MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owners Manual

70 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
i The"L OG IC7 ®
on" func tion of theharman /
ka rdon LOGIC7 ®
Su rround Sound system allows
play back of discret e5.1 and stereo recordings
wit han optim um surrou ndsound stage for ea ch
pas seng er.It en ablesoptim umplay back ofmu-
sic and films on a CDor audio and video DVDs
wit hh igh-resolution surround format s,su ch as
MLP, DTS orDo lby Digita l.
For ideal sound perception from all seats,
LO GIC7 ®
dis trib ut es the 5.1 surround informa-
ti on over the 13-c hannel arc hite ctu re. This re-
sult sinso und charac teristic slike those int ended
by the sound engin eer when the original was re-
co rded.
Harma n/kardon LOGI C7®
co nver tseac htwo-
ch annel stereo sound sour ceinto mu lti-ch annel
surround sound. LOGIC7 ®
rea dsthe surround in-
formation st ored during theor igin alreco rdi ng
and dis trib ut es it over the13channels. This does
no tc rea teany spe cial eff ects;you can sim ply
he ar what was always there.
In addition, harman /kardon LOGIC7 ®
mo ves
th e percei ved sound source away from the loud-
speak ers and thereby genera tes a nat ural 360°
so un d stage for every passenger. i
Ifyo u select "LOG IC7 ®
off ",playbac kof all
playable forma tsisas it is on the medium. Opti-
mum sound effects are not guaran teed at all
seats due to thespatial ch aracteristic sof the ve-
hicl e.
Se ttin gsur round sound
Yo uca nselect "LOGIC7 ®
on" and
" LOG IC7®
off" in surr oundsoun dmo de.
6 Select "Sound" "3D soun d".
Se ttin gt he surrou ndsou nd
1 Curr entse tting
6 To make the setting: slideqm ror
turn ym z. 6
Tostore the setting: pressn.
Th eset ting is st ored and yo uexit the
menu.
6 To exit the menu without stor ing:
pre ssthe L back button or slide
om p.
i Plea se bear thefo llowing in mind:
! For an opt imum sound effec tfor all seats
when LOGIC7 ®
is swit ched on, the ba lance
and fade should beset to the centre of the
passe nger comp artme nt.
! You will ac hieve the bes tsou ndresults by
playing high -qualit yaudio and video DVDs.
! Theb it rat eshould be at least 128 kbps for
MP 3trac ks.
! Surround-sou ndplay back does notwo rkfor
mo nosign al sources, suc has them edium
wa veband in radio mode.
! Ifth e radio rec eption is poor, e.g. in a tunnel,
yo u sh ould sw itch offLO GIC7 ®
bec ause it
ma y ot herwise swit chautomat ically be-
tw een stereo and mono and therefore cause
temp orary distortio nsinthes ound.
! Onsom estereo recordings, the sound char-
acter istics ma y dif fer from conventio nal
stereo play back.
P82.86-4842-31 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e70 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

71
COM
AND
CO MA ND introd uction Swi
tching offan audio /video source
i If you inser ta CD orDVD, the audio/video
so urce isau toma tica lly ac tiva ted.
Swi tching anactive audi oso urce on and
off
6 Toswitch off:select "Audio"  "Au-
dio" "Aud iooff".
Th eau dio so urce is sw itch ed off,"Au-
di o of f"ap pe arsin thed ispla y.
6 Toswitch on: select "Audio" , then se-
le ct the desired audio sourc e.
or
6 Load aCD /DVD ( =page 79)or
PC MC IAcard (
=page 80).
Switc hing an active vide oso urce on and
off
6 Toswitch off:select "Video" "Vid-
eo" "Videoo ff".
The vide oso urc eis sw itche dof f,"Vi deo
of f" ap pe arsin thed isplay.
6 Toswitch on: select "Video" , thense-
le ct the desired video source.
or
6 Load aDVD ( =page 79). 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e71 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

