Audio MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

44 AudioRadio operation
Use

to select the

Reprogram
Autostore
header entry.

Press

.
The Autostore search starts. After a de
-
lay the new preset assignment ap
-
pears. The system tunes to the station
stored on preset 1.
To tune-in another station from the
Autostore preset list
( page
40)
.

45 Audio
Single CD operation


Single CD operation

Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

D o n o t e x p o s e t h e C D s t o h e a t o r d i r e c t
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs

Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.
or
Load an audio CD into the COMAND
CD drive.
Safety InstructionsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and

operate the audio system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate
-
ly 14 m) every second.The CD drive is a Class 1 laser product.
There is a danger of invisible laser radiation
when you open or damage the cover.Do not remove the cover. The CD drive does
not contain any parts serviceable by the us
-
er. For safety reasons, have any necessary
service work performed by qualified person
-
nel.
Tips on caring for your CDsSwitching to Single CD mode
Loading a CDWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and oper
-
ate the audio system only when road, weath
-
er and traffic conditions permit.Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate
-
ly 14 m) every second.!Do not attach labels of any type to the
CD. They may become detached and
damgage the drive.

46 AudioSingle CD operation
The COMAND CD drive holds one CD. The
slot for inserting a CD is located above the
display
( page
15)
.

Insert a CD into the CD slot while
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the
CD face up.COMAND pulls in the CD. If the CD is
an audio CD, the system switches to
Single CD mode.

Press
7
.
COMAND ejects the CD.

Remove the CD from the slot.The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx. 7
seconds.

Open the Audio main menu ( page
36)
.

Press the
CD soft key.
The system switches to Single CD
mode.
!Only use CDs, which bear the label
shown and that conform to the com
-
pact digital audio standard

(IEC 60908).Do not play single-CDs (80 mm) with an
adapter. Only use round, 12 cm diame
-
ter CDs.Your CD drive has been designed to
play CDs which correspond to the IEC
60908 standard. Therefore only CDs
not exceeding a thickness of 1.3 mm
can be used.

If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.
iThe COMAND CD drive may not be able
to play audio CDs with copy protection.!If a CD is already loaded, it must be
ejected before inserting the new CD.

Inserting a second CD in the slot with
another CD still loaded will cause dam
-
age to the CD drive not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
iIf the CD is an MP3 CD, the system
switches to MP3 mode
( page
54)
.
Ejecting a CD Single CD main menu

47 Audio
Single CD operation
The center of the status bar shows: 
The track number and total number
of tracks

The elapsed playing time of the
track
1Track title or track number2Elapsed track playing time3Track number/total tracks The Single CD main menu shows the track
title in the center if the CD contains corre
-
sponding CD text data.If the CD does not contain any CD text da
-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title.
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip


Selecting via track list

Selecting via manual entry of the track number
( page
48)

Selecting via scan search
( page
49)
Selecting via track skip On the COMAND control unit
Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press
-
for forward skipping.
or
Press
,
for backward skipping.
iThe
CD soft key is shaded out if no audio
CD is loaded. The system will not
switch to Single CD mode.

Load an audio CD into the
COMAND CD drive
( page
45)
.
The
MP3
soft key instead of the
CD soft
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been
loaded.
Selecting a track

48 AudioSingle CD operationOn the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Single CD dis
-
play
( page
25)
.

Press
j for forward skipping.
or
Press
k for backward skipping.
Selecting via track list The track list contains all tracks of the cur
-
rent CD. Only one list entry is visible at a
time, it is the track currently playing.
Use

or

to select another track
from the list.

Press

, or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number 
Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press
2
.
The Manual track input display ap
-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
iForward skipping:

The next track is played.Backward skipping:

The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur
-
rently playing have elapsed.

The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur
-
rently playing have elapsed.

49 Audio
Single CD operation
Entry example: Track 1
Press
3
.
Entry example: Track 12
Press
3
and

in quick succession.

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search Scan serach is charcterised as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.

Scan search can be ended manually.

Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.
Starting scan search 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
Ending scan search manually 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is ended remains playing.

Open the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
.

Press and hold
-
or
,
.

To stop release
-
or
,
.
The following options are available:
Normal
sequence

The tracks are played in the normal se
-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).The last track is followed by the first
track of the CD.

Repeat
track

The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.

