phone MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2012 W212 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect atrack andpressW toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck star ts.
Se lecti ng ayear ofpublicat ion X
Sele ctYea r in
thecat egor ylist
(Y page 165)by tur nin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm. X
Sele ctan ent ryand pres sW tocon firm.
The genrelist isdisplayed .
X Sele ctagen re,e.g.pop, and press Wto
conf irm.
The track listisdisplay ed.
X Select atrack andpress Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart s.
Selecting acover X
Sele ctSel ect ByCover in
thecat egor y
list (Ypage 165)by turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
The available covers are displayed in
alphabet icalorde rofthe artists. X
Select thedesired coverbyturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
The corresponding albumisplay ed.
Selec tionviakeyword search X
Select Keyword Search in
the category list
(Y page 165)byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
An input menu appears. X
Ent ercharacters andconfirm theentry.
Instr uctions forentering characters canbe
found inthe "Enterin gcharacters inthe
phone bookandaddress book"section
(Y page 31).
Depending onthe entry, thehits areshown
in alist. Music
search
167Audio Z

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
171Audio Z

Blu
etoo th®
au diodev iceand then authori zing
it.
You canauthori zeup tofifte enBlu etoo th®
dev ices.
i Ifyo uau thori zeamob ile pho nethat
su ppo rtsBluetoo th®
au dio, the A2DP and
AVRC PBlu etoo th®
au dio pro files are
connected automa tically. The mob ile
pho neisthen entere din both the
Blu etoo th®
tele pho nelist (Y page 116) and
in the Bluetoo th®
dev icelist (Y page 173).
Merce des-Benz recom mendsau thori zinga
mob ile pho neinBlu etoo th®
tele pho ny
(Y page 116).
Se archi ngfor and authori zinga
Blue tooth®
audio device X
Swi tch onBlu etoo th®
au dio mod e
(Y page 175).
If yo usee theNoBlue toothAudi o Devi
ceAuth orized mess
age, youwi ll
need toconnect theBluetoo th®
au dio
dev icefirst.
X Sele ctBT Audi
o by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfir m.
X Co nfirm BluetoothAudi oDevi ceList by
pre ssing W the COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmUpda te by
pre ssing
W the COMAND controller.
CO MAND searches forBluetoo th®
au dio
dev iceswi thin rang eand adds them tothe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist. Blu etoo th®
au dio
dev icesare dete cted ifthey suppo rtthe
Blu etoo th®
au dio pro files (A2DP, AVRCP).
The durati onofthe search depends onthe
numb erofBlu etoo th®
au diodev iceswi thin
rang eand theircharacteristics. Example:
Bluetooth®
device list
: Newly detectedmobile phonewith
Bluetooth ®
audi ofunct ioninrange
; Bluetooth ®
audi oplay ernot within range
but previously authorized (iconappea rsin
gray)
The Bluetooth ®
device listdispla ysall
authorized devices,whether theyarewithin
range ornot. Afteradevice search, devices
which arewithin rangebutnot authorized are
also displa yed.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audi odevices,
play back must beinitially started onthe
device itself,sothat COMAND canplay the
audi odata.
X To auth orize: select anunauthorized
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice fromthelist
(example: :)byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select thesymbol tothe right ofthe
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm .
Depending onthe Bluetooth ®
audi odevice
used, younow have twooptions for
cont inuing withauthorization.
X Option 1:enter thepasskey. Todo so,
proceed asdescribed inthe "Authorizing
(registering) amobile phone" section
(Y page 117).
Aft ersuccessful authorization, the
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice isconn ected and
starts playing. Bluetooth
®
aud iomode 173Audio Z

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

Disp
laying details X
Se lec taBl uetooth ®
au dio dev iceinthe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist.
X Sele ctthe symbo lto the right ofthe
Blu etoo th®
au dio dev icebysliding VY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Detail s and
pressW toconfi rm.
The followi ng info rma tionc oncer ningthe
selected mobilephoneisshown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availa bilitystatus (shown afteran
update)
R authorization status
X To close thedetailed view:turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller.
De-author izing(de-registering) a
Bluetooth ®
audio device X
Select aBluetooth ®
audio device inthe
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select thesymbol tothe right ofthe
Bluetooth ®
audio device bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select De-Authorize and
press Wto
conf irm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the device willbedeleted
from theBluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i Before re-authoriz ingthe Bluetooth ®
audio device, youshould alsodelete the
device nameMBBluetooth from
your
Bluetooth ®
audio device's Bluetooth ®
list
(see theBluetooth ®
audio device's
operating instructions). Switching
toBluetooth ®
audio mode
Option 1 X
Connect (Ypage 172)orrecon nect
(Y page 174)aBluetooth ®
audio device.
COMAND activatestheBluetooth ®
audio
device. Thebasic display appears andthe
device startsplayi ng.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
i Bypressing thefunct ionbutton
repeatedly, youcan change theoperating
mode inthe following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface oraudio AUXmode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
Option 3 X
Select Bluetooth Audio (Y
page 159)in
the media listbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
COMAND activatestheconn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs. Bluetooth
®
aud iomode 175Audio Z

