ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ CLA-Class 2014 C117 Comand Manual

Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how COMAND will proc-
ess the CD. COMAND plays only one session
and gives priority to the audio CD session.
If possible, use COMAND to play only CDs
that have been written in one session.
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 recognized by the system.
i COMAND loads up to 15,000 tracks from
an SD memory card or USB storage
medium.
Track and file names When you create a disc with compressed
music files, you can assign names to the
tracks and folders.
COMAND uses these names accordingly for
the display. Folders that contain data other
than MP3 or WMA tracks are not displayed by
COMAND.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder. COMAND will then show
the name of the root directory as the folder
name.
You should observe the following when
assigning track names:
R track names must have at least one char-
acter.
R track names must have the extension
"mp3" or "wma".
R there must be a dot between the track
name and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3". Permissible formats COMAND supports the following formats:
R MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)
R Microsoft Windows Media Audio V8 and V9
(WMA) without copy protection
Microsoft Windows Media Audio V2, V7, V8 and V9 (WMA)
R additional music files in AAC format with
the file extensions .aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, but not copy-protected iTunes
music files with the extension .m4p.
i If, in addition to MP3 files, there are other
music files in these audio formats stored on
the disc, the loading process may require a
longer time before the first track is played.
i The MP3 audio encoding method is under
license from Fraunhofer IIS (Institut Integ-
rierte Schaltungen – Institute for Integrated Circuits) and Thomson.
Permissible bit and sampling rates COMAND supports
MP3files of the following
types:
R fixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND supports WMAfiles of the follow-
ing types:
R fixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND does notsupport WMAfiles of the
following types:
R DRM (Digital Rights Management) encryp-
ted files
R variable bit rate
R WMA Pro
R 5.1 surround sound
i Only use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. Lower rates can cause a notice-
able deterioration in quality. This is espe- Audio CD and MP3 mode
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cially the case if you have activated a sur-
round sound function.
Notes on copyright MP3 or WMA tracks that you create or play
back are generally subject to copyright pro-
tection in accordance with the applicable
international and national regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, even for
private 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.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g. for yourown compositions and recordings, or if the
copyright holder has granted you permission,
these restrictions do not apply.
Notes on CDs/DVDs !
COMAND is designed to play discs that
comply with the EN 60908 standard. There- fore, you can only use discs with a maxi-
mum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can-
not be ejected and can damage the device.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm. Do not use discs with a diameter of 8 cm, even with an adapter.
Discs with copy protection are not compati-
ble with the audio CD standard and therefore may not be able to be played by COMAND.
Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs. There is a wide range of data
carriers, disc-writing software and writers
available. This variety means that there is no
guarantee that the system will be able to play
discs that you have copied yourself.
There may be playback problems if you play
CDs that you have copied yourself with a stor- age capacity of more than 700 MB. CDs of
this type do not conform to the currently
applicable standards. i
COMAND is able to play back audio CDs in
multichannel audio format. Music search
Calling up a category list
Category list
X Switch on an audio source and call up the
basic display, e.g. MP3 mode (Y page 197).
X Select Search
Search by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The category list appears.
The categories are displayed according to the data available. The categories Current Current
Tracklist
Tracklist, Folder
Folder,Playlists
Playlists (if available)
and Photos Photos (if available) are already
assigned. The other available categories are
filled by the music search. Selecting a category
Starting a music search Select music via categories (e.g. album,
artist) with the music search function.
If you select a category, COMAND starts a
music search under the following conditions:
R the data carriers are inserted or connected.
R the music tracks on these data carriers are
not yet in the COMAND music database. 204
Music searchAudio

0085
Graphic time and track display
0083 Position of the medium in the media list
and name of the medium, followed by the
current playback option (no display for
Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence)
0084 Artist
006B MUSIC REGISTER menu bar
Switching on using the DISC button X
Press the 003Abutton repeatedly until the
MUSIC REGISTER is switched on.
By pressing the 003Abutton repeatedly, you
can switch modes in the following order:
R CD/MP3 (disc)
R Memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
If music files are available, playback begins at the point last listened to.
If there are no music files, you will see a mes- sage to this effect.
X Confirm the message by pressing 0098and
store the music data (Y page 208).
Switching modes via the audio menu X
Select Audio Audioin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
If MUSIC REGISTER was the last mode
selected, it is now switched on.