Random
track

The tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Changing the playback option 
In the Single CD main menu ( page
46)
press the
Setting
soft key.
The settings menu is displayed.
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start the scan search, play
-
back option
Normal Sequence
is activat
-
ed automatically.Fast forward/reverse
Playback options


50 AudioSingle CD operation
The solid circle
indicates which op
-
tion is currently selected.

Use

or

to select a different op
-
tion.

Press

.
The option is activated. A correspond
-
ing display will appear in the status bar
for all options except
Normal
sequence
.
An option will remain activated even if
the COMAND is switched OFF and then
ON again.

51 Audio
MP3 operation


MP3 operationSafety InstructionsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and oper
-
ate the audio system only when road, weath
-
er and traffic conditions permit.Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate
-
ly 14 m) every second.
Warning
G
The CD drive is a Class 1 laser product.
There is a danger of invisible laser radiation
when you open or damage the cover.Do not remove the cover. The CD drive does
not contain any parts serviceable by the us
-
er. For safety reasons, have any necessary
service work performed by qualified person
-
nel.Tips on data storage media!Do not attach labels of any type to the
CD. They may become detached and
damage the drive.Do not play single-CDs (80 mm) with an
adapter. Only use 12 cm diameter CDs.
!Your CD drive has been designed to
play CDs which correspond to the IEC
60908 standard. Therefore only CDs
not exceeding a thickness of 1.3 mm
can be used.If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.Data carriers which contain data on
both sides can cause playback prob
-
lems because the storage layers are
thinner than one-sided data carriers.

52 AudioMP3 operation
Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

Do not expose the CDs to heat or direct
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs
Permissible MP3 CDs In MP3 mode COMAND can read CD-R and
CD-RW CDs.Permissible file systemsThe permitted file system is

ISO9660/Joliet for CD-R and CD-RW.Multi session discsWith multi session discs, the content of the
first session determines how COMAND
treats the CD.
For example, if the first session contains
data in audio CD format and the second
session contains data in MP3 format,
COMAND will treat the CD as a conven
-
tional audio CD.File structureWhen creating an MP3 CD, you can orga
-
nize MP3 tracks into folders. A folder can
also contain additional folders. The root directory may have a maximum of
255 entries in total (folders or tracks).

A CD may have a maximum of 255 folders
in total. A maximum of 255 tracks are per
-
missible per folder.Mathematically a maximum of 65025
tracks would result. However, this amount
is usually not reached since MP3 requires
approx. 1 MB storage per minute recorded.
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDsTips on creating MP3 CDs iCDs, software and hardware for writing
audio data to CDs are widely available.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee that
COMAND will be able to play every
user-written CD.
iProblems may be encountered during
playback of user-written CDs with a
storage capacity of more than 700 MB.
These CDs do not meet valid standards
as of this printing.

53 Audio
MP3 operation
Track names and folder namesWhen creating an MP3 CD, you can assign
names to the MP3 tracks and folders.

COMAND uses these names in MP3-mode
for the corresponding display.Please note the following when assigning
track and folder names:
Per folder a maximum of 1800 charac
-
ters are available for title and folder
names combined.

Exceeding this number, COMAND can
-
not display all titles and folders.

Track and folder names must contain
at least 1 character.

Track names may contain up to fifty
characters. If a track name exceeds
this character limit, COMAND will not
be able to display it in full.

Track names must have the file exten
-
sion “mp3”.

A period must appear between the
track name and the file extension.Example of a correct track name:
Track1.mp3
Empty folders or folders containing data
other than MP3 tracks will not be dis
-
played by COMAND.If MP3 files are stored in the root directory
itself, the root directory also counts as a
folder. COMAND will then display the root
directory name as a folder name. Permissible MP3 formatsCOMAND supports the

MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 format.
Permissible bit and scan rates 
Fixed and variable bit rates up to
320
kbps

Scan rates from 24 kHz - 48
kHz
iCOMAND does not support ID3
tags.
Tips on creating MP3 tracks
iIn everyday speech, this format has
been replaced by the designation
“MP3”.iIt is recommended to use MP3 tracks
with a bit rate of 128 kbps or higher
and with a scan rate of 44.1 kHz or
higher. Lower rates may impair quality.
This is particularly true if the Sound
function*
LOGIC7 Surround
has been
activated.