Exam
ple: Blu etoo th®
au dio ba sicd isplay
: Track name
; Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
= Album name
? Soun dset tings
A Media list
B Artis t
C Tostop É orstart Ì playback
D Tocon necta Bluet ooth®
audio deviceor
inc rease thevolume usingCOMA ND
E Bluet ooth®
audio datamedium type
F Datamedium positioninthe media list
i Ifthe Bluet ooth®
audio devicecon nected
support smet adata andcorrespo ndingdata
is available, thenthe artist, trackandalbu m
name canbedispla yed. Star
ting/stopping playback
X To star tplayback: selectÌbysliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
Play back starts. Selection isat É.
X To stop playback: selectÉbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am essage appears. Selectionisat Ì.
X To continue playback:select Ìby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
Am essage appears. Selectionisat É. Sta
rting playba ckifthe Bluet ooth®
aud iodevice hasbeen stopp ed
Durin gthe search formobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluetoot h®
audio device isterm inated. Inthe
Bluetoot h®
audio basicdisplay (Ypage 176),
you willsee theNoBluetoo thAudio Device
Connected message
andthe
Connect Last Device menu
itemcannotbe
select ed. When
thesearch isfinished, theBluetoot h®
audio device canberecon nected.
X Confirm Connect LastDevice by
pressing W.
Depen dingonthe Bluetoot h®
audio device
used, playback startsimmediately oryou
must startplayback manually.
In this case, youwillsee theBluetoo th Audio
Device Paused message.
X
To star tplayba ck:select Ìbyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Playback resumesfromthebeginn ing. 176
Bluetooth®
aud iomod eAudio

The
curren tplayback option (Ypage 163)is
shown withasymbol behindalbum name
E (no display forNorm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ).
i Ifthe devic econ nected does notcontain
any playable track s,amess ageappears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
or MP3 player accordin gtothe filing
struct ureused inthe respect ivemedium.
Selecting byskipping toatrac 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.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal Track
Sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press thel button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atr ack number :press anumber
key, e.g.q.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit. X
En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumb erkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Fast forwar ding/r ewinding 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 isreached.
i OnaniPod ®
/iPhone ®
,fast rewind only
funct ionswithin thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fo lder
Ove rview iPo
d®
and certain MP3playe rs
For aniPo d®
or MP3 player,you can select
tracks using catego riesorfold ers.
Depend ingonthe devi ceconnected, the
foll owi ngcatego riesmay beava ilable ,for
examp le:
R Curre ntTrack list R
Playl ists (e.g.
All )
R Artis ts R
Album s R
Track s R
Podca sts R
Genre s R
Compo sers R
Audio books i
Some playback catego riescontain the
entry All .I
ft his entr yhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 180
Media
Interface modeAudio

A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don /o ff(fo rcorded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atatime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sin the rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg eth est art er
bat tery.
X Poin tth erem oteco ntrol attherear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctamen u/m enuitemusin gth e
=;9 :buttonson the
rem otecon trol and pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDslot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jackfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan befound onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
General
informationRearSeatEntert ainment System

Cord
lessheadphones
Over view :
Volum eco ntrol
; Select sa sc ree nfor the headphones
= Batt erycompart mentcover
? Switches thecordless headphones on/off
A Indicat orlamp withvarious displays(Y page 211)
X Open bothsides ofthe headphones andadjust thefitofthe headphones bypulling the
headphone bandinthe direction ofthe arrow.
Switching thecordless headphones
on/off X
Press button ?.
Dependin gon the previous status,the
headphones areswitched onoroff. Tosave
the battery, theheadphones areswitched
off automatically ifthey donot receive an
audio signal within threeminutes.
Adjust ingthe volume ofthe
headp hones X
Turn volume control: until thedesired
volume hasbeen set. i
Ifyou have connected corded
headphones toarear-com partment
screen ,you can adjust thevolume by
pressing buttonsC onthe remote control
(Y page 209).
Selecting ascree nfor thehea dphones X
Mov epush slider; toL(lef t-han dsc ree n)
or R(rig ht-hand scree n).
Ind icat orlam pdis pla ys The
color oftheind icat orlamp shows
whet hertheheadp honesare swit ched on or
off and indicat esthech arge levelof the
bat teries inserted. Gener
alinfor mation
211RearSe at Ent ertai nme ntSyste m Z

LED
disp lay St
atus Green The
batteries arefine. Red The
batteries arealmos t
disc harge d. Lit
con tinuous
ly The
headph onesare swit ched
on and connected toas cree n. Fla
shing The
headph ones are
sea rchi ngfor the connecti on
to ascree n. No
displ ay
(d ark) The
headph ones areswitched
off orthe batterie sare
di scha rged. Co
nne cting additi onalheadpho nes You
canconnect oneadditiona lset ofcord ed
hea dph ones toeach ofthe two rearscree ns
(Y page 209). Thesocke tisdesigned for
headphones witha3.5 mm stereo jackplug
and animpedance of32 ohms. Changing
batteries
Notes Batteries
arerequired forthe remote control
and forthe two sets ofcordless headphones. G
WARNING
Keep thebatteries outofthe reach of
children. Consultadoctor immediately ifa
child should swallowabattery.
Do not dismantle, short-circuitorburn a
battery. H
Environmental
note
Dispose ofdischarged batteriesinan
environment allyresponsible manner. On
the remote control :
Battery compartment
; Catch tab
= Battery compartment cover
? Retaining lugs
A Batteries
The remote controlcont ains 2type AAA,
1.5 Vbatteries.
X To open thebatter ycompart ment:
remove batterycompartment cover=on
the back ofthe remote control.
X To do so, press downcatch tab;and
remove batterycompartment cover=.
X Remove discharged batteriesAfrom the
tray. 212
General
informat ionRearSeatEntertainm entSystem