Sound MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect achannel byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssan um berk ey on the control panel,
e.g. 4,atany time. Displaying
stationinform ation
This function isonly available foranalog FM
programs anddigital AM/FMprograms (HD
Radio™).
Inf ormation relevanttothe curren tstat ion is
shown belowthemain function bar.
X Select Radio in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm. X
Select ShowStation Information by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,you
switch ShowStation Information on
O oroff ª. Displaying
program information
This function isonly available foranalog FM
programs anddigital AM/FMprograms (HD
Radio™).
Inf ormation relevanttothe curren tstat ion is
shown inthe display window. X
Select Info in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Inf ormation onthe curren tlyselect ed
stat ionisdisplayed. Contentisd ependent
on the station. X
To retur ntothe radio display: confirm
Info by
pressing W.
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller up. Satellite
radio Importa
ntnotes
This section provides detailedinformation on
the followi ngtopics:
R selecting achannel andprogram category
R memory functions
R sound settings
i The satellite radiomode described below
requires optionally available satellite radio
equip ment andregistration withasatellite
radio provider.
i Note thatthecategories andchannels
shown inthe illustrations dependonthe
program contentoffered bythe provider.
The program contents mayvary. The
illu strations anddescriptions inthese
operating instructionsmay therefore differ
from thechannels andcategories offered
by the provider.
Satellite radiomode maybetemporarily
unavail ableorinterrupted foravariety of
reasons. Thesereasons include 148
Satellite
radioAudio

switches
onthe satellite radio.Pressing the
button againtake syou back toFM radio
mod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Sel ect Audio in
them ainfunction bar by
slidin gZV andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
If sat ellit eradio modewasthel ast mod e
selec ted, itwill nowb eactive.
If ano ther audio modeiss wit ched on,you
can nows witch tosat ellit eradio modein
th ea udio menu.
X Sel ect Audio by
slidin gZV theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The audio menuappear s.
X Sel ect Sat Rad
io and
pres sW toconfirm .
The NoService mes
sage appear swhen
st art ing uporifno sign alisbein greceive d.
If th es atellit ereceive risn otinstalled oris
not installed correctly,the Device Unavailable message
willappea r. Once
COMAND receivesthesignal, the
satellite radiodispla yappea rs.The station
last selected isplay ed. Satellite
radiomainmenu
1 Satellite radiomaindispla y
2 Channel name
3 Preset
4 Selected category/channel number
5 Channel information (inbrief)
6 Sound settings
7 Category list
8 Channel information (indetail)
9 Channel presetlist
a Satellite radiomenu
Channel information Acan beviewed in
detail (Ypage 153).
Changing thecategory Satellite
radiostations aresorted intovarious
categories. Youcanchoose between the
different categories, suchasnews/talk
shows, sportsorcountry, ifthey areavail able.
The category listissorted alphabetically .
Selec tingacatego ry
X To callupt he categ orylist:sel ect
Catego ry by
turning cVdtheCOM AND
controlle rand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The cate gorylista ppears.
X To select ac atego ry:select acatego ryby
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
pres sing Wtoconfirm.
The catego rysel ected isshow nint he
displa y.You hear thestation lastselected
for this category.
The All Channels category
isat the top
of the category list.This category issorted 150
Satellite
radioAudio

