MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class 2003 C215 Comand Manual

53 Audio
CD operation
With the number keypad
Press a number key, e.g. 2 to select
the corresponding CD.
The message “Loading CD ...” will ap-
pear if the selected magazine slot is
loaded.
Key 0 CD drive
Keys 1 - 6 magazine slots 1 to 6 of
the CD changer
No CD has been inserted:
COMAND will show the messages

“CD drive: No CD” or

“CD changer: No CD”.In the “CD Select” menu
1Current track and the name of the CD
playing if this was entered previously
(
page 55)
2Current CD
3Magazine slots contains a CD
Position 0: CD drive
Position 1-6: magazine slots in the CD
changer
4Magazine slot does not contain a CD

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “CD Select” in the main
CD menu and press to confirm.
The “CD Select” menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired CD and
press to confirm.
The message “Loading CD ...” will ap-
pear in 1. Playback will then begin
with track 1, the main CD menu will ap-
pear.
iIf it is not possible to play a CD selected
from the CD drive (message: “Error”),
COMAND will automatically load the
next CD in the magazine.
Other error messages (
page 60).
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iIf magazine slots are empty, it is not
possible to select them with the right-
hand rotary/push-button v.
If you select an empty magazine slot
with a number key, e.g. 4 the message
“No CD” is displayed.

54 AudioCD operationFast forward
Press h longer than 2 seconds and
keep it depressed.
The message “Forward S” will appear.
The display shows the current position
via the time indicator display.Fast reverse

Press g longer than 2 seconds and
keep it depressed.
The message “T Reverse” will appear.
Ending the function

Releaseg or h.
Playback will resume.The tracks on a CD can be scanned one af-
ter the other for 8 seconds each.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to activate “Scan” function.
Scan will begin and “Scan” is highligh-
ted with symbol R.
Use one of these ways to switch off the
function

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v again.

Press g or h.
Playback will resume with the desired
track.
Fast forward/reverse
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CD Select
SettingsSound
CD Naming Scan
Forward
CD track scaniThe function will switch off automati-
cally when the starting track is reached.

55 Audio
CD operation
1Input line
2Character set (letters, digits, special
characters)
3Character selected appears magnified,
magnified “M” is starting point
4“Delete Names” function (
page 57)Naming the CDs inserted in the CD chan-
ger or CD drive

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “CD Naming” in the
main CD menu and press to confirm.
The “CD Naming” menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired character
and press to confirm.
The character is entered in 1.

Repeat the last step to enter additional
characters.
iFor the CD changer, it is also possible to
scan all of the CDs in the magazine slots
1-6 for 8 seconds each (always track 1).
Activate the function “CDs Scan” in the
settings menu (
page 58).
Naming a CD
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ABCDEFGHIJKL NO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
_1234567890,.
:‘/
M
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Delete Names

56 AudioCD operationDeleting the character that has been ente-
red last
Press r briefly.
The input marker moves to the left as it
deletes.
Deleting a complete name

Press r longer than 2 seconds.
Altering an entered name

Delete one character at a time or the
entire name.

Then enter the new name.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
The name of the CD currently playing
will appear in the main CD menu above
the track number.

iThe CD will retain this name even if you
later insert it in a different magazine
slot.
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CD Select
SettingsSound
CD Naming Scan
Track 2
iThe CD names are stored in the names
list in alphabetical order. If the name
memory is full, the following message
will appear: “Attention, name memory is
full. New entry only possible after dele-
ting old one”.
Confirm the message by confirming
“OK”. The input menu will appear again.
Use the “Delete Names” function to de-
lete names from the memory.

