key MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2011 W204 Comand Manual

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Sou ndsetti ngs
? Wea ther Band switche don
A AM radio
B FM radio
C Channe llist
Se archi ngfor achanne l X
Quic kselect: turncVd orslide XVY the
COMA NDcontroller while thed isplay/
selec tionwindow inthe radio display is
act ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
Chann elsearc hscan sup ordown and
st ops atthe nextchan nelfoun d.
Selecting achanne lfrom thechann el
lis t X
Select Channe lby sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
The channel lista ppears. X
Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
or
X Press anumber keyonthe controlpanel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Sat
Rad io Impor
tantnotes
This sectionprovides detailedinformation on
the following topics:
R select ingachann eland program category
R memor yfunc tions
R sound settings
i The satellite radiomode describedbelow
requires optionallyavailable satelliteradio
equipment andregist ration withasatellite
radio provider.
i Note thatthecateg ories andchann els
shown inthe illustration sdepend onthe
program contentoffer edbythe provider.
The program contentsmay vary. The
illustration sand descr iption sin these
operatin ginst ruct ions may therefore differ
from thechann elsand categ ories offered
by the provider.
Satellit eradio mode maybetempo rarily
unavailable orinterrupt edfor avariety of
reasons .These reasons include
environm entalortopographical conditions
as well asother issues beyond thecont rol
of Mercedes-Ben zUSA, LLC.Operation
may alsobeimpaired incertain locations
(e.g. tunnels,parking garages orwithin as
well asclose tobuild ings).
i SIRIUS XMRadi ooffers morethan130
digital-qua lityradio channels providing
100% commerc ial-freemusic,sport,news
and entert ainment.
SIRIUS XMRadi oemploys afleet ofhigh-
performance satellitestobroadcast around
the clock throughout theUSA andCanada .
The satellite radioprogram isavaila blefor
a mont hlyfee. Details areavaila blefrom
the SIRIUS XMService Centerandat
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ringcha nnel numbersdir ectly
Opt ion 1
X Pres sth eõ butt on.
An inputmen uappear s.
Opt ion 2
X Sele ctSat Radiointhesubme nubar by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
X Sele ctEnt erCha nneland pres sW to
con firm.
An inputmen uappear s.
X To ent erac hanne l:irresp ective ofthe
optio n,press thecorresp ondingnumber
keys onthe control paneloneafter the
other.
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadio inthe submenu barby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controllerand
press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Channel Listandpress Wto
confirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X Select achann elby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm. Memor
yfunct ions Stor
ingchannels
i There areten preset savailable.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller when the
display/select ionwindow isactiv e.
or
X Select Preset sin the submenu barby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
In both cases, thechann elpreset sappear.
The Rdot infron tof apreset position
indicat esthat thecurren tlyselect ed
chann elisstor edther e. Channel
presets
X Select apreset byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press andhold
W until youhear aton e.
or
X Press andhold anumber button,e.g. 4,
until youhear aton e.
The chann elisstor edunder thepreset .
Selecting achanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe chann ellist:sele ct
Preset sby turning cVdtheCOMAND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The channel preset list appe ars.
X To setac hanne l:sele ctaprese tby
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconf irm.
or
X Pre ssanum berk ey, e.g. 4. 126
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main tenan cework must becar ried outby
qualifi edafters ales tech nic ians . G
Wa
rning!
On lywhen theveh icle isstatio naryshoul d
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
Ther eis arisk ofbein gdist ractedfrom the
road andtraff iccon dition sif th is is don ewhile
th eveh icle isin mot ion. Inser
ting/ej ectin gCDs/DVDs
Not es If
th eCD/ DVDh asaprin tedside, this must
fac eupwards whentheCD/ DVDisinserted.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe play ed
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protect ionmay notbeable tobe play ed
by the system.
i Ifamedium contains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloadi ngtime
before thefirst track starts toplay may be
longer.
Inse rting discs intotheDVD changer :
Load/eject button8
; Disc slot
The DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays. X
To insert aCD/DVD intoth ema gaz ine
tr ay :pre ssthe8 load/ejec tb utt on.
A men usho wsthecur ren tmagaz ine
co nten ts.T he last tray selected isidentified
by ared digit. Magazine
menu
X Select themagazine traybyturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.:.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease
Wait... message.
You then seethePlease InsertDisc
. message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc atatime intoa
magazine tray. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards. 128
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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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Sel ect Audiobysliding ZV andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The audio menu appe ars .
X Sel ect MediaInt erface andpressW to
confi rm.
Opti on2 X
Pre ssthe efuncti onbutton.
If yo uha dpre viouslysel ected Media
Interfa cemod e,this willnow beacti vate d.
If not, youcan switch onMed iaInterfa ce
mod evia the audio menu .
X Sel ect Audiobysliding ZV andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The audio menu appe ars .