Selec
tingachanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe preset list:sele ct
Presets in
the submenu barbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
The channel presetlist appears.
X To set achanne l:sele ctap rese tby
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controllera nd
pre ssW toconf irm.
or
X Pre ssan um berk ey, such asn.
Displaying information X
Select Info in
the submenu barbyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Inf ormation onthe curren tlyreceived
program isdisplayed. If
available, yousee:
R the complet echann elname
R the artist ofthe curren tlyplayed track
R the curren tlyplayed track
X To retu rntothe radiodispla y:con firm
Info by
pressing W.
X Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller up.
Displaying serviceinformation The
provider's customerservicecenter is
available byphone atany time toanswer any
general questions orquestions onthe
version savailable. X
Select Satradio in
the submenu barby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Service and
press Wtocon firm.
The provider's detailsappear. 1
Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)or
Call Service Provider 2
SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
X To retu rntothe SatR adio main displa y:
slide XVY theCOMAND controller.
Channel listupd ates When
receivin ganewchann ellist, thedisplay
shows theUpdatin gChannel s... message.
The stationlast select edisswitch edtomute
until theupdate hasbeen complet ed.
Satellit eradio mode isnot available during
this process .
Onc ethe update hasbeen complet ed,the
satellite radiomainmenu appears. The
stat ionlast select edisplayed.
Sound settings You
willfind details onthe sound settings in
the "Ataglance" section(Ypage 34). Sat
ellite radio
153Audio

Disp
laying metada ta (MP 3mode)
COM ANDc analso displ aythea lbum name
and artist (met adata) duringplayback ,ift his
inf orm ation hasbeen entered intot he
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 playba ck
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 ec onte ntofan audioD VD canb edivid ed
into upto9g roup s.The availabil ity and type
of grou pdepe nds onthe 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;FATa nd FAT32 )are suppo rted.
X Sel ect MP3 in
theb asic displ ayby slidin g
VÆ andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
X Sel ect Select Active Partition and
pres sW toconfirm . Pla
yba ckopt ions
The followin goption sareavailabl etoy ou:
R Nor mal Track Sequence The
track sareplayed inthen orma lorder
(e. g.track 1,2,3, etc.).
In MP3 mode,thet rack ord erisdet erm ined
by theo rder inwhic hthe track sarewrit ten
to theM P3datacarrier when itis creat ed.
Alp habet icalorderisthem ostc ommon.
Once allthe track sinaf older havebeen
playe d,the track sint he next folder are
playe d.
R Random Media All
the track sonthe medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5e tc.).
R Random TrackList (MP3
mode only)
You hear thetrack softhe 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
163Audio Z

Selec
tingatrac k
Th isfunctio nisn otsupported byall
Bluetooth ®
audi odevices.
X To skip forwards orbackwards toa
tra ck: press theE orF button on
COMAND.
or
X Press the9 or: button brieflyon
the multifunction steeringwheel.
X Rapid scroll: pressandhold the9
or : button onthe multifunction
steering wheeluntilthedesired trackis
reached.
If you hold down the9 or: button,
the system runsthrough thelistmore
quickly. Selec
tingplayback options
If the Bluetooth ®
audi odevice supports the
corresponding function,the followi ngoptions
are avail able:
R Normal TrackSequence The
tracks areplay edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
Audio dataplayback isdetermined bythe
order inwhich thetracks arewritten tothe
data carrier. Alphabetical orderisthe most
common. Onceallthe tracks inaf older
have been played,the tracks inthe next
folder areplay ed.
R Random Tracks All
the tracks onthe medium areplay edin
random order(e.g.track 3,8,5e tc.). X
Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The #dot indicates theoption selected.
X Select theoption byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
If you select Random Tracks ,y
ou will see
ac orresponding symbolinthe displa y/
selection window. Adjusting
thesound settings
The sound settings aredescribed usingradio
mode asan example inthe "Basic function s
of COMAND" section(Ypage 34). Increasin
gthe volume usingCOMAND
X Select BT Audio by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
X Select Volume and
press Wtoconfirm.
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
You willfind furth erinfor mation inthe "Audio
AUX mode" section(Ypage 182). Bluet
ooth®
aud iomod e177Audio Z

