Light MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

55 Audio
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3
Loading the DVD changer
The DVD changer is a magazine with six
built-in compartments.
1Disc slot
2Load/Eject button (all magazine com-
partments)
Loading an individual magazine com-
partment
Press the Load button2.
A menu indicates which magazine com-
partments are currently loaded. The
highlighted or currently playing com-
partment is indicated by a red number.
Magazine menu
To select magazine compartment:
Rotate ymz or slide omp.
To start loading: Press n.
The DVD changer will switch to the se-
lected magazine compartment. The
message “Please Wait...” will be dis-
played.
The message “Please Insert Disc <x>”
will be displayed.
i Only insert a CD after COMAND has prompt-
ed you to do so with this message. Only insert
one CD per magazine compartment.
Insert a disc into the slot1 with the
printed side upwards.
The DVD changer pulls in the disc and
places it in the selected magazine com-
partment. The message “Loading Disc
<x>” will be displayed.
i The loading process may take a while, de-
pending on the type of disc. If you do not insert a
disc, the display will switch back to the Magazine
menu after approximately 20 seconds.
The DVD changer plays the disc if
it has been inserted correctly
it is a permissible disc.

57 Audio
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3
COMAND supports type I and II 16 bit full-
size PCMCIA memory cards.
i COMAND supports commercially available
PCMCIA cards or PCMCIA card adapters with
storage media that may not be designed for the
temperatures which occur in the vehicle. You
should therefore remove the PCMCIA card from
the vehicle when not in use since extreme tem-
peratures could damage these devices.
1Slot for PCMCIA memory card
Push the PCMCIA memory card into
the slot 1.
The end with the contacts must be
pointing towards the slot.COMAND loads the memory card and
displays the message “Reading memo-
ry card”.
If no MP3 tracks can be found, a mes-
sage will be displayed.
Ejecting from the DVD changer
i If you eject a disc while another is being
played, the DVD changer interrupts playback.
Playback will continue once the disc has been
ejected completely.
Ejecting one disc
Press the Eject button2.
The Magazine menu appears. The mag-
azine compartment with the current
disc is highlighted.1Magazine compartment occupied,
ejecting possible
2Disc type
3Disc name (only if stored on disc)
4Current disc
To select occupied magazine com-
partment: Rotate ymz or slide omp.
Press n.
The message “Ejecting Disc <x>” will be
displayed. The following message will
then be displayed.
Loading PCMCIA memory card
Ejecting CDs and DVDs
G Warning
Only eject a disc when the vehicle is station-
ary. You may otherwise be distracted from
the traffic conditions and could cause an ac-
cident.

62 Audio
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3
In CD audio, DVD audio and
MP3 mode
To activate playback pause:
Briefly press I.
X appears at the top left of the status
bar.
To resume playback: Briefly press I
again.
X disappears.
In DVD audio mode only
To activate playback pause:
Switch to DVD audio mode.
Select g.
The g display changes to T.
To resume playback:
Switch to DVD audio mode.
Select T.
The T display changes to g.
In CD audio, DVD audio and MP3
mode: Select “Changer”.
or
In CD audio and DVD audio mode
only: Press n if the display/selection
window is highlighted.
The media list appears. The
dotR indicates the medium currently
playing.
Media list
The media list shows you the storage me-
dia currently available:
In the DVD changer (magazine com-
partments 1 to 6)
The following storage media can be
read:
J CD audio, L MP3-CD, K DVD
audio and I DVD video
i If a storage medium is not readable, an entry
appears next to the magazine compartment or a
message is displayed when the memory card is
selected.
PCMCIA memory card M at position 7
Music Register N at position 8
To select storage medium: Rotate
ymz or slide qmr.
Press n.
i If you select a video DVD I, then this
switches the unit to video mode (

page 77).
Pause functionSelecting CD/DVD/MP3 media

63 Audio
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $ or % but-
tons, for selecting a track or a menu or scrolling
through lists (

