audio MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2011 W251 Comand Manual

Gene
ralnotes
You willfind information onthe follo wing
topics inthe "Aud io"chapter:
R Notes onCDs/DVDs (Ypage 139)
R Notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 137)
R Notes oncopyri ght(Ypage 139) Ins
erting aCD/DVD
M- Class :th eCD /DVD drive isin thece nter
beh ind th efron tseats.
R-Class: theCD/D VDdrive isin the center
con sole. :
Disc slot
; Eject button
The CD/D VDdrive isasingle discdrive. If
ther eis already adisc insert ed,this must be
ejec tedbefore anotherisinsert ed.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slot.
The print edside ofthe disc must face
upwards. Ifneit her side ofthe disc is
print ed,the side youwish toplay must face
downwards.
The CD/D VDdrive draws inthe disc. The
CD/D VDdrive plays thedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorr ectlyand itis a
permissible type.
R you have switchedtodisc mode (audio CD,
audio DVDandMP3 mode) (Ypage 167).
Dat aon anMP3 CDfirst needs tobe loaded
by the drive. Theloading processtak esa
cert aintime, dependin gon the number of
folders andfiles. Ejecting
aCD/DVD
X Press theþ ejec tbut ton.
The drive ejec ts thedis c.
X Tak eth edis co utofthed isc slot .
If you donot takethe disc outofthe disc
slot ,the drive willdraw itin again
autom atically afterashor twhile. Switching
onaudio CD,audio DVDor
MP3 mode
X Insert aCD/DV D(Y page 167).
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemloads
the inserted disc.
X Select Disc in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
The corresponding modeisswitched on.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemplays
the disc. Example
displayinaudio CDmode
: Type ofdata medium _
; Track number CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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=
Track name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text )
? Track time
A Visual timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (noicon for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toadjust thebass
D Toadjust thetreble
E Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text )
F Tocall upthe track list
G Playba ckoptions Example
displayinaudio DVDmode
: Type ofdata medium ü
; Track number
= Track time
? Visual timeandtrack display
A Current playbacksett ings (noicon for
"Normal tracksequence")
B Toadjust thebass
C Toadjust thetreble
D Tocall upthe track list
E Stop funct ion
F Pause function
G Playba ckoptions Example
displayinMP3 mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Visual timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (noicon for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toadjust thebass
D Toadjust thetreble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions, toswitch track
inform ationon/of f Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To skipfo rwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Skip ping forwa rdski ps tothe next track.
Skip ping backw ards res tartsthe curre nt
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor eth an
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
If the Random Tracks or
Random Folder
pla
yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom. 168
CD
/DVD audio andMP3 modeRear SeatEntertainmen t

Selec
tingbytrack list In
audi oCD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
the track son the disc current lyplay ing.
In audi oDVD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
track sin the current lyactive group; see
"Settin gthe audi oformat" (Ypage 170).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshows alltrack s
on the current lyactive folder, aswell asthe
folder structureforselection ofall the track s
on the MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (audi
oCD/D VDmode) or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedisplay /
selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
Selec tingatrac kbydirect lyenter ingits
num ber X
Press honthe remo tecon trol.
The track entrydisplay appears.
Ex ample: track 2
X Press thel numbe rkey.
Ex ample: track 12
X Press thecorrespo ndingnumbe rkeys in
rapid success ion.
i Itis not possible toent ernumbers that
exc eed thenumber oftrac kson the CDor
in the curren tlyactiv efolder.
X Wait forapproximat elythree secon dsafter
makin gan ent ry.
You willhear theentered track.The
corr espondin gbasic menu thenreappears. Fast
forwar d/rewind
X With the<0004000900130010000C0001001C002400130005000C0005000300140009000F
000E> windowactive,
press the= or; button onthe
remot econ trol repeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onson therem otecon trol and pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Folder selection icon
; Current foldername
= Track icon
X To switch tothe next folder up:select
icon :.
The displa yshows thenext folder up. CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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:
Fold ersel ectio nicon
; Folder icon
X Sel ect afol der using the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
You willsee thetracks inthe folder .
X Sel ect atrack using the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The track isplay ed and thecorre sponding
fol der isnow theactivefolder . Paus
efunc tion
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein audio DVD
mod e.
