cd changer MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

67 Audio
CD changer* operation
The CD changer main menu appears.You will hear the CD listened to last. If
the CD listened to last is no longer
available, the unit plays the next avail
-
able audio CD.If the CD contains CD text data, the CD
changer main menu will show the name
of the CD and the title of the track cur
-
rently playing. The status bar also contains: 
The track number and total number
of tracks

The elapsed playing time of the
track
1CD name or CD number2Track title or track number3Elapsed track playing time4Track number/Total tracksThe CD changer menu shows the

CD title at the top and track title in the cen
-
ter of the main area if the CD contains cor
-
responding text data.If the CD does not contain any CD text da
-
ta, the number of the CD and the track
number are displayed instead of the name
of the CD and the track title.
The numbers 1 through 6 are assigned to
the CD compartments of the CD changer.The following options are available:
Selecting via CD list


Selecting via direct entry of the CD number
( page
68)

Selecting via CD Selection menu

( page
68)
Selecting via CD list The CD list contains all loaded CDs. Only
one entry is visible at a time. Its name or
number is shown at top of the CD changer
main menu (here CD 5).
iThe
CDC
soft key will only be visible if a
CD changer is connected.
Selecting CDsiThis selection is possible only if two or
more audio CDs are loaded.

68 AudioCD changer* operationThe entry appears above the track display.
It shows the number of the current CD.
Use

or

to select another CD
from the list.

Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang
-
ing the selection.The CD is changed. The newly selected
CD is played.
Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number 
Press one of the
3
- 
keys.
The CD changer switches to the CD
loaded in the appropriate CD changer
compartment.
Selecting via CD Selection menu 
Press the
Magaz.
soft key.
The CD Selection menu appears. You
see the list of all six compartments.
An entry shows the CD title if the CD
contains corresponding CD text data. No text displayed with a CD symbol in
-
dicates that the corresponding CD
does not contain any CD text dataAn entry shaded out indicates an emp
-
ty CD changer compartment.

Use

or

to select a CD.
The system will skip empty CD

changer compartments

Press

.
The newly selected CD is played.
iThe system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
iThe CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.

69 Audio
CD changer* operation
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip


Selecting via track list
( page
69)

Selecting via manual entry of the track number
( page
69)

Selecting via scan search
( page
70)
Selecting via track skip On the COMAND control unit
Open the CD changer main menu ( page
66)
.

Press
-
for forward skipping.
or
Press
,
for backward skipping.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the CD changer
display
( 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 CD changer main menu ( page
66)
.

Press
2
.
The Manual track input display ap
-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
Selecting a track
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.


70 AudioCD changer* operationEntry 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 search is characterised 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 CD changer main menu ( page
66)
.

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.).

If only one CD is loaded, the last track is
followed by again playing the first track.

If several CDs are loaded in the CD chang
-
er, the last track on a CD in the changer
will be followed by the first track of the
next CD in the changer.

The CDs are changed in their normal se
-
quence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3 etc.).

Repeat
track

The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.
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. Therein scan search
is restricted to the current CD.
Fast forward/reverse Playback options

71 Audio
CD changer* operation

Repeat
CD
The current CD will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.

Random track

The tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).If several CDs are loaded in the CD
changer, the last track on a CD in the
changer will be followed by the first
track of the next CD in the changer. The CDs are changed in their normal
sequence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3, etc.).

Random CD

At least 4 tracks on one CD are played
in random order (e.g. track 5, 7, 3, 9).
Then, the next CD will be played.

The CDs are changed in random

order (e.g. CD 4, 1, 5, etc.).
Switching the playback option 
In the CD changer main menu ( page
66)
press the
Setting
soft key.
The Setting menu appears.

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.
iIt is only possible to select this function
if at least two audio CDs are loaded in
the CD changer.
iThis selection is only available if at
least two audio CDs are loaded.

173 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep
-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Binary digi
t)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans
-
mitted per time unit.
Bluetooth®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(Compact
Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit
Man
agement and
Data Sys
-
tem)

Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys
-
tems, including the radio and CD play
-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.
DVD
(Digital
Versatile
Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Fader
(Fader control)Volume control between front and rear
speakers.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im
-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu
-
ments.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
GPS
(Global
Positioning
System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re
-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
Glossary

177 Index
AAccepted calls (telephone). . . . . . . . 93Accessing CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 62Adding spoken names to a phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Answering call (telephone). . . . . . . . 90Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 30Autostore (in Radio mode) . 40,
43,
173
BBalance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,
173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
Bluetooth®notes about. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CCall (Telephone)answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
95
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . 91refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Calling up Destination memory . . . 149Cancellingroute guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
52,
61
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 77CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173see also MP3 CDcopy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
63
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
65
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
63
random CD (CD changer mode) . . . . 71repeat (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . 71selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67CD changeraccessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18permissible file system (MP3) . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61CD slotCD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,
64,
65
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17single CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
Changingdetour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 77COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Index

178 IndexControlsCD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 24Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173entering destination via . . . . . . . . . 125Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
63
Copyright (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,
62
Current navigation announcement 129repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 DDeletingdestinationfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 150from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 149detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Destinationdeletingfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 150from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 149Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152storing in Destination memory . . . . 150Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 149calling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149selecting destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 149starting route guidance to a stored des
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tination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Displayadjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 168switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 137DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 105,
173
EEjecting CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 160Emergency calls “911”. . . . . . . . . . . . 85Endingcall (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
95
ENTER UNLOCK CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Enteringdestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115frequency (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 FFader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,
173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110File structure (MP3 CD). . . . . . . . . . . 52

179 Index
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Forwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Frequency input (in Radio mode). . . 41 GGlobal Positioning Systemsee GPSGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,
173
Greenwich meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . 173GSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,
87,
174
HHands-free microphoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Home addressentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 IID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
JJoliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
LLanguage setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 148selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 148starting route guidance to Last

destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
List (Satellite radio mode)program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77List (Telephone mode)accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Loading CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105LOGIC7®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,
174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
MManual tuning (in Radio mode). . . . . 41Memorydestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,
43
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 161Missed calls (telephone). . . . . . . 92,
93
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . 53,
61,
174
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 62MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 62MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 52tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 53tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 51MP3 CDejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61

180 IndexMP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 53safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Multi session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174CDs (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Multifunction steering wheelcontrols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 NNavigation announcementssee also current navigation announce
-
mentafter vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 106switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Navigation soft key displaysshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 113NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,
89
OOutgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 PPermissiblebit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61file systems (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
61
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61
Personal Identification Numbersee PINPersonal Unblocking Keysee PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97adding spoken names . . . . . . . . . . . . 99deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98switching display between number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 85
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 83,
85
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD. . . . . . . . . 85POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,
174
Points of interestsee POIPresets (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . 77Program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Program type listsee program category listProvider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
RRadio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37RandomCD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71folder (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49