COMAND MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2013 W212 Comand Manual

you may be able to influence events by
selecting and triggering actions. The type and
number of actions depend on the DVD.
X Select an action by sliding 00A0005B0064or009E005B009F the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
execute it.
A menu appears and the first entry,
Select
Select , is highlighted.
X Press 00A1the COMAND controller. AUX video mode
Connecting external video sources
G
WARNING
External video sources may have different
volumes, which can mean that system
messages such as traffic announcements and
navigation system announcements are much
louder. If necessary, please deactivate the
system messages or adjust their volume
manually.
If your vehicle is equipped with Media
Interface, you can connect an external video
source (AUX video) ( Ypage 217).
The 1/8 inch audio/video jacks are in the
center console stowage compartment.
i In vehicles with a rear view camera, the
AUX video jack cannot be used for external
video sources. Switching to AUX video mode
AUX video mode X
Press the 003Afunction button repeatedly
until Media Interface mode is selected.
or
X Select Video Videoin the main function bar by
sliding 00A0005Band turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
If AUX video mode was the last mode
selected, it will now be active.
If another video source is switched on, you
can now switch to AUX video mode in the
video menu.
X Select Video Videoand press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Aux
Auxand press 00A1to confirm.
The AUX video menu appears. You will hear
and see the content of the external video
source if it is connected and switched to
playback. Showing/hiding the menu
X To show: in video AUX mode, press 00A1the
COMAND controller.
X To hide: slide00A0005Bthe COMAND controller
and confirm Full Screen Full Screen by pressing00A1. Volume and sound settings
Information on:
R volume settings (Y page 27)
R sound settings (Y page 28) G
WARNING
External video sources may have different
volumes, which can mean that system
messages such as traffic announcements and
navigation system announcements are much
louder. If necessary, please deactivate the
system messages or adjust their volume
manually.
i A device which is connected as an
external video source may seem quieter or
louder in the vehicle, or the usual maximum
volume cannot be achieved. On some
devices, it is possible to adjust the volume 232
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modeVideo

separately. In this case, start at a medium
volume and increase it gradually. This
enables you to determine whether the
system is able to play the sound at high
volume without distorting it. Increasing the volume on COMAND
X Show the video AUX menu (Y page 232).
X Select Volume Volume by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
A menu appears. The 003Bdot indicates the
current setting.
X Select Standard
Standard orBoost Boost and press 00A1to
confirm.
Standard Standard: the volume of the external video
source is adjusted to a standard value.
Boost Boost: the volume of the external video
source is raised by approximately 10 dB. Picture viewer
Introduction
If there are pictures on the active data
medium, you can look at them. You can
display pictures with a resolution of up to 20
megapixels. Data medium Supported picture
formats
CD/DVD with
picture files jpeg, jpg
USB devices (sticks,
hard drives)
SD memory card jpeg, jpg
Calling up a category list
X Select a data medium with pictures (e.g. a
memory card): R
In the Audio menu (Y page 182)
R In the media list (Y page 197)
X Select Search Search in the basic display by
sliding 005B0064and turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
The category list appears (Y page 204). Displaying pictures
X Select (Y page 204)Photos Photosin the category
list by turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller
and press 00A1to confirm.
A folder directory appears.
X Select a folder with photos and press 00A1to
confirm.
The folder displays the existing picture files
(example). X
Select a photo and press 00A1to confirm.
The photo is displayed and the music is
stopped. Picture viewer
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Changing the picture view
X
While viewing a picture (Y page 233), press
00A1 the COMAND controller.
A menu appears.
X To turn the picture clockwise: confirm
Turn Clockwise
Turn Clockwise by pressing00A1the
COMAND controller.
X To turn the picture counter-clockwise:
select Turn Counterclockwise Turn Counterclockwise by
turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller and
press 00A1to confirm.
X To zoom into a picture: selectZoom
Zoom by
turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller and
press 00A1to confirm.
After you have zoomed into the picture, you
can move the section of the picture.
X Slide 00A0005B0064 and009E005B009F the COMAND
controller.
X To revert to the original size: press00A1the
COMAND controller.
or
X Press the 0041back button. Exiting the picture viewer
X Select Back To Menu Back To Menu in the menu by
turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller and
press 00A1to confirm. X
To start playing music: confirmSearch
Search
by pressing 00A1.
The category list appears ( Ypage 204).