72 COM
AND
COMAND radio
i Thecomp onent sand operating principles of
COMA NDcanbe foun d on (
=page 59). COMA
ND radio Menu
overview Ra
dio Presets FM (MW,
LW, SW ) Sound
Stat
ion list
(i n FM waveban don ly) Auto
store FM Tr
eble Sav
estat ion Chann
elpre sets MW Bass
Fr
eq uency input LW Bal
ance /fad er Freq
uency fix
(i n FM waveban don ly) SW 3D
soun d* TA
(inFM waveband onl y)216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e72 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

73
COM
AND
COMAND radio
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Radio".
or 6 Press the Mfunction button once or
twi ce.
Th e radio disp lay appe ars onc eyo u
ha ve switc hed to radio mode.Yo u will
hea rthe pre viou sly set stat ion on the
pr ev iously setw aveb and.
i Thenumb eroftime syou have topre ss the
fu nc tion button depends on the opera ting mo de
cu rrently selec ted. Illu
stra tion: rad ioope ration
1 Main area show ing st ation and fr e-
qu ency
2 Preset position of theselec tedstation
3 Name ofthe sele cted stat ion
4 Sound settings
5 Todispl ay/s witchw aveb and
6 Preset options
7 Radio opt ions Yo
uca nsw itch th eradiobetween the FM,
MW ,LW and SW waveband s.
6 Select "Audio" "Aud io""Rad io"
waveband di splay5.
6 Sele ctthede sired wave band.
Yo uwi llhe ar thepre viou sly set sta tion
on the sele cted wave band.
i Inthe MW, LW and SW wavebands,
COMA ND shows the station freq uencyins tead
of th estation nam e.
Yo uca ntu ne instat ions fr omthes tati on
li st or by manu ally en tering the fre quency. Tuning in stati
onsus ingthe station list
i Thes tation list is only available in the FM
wa veband. Itcontains all thest atio nsthat can
cu rrently be rec eive d and is sor ted alphabet ical-
ly. For st ations without a pro gramming service,
th e li stshows thefrequ ency inst ead of the
name. Swi
tching to radio mode
P82.86-5063-31 Switch
ing waveb ands Tuning in stations216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e73 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

74 COM
AND
COMAND radio
6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
or
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" "Station list".
The stat ion li stappear s. TheRdot in
fr ont of alist ent ryindicates the cur-
rentl yselec tedstation .Anumb erin
fr ont of the list entry indi cates the pre-
se t po sition inthe station pres etmem-
ory.
6 Select the st atio n. Tuning in stations
usingmanual tuni ng
i Manualtuning is only available in theMW ,
LW and SW wav ebands.
6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
St ati on searc hsc an s up ordown and
st op s at thene xtstat ion th at thera dio
can receive. Tuning in stati
onsus ing station presets
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"P rese ts" .
or 6
Press nafte r selecting the main area.
Th epreset menu appears. TheRdot
in front of apreset position ind icat es
that th ecurre ntly sele cted station is
st or ed th ere.
6 Select the sta tion preset andbriefly
press n.
Tuning in stati onsby ent eringthe fre
quency ma nually
6 Select "Audio" "Audio" "Radio" 
"Ra dio" "Frequenc yinput".
6 To in crease or de crease the
nu mb er: slide qm ror turn ym z.
i Youcanonly tune in to currently per mitted
number s.
6 Toselect the next numb er: slide
o m p.
6 Tosetthe frequen cy:press n.
COMA NDtune sint o the frequ ency en-
tered.
i Ifyo u enter a frequen cyin the medium
wav eband which is out side the frequency range,
COMA NDtunes into the nex tlow est freq uen cy. Tw
enty stat ions canbe stor ed ineach
waveband. Sto
ring stations manual ly
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"Radio" "Save station" .
or
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"P rese ts" .
All th reeo fthe sewillbring upase lec-
tion list. TheRdot in front of aprese t
po sition indicates th atthe curre ntly se-
lected stati on isstor ed the re. Sto
ring stations 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e74 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

