2016 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class SEDAN Comand Manual

You should observe the following when assign-
ing track names:
Rtrack names must have at least one charac-
ter.
Rtrack names must have an extension of a sup-ported audio/video format, e.g. mp3, aac or
m4v.
Rthere must be a dot between the track name
and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
The multimedia system supports the following
audio formats:
RMP3
RWMA
RCD-A
RAAC formats: .aac, .mp4, .m4a and .m4b
Copy-protected iTunes®music files with
the .m4p file extension are not supported.
The multimedia system supports the following
video formats:
RDVD-V
RMPEG
RWMV
RM4V
RAVI up to 720p.
Permissible bit and sampling rates
The multimedia system supports MP3 files of
the following type:
Rfixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s to
320 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
The multimedia system supports WMA files of
the following type:
Rfixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
The multimedia system does not support WMA
files of the following type:
RDRM (Digital Rights Management) encrypted
files
Rvariable bit rate
RWMA Pro
R5.1 surround sound
iOnly use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kH z.Lower rates can cause a noticeable
deterioration in quality. This is especially the
case if you have activated a surround sound
function.
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only)
You can select this function for USB storage
devices when the storage device is partitioned.
Up to 9 partitions (primary or logical, FAT, FAT32
and NTFS) are supported.
Selecting an active partition
XTo select Optionsin the media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
XSelect Select Active Partition.
Notes on copyright
Audio/video files that you create or reproduce
yourself for playback are generally subject to
copyright protection.
In many countries, reproductions, even for pri-
vate use, are not permitted without the prior
consent of the copyright holder.
Make sure that you know about the applicable
copyright regulations and that you comply with
these.
Notes on CDs/DVDs
!The drive is designed to accept discs which
correspond to the EN 60908 norm. You can
therefore only use discs with a maximum
thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that con-
tain data on both sides (DVD on one side and
audio data on the other), they cannot be ejec- ted and can damage the device.
Use round discs with a diameter of 12 cm. Do
not use discs with a diameter of 8 cm, even if
used in conjunction with an adapter.
Discs with copy protection are not compatible
with the audio CD standard and therefore may
not be able to be played.
Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs.
There may be playback problems if you play CDs that you have copied yourself with a storage
capacity of more than 700 MB.
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iThe multimedia system is able to play back
audio CDs in multichannel audio format.
Inserting and removing a disc from
the single CD/DVD drive
Before inserting or removing a CD/DVD, ensure
that the cup holder is empty.
XTo insert: press theþbutton on the single
drive.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
XInsert 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 appli-
cation (e.g. navigation), the display will not
change.
iThe drive may not be able to play discs with
copy protection.
XTo remove: press theþbutton.
The drive ejects the disc.
XRemove 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.
Menu overview
:Main function bar
;Media menu bar
=Track display on the disc
?Track number and number of tracks in the
track list
AArtist and album
BNumerical time display
CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Inserting and ejecting an SD memory
card
Important safety notes
GWARNING
SD memory cards are small parts. They can be
swallowed and cause asphyxiation. This
poses an increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Keep SD memory cards out of the reach of
children. If an SD memory card is swallowed,
seek immediate medical attention.
!If you are no longer using the SD memory
card, you should remove it and take it out of
the vehicle. High temperatures can damage
the card.
The multimedia system supports SD memory
cards (Secure Digital), SDHC memory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity) and SDXC mem-
ory cards (Secure Digital eXtendedCapacity).
Inserting an SD memory card
XInsert the SD memory card into the SD card
slot until it engages. The side with the con-
tacts must face downwards.
If the memory card has been selected as a
media source, the medium is played and the
files are loaded in the background. If there are
no supported audio/video files, you will see a
message to this effect.
XSelect the media source (Ypage 149).
Ejecting an SD memory card
XPress the memory card.
The memory card is ejected.
XRemove the memory card.
Connecting USB devices
There are two USB ports in the stowage space
under the armrest.
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XConnect the USB device to the USB port.
Ifthe corresponding media displayisvis ible,
the medium isplayed and the files are loaded
in the background. Ifthere are no supported
audio/vide ofile s, you willsee a message to
th is effect.
iMP3 players must support Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP).
Activating media mode
Switching on automatically
After inserting a CD/DVD, th ismedia mode is
automatically switched on bythe multimed ia
system.
If playable musicfiles are foun d,they will be
played bythe multimed iasystem.
If a media function isalready switched on inthe
multimedia system, this will beinterrupted and
the basic display of the CD/DVD mode will
appear. Ifanother function, such as navigation,
is bein g operate d,the basic displaywill not
change. Only the music from the last inserted
CD/DVD will beplayed.
Dependin g on the veh icle equipment, the
default display must already beturned on when
using with USB devices or SDmemory cards.
XInsert the CDs /DVDs (Ypage 152)
or
XIn sert an SDmemory car d:(Ypage 152)
or
XConnect a USB device: (Ypage 152)
The multimedia system loads the medium
inserted and playback starts automatically.
Further options for switching on
RUsing the main function bar: (Ypage 149)
RUsing the device list: (Ypage 149)
RUsing the Õbutton: (Ypage 149)
Playback options
XInmedia mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar isshown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller. Playing similar tracks
XTo select
Play More Like This: turn and
press the controller.
The multimedia system automatically creates
and plays a track list with similar tracks. If
there are no compar abletracks on the data
carrier, you willsee a message to this effect.
XSelect the required track.
Play mode
XTo select PlaybackMode: turn and press the
controller.
XSelect Normal Track Sequence.
The current track list is played in the order it
appears on the data medium.
XSelect Random Track List.
The current track list is played in random
order.