X Select a category by turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select other entries within the category
(e.g. track, album) until the music starts
playing. 234
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Your COMAND equipment
................236
Overview ............................................ 236
Basic functions ................................. 243
System settings ................................ 244
Audio CD/DVD and MP3 mode ........245
Video DVD mode ............................... 250
Operation with an active COMAND
source ................................................ 255
AUX mode .......................................... 257 235Rear Seat Entertainment System

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. Overview
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The RSE CD/DVD player 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 RSE CD/DVD
player does not contain any parts which can
be serviced by the user. For safety reasons,
have any necessary service work performed
by qualified personnel. G
WARNING
The driver should not wear a Rear Seat
Entertainment headset while operating the
vehicle under any circumstances. The use of
a headset while driving the vehicle could
drastically impair the ability to react to audible
traffic conditions (e.g. emergency sirens from
police/fire/ambulance, another car's horn,
etc.). G
WARNING
When not in use, headsets or external video
sources should be stored in a safe location
(e.g. one of the vehicle's storage
compartments) so that they are not loose
within the passenger compartment during
braking, vehicle maneuvers or a traffic
accident. Objects moving within the
passenger compartment could cause serious
personal injury to vehicle occupants. G
WARNING
Due to a potential choking hazard, wired
headset usage by children should only occur
with adult supervision. Components
The Rear Seat Entertainment System is
comprised of:
R two screens for the rear behind the front-
seat head restraints
R two remote controls
R a CD/DVD drive
R AUX jacks on both screens (AUX display)
and on the CD/DVD drive (AUX drive)
R two sets of cordless headphones 236
OverviewRea
r Seat Entertainment System

Basic functions
Using headphones
You can use the cordless headphones
supplied and/or up to two sets of corded
headphones connected to the corresponding
jack of the rear-compartment screens
(Y page 237).
Information on:
R Switching the cordless headphones on/off
R Adjusting the volume of the headphones
R Selecting a screen for the headphones
can be found under "Cordless headphones"
(Y page 240). Using the main loudspeakers
This function is available in conjunction with
COMAND.
You can use the vehicle loudspeakers to
listen to a disc inserted in the rear-
compartment drive. To do so, at least one of
the rear-compartment screens must be set to
disc mode.
X Setting using COMAND: e.g. press the
002A function button once or twice to
switch on an audio mode.
X Select Audio
Audio by sliding 00A0005Bthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
The Audio menu appears.
X Select Rear Audio
Rear Audio by turning0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
i The headphones' volume setting does not
affect the main loudspeakers. Selecting sound settings
You can select the sound settings in the audio
CD/DVD/MP3, video DVD and AUX modes. X
Switch on an operating mode (e.g. audio
CD mode) (Y page 245).
X Select Treble
Treble orBass Bass using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
An adjustment scale appears.
X Select a setting using the 00630064
buttons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm. Multiple users
Simultaneous use of the rear-
compartment disc drive The two rear-compartment screens can be
operated almost entirely independently from
one another. However, there can be a conflict
in some menus if the two screens are used
simultaneously.
If the rear-compartment disc drive is being
used for both screens simultaneously,
selecting certain menus or settings on one of
the screens also affects the other screen.
The following functions affect both screens:
R changing playback options
R selecting a track (from a track list or folder)
R using the play, pause and stop functions
R fast forwarding/rewinding or scrolling
R calling up the DVD menu and navigating
within it
R setting the language, subtitles and camera
angle
R calling up interactive DVD content
The following functions affect only one
screen:
R audio and video functions as well as picture
settings
R switching between full screen and the
menu Basic functions
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X
Select CD
CD,DVD-A
DVD-A orMP3
MP3 using
the 006400590065 buttons on the remote
control and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
The options list appears. The 003Fdot
indicates the option currently selected.
X Select Normal
Normal Track
TrackSequence
Sequence ,Random
Random
Tracks
Tracks orRandom Folder
Random Folder using the
00630064 buttons and press the 008Bbutton
to 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 If you switch the data carrier which you
are currently listening to, the Normal
Normal
Track Sequence Track Sequence option is activated
automatically. If an option is selected, it
remains selected after the Rear Seat
Entertainment System is switched on or
off. Switching track information on/off
(MP3 mode only)
If the function is switched on, folder and track
names are displayed.
If the function is switched off, disc and file
names are displayed.
X Select MP3
MP3 using the 006400590065
buttons on the remote control and press
the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X Select Display Track Information
Display Track Information
using the 00630064 buttons and press the
008B button to confirm.
The function is switched on 0073or off 0053,
depending on the previous status. Video DVD mode
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The RSE CD/DVD player 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 RSE CD/DVD
player does not contain any parts which can
be serviced by the user. For safety reasons,
have any necessary service work performed
by qualified personnel. General notes
DVD playback conditions Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs. There is a large variety of discs,
DVD authoring software, writing software and
writers available. This variety means that
there is no guarantee that the Rear Seat
Entertainment System will be able to play
video DVDs that you have copied yourself.
Further information can be found under video
(Y page 227). Information regarding
COMAND also applies to the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
Function restrictions Depending on the DVD, it is possible that
certain functions or actions described in this
section 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
0050
symbol in the display. Switching to video DVD mode
X Insert a video DVD ( Ypage 246).
