CD player MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2011 W212 Comand Manual

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Ente ringc haracter s
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Entry
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Sele cting .............. ..................... ..... 127
Example display
Audi oCDm ode ....... .......................158
MUSIC REGISTER ........................... 169
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Fi rst liste ntr y
Ac cepting ......... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ..... 30
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Freque ncyinput
Manu al........ .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...1 46
Func tionrestric tions
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Goo gleMaps ®
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Gracen oteMedia Databas e.............. 161 H
Hands-free microphone
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Harman/kardon ®
Lo gic 7®
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Home address ............................ ..........94
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Sele cting fromthedesti nation
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Inc iden t(traffic report) <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Indi cator lamp
Rem otecontrol <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Activating/d eactivating <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Entering <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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iPo d®
Alpha betica ltrack selection .......... 181
Connecting tothe Medi a
Interface <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Sele cting acatego ry/playlist......... 180
iTune s®
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Lis tass election list
Calling up...... .... .. .... .... ........ ........ .... .3 0
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Lo gic 7®
see harma n/kardon ®
Logi c7®
Surrou ndSound system M
Map Arrival time/di stanceto
desti nation ............................ .........102
Ca lling up ........ ........ ...... ........ ........ ...6 1
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Map settings <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Showi nggeo-coo rdinates.............. 102
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Showi ngthe map data version....... 108
Topo graphicmap <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Map scale
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Media Interface
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Mode <003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B003B
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Notes forthe MP3 player............... 182
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product contains Flash ®
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techn ology byAdobe Systems Incorporated.
This product contains Adobe ®
Flash ®
player
software underlicense fromAdobe Systems
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in the United States and/or othercountries. COMAND
features
These Operating Instruction sdescribe all
standard andoptional equipment available
for your COMAND systematthe time of
purchase. Country-spec ificdeviations are
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Thisincludes safety-
related systems andfunct ions. Therefore, the
equipment onyour COMAND systemmay
differ fromthatinthe description sand
illustrations. Theoriginal purchase
agreement listsallsystems installed inyour
vehicle. Contact anauthorized Mercedes-
Benz Center ifyou have anyquestions about
equipment oroperation. Function
restrictions
For safety reasons, someCOMAND functions
are restr icted orunavailabl ewhile thevehicle is
in motion .You will notice this, forexample,
because youwilleither notbeable toselect
cert ainmenu itemsorbecause COMAND will
display amessage tothis effect . Introdu
ction
13 Z

Blu
etoo th®
au diod evice and then authori zing
it.
You canauthori zeup tofifte enBlu etoo th®
dev ices.
i Ifyo ua uthori zeam obilep hone that
su ppo rtsBluetoo th®
au dio, the A2DP and
AVRC PBluetoo th®
au diop rofiles are
connected automa tically. The mob ile
pho neisthen entere dinb oth the
Blu etoo th®
tele pho nelist (Y page 116) and
in the Bluetoo th®
dev icelist (Y page 173).
Merce des-Benz recom mendsauthori zing a
mob ilep hone inBlu 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 diom ode
(Y page 175).
If yo us ee the NoBlue toothAudi o Devi
ceAuth orized mess
age, youw ill
need toconnect theBluetoo th®
au dio
dev icefirst.
X Sele ctBT Audi
o by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
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 icesw ithin rang eand adds them tothe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist. Blu etoo th®
au dio
dev icesaredete cted ifthey suppo rtthe
Blu etoo th®
au diop rofiles (A2DP, AVRCP).
The durati onofthe search depends onthe
numb erofBlu etoo th®
au diod evice sw ithin
rang eand thei rcharacteristics. Example:
Bluetooth®
device list
: Newly detectedmobile phonewith
Bluetooth ®
audi ofunct ioninrange
; Bluetooth ®
audi oplayernot within range
but previously authorized (iconappea rsin
gray)