2015 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class key

Manage Media Register
X To select Manage Media Register
Manage Media Register : press
the controller.
The contents are shown. Using the control-
ler, 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 (Y page 36).
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 parame-
ters for your COMAND hard drive are
shown.
Starting an application at a different seat
The media source can be played back at a
different seat: (Y page 212).
Show track information
Checking or unchecking the box in front of
Show Track Information
Show Track Information displays or hidesthe 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 category list appears.
Select the current track list.
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 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 in the current track list.
Only numbers that correspond to a track Audio/video mode
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number in the current track list can be
entered.
X To enter the track number using the num-
ber keys: briefly press the desired numbers
on the number keypad.
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. The search menu
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Search
Search : turn and press the con-
troller.
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. Rock Rock.If the
Rock
Rock sub-category includes 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 Grace-
note ®
Media Database to identify unknown
audio tracks when in audio CD mode.
Internet update of metadata The option
Update metadata via Internet
allows any missing metadata for an audio CD (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) to be
uploaded retrospectively to the internal
Gracenote ®
database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(Y page 178). 218
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The media menu bar appears.
X To select Search
Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears. General information
COMAND plays back files from the following
data mediums: R Disc (CD/DVD Audio)
R Memory card
R Media Register
R USB storage device
R Apple devices (folder, year and photos are
not available)
The categories are displayed according to the
data available. Category list
X
In media mode, slide 00520064the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Search Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list is shown.
Depending on the connected media sources
and files, the following categories are listed:
R Current Tracklist
Current Tracklist;
R Folders: Folders:;
R Select By Cover
Select By Cover;
R Keyword Search
Keyword Search;
R Playlists
Playlists;
R Artists
Artists; R
Albums
Albums;
R Track
Track;
R Genres
Genres;
R Year
Year ;
R Composers
Composers;
R Videos
Videos;
R Photos
Photos.
i The categories are available as soon as
the entire media content has been read and
analyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these catego-
ries are available more quickly.
When connecting Apple ®
devices, the cat-
egories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are
not available. Searching by current track list
X
To select Current Tracklist Current Tracklist in the cat-
egory list: turn and press the controller.
The selection list appears.
X Select the required track. Searching by folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories. Media search
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X
To select Folders:
Folders: in the category list:
turn and press the controller.
The folder list appears.
X Select the required folder.
The track list appears.
X Select the required track. Selecting by cover
X
To select Select SelectBy
ByCover
Cover in the category
list: turn and press the controller.
A menu with cover views appears.
COMAND searches all media sources.
X To move the desired folder to the front: turn
the controller.
The track list appears.
X To select the desired track: turn and press
the controller. Searching by genre X
To select Genres Genresin the category list: turn
and press the controller.
COMAND searches all media sources. A
selection list with Genres Genresand media sour-
ces appears.
X Select the desired Genres
Genres.
A selection list with music tracks from the
selected genre appears.
X Select a music track.
The track is played. The basic menu for the
active media source is shown.
X To exit the selection list: press the 0038
button. Keyword search
X
To select Keyword Search Keyword Search in the category
list: turn and press the controller.
The input field appears.
X To select required characters: turn and
press the controller for each letter
(Y page 36).
Entering just part of the name of a track or
artist is enough. The search result then dis-
plays the entire text .
X Select 0054.
The search results are displayed.
The numbers behind the results, as shown
in the example Artists
Artists (2/0), mean: 2
results that contain the exact keyword
searched and 0 results that are similar.
X Select one of the results.
Keywords that have already been searched
for are displayed in the "Search history"
without having to enter them completely. 222
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They can be accepted directly and dis-
played in the search result.
X
Select one entry, e.g. Artists
Artists.
Albums and covers (if available) are shown.
COMAND searches all media sources.
X Select an album.
The tracks are listed. X
Select a track.
The basic display appears and playback
starts. Media Register
General notes
i Keep your original music files, photos and
video files in a secure location. A malfunc-
tion in COMAND may result in the loss of
music files stored in the MEDIA REGISTER.
Mercedes-Benz is not liable for any loss of
data.
You can store music files, photos or video files in the MEDIA REGISTER. The memory has a
capacity of 10 GB. Switching on the MEDIA REGISTER
X Press the 00FDbutton.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
X To select Media Register Media Register: turn the con-
troller until Media Register
Media Register is in the
center. Press the controller.
