MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

Making
aselection byenter ingthet rack
num berdirectly X
Pres sthe h buttononther em ote
con trol.
The track entrydisplay appears .
Ex ample: track 2
X Pres snum ber butt on2.
Ex ample: track 12
X Pres sthe cor respon ding numberkeys in
rapid successio n.
i Itis no tp ossible toenter numbers that
exceed thenumber oftrack sonthe CD or
in the current lyactive folder.
X Wait forapproximately threeseconds after
making theentr y.
You willhear thetrack which hasbeen
enter ed.The correspon dingbasic menu
then reappears. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X With thedisplay /select ionwindow active,
press the= or; button onthe
remote controlrepeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der in
MP3 mode using
th e:=; buttonso nthe rem ote
con troller andpres sthe 9 butt onto
con firm.
or
X Pres sthe 9 butt onwhen thed isplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. :
Folder selectionsymbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe super ordina tefolder :
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remot econtro land press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The display showsthenextfolder up. :
Folder selection symbol
; Folder icon
X Select afolder using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sint he folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand the correspon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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X
To paus eplaybac k:sel ect Ë using
the :=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ë displ aycha nge stoÌ .
X To conti nue playback:sel ect Ì and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ì displ aycha nge stoË . Sto
pfuncti on
This function isonly available inaudio DVD
mode.
X To inte rrupt playbac k:sele ctÉ using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
The Ë displayc hange stoÌ .
X To continue playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback continues fromthepointwhe reit
wa sinterrup ted.
X To stop playbac k:whi lepla yback is
interrup ted,selectÉ againand press
the 9button toconfirm.
Pla yback stops andreturns tothe
begi nning ofthe DVD. Ì ishigh lighted.
X To restart playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback starts fromthebegi nning ofthe
DVD. Settin
gthe audio format
Further informationonaudio formats is
ava ilable inthe "Aud io"section
(Y pag e163).
X Select DVD-A usi
ng the :=;
buttons onthe remote controlle rand pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl ea udioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind ica tes the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d. X
Sel ect anaudiof orm atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. Pl
ayb acko ptio ns
Fur ther informa tion onplay ba ck opti ons is
ava ilab lein the "Audio" secti on
(Y page 163) .
X Sel ect CD ,
DVD -A or
MP3 us
ing
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The options list appe ars .The # dot
indicates theoption current lyselected.
X Select Normal Track Sequence ,
Random Tracks or
Random Folder using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except Normal TrackSequence ,y
ou will
see acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.
i Ifyou change thedisc, theNormal Track
Sequence option
isactivated
automatically .Ifa no ption isselect ed,it
remains selectedafter theRear Seat
En tert ainmen tSyst em isswitc hedonor
off. Switching
track inform ationon/off
(MP3 mode only)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
names aredisplayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
names aredisplayed.
X Select MP3 using
the:=;
butt ons onthe remot econtro ller and press
the 9butt ontocon firm. 220
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X
Sel ect Displa yTrack Inf ormation us
ing the 9: buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche donOor offª,
de pe ndi ng on the previous statu s. Vide
oDVD mode Gen
eral informati on
Here youw illf ind further informa tion onthe
fol lowi ng topi cs:
R sa fety notes (Ypage 154)
R notes onDVDs (Y pa ge 186) DVD
playbackcondit ions
Playback problems mayoccurwhen playing
cop ieddisc s.Ther eisal arge varietyo fdisc s,
DV Da uth oring sof twar e,writ ingsoftwar eand
writ ersavailab le.This varietym ean sthat
th ere isno guaran teet hatthe Rear Seat
En tertainm entS yst em will beable toplay
vid eo DVDs that you havecopied yourself.
You willfind further informationinthe Video
section (Ypage 187). Information regarding
COMAND alsoapplies tothe Rear Seat
En tert ainment System. Function
restrictions
Dependin gonthe DVD ,iti sp ossible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions ,you will see the
K symbol inthe display . Inserting
andremoving aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe" Audio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 216) . Sw
itchin gtov ideo DVD mode
X Inse rtav ideo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewasthe last mod eselecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa sn ot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedint he followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land confi rmbypre ssing the 9
bu tton.