If another audio source is switched on, you
can now switch on the MUSIC REGISTER in
the audio menu.
X Select Audio
Audio by sliding 00970052and turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Music Register
Music Register and press0098to
confirm. Switching on with the number buttons X
Make sure that neither radio nor disc is
activated.
X Press the 0083number key.
The MUSIC REGISTER is switched on. Importing music files
Introduction You can import music files from a CD in the
following file formats:
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC (with file extensions .m4p, .m4a, .m4b
and .aac)
X Switch on CD mode (Y page 197).
X With an audio CD inserted, select REC RECin the
basic CD display by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
i CD information such as album name, disc
name, artist and track is provided by the
Gracenote Media Database (Y page 200).
Step 1: selecting tracks to import 0043
To record all music files (standard)
0044 To copy single tracks 0073
0087 To confirm your selection 208
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X
Select Options
Options by sliding 00520096and press 0098
to confirm.
X Select Delete
Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears. No
Nois highlighted.
If you select Yes
Yes, the folders/tracks are
deleted. You see the Please Wait...
Please Wait...
message. You will then see the Data
Data
deleted
deleted message.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. Playback options
The following options are available:
R Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence
The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3, etc.).
R Random Medium Random Medium
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random Track List
Random Track List (MP3 mode only)
The tracks in the currently active folder or
the current track list are played in a random order.
X To select options: switch to the MUSIC
REGISTER (Y page 207).
X Select Music Music Register
Register by sliding00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The options list appears. The 003Bdot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option and press 0098to confirm.
The option is switched on. For all options
except Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence, you will
see a corresponding display in the display/ selection window.
i The
Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence option is
automatically selected when you change
the disc you are currently listening to or
when you select a different medium. If an
option is selected, it remains selected after COMAND is switched on or off. Bluetooth
®
audio mode Preconditions for the Bluetooth
®
audio device
Bluetooth ®
audio mode requires a Blue-
tooth ®
-capable audio device. Observe the
information in the Bluetooth ®
audio device's
operating instructions.
Before using Bluetooth ®
audio mode, you
should check your Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following:
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device must support
the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
Certain Bluetooth ®
audio devices do not
just require activation of the Bluetooth ®
function. In addition, your device must be
made "visible" to other devices.
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device name is predetermined but can
usually be changed. To make a clear selec-
tion of the Bluetooth ®
device possible,
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you cus- tomize the device name.
i A2DP (
Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data transmission
AVRCP (Audio VideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data playback.
i Not all Bluetooth ®
audio devices available
on the market are equally suitable. To
obtain more information about suitable
Bluetooth ®
audio devices and about con-
necting Bluetooth ®
audio devices to
COMAND, visit
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com (USA).
Or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tance center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (USA) or Customer Rela-
tions at 1-800-387-0100 (Canada). Bluetooth
®
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X
Activate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibil-
ity on the Bluetooth ®
audio device. Preconditions in COMAND
X Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Y page 45). Connecting Bluetooth
®
audio devices
General information Before using your Bluetooth
®
audio device
with COMAND for the first time, you will need to authorize it.
When you authorize a new Bluetooth ®
audio
device, it is connected automatically. Con-
nection involves first searching for a Blue-
tooth ®
audio device and then authorizing it.
You can authorize up to fifteen Bluetooth ®
devices.
i If you authorize a mobile phone that sup-
ports Bluetooth ®
audio, the A2DP and
AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are con-
nected automatically.
The mobile phone is then entered:
R in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list
(Y page 128)
R in the Bluetooth ®
device list
(Y page 212).
Mercedes-Benz recommends authorizing a
mobile phone in Bluetooth ®
telephony
(Y page 128). Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth
®
audio device Example: Bluetooth
®
device list
0043 Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth ®
audio function in range
0044 Bluetooth ®
audio player not within range
but previously authorized (symbol
appears in gray) The Bluetooth
®
device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or
not. After a device search, devices which are within range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
X Switch on Bluetooth ®
audio mode
(Y page 215).
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio No Bluetooth Audio
Device Authorized
Device Authorized message, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth ®
audio
device first.
X Select BT
BTAudio
Audio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm. 212
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audio modeAudio

Reconnecting a Bluetooth
®
audio
device The Bluetooth
®
audio profiles are connected
automatically under the following circum-
stances:
R one of the last two mobile phones to have
been connected has also been used as a
Bluetooth ®
audio player (if this function is
supported by the mobile phone).