page 23).
Selection via track skip
To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: Rotate ymz.
or
Press G or H.
i ‘Forward track skip’ skips to the next track.
‘Backward track skip’ skips to the beginning of
the current track, if the track has been playing
for more than 8 seconds. If the track has been
playing for less than 8 seconds, it will skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
If the playback option “Random Tracks” is
switched on, the track sequence is random.
Selecting via track list
In CD audio/DVD audio mode: Select
“Track” or “Track List”.
or
In MP3 mode: Press n if the display/
selection window is highlighted.The track list appears. The dotRindi-
cates the current track.
To select a track: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.
Press n.
i In MP3 mode the list displays all tracks in al-
phabetical order.
Display/selection window is high-
lighted: Slide and hold omp until the
desired point is reached.
or
Press and hold G or H on the
control unit until the desired point is
reached.
i The function is only available in MP3 mode.
Switch to MP3 mode (
page 60).
Select “Folder”.
or
Press n if the display/selection win-
dow is highlighted.
The folder list appears.
1Back folder symbol
2Current track
3Track symbol
4Current folder name
Selecting tracks
Fast forward/reverse
Selecting folders

68 Audio
Music Register
i CD information, including album, title, artist
name and track name is obtained from the
Gracenote
® Media Database (
page 64).
In the “Disc” submenu select “REC”.
The Record menu appears on the sub-
menu.
Selecting tracks to be recorded
Rotate ymz or slide omp until
“Tracks” is highlighted.
Press n.
Select tracks to be recorded by switch-
ing the check mark next to each track
entry on or off.
1Record all tracks (default)
2Option for selecting individual tracks
3Confirm selection
i If you do not select individual tracks before
recording, all tracks on the CD will be recorded.
Selecting a destination folder
Rotate ymz or slide omp until
“Folder” is highlighted.
Press n.
1Create new folder (default)
2Existing folders
3Currently active folder
To select folder: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.
Press n.
i If you do not select a destination folder be-
fore recording, a new folder will be created.
Recording music files

69 Audio
Music Register
Start the reording
Rotate ymz or slide omp until “Start”
is highlighted.
Press n.
In the display information about
source, destination and progress of the
recording is shown.
i The Disc menu re-appears automatically af-
ter a sucessful recording.
To stop the recording: Rotate ymz or
slide omp until “Cancel” is highlighted.
Press n.
The Disc menu re-appears.This function can be used to delete all the
music files in the Music Register.
Select “Music Register” K “Delete All
Music Files”.
A prompt appears. “No” is highlighted.
Do not delete: Press n.
The Music Register menu appears.
To delete: Select “Yes”.
A corresponding message appears.
Select “Music Register” K “Memory In-
fo”.
A window appears containing informa-
tion on:
Memory capacity
Available memory
Occupied memory
Content (folders, tracks)You can view the content of the Music Reg-
ister, change folder/track names and de-
lete individual folders/tracks.
Select “Folder” in the submenu.
1Back folder symbol
2Music file symbol
3Current folder
or
Press n if the display/selection win-
dow is highlighted.
A similar list appears that also shows
the content of the music register.
Deleting all music files
Requesting memory space informa-
tion
Folder functions

70 Audio
Music Register
To switch to the next folder up: Se-
lect theQsymbol.
The display changes to the next folder
up.
Changing folder/track name
Select “Folder”.
To select a folder/track: Rotate ymz
or slide qmr.
Select “Options” K “Change”.
Enter a name for the folder/track in the
input line.
To save change: Select B.
Deleting folder/track
Select “Folder”.
To select a folder/track: Rotate ymz
or slide qmr.
Select “Options” K “Delete”.
A prompt appears. “No” is highlighted.
Do not delete: Press n.
To delete: Select “Yes” and press n.
A message appears.The following options are available:
“Normal Track Sequence”
You will hear the tracks in the normal
sequence (e. g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
“Random Tracks”
The tracks are played in random order.
“Random Folder”
The tracks of the currently active folder
and any subfolders are heard in ran-
dom order.
To select an option: Switch to Music
Register (

page 67).
Select “Music Register” in the sub-
menu.
The Options list appears. A dotRindi-
cates the activated option.
Select an option.
The option is activated. A correspond-
ing display will appear in the display/
selection window for all options except
“Normal Track Sequence”.
i The option “Normal Track Sequence” is au-
tomatically activated if you change the medium
which is currently being played or if you select
another medium. An activated option remains
active after COMAND is switched on or off.Playback options

75 Video
DVD video

After use, replace the discs into the
sleeve.