XSelect Random Medium.
All tracks on the data medium are played in
random order.
Direct track entry
XTo select TrackNumber:: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XEnter the desired track number.
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Skip to time
XTo selectSkip to Time: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XTo set the time: turn the controller
or
XSet the desired time.
Selecting an active partition
XTo select Select Active Partition: turn
and press the controller.
With the Select
ActivePartitionoption,
you can select a partition in the USB data
medium.
Showing track information
XTo select Show Track Information: turn
and press the controller.
Ticking or removing the tick from the box in
front of Show Track Information
displays
or hides the information on the track, artist
and album in the main display field.
Saving files to Media Register
iWith the SaveFilestoMediaRegisteroption, you can transfer supported audio,
image or video files to the multimedia system
hard drive.
XTo select the Save Files to Media Reg‐isteroption: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears (Ypage 158).
Managing Media Register
XTo select Manage Media Register: press
the controller.
The contents are shown. Using the controller,
files and folders can be renamed or deleted. When renaming files and folders a menu
appears. The characters are entered using the
controller (
Ypage 30).
XTo select Delete All Media Files: turn
and press the controller.
Files and folders can be completely deleted
from the Media Register.
XSelect Memory Info: important parameters
for your hard drive are shown.
Pause and playback function
XTo pause playback: in audio/video mode,
slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo activate Ëin the Media menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
Playback is interrupted here. The display
changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: in audio/video mode,
slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo activate Ìin the Media menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
Playback is continued from the point of inter-
ruption. The symbol changes to Ë.
Selecting a track
Selecting using the current track list
XTo display the current track list: press the
controller in the basic display.
The category list appears.
XSelect the current track list.
XTo select a track: turn the controller and press
to confirm.
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Selecting by skipping to a track
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a track: turn
or briefly slide 9or8 the controller in
the media basic display.
Search menu
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
XSelect a category, e.g. Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the multime-
dia system default settings and the music
tracks available).
XSelect a sub-category, for example Rock.
If the sub-category Rock
contains music
tracks, these will be displayed.
Gracenote®Media Database
General notes
This function is available in audio CD mode.
There is a version of Gracenote®music recog-
nition technology, Emeryville, California, USA on
the multimedia system hard disk. You will rec-
ognize 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, the multimedia system can use the
Gracenote
®Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in CD audio 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
®data-
base.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 129).
Selecting Internet update of metadata
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Updating Metadata Via Internetin the selection list.
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
XSwitch on audio CD mode (Ypage 153).
XTo select Gracenote Media Database: turn
and press the controller.
XTo switch the display off: select None.
In the basic display, Track 1is shown instead
of the Gracenote®data, for example.
XTo switch on the display: press the controller.
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Media search
General notes
The multimedia system plays back files from thefollowing data media:
RDisc (CD/DVD Audio)
RMemory card
RMedia Register
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices (folder, year and photos are
not available)
The categories are displayed according to the
data available.
Starting the media search
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list appears.
Category list
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
Depending on the connected media sources and
files, 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 categories are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and ana-
lyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these categories
are available more quickly.
When connecting Apple
®devices, the cate-
gories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are not
available.
Searching by current track list
XTo select Current Tracklistin the cate-
gory list: turn and press the controller.
The selection list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching by folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories.
XTo select Folderin the category list: turn and
press the controller.
The folder list appears.
XSelect the required folder.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
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Selecting by cover
XTo selectSelect By Coverin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
A menu with cover views appears.
XSelect the required cover.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching by genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn and
press the controller.
The multimedia system searches in all media
sources. A selection list with Genres
and
media sources appears.
XSelect the desired Genres.
A selection list with music tracks from the
selected genre appears.
XSelect a music track.
The track is played. The basic menu for the
active media source is shown.
XTo exit the selection list: press the %but-
ton.
Keyword search
XTo select Keyword Searchin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
The input field appears.
XTo select the required characters: turn and
press the controller for each one (Ypage 30).
Entering just part of the name of a track or
artist is enough. The search result then dis-
plays the entire text.
XSelect ¬.
The search results are displayed.
The numbers behind the results, as shown in
the example Tracks
(5/0), mean: 5 results
that contain the exact keyword searched for
and 0 results that are similar.
XSelect one of the results.
Keywords that have already been searched
for are displayed in the "Search history" with- out having to enter them completely. They
can be accepted directly and displayed in the
search result.
XSelect an entry.
Albums and covers (if available) are shown.
The multimedia system searches in all media sources.
XSelect an album.
The tracks are listed.
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XSelect a track.
The basic display appears and playback
starts.
Media Register
General notes
You can store music files, photos or video files inthe Media Register. The memory has a capacity
of 10.8 GB.
iKeep your original music files, photos and
video files in a secure location. An error in the multimedia system may result in the loss of
files stored in the Media Register. Mercedes-
Benz is not liable for any loss of data.
Switching on the Media Register
XIn media mode press the Õbutton.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select Media Register: turn and press
the controller.
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:
Rusing the main function bar: (Ypage 149)
Rusing the device list: (Ypage 149)
Rusing the Õbutton: (Ypage 149)
Media Register 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 the
track list
BNumerical time display
CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Copying files to the Media Register
General notes
You can copy photos, music files and videos
from the following data media:
RDisc (CD/DVD)
RSD memory card
RUSB storage device
RMP3
iData can only be copied from an MP3 player
if this can be configured as a mass storage
device.
Video files from DVD-V cannot be copied.
While copying, several functions will not be
available. If this is the case, you will see a
message to this effect.
1. Selecting a data medium
XIn media mode: press the Õbutton.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the control-
ler and press to confirm.
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