If the video DVD fulfillst he play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo um usts tart the
fi lm ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu. Hiding/show
ingthe navigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button
on the remote control.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menu
: Disc type
; Current title
= Current scene Video
DVDmode
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Track time
A Toshow themenu Showing/hiding
themenu
X To show: pressthe9button onthe
remote control.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To hide: press the9 button ,select
Full Screen and
press the9button to
conf irm. Menu
system
: Video DVDoptions
; Pause function
= Stop funct ion
? Toset the treble
A Toset the bass Fast
forwar ding/rewinding
X Press andhold theE orF button on
the remote controluntil thedesired
position hasbeen reached.
You seethenavigation menu. Pause
function
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To pause playback: selectËandpress
the 9button toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press the9button toconf irm.
The menu ishidden. Stop
function
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remote control.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉand
press the9button toconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ.T he
video image ishidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press the9button toconfirm .
Play back continues fromthepoint where it
was interrupted. Themenu ishidden.
X To stop playback: whileplayback is
interrupted, selectÉagain andpress
the 9button toconfirm .
Play back stops andreturns tothe
beginning ofthe DVD .Ì ishighlighted.
X To restar tplayback: selectÌand
press the9button toconfirm .
Play back starts fromthebeginning ofthe
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Selec
tingascene/ch apter
Not e Fur
ther inform ation onthis fun ction is
availab lein the" Vide o"sec tion
(Y page 189).
Ski pping forwar ds/back wards X
Pre ssthe= or; buttono nthe
rem otec ontro l.
or
X Pre sstheE orF button.
The navigat ionmen u(Ypage 188)appear s
for appr oximat elyeigh tsecon ds.
Selecting ascene/ch apter directl y The
example sillust rateh ow tosele ctscen e/
ch apt er5.
X Op tion1 :while thef ilm isplayin g,pre ss
th eh buttono nthe rem otec ontro l.
X Pre ssthec orrespo nding num berkey,suc h
as 5.
X Op tion2 :while thef ilm isplayin g,pre ss
th e9 buttono nthe rem otec ontro land
sho wthe men u.
X Se lec tDVD -Vi deo and
pressthe9 but ton
to confirm .
X Se lec tDVD Functi ons and
pressthe9
but tont oc onfirm.
X Se lec tSce ne Selection and
pressthe
9 buttont oc onfirm.
X Se lec t5 usin
gthe 9 or: buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
In bo th cas es, play ba ck willbe ginf rom the
fifth scene/chap terafter abriefp ause. Select
ingafilm/t itle
Not e Furt
herinformat iononthis func tion is
available inthe "Video" section
(Y page 189). Opt
ion 1 X
Press the9butt ononthe remo tecon trol
and show themen u.
X Selec tDVD- Video and
press the9butt on
on the remo tecon trol to con firm . X
Selec tDVD Functions and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tTitl eSelectio n and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
X To call upthes election list:press the
9 butt on.
X Selec tafilm/ track .
Opt ion 2 Ex
ample: selectingf ilm 2
X Press button2.
Af ter abrief pause, theseco ndfilm is
played. DVD
menu
Not e You
willfindf urt her informat iononthe DVD
men uint he "Video" section(Ypage 190).
Calling uptheD VD menu X
Press the9butt ononthe remo tecon trol
and show themen u.
X Selec tVide o-DVD and
press the9butt on
on the remo tecon trol to con firm . Vid
eoDVD mode
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X
Sel ect DVD Functions and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Menu and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The DVD menu appe ars .
Se lecti ng men uitems inthe DVD menu X
Sel ect amenu itemu sing the
9:= ;buttons onthe
rem otecontro land pre ssthe 9button to
confi rm.
Am enu appears.
i Menu itemswhich cannotbe select edare
shown ingray. X
Confirm Select by
pressing the9button .
The Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem
carries outtheaction orshows asubmenu.
X Ifavailable, additional optionscan nowb e
selec ted.
