2015 MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT ROADSTER ESP

You
canhave themusic recogn ition software
updated atan Aut horiz edMerc edes- Benz
cen terbymean sof aD VD orperform the
upda teprocess yourself.
i The Gracenote ®
Media Database is
upda tedatthe same timeasthe map
software (Ypage 52). Setting
AudioFormat
It is only possibl eto set the audioformat in
DVD Audio mode. Thenumber ofavai lable
aud ioformats depends onthe DVD. The
conten tofa DVD Audioiscal led the “album ”,
wh ich can bedivide dinto ama xim um ofnine
gro ups.Ag roup maycontain, forexampl e,
musi cofdiffe ren tsound qualities(stereo and
multi-chan nelformats )or bonus tracks.Each
group caninclude upto99 track s.IfaDVD
Audio onlycomprises oneaudio format, the
“Group” menuitem(s) cannotbe selected.
X Switch toDVD Audio mode(Ypage 143).
X Select DVD-A £
Group .
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The dot#indicates theformat current ly
selected.
X To change setting: Rotateymzor slide
qmr .
X Press n. Playback
Options
The following optionsareavailabl e:
R Normal TrackSequence You
willhear thetrack sin the norm alorder
(e.g. track 1,2,3,etc. ).
R Random Tracks You
willhear thetrack sin random order
(e.g. track 3,8,5,etc. ).
R Random Folder (MP3
mode only)
You hear thetrack sin the curren tlyactive
folder andanysubfolders inrandom order. X
To select anoption: Switchto CD Audio,
DVD Audio orMP3 mode (Ypage 143).
X Select CD or
DVD-A or
MP3 .
The option listappears. Adot# indicates
the option selected.
X Select anoption.
The option isactivated. Foralloptions
except Normal TrackSequence ,
you will
see acorrespon dingdisplay inthe main
area.
i The Normal TrackSequence option
is
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurrent lylistening to
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Music
Register
You canrecord tracksfrom Audio CDsand
store theminthe Music Register. The
memory capacity is6GB.
! Keep youroriginal musicfilesinasafe
place. Afault withth eC OMAND maycause
the music filesstored inthe Music Register
to be lost. Mercedes-Benz USA,LLCisnot
liab lefor any loss ofdata. Switchin
gto the Music Register
From Another MainFunction X
Select Audio £
Audio £
Music Register in
the Audio menudisplay.
i IfMusic Register was
thelast mode,
you only need toselect Audio .
Within theAudio Function X
Select Audio £
Music Register .
Music Register isloade d.The Music
Register displayappea rs.
No music filesavailable:
Am essage willbedisplayed. 148
Music
RegisterAudio

X
To select folde r:Ro tate ymzor slide
qmr .
X Press n.
i Ifyou donot select adestin ation folder
before recording, anew folder willbe
creat ed.
Sta rtthe Recording X
Rotate ymzor slideomp untilSta rt is
high light ed.
X Pre ssn.
In thedisp layinform ation about source,
dest inationand progressoftherec ord ing
is sho wn.
i The Discm enu re-appears automatically
after asuccess fulrecor ding. X
To stop therecord ing:Rotate ymzor
slide ompunt ilCan cel is
high light ed.
X Pre ssn.
The Discm enu re-appears. Deleting
allMusic Files
This function deletes allmusic filesfrom
Music Register.
X Select Music Registe
r £
Delete All
Music
Files .
Ap rompt appears. No is
high lighted.
X Do not dele te:Press thenbutton.
The Musi cRegister display appears.
X To delete: SelectYes .
Ac orrespondin gmessage appears. Calling
upMemory SpaceInfo
X Select Music Register £
Memory Info .
Aw indow appears contain inginform ation on:
R Memor ycapac ity
R Av ailable memory
R Occ upied memo ry
R Cont ent(folder s,track s) Folder
Functions
You canview thecontentofM usic Regis ter,
ch ang efol der ortrack nam esand delet e
ind ivid ual folder sor track s.
X Se lec tFol der in
thesubm enu.
or
X Pre ssn when themain areaishigh light ed. 1
Bac kfolder symbol
2 Current folder
3 Music filesymbol
X To switch tothe next folder up:Select
the Q symbol.
