ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2011 W204 Comand Manual

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
or folder areplaye din random order. 136
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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
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Switching
tothe MUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theefunct ionbutton.
i This switches tothe last disc mode
selected (CD/audio DVD/video DVD/
MP3). COMAND willaccess alldiscs inthe
DVD changer, thememory card,theMUSIC
REGISTER orthe Media Interface.
X Select theMUSIC REGISTER positioninthe
media listand press Wthe COMAND
cont roller toconf irm(Ypage 133).
If there areany music files,youwillhear the
first track inthe first folder foundorplay back
will begin atthe point itwas lastinterr upted.
If there arenomusic files,youwillsee a
message tothis effect .
X Confirm themessage withtheCOMAND
cont roller Wand record themusic files
(Y page 139).
Option 2 X
Select Audiointhe main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audi omenu.
X Select Audiobysliding ZVandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Music Register andpress Wto
conf irm. :
Type ofdata medium: MUSICREGISTER
; Track number
= CD orDVD inserted
? Track name
A Track time
B Visual timeandtrack display
C Current playback option
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Current folder
G Folder functions
H Data medium positioninthe media list
I Tocall upthe MUSIC REGISTER menu Recording
musicfiles
Introduct ion CD
information suchasthe albu mname, disc
nam e,art ist and track nam eis pro vide dby
th eGrac enoteMedia Database
(Y page 135).
X Swit chon audio CDmod e(Y page 131).
X Wit han audio CDinserted, selec tREC inthe
CD basic displayby slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroll erand pres s
W toconfirm . MUS
ICREG ISTER
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ge.Then, youseetheDeletion
Procedur eSuccessf ulmessa ge.
If you sele ctNo, the process willbe abo rted. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab leto you:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence
Yo uwi llhea rthe track sin the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3,etc. ).
R Random Tracks
All the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random Folder(MP3mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive category
or folder areplay edinrandom order.
X To selec toptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 139).
X Sel ect Musi cRegi ster bysliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence willbe
ind icated byacorre sponding iconint he
displa y/selection window.
i The Normal TrackSequence optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the disc youarecurrent lylistening toor
when youselect adifferent medium. Ifan
option isselected, itremains selected after
COMAND isswitched onoroff. Media
Interface mode Conne
ctionoptions
Overview You
willfind theconn ection socketsin the
glove box. To
conn ectextern aldevices tothe Media
Int erface, youwillneed device-specific
adapter cableswhichareincluded withthe
Media Interface.
i Stow theindividua lparts inasecure
location.
Use only genuine Mercedes-Ben z
conn ecting cables.
You canconn ectthe following datacarriers
to COMAND viathe Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R USB devices (USBsticks,USB hard drives)
i iPod ®
is aregistered trademark ofApple
Inc. ,Cupertino, California, USA.
Suppor tediPod ®
variant s The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variants:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Suppor tedUSB devices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astartup/
permanent currentofamaximum of
800 mA(itmay benecessary toconn ecta
separate powersupply)
R certain MP3players
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
Inform ationconcerning USBDevice
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For further detailsandalist ofsupported
devices, visithttp://www .mbusa-
mobile.co m.O rcall theMer cedes-Ben z
Cust omerAssistance Centerat
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theUSA )or Custom erRelation sat
1- 800 -387- 010 0(for Canada). Connecting
anexter naldevice
i Donot leave extern aldevice sin your
vehic leas ext reme temperatur es(e.g.
caused bydirect sunlight orext remely low
outside temperatur es)can effec t
func tionality (see theoperat ing
inst ruct ions forthe respec tivedevice ).
Merc edes- BenzUSA ,LLC does nottake
respon sibility forany damage toext ern al
device s.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time .You will otherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheexter naldevice. :
4-pin socket for⅛inch stereo jack,e.g.
for MP3 playe rs(audi oand video)
; iPod socket ,to conn ectaniPod ®
= USB socket ,to conn ectaUSBdevice
? Examp leof device (iPod ®
)
X Co nnect theexter naldevice with suita ble
socke t:, ;or=.
