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Playback options
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
Playing similar tracks
XTo select PlayMoreLikeThis: turn and
press the controller.
COMAND automatically creates and plays
a track list with similar tracks. If there are
no comparable tracks on the data carrier,
you will see a message to this effect.
XSelect the required track.
Play mode
XTo select Playback Mode: 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 Track Number:: turn and press
the controller.
A menu appears.
XEnter the desired track number.
Skip to time
XTo select SkiptoTime: 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 Active Partition
option, 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
dis-
plays or hides the information on the track,
artist and album in the main display field.
Saving files to Media Register
iWith the SaveFilestoMediaRegis‐
teroption, you can transfer supported
audio, image or video files to the COMAND
hard drive.
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XTo select theSaveFilestoMediaReg‐
isteroption: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears (
Ypage 188).
Managing Media Register
XTo select Manage Media Register: press
the controller.
The contents are shown. Using the control-
ler, files and folders can be renamed or
deleted.
When renaming files and folders a menu
appears. The characters are entered using
the controller (
Ypage 31).
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 parame-
ters for your COMAND 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
interruption. 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.
Selecting by skipping to a track
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a track:
turn or briefly slide 9or8 the con-
troller in the media basic display.
Search menu
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XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list is shown.
XSelect a category, e.g. Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the
COMAND 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 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 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 uploa- ded retrospectively to the internal Grace-
note
®database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 151).
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 Inter‐
netin 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 Inter-
net connection, a corresponding error mes-
sage will appear.
Switching the Gracenote®data display
on/off
XSwitch on audio CD mode (Ypage 182).
XTo select Gracenote Media Database:
turn and press the controller.
XTo switch the display off: select None.
In the basic display, Track 1
is shown
instead of the Gracenote®data, for exam-
ple.
XTo switch on the display: press the control- ler.
Media search
General notes
COMAND plays back files from the following
data mediums:
RDisc (CD/DVD Audio)
RMemory card
RMedia Register
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices (folder, year and photos are
not available)
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The categories are displayed according to the
data available.
Starting the media search
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
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 con-
troller.
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
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
XTo select Current Tracklistin the cat-
egory 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 selectSelectByCoverin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
A menu with cover views appears.
COMAND searches all media sources.
XTo move the desired folder to the front: turn
the controller.
The track list appears.
XTo select the desired track: turn and press
the controller.
Searching by genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn
and press the controller.
COMAND searches all media sources. A
selection list with Genres
and media sour-
ces 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 %
button.
Keyword search
XTo select Keyword Searchin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
The input field appears.
XTo select required characters: turn and
press the controller for each letter
(
Ypage 31).
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
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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"
without having to enter them completely.
They can be accepted directly and dis-
played in the search result.
XSelect an entry.
Albums and covers (if available) are shown.
COMAND searches all media sources.
XSelect an album.
The tracks are listed.
XSelect a track.
The basic display appears and playback
starts.
Media Register
General notes
You can store music files, photos or video files
in the MEDIA REGISTER. The memory has a
capacity of 10.8 GB.
iKeep 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.
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 178)
Rusing the device list: (Ypage 179)
Rusing the Õbutton: (Ypage 178)
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 mediums:
RDisc (CD/DVD)
RSD memory card
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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 con-
troller and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Save Files to Media Register.
The media list appears. A data medium
from which files can be copied is selected
automatically.
iThe Save Files to Media Register
function can be reached from any media
application.
XSelect the displayed data medium.
The data medium is loaded.
If the data medium contains files that can
be copied, a selection menu appears.
2. Selecting files
XTo select AllMediaFiles: turn and press
the controller.
This command copies all files from the
selected data medium. The symbol next to
All Media Files
is filled in. All subse-
quent entries have a checkmark Obeside
them.
XSelect a folder.
A checkmark Onext to the folder entry
highlights the selection.
XTo select Continue: turn and press the
controller.
The copying menu appears.
3. Starting the copying process
In the example, files are copied from a USB
device to the Media Register.
XTo select Start: press the controller.
iThe selection of a target folder is optional.
If there is no target folder given, the selec-
ted files are saved to the main directory of
the Media Register.
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XTo selectTarget Folder: turn and press
the controller.
XSelect a folder.
XSelect Continue.
XTo select Start: press the controller.
The copying procedure starts and is shown
in the progress bar.
It may take some time for the copying proc-
ess to be completed, depending on the
amount of data. If there is not enough mem-
ory space, a message to this effect
appears.
Once the copying procedure is complete,
you will hear the first track of the copied
album. You can now copy more files to the MEDIA REGISTER.
XTo cancel copying: selectCancel.
Files are stored in the MEDIA REGISTER up until the point of cancellation.
iIt is possible to change to a different func-
tion (e.g. radio) during the copying proce-
dure. The copying procedure continues in
the background. While the copying proce-
dure is taking place, this is shown by a sym-
bol in the status bar.
Renaming/deleting files
XIn media mode: press the Õbutton.
The menu appears with the available media sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the con-
troller and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Manage Media Register.
XSelectRename / Delete Files.
The file list is displayed.
XTo highlight the selected files: turn and
press the controller.
XSlide 9the controller.
You can select between Edit
andDelete.
XTo select Editfor the file: turn and press
the controller.
The following entry field appears:
XRename the file.
XTo save changes with ¬: turn and press
the controller.
Renaming a file only changes the name.
Depending on whether or not the Show
Track Informationoption has been
selected, this change may not be seen in
the main display field.
XTo select Deletefor the file: press the con-
troller.
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