The display changes tothe next folder up.
Changing Folder/Tra ckNam e X
Select Folder .
X To select afolder /track: Rotat eymzor
slide qmr .
X Sel ect Options £
Change .15
0 Musi
cReg isterAu dio

X
Enter anam efor the folder/tra ckinthe
inp utline.
X To sav ech ang es:Sel ect d.
De letin gFo lde rs/ Trac k X
Sel ect Folder .
X To select afolder /track: Rotat eymzor
slide qmr .
X Sel ect Option s £
Delete .
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
X Do not dele te:Pressthen but ton.
X To dele te:Selec tYes and
pressn.
Am essage appears. Playback
Options
The following optionsare available:
R Normal TrackSequenc e You
willhear thetrac ksinthe norm al
sequence (e.g.track1, 2,3etc .).
R Random Tracks: You
hear thetrac ksinrandom order.
R Random Folder The
tracksofthe curren tlyactive folderand
any subfolders areheard inrandom order.
X To select anoption: Switchto Music
Register (Ypage 148).
X Select Music Registe r in
the submenu.
The option listappears. AR dotindicat es
the activat edoption .
X Select anoption .
The option isactivat ed.Acorrespondin g
display willappear inthe main areaforall
options exceptNormal TrackSequence .
i The option Normal TrackSequence is
automatically activatedifyou change the
medium whichiscurrent lybeing playedor
if you select another medium. Anactivated
option remains activeafterCOMAND is
switched onoroff. Media
Interface Import
antNotes
Connec tionOptions Via
the UCI conn ection (Universal Consumer
Int erface) youcan conn ectthe following
media toCOMAND:
R iPods
R MP3 playe r
R USB devices
Supp orted iPod®
Versions
The following iPod®
versions arefully
supported:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Supp orted USBDevic es
The following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives (1-inch,1.8 -inc hand
2.5 -inc hdrives) withastart ing/c ontinuous
current ratingofmaximum 800mA
(otherwise aseparate powersupply willbe
necessary)
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
You canobtain informat ionabout the"USB
Device Subclass 6"from themanufacturer .
Furth erInformat iononSupp orted
Devic es
Further informat iononcompatible
multimedia devicesisavaila bleviathe
Int ernet at
htt p://www.mbusa- mobile.com.Orcall
the Mercedes-B enzCustomer Assistance
Center at1-8 00-FOR-ME RCedes
(1-80 0-367-6372 )(US), orCustomer
Relations at1-8 00-387- 0100 (Canada) . Media
Interface
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Supp
orted DataFormat s(USB devices) The
following datatypes aresupported:
R MP3: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/ s)
R WMA: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/ s)
In order todisplay themetadata during
play back, ID3tags (version 1.x,2.3, 2.4) and
WMA tagsinASCII andUTF16 coding are
supported.
Notes onUSB Devic es
R In order tokeep theinitialisation timeshort,
do not store dataother thanmusic fileson
the USB device.
R Up toeight directory levelswithupto1,000
track sare supported.
R Do not use aUSB exten sioncable or
adapter. Thesemayimpair functionality.
R Play lists aresearched forinthe
background onthe USB device and,if
availa ble,areoffered besidefolders ina
separate category.
R You canonly useUSB devices formatted
with thefilesystem formatFAT(File
Allocation Table).
i Files protect edwith DRM (Digital Rights
Management) arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Conne
ctingExternal Devices
You willfind theconn ection socketsin the
glove compartmen t.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time. Please consult aMercedes-B enz
Service Centerforfurther informat ion.
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle, asfunct ionality cannotbe
guaranteed abovecertain temperatures
(such asinside avehicle indirect sunlight).
Mercedes-B enzdoes nottake
responsibility forany damage toextern al
devices. 1
Connect ionsocket for1/8 inch jackplug,
for MP3 players, forexample.
2 iPod ®
plug forconn ectin gan iPod ®
3 USB socket forconn ectin gaUSB device
4 Example device:iPod®
X Connect theextern aldevice using
appropriate connection 1,2or3.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheextern aldevice.