Protect the discs from heat and direct
sunlight.
Some DVDs may not comply with the
NTSC or PAL TV playback standards.
Sound, picture and other playback prob-
lems may occur when you play such DVDs.
As standard, COMAND can play video
DVDs which meet the following criteria:

Region code 1 or region code 0 (no re-
gion code)
i With a video DVD having another region
code, a corresponding message will be dis-
played.

PAL or NTSC TV standard
Information on this can usually be found ei-
ther on the DVD itself or on the DVD
sleeve.
i The factory setting for COMAND is region
code 1. An authorized Mercedes-Benz Center
can change this setting. This will enable you to
play video DVDs with other region codes, provid-
ed that they have been made to the PAL or NTSC
TV standard.
It may be the case that some functions or
actions may not be possible at certain
times, or may not be possible in general,
depending on the DVD.
When you activate such functions or ac-
tions, this is indicated by the 7 symbol in
the display.
Proceed as described in the “Loading
CDs and DVDs” section (
page 54).
Proceed as described in the “Ejecting
CDs and DVDs” section (
page 57).
DVD playback conditions
Functional restrictions
Loading DVDs
Ejecting DVDs

82 Video
DVD video
i The functions are not available for all DVDs.
The number of subtitles or camera angles is de-
termined by the DVD content. The settings may
also be possible in the DVD menu (
page 80).
In DVD video mode, if necessary dis-
play the menu system (
page 77).
Select “DVD-Video” K “DVD Func-
tions”.
Select “Subtitles” or “Camera Angle”.
In both cases, a selection menu will ap-
pear. The dotRin front of an entry in-
dicates the current setting.
To change setting: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr until the desired setting is
reached.
To save setting: Press n.
To exit menu without changes: Slide
omp.DVDs may have interactive content (e. g. a
video game).
In a video game, for example, you can con-
trol the play by selecting or triggering ac-
tions. The type and number of actions is
dependent on the DVD.
To select an action: Slide qmr or
omp.
To trigger an action: Press n.
A menu appears, the first entry
“Select” is highlighted.
Press n.
or
In DVD video mode, if necessary dis-
play the control menu (
page 77).
Select “Menu” K“DVD-Video” K “DVD
Functions”.
Select a directional arrow to select or
trigger an action.The way you can control the actions de-
pends on the DVD.
Subtitles and camera angleInteractive content

93 Telephone
COMAND phone book
The COMAND phone book is an extract of
entries from the COMAND address book.
All the COMAND address book entries hav-
ing at least one phone number can be
found in the COMAND phone book.
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $, %,
#,
s
or t buttons, for selecting a track or a
menu, scrolling through lists or initiating or end-
ing a call (
page 23).
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Select “Name”.
The COMAND phone book is displayed.
COMAND phone book with search speller
1Address book entry
2Calls up options
3Search speller
4Closes phone book
5m symbol for voice tag
Address book entries may have the symbol
5. An additional voice tag is saved with
these entries.
If an address book entry has the symbol
+ then this has more than one phone
number. You can select these subentries
(
page 93).
To close phone book: In the search
speller select the symbol “Back”.
or
Press í.
Selecting via list
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries
Select an address book entry with the
symbol + from the list and press n.
The symbol + changes into / and
the subentries appear.
1Expanded phone book entry
2Phone book entry with subentries
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
COMAND phone book
Opening COMAND phone book
Selecting an entry