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Selecting a track
Selecting by skipping to a track
X To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: press the 0059or0065 button on
the remote control.
or X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track.
If the elapsed track time has passed 8 sec- onds, the function skips back to the begin-
ning of the track. If the elapsed time is
shorter, it will skip 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 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.
In MP3 mode, the track list shows all tracks in
the currently active folder as well as the folder
structure, allowing you to select any track on
the MP3 CD.
X Select Track List Track List (audio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder
Folder (MP3 mode) using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control, and confirm by pressing the 008B
button.
or
X Press the 008Bbutton when the display/
selection window is active.
The track list appears. The 0036dot indicates
the current track.
X Select a track using the 00630064buttons
and press the 008Bbutton to confirm. Making a selection by entering the track
number directly
X Press the 007Ebutton on the remote con-
trol.
The track entry display appears.
Example: track 2 X Press number button 2.
Example: track 12 X Press the corresponding number keys in
rapid succession.
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.
i It is not possible to enter numbers that
exceed the number of tracks on the CD or in
the currently active folder.
Fast forwarding/rewinding X
With the display/selection window active,
press the 0059or0065 button on the
remote control repeatedly until you reach
the desired position.
or
X Press and hold the 0048or0049 button
until the desired position is reached.
Selecting a folder This function is only available in MP3 mode.
X Select Folder Folder in MP3 mode using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
or
X Press the 008Bbutton when the display/
selection window is active.
The folder content appears. 490
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Folder selection symbol
0044 Current folder name
0087 Track symbol
X To switch to the superordinate folder:
select symbol 0043using the 00630064 but-
tons on the remote control and press the
008B button to confirm.
The display shows the next folder up. 0043
Folder selection symbol
0044 Folder symbol
X Select a folder using the 00630064buttons
and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
You will see the tracks in the folder.
X Select a track using the 00630064buttons
and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The track is played and the corresponding
folder is now the active folder.
Pause function This function is only available in audio DVD
mode. X
To pause playback: select00CFusing
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The 00CF display changes to 00D0.
X To continue playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The 00D0 display changes to 00CF.
Stop function This function is only available in audio DVD
mode.
X To interrupt playback: select00DBusing
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The 00CF display changes to 00D0.
X To continue playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
Playback continues from the point where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: while playback is inter-
rupted, select 00DBagain and press the 008B
button to confirm.
Playback stops and returns to the begin-
ning of the DVD. 00D0is highlighted.
X To restart playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
Playback starts from the beginning of the
DVD.
Setting the audio format The content of an audio DVD can be divided
into up to 9 groups. The availability and type
of group depends on the respective DVD. A
group can contain music in different sound
qualities (stereo and multichannel formats,
for example), or bonus tracks.
X Select DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press 008Bto confirm.
X Select Group Groupusing the 00630064 buttons
and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The list of available audio formats appears. The 0036dot indicates the format currently
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Select an audio format using the 00630064
buttons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0059or0065
button.
Playback options Further information on playback options is
available in the "Audio" section (Y page 450).
X Select CD
CD, DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio orMP3
MP3 using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The options list appears. The 0036dot indi-
cates the option currently selected.
X Select Normal
Normal Track
TrackSequence
Sequence, Random
Random
Tracks
Tracks orRandom Folder
Random Folder using the
00630064 buttons and press the 008Bbutton
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.
i If you switch the data carrier which you
are currently listening to, the Normal
Normal
Track Sequence
Track Sequence option is activated auto-
matically. If an option is selected, it
remains selected after the Rear Seat Enter- tainment System is switched on or off.
Switching track information on/off
(MP3 mode only) If the function is switched on, folder and track
names are displayed.
If the function is switched off, disc and file
names are displayed.
X Select MP3 MP3using the 006400590065 but-
tons on the remote control and press the
008B button to confirm.
X Select Display Track Information
Display Track Information
using the 00630064 buttons and press the
008B button to confirm.
The function is switched on 0073or off 0053,
depending on the previous status. Video DVD mode
Important safety notes G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product. If you open the housing of the CD/DVD drive,
there is a risk of exposure to invisible laser
radiation. This laser radiation could damage
your retina. There is a risk of injury.
Never open the housing. Always have main-
tenance and repair work carried out at a quali- fied specialist workshop.
General notes DVD playback conditions
Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs. There is a large variety of discs,
DVD authoring software, writing software and writers available. This variety means that
there is no guarantee that the Rear Seat
Entertainment System will be able to play
video DVDs that you have copied yourself.
