De-authorizing (deregistering)aBlue-
toot h®audi odevice
XTo selec t aBluetoot h®audio devic efrom
th eBluetoot h®devicelist :turn th econtrol-
ler .
XTo selec tth esymbol to th eright of th e
Bluetoot h®audio device: slid e9 and
press th econtroller .
XTo selectDeauthorize:press th econtrol-
ler .
A prompt appears askin gwhether you
really wish to deauthoriz ethis device.
XTo selec tYesor No:turn and press th econ-
troller.
If you selec tYes
,th edevic eis delete dfrom
th eBluetoot h®devicelist .
If you selec tNo
th eprocess is canceled.
iBefore re-authorizin gth eBluetoot h®
audio device, you should also delete th e
devic enam eMB Bluetooth
from your
Bluetoot h®audio device's Bluetoot h®list
(se eth eBluetoot h®audio device's operat -
in g instructions).
Switchin gto Bluetoot h®audiomode
Basic display
:Audio transmissio nstatus (dependin gon
th eBluetoot h®audio device, also titl e
nam eand artist )
;Data medium position in th emedia list
=Sound setting s
?Devicelist
ATo stop Ëor start Ìplayback
BNameof th econnecte dBluetoot h®audio
devic e(example)
COption smen u
Some mobile phone sonly suppor ttw oBlue-
toot h
®profiles at th esam etime (e.g. Hands-
Free Profile fo rBluetoot h®telephon yand
Bluetoot h®audio profil efo raudio streaming).
If you activat eBluetoot h®audio mode and
there is already an active Internet connection ,
this can caus eth econnection to be termina-
ted.
Switchin gto Bluetoot h®Audio
XTo showthemain function bar :slid e5
th econtroller .
XTo selectMedia:turn and press th econ-
troller.
The last media source you hav eset is dis -
played .
XTo selec tMedia:slid e5 and press th e
controller .
XTo selectBluetooth Audio:turn and
press th econtroller .
COMAN Dactivates th eBluetoot h
®audio
device. The basi cdisplay then appears .
Playback starts.
iIf th eBluetoot h®audio devic econnecte d
supports metadat aand correspondin gdat a
is available ,then th eartist ,track and album
nam ecan be displayed .
Starting/stopping playback
XTo selectStar tplayback Ì:turn and
press th econtroller .
Playback starts. Ëis selected.
XTo stop playback: selectË.
A message appears .Ì is selected.
XTo continu eplayback: selectÌ.
A message appears .Ë is selected.
198Bluetooth®audio mode
Media
Starting playback if the Bluetooth®
audio device has been stopped
During the search for mobile phones
(
Ypage 115), the connection with the Blue-
tooth®audio device is terminated. In the
Bluetooth®audio basic display (Ypage 198)
you will see the No Bluetooth Audio
Device Connectedmessage and the Con‐
nectLastUsedPlayermenu item cannot
be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth
®
audio device can be reconnected.
XTo select Start playback: Ì: slide6
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning.
XTo select Connect Last Used Player:
press the controller.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth
Audio Device Pausedmessage.
iIf there is an Internet connection and the
mobile phone that is connected only sup-
ports two Bluetooth
®profiles at the same
time, the Internet connection is interrup-
ted.
iThe connection to the Bluetooth®audio
device can also be interrupted if:
Rthe connected mobile phone only sup-
ports 2 Bluetooth®profiles at the same
time.
Ryou connect to the Internet using
COMAND (
Ypage 153).
Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth®audio devices. Some mobile phones impair function with
regard to the following criteria:
Rthe number of tracks that can be selected
Rthe time period until the next or previous
track is played
XSwitch the multifunction steering wheel to
the media menu (see the vehicle Operator's
Manual).
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a
track: press the 9or: button on
the multifunction steering wheel.
XRapid scroll: press and hold the 9
or : button on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel until the desired track is reached.
If you press and hold the 9or:
buttons, the rapid scrolling speed increa-
ses after a short time.
iIn rapid scroll, track names are not
shown, but instead only Track1, Track2 etc.
The playback times for the tracks played
are not displayed. This is available as an
optional function starting with AVRCP Ver-
sion 1.3. There is also no music search
option available with Bluetooth
®Audio.
Selecting playback options
If the Bluetooth®audio device supports the
corresponding function, the following options
are available:
RNormal Track Sequence: the tracks are
played in the normal order (e.g. track 1, 2, 3
etc.).
Audio data playback is determined by the
order in which the tracks are written to the
data medium. Alphabetical order is the
most common. Once all the tracks in a
folder have been played, the tracks in the
next folder are played.
RRandomTrackList: the current track list
is played in random order (e.g. 3, 8, 5 etc.).
RRandom Medium: all tracks on the data
medium are played in random order (e.g.
track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Bluetooth®audio mode199
Media
Z
Playback options are optional functions
and are not, or only partially, supported by
Bluetooth
®audio devices.
Selecting playback options
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Playback Mode.
A # dot indicates the current setting.
XSelect the desired option.
If you select Random
TrackList, you will
see a corresponding message in the display
or selection window.
Increasing the volume using COMAND
XTo select Options: slide6and press the
controller.