COMAND activatesthedevice.
If you remove adevice, theNoDevice Connected message
appears.
i The conn ected iPod®
or USB device
should notbeoperated witharemote
con trol (such asaBluetoot hremot e
con trol) while itis being operated with
Media Interface, asthis could cause
unfores eentechnical difficult ies.
i The initialisation periodmaybeext ended
if you connectan iPod ®
or USB device
which hasafully discharged battery.
i Errormessages appearwhilethedevice
is being activat edif:
R you have connected two devices atthe
same time
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
con nected
R the device connected consumes too
much power
R the Media Interface connection is
defect ive 152
Media
InterfaceAudio

If
necessary ,consult aMercedes-Benz
Service Center. Swi
tching toMedia Interface
From Another Main Function X
Select Audio £
Audio £
Media Interface in
the audiomenu display.
i Ifyou previou slyselected operationwith
Medi aInterface, youneed onlyselect
Audio .
or
X Press theefunction button.
Switch onthe previou sdisc opera ting
mode.
i Ifyou previou slyselected operationwith
Medi aInterface, itwil lnow beswitched on.
X Select Media .
The media listapp ears. TheRdot
indicates thecurrent mediumbeing played.
X Rotate ymzor slideqmrunt ilth e
posi tion ofMed iaInterface is
high light edinthemed ialist .
i Ifno dev iceisco nn ected, you willsee the
en try Med iaInterface ins
tead ofa
dev icenam e.
X Pre ssn.
COMA NDactivat estheco nn ecteddev ice
(on lyfor iPod sand USBd evices). Youwill
see acorr espondin gmessage. Thebasic
display thenappears. Ex
ample display: iPod®
operation
1 Devic etype
2 Track number
3 Track name
4 Visual elapsed tracktime
5 Numer icelapsed track time(also in
for mat 00:00:00 for audiobo oks)
6 Visual track displ ay
7 Curr entp layback option
8 Soun dset tings
9 Media list
a Album name,if available
b Catego ries,playlists and/orfolder s
c Artis t,ifavailable
d Playback options
i Ifthe devic econ nected does notcontain
any playable track s,acor respo nding
mess ageappears.
Wit hin theAudio Function X
Conn ectanext ern aldevic e(Ypage 152).
COMAND activates thedevice. Thebasic
display appears.
or
X Select Audio £
Media Interface .
i The type ofdevice 1that hasbeen
con nected isindicat edbythe
corr espondin gicon sfor iPod ®
,MP3 player
or USB mass storage device. Media
Interface
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Alph
abeticalTrack Select ion
iPod sand MP3 Player s i
This function isavaila bleforcategor ies
whic hare arrang edinalphab etical order.
This function isno ta vail ablewithi n
pla ylists, forexampl e.
X Select acategory ,e.g. artists.
The available artists appear.
X Press thecorrespo ndingnumber keyonce
or repea tedlytosele ctthe initia lletter of
the desi redartist. Forexampl e,to sele ctan
artist whosename beginswith C,press the
number key"2"three times.
You seetheavailable letters atthe bottom
edge ofthe disp lay.
After amessa ge,the first entry inthe list
whi chmatches theletter entered is
high lighted.
i Ifthere isno entry whichmatches the
letter whichhas been entered, thelast
entry inthe listw hich matches aprevious
letter ishighlighted.
USB Devic es i
This funct ionisavaila blefordirectories
which arearranged inalpha betical order.
This funct ionisnot availa blewithin
play lists.
X Press thenumber keyinquestion onceor
repeatedly inadirectory toselect theinitial
letter ofthe desired artist.
For example, toselect anartist whose
name begins withC,press thenumber key
“2” three times.
You seetheavaila bleletters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Thefirst
entr yin the listthat matches theletter is
highlighted.
If this does nothappen, COMAND searches
for track s.Aft eramessage, thefirst entry in
the listwhich matches theletter entered
is highlighted.
i Ifthere isno entr ywhich matches the
letter which hasbeen entered, thelast
entr yin the listwhich matches aprevious
letter ishighlighted. Selec
tingtheActive Partition (USB
Devic esOnly)
You canselect thisfunct ionforUSB devices
when thestorage deviceispartitioned. Upto
four partitions (primaryorlogical andFAT-
formatt ed)are supported.
i The Windows formattingprogram
supports FATpartitions witheither FAT16
or FAT32 .