X To pause playback:sel ect «using
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The «displ aycha nges toM.
X To contin ueplayb ack:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
The Mdispl aycha nges to«. Stop
function
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein audio DVD
mod e. X
To interrupt playback:sel ect ±using
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The «displ aycha nges toM.
X To contin ueplayb ack:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck continu esfrom thepointwh ere it
wa sinter rupted.
X To sto pplayb ack:wh ile play ba ck is
inter rupted, select ±againa nd pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck stop sand jumpstothe beginning
of the DVD. Mishighl ighted .
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts from thestartof the DVD. Se
ttin gthe audi ofo rmat
Fur ther informa tionon audio form atsis
av aila bl e in the "Audio" cha pter
(Y page 137) .
X Sel ect DVD-A us
ing the :=;
bu ttons onthe rem otecontro land press
the 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl eau dioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind icates the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d.
X Sel ect anaudio form atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe menu: pressthe= or;
button. Playback
options
Further information onplay back options is
availa bleinthe "Audio" chapter
(Y page 137).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote 170
CD/
DVD audioand MP3 modeRear SeatEnterta inment

Setting
theaudio format
This funct ionisnot availa bleonallDVD s.Ifit
is availa ble,youcan setthe audi olanguage
or the audi oformat. Thenumber ofsettin gs
is determined bythe DVD content. Itis
possible thatthesettin gsmay alsobe
accessed inthe DVD menu.
X Show themenu (Ypage 172).
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9button
on the remote controltoconf irm.
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconf irm.
X Select Audio Language and
press the9
button toconf irm.
Am enu appears afterashort while. The
# dot infron tof an ent ryindicat esthe
curren tlyselect edlanguage.
X Select alanguage usingthe9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button . Subtit
lesand camer aangle
These functionsare not available onallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle languages andcamera
angles available dependsonthe contentof
the DVD. Itis po ssi ble tha tthe settin gsmay
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu.
X Show themenu (Ypage 172).
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9button
on the remote controltoconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press the9button toconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appearsafter afew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entr y
indicates thecurrent setting.
X Select asettin gusing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .X
To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button. Interactive
content
DVD scan also containinteract ivecont ent
(e.g. avideo game). Inavideo game, youmay
be able toinfluence eventsbyselecting and
triggering actions.Thetype andnumber of
actions depend onthe DVD .
X Select anaction usingthe
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toexecute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select ,
is highlighted.
X Press the9button. AUX
mode Introduction
You canconn ectone extern alvideo source to
each ofthe displa ysofthe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System(AUXdispla y)and also
one extern alvideo source tothe rear-
compartmen tCD/DV Ddrive (AUX drive) with
a sound andpicture signal.
Please seethecorresponding operating
instruct ionsforinformation onhow to
operate theextern alvideo source.
For further detailsconcerning externalvideo
sources, pleaseconsult anauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. Connecting
auxiliaryequipme nt
AU Xdrive The
AUX drive jacks arelocate don the CD/
DVD drive next tothe CD/DVD ejectbutton
(Y page 32). AU
Xmode
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AUX
displa y The
AUXdisp layjacksare locate don theside
of thesc ree n(Y page 30).
Aud ioand videoconnect ion X
Inser tthe audi oplug forthe left and right
signals intothecorresponding Land R
jacks.
X Insert thevideo plugintotheVsocket . Switching
onAUX mode
AUX drive X
Select Aux in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
The AUX menu appears. AUX
menu
X Select Source from
theAUX menu and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select DiskDrive Aux and
press the9
button toconfirm .
You willhear andseethecont entofthe
extern alvideo source ifthis isconn ected
to the CD/DV Ddrive andswitched to
play back. Ifthe source doesnotinclude a
video image, youwillsee anaudi omenu.
AUX display X
Select thescreen towhich anextern al
video source isconn ected andwhich you would
liketooperate withtheremote
cont rol(Ypage 31).
X Select Aux in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Source from
theAUX menu and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Display Aux and
press the9
button toconfirm .