XTo select Volume: turn and press the con-
troller.
A menu appears. The #dot indicates the
current setting.
XSelect StandardorBoost.
Information on sound settings
(
Ypage 210).
Operation with the Media Interface
General notes
Media Interface is a universal interface for the
connection of mobile audio and video devi-
ces. Media Interface in COMAND has two
USB connections.
Two USB connection sockets and an SD card slot are located in the stowage compartment
under the armrest.
Media Interface basic display
:Main function bar
;Display for the active data medium
=Media menu bar
?Track display on the disc
ATrack number and number of tracks in thetrack list
BNumerical time display
CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Switching to Media Interface
XConnect a data medium to USB socket 1 or
USB socket 2 (
Ypage 184).
XSelect the basic menu for Media Interface 1
or Media Interface 2 (
Ypage 181).
If playable media files are found, they will
be played by COMAND.
If you remove a device, the No Device
Connectedmessage appears.
Supported devices
The following data media can be connected to
COMAND via the Media Interface:
RiPod®
RiPhone®
RiPad®
RMP3
RUSB devices
200Operation with the Media Interface
Media
iIt is not possible to run two Apple®devi-
ces simultaneously. Therefore the device
last connected is loaded.
iiPod®, iPhone®and iPad®are registered
trademarks of Apple Inc., Cupertino, Cali-
fornia, USA.
iAudio files, photos and video files can be
played back.
For details and a list of supported devices,
visit our website at http://www.mercedes-
benz-mobile.com/. Then follow the instruc-
tions in the "Media Interface" section.
Or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tance 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
Musicmp3, wma, aac
Videompeg, wmv, mov,
avi, mp4
Imagesjpg, jpeg, bmp, png
Selecting a music file
Selecting with the controller
XTo display the current track list: press
the controller in the basic display.
The track list for the active data medium
appears.
XTo select a track: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a
track: turn the controller in the basic dis-
play.
The selected track is played.
Fast forward/rewind
XWith the media source active in the basic
display, slide 8or9 the controller and hold it until the desired position has
been reached.
Search function
Selecting Search using media menu bar
XSlide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears.
Overview
The following categories are listed:
RCurrent Tracklist
RFolder
RSelect By Cover
RKeyword Search
RPlaylists
RArtists
RAlbums
RTrack
RGenres
RYear
RComposers
RVideos
RPhotos
RPodcasts
RAudiobooks
iThe 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.
Operation with the Media Interface201
Media
Z
Your COMANDequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipmen tfo ryour
COMAN Dsystem, as available at th etime of
going to print .Country-specifi cdifference s
are possible. Please note that your COMAN D
syste mmay no tbe equipped wit hall th efea-
tures described .
Weather forecasts
Introduction
Thisfunction is currentl yno tavailable fo r
Canada.
Fo rth ereception of weather forecast svia
satellite radio, you will need aSIRIU SXM Sat -
ellite Weather subscription .
If th emessage: Call
SIRIUStoactivate
system at: 888-539-747 4ESN:
SIRIUSIDappears alon gwit hth eID number
of th eSIRIU Sdevice, you will need to hav eth e
weather servic eactivated first .
XTo selectCal lorCancel:turn an dpress
th econtroller .
If amobile phone is connecte dto COMAN D
(
Ypage 114), th ecal lwill connec tto aSIR-
IU Sservic eemploye eafter selecting Call
.
The ID number of th eSIRIU Sdevic ewill be
transferred to th etelephon edisplay.
XThi swill be followed by instruction sfrom
th eservic eemployee.
COMAN Dcan receiv eweather forecast svia
satellite radio fo rth eentire US A(includin g
Alask aan dHawaii).
The received weather dat acan be displaye d
as an information chart (dail yforecast ,five-
day forecast ,detailed information )or on th e
weather map .
The weather dat areceived from aweather
station is stored in COMAN Dforon ehour .It
can therefore be displaye dagain immediately
after restartin gth eengin e(fo rexample after
refueling). Dependin
gon whic hscale has bee nselected,
th eweather map can display th efollowin g
weather dat awit hsymbols :
Rrain radar
Rstormcharacteristics
Rhig han dlow-pressure areas, weather
fronts
Rcours eof tropical cyclones (hurricanes,
typhoons )
Rgale warnings
Rwinddirection an dspeeds
iThe rain radar canno tbe displaye dfo r
Alaska, Hawaii an dPuerto Rico.
iHurricane: term used to describe th etrop-
ical cyclones that primarily develop in th e
Atlantic, North Pacifi can dSout hPacifi c
oceans. The win dspeeds are abov e74 mph
(
11 8km/h). Five categorie sare used to
classify th estrengt hof ahurricane.
Typhoon :term used to describe atropical
cyclon ethat develop sin th enorthwestern
Pacific. The win dspeeds are in th ecategory
of ahurricane.
Switching th eSIRIUS Weather display
on/of f
Activating
XTo show th emain function bar: slide5
th econtroller .
XTo select®: turn an dpress th econtroller .
The men ufo rselecting internet applica-
tion sappears .
216Weather forecasts
SIRIUS Weather