75
COM
AND
COMAND radio
6 Toselect apreset positio n:slide
q m ror turn ym z.
St or ingth estation to these lected
pr es et position
If yo uha ve called up thestation preset dis-
play using "Save station" :
6 Press nbriefly.
In thetwo oth ercases:
6 Press andh old nuntil youhear asig-
nal.
Th echanne lis store d. Storing
using autosto re
i This func tion au tomatically stores stations
whic hca n be re ceived in order of their rec eption
quali ty.An y statio nsstored manually in thepre-
se tmemory wil l be lost ifCOMA NDfind s20 st a-
ti ons. If CO MAND fin dsfewer than 20 station s,
for example 9, then the stat ions stored in preset
pos itions 1 – 9 will be los t.
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
6 Select "Autostore" .
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"P rese ts" "Autostor e".
or
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"Radio" "Save station" "Auto-
store".
COM ANDsearche sfor stat ions wh ich
ca nbe re ceived. The available stati ons
ar eau tom atically stored inthep reset
po siti ons. COMAND
is equipp ed with anRDS fr e-
quenc ydiversity syste minth eFM wave-
ba nd .Th e syste mconsistsof alist ening
receiv eranda search ing rec eive r.
The sear ching receive rconstantl yscan s
the FMwaveband andco llec ts data from
al l the st ations wh ich ca nbe rece ived, e.g.
re ce pti on quality an dRD S data su chas
pr og ramm ena me an d alter native freque n-
cies .CO MA ND stor es thedata andco n-
stantly updates thepreset me mory.The
li st en ing re ce iver istheref oreab leto
swit ch ins tant an eously toan alte rnative
fr equenc ywith abetter signal.
i Thef reque ncy diversity system only func-
ti ons for station swhich tran smit RDS dat a.
Switch ing RDS frequen cydive rsity on or
off
i Youcan prevent CO MAND from swit ching
bet ween differe nt region alfrequen cies forthe
same station by swit ching off RD Sfrequen cydi-
ve rsit y.
P8
2.86-4839-31 RDS frequen
cydiversity 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e75 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

76 COM
AND
COMAND radio
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" .
Th etick next to "Freque ncy fix" indi-
ca test hat th efu nction is sw itch ed on.
6 Select "Freque ncyfix" .
Th efu nction issw itche don or off de-
pe nd ing onthe pr evious stat us.
Many FM stat ions trans mittr af fic an-
nouncements (TA).
You can switch annou ncemen ts onando ff
or interrupt acurrent announc ement. Sw
itching anno unce mentson or off
6 First op tion: select "Audio""Audio"
 "Ra dio "Radi o" "TA" .
The tick next to "TA"indicates th atthe
function is switch ed on.
6 Seco nd op tion:pre ssand holdthe
o button unt il"TA" appe arsin the
displ ayor disappears from th edispl ay.
You have switched the function on or
of f.If the fu nction is sw itche don, you
wi ll see theTA symb olinthestat us
li ne.
Onc etra ffic an nounc ements have be en
sw itch ed on, CO MAND selec tsan RDS sta-
tion. Thet raff ican nounce ments arep layed
from:
! the currently sele cted FM stati on
! an RDS stat ion from theprogr amme
servic eofthe currently sele cted FM
stati on
! the RDS station with the best re cepti on
quality Wh
en traff icann ouncements are sw itched
on, atra ffic an nouncem ent will interrupt
the audio signa lfr om thecurrently activat-
ed audio or vi deoso urce.
i Telephone conver sations and navigation an-
nou ncem ents are not interrupted.
A di spla ymessa geappears in the display
in ev eryau dio op erating mode. Inter
rupting atraf fica nnou ncement
6 Briefly press the obutton during
the tra ffic an nouncem ent.
COMAND switch es back to th eau dio
so urce before you ha vehea rdthean-
nounceme nt.Su bseque nt announc e-
me nts will interrupt thea udio source
agai n. Sw
itching offRDS
6 Pres sand hol dthe o button until
"TA" disappears from the displ ay. RDS
P8
2.86-5062-31 P8
2.86-5111-31 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e76 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

