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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.
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 or DVD,
ensure that the cup holder is empty.
Inserting
XPress the þbutton 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 up.
The drive closes and the disc is played.
If the CD or DVD is started in Media mode, the
corresponding basic menu will be shown. If
the CD or DVD is started from another appli-
cation (e.g. navigation), the display will not
change.
iThe drive may not be able to play discs with
copy protection.
Removing
XPress the þbutton.
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 removing an SD card
Important safety notes
GWARNING
SD cards are small parts. They can be swal-
lowed and cause choking. This poses an
increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Keep the SD card out of the reach of children. If a SD card is swallowed, seek medical atten-
tion immediately.
!If you are no longer using the SD card, you
should remove it and store it outside the vehi-
cle. High temperatures can damage the card.
The multimedia system supports the following
memory cards:
RSD cards ( SecureDigital)
RSDHC cards (Secure DigitalHighCapacity)
RSDXC cards (Secure Digital eXtendedCapac-
ity)
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Inserting an SD card
XInsertth eSD car dint oth eSD car dslot until
th eSD car dengages. The side wit hth econ-
tacts must fac edown .
If Memory
Car dhas been selected as amedia
source ,th emedium is played and th efile sare
loade din th ebackground. If there are no sup-
porte daudio or vide ofiles, you will see ames -
sage to this effect.
XSelec tth emedia source (Ypage 140).
Removing an SD card
XPress theSD card.
The SD car dis ejected.
XRemove th eSD card.
Connecting USB devices
Ther eare two US Bports in th estowage spac e
under th earmres t (Ypage 140).
XConnect th eUS Bdevice to th eUS Bport.
If th ecorresponding media display is visible,
th emedium is played and th efile sare loade d
in th ebackground. If there are no supported
audio or vide ofiles, you will see amessage to
this effect.
iMP3 player smust support Medi aTransfer
Protoco l(MTP).
Activating media mode
Afte rinserting aCD or DVD, th emedia mod eis
automatically switched on by th emultimedia
system.
If playable musi cfile sare found, they will be
played by th emultimedia system.
If amedia function is already switched on in th e
multimedia system, this will be interrupted and
th ebasic display of th eCD or DV Dmod ewill
appear .If another function ,suc has navigation ,
is bein goperated, th ebasic display will no t
change. Only th emusi cfrom th elast inserted
CD or DV Dwill be played.
Dependin gon th evehicl eequipment, th ebasic
display must already be turne don when usin g
wit hUS Bdevice sor SD cards.
XInser tth eCDs/DVD s (Ypage 143)
or
XInser tan SD card: (Ypage 144)
or
XConnect aUS Bdevice : (Ypage 144)
The multimedia system loads th emedium
inserted and playbac kstart sautomatically.
Further option sfor switching on :
RUsing themain function bar (Ypage 140)
RUsing thedevice list (Ypage 141)
RUsing theÕ button (Ypage 140)
Selecting the playback option
Playing similar tracks
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
XTo select PlayMor eLik eThi s:tur nand
press th econtroller .
The multimedia system automatically creates
and plays atrack list wit hsimilar tracks. If
there are no comparable track son th edat a
carrier, you will see amessage to this effect.
XSelec tth erequire dtrack .
Selecting Play mode
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
XTo select PlaybackMode:tur nand press th e
controller .
XSelectNormal Track Sequence.
The curren ttrack list is played in th eorder it is
store don th edat amedium.
XSelec tRandom Track Lis t.
The curren ttrack list is played in random
order.
XSelec tRandom Medium.
All track son th edat amedium are played in
random order.
Entering a track number directly
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
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XTo selectTrackNumber:: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XEnter the desired track number.
Skip to time
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Skip to Time: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XTo set the time: turn the controller.
Selecting an active partition
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Select Active Partition: turn
and press the controller.
With the Select
ActivePartitionoption,
you can select a partition in the USB data car-
rier.