CO MAND activate sthe device .
If yo uremo veade vice ,the No Device
Connected messageappears.
i Aconn ected iPod®
or MP3 playershould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control), asthis
may produce unpredictable results. i
Connect ingafully discharged iPod®
or
MP3 playercan result inan exten ded
initialization period.
Error messages appearwhile thedevice is
being activated if:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
conn ected (No Device Connected).
R two devices areconn ected simultaneously
(Please makesurethatonlyone
device isconnected).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Where necessary, consultanauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. Switching
toMedia Interfacemode
General notes In
ext reme cases, startingupindividual
func tionscan take uptoseveral minutes–
this depends onthe external device andits
con tent(e.g. video podcasts ).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Someorall func tions
may notbeavailable otherwise.
Opt ion 1 X
Connec tan ext ernal device (Ypage 143).
COMAND activates thedevice. Thebasic
display thenappears.
or
X Select Audiointhe main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If anoth eraudio source isswitch edon, you
can now switch toMedia Interface modein
the audio menu. Media
Interfacemod e
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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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Exam
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
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Do not useaUSB extension cab leor an
ad ap ter. Thesema yim pairfunctio nality.
R Aba ckgro undsearch ofthe USB device is
pe rfo rme dand anyplay lists foundare
pro vide din ase pa rate cate gory inad ditio n
to the folders. Initia lizati onoflarge rUSB
ma ssstor agede vices conta ining ahigh
num berof files can take uptosever al
mi nute s.
i Files pro tecte dwi th DRM (Digital Righ ts
Ma nag eme nt)arenot supp orte dby the
Me diaInter face. Au
dio AUXmode Note
son audi oAU Xmode
Yo ucan conne ctan exte rnalau dio sou rce
(AU X)toCO MAND. Thesoc ket forthisis
lo cate din the glove box. :
⅛inch socket
If CO MAND iseq uipp ed with Me diaInter face,
exte rnalau dio sou rcesar econne ctedusing
the corr espo ndi ng cab leset.An AUX socket
is not provide d.
i Youcan findmor einf orm ation onthe
Inter netathttp:/ /www .merc edes-
be nz.c om/ conn ectand inthe "Media
Inter face mod e"sectio n(Y pa ge 142) . Sw
itchin gto audi oAU Xmode
Wh enyouconne ctan exte rnalau dio sou rce,
au dio AUX isnot selected automa tically. X
Sel ect Audiointhe mainfunctio nba rby
sl id ing ZV andturning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
If AUX modewa sthe last mod ese lected ,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If ano theraudio sourceisswit ched on,you
can nowswit chtoaudio AUXmod ein the
audio menu.
X Se lec tAud iousin gZV andpressW to
co nfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Se lec tAux usingcVd andpressW to
co nfirm .
The audio AUXmen uappear s.Ifco nn ected
and switched toplaybac k,you willhear the
ex tern al audio source.
Fo ro peration ofthe external audio source,
please seethecorr espondin goperatin g
inst ruct ions.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 31)
and sound (Ypage 32)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
War
ning!
Ex tern alaudio sources mayhave differen t
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraf ficanno uncem entsand
navigat ionsystem announcem entsare much
louder. Ifnec essary, pleasedeactiv atethe
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually. Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
It may bethe case thatadevice whichis
con nected asan ext ernal audio source seems
quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, orthat the
usual maximum volumecannotbe achieved.
The volume ofsome devices canbeset
separately. Inthis case, startatamedium
volume andthen raise itslowly. Thisenables
you tohear ifthe system canplay themusic
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Sel ect Vol ume inthe AUX displ ayby turni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing.
X Select Standar dor Boost andpress Wto
con firm.
Standar d:thevolume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toastandard value.
Boost:t hevolume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
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