a track using the number key- pad X
Press the 0056key on the number keypad.
A numerical entry field appears. The num-
ber of positions offered corresponds to the
number of tracks on the CD. Only numbers that correspond to a track number on the
CD can be entered.
X Enter the desired track number using the
number keys.
The track plays after the last possible num-
ber is entered.
i Pressing and holding a number key for
more than 2 seconds completes the entry,
and the corresponding track is played.
Selecting a track using music search X
Select Current Tracklist Current Tracklist, Folder
Folderor a
category and press 0098to confirm.
Select music via categories (e.g. album,
artist) with the music search function.
If you select a category, COMAND starts a
search for track information if the following
conditions are fulfilled: R the data carriers are inserted or connected
R the track information from these data car-
riers is not yet contained in the COMAND
music database. Audio CD and MP3 mode
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COMAND imports track information from the
following data carriers:
R Disc (CD/MP3)
R Memory card
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
The Track information is complete
Track information is complete
message appears once the search is comple-
ted. COMAND stores the music data in its
own database. You can now select the avail-
able music data within the desired category.
You will find further information on searching
for music in the "Music search" section
(Y page 204).
X In audio CD or MP3 mode, select Search
Search by
sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and then press 0098to confirm.
The category list appears. Example: current track list
X Select the track by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The basic display appears and the track is
played. Fast forwarding/rewinding
X While the display/selection window is
active, slide 009500520096and hold the COMAND controller until the desired position has
been reached.
or
X Press and hold the 0048or0049 button
until the desired position is reached. Gracenote
®
Media Database
Introduction This function is only available in audio CD
mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote® music recognition technology
on the COMAND hard drive. You will recog-
nize this by the logo which can be seen in the
bottom right-hand corner of certain audio dis-plays.
Many audio CDs contain CD text. COMAND
uses the information contained therein to dis-
play the artist, album and track name.
If the audio CD does not contain any CD text
information, COMAND can use the Grace-
note ®
Media Database to identify unknown
audio tracks when in audio CD mode. This is
only possible if the relevant information is
saved in the Gracenote ®
Media Database and
if the "Gracenote Media Database" function is
activated.
If this is the case, COMAND will display the
corresponding data such as artist, album and
track name in the relevant displays and lists. 200
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For all media that contain MP3 data (e.g. MP3
CD, SD memory card, MUSIC REGISTER), you
can determine whether:
R the metadata contained in the tags of the
encoded music data should be displayed
R the file and directory names should be dis-
played during playback
X To display the album and artist name:
select MP3
MP3 orUSB USB in the basic display by
sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Display Track Information
Display Track Information and
press 0098to confirm. 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 5 partitions (primary or log- ical, FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are supported.
X Select MP3
MP3 in the basic display by sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Select Active Partition
Select Active Partition and
press 0098to confirm. Playback options
X To select options: switch on audio CD or
MP3 mode (Y page 197).
X Select CD CDorMP3
MP3 mode by sliding 00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
then pressing 0098to confirm.
The options list appears. The 003Bdot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option by turning 00790052007Aand press
0098 to confirm.
The option is switched on. For all options
except Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence , you will
see a corresponding display in the display/ selection window.
The following options are available to you:
R Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3, etc.).
In MP3 mode, the track order is determined
by the order in which the tracks are written to the MP3 data carrier when it is created.
Alphabetical order is the most common.
Once all the tracks in a folder have been
played, the tracks in the next folder are
played.
R Random Medium Random Medium
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 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 video DVDs
R FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS for SD memory
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Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how COMAND will proc-
ess the CD. COMAND plays only one session
and gives priority to the audio CD session.
If possible, use COMAND to play only CDs
that have been written in one session.
File structure of a data carrier When you create a disc with compressed
music files, the tracks can be organized 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 recognized by the system.
i COMAND loads up to 15,000 tracks from
an 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 uses these names accordingly for
the display. Folders that contain data other
than MP3 or WMA tracks are not displayed by
COMAND.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder. COMAND 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 dot 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
the disc, the loading process may require a
longer time before the first track is played.
i The MP3 audio encoding method is under
license from Fraunhofer IIS (Institut Integ-
rierte Schaltungen – Institute for Integrated Circuits) and Thomson.
Permissible bit and sampling rates COMAND supports
MP3files of the following
types:
R fixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND supports WMAfiles of the follow-
ing types:
R fixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND does notsupport WMAfiles of the
following types:
R DRM (Digital Rights Management) encryp-
ted files
R variable bit rate
R WMA Pro
R 5.1 surround sound
i Only use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. Lower rates can cause a notice-
able deterioration in quality. This is espe- Audio CD and MP3 mode
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Selecting a year of publication
X
Select Year
Yearin the category list
(Y page 204) by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select an entry and press 0098to confirm.
The genre list is displayed.
X Select a genre, e.g. pop, and press 0098to
confirm.
The track list is displayed.
X Select a track and press 0098to confirm.
Playback starts.
Selecting composers X
Select Composers Composers in the category list by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The available composers are displayed
alphabetically.
Selecting music genres X
Select Genres Genres in the category list by turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The available music genres are displayed
alphabetically.
Selecting a cover X
Select Select By Cover Select By Cover in the category
list (Y page 204) by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The available covers are displayed in alpha- betical order of the artists. X
Select the desired cover by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
The corresponding album is played.
Selecting via keyword search X
Select Keyword Keyword Search
Searchin the category list
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
An input menu appears. X
To change the character set used in the
character bar: highlightSelect
Selectby sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
A list of available character sets is shown.
X Select the desired character set and press
0098 to confirm.
X Enter characters and confirm the entry.
Character entry (Y page 33).
Depending on the entry, the hits are shown
in a list. 206
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