2014 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Comand Manual

X
To select Media
Media: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
X Select the media source.
If the media source contains music or video
files, these will be played. The
corresponding basic menu will be shown. Using the number keypad
i
If you touch a key in the touch-sensitive
number keypad, the number field is
displayed in the additional display area.
X Touch any number key when in media
mode.
The number field is shown. The active
media source is highlighted.
X To select a media source: press the
corresponding number key.
If the media source contains music or video
files, these will be played. The
corresponding basic menu will be shown.
X To select a track from the active media
source: press the 007Dkey on the number
keypad.
An input field appears.
X To enter a track number: use the number
keypad to enter the desired numbers.
The track is played.
X To show track information: press the #
key on the number keypad
An additional field appears with the track
information. Using the device list
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar appears.
X To select Devices Devices: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The available media sources will be shown.
The 0036dot indicates the current setting.
X Select the media source.
If the media source contains music or video
files, these will be played. The
corresponding basic menu will be shown. Start at a different seat
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar appears.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Start this application in
Start this application in
another location
another location.
Another menu appears with the option of
switching the media source to SplitView SplitView,
Rear Right
Rear Right orRear Left
Rear Left. Activating media mode
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Use
Additional Options
Additional Options to operate the
parental control screen for selected seats:
(Y page 63).
X To switch the media source to, e.g.
SplitView
SplitView: turn and press the controller
(Y page 26). Audio/video mode
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product.
If you open the CD/DVD drive housing, you
could be exposed to invisible laser radiation.
This laser radiation could damage your retina.
There is a risk of injury.
Never open the housing. Always have
maintenance and repair work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop. G
WARNING
Only when the vehicle is stationary should
you:
R insert a data carrier
R eject a disc
There is a risk of being distracted from the
road and traffic conditions if you insert or
eject a disc while the vehicle is in motion. Inserting and removing a disc from
the single CD/DVD drive
Before inserting a CD/DVD, ensure that the
cup holder is empty and the spray guard flap
is open.
X To insert: press the00F8button on the
single drive.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
X Insert a disc into the disc slot with the
printed side facing upwards.
The drive closes and the disc is played. If the CD/DVD is operated in Media mode,
the corresponding basic menu will be
shown. If the CD/DVD is started using
another application (e.g. navigation), the
display will not change.
i The drive may not be able to play discs
with copy protection.
X To remove: press the00F8button.
The drive ejects the disc.
X Remove the ejected disc from the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot, it
is drawn in again automatically after a short
while. 192
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Menu overview
CD mode basic display 0043
Main function bar
0044 Status bar with active traffic announcements
0087 Artist and album
0085 Track number/number of songs in the track list
0083 Track display on the disc
0084 Playback time for the current title
006B Climate control status bar
006C Media menu bar
006D Elapsed playback time for the current title
006E Graphic time display
006F Additional display area with cover view Inserting discs into the DVD changer
The DVD changer has a magazine with six
trays.
Before inserting a CD/DVD, ensure that the
cup holder is empty and the spray guard flap
is open.
X To insert the CD/DVD into the
magazine tray: press the0065button.
The magazine menu appears. X
To select the magazine tray: turn the
controller and press to confirm.
The DVD changer switches to the selected
magazine tray.
You see the Please Wait... Please Wait... message. Audio/video mode
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You then see the
Please insert disc
Please insert disc

message.
X Insert a disc into the disc slot with the
printed side facing upwards. X
To load all empty magazine trays: press
the 0065 button
The magazine menu appears.
X To select Load Empty Slots
Load Empty Slots: slide 005200C5,
turn and press controller.
COMAND switches to the next empty
magazine tray.
You see the Please Wait... Please Wait... message.
You then see the Please insert disc
Please insert disc

