playback MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2012 W204 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect aba lance setti ngbysliding XVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect afa de rs ett ing bysliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The settingisstor edand youexit themenu. Sur
round sound
General information If
your vehicle isequipped withtheharman/
kardon ®
Logic7 ®
surround soundsystem,
you can setthe optimum surround soundin
the vehicle interior.
The harman/ kardon®
Logic7 ®
surround
sound system isavailable forthe following
operatin gmodes:
R radio (FMonly)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DVD(MLP, dts,PCM andDolby
Digit alaudio format s)
R MP3 (including SDmemory cardandUSB
stor age device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
R video DVD(PCM, dtsand Dolby Digital
audio format s)
R AUX
Because someDVDscon tain both stereoand
multichan nelaudio format s,itmay be
nec essary toset the audio format
(Y page 163).
i The Logic7 ®
On func
tion creat esa
surround soundexperien cefor every
passenger whenplaying, forexample,
ster eorecor dings. Itenables optimum
playback ofmusic andfilms onCD, audio
DVD orvideo DVDwithmultichan nelaudio
format s,such asMLP, dtsorDolby Digital.
This results insound charact eristicslike those
intended bythe sound engineer
when theoriginal wasrecor ded.
i Ifyou select Logic7 ®
Off ,
all permissible
format sare played asstor edon the
medium. Duetothe design ofthe
passenger compartment,an optimum
audio experien cecann otbe guaranteed for
all passengers .
i Disc swhich support theaudio format s
ment ioned havethefollowing logos: Dolby
Digital dts
MLP
Switching surround sound on/off The
example describes howtoset the
surround soundforradio mode.
X Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband. Ba
sic functions ofCOMAND
35Ataglance Z

X
Sel ect Sound by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect surround and
pressW toconfi rm. Setting
surrou ndsou nd(examp le)
X Sel ect Logic7 ®
On or
Log ic7 ®
Off by
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Depe nding on your sel ecti on, surrou nd
sou ndissw itche don oroff and themenu
is exi ted.
X To exitthe men uwi thout saving:pre ss
the % back button orslide XVY the
CO MAND controller.
i Plea se note thefollowi ng: forthe
opti mum audio expe rience forall
pa sse nger swh en Log ic7®
is sw itche don,
the balance and fadersetti ngsshould be
set tothe center ofthe vehicleinter ior. Yo
uwi llach ieve the best sou ndresults by
pl ay ing high-q uality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks shouldha ve ab itrat eof at least
128 kbit/s.
Surr ound- soundplayback doesnot
func tion formon osign alsourc es,such as
AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nispoor, e.g.inatunnel,
you should switchoffLogic7 ®
,as itmay
otherwise switchbetween stereoand
mono andcause temporary sound
distortions.
On some stereo recordings, thesound
characteristics maydiffer from
conven tionalstereo playback. Climate
controlstatusdisplay
If you change thesettings ofthe climate
cont rolsystem (seethevehicle Operator's
Manual ),the climate statusdisplayappea rs
for three seconds atthe bottom ofthe screen
in the COMAND display.Itdispla ysthe
current settings ofthe various climate control
function s.
The climate statusdisplayappea rswhen:
X Turn oneofthe two temperature controls
and setthe temperature forthe left or
right 1,
2
or turn thetemperature controland
set the temperature 3,
4
.
or
X Turn thecont roltoset the airflow 3,
4
.
or
X You press oneofthe followi ngbuttons:
K Increases airflow 1,
2
I Decreases airflow 1,
2
¿ Switches climatecontrolon/off 1,
2, 3
á Switches theZONE function on/
off 1,
2
1 Available for2-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
2 Available for3-zon eautomatic climatecontrol.
3 Available forthe air-conditioning system.
4 Available forHeatmatic. 36
Cli
mat econ trol stat usdisplayAt aglanc e

