MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER 2012 Owners Manual

Displaying the track and album
X
Press the zbutton.
The current track and album are displayed
in a window.
Displaying metadata (MP3 mode) COMAND Online can also display the album
name and artist (metadata) during playback if
this information has been entered into the
system.
For all media that contain MP3 data (e.g. MP3 CD, SD memory card, MUSIC REGISTER), you
can determine whether:
R the metadata contained in the tags of the
encoded music data should be displayed
R the file and directory names should be dis-
played during playback
X To display the album and artist name:
select MP3
MP3 orUSB USB in the basic display by
sliding VÆand turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
X Select Display track Information
Display track Information and
press Wto confirm.
Selecting a group (DVD audio) The content of an audio DVD can be divided
into up to nine groups. The availability and
type of group depends on the respective DVD.
A group can contain music in different sound
qualities (stereo and multichannel formats,
for example), or bonus tracks.
Each group can contain up to 99 tracks.
If an audio DVD only contains one audio for-
mat, the Group Groupmenu item(s) cannot be selec-
ted.
X Switch on audio DVD mode (Y page 472).
X Select DVD-A
DVD-A by sliding VÆand turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
X Select Group
Groupby turning cVdand press W
to confirm.
The #dot indicates the group currently
selected. X
Select the desired group by turning cVd
and press Wto confirm.
X To exit the menu: slideXVY the COMAND
controller or press the %back button.
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only) You can select this function for USB mass
storage devices when the storage device is
partitioned. Up to 5 partitions (primary or log-
ical, FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are supported.
X Select MP3
MP3 in the basic display by sliding
VÆ and turning cVdthe COMAND con-
troller and press Wto confirm.
X Select Select active partition Select active partition and
press Wto confirm.
Playback options X
To select options: switch on audio
CD/DVD or MP3 mode (Y page 472).
X Select CD
CD,DVD-A
DVD-A orMP3
MP3 by sliding VÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The options list appears. The #dot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option by turning cVdand press
W 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.
The following options are available to you:
R Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence
The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
In MP3 mode, the track order is determined
by the order in which the tracks are written to the MP3 data carrier when it is created.
Alphabetical order is the most common.
Once all the tracks in a folder have been
played, the tracks in the next folder are
played.
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All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order (e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
R Random track list
Random track list (MP3 mode only)
You will hear the tracks in the current play-
list or currently active folder (including all
subfolders) in random order.
i The
Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence option is
automatically selected when you change
the disc you are currently listening to or
when you select a different medium. If an
option is selected, it remains selected after COMAND Online is switched on or off.
Notes on MP3 mode General notes
Depending on the volume and format of the
MP3 data, the length of time required for
reading the data may increase.
Permissible data carriers
R CD-R and CD-RW
R DVD-R and DVD-RW
R DVD+R and DVD+RW
R SD memory card
R USB storage device
Permissible file systems R ISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
R UDF for audio and video DVDs
R FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS for SD memory
card and USB storage media
Multi-session CDs
For multi-session CDs, the content of the first session determines how COMAND Online will process the CD. COMAND Online plays only
one session and gives priority to the audio CD
session.
If possible, only play CDs on COMAND Online that have been written in one session.
File structure of a disc
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, the tracks can be organised in
folders. A folder may also contain subfolders. The disc may contain no more than eight
directory levels. Files beyond the eighth level
will not be recognised by the system.
i COMAND Online loads up to 15,000
tracks from the SD memory card or USB
storage medium.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, you can assign names to the
tracks and folders.
COMAND Online uses these names accord-
ingly for the display. Folders that contain data other than MP3 or WMA tracks are not dis-
played by COMAND Online.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder. COMAND Online will then show the name of the root directory as the
folder name.
You should observe the following when
assigning track names:
R track names must have at least one char-
acter.
R track names must have the extension
"mp3" or "wma".
R there must be a full stop between the track
name and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
COMAND supports the following formats:
R MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)
R Microsoft Windows Media Audio V8 and V9
(WMA) without copy protection
Microsoft Windows Media Audio V2, V7, V8 and V9 (WMA)
R additional music files in AAC format with
the file extensions .aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b, but not copy-protected iTunes
music files with the extension .m4p.
i If, in addition to MP3 files, there are other
music files in these audio formats stored on Audio
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the disc, the loading process may require a
longer time before the first track is played.
i The MP3 audio encoding method is under
licence from Fraunhofer IIS (Institut Integ-
rierte Schaltungen – Institute for Integrated
Circuits) and Thomson.
Permissible bit and sampling rates
COMAND supports MP3files of the following
types:
R fixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND Online supports WMAfiles of the
following types:
R fixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
R sampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND Online does notsupport WMAfiles
of the following types:
R DRM (Digital Rights Management) encryp-
ted files
R variable bit rate
R WMA Pro
R 5.1 Surround
i Only use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. Lower rates may cause a notice-
able deterioration in quality. This is espe-
cially the case if you have activated a sur-
round sound function.
Notes on copyright
MP3 or WMA tracks that you create or play
back are generally subject to copyright pro-
tection in accordance with the applicable
international and national regulations.
In many countries, reproductions, even for
private use, are not permitted without the
prior consent of the copyright holder.
Make sure that you know about the applicable copyright regulations and that you comply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g. for your
own compositions and recordings, or if the copyright holder has granted you permission,
these restrictions do not apply.
Notes on CDs/DVDs
! COMAND Online is designed to play discs
which comply with the EN 60908 standard. Therefore, you can only use discs with a
maximum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can-
not be ejected and can damage the device.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm. Do not use discs with a diameter of
8 cm, even with an adapter.
Discs with copy protection are not compati-
ble with the CD standard and therefore may
not be able to be played by COMAND Online.
You may encounter playback problems when
playing copied discs. There is a wide range of data carriers, disc-writing software and writ-
ers available. This variety means that there is
no guarantee that the system will be able to
play discs that you have copied yourself.
There may be playback problems if you play
CDs that you have copied yourself with a stor-
age capacity of more than 700 MB. CDs of
this type do not conform to the currently
applicable standards.
i On many DVD audio discs, the last track
does not contain any music. If
COMAND Online therefore switches to the
next disc, it is normal system behaviour and
does not mean that there is a malfunction.
i COMAND Online is able to play back
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Music search
Calling up the category list Category list
X Switch on an audio source and call up the
basic display, e.g. MP3 mode (Y page 472).
X Select Search
Search by sliding VÆand turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
The category list appears.
The categories are displayed according to the data available. The categories Current
Current
tracklist tracklist, Folder
Folder,Playlists
Playlists (if available)
and Photos
Photos (if available) are already
assigned. The other available categories are
filled by the music search.
Selecting a category Starting a music search
Select music via categories (e.g. albums,
artists etc.) with the music search function.
If you select a category, COMAND Online
starts a music search under the following
conditions:
R the data carriers are inserted or connected.
R the music tracks on these data carriers are
not yet in the COMAND music database.
COMAND Online reads music tracks from the
following data carriers:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device X
Select a category in the category list by
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The Reading data...
Reading data... message appears.
The search may take some time, depending on the number of tracks available.
The Track information is complete Track information is complete
message appears once the search is comple-
ted. Playback then starts with the previously
active audio source.
X To cancel the music search: confirm
Cancel Cancel by pressing W.
Selecting artists X Select Artists
Artists in the category list by turn-
ing cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available artists are displayed alpha-
betically.
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Select Albums
Albums in the category list by turn-
ing cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available albums are displayed alpha-
betically. If there is a cover available for an
album, it is displayed in front of the album
name.
Selecting a track X
Select Tracks Tracks in the category list
(Y page 481 )by turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
The available tracks are displayed.
Selecting a year of publication X
Select Year
Yearin the category list
(Y page 481) by turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
X Select an entry and press Wto confirm.
The genre list is displayed.
X Select a genre, e.g. pop, and press Wto
confirm.
The track list is displayed.
X Select a track and press Wto confirm.
Playback starts. Selecting composers
X Select Composers Composers in the category list by
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The available composers are displayed
alphabetically.
Selecting music genres
X Select Genres Genres in the category list by turn-
ing cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available music genres are displayed
alphabetically.
Selecting a cover X Select Select by cover Select by cover in the category
list (Y page 481) by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm.
The available covers are displayed in alpha- betical order of the artists. X
Select the desired cover by turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
The corresponding album is played.
Selecting via keyword search X Select Keyword
Keyword search searchin the category list
by turning cVdthe COMAND controller
and press Wto confirm.
An input menu appears. 482
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To change the character set used in the
character bar: highlightSelect
Selectby sliding
VÆ and turning cVdthe COMAND con-
troller and press Wto confirm.
A list of available character sets is shown.
X Select the desired character set and press
W to confirm.
X Enter characters and confirm the entry.
Character entry (Y page 303).
Depending on the entry, the hits are shown
in a list. X
Select an entry by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm. X
Select an entry, e.g. Artists
Artists, and pressW
to confirm.
The album and cover (if available) are dis-
played. X
Confirm the album with W.
The tracks on the album are displayed. X
Select a track and press Wto confirm.
Playback starts and the basic display
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MUSIC REGISTER
General notes !
Retain the original music files in a secure
location. An error in COMAND Online might result in the loss of the music files stored in
the MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Benz is
not liable for any loss of data.
You can store music files in a compressed
format in the MUSIC REGISTER (Y page 485).
The memory has a capacity of 10 GB.
Switching to the MUSIC REGISTER MUSIC REGISTER basic display
Example: MUSIC REGISTER
:
Cover (if available)
; Track time
= Track number and name
? Graphic time and track display
A Position of the medium in the media list
and name of the medium, followed by the
current playback option (no display for
Normal track sequence Normal track sequence)
B Artist
C MUSIC REGISTER menu bar Switching on with the function button
X Press the hfunction button repeatedly
until the MUSIC REGISTER is switched on.
By pressing the function button repeatedly,
you can change the operating mode in the
following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB memory
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R operation with Bluetooth ®
audio
If music files are available, playback begins at the point last listened to.
If there are no music files, you will see a mes- sage to this effect.
X Confirm the message by pressing Wthe
COMAND controller and then copy the
music files to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 485).
Switching on with the audio menu
X Select Audio Audioin the main function bar by
sliding ZVand turning cVdthe COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
If the MUSIC REGISTER was the last mode
selected, it is now switched on.
If another audio source is switched on, you
can now switch on the MUSIC REGISTER in
the audio menu.
X Select Audio
Audio by sliding ZVand turning
cVdthe COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Music Register
Music Register and pressWto
confirm.
Switching on using the number keys
X Make sure that neither radio nor disc is
activated.
X Press the r(for a DVD changer) or m
(for a single DVD drive) number key.
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Copying music data to the MUSIC REG-
ISTER
Introduction
You can copy music files in the file formats
MP3, WMA and AAC (with the file exten-
sions .m4p, .m4a, .m4b and .aac) from the
following media:
R discs in a DVD changer or a single DVD
drive
R Memory card
R USB memory
i While copying, several functions will not
be available. If this is the case, you will see
a message to this effect.
1. Selecting a data medium
X Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Music
Music Register Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
X Select Copy MP3 music files Copy MP3 music files and press
W to confirm.
The media list appears. A data medium
from which files can be copied is selected
automatically. X
Select the data medium by turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press Wto
confirm.
The data medium is loaded.
If the data carrier contains music files that can be copied, you see a menu. 2. Selecting music files
X To select all music files: selectAll All
tracks
tracks and press Wthe COMAND con-
troller to confirm.
This function copies all music files on the
selected data carrier. The icon in front of
All tracks All tracks is filled in and all following
entries have a tick Obeside them.
X To select a folder: turncVd the COMAND
controller and press Wto confirm.