77
COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3 Permiss
ible discs
! CD-R andCD-RW
! DVD-R andD VD-RW
! PCMC IAcard ( =pag e80) Perm
issible file syst ems
! ISO966 0/Jolietfor CDs
! UDF forD VDs
! FAT16 orFA T32for PC MCIA cards with
st or ag emedium Multisession CDs
Fo
rmu ltisessi onCDs ,the co nten tof the
fi rst sessio n determine sho w COMA NDwill
pr oc ess theCD.
If the fi rstsessio n conta insdata inaudio
CD form at,fo rex amp le,and these co nd
sess ion conta insMP3 trac ks, CO MAND
will treat th eCD as a conventi onal au dio
CD. This mean sthat it isnot possible to
acces sthe MP 3tra cks.
If the fi rstsessio ncont ains MP 3tra cks,for
ex ampl e,and th e second sessio n conta ins
data in audio CDform at, COMAND will tre
atthe CDas an MP3file .Th isme ans
tha titis not pos sibl e to acces sthe audio
CD tr acks. Fi
le stru ctur eon a disc
When you creat ean MP3 disc, the MP3
tracks can be organi sedin folder s.Afo lder
can al socontain other fol ders.A di sc
ca nc ontai namaxi mum of 255folders.
Each folder canco ntain a maximum of
25 5t rack san d 255 fo lders.Adisc can
co ntaina maximu mo f4, 00 0 tracks. Track
and file names
When you creat ean MP3 disc, you can as-
sign na mes to the MP3tra cksan dfo lders.
COMA NDuses these name sfo r the co rre-
sp ond ing di splay inMP 3mo de.E mp ty
fol ders or fol derswhich con tain data other
tha nMP 3tra cksar e not dis play ed by
COMA ND.
If MP 3files are store din the root directory
its elf,the root dire ctory wil lalso be treated
as a fol der.CO MA ND willth en show the
nam eof the root directory as the fol der
nam e. COMAN
Dau dio CD /audio DVD*
and MP3 Safety
notes G
Risk of inju ry CO
MA ND isclass ifiedas a Class 1 laser
pr od uct. You mu stno to penthe casing .
The reis a risk ofexpo sure to invisi ble laser
ra diat ion ifyou op enthe casing, or ifthe
ca sing is fault yordam aged.
COMA NDdoes not con tainany par tsthat
ca nbe ser vice d by theuser. Forsa fety rea-
son s,ha ve any ne cessary maintenance
work carrie d out by qua lifi ed afte rsales tech-
nicians only. G
Risk of accide nt Do
the foll owingo nly when the vehi cle is
station ary:
! Loading the disc
! Ejecti ngthe disc
The re is a ri skofbeing distra cted from the
ro ad an dtraf fic conditions ifthis is done
while the veh icle is in motion. No
tes about MP3 mode 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e77 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