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. j.
Yo usee themes sage: Eje ctingDisc
... Yo
uthen seethefollowi ng
mes sage: X
Ta ke the disc outo fthe slot.
If you donot take thedisc outofthe slot,
COMAND willdraw itin again automatically
after ashort while andload itagain.
X To eject allCDs/ DVDs: presstheV
load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears. X
Select Eject All by
sliding ÆVand
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The DVD changer ejectsthe last disc
selected. Youseethemessage: Ejecting Disc
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 exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button.
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm . Inserting
andejecting anSD memory
card
General informat ion COMAND
supportsSDmemory cards
(Secure Digital)andSDH Cmemory cards
(Secure DigitalHighCapacity).
i Not allmemory cardsavailableonthe
market aredesigned forthe temperatures
which maybereached inthe vehicle.
If you arenolonger usingtheSDmemory
card, remove itfrom COMAND, ashigh
temperatures coulddamage thecard.
Due tothe wide range ofSD memory cards
availa bleonthe market, playback cannot
be guaranteed forallbrands ofSD memory
card.
The readabl estorage capacity depends on
the memory cardused. Youcanobtain
further information atany authorized
Mercedes-Ben zCent er. 156
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

Exam
pledispla y:au dio CDmod e :
CD cover(ifavailable )
; Trac ktim e
= Trac knum berand track nam e(on lyif
st ore don thedisc asCD text or if
Grac enote®
dat ais available )
? Graph ictim eand track display
A Disctype, discposition inthemed ialist
and disc name(on lyifstor ed on thedisc
as CD text or ifGrac enote®
dat ais
avail able)
B Artist (on lyifst or ed on thedisc asCD text
or ifGrac enote®
dat ais avail able)
C CD mod emen u
Exa mpledisp lay :au dioDVD mode :
Cov er(ifavail able)
; Tracktime
= Tracknum ber
? Grap hictime and track disp lay
A Disc typ e,disc position inthemed ialist ,
disc name(on lyifstor ed on thedisc )
B Aud ioDV Dmod emen u Exa
mpledisp lay :MP 3mo de :
Cov er(ifavail able)
; Tracktime
= Tracknum berand nam e
? Grap hictime and track disp lay
A Med iumtype,pos ition ofmed iuminthe
med ialist ,cur ren tfolder
B Artist (ifavaila ble)
C MP3 mode menu Pause
function
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypressthe
8 button .
The , symbol appears atthe top leftin
the status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
8 button again.
The , symbol disappea rs. 158
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

In
audio DVD modeonly X
To pause playba ck:swit chon audio DVD
mod e(Y page 157).
X Se lec tË byslidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The Ë displaychang estoÌ.
X To cont inuepla yba ck:sele ctÌ and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Playbac kcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted.
X To stop playback: whileplaybackis
inter rupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To resta rtplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart sat the beginning ofthe
DVD . Selecting
audioCD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selecting viathe media list X
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
listwhen equipped withaDVD changer
: Todisplay allmagazine trays
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Media
list Magazine
trays,positions 1to6: readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 USB
storage device,position 9 Media
Interface, position 0 Bluetooth
®
audio i
Ifadisc cann otbe read, anentr yappears
next tothe correspon dingmagazine tray.
X To show allmagaz inetrays: press Wthe
COMAND controller when :is
highlighted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
159Audio Z

