MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2011 W204 Comand Manual

The
DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Youseethe
Loading Disc... message.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Magazine traycontains adisc (eject
funct ionisavaila ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbeloaded)
X To exit themenu: pressthe8 eject/
load button againorpress thek button .
or
X Select Backbysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X To fill empt ymagaz inetrays: press the
8 load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
COMAND switchestothe next empty
magazine tray.Youthen seethePlease
Insert Discmessage.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc atatime intoa
magazine tray. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Once thedisc isloaded, theDVD changer
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please InsertDiscmessage.
X Repeat thisstep until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand
is of apermissible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To complete theinsertion: pressthe
8 eject/load button againorpress the
k button .
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer If
you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interrupts playback.
Playb ackcont inues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
X To eject aCD/DVD: pressthe8 load/
ej ec tbut ton.
or
X Se lec tBac kby slid ing VÆ andturning
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray containing thecurrent discis
highlighted. :
Ejec ting ispossible
; Type ofdata medium
= Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
? Current disc Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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X
Sel ect amag azine tray conta ining adi sc by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
or
X Pre ssanumb erkey ,e.g. :.
The EjectingDisc ... message
ap pe ars .Then, youseethefollowing
message: X
Take thedisc outofthe disc slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe disc
slot, COMAND willautomatically drawitin
again afterashort period andload itagain.
X To eject allCDs/ DVDs: pressthe8
load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears. X
Confirm EjectAllbypressing W.
The DVD changer ejectsthe last disc
selected. YouseetheEjecting Disc
... message.
X Take thedisc outofthe disc slotwhen you
see thePlease RemoveDisc
message.
The DVD changer switches tothe next
loaded magazine trayandeject sthe disc.
X Repea tthe last step until themagazine is
empty.
X To cancel ejecting: pressthe8 eject/
load button againorpress thek button.
or
X Select Backbysliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm . Inserting
andejecting aPCMCIA
mem orycard
Gener alinfor mation COMA
NDsuppo rts 16 -bitfull- sizetyp eIa nd
II PC MC IAmem orycards.
i Not allcomm ercially availabl eP CMCIA
mem orycardsand storag emed iaare
desi gned for thete mpe ratures whichmay
be reac hedintheveh icle.
If you arenolonger usin gth ePCMCI A
mem orycard,rem ove itfrom COMA ND,as
high tempe ratures could damag ethe card. 130
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Inser
ting aPCMCIA memorycard :
PCMCI Amemory cardslot
X Inser tthe memory cardintothe slot. The
side with thecontact smust face
downwards andpoint towards theslot.
COMAND loadsthememory cardand
shows amessage tothis effec t.Ifno MP3
trac kscan befound, youwillsee amessage
to this effec t.
Ejecting aPCMCIA memorycard :
Eject button
; PCMCIA memorycardslot
X Press ejectbutt on : twice.
The mem orycardis ejec ted.
X Remo vethemem orycardfrom slot ;. Swit
chingto CD/au dioDVD orMP3
mod e
Op tion 1 X
Inser taC D/DVD (Ypage 128) oraP CMCIA
mem orycard(Y page 131).
COMA NDloads themed iuminserted and
st art sto play it.
Op tion2 X
Pre ssthee function button.
i This switches tothelast disc mode
sele cted (CD /audi oDV D/ vide oDV D/
MP3 ).COMA NDwill access alldisc sin the
DV Dc hanger, thememory card,theMUSIC
REGISTER orthe Media Interface.
X Select anaudi omedium fromthemedia list
(Y page 133).
Option 3 X
Select Audiointhe main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
If disc mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch todisc mode inthe audi o
menu.
X Select Audiobysliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The audi omenu appears.
X Select DiscorMemory Cardandpress
W toconfirm .
The desired discmode isactivated.