X Select Media Interface £
Select Active
partition .
Playback
Options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence: You
hear thetrack sin their normal order
(numerical oralpha betical).
R Random Tracks: You
hear alltrack sin random order.
R Random Categories or
Random Folder (in
the case ofUSB devices whenFolder has
been selected):
You hear thetrack sin the current active
category orfolder andanysubfolders in
random order.
X To selec tanoption: SelectMedia Interfac
e in
the basic display.
The option listappears. AR dot indicat es
the option selected.
X Select anoption . 156
Media
Interfa ceAudio

Aud
ioAux
An extern al audio source(Aux) can be
co nn ectedto COMA NDviatheadapt er
soc ket1 locate dins ide theglov ebox . Swit
chingto Aud ioAux Mode
From AnotherMainFunct ion X
Se lec tAud io £
Audio £
Aux in
the
audio menudisp lay.
i Ifth elast mod ewas audio Auxmod e,you
on lyne ed tosele ctAud io .
Wit hin theAud ioFunct ion X
Se lec tAud io £
Aux .
The AudioAux men uappear s.The med ium
in theex tern al audio sourceishear d,
pro vide dit is co nn ectedand switched to
playbac k. i
Pleas esee theco rrespo nding oper ating
ins truct ionsfor how tooper atetheex tern al
audio source.
You cansetthefol lowin gin audio Auxmod e:
R Volum e(Y page 36)
R Balan ce(Ypage 37)
R Tre ble and bass (Ypage 37)
R Ban g& Oluf sen (Ypage 37) G
WAR
NING
Due tothedif fer entvol umes oftheex tern al
audio sources,syst emmes sage s(e. g.
nav igat ionann oun cemen ts)may bemuc h
loude r.You may need todisab lethese syst em
mes sage sor adj ust thevol ume ofthese
mes sage sman ually.
i The volume ofextern al audio sourcesis
ex treme lyvar iable. Itis pos sible that a
dev iceconn ectedas an extern al audio
sour cewill soun dquiet eror loude rint he
vehicle orthat theusua lmaximum volume
cannot beachieved. Oncertain devices the
volume canbeset separately. Inthis case,
start atamoderate volumeandincrease it
slowly .Int his way ,you can determine
whether thesystem iscapable ofplay back
without distortion, evenathigh volume. Audio
Aux
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R
After use,rep lace the discs into theslee ve.
R Pro tect thediscs fromheat and direct
su nli ght. DVD
Playb ackC ondi tions
Som eDV Ds may notcom plywith theNTS C
or PA LT Vp layback standard s.Soun d,pict ure
and otherplayback problemsmay occur
when youplay such DVDs.
As standard ,COMA NDcan play video DVDs
which meetthefollowin gcr iter ia:
R Region code1orregion code0(all reg ions)
i Withavide oDV Dh avin gano ther reg ion
co de, aco rrespo nding mes sage willbe
displ ayed.
R PA Lor NTS CTV stand ard
In for mat iononthis can usually befoun d
eit her ontheDV Ditse lfor on the DVD slee ve.
i Thefa ctory setting forCOMAND isreg ion
cod e1. An autho rized Merce des-Be nz
Ce nter canchange thisse tting uptofive
tim es.T his will enable youtoplay video
DVD swith other region codes, provided
that they have been made tothe PAL or
NTSC TVstandard. Functional
Restrictions
It may bethe case thatsome functionsor
actions maynotbepossible atcertain times,
or may notbepossible ingeneral, depending
on the DVD .
When youactivate suchfunctionsoractions,
this isindicated bythe 7inthe displa y. Loading
aDVD
X Pro cee das descri bedin the “Loading CDs
and DVDs” section(Ypage 138) . Eje
cting aD VD
X Pro cee das descri bedin the “Ejecti ngCDs
and DVDs” section(Ypage 140) . Ge
neral Info rmatio n
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