You willsee and hear thecont entofthe
extern alvideo source ifit is switched to
play back. Ifthe source doesnotinclude a
video image, youwillsee anaudi omenu.
Selec tingtheactive COMAND source X
Select Aux in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
X Select COMAND from
theAUX menu and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select COMAND Audio or
COMAND Video and
press the9button toconfirm .
COMAND Audio:theaudi omode selected
for COMAND isalso selected forthe Rear
Seat Entertainment System.
COMAND video:COMAND transmitsthe
video image tothe Rear SeatEntertainment
System. Operat
ingwith anactive COMAND
source
You cantransf eran audi oorvideo mode
selec tedinCOMA NDtothe Rear Seat
En ter tain men tSyst em.
i Ifyou subsequen tlyswitc hmodes in
COMA ND,the new sourc ewill notbe
tr ansm itted tothe Rear SeatEnter tain men t
Syst em. 176
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X
To switcho nthe function inCOMAND:
switch tothe desired audiomode in
COMAND orshow themenu invideo mode.
X Select themenu itematthe bott omleft,
e.g. CD ,
using the:=; buttons
on the remot econ trol while CDmode is
switched on.
X Select Active Aud./Vid .Source for the
Rear .
In
the statusbar atthe top, youwillsee the
headphones iconandthe_icon forthe
source thathasbeen switched on.
X To switch offthe function inCOMAND:
switch tothe desired audiomode in
COMAND oractivat ethe menu system in
video mode.
X Select themenu itematthe bott omleft,
e.g. CD ,
using the:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm. X
Select _Rear Audio/Vi deoOff and
press the9button tocon firm. Setting
thebright ness/contrast /
color
X Select Source in
the AUX menu andpress
the 9button onthe remot econ trol to
con firm.
X Select Display Aux or
Disk Drive Aux and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Brightne ss ,
Contrast or
Color and
press the9button tocon firm.
As etting scale appears.
X Select asett ingusing the9 or:
button andpress the9button tocon firm. Changing
thepictu reform at
X Select Source in
the AUX menu andpress
the 9button onthe remot econ trol to
con firm.
X Select Display Aux or
Disk Drive Aux and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select 16:9Optimiz ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een using
the9: buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
The äicon infron tof amenu item
indicat esthe curren tsett ing. AUX
mode
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Vehi
cle equi pmen t
i Thisma nua lde scri besal lthe standa rd
and optio nal equipme ntofyour veh icle
wh ich wasava ilab leat the time of
pu rcha se.Country -specificd iffe ren ces are
possible .Bear inmind thatyour vehicle
may notfeature allfunc tionsdescribed
here. Thisalso refers tosafety- related
systems andfunc tions. Overview
Opera
tingSafet y G
War
ning!
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
While thesystem permitshands- freephone
operation ,atten tiontotraff icmay bedivert ed
not only byphysical operation ofaphone, but
also bythe distrac tionofaphone
con versat ionwhile driving. Assuch, forsafety
reasons, weenco urage thedriver tostop the
vehicle inasafe place before answering or
placing aphone call.
For safety reasons, youshould onlyselect a
destin ationwhen thevehicle isstat ionary.
While thenavigation systemprovides
direct ionalassistanc e,the driver mustremain
focused onsafe driving behavior, especially
pay atten tiontotraff icand street signs, and
should utilizethesystem' saudio cueswhile
driving.
The navigation systemdoesnotsupply any
infor mation onstop signs, yieldsigns, traffic
regulations ortraff icsafety rules.Their
observan cealway sremains inthe driver's
person alrespon sibility. DVDmaps donot
cover allareas norallroutes withinanarea.
Traffic regulations alwayshave priority over
any route recom mendat ionsgiven.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second. G
War
ning
Navigation announcementsare intended to
direct youwhile driving without divertingyour
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
con sulting themap display fordirect ions.
Consultin gthe symbols ormap display for
direct ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t. G
War
ning!
