2014 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class key

X
Select a channel by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press a number key on the control panel,
e.g. 0084, at any time. Displaying station information
This function is only available for analog FM
programs and digital AM/FM programs (HD
Radio™).
Information relevant to the current station is
shown below the main function bar.
X Select Show Station Information Show Station Information by
sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
Depending on the previous status, you
switch Show Station Information
Show Station Information on
0073 or off 0053. Displaying program information This function is only available for analog FM
programs and digital AM/FM programs (HD
Radio™).
Information relevant to the current station is
shown in the display window.
X
Select Info Infoin the radio display by sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
Information on the currently selected sta-
tion is displayed. Content is dependent on
the station.
X To return to the radio display: confirm
Info
Info by pressing 0098.
X Slide 00970052the COMAND controller up. Satellite radio
Important notes
i The SatRadio mode described below
requires optional satellite radio equipment
and registration with a satellite radio pro-
vider.
i Note that the categories and channels
shown in the illustrations depend on the
program content offered by the provider.
The program content may vary. The illus-
trations and descriptions in these operat-
ing instructions may therefore differ from
the channels and categories offered by the
provider.
SatRadio mode may be temporarily unavail-
able or interrupted for a variety of reasons.
These reasons include environmental or
topographical conditions as well as other
issues beyond the control of Mercedes-
Benz USA, LLC. This means operation may
not be possible in certain areas.
These include:
R tunnels
R parking garages
R locations inside or next to buildings
R locations in the vicinity of other struc-
tures 182
Satellite radioAudio

Option 2:
X
Select Channel List with Artist, Channel List with Artist,
Title
Title and press 0098to confirm.
The channel list appears and displays the
artists and tracks currently being played. X
Select a channel by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
Memory functions Channel presets
There are ten presets available.
Storing channels
X
Press 0098the COMAND controller when the
display/selection window is active.
or
X Select Presets Presets in the submenu bar by turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
In both cases, the channel presets appear.
The 0036dot in front of a preset entry indi- cates that the currently selected channel is
stored under this preset.
X Select a preset by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press and hold
0098 until you hear a tone.
or
X Press and hold a number button, e.g.
0084, 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 mem-
ory. Channels stored manually in the preset
memory will be overwritten.
X Option 1: press0098the COMAND controller
when the display/selection window is
active.
X Select Autostore
Autostore in the presets by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Option 2: selectPresets
Presets in the submenu
bar by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Autostore Autostore and press0098to confirm.
In both cases, COMAND searches for chan-
nels that can be received. You will see a
message to this effect. The available chan-
nels are automatically stored in the preset
positions.
X To cancel storing: selectCancel Cancel and
press 0098to confirm.
Selecting a channel from the preset list
X To call up the preset list: selectPre‐ Pre‐
sets
sets by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The channel preset list appears.
X To set a channel: select a preset by turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
or
X Press a number key, such as 0084.186
Satellite radioAudio

Handle discs only when the vehicle is station-
ary.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is cov-
ering a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second. G
WARNING
SD cards are small objects measuring 24 x 32
x 2.1 mm. Small parts can be swallowed and
are a choking hazard. There is a risk of fatal
injury.
Keep SD cards out of the reach of children. If
an SD card is swallowed, seek immediate
medical attention. Inserting/ejecting CDs/DVDs
Notes If the CD/DVD has a printed side, this must
face upwards when the CD/DVD is inserted.
If neither side is printed, the side to be played
should face downwards. The system may not
be able to play CDs/DVDs with copy protec-
tion.
i If a medium contains other files in addi-
tion to music files, the loading time before
the first track starts to play may be longer.
Inserting a disc into the single DVD
drive X
Press the 0062eject button.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
X Take the disc out of the slot.
X Insert a disc into the slot.
If the disc is correctly inserted and is a suit-
able disc, it is drawn in by the drive and
played. Ejecting a disc from the single DVD
drive X
Press the 0062eject button.
X Take the disc out of the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot, it
is drawn in again automatically after a short
while and reloaded.
Inserting discs into the DVD changer The DVD changer has a fixed magazine with
six trays.
X
To insert a CD/DVD into the magazine
tray: press the 0065load/eject button.
A menu shows the current load status of
the magazine trays. The last tray selected
is identified by a red digit. X
Select a magazine tray to be filled by turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
or
X Press a number key, e.g. 0080.
The DVD changer switches to the selected
magazine tray. You see the Please Please
Wait...
Wait... message.
You then see the Please insert disc
Please insert disc
message. 188
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0043
Eject possible
0044 Type of data medium
0087 Disc name (only if stored on the disc)
0085 Current disc
X Select a magazine tray containing a disc by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
or
X Press a number key, e.g. 0080.
You see the message: Ejecting disc
Ejecting disc
...
... . You then see the following mes-
sage. X
Take the disc out of the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot,
COMAND will draw it in automatically after
a short while and load it again. X
To eject all CDs/DVDs: press the0065
load/eject button.
The magazine menu appears.
X Select Eject All Eject All by sliding00640052and turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The DVD changer ejects the last disc
selected. You see the Ejecting disc Ejecting disc
...
... message.
X Take the disc out of the disc slot when you
see the Please remove disc . Please remove disc . mes-
sage.
The DVD changer switches to the next
loaded magazine tray and ejects the disc.
X Repeat the last step until the magazine is
empty.
X To exit the menu: press the0065eject/
load button again or press the 003Dback
button.
or
X Select Back Backby sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm. Inserting and ejecting an SD memory
card
General information COMAND supports SD memory cards
(Secure
Digital), SDHC memory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity) and SDXC
memory cards (Secure Digital eXtended
Capacity. 190
CD/audio
DVD and MP3 modeAudio