X Sel ect MediaInt erface andpressW to
confi rm.
Opti on3 X
Pre ssthe Enumb erbutton.
Thi sdi rectl ysel ects theconnecte dexter nal
au dio eq uipme nt. Examp
leof Med iaInterf acedispl ay(iPod ®
mod e)
: Type ofdata med ium
; Tracknumb er
= Trackname
? Visualtime displ ay
A Elapse dtrack time(also inform at
00:00:00 foraudiobo oks)
B Visualtrack displ ay C
Current play ba ck setti ngs(noiconfor
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media list
F Album name(ifsupplied)
G Categories, playlistsand/or folders
H Artist (ifsupplied)
I Playb ackoptions Selecting
musicfiles
Notes COMAND
displaysthe data stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 playe rorU SB mas sstora ge
de vice acco rding tothe filing stru cture used
in the respective medium.
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 skipsto the begin ning
of the curr enttrack ifthe track hasbeen
playing formor ethan eight seconds .Ift he
track hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track .Ify ou have selected aplayb ack
option otherthanNormal Track
Sequence, thetrack sequence israndom.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, such asE.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
the input line. 144
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COMA NDwill ignore and notd isplay an
inv alid digit .
X Ifdesire d,ent erfurt her digit s.
X To confir man entr y:press Wthe
COMA NDcontroller orpress andhold the
numb erkey correspo ndingto the last digit
of the desire dtrack numb er.
The selec tedtrack isplayed.
Fast forwar d/rewind X
While thedisplay/s electionwindow is
act ive, slide XVY andhold theCOMA ND
con troller untilthe desire dposition has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached.
i OnaniPod ®
,fast rewind onlyfunct ions
within thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fol der
iPo d®
and certain MP3playe rs You
canselect tracks foraniPo d®
and MP3
pla yera ccord ingtocate goriesand folder s.
Depe nding on the deviceconnecte d,the
fol lowi ng cate goriesmay beava ilab le,for
exa mpl e:
R Curr entTracklis t
R Play lists(e .g. All)
R Arti sts
R Albu ms
R Trac ks
R Podc asts
R Genr es
R Comp osers
R Audi obooks
i Some play ba ck cate goriescontai nthe
All entry.Ifthis entryhas been selected, the
entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed.
USB devices For
USB mass storage devices, youcan select
folders andalso playlists (ifavaila ble).
COMAND canalso displa ythe albu mname
and artist (met adata)durin gplaybac k,ifth is
inf orm ationhasbeen entered intoth e
syst em.
Playlist sare indicat edinthedispl ayby a
spec ialsymb ol.When youopen theplaylist ,
th eco rrespo nding track sare open edand
playbac kbegins. Youcannow select Random
Categor iesinstead ofRandom Folderasa
playback option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todisplay themetadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded music data,orto
display thefileand direct orynames whenthe
music isplaying.
X To displa ythe album andartist name:
select Media Int.inthe basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Display Metadataand press Wto
con firm.
Selecting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Musicinthe basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
category selectedorthe folder nameisin
the status barofthe displa y.
i The Music menuitemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Media
Interface mode
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ple of displ ay:c ateg orylist
: Dev iceiconand devic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies
X Sele ctthecat egor y/folder byturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
You willsee thecon tent oftheselec ted
cat egor yor selec tedfold er.
i Ifth edata needstobe read from the
con necteddevic e,thePle ase Wait...
mes sage appears .
X Ifnec essar y,repe atthis oper atingst ep
unt ilth etrack sin thes elected folder/
album appear. Ex
ample ofdisplay: currenttrac klist
: Icon fornex tfolder up
; Current category
= Track symbol
? Current track
X Select thetrac kby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The trackisplay ed. X
To selec tone folder higher: selectthe
U iconandconfirm with W.
i The U iconisalway sshown rightatthe
top ofthe respect ivefolder. Playing
thecontent ofacategory or
folder
X Select thecategor yor folder byturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twosecon ds.
The contentofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 136)selected. Alphabetical
track selec tion
iPod ®
and MP3 player This
funct ionisavaila bleforalpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunct ion
is not availa bleforalbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists, byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The availa bleartists appear.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key ;three times).
You seetheavaila bleletters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryin the list
which matches theletter entered is
highlighted.
i Ifthere isno entr ywhich matches the
letter entered, thelast entryin the list
which matches aprevious letteris
highlighted.
i For iPods ®
and MP3 players, thequal ity
of the search results ishighly dependent on146
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the
version and langu ageva riant ofthe
so ftw are(e .g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the device.
US Bm ass storage devices Thi
sfunction isava ilable foralpha betica lly
sorted directories .This funct ionisnot
availa bleforalbu msorplay lists, forexample.