The Rear SeatEntertainm entS ystemt hen
swit ches back totheD VD men u.
i Depen dingo nthe DVD,them enuitems:
Bac k( tomov ie) ,
Pla y ,
Sto p ,
., /orGo Up may
either not
fun ction atall ormay notfun ction atcer tain
poin tsintheD VD men u.To ind icat ethis,
th eK icona ppears inthe display. Stop
ping afilm orskipp ingtothe
beginning orend ofas cene X
Se lec tany men uitem fromt heDVD menu .
Th em enu appe ars.
X To sto pthe film: select the Stop menu
ite ma ndpre ssthe 9button onthe rem ote
contro ltoc onfi rm.
X To skiptothe endo fa scen e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X To skiptothe beginnin gofas cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Option 1:press the% backbutton on
the remote controlorselect the
corresponding menuiteminthe DVD
menu.
X Option 2:select anymenu iteminthe DVD
menu.
X Select theGoUp menu
iteminthe menu
and press the9button toconfirm .
Back tothe film X
Option 1:press the% backbutton on
the remote controlrepeatedly untilyousee
the film, orselect thecorresponding menu
item inthe DVD menu.
X Option 2:select anymenu iteminthe DVD
menu andpress the9button toconfirm .
X Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress the9button to
confirm . Setting
theaudio format
This funct ionisnot availa bleonallDVD s.Ifit
is availa ble,youcan setthe audi olanguage
or the audi oformat. Thenumber ofsettin gs
is determined bythe DVD content.Itmay also 224
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be
possible toaccess thesettings from the
DVD menu.
X Press the9butt onon the remot econtro l
and show themenu.
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9
butt ononthe remot econtro ltoc onfirm.
X Select DVDFuncti ons and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
X Select Audio Language and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
Am enu appears afterashort while. The
# dot infron tofane ntry indicat esthe
curren tlyselect edlanguage.
X Select alanguage usingthe9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button . Subtit
lesand camer aangle
These functionsarenot available onallDVD s.
The number ofsubtitle languages andcamera
angles available dependsonthe contentof
the DVD. Itma yalsob epossibl et oa ccess
the setting sfromt heDVD menu .
X Pre ssthe 9button onthe rem otecontr ol
and showthe menu .
X Sel ect DVD-Video and
pressthe 9
bu tton onthe rem otecontr olto conf irm.
X Sel ect DVD Functions and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconf irm.
X Sel ect Subtit les or
Cam era Angle and
pre ssthe 9button toconf irm.
In bo th cas es,am enuappe arsa fter afew
se cond s.Th e# dotinf ront ofan entry
ind icates the curre ntsetting .
X Sel ect asetting using the 9:
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconf irm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. In
tera ctive conte nt
DVDs canalso conta ininte ractiv econte nt
(e .g. avideo game) .Inav ideo game ,you may
be abletoinflu ence events bysele cting and
triggeri ngactions. Thetype andnumber of
actions dependonthe DVD.
X Select anaction using the
9;:= buttonsonthe
remote controlandpress the9button to
execute it.
Am enu appears andthefirst entry,
Select ,i
sh igh lighted.
X Press the9button. Operation
with an active COMAND
sourc e Swi
tching thefunctio non/off in
COMA ND
You cantransfer anaudio orvide osource
sele cted inCOMAND tothe RearSeat
En tert ainmen tSystem .
i Ifyou then switch modes inCOMAND ,the
new source willnotbetran smitt edtothe
Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem .
X To switch onthe function inCOMAND:
switch onthe desired audiomode in
COMAND ,e.g. CD mode (Ypage 157),or
show themenu invideo DVDmode
(Y page 188).
X Select themenu itematthe bott omleft,
e.g. CD in
audio CDmode, bysliding VÆ
and turningcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears. Opera
tionwith anactive COMAND source
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X
Sel ect Active Aud./Vid. Source For Rea
r and
pressW toconfi rm. In
the statu sbaratthe top, youw illsee the
headphones iconandthe_icon forthe
source thathasbeen switched on.
X To switch offthe function inCOMAND:
switch onthe desired audiomode in
COMAND orshow themenu invideo DVD
mode.