57 Audio
CD operation
Deleting a CD name
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Delete Names” in the
main CD menu and press to confirm.
The list of CD names will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the name you wish to
delete and press to confirm.
The name is deleted, the following ent-
ry will then move up one position.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds to re-
turn to the main CD menu.Paging backward/forward in the name me-
mory (if the = and ? symbols are shown)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the = or ? symbol and
press to confirm.
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58 AudioCD operation1Current playback mode
P Playback mode active
Q Playback mode is not active

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” and press to
confirm.
The “CD Settings” menu will appear.
Activating playback mode

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired function and
press to confirm.
Playback mode is active P.
Standard
This function is automatically active when
another CD has been selected. CD play-
back begins in ascending order.
Magazine Mix (CD changer only)
Select this function to play all of the tracks
of all of the CDs in the magazine slots 1-6
in random order.“Magazine Mix” appears in the main CD
menu.
Track Repeat
Select this function to repeat the current
track until you switch the function off.
“Track Repeat” appears in the main CD
menu.
Track Mix
Select this function to play the tracks on
the CD currently selected in random order.
“Track Mix” appears in the main CD menu.
CD Repeat (CD changer only)
Select this function to repeat the current
CD until you switch the function off.
“CD Repeat” appears in the main CD me-
nu.
Playback modeiYou can only select one playback mode
at a time.
The functions “Magazine mix”, “CD re-
peat” and “CD scan” can only be selec-
ted for the CD changer.
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CD2 Settings
Magazine Mix
Track Repeat
Track Mix
CD Repeat
CDs Scan Standard
iWhen CDs are played in random order,
it is possible that several tracks from
the same CD are played in a row.

59 Audio
CD operation
CDs Scan (CD changer only)
Select this function to scan all of the CDs
in the magazine slots 1-6 for 8 seconds
each (track 1).Switching off playback mode

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the current playback
mode and press to confirm.
The checkmark disappears. Playback
automatically changes to “Standard”
P.Return to the main CD menu

Press *.
The playback mode selected appears in
the main CD menu below the track
number, e.g. “Magazine Mix”.
iThis function will begin with the CD fol-
lowing the CD currently playing.
Scan function will end
automatically after all CDs have
been scanned

if you press g or h.
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CD Select
SettingsSound
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60 AudioCD operation
Press o while a CD is being played.
CD operation is muted, the symbol ß
will appear in the top right corner of the
display.

Press o once again if you wish to
continue playback. The symbol ß dis-
appears.
1CD changer error messages
2CD drive error messages
“No CD changer”
COMAND is unable to activate the CD
changer.

If necessary, contact an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.“No Magazine”
There is no magazine inserted in the CD
changer.

Load CDs into the magazine and insert
it into the CD changer.
“CD Magazine empty”
There are no CDs in the magazine.

Load CDs into the magazine and insert
it into the CD changer.
“No CD”

CD changer
There is no CD in the magazine slot se-
lected. 
Select another magazine slot.

CD drive
No CD is in the CD drive or the CD in
the drive is not ready to play.
Muting CD playback iCOMAND also cancels muting, if you
select a different audio source,
e.g. radio

alter the volume

press g or h.
Error messages
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CD Changer:
No CD
CD Drive:
No CD
Scan
CD Select
SettingsSound
CD Naming

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CD operation
“Being activated”
The CD changer is not yet ready for opera-
tion.
“Reading error”
The CD that has been inserted cannot be
read.
“Temperature is too high”
CD operation will switch off automatically
after 3 seconds.
Press the corresponding key to select a
different audio source.
“Error”
Another error has occurred.
iIf an error occurs in the operation of the
CD drive or CD changer, COMAND auto-
matically switches to the other device
after 3 seconds.
If it is not possible to play the CD selec-
ted in the CD changer, the system will
automatically select the next CD in the
magazine.

62 AudioCD operation
Press d on COMAND.
CD unit is switched on.

Press E or H repeatedly until
you see the set-up for the current CD
on the display.
1If the CD changer is switched on, the
number of the CD currently playing ap-
pears
2Track number

Press F or G until the desired
track number 2 appears.

Press E or H to display the next
or previous system.
Multifunctional display
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