i
The separate USBconn ection ensures
quick access andexpanded mediacontent
options.
i Consult anauthorized Mercedes-Benz
Center ifyou have further questions. Switching
toMedia Interfa cemode
General information In
extr eme cases, startingupindividual
funct ionscantake uptoseveral minutes –
this depends onthe exter naldevice andits
cont ent(e.g. video podcasts).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Otherwise, someorall
funct ionsmay notbeavailab le.
Option 1 X
Connec tane xter naldevice (Ypage 178).
COMAND activatesthe device. Thebasic
display thenappears.
Option 2 The
exter naldevice isconn ected tothe Media
Int erface.
X Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
By pressing thefunct ionbutton repeatedly,
you can change theoperating modeinthe
following order:
R audio CD/DVD/MP3 (disc)
R memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
R Media Interface oraudio AUXmode
R Bluetoot h®
audio mode
Option 3 X
Press thei number button.
This selects theconn ected externalaudio
device directly. Option
4 X
In the media list(Ypage 159), select the
ent ryat position 0byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
COMAND activatesthe conn ected device.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .The
basic displa ythen appea rs.
If no device isconn ected, youwillsee the
Media Int. entr
yinstead ofad evice
name. Media
Interface mode (iPod®
mode) when
equippe dwithaD VD changer
: Type ofdata medium
; Track number
= Elapsed tracktime(also informat
00:0 0:00 foraudi obooks)
? Track name
A Graphic timedispla y
B Graphic trackdispla y
C Sound settings
D Media list
E Album name(ifavaila ble)
F Music search
G Position inthe media list
H Artist (ifavaila ble)
I Play back options
Type ofdevice :conn ected isindicated by
the corresponding symbolforiPod ®
or MP3
play er. Media
Interface mode
179Audio Z

X
Sel ect Aux us
ing cVd andpressW to
confi rm.
The audioA UX menu appe ars .The medium
in the extern alaudi osource isplay ed,ifthe
source isconn ected andplayback
selected. Please
seetherespective operating
instruct ionsforhow tooperate theextern al
audi osource.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settin gsinthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal audiosources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcemen tsand
navigation systemannouncemen tsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually . Increasing
thevolume usingCOMAND
In some cases, thevolume ofthe extern al
audi odevice maybequieter orlouder, orthe
usua lmaximum possible volumemaybe
lower. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atam edium volume andincrease it
gradua lly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay themusic
at high volume without distorting it. X
Select Volume in
the AUX displa ybyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. X
Select Standar d or
Boost and
press Wto
con firm.
Standar d :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toas tandard value.
Boost :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
AUXmode
183Audio Z

Note
sabout dis cs
Pl ay ba ck pro blems mayoccu rwhen playing
copied discs.Therearealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,writing
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyouhave
copied yourself.
! Donot affix stick ersorlabel stot he discs,
as they could peeloffand damage
COMAND. Stickers cancause thedisc to
bend, which canresult inread errors and
disc recognit ionproblems.
! COMAND isdesigned toaccommodate
discs which comply withtheEN60908
standard. Youcantherefore onlyusediscs
with amaximum thickness of1.3 mm.
If you insert thickerdiscs, e.g.those that
cont aindata onboth sides (DVD onone
side andaudiodata onthe other), they
cannot beeject edand candamage
COMAND.
Use round discswithadiameter of12 cm.
Do not use discs withadiameter of8c m,
even withanadapter. DVD
playback conditions
If video DVDsdon otconf orm tothe NTSC or
PAL TVstandards, theymaycreate picture,
sound orother problems duringplayback.
COMAND canplay back video DVDs
produced according tothe following
standards:
R region code1orregion code0(no reg ion
cod e)
R PAL orNTSC standa rd
Yo uw illg en era llyf ind the releva ntdetai ls
ei ther onthe DVD itselfo ro nthe DVD case.
i Ifyo ui nsert avideo DVD with ad ifferent
reg ionc ode, youwillsee amessage tothis
effect . i
COMAND isset toregion code1atthe
factor y.This settingcan bechanged atan
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Thiswill
allow youtoplay video DVDswitha
different regioncode,provided thatthey
are produced inaccordanc ewiththe PAL
or NTSC standard. Theregion codecanbe
changed uptofive times. Function
restrictions
Dependin gonthe DVD ,iti sp ossible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions willbe
temporarily blockedormay notfunct ionatall.
As soon asyou trytoactivate thesefunctions
or actions ,you will see theKsymbol inthe
display . Inserting
andremoving DVDs
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Insert ingand
eject ingCDs andDVD s"section
(Y page 154). Switching
tovideo DVDmode
Option 1 X
DVD changer: insertavideo DVD.
X Press theh functionbutton orthe
% backbutton .
COMAND loadsthemedium insertedand
start stop lay it.
Option 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
COMAND switchestothe previous disc
operating mode. Video
DVDmode
187Video Z

