2018 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE COMAND Manual

XTo call up the category list:selectCate‐
goryin the menu bar by turning and pressing
the controller.
The category list appears.
XTo select a category: turn and press the
controller.
The category selected is shown in the display.
You hear the channel last selected for this
category.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
At the beginning of the category list, the All
Channelscategory appears. This category
enables you to browse all available channels.
Selecting a channel
Channel search
XWhen the display/section window is selec-
ted, slide 8or9 the controller.
The multimedia system searches in both
directions (ascending and descending) and
stops at the next channel found in the selec-
ted category.
Entering channel numbers directly
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Direct Entry: turn and press the
controller.
An input menu appears.
XTo select a channel number: turn and press
the controller.
XThe multimedia system sets the selected
channel.
iYou can only select currently permitted dig-
its.
Selecting a channel via the satellite
radio station list
You can select the channel using the station list
displaying the artists and tracks that are cur-
rently playing.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Current Station List withArtist&Title: turn and press the control-
ler.
The channel list appears.
XSelect the desired channel
Keyword search
XTo select the keyword search èin the
menu bar: turn and press the controller.
XTo enter the required search term: turn and
press the controller.
Direct and indirect results are shown.
XSelect the required result.
The relevant channel is played.
Memory functions
Quick save:
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful.
Saving a channel using the edit function:
XIn satellite radio mode, slide 6the control-
ler.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Edit Station Preset: turn and
press the controller.
The list of saved channels appears.
XTo select the preset: turn the controller and
press for about two seconds.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
iThere are 100 presets available.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
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Radio

Activating
XIn radio mode: slide6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: On: turn
and press the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
Deactivating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select StationPresetView:Off: turn
and press the controller.
The view of the last heard waveband appears.
Music and sports alerts
General notes
This function makes it possible to store a pro-
gram alert for your favorite artists, tracks or
sporting events.
You can store up to 30 music and sports alerts
(favorites).
Music alerts can only be saved whilst a track is
being played. You can also specify sports alerts
via the menu option. The system then continu-
ously searches through all the channels. If a
match is found with a saved message, you will
be informed. A window appears with the respec-
tive information.
Setting a music alert
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Add New Alert.
A window with a prompt appears.
XSelect ArtistorTrack.
The alert is set for the current artist or track.
The music alert window appears
XTo select Change ToorIgnore: turn and
press the controller.
If you select Change To
, the channel is
changed and the favorite artist or track is
played.
If you select Ignore
, the current channel will
continue playing.
Setting a sports alert
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Manage Sports Alerts.
A menu appears.
XSelect Select New Alerts.
A menu appears.
XSelect the desired team from a league, e.g.
college, NBA, NHL, NFL or MLB.
The alert function for the sports team is
added.
Editing music and sports alerts
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Manage Music AlertsorManageSports Alerts.
A list of set alerts appears.
Tagging music tracks
If the channel supports this function, you are
able to transfer the music track currently playing
to an Apple
®device. You can then purchase it in
the iTunes®store.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Tag This Track: turn and press
the controller.
A message about saving this music track on
the Apple
®device appears.
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Radio

Displaying information
XTo selectInf oin th eradio men ubar :turn and
press th econtroller .
Information on th ecurrentl yreceived pro -
gram is displayed.
If available ,you will see :
Rthechannel log o
Rthechannel abbreviation
Rth eartist of th etrack that is currentl ybein g
playe d
Rthetrack that is currentl ybein gplaye d
XTo return to th eradi omenu :selec tInf oby
slidin g6 and pressing th econtroller .
Displaying service information
The satellite radio provider' scustomer servic e
center is available by phone at any time to
answer any genera lquestion sor question son
th eversions available .
XTo selectOption s:turn and press th econ-
troller.
XTo selec tServic e:turn and press th econ-
troller.
The satellite radio provider' sdetails appear.
XTo return to th emain display :press th e
% button.
Channel list update s
Duringreception of ane wchannel list ,th e
Updating Channels...messag eis shown .
The channel last selecte dis switched to mut e
until th eupdat ehas bee ncompleted. Satellite
radio mode is no tavailable durin gthis process.
Once th eupdat ehas bee ncompleted, th esat -
ellite radio men uappears .If th echannel last
selecte dis available ,this channel will be played.
Sound settings
Information on soun dsetting s (Ypage 160).
Satellite radio137
Radio

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating medi amode
General notes
There are severa lways to activat emedia sour-
ce susin gth emultimedia system. The relevant
section sof th eOperator's Manual describe th e
simples tway to activat e amedia source. Thi s
section describes all option sfo ractivatin g
media sources. If you wish to play external
media sources, th eassociated media men u
mus talready be turned on .
Connections for externa lmedi asour-
ces
The followin gexternal media sources can be
used :
RApple®devices (e.g. iPhon e®)
RUSBdevices (e.g. US Bstick, MP3 player)
Two US Bports are located in th estowag e
spac eunder th earmrest.
RCD
RDV Dvideo
RSD cards
RDevices wit hBluetoot h®connection
Activating medi ausing th ebutton
XTo cal lup th emedia menu: press th eÕ
button.
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XPress th eÕ buttonagain .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
Dependin gon th evehicle equipment ,th efol-
lowing media sources will be available :
RDisc
RMemory Card
RMediaRegister
RMedi aInterfac e 1
RMediaInterfac e 2
RBluetoothAudi oIf playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
Activating medi ausing th emain func-
tion ba r
XTo showthemain function bar in media mode:
slid e5 thecontroller .
XTo selectMedi a:press th econtroller .
A men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
If th emedia sourc econtain smusic or video
files, these will be played. The correspondin g
media men uappears .
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Media