Disp
laying metada ta (MP 3mo de)
COM ANDc analso displ aythea lbum name
and artist (met adata) duringplayback ,if this
inf orm ation hasbeen entered intothe
syst em.
For allmedia thatcontain MP3 data(e.g.MP3
CD, SDmemory card,MUSIC REGISTE R),you
can determin ewhether:
R the metadata contained inthe tags ofthe
encoded musicdatashould bedisplaye d
R the fileand directo rynames should be
displaye dduring playback
X To display thealbum andartist name:
select MP3 or
USB in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Display TrackInformati on and
press Wtoconf irm. Selecting
agrou p
Th econte ntofan audio DVD canbe divide d
into upto9g roup s.The availabil ity and type
of grou pdepe ndsonthe respe ctiveDVD.
Ag roup cancontain musicind iffe ren tsound
quali ties(stereo andmultichann elformats ,
for example), orbonus tracks.
Each group cancont ainupto99 track s.
If an audio DVDonlycontains oneaudio
format, theGroup menu
item(s) cannotbe
selected.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X Select DVD-A by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Group by
turnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The #dot indicates thegroup current ly
selected.
X Select thedesired groupbyturnin gcVd
and press Wtoconf irm.
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller orpress the% backbutton . Selecting
anactive partition (USB
mass storagedevices only)
You canselect thisfunct ionforUSB mass
storage devices whenthestorage deviceis
partition ed.Upto9p artition s(pri mar yor
logic al;FATand FAT32 )are suppo rted.
X Sel ect MP3 in
thebasic displayby slidin g
VÆ andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
X Sel ect Select Active Partition and
pres sW toconfirm . Pla
yba ckopt ions
The followin gopt ionsare availabl eto you:
R Nor mal TrackSequence The
track sare played intheno rm alord er
(e. g.track 1,2,3, etc.).
In MP3 mode,thetrack orderisdet erm ined
by theord erinwhic hth etrack sare writ ten
to theMP3 datacar rier when itis creat ed.
Alp habet icalorderisthemos tcommon.
Once allthe track sin afolder havebeen
playe d,the track sin the next folder are
playe d.
R Random Media All
the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5etc. ).
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
You hear thetrack sof the current tracklist
or the current lyactive folder(including all
sub-folders) inrandom order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 157).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption byturnin gcVd andpress
W toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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X
Sel ect Search by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The cate gorylist appe ars . Ca
tego rylist
The cate goriesare displ ayed acco rding tothe
da ta ava ilab le.T he categories Current Tracklist ,
Folder ,
Playlists (if
availa ble)
and Photos (if
availa ble)arealready
assigned. Theother availablecategories are
filled bythe music search. Selec
tingacatego ry
Starting amusic search If
you select acatego rythat contains no
content fromthecatego rylist,the musi c
sea rch starts.
The musi csearch findstracksvia allavailable
media. Thesearch beginswiththeaudio
source thatiscurren tlyactive.
The following mediaareincluded forthe
music search:
R disc mode (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
X Select acategor yin the categor ylist by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The Reading Data... message
appears.
The search maytake some time,depending
on the number oftrac ksavailable. The
Track informa tioniscomplet e message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.Playback thenstartswith the
previously activeaudio source.
X To cancel themusic search: confirm
Cancel by
pressing W.
Selecting analbum X
Select Albums in
the categor ylist by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The available albumsaredisplayed
alphabetically. Ifther eis acover available
for analbum, itis displayed infron tofthe
albu mname. Select
ingatrac k X
Sel ect Tracks in
the categ ory list
(Y page 165) bytur ning cVd theCOMAND
contr ollera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
The availabl e trac ksaredispl ayed . 16
6 Musi
cse archAu dio

X
Sel ect anentry byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm. X
Sel ect anentry ,e.g .Art ists ,
and press
W toconfi rm.
The albu ma ndcove r(ifavailable) are
displayed. X
Conf irmthealbum withW.
The track son the album aredisplayed. X
Selec ta track and press Wtocon firm .
Playback start sand thebasic display
appears. MUSIC
REGISTER Gener
alinfor mation
You canstore music filesinacom press ed
for mat inthe MUS ICREGIS TER
(Y page 169).The memo ryhas acapac ityof
10 GB.
! Retain theorigin almusic filesinasecur e
locat ion.Ifyou, forexam ple,accident ally
reset COMA NDtothe fact orysettings with
the reset function,all music filesinthe
MUS ICREGIS TERaredelet ed.Merc edes-
Ben zisnot liablefor any loss ofdata. Switching
toMUSIC REGISTER
Option 1 X
Press theh function buttonrepeatedly
until theMUSIC REGISTER isswitched on.
By pressing thefunction buttonrepeatedly ,
you can change theoperating modeinthe
followi ngorder:
R audi oCD/DVD /MP3(disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interfaceoraudi oAUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audi omode 168
MUSIC
REGISTERAudio