The media sources appear in the following
order:
R Disc Disc;
R Memory Card
Memory Card;
R Media Register
Media Register;
R USB 1
USB 1 (vehicles without Media Interface)
R Media Interface 1
Media Interface 1 (vehicles with
Media Interface)
R USB 2
USB 2 (vehicles without Media Interface)
R Media Interface 2
Media Interface 2 (vehicles with
Media Interface)
R Bluetooth Audio
Bluetooth Audio;
R Aux
Aux.
Playback begins at the point last listened to.
If there are no files, you will see a message to
this effect.
Further options for switching on:
R Using the number keypad: (Y page 211)
R Using the main function bar: (Y page 211)
R Using the device list: (Y page 211)
R Using the 00FDbutton: (Y page 210) Media Register
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If the mobile phone that is connected only
supports two Bluetooth ®
profiles at the
same time, COMAND functions may
behave as follows:
R when connecting to the Internet, play-
back is stopped on the Bluetooth ®
audio
device.
R when starting playback on the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device, the Internet con-
nection is ended. Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth
®
audio device
Switching to Bluetooth ®
audio mode
X Press the 00FDbutton.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio in the menu:
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio No Bluetooth Audio
Device Connected
Device Connected message, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth ®
audio
device first.
X To select Options
Options in the Bluetooth ®
audio
menu: slide 005200C5and press the controller.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Devices
Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A new menu appears. 0043
Bluetooth ®
audio player within range and
already authorized
0044 Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth ®
audio mode in range The Bluetooth
®
device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or not. After a device search, devices which arewithin range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
Searching for Bluetooth ®
audio
X To select Search for Audio Devices Search for Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A display with text appears. X
Select Start Search Start Search.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth ®
audio
devices within range and adds them to the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
The duration of the search depends on the number of Bluetooth ®
audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
Authorizing Bluetooth ®
audio
X Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device that has
not yet been authorized from the list: turn
and press the controller.
Authorization starts.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, you now have two options for con-
tinuing with authorization.
Option 1: entering the passkey
X You can find information on this in the
"Authorizing (registering) a mobile phone"
section (Y page 140).
After successful authorization, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing. Bluetooth
®
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Media Interface basic display
0043
Additional display area with cover view
0044 Artist and album
0087 Main function bar
0085 Display for the active data medium
0083 Media menu bar
0084 Title display in the media list
006B Current track/number in track list
006C Numerical time display
006D Graphic time display Switching to Media Interface
Switching on automatically X
Connect a data medium to USB port 1 or
USB port 2.
X Make sure that the Media Interface 1 or
Media Interface 2 basic menu is activated.
If playable media files are found, they will
be played by COMAND.
If you remove a device, the No Device No Device
Connected
Connected message appears.
Further options for switching on R
Using the number keypad: (Y page 211)
R Using the main function bar: (Y page 211)
R Using the device list: (Y page 211)
R Using the 00FDbutton: (Y page 210) Supported devices
The following data media can be connected to
COMAND via the Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R iPad ®
R MP3
R USB devices
i It is not possible to run two Apple ®
devi-
ces simultaneously. Therefore the device
last connected is loaded.
i iPod ®
, iPhone ®
and iPad ®
are registered
trademarks of Apple Inc., Cupertino, Cali-
fornia, USA.
i Audio files, photos and video files can be
played back. Operation with the Media Interface
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For details and a list of supported devices,
visit http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or
call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (for the USA) or Customer
Relations at 1-800-387-0100 (for Canada). Supported data formats
Music mp3, wma, aac
Video mpeg, wmv, mov,
avi, mp4
Images jpg, jpeg, bmp, png
Selecting a music file
Selecting with the controller 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.
X To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: turn the controller in the basic dis-
play.
The selected track is played.
Fast forward/rewind X
With the media source active in the basic
display, slide 009500520096the controller and hold it
until the desired position has been
reached. Search function
Selecting Search using media menu bar X
Slide 00520064the controller. The media menu bar appears.
X To select Search Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears.
Overview The following categories are listed:
R Current Tracklist Current Tracklist
R Folder
Folder
R Select By Cover
Select By Cover
R Keyword Search
Keyword Search
R Playlists
Playlists
R Artists
Artists
R Albums
Albums
R Tracks
Tracks
R Genres
Genres
R Year
Year
R Composers
Composers
R Videos
Videos
R Photos
Photos
R Podcasts
Podcasts
R Audiobooks
Audiobooks
i The functions are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and
analyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these functions
are available more quickly.
The audio books and podcasts categories
are only available for Apple ®
devices.
When connecting Apple ®
devices, the cat-
egories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are
not available. 236
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