R the mobile phone takes over the automatic
connection itself.
A Bluetooth ®
audio player without telephone
functions is not automatically reconnected,
even if it was the last device connected.
If the No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
nected nected message appears, you have two
options to connect a Bluetooth ®
audio
device:
Connecting last device
X Confirm Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device in the
basic display by pressing 0098the COMAND
controller.
If COMAND can locate the Bluetooth ®
audio device, it will be connected and start
playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device itself so that COMAND can play the audio
files.
Connecting a device from a list
X Select BT Audio BT Audio by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Confirm Bluetooth Audio Device List
Bluetooth Audio Device List
by pressing 0098the COMAND controller.
X Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
If COMAND can locate the Bluetooth ®
audio device, it will be connected and start
playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must be initially started on the device itself so that COMAND can play the
audio files.
Bluetooth ®
audio device and simultane-
ous search for mobile phones During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device is
terminated (Y page 127). In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display, you will see the No NoBlue‐
Blue‐
tooth Audio Device Connected
tooth Audio Device Connected message
and the Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device menu item
cannot be selected.
Displaying details X
Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device in the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select the symbol to the right of the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device by sliding 00520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Details Details and press 0098to confirm.
The following information concerning the
selected mobile phone is shown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availability status (shown after an
update)
R authorization status
X To close the detailed view: turn00790052007A or
slide 009500520096 the COMAND controller.
De-authorizing (deregistering) a Blue-
tooth ®
audio device X
Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device in the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select the symbol to the right of the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device by sliding 00520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. 214
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X
Select Delete
Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to deauthorize this device.
X Select Yes
YesorNo
No.
If you select Yes
Yes, the device will be deleted
from the Bluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
i Before re-authorizing the Bluetooth ®
audio device, you should also delete the
device name MB Bluetooth
MB Bluetooth from your
Bluetooth ®
audio device's Bluetooth ®
list.
See the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operat-
ing instructions. Switching to Bluetooth
®
audio mode
The Bluetooth ®
audio basic display Example: Bluetooth
®
audio basic display
0043 Track name
0044 Current playback settings (no symbol for
"Normal track sequence")
0087 Album name
0085 Sound settings
0083 Media list
0084 Artist
006B To stop 00DBor start 00D0playback
006C To connect a Bluetooth ®
audio device, to
increase the volume on COMAND
006D Bluetooth ®
audio data medium type
006E Data medium position in the media list
i If the Bluetooth ®
audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed.
Using the Bluetooth ®
audio basic dis-
play X
Connect Bluetooth ®
audio devices
(Y page 212)
or X Reconnect the Bluetooth ®
audio device
(Y page 214).
COMAND activates the Bluetooth ®
audio
device. The basic display appears and the
device starts playing.
Using the DISC button X
Press the 003Abutton one or more times.
By pressing the 003Abutton repeatedly, you
can switch modes in the following order:
R CD/MP3 (disc)
R Memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
Using the media list X
Select Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio in the media list
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm (Y page 198).
COMAND activates the connected device.
You will see a message to this effect. The
basic display then appears. Starting/stopping playback
X To start playback: select00D0by sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
Playback starts. 00DBis selected. Bluetooth
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X
To stop playback: select00DBby turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
A message appears. 00D0is selected.
X To continue playback: select00D0by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
A message appears. 00DBis selected. Restarting playback after stopping
During the search for mobile phones , the
connection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device
is terminated (Y page 127). In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display (Y page 215), you will see
the No
No Bluetooth Bluetooth Audio
Audio Device
Device Connec‐
Connec‐
ted
ted message and the Connect
ConnectLast
LastDevice
Device
menu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth ®
audio device can be reconnected. X Confirm Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device by press-
ing 0098.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth Bluetooth
Audio Device Paused
Audio Device Paused message. X
To start playback: select00D0by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Playback resumes from the beginning. Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth ®
audio devices.
X To skip forward or back to a track: press
the 0048 or0049 button on COMAND.
or
X Press the 0063or0064 button briefly on
the multifunction steering wheel.
X Rapid scroll: press and hold the 0063
or 0064 button on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel until the desired track is reached.