ing
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
In CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode: select
Media Media by sliding 00520064or turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The media list appears. The 003Bdot indicates
the current medium being played.
The media list shows the discs currently
available.
View in 0043:
R 0043 magazine tray not shown
R 0045 magazine tray shown
X To switch the display: select1...6 1...6
Changer
Changer by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
Depending on the previous setting, the
magazine trays are shown or not shown.
i If a disc cannot be read, an entry appears
next to the corresponding magazine tray. Media list showing all magazine trays
X
Select the data medium by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm. The following tables list the selection options
in the media list for the respective equipment
variants. For DVD changer
Magazine trays, positions 1 to 6: readable
data media are audio CDs, MP3 CDs or MP3
DVDs, audio DVDs and video DVDs.
Memory card, position 7
MUSIC REGISTER, position 8
USB storage device, position 9
Media Interface, position 0
Bluetooth Audio
Equipped with a single DVD drive
DVD drive, position 1: readable data media
are audio CDs, MP3 CDs or MP3 DVDs,
audio 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 you select a video DVD, the system
switches to video DVD mode
(Y page 224).
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. 194
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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 eight seconds.
If the track has been playing for less than
eight seconds, it skips to the start of the
previous 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/DVD. Only
numbers that correspond to a track num-
ber on the CD/DVD 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 two 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.
COMAND imports track information from the
following data carriers:
R Disc (CD/audio DVD/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 com-
pleted. 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 200).
X In audio CD/audio DVD mode/MP3 mode,
select Search
Search by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The category list appears. CD/audio DVD and MP3 mode
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Selecting a year of publication
X
Select Year
Yearin the category list
(Y page 200) 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 200) 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. 202
Music searchAudio

Switching to the MUSIC REGISTER
MUSIC REGISTER basic display Example: MUSIC REGISTER
0043
Cover (if available)
0044 Track time
0087 Track number and name
0085 Graphic time and track display
0083 Position of the medium in the media list
and name of the medium, followed by the
current playback option (no display for
Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence)
0084 Artist
006B MUSIC REGISTER menu bar
Switching modes using the function
button X
Press the 003Afunction button repeatedly
until the MUSIC REGISTER is switched on.
By pressing the function button repeatedly,
you can change the operating mode in the
following order:
R CD/audio DVD/MP3 (disc)
R Memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
If music files are available, playback begins at
the point last listened to.
If there are no music files, you will see a mes-
sage to this effect. X
Confirm the message by pressing 0098and
store the music data (Y page 204).
Switching modes via the audio menu X
Select Audio Audioin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
If MUSIC REGISTER was the last mode
selected, it is now switched on.
If another audio source is switched on, you
can now switch on the MUSIC REGISTER in
the audio menu.
X Select Audio Audioby sliding 00970052and turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Music Register Music Register and press0098to
confirm.
Switching on with the number buttons X
Make sure that neither radio nor disc is
activated.
X Press the 0088(for a DVD changer) or
0083 (for a single DVD drive) number key.
The MUSIC REGISTER is switched on. Importing music files
Introduction You can copy music files from the data carrier
in the single DVD drive or in the DVD changer
in the following file formats:
R
MP3
R WMA
R AAC (with file extensions .m4p, .m4a, .m4b
and .aac)
X Switch on CD mode (Y page 191).
X With an audio CD inserted, select REC RECin the
basic CD display by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm. 204
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