X Select anaudi omedium fromthemedia list
(Y page 133). Audio
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Exam
pledispla yin au dio CDmod e :
Type ofdat amedi um
; Trac knum ber
= CD orDV Dins erted
? Trac kname (onlyifstore don thedisc as
CD text or ifGrac enote®
dat ais availabl e)
A Trac ktim e
B Visual timeand track displ ay
C Curr entp layback settings (no icon for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD textor ifGracen ote®
data isavailable)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Datamedium positioninthe media list
I Music filesrecorded
J Playback options
Exam pledisp layinaud ioDVD mode :
Type ofdata medium
; Trac knumb er =
CD orDV Dinse rted
? Trac kname (onlyifstore don thedisc as
CD text)
A Trac ktim e
B Visual timeand track displ ay
C Curr entp layback settings (no icon for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Stop func tion
I Pause function
J Datamedium positioninthe media list
K Playback options
Exam pledisp layinMP3 mode :
Type ofdata medium
; Trac knumb er
= CD orDV Dinse rted
? Trac kname
A Trac ktim e
B Visual timeand track display
C Curren tplayback option
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Curren tfolder
G Tocall upthe folder list
H Data medium positioninthe media list
I Playb ackoptions 132
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Pause
function
In audio CD/DVD andMP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypressB.
The , display isat the top leftofthe
status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
B button again.
The , display goesout.
Only inaudio DVDmode X
To pause playback: switchonaudi oDVD
mode (Ypage 131).
X Select «bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The «display changes toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconf irm.
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interr upted. TheMdisplay changes to
«. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudi oDVD
mode.
X Switch onaudi oDVD mode (Ypage 131).
X To interru ptplayback: select±by
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The «display changes toM.T he± icon
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted. X
To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, select±again andpress W
to confirm .
or
X Select ±and confirm bypressing Wtwice
in rapid succession.
The selection markerisat M.
X To restar tplayback: selectMand press
W toconfirm .
Play back starts atthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selec
tingCD/audio DVD/MP3 discs
Selec tingviathe media list X
In CD/ audio DVDandMP3 mode: select
Media bysliding VÆandturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
or
X In CD/ audio DVDmode only:press W
the COMAND controller when thedispla y/
selection windowisactive.
The media listappea rs.The #dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
list
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Audio
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Media
list Maga
zinetrays ,posi tions 1to6: readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 Media
Interface, position 9 i
Ifadata medium isnot readable, anentr y
appears behindthemagazine trayoryou
receive amessage ifyou have selected the
memory card.
X Select thedata medium byturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 152). Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
Sk ipping forward skipsto the nexttr ack .
Sk ipping backwards restartsthe curr ent
tr ack (ifithas been playing formor ethan
8s econ ds)orstart sthe previous track(if
the curr enttrack hasonly been playing for
a shor tertime).
If you have switchedonthe Rand om
Trac ksplayback option, theorder ofthe
tr ack sis rand om.
Selecting bytrack list X
In audio CD/DVDm ode, select Track
List bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the COMAND
controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controller inMP3
mode whenthedisplay /select ionwindow
is active.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphabetical order. Fast
forward /rewind
X While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND
cont roller untilthedesired position has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 131).
X Sele ctFol der byslidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
or
X Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller when the
display/ selectionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. 134
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Curr entfol der nam e
; Trac ksymbo l
= Curr enttr ack
? Icon forne xt folder up
X To swit chtothesupe rordi nat efo lder :
sele ctico n: and pressW toconfirm . :
Disc nam e(if stor ed on thedisc )
; Curr entfolder
= Folder icon
X Select thefolder byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sin the folder.
X Select thetrack byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand thecorrespon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gra
cenote MediaDatabase
Introdu ction This
funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio CD
mode.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenote ®
,Emeryville, California, USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecogn izethis bythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bottom right-
hand cornerofcert ainaudio display s. Many
audio CDscontainCD text .COMAND
uses theinformat ioncont ained therein to
display theartist, album andtrack name.
If the audio CDdoes notcont ainany CDtext
informat ion,COMAND canusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen inaudio CDmode. Thisisonly
possible ifthe relevant informationissaved
in the Gracenote MediaDatabase andifthe
"Gracenote MediaDatabase" functionis
activated.
If this isthe case, COMAND willdisplay the
availa bledata such asartist, album andtrack
name inthe relevant displaysand lists.
If COMAND accessestheGracenote Media
Database whenreading anaudio CD,youwill
see thefollowing message: Audio
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Switching
theGracenote ®
dat adisplay
on/off X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 131).
X Select CDbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select ReadCDDatabase byturnin g
cVd andpress Wtoconf irm.
This switches thefunct iononO oroff ª.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recognition technologyandthe
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognit iontechn ology.
Infor mation aboutnewversions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognit ion
software updatedtherewithaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedinconjunc tionwith thenavigation
system's digitalmap(Ypage 92). Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmulti-chan nelformats ,for
example) orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected. X
Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 131).