R
MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
X Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Search by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The category listappea rs.
X Select atrack inacategory (Ypage 165).
Example: openingafolder X
Sele ctFol der in
thecat egor ylist by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
You seethecon tent sof thecur ren tfolder. The
name ofthe current folderisat the top
and thetrack current lyplayi ngisindicated by
a # dot.
X To switch tothe next folder up:press the
% backbutton orslide XVthe
COMAND controller.
Changing thefolder/tr ackname X
Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Rename/Delet eFiles and
press
W toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackbyturnin gcVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconf irm. X
Select Change and
press Wtoconf irm.
X En ter aname forthe folder/t rack.
Inst ruction sfor enter ingcharact erscan be
found inthe "Ent ering charact ersinthe
phone bookandaddress book"section
(Y page 31).
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press Wtoconf irm.
Dele ting folders/tr acks X
Switch toMUSIC REGISTER (Ypage 168).
X Select Music Register by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Rename/Delet eFiles and
press
W toconf irm.
X Select afolder/t rackbyturnin gcVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconf irm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconf irm.
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,
th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase wait... mes
sage .Then, youseetheData Deleted message.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila ble:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare play edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Medium All
the track son the medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive folder/
track listare play edinarandom order. MUSIC
REGISTER
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X
Opt ion 2(Secure SimplePairing): ifthe
digit codes displayed inCOMAND andon
the Bluetoot h®
audio device arethe same,
con firm Yes by
pressing W.
If you select Yes ,
authorizat ioncontinues
and theBluetoot h®
audio device is
con nect ed.Playback starts.
If you select No ,
authorizat ionwill be
canc eled.
i The Bluetoot h®
audio device must
support theBluetoot h®
version 2.1for
con nect ionviaSecure SimplePairing.
COMAND createsasix- digit code, which is
displayed onthe two devices thataretobe
con nect ed.
X Externa laut horiz ation: COMAND may
not beable tolocate yourBluetoot h®
audio
device duetothe specific securitysett ings
of the Bluetoot h®
audio device itself.Inthis
case, check whether yourBluetoot h®
audio
device canlocate theCOMAND system
(Y page 118).The Bluetoot h®
device name
of COMAND isMB Bluetoot h .
Aft ersuccess fulauthorizat ion,the
Bluetoot h®
audio device iscon nect edand
start splaying.
Reconnecting aBluet ooth ®
aud io
device The
Bluet ooth®
audio profilesareconnected
automat icallyunder thefollowin g
circ umst ances:
R one ofthe last two mobile phonestohave
been connected has also been usedasa
Bluet ooth®
audio player (ifthis func tion is
support edbythe mobile phone).
R the mobile phonetak esover theautomat ic
con nection itself.
AB luetoo th®
audio player withouttelep hone
func tionsis not autom atically reconn ected,
even ifit was thelast devic econ nected.
If the NoBlue toothAudi oDevi ce Conn
ected mess
ageappears, youhave two opt
ions tocon necta Bluet ooth®
audio
devic e:
Opt ion 1
X Conf irmConn ectLast Device in
the
basic display bypress ingWthe COMA ND
con troller.
If COMA NDcan locat ethe Bluet ooth®
audio device,itwill becon nected and will
st art playing.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eits elf, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Opt ion 2
X Selec tBT Audi o by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
X Conf irmBlue toothAudi oDevi ceList by
press ingWthe COMA NDcontroller.
X Selec taBluetooth ®
au diodev icebyturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au dio dev ice,it wi llbe connected andwill
star tplaying.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eits elf, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Blu etoot h®
aud iodevice and
simu ltaneous searchfor mobile phones Dur
ing the searc hfor mobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceis ter min ated. Inthe
Bluet ooth®
audio basicdisplay
(Y page 176),you willsee theRece ived Busi
ness Cards mess
ageand the
Rece ived Business Cards men
uitem
can not beselec ted. 174
Bluetoot h®
au dio mod eAudio