X Select themenu itematthe bottom left,
e.g. CD in
audi oCDm ode, bysliding VÆ
and turning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select RearAudio/Video Off _
and
press Wthe COMAND controller to
confirm . Selec
tinganactive COMAND source
in the rear- compart mentscreen
Loading theactive COMAND source X
Select COMAND using
the9=;
buttons onthe remote controland press
9 toconfirm .
The audi oorvideo source selected in
COMAND isloaded inthe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System. When
theloading process iscomplete, the
audi oorvideo source isset inthe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System.
If Rear Audio/Video Off is
activated in
COMAND, theCOMAND isoff orthere is
no active COMAND source message
appea rs.
Audio CDmode Example:
CDmode 226
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X
To select at rack byskippin gtoa
track :pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontro l.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
The skipforw ardf unctio nskip stot he next
tra ck.
Skip ping backwa rdsrestartsthe current
tra ck (ifi th as been playin gfor mor ethan
eigh tsecon ds)orstart sthe previous track
(if the curren ttrack hasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
Additio nalsetting option:
R sele cting thesound settings (Y pag e214)
Audio DVDmode Example
:audio DVDm ode
X To skip tothe next/previous group:
press the: button onthe remote
cont rol.
X Highlight withthe= or; orb or
c button andpress 9toconf irm.
i Infor mation ongroups canbefound inthe
"Sett ingthe audio format" section
(Y page 163).
Additional settingoption:
R selecting thesound settings (Ypage 214) MP3
mode Example:
MP3mode
X To selec tatrack by skipping toa
tr ack: press the= or; button on
the remote control.
or
X Press theE orF button .
The skip forward functionskips tothe next
track .
Skipping backwards restartsthe current
track (ifithas been playingformore than
eight seconds) orstart sthe previous track
(if the current trackhasonly been playing
for ashorter time).
X To selec tafolder :pres sthe : button
on ther em otec ontrol.
X High light oneofthet wo folde rsymbo ls
wit hthe = or; buttona nd pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
Dep endingonyour sel ecti on, the previous
or next folderiss elected andthefirst track
is play ed.
Additional settingoption:
R selecting thesound settings (Ypage 214) Operat
ionwith anactive COMAND source
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oDVD mode Examp
le:v ideo DVD mode
X To hide amenu:confi rmMen u wi
th the
9 button.
The video ima geisplay ed inful lscre en
mod e.
Add itiona lsetti ngoptio ns:
R setti ngthe brightne ss,contra stand color
(Y page 214)
R cha nging the pictur eform at(Y pa ge 215)
R sel ecti ngthe soundsetti ngs(Y pa ge 214) AU
Xm ode In
troduc tion
Yo uc an conne ctone exter nalvideo sou rce to
ea ch ofthe displ ayso fthe Rear Sea t
Enterta inmentSys tem (AUX displ ay)a nd also
one exter nalvideo sou rce tothe rear-
comp artment CD/DV Ddrive (AUX drive) with
as ound and video signa l.
Pl ea se see thecorre sponding opera ting
ins truc tions for info rma tiono nhow to
op era tethe exter nalvideo sou rce.
For further detai lsab ou te xterna lvideo
sou rces ,pleas ec onsu ltan author ized
Mer cedes-B enzCenter. Co
nnectin gA UX equi pmen t
AU Xd rive The
AUX drive jacks arel oc ate donthe CD/
DVD drive next tothe CD/DV Deject button
(Y page 210) .
Di spl aying AUX The
AUX displ ayjacks areo nthe side ofthe
scre en(Ypage 209) .
Au dio and video conn ectio n X
Inse rtthe audiop lugs for the left and right
si gna lsinto thecorr espond ingLand R
jacks .
X Inse rtthe video plug into theVjack. Ac
tiv atin gAUX mode
AU Xd rive X
Sel ect Aux in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The AUX menu appe ars. AUX
menu
X Sel ect Source from
theAUX menu and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect DiskDrive Aux and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
Yo uw illh eara nd see theconte ntofthe
exte rnalvideo sou rce ifit is conne ctedto
the CD/DV Ddrive and switch edto 22
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