If you press and hold the 0063or0064
button, the rapid scrolling speed is
increased. Selecting playback options
If the Bluetooth ®
audio device supports the
corresponding function, the following options
are available:
R Normal Track Sequence Normal Track Sequence
The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3, etc.).
Audio data playback is determined by the
order in which the tracks are written to the
data carrier. Alphabetical order is the most
common. Once all the tracks in a folder 216
Bluetooth ®
audio modeAudio

Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your
COMAND system may not be equipped with
all the features described. General information
Automatic picture shutoff
The video image is only displayed for the
driver when the transmission lever is in posi-
tion P.
SPLITVIEW allows the front passenger to view the video image (Y page 37).
When the transmission lever is disengaged
from position P, the following message
appears in the display: In order not to
In order not to
distract distract you
youfrom
from the
thetraffic
traffic situa‐
situa‐
tion,
tion, the
thepicture
picture is
isfaded
faded out
outwhile
while
the vehicle is in motion.
the vehicle is in motion.
As soon as the selector lever of the transmis-
sion is returned to position P, the video image
is shown. Basic settings
Adjusting the brightness, contrast or
color
X In video DVD or video AUX mode, press the
0098 COMAND Controller.
The menu is shown.
X Select DVD-Video DVD-Video orAux
Aux by turning 00790052
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Brightness
Brightness, Contrast ContrastorColor
Color by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Set the value between - 5 and + 5 and press
0098 to confirm. Changing the picture format
X Press 0098the COMAND controller.
The menu is shown.
X Select DVD-Video
DVD-Video by sliding00520064and turn-
ing 00790052 the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select 16:9 Optimized 16:9 Optimized, 4:3 4:3orWide‐
Wide‐
screen
screen and press 0098to confirm.
The dot in front of the entry indicates the
currently selected format.
X Select a setting by turning 00790052the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. Video DVD mode
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product. If you open the housing of the CD/DVD drive,
there is a risk of exposure to invisible laser
radiation. This laser radiation could damage
your retina. There is a risk of injury.
Never open the housing. Always have main-
tenance and repair work carried out at a quali- fied specialist workshop. G
WARNING
Handling discs while driving may distract you from traffic conditions. You could also lose
control of the vehicle. There is a risk of an
accident.
Handle discs only when the vehicle is station-
ary.
Bear in mind that at a speed of only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle covers
a distance of 44 feet (approximately 14 m)
every second. 226
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modeVideo

Notes on discs
! Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs.
They could peel off and damage COMAND.
Stickers can cause the disc to bend, which can result in read errors and disc recogni-
tion problems.
! COMAND is designed to play discs that
comply with the EN 60908 standard. There-
fore, you can only use discs with a maxi-
mum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can- not be ejected and can damage the device.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm. Do not use discs with a diameter of 8 cm, even with an adapter.
Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs. There are a large variety of
discs, DVD authoring software, writing soft-
ware and writers available. This variety means that there is no guarantee that the system will
be able to play discs that you have copied
yourself. DVD playback conditions
If video DVDs do not conform to the NTSC or PAL TV standards, they may create picture,
sound or other problems during playback.
COMAND is capable of playing back video
DVDs produced according to the following
standards:
R Region code 1 or region code 0 (no region
code)
R PAL or NTSC standard
You will generally find the relevant details
either on the DVD itself or on the DVD case.
i If you insert a video DVD with a different
region code, you will see a message to this
effect.
i COMAND is set to region code 1 at the
factory. This setting can be changed at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. This will
allow you to play video DVDs with a differ-
ent region code, provided that they are pro- duced in accordance with the PAL or NTSC
standard. The region code can be changed up to five times. Function restrictions
Depending on the DVD, it is possible that cer- tain functions or actions will be temporarily
blocked or may not function at all. As soon as
you try to activate these functions or actions, you will see the 0047symbol in the display. Inserting and removing DVDs
X Proceed as described in the "Inserting and
ejecting CDs and DVDs" section
(Y page 196). Switching to video DVD mode
Switching on automatically X
Insert a video DVD.
COMAND loads the medium inserted and
starts to play it.
Switching on using the DISC button X
Press the 003Abutton.
COMAND switches to the previous disc
operating mode.
By pressing the 003Abutton repeatedly, you
can switch modes in the following order:
R video DVD/CD/MP3 in the single DVD
drive (disc mode)
R memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode Video
DVDmode
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