Further information can be found under video
(Y page 474). Information regarding
COMAND also applies to the Rear Seat Enter- tainment System.
Function restrictions
Depending on the DVD, it is possible that cer- tain functions or actions described in this
section will be temporarily blocked or may notfunction at all. As soon as you try to activate
these functions or actions, you will see the 0047
symbol in the display.
Switching to video DVD mode X
Insert a video DVD (Y page 489).
The Rear Seat Entertainment System loads the disc.
If disc mode was the last mode selected, it
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If it was not, switch on video DVD mode as
described in the following instruction.
X Select Disc
Disc in the menu using the
006300590065 buttons on the remote
control and confirm by pressing the 008B
button.
If the video DVD fulfills the playback crite-
ria, the film either starts automatically or
the menu stored on the DVD appears. If the DVD menu appears, you must start the film
manually.
X Select the corresponding menu item in the
DVD menu.
Showing/hiding the control menu Control menu displayed
0043
Type of data medium
0044 Current title
0087 Current scene
0085 Track time
0083 Shows the menu
X To show: press the0063or0064 button on
the remote control.
X To hide: press the 0063or0064 button.
or
X Wait about eight seconds. Showing/hiding the menu Example: menu shown
0043
Video DVD options
0044 Pause function
0087 Stop function
0085 Media selection
0083 Sound settings
X To show: press the008Bbutton on the
remote control.
or
X Select Menu Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To hide: press the 0063button, select
Full Screen Full Screen and press the008Bbutton to
confirm.
Fast forwarding/rewinding X
Press and hold the 0048or0049 button on
the remote control until the desired posi-
tion has been reached.
You see the control menu.
Pause function X
To show the menu: press the008Bbutton on
the remote control.
or
X Select Menu Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To pause playback: select00CFand press
the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The 00CF display changes to 00D0. Rear Seat Entertainment System
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To continue playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The menu is hidden.
Stop function X
To show the menu: press the008Bbutton on
the remote control.
or
X Select Menu
Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To interrupt playback: select00DBand
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The 00CF display changes to 00D0. The
video image is hidden.
X To continue playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
Playback continues from the point where it
was interrupted. The menu is hidden.
X To stop playback: while playback is inter-
rupted, select 00DBagain and press the 008B
button to confirm.
Playback stops and returns to the begin-
ning of the DVD. 00D0is highlighted.
X To restart playback: select00D0and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
Playback starts from the beginning of the
DVD.
Selecting a scene/chapter General notes
Observe the information on DVD video mode
(Y page 476).
Skipping forwards/backwards X Press the 0059or0065 button on the
remote control.
or X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The navigation menu (Y page 474)appears
for approximately eight seconds. Selecting a scene/chapter directly
These examples illustrate how to select
scene/chapter 5.
X Option 1: while the film is playing, press
the 007E button on the remote control.
X Press the corresponding number key, such
as 5.
X Option 2: while the film is playing, press
the 008Bbutton on the remote control and
show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-V and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
X Select DVD Functions DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Scene
Scene Selection
Selection and press the 008B
button to confirm.
X Select 5
5using the 0063or0064 button and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
In both cases, playback will begin from the
fifth scene/chapter after a brief pause.
Selecting a film/track Option 1:
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm. X
Select DVD Functions DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Title Title Selection
Selection and press the 008B
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To call up the selection list: press the008B
button.
X Select a film/title.
Option 2:
Example: selecting film 2
X Press button 2.
After a brief pause, the second film is
played.
DVD menu Calling up the DVD menu
The DVD menu is the menu stored on the DVD
itself. It is structured in various ways accord-
ing to the individual DVD and permits certain actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for exam-
ple, you can change the DVD language in the DVD menu.
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video and press the 008Bbutton
on the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Menu Menuand press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menu items in the DVD menu X
Select a menu item using the
006300640059 buttons on the remote control and press the
008Bbutton to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Confirm Select Selectby pressing the 008Bbutton.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System car-
ries out the action or shows a submenu.
X If available, additional options can now be
selected.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System then
switches back to the DVD menu.
i Menu items which cannot be selected are
shown in gray.
i Depending on the DVD, the menu items:
Back Back (to
(tothe
themovie)
movie) ,Play
Play, Stop
Stop,0048,
0049 orGo
Go Up
Upmay either not function at all
or may not function at certain points in the
DVD menu. To indicate this, the 0047symbol
appears in the display.
Stopping a film or skipping to the begin-
ning or end of a scene X Select any menu item from the DVD menu.
The menu appears.
X To stop the film: select theStop Stopmenu
item and press the 008Bbutton on the remote
control to confirm.