78 COM
AND
COMAND audio CD /audi oDVD* and MP3
Yo umu stobs erve the fol lowing when as-
signin gtrack name s:
! Trac kna mes musthave atleas tone
cha racter.
! Track nam esmu sthave th eex tens ion
"m p3".
! There mus tbe afull stop betweenth e
tra ck name an d theextensi on.
Exa mpleof aco rre cttrack nam e:
Trac k1.mp3
i COMA ND does not suppor tID3 tags. Permissi
bleMP3 formats
COMA NDsupports the MP EG1Audio Lay-
er 3f ormat .
i This format is generally known as "M P3" in
everyday usage. Per
miss ible bit and sampli ngrates
! Fixe dan d variabl ebit rates upto
32 0k bit/s
! Samp ling rates of 24kHz to 48kHz
i Onlyus eMP 3trac ks with abi trat eof at
least 128 kbit /sand a sampling rat eof at least
44.1 kHz. Smaller rat escanca use a notic eable
de teriora tion in quality. This is especially the
case if you have activa ted a surround sound
fun ction*. No
tes on co pyright
The music trac ks that yo ucreatefo r MP3
mo deandca n play ba ckinMP 3mod ear e
ge ne rally subject to copyright prot ection in
ac cord ance with the applica bleint erna-
tion al an d nationa lregulations.
In man yco un tries ,re product ions are not
permitt edwithout the pri orconse ntof the
co pyright holder, noteven for priv ate use. Make
sure th atyou know th eap plicable
co pyright reg ulat ions andt hat you comp ly
with these.
If yo uown these ri ghtsyourself ,e. g. for
yo ur own compos itio ns andr ecordings,
or the copyr ight holder has gra nted you
permis sion, these restr iction sdono ta p-
pl y.
i Discs with co py pro tection ar enot co mpati-
ble wit hthe CD audio standard and there fore
ma yno tbe able tobe play ed by COMA ND.
There may be pla yback proble mswhen pla ying
co pied discs.
Ther eis a large variety of dis cs,d isc-writing sof t-
ware and writers available .This varie tymeans
th at there is no guaran teetha tthe system will be
able toplay discs that youha ve copied yourself.
There may be playback problems ifyo u play CDs
th at youha ve copied yours elf wi thast orage ca-
pac ity of more than 700 MB. These CDsare not
co mpatible with cu rrently applicable standards. No
tesab out CDs /DVDs 216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e78 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12

79
COM
AND
CO MAND audio CD /audio DVD* and MP3
! Donotaffix stic kers or labels to the discs,
as they could peel off and damage COMAND.
COMA NDis desig nedto hold dis cswh ichc om-
ply with th eEN 60908 st andard. You canth ere-
fo re only usediscswith ama ximum thickn ess
of 1.3 mm.
If yo uin se rtthicke rdi scs ,e. g. thos eth at co ntain
da ta on both sides (DVD on one side and audio
data on theothe r), they cannot be ejec ted and
can dam ageCOMA ND.
Do notuse dis cswith a diameter of 8cm,even
wi th an adapt er.
On ly use rou nddiscs12 cm in diamet er.
! Onlyho ld discs bythe edge.
! Handle dis cs carefully to prev entp lay-
ba ck pro blems.
! Avoid getting scratches ,fi ng erp rints
an d dust on discs.
! Clean dis csfrom time to tim ewith a
comme rciall y-ava ilab lecleanin gcloth.
Do not wipe the mwith acircul armo-
ti on, butonl yin st raigh tlines from the
ce ntre outwards.
! Onlyus e a pen designed forsu ch a pur-
po se tolabel discs. !
Place disc s back intheircases afte r
use.
! Prote ctdisc sfrom heat an d direc tsun-
li ght.
i Ifthe CD /DVD hasa print edside, this must
face upw ards when the CD /DVD is loaded.
If nei ther side is print ed,th e side tobe played
sh ould face dow nwards.
CD s/DVDs with copy protec tion mayno tbe
able tobe played bythe syst em. Loa
ding the single DVD drive
1 Disc slot
2 Eject button
6 Presseject button 2.
If a discis load ed ,it wi llbe ejec ted.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 .
6 Slide adisc in toslot 1 .
Th edr ive draws the dis cin and plays it,
if it has been in serted corre ctly an d is
permissible. No
tes about han dling CDs /DVDs Lo
adingCD sand DV Ds G
Risk ofaccide nt On
ly loa daCD orDVD when the vehicle is
station ary. Th erei s a risk of be ing distrac ted
fr om theroa dand traffic con dition sif this is
do ne while the vehi cle is in motion. P82.86-5618-31216_R
E_2006-12a.book Seit e79 Montag ,2. Oktober 2006 12:06 12