Please donot use theVoice ControlSystem
in an emergen cy,asthe toneof your voice
may change inastr essful situation .This could
cause adelay incompleting yourphone call
in atimely manner. Thiscould distract youin
an emergency situationandcause youtobe
involved inan accident. Symbols
OnlyUsed inthis Chapter
The following symbolsindicate:
s thatyouhave tosay something
t thatthere isavoice output fromthe
voice control
u thatthesystem showsinformation on
the displa y. Usage
You canusethevoice controlsystem to
operate thefollowing systemsdepending on
the equipment inyour vehicle:
R Phone
R Navigation
R Address book
R Audio (radio, satellite radio,DVDchanger,
memory card,music register)
Say thecommands withoutpausingbetween
individua lwords. Ifyou enter acommand that
does notexist orisincorrec t,the voice
cont rolsystem asksyouforanew command
with “Please repeat”or“Please repeatyour 180
OverviewVoice
Control

ent
ry!”. Thevoice control confirms import ant
comm andstoyou and gives youinstruct ions
in the event ofincor rectentries.
Comma ndTyp es Voice
control distin guishes between the
following typesofcomm and:
R Global commands:
These arecomm andswhich canbecalled
up atany time (e.g.helporphone
comm ands).
R Local comm ands:
These arecomm andswhich areonly
available forthe active application (e.g.
“En terStreet” during navigation ).
Active Applicat ion The
local comm andsrefertothe application
curren tlyshown onthe display andtothe
audio source youarecurren tlylisten ingto.
For example, ifyou arelisten ingtothe radio
while thenavigation application isactive on
the display, youcan operate both
applications usingvoicecontrol.
To operate adifferen tfunc tion usin gvoi ce
co ntrol ,you must first swit chtothat
applic ation usin gth eco rrespo nding
co mm and. Op
era ting Voi ceCont rol Veh
icles withVoiceCont rolButtons on
th eMu lti-Fu nct ion Steer ing Wheel Ex
ampl edisp lay:M-Class
1 A Cancelsvoice control
2 ? Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume
x Mute
i You cancancelthedialog withvoi ce
co ntrol atany time.
Voic eco ntrol isoper ationalaroun dhalf a
min ute afterCOMA NDisswit ched on.
Veh icles withLever forVoiceCont rol Ex
ampl edisp lay:SL-Cla ss
1 Canc elsvoice control
2 Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume Over
view
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DVD
Changer G
Wa
rning
Plea sedev oteyour atte nt ion first and
fo rem osttothetraff icsit uat ion you arein.
Be fore your journ ey, plea sefam iliarize
your selfw ith the disc functions.
Only usetheVoic eCont rolSyst emwhen road
and traffic condition sperm ityou todo so.
Oth erwise youcould beinvolved inan
acc ident inwhich youoroth ers could be
inj ured. Oper
ation
You canusevoicecon trol to:
R selec ta CD/ DVD
R selec ta track
R selec tadirectory inMP3 operation
R select agroup inAudio DVDoperation
i Onthe comm and“Next /prev iousCD/
DVD ”,the DVD chang erchang esfrom one
CD/ DVD tothe next,skippin gany empty
compart ments.Ifyou select anempty
compart mentwiththe“CD/D VD1to CD/
DVD 6”comm and,thecurren t
compart mentremains selectedand the
system respondswith “Noaudio CD”.
To select theCDapp lication:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Say one ofthe following commands:
R “CD player/CD changer”
R “DVD audio” R
“DVD video”
R “MP3”
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Give oneofthe CDorDVD comm ands
explained below. Comma
nds
“Help CD”/“Help DVD”/“Help MP3” With
thecomm ands:
R “Help CD”
R “Help DVDaudio”
R “Help DVDvideo”
R “Help MP3”
you can have allthe comm andsforthe CD,
DVD orMP3 readout.
“Next CD/DVD” With
the“Next CD”/“N extDVD ”commands,
you can select thenext audio CD/DVD from
your DVD changer.
“Tr ack 1”to“Tr ack 99” With
the“Track 1”to“Track 99”comman ds,
you can select atrack number fromthe
insert edCD/D VD.
“Next Track” You
canusethe“Next track”comman dto
select thenext track .
“Previous Track” With
the“Previous track”or“Repeat track ”
co mm ands,you can haveth etrack just
played repeated. Ifth eco mm and isspo ken
as thefir st few seconds ofthetrack are
played ,th epre vious track issele cted. 200
DVD
ChangerVoiceCont rol