The Rear Seat Entertainment System loads
the disc.
If disc mode was the last mode selected, it
will now be active. 250
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X
To skip to the end of a scene: select
the 0071 menu item and press the 008B
button to confirm.
X To skip to the beginning of a scene:
select the 0070menu item and press the
008B button to confirm.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X
Show the DVD menu.
X Press the 0041back button on the remote
control or select the corresponding menu
item in the DVD menu.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 00A1the COMAND controller to
confirm.
X Select Go Up
Go Up and press 00A1to confirm.
Back to the film X
Press the 0041back button repeatedly
until you see the movie.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press 008Bto confirm.
X Select the Back Back(to
(tomovie)
movie) menu item in
the menu and press the 008Bbutton to
confirm. Setting the audio format
This function is not available on all DVDs. If it
is available, you can set the audio language
or the audio format. The number of settings
is determined by the DVD content. It may also
be possible to access the settings from the
DVD menu.
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-V and press the 008Bbutton on
the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions
DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm. X
Select Audio Language
Audio Language and press the008B
button to confirm.
A menu appears after a short while.
The 003Fdot in front of an entry indicates the
currently selected language.
X Select a language using the 00630064
buttons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0059
or 0065 button. Subtitles and camera angle
These functions are not available on all DVDs.
The number of subtitle languages and camera
angles available depends on the content of
the DVD. It may also be possible to access
the settings from the DVD menu.
X Press the 008Bbutton on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V DVD-Vand press the 008Bbutton on
the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD Functions DVD Functions and press the008B
button to confirm.
X Select Subtitles Subtitles orCamera Angle
Camera Angle and
press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The 003Fdot in front of an entry
indicates the current setting.
X Select a setting using the 00630064
buttons and press the 008Bbutton to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the0059
or 0065 button. Interactive content
DVDs can also contain interactive content
(e.g. a video game). In a video game, you may
be able to influence events by selecting and
triggering actions. The type and number of
actions depend on the DVD.
X Select an action using the
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remote control and press the
008Bbutton to
execute it.
A menu appears and the first entry,
Select
Select , is highlighted.
X Press the 008Bbutton. Operation with an active COMAND
source
Switching the function on/off in
COMAND
You can transfer an audio or video source
selected in COMAND to the Rear Seat
Entertainment System. If you subsequently
switch modes in COMAND, the new source
will not be transmitted to the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
X To switch on the function in COMAND:
switch to the desired audio mode in
COMAND, e.g. CD mode (Y page 195), or
show the menu in video DVD mode
(Y page 228).
X Select the menu item at the bottom left,
e.g. CD
CD in audio CD mode, by sliding 005B0064
and turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller
and press 00A1to confirm. X
Select Active Aud./Vid. Source For Active Aud./Vid. Source For
Rear
Rear and press 00A1to confirm. In the status bar at the top, you will see the
headphones icon and the
_icon for the
source that has been switched on.
X To switch off the function in COMAND:
switch to the desired audio mode in
COMAND or show the menu in video DVD
mode.
X Select the menu item at the bottom left,
e.g. CD
CD in audio CD mode, by sliding 005B0064
and turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller
and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Rear Audio/Video Off Rear Audio/Video Off_ and
press 00A1the COMAND controller to
confirm. Selecting an active COMAND source
on the rear-compartment screen
Loading the active COMAND source Operation with an active COMAND source
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X
Select COMAND
COMAND using the 006300590065
buttons on the remote control and press
008B to confirm.
The audio or video source selected in
COMAND is loaded in the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
When the loading process is complete, the
audio or video source is set in the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
If Rear Audio/Video Off
Rear Audio/Video Off is activated in
COMAND, the COMAND is off or there
COMAND is off or there
is no active COMAND source is no active COMAND source message
appears.
Audio CD mode Example: CD mode
X
To select a track by skipping to a
track: press the 0059or0065 button on
the remote control.
or
X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next
track.
Skipping backwards restarts the current
track (if it has been playing for more than
eight seconds) or starts the previous track
(if the current track has only been playing
for a shorter time).
Additional setting option:
R selecting the sound settings ( Ypage 243) Audio DVD mode
Example: audio DVD mode
X
To skip to the next/previous group:
press the 0064button on the remote
control.
X Highlight with the 0059or00650032 or
0033 button and press 008Bto confirm.
Additional setting option:
R selecting the sound settings ( Ypage 243)
i Information on groups can be found under
"Setting the audio format" (Y page 201).
MP3 mode Example: MP3 mode
X
To select a track by skipping to a
track: press the 0059or0065 button on
the remote control.
or
X Press the 0048or0049 button.
The skip forward function skips to the next
track. 256
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