key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

43 Audio
Radio operation
Ten presets each are available for the

FM and AM waveband.The following options are available:
Storing manually using number keys

Storing manually using the Presets
menu

Storing using Autostore

Storing manually using the number

keys
3
- "

Tune to the station to be stored ( page
38)
.

Press a number key between
3
and
"
and hold it for more than 2 sec
-
onds.The station is now stored in the respec
-
tive memory location.
Storing manually using the Presets
menu 
Tune to the station to be stored ( page
38)
.

Press the
Presets
soft key.
The Presets menu appears.

Use

, 
, 
or

to select a
preset.

Press

for more than 2 seconds.
The station will be stored in the respec
-
tive memory location.
Storing using Autostore The Autostore function places stations into
the Autostore memory sorted by reception
quality.

The system stores the station with the
strongest signal in preset
1.

Switch to the desired waveband ( page
37)
.

Press the
Autost.
soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears.
Storing FM/AM stations
iThe Autostore feature stores presets in
a separate memory, not in the regular
presets seen under the
Presets
soft
key. As such, the Autostore memory is
only temporary.


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

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


55 Audio
MP3 operation

Insert a CD into the CD slot while
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the
CD face up.COMAND pulls the CD in and loads the
data. It may take a while to load the da
-
ta, depending on the number of folders
and tracks.

After loading, COMAND plays the CD.

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
MP3
soft key.
COMAND loads the data on the CD. It may take a while to load the data, de
-
pending on the number of folders and
tracks contained on the CD.
Once the data has been loaded, the
MP3 main menu appears. You will hear
the last track played.
1Current folder2Current track3Elapsed track playing time4Track number within the current fold
-
er/number of tracks in current folder
Ejecting an MP3 CD MP3 main menu
iThe
MP3
soft key will only appear if an
MP3 CD has been loaded.

56 AudioMP3 operationIf the MP3 tracks are organized into folders
on the disc, you can select a folder from
the COMAND control unit.The following options are available:
Selecting via folder list

Selecting via extended folder list
Selecting via folder list
Only one folder can be viewed at a time. 1Current folder
Press
 or  to select a folder.

Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang
-
ing the selection. The COMAND changes the folder and
loads the data from the new folder.

It may take a while to load the data, de
-
pending on the number of folders and
tracks.
Selecting via extended folder list
In the MP3 main menu
( page
55)

press the
Folder
soft key.
The extended folder list appears.

Use
 or  to select a folder.
iOn MP3 tracks with variable bit rates,
the elapsed track playing time dis
-
played may deviate from the actual
time elapsed.Selecting folders iThe folder list only contains folders in
which MP3 tracks are stored.
iThe extended folder list only contains
folders in which MP3 tracks are stored.

59 Audio
MP3 operation
Starting scan search
In the MP3 main menu
( page
55)

press the
Scan
soft key.
The scan search starts.
Ending scan search manually 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is ended remains playing.

Open the MP3 main menu
( page
55)
.

Press and hold
-
or
,
.

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

The COMAND plays tracks in a folder in
succession.

Once all the tracks in a folder have
been played, COMAND begins playing
the track(s) in the next folder on the
disc.

Repeat track

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

Repeat folder

The tracks in the current folder will be
repeated until this function is deacti
-
vated.

The track sequence is the same as the Normal sequence
option.

Random track

This option is restricted to the tracks in the
current folder. The tracks are played in ran
-
dom order.

Random folder

All tracks on the CD are played in random
order.
Switching the playback option 
In the MP3 main menu
( page
55)

press the
Setting
soft key.
The Setting menu appears.

The solid circle
indicates which op
-
tion is currently selected.
iThe scan search will not function if the
current folder only contains one track.When you start the scan search, play
-
back option
Normal sequence
is activat
-
ed automatically. Therein scan search
is restricted to the current folder.
Fast forward/reverse Playback options


66 AudioCD changer* operation
Within 15 seconds, remove the CD
from the slot 1.The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx.
15 seconds. The system starts playing
the CD again.The ejection procedure is completed.

Retract the CD changer
( page
63)
.
Ejecting all CDs 
Access the CD changer
( page
62)
.

Press and hold the button of a loaded
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.The button LEDs of all loaded magazine
compartments will briefly flash red,
several times.

The CD changer ejects the CDs one af
-
ter another.

Within 15 seconds, remove each CD
from the slot 1.The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx.
15 seconds. The system starts playing
the CD again.The ejection procedure is completed
when all CDs are removed, or when the
procedure is aborted by the CD chang
-
er.

Retract the CD changer
( page
63)
.

Open the Audio main menu ( page
36)
.

Press the
CDC
soft key.
iIf you are listening to a CD in the CD
changer and you eject another CD from
the changer:
While ejecting the CD, the system
interrupts CD playback.

The CD you were last listening to
starts from the beginning once the
ejection procedure is completed.
iIf you eject the CD you are currently lis
-
tening to:
The next available audio CD is
played.

If there are no other CDs available,
the system switches to the audio
source listened to before CD chang
-
er mode.
CD changer main menuiThe CDC soft key is shaded out if no CD
is loaded. The system will not switch to
CD changer mode.
Load an audio CD into the

CD changer
( page
63)
.

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.