message.
X Insert a disc into the disc slot with the
printed side facing upwards.
Once the disc is loaded, the DVD changer
switches to the next empty tray.
X Repeat these steps until all magazine trays
are filled.
The DVD changer plays the last inserted
disc.
X To cancel the loading process: press the
0065 button.
or
X To select 0038in the magazine menu: turn
and press the controller. Ejecting discs from the DVD changer
i If you remove one disc while playing
another disc, the DVD changer interrupts
playback. Playback continues once the disc
has been ejected. X
To eject a single CD/DVD: press the
0065 button.
The magazine menu appears. The current
disc is marked. 0043
Type of data medium
0044 Active ejection
0087 Disc name
0085 Empty tray no. 4
0083 Current disc
X To select a disc: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The DVD changer ejects the disc.
X Take the disc out of the slot.
X To eject all CDs/DVDs: press the0065
button.
The magazine menu appears.
X Select Eject All Eject All.
The last selected disc is ejected.
The Please remove disc Please remove disc message
appears.
X Remove the disc.
The DVD changer ejects the disc.
X Repeat the last step until the magazine is
empty.
X To exit the menu: press the0065button.
or
X Select 0038in the magazine menu. 194
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Inserting and ejecting an SD memory
card
General information COMAND supports SD memory cards
(Secure Digital) and SDHC memory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity).
i If you are no longer using the SD memory
card, you should remove it. High
temperatures can damage the card.
Inserting an SD memory card X
Insert the memory card into the slot on the
control panel until the SD memory card
engages into place. The side with the
contacts must face downwards.
The music is played while the files are
loaded in the background. If there are no
supported audio/video files, you will see a
message to this effect.
Ejecting an SD memory card X
Press the memory card.
The memory card is ejected.
X Remove the memory card. Connecting USB devices
There are two USB ports located in the
stowage compartment in the center console.
X Connect the USB device to the USB port.
The music is played while the files are
loaded in the background. If there are no
supported audio/video files, you will see a
message to this effect.
i MP3 players must support Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP). Activating media mode
Switching on automatically When an external media source is connected,
the media mode is automatically switched on
by COMAND and the basic display is shown.
If the CD/DVD is started using another
application (e.g. navigation), the display will
not change.
X Insert the CDs/DVDs (Y page 192)
or
X Insert a SD memory card: (Y page 195)
or
X Connect a USB device: (Y page 195)
COMAND loads the medium inserted and
starts to play it automatically.
Further options for switching on:
R Using the number keypad: (Y page 191)
R Using the main function bar: (Y page 190)
R Using the device list: (Y page 191)
R Using the 00FDbutton: (Y page 190) Options menu
X
In Media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the
controller.
Playing similar tracks
X To select Play PlayMore
MoreLike
Like This
This: turn and
press the controller.
COMAND automatically creates and plays
a track list with similar tracks. If there are Audio/video mode
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no comparable tracks on the data carrier,
you will see a message to this effect.
X Select the required track. Play mode
X
To select Playback Mode Playback Mode: turn the
controller and press to confirm.
X Select Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence.
The current tracklist is played in the order
it appears on the data medium.
X To select Random Track List
Random Track List.
The current track list is played in random
order.
X Select Random Medium
Random Medium .
All tracks on the data medium are played in
random order. Skip to time
X
To select Skip Skipto
toTime
Time : turn and press the
controller.
A pop-up menu appears.
X To set the time: turn the controller
or
X Set the desired time using the number
keypad. Select active partition
X
To select Select Active Partition
Select Active Partition :
turn and press the controller.
With the Select Active Partition Select Active Partition
option, you can select a partition in the USB
data medium.
Save files to Media Register
i With the Save Files to Media Save Files to Media
Register
Register option, you can transfer
supported audio/video/image files to the
COMAND hard drive.
X To select the option Save Files to Save Files to
Media Register
Media Register: turn and press the
controller
A menu appears (Y page 204). Managing the Media Register
X
To select Rename Rename/
/Delete
Delete Files
Files: press
the controller.
The contents are shown. Using the
controller, files and folders can be renamed
or deleted.
A pop-up window appears when the file is
renamed. The characters are entered using
the controller ( Ypage 30).
X To select Delete All Media Files Delete All Media Files : turn
and press the controller.
Files and folders can be completely deleted
from the Media Register.
X Select Memory Info Memory Info: important
parameters for your COMAND hard drive
are shown. 196
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Start at a different seat
The media source can be played back at a
different seat: (Y page 191).
Show track information
Checking or unchecking the box before Show Show
Track Information
Track Information displays or hides the
information on the track, artist and album in
the main display field. Stop and playback function
X To stop playback: in audio/video mode,
slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To activate 00CFin the media menu bar:
turn the controller and press to confirm
Playback is interrupted here. The display
changes to 00D0.
X To continue playback: in audio/video
mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To activate 00D0in the Media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Playback is continued from the point of
interruption. The symbol changes to 00CF. Selecting a track
Selecting using the current track list X
To display the current track list: press
the controller in the basic display.
The track list for the active data medium
appears.
X To select a track: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
Selecting by skipping to a track X
To skip forwards or backwards to a track:
turn or briefly slide 009500520096the controller in
the media basic display.
Selecting a track using the number
keypad X
Press the 0056key on the number keypad.
A numerical entry field appears. The
number of positions offered corresponds to
the number of tracks on the CD/DVD. Only
numbers that correspond to a track
number on the CD/DVD can be entered.
X To enter the track number using the
number keys: briefly press the desired
numbers on the number keypad.
The track plays after the last possible
number is entered.
i Pressing and holding a number key for
more than two seconds completes the
entry, and the corresponding track is
played. The search menu Audio/video mode
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X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Search
Search: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The category list is shown.
X Select a category, e.g. Genres Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the
COMAND default settings and the music
tracks available).
X Select a sub-category, e.g. Blues
Blues.
If the sub-category Blues Bluesincludes music
tracks, these will be shown. Gracenote Media Database
General notes This function is only available in audio CD
mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote® music recognition technology,
Emeryville, California, USA on the COMAND
hard disk. You will recognize this by the logo
in the bottom right-hand corner of certain
audio displays.
If the audio CD does not contain any CD text
information, COMAND can use the
Gracenote ®
Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in audio CD
mode. Internet update of metadata With the option
Update metadata via
Internet, the audio CD meta data that is not
available (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) can
be reloaded to the internal Gracenote
database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(Y page 159). Selecting Internet update of meta data
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the
controller.
X In the selection list, select Updating
Updating
Metadata Via Internet
Metadata Via Internet.
A connection with the Gracenote data
server is established. The missing data is
loaded, saved and displayed in the main
display field.
If there is no data found or there is no
Internet connection, a corresponding error
message will appear.
Switching the Gracenote ®
data display
on/off X
Switch on CD-audio mode: (Y page 195).
X To select Gracenote Media Database Gracenote Media Database:
turn and press the controller. 198
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