Showing track information
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
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.
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select the Save Files to Media Reg‐isteroption: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears (Ypage 148).
Managing Media Register
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XDelete or rename individual files in the Media
Register (Ypage 150).
XDelete all files in the Media Register
(Ypage 150).
XCall up information on the preset
(Ypage 151).
Pausing/continuing playback
XTo pause playback: in audio or video mode,
slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Ëin the media menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
Playback is interrupted. The display changes
to Ì.
XTo continue playback: in audio or video
mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select 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.
Selecting by skipping to a track
XTo skip forward or back to a track: turn or
briefly slide 9or8 the controller in the
media basic display.
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Searching for a track
XIn media mode, slide6the 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 CD mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote
®music recognition technology,
Emeryville, California, USA on the multimedia
system 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, the multimedia system can use the
Gracenote
®Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in CD mode.
Carrying out an Internet update of met-
adata
The Updating Metadata Via Internetoption allows any missing metadata for an audio
CD (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) to be uploa-
ded retrospectively to the internal Gracenote
®
database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 123). 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®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
XActivate CD mode (Ypage 144).
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.
Media search
General notes
The multimedia system plays back files from the following data media:
RDisc (audio CD or DVD)
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.
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Category list
XIn media mode, slide6the 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 a track using the current
track list
XTo select Current Tracklistin the cate-
gory list (Ypage 147): turn and press the
controller.
The selection list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via a folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories.
XTo select Folderin the category list
(Ypage 147): turn and press the controller.
The folder list appears.
XSelect the required folder.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via cover view
XTo select Select By Coverin the category
list (Ypage 147): turn and press the control-
ler.
A menu with cover views appears.
XSelect the required cover.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via music genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn and
press the controller.
The multimedia system searches in all media
sources. A selection list with Genre and media
sources appears.
XSelect the desired music genre.
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-
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Searching for a track via a keyword
XTo selectKeywordSearchin the category list
(Ypage 147): turn and press the controller.
The input field appears.
XTo select the required characters: turn and
press the controller for each one (Ypage 29).
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, for 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.
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. 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.
A 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 140)
Rusing the device list: (Ypage 141)
Rusing the Õbutton: (Ypage 140)
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 and DVD)
RSD card
RUSB storage device
RMP3
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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.
A menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the control-
ler and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
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 auto-
matically.
iThe Save Files to Media Registerfunction 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 All Media Files: turn and press
the controller.
This command copies all files from the selec-
ted data medium. The symbol next to All
Media Filesis filled in. All subsequent
entries have a checkmark Obeside them.
XSelect a folder.
A checkmark Onext to the folder entry high-
lights the selection.
XTo select Continue: turn and press the con-
troller.
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 selected
files are saved to the main directory of the
Media Register.
XTo select TargetFolder: 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 process
to be completed, depending on the amount of
data. If there is not enough memory 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 procedure.
The copying procedure continues in the back-
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place, this is shown by a symbol in the status
bar.
Renaming/deleting files
XIn media mode: press theÕbutton.
A menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the control-
ler and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Manage Media Register.
XSelectRename / Delete Files.
The file list is displayed.
XTo highlight the file: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSlide 9the controller.
You can select between EditandDelete.
iOnly folders can be renamed.
Renaming a file
XTo select Edit: turn and press the controller.
An input field appears.
XRename folder.
XTo save changes with ¬: turn and press
the controller.
Renaming a folder only changes the file name.
Depending on whether or not the Show
Track Informationoption has been selec-
ted, this change may not be visible in the main
display field.
Deleting a file
XTo select Delete: turn and press the control-
ler.
Deleting all files
!
In order to prevent malfunctions, do not use
COMAND during this time.
This function deletes all files from the Media
Register.
XIn media mode: press the Õbutton.
A menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the control-
ler and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Manage Media Register.
XSelectDelete All Media Files.
A prompt appears.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
All files are deleted.
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