X In adirectory, pressthecorresponding
number keyonce orseveral timestoselect
the first letter ofthe artist's name(e.g.for
an artist beginning withtheletter "C",press
number key;three times).
You seetheavaila bleletters atthe bottom
edge ofthe displa y.
If the directory onlycontains folders,
COMAND searchesforfolders. Aftera
message, thefirst entryfound which
matches theletters enteredappears firstin
the list.
If there isno entr ybeginn ingwith theletter
ent ered, thelast entrybeginn ingwith the
previous letterisshown atthe top ofthe
list. Selecting
anactive partition (for USB
mass storage devices only)
You canselect thisfunc tion forUSB mass
stor age devices whenthestor age device is
partit ioned. Uptofour partit ions(primary or
logical andFAT-for matt ed)are supported.
i The Windows formattingprogram
supports FATpartit ionsofup to32 GB as
stan dard.
X Select Media Int.inthe basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Select ActivePartitionand
press Wtocon firm. Playback
options
The following optionsare available toyou:
R Normal TrackSequenc e
You hear thetrac ksintheir normalorder
(numeric alor alphabetical, forexample).
R Random Tracks
All the trac kson the medium areplayed in
random order.
R Random CategoriesorRandom Folder
(in the case ofUSB devices whenFolder
has been select ed):
The tracksinthe curren tlyactive categor y
or folder, including anysub-folders ,are
played inrandom order.
i ForUSB devices, therandom playlists can
con tain amaximum of300 randomly
select edtrac ks.
X To select aplayba ckoption: select
Media Int.inthe basic display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The option slist appears. The#dot
indicat esthe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data formats The
following dataformat sare supported:
R MP3: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/s)
R wma: CBR,VBR(upto320 kbit/s)
Notes onUSB devices R
Avoid storingdata other thanmusic dataon
the USB device sothat thestart -uptime is
not extended unnecessarily.
R Up toeight direct orylevels withupto100 0
trac ksare supported. Media
Interfacemod e
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Remo
tecontrol
Ove rview :
Toswitch thescre enon/off
; Toswitch thebutton lighti ngon/off
= Toselect the scre enfor remo teope ration
? Toselect amenu ormenu itemwith arr ow
key s
A Toconfi rmthe selectio nor setti ngwith
9
B Toswitch soundon/off (onwired
hea dphone s)
C Toadjust thevolume (forw ired
headphon es)
D Toskip atrack ,fast forward/r ewind
E Toselec ta track ,direc tent ry
F Toexit amen u(back ) Selecting
ascree nfor rem oteoper ation The
remoteco ntrol allows youtooper ateone
of thetwo rear-comp artmen tsc ree ns.To do
so, you willneed toswit chtherem oteco ntrol
to theco rrespo nding scree n.
X To sele cttheleft -hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"L REA R"is
high light edinthewin dow.
X To sele cttherig ht-hand scree n:tur n
th umbwh eel=until"REA RR" is
high light edinthewin dow.
Swit chingth escr een on/off If
th eke yis in posi tion 0or 1in theign ition
loc k(see vehicle Operator's Manual),or the
key isnot inserted, thescreens inthe rear will
switch offafter 30minutes. Beforethe
screens switchoff,they show amessage to
this effect.
You canswitch thescreens backon.
However, thiswilldischarge thestarter
battery.
X Point theremote controlatthe rear-
compartment screenwhichhasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press on/off button:onthe remote
cont rol.
The respective rear-compartmen tscreen
switches onoroff.
i The screen canonly beswitched onusing
the remote controlwhen theignition is
switched on.
Switching thebutton lighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous state,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
15 seconds, thebutton lighting switches
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the Random TracksorRandom Folder
pla yba ckoption hasbeen selected, the
track order israndom.
Sele cting bytrack list In
aud ioCD mode, thetrack listcontains all
the tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In aud ioDVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudioformat" (Ypage 136).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshows alltracks
on the currently activefolder, aswel las the
folder structure forselection ofall the tracks
on the MP3 CD.
X Select Track List(audio CD/DVD mode)
or Folder (MP3mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedisp lay/
selection windowisactive.
The track listapp ears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
Sele cting atrac kbydirect lyenter ingits
num ber X
Press honthe remo tecon trol.
The track entrydisplay appears.
Ex ample: track 2
X Press the· numbe rbutt on.
Ex ample: track 12
X Press thecorrespon dingnumbe 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 gthe entry.
You willhear theentered track.The
corr espondin gbasic menu thenreappears. Fast
forwar d/rewind
X While the<0004000900130010000C0001001A002200130005000C0005000300140009000F
000EV windowis
active, pressthe= or; button on
the remot econ trol repeatedly untilyou
reach thedesired 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 inMP3 mode using
th e:=; buttonson therem ote
con trol and pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Folder selection symbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe superord inatefolder:
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remote controland press the9
button toconfirm .
The displa yshows thenext folder up. 172
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