Activating media using the device list
XIn media mode, slide6 thecontroller .
The media men ubar is shown.
XTo select Devices:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The available media source swill be shown.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
XSelectth emedia source .
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
Switching onautomatically
Afte rinserting aCD or DVD, th ecorresponding
media mod eis automatically switched on by th e
multimedia system.
If playable music file sare found, they will be
played by th emultimedia system.
If amedia playbac kfunction is already switched
on in th emultimedia system, this will be inter-
rupted and th eCD or DV Dmod emen uwill
appear .If another function ,suc has navigation ,
is bein goperated, th emedia men udoes no t
change. Only th emusic from th elast inserted
CD or DV Dwill be played .
Audio/video mode
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
The CD/DV Ddrive is aclas s 1laser product.
If you open th ehousing of th eCD/DV Ddrive,
there is aris kof exposure to invisible laser
radiation .This laser radiation could damag e
your retina .There is aris kof injury.
Never open th ehousing .Always hav emain -
tenance and repair wor kcarrie dout at aquali-
fie dspecialis tworkshop .
GWARNING
If you handle adisc while driving, you may be
distracte dfrom th etraffic situation .You could
also lose control of th evehicle. There is aris k
of an accident.
Only handle adisc when th evehicl eis sta-
tionary.
Bear in min dthat at aspee dof only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), th evehicl ecover s a
distanc eof 44 ft (approximately 14 m)per sec-
ond.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD audio, CD-R and CD-RW
RDVD-R, DVD-V and DVD-RW
RSD card
RUSB storage device
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD card
and USB storage media
Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how the multimedia system
processes the CD. The multimedia system plays
only one CD session and gives priority to CD
sessions with audio files.
File structure of a data carrier
When you create a disc with compressed music files, the tracks can be organized in folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no more than eight directory levels.
Files beyond the eighth level will not be recog-
nized by the system.
iThe multimedia system supports data carri-
ers with up to 50,000 files.
In the case of a data carrier with more than
64 GB of stored data, only files in folders with the following names are supported: Music,
Pictures, Video.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed music
files, you can assign names to the tracks and
folders.
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If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root direc-
tory itself, the root directory will also be treatedas a folder.
You should observe the following when assign-
ing track names:
Rtrack names must have at least one character
Rtrack names must have an extension of a sup-
ported audio or video format, e.g. mp3, aac orm4v
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 and video formats:
Audio for-
matsMP3, WMA, CDA, AAC for-
mats (.aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b)
Video for-
matsDVD-V, MPEG, WMV, M4V,
AVI up to 720p
Copy-protected iTunes®music files with
the .m4p file extension are not supported.
Permissible sampling and data rates
The multimedia system supports MP3 and WMA
files of the following type:
FormatData rate
[kbit/s]Sampling
rates [kHz]
MP332-320
(fixed and varia-
ble data rates)8-48
WMA5-384
(fixed and varia-
ble data rates)8-48
The multimedia system does not support WMA
files of the following type:
RDRM (Digital Rights Management) encrypted
files
RWMA Pro
R5.1 surround sound
iOnly use tracks with a data rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. 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
XSelect a USB storage device (Ypage 138).
XSlide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Select Active Partition.
Notes on copyright
Audio or 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
!Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs.
They could peel off and damage the drive.
The drive is designed to receive EN 60908 standard discs. Therefore, you can
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 drive.
Do not use discs with an 8 cm diameter, even
when using an adapter. Only use round discs
with a 12 cm diameter.
Discs with copy protection are not compatible
with the audio CD standard and therefore may
not be able to be played.
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Media

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.
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 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 media menu is shown. If the
CD or DVD is started from another application
(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.
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)
Inserting an SD card
XInsert the SD card into the SD card slot until
the SD card engages. The side with the con-
tacts must face down.
XSelect the media source (Ypage 138).
If MemoryCardhas been selected as a media
source, the medium is played and the files are
loaded in the background. If there are no sup-
ported audio or video files, you will see a mes-
sage to this effect.
Removing an SD card
XPress the SD card.
The SD card is ejected.
XRemove the SD card.
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Connecting USB devices
There are two USB ports in the stowage space
under the armrest (Ypage 138).
XConnect the USB device to the USB port.
If the corresponding media menu is visible,
the medium is played and the files are loaded
in the background. If there are no supported
audio or video files, you will see a message to
this effect.
iMP3 players must support Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP).
Selecting the playback option
Playing similar tracks
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
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 similar tracks on the data
medium then the function cannot be selec-
ted.
XSelect the required track.
Selecting Play mode
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select PlaybackMode: turn and press the
controller.
XSelect Normal Track Sequence.
The current track list is played in the order it is
stored 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.
Skipping 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.
You can select a partition on the USB data
carrier.
Showing track information
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo switch Show Track InformationonO
or off ª: turn and press the controller.
You display or hide information for 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 146).
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 147).
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Media