X To skip to the end of a scene: select the
0049 menu item and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
X To skip to the beginning of a scene:
select the 0048menu item and press the
008B button to confirm.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu
X Show the DVD menu.
X Press the 0038back button on the remote
control or select the corresponding menu
item in the DVD menu.
or X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 0098the COMAND controller to con-
firm.
X Select Go Up Go Upand press 0098to confirm. Rear Seat Entertainment System
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MP3 mode
X To select a track by skipping to a track:
press the 0059or0065 button on the
remote control.
or X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track.
If the elapsed track time has exceeded 8
seconds, the function skips back to the
beginning of the track.
If the elapsed track time is less than 8 sec- onds, the function skips back to the begin-
ning of the previous track.
X To select a folder: press the0064button
on the remote control.
X Highlight one of the two folder symbols
with the 0059or0065 button and press 008B
to confirm.
Depending on your selection, the previous
or next folder is selected and the first track
is played.
Additional setting option:
R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 487)
Video DVD mode X To hide a menu: confirmMenu
Menu with the 008B
button.
The video image is played in full screen
mode.
Additional setting options: R Adjusting the brightness, contrast and
color (Y page 487)
R Changing the picture format (Y page 488)
R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 487)AUX mode
Introduction You can connect one external video source to
each of the displays of the Rear Seat Enter-
tainment System (AUX display) and also one
external video source to the rear-compart- ment CD/DVD drive (AUX drive) with a sound
and video signal.
Please see the corresponding operating
instructions for information on how to oper-
ate the external video source.
For further details about external video sour-ces, please consult an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center.
Connecting AUX equipment AUX drive
The AUX drive jacks are located on the
CD/DVD drive next to the CD/DVD eject but-
ton (Y page 483).
Displaying AUX
The AUX display jacks are on the side of the
screen (Y page 482).
Audio and video connection
X Insert the audio plugs for the left and right
signals into the corresponding Land R
jacks.
X Insert the video plug into the Vjack.
Activating AUX mode AUX drive
X
Select Aux Auxin the menu using the
006300590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The AUX menu appears.
X Select Source
Source from the AUX menu and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X Select Disc Drive Aux
Disc Drive Aux and press the008B
button to confirm.
You will hear and see the content of the
external video source if it is connected to
the CD/DVD drive and switched to play-
back. If no video image is available from the AUX source connected, you will see an
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Displaying AUX
X Select the screen by turning the scroll
wheel on the remote control (Y page 482)
until " LREAR " (left screen) or "REAR R"
(right screen) is highlighted in the window.
X Select Aux
Aux in the menu using the
006300590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X Select Source
Source from the AUX menu and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X Select Display Aux
Display Aux and press the008Bbut-
ton to confirm.
You will see and hear the content of the
video source if it is switched to playback. If no video image is available from the AUX
source connected, you will see an audio
menu.
Adjusting treble and bass X
Select Treble Treble orBass
Bass in the AUX menu
and press the 008Bbutton on the remote
control to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 0063or0064
button and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
Adjusting the brightness, contrast or
color X
Select Display Display Aux
AuxorDisc
Disc Drive
Drive Aux
Aux in
the AUX menu and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
X Select Brightness
Brightness, Contrast
ContrastorColor
Color
and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 0063or0064
button and press the 008Bbutton to confirm. Changing the picture format X
Select Display
Display Aux
Aux orDisc
Disc Drive
Drive Aux
Auxin
the AUX menu and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm.
X Select 16:9 Optimized
16:9 Optimized ,4:3
4:3 orWide‐
Wide‐
screen
screen using the 00630064 buttons and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The dot in front of a menu item indicates
the current setting. SIRIUS weather
Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your
COMAND system may not be equipped with
all the features described. Introduction
i This function is currently not available for
Canada.
For the reception of weather forecasts via
satellite radio, you will need a SIRIUS XM Sat- ellite Weather subscription.
When the Call CallSIRIUS
SIRIUS to
toactivate
activate sys‐
sys‐
tem at 888-539-7474
tem at 888-539-7474 message with the
SIRIUS device identification number appears, you will first have to obtain access to the
weather service. A description of the proce-
dure can be found in the "Registering satelliteradio" section (Y page 440).
COMAND can receive weather forecasts via
satellite radio for the entire USA (including
Alaska and Hawaii). The received weather
data can be displayed as an information chart (daily forecast, five-day forecast, detailed
information) or on the weather map.
The weather data received from a weather
station is stored in COMAND for one hour. It
can therefore be displayed again immediately SIRIUS weather
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