?
Media selection
A Sound settings Fast
forward ing/rew inding
X In full-screen mode,slideXVY andhold the
COMAND controller untilthedesired
position hasbeen reached.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
You seethenavigation menu. Stop
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To interru ptplayback: selectÉby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconfirm .
or
X During playback, confirm Ébypressing
W twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: confirmtheÌ
selection bypressing W.
Play back restarts fromthebeginning. Pause
function
X Press Wthe COMAND controller toshow
the menu.
X To pause playback: selectËby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
The Ë displa ychanges toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconfirm .
The menu ishidden. Selec
tingascene/ch apter
If th ef ilm isdivi ded intos cene so rchapters ,
you can selectthem dire ctly while thef ilm is
run ning,or skip for wards step- by-s tep. So me
DV Ds donotpermit thisatcert ainpoint s(e.g.
during theopenin gcredit s).
It may alsobepossible toselect thescen e/
chapter fromwithin themenu storedon the
DVD .
X To skip forwar dsorback: infull-scr een
mode, turncVd orslide XVY the
COMAND controller.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
con trol panel.
The navigation menu(Ypage 188)appears
for approximat elyeight secon ds. Selecting
afilm/t itle
This function isonly available ifthe DVD is
divided intos ever alfilms /titles .Ift he DVD
cont ains several films,these canbeselected
directly. Afilm can beselec tedeitherwhen
the DVDisb eing playedback orwhen itis
stopped.
The film canalso beselected fromthemenu
on the DVD itself. Video
DVDmode
189Video Z

Int
era ctive cont ent
DV Ds can contain interac tive conten t(e.g. a
vide ogame ).In av ide og ame ,for example ,
you may beable toinfluen ceeve ntsb y
sele cting and trigge ringa ction s.The typeand
num berofact ionsdepe ndontheD VD.
X Se lec tana ction bysliding ZVÆ orXVY the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
exe cute it.
Am enu appe arsa nd the first entry ,
Sel ect ,i
sh ighl ighted .
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. AU
Xv ideo mode Co
nnectin ge xtern alvideo source s
If yo ur veh iclei se quippe dwithaM edia
Inter face (Y pa ge 178) ,you can conne ctan
exte rnalvideo sou rce (AUXvideo).
The 1/8inch audio/vi deoj ack sareinthe
cen terc onsole stowage compartment.
i Invehicles witharear view camera, the
AUX video jackcann otbe used forexter nal
video sources. Switching
toAUX video mode
X Select Video in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
If AUX video mode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toAUX video mode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Aux and
press Wtoconf irm.
The AUX video menu appears. Youwillhear
and seethecont entofthe exter nalvideo
source ifit is conn ected andswitched to
playb ack. AUX
video mode
For details onhow tooperate theexter nal
video source, seetherespect ivedevice's
operating instructions. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X To hide: slideZVtheCOMAND controller
and conf irmFull Screen by
pressing W. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 33)
and sound (Ypage 34)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsaremuch
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually.
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice which is
conn ected asan exter nalvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusual maximum volumecannotbe
reached. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately. Inthis case,
start atam edium volume andincrease it
graduall y.This enables youtodetermin e 192
AUX
video modeVideo