A tick Onext to the folder entry highlights
the selection.
3. Confirming your selection
X Select Continue
Continue by turning cVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm.
The copying menu appears.
4. Starting the copying process ! Under no circumstances should you
remove the medium while you are copying
data from it (SD memory card, USB storage
device, CD/DVD). Doing so will generate
unusable data in the MUSIC REGISTER. Audio
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In the example, music files are copied from
the memory card to the MUSIC REGISTER.
X To select a destination folder: select
Destination folder
Destination folder by turningcVdthe
COMAND controller and press Wto con-
firm.
X Select Folder and press Wto confirm.
The folder is selected O.
X Select Continue
Continue and pressWto confirm.
X Confirm Start
Start by pressing W.
Copying begins. The progress bar indicates the status of the copying procedure.
i It may take some time for the copying
process to be completed, depending on the
amount of data. If there is not enough mem-
ory space, you will see a message to this
effect.
Once copying is complete, you hear the first
track of the copied album. The MUSIC REG-
ISTER display appears. Now you can copy
more music files to the MUSIC REGISTER.
X To cancel the copying process: select
Cancel Cancel and press Wto confirm.
Music files are stored in the MUSIC REGIS-
TER up until the point of cancellation.
Deleting all music files !
In order to prevent malfunctions, do not
use COMAND Online during this time.
This function deletes all music files from the
MUSIC REGISTER.
X Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Music
Music Register
Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
X Select Delete all music files
Delete all music files and
press Wto confirm.
A query appears. No
No is highlighted.
If you select Yes
Yes, all music files are deleted.
You see the Please wait...
Please wait... message.
You will then see the Data deleted
Data deletedmes-
sage. If you select
No
No, the process will be cancel-
led.
Calling up memory space information X
Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Music Music Register
Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
X Select Memory info
Memory info and pressWto con-
firm.
The following is displayed:
R storage capacity
R available memory
R occupied memory
R content (folders, tracks)
Music search Introduction
The music search finds tracks via all available
media. The search begins with the audio
source that is currently active.
The music search covers the following media:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB memory
X Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Search Search by sliding VÆand turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press W
to confirm.
The category list appears.
X Select a track in a category (Y page 481).
Example: opening a folder X Select Folder Folder in the category list by turn-
ing cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
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The name of the current folder is at the top
and the track currently playing is indicated by
a # dot.
X To switch to the next folder up: press the
% back button or slide XVthe
COMAND controller.
Changing the folder/track name X Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Music
Music Register Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
X Select Rename
Rename /
/delete
delete files
filesand press
W to confirm.
X Select a folder/track by turning cVd.
X Select Options
Options by sliding VYand press W
to confirm.
X Select Change
Change and press Wto confirm.
X Enter a name for the folder/track
(Y page 303).
X To save the changes: select¬and
press Wto confirm.
Deleting folders/tracks
X Switch to the MUSIC REGISTER
(Y page 484).
X Select Music
Music Register Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
X Select Rename
Rename /
/delete
delete files
filesand press
W to confirm.
X Select a folder/track by turning cVd.X
Select Options
Options by sliding VYand press W
to confirm.
X Select Delete
Delete and press Wto confirm.
A query appears. No
No is highlighted.
If you select Yes
Yes, the folders/tracks are
deleted. You see the Please wait...
Please wait...
message. You will then see the Data
Data
deleted
deleted message.
If you select No
No, the process will be cancel-
led.
Playback options The following options are available:
R Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence
The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
R Random media Random media
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random track list Random track list (MP3 mode only)
The tracks in the currently active folder or
the current track list are played in a random
order.
X To select options: switch to the MUSIC
REGISTER (Y page 484).
X Select Music Music Register
Register by slidingVÆand
turning cVdthe COMAND controller and
press Wto confirm.
The options list appears. The #dot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option and press Wto 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 The
Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence option is
automatically selected when you change
the disc you are currently listening to or
when you select a different medium. If an
option is selected, it remains selected after COMAND Online is switched on or off. Audio
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