X Select DVD-Abysliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Groupbyturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select theaudio format byturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress thek button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal TrackSequence
You willhear thetrack sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2, 3,etc. ).
In MP3 mode, playbackproceeds inthe
order inwhich thetrack swere written to
the disc bythe program usedtocreate the
MP3 disc. Thisiscommon lyalphabetical
order. Onceallthe track sin afolder have
been played,the track sin the next folder
are playe d.
R Random Tracks
All the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5etc. ).
R Random Folder(MP3mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
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X
To select opti ons:sw itch onaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode(Y pa ge 131) .
X Sel ect CD,DVD -AorMP3 byslid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption byturn ingcVd andpress
W tocon firm.
The option isswitch edon. For alloption s
exc ept "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow. Seetheexample ofthe
display inaudio CDmode (Ypage 132).
i The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the medium youarecurren tlylisten ingto
or when youselect adifferen tmedium. If
an option isselect ed,itremains selected
after COMAND isswitch edon oroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Perm issible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R PCMCIA memorycard
Perm issible filesystem s R
ISO9 660/Joliet forCDs
R UDF foraudio andvideo DVDs
R FA T16 orFA T32 forPCMCIA memorycards
with storage medium
Mult isession CDs For
multisession CDs,thecontentofthe first
session determines howCOMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonly one
session andgives priority tothe audi oCD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which werewritten inone session. File
structure ofadisc When
youcreate adisc with compressed
music files,thetrack scan beorganized in
folders. Afolder canalso containsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of25 5
tr ack sand 255subf older s.
The disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3"
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags.
Pe rmis sibl efo rmats CO
MAND supp orts thefollowi ng forma ts:
R MP EG1 AudioLayer3( MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) Audio
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Permissible
bitand samp lingrates COMAND
supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R fixed andvariable bitrates of32 kbit/ sup
to 320kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDsuppo rts WM Afile sof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R fix ed bit rates of5kb it/s upto
38 4kb it/s
R samp lingrat es of8kH zto 48 kHz
COMA NDdoes notsuppo rtMP3 filesof the
fol lowin gtyp es:
R DRM (Digit alRight sMan agem ent)
en crypt edfiles
i Onlyuse track swit habit rateof at least
12 8kb it/s and asamp lingrat eof at least
44 .1kH z.Lower ratescancause a
noticeabl edeteriora tioninqua lity. This is
especi allythe case ifyou have activated the
surrou ndsound function.
Notes oncopyrig ht MP3
orWMA tracks thatyoucreate orpla y
back aregeneral lysubject tocopyri ght
protection inaccordance withtheapplicable
international andnational regulations.
In many countries, reproductions,evenfor
priva teuse, arenot permitted withoutthe
prior consen tofthe copyright holder.
Make surethatyouknow about theappli cable
copyright regulations andthat youcomply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself, e.g.foryour
own compositions andrecordings, orifthe
copyright holderhasgranted youpermission,
these restrict ionsdonot apply .
Notes onCDs/ DVDs Discs
withcopy protect ionare not
compatible withtheaudi oCD standard and
therefore maynotbeable tobe play edby
COMAND. There
maybeplay back problems when
play ingcopied discs.Therearealarge variety
of discs, disc-writing softwareandwriters
availa ble.This variety meansthatthere isno
guarantee thatthesystem willbeable toplay
discs thatyouhave copied yourself.
There maybeplay back problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.These
CDs arenot compatible withcurrent ly
appli cable standards.
i Inmany DVDaudioalbu ms,thelast track
does notcont ainany music andtheRear
Seat Entertainment Systemswitches tothe
next disc. Thisbehavior issystem-related
and isnot amalfunction.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel sto the discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesigned tohold discs which
comply withtheEN60908 standard.
Therefore, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage the
drive.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8cm,
even withanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
i COMAND isable toplay back audioCDs
in multichannel audioformat. MUSIC
REGISTER General
notes
You canstore music filesinMP3 orWMA
format inthe MUSIC REGISTER. Thememory
has acapacity of4G B.
! Retaint he original musicfilesinasecure
location. Anerror inCOMAND mightresult
in the loss ofthe music filesstored inthe
MUSIC REGISTER. Mercedes-Ben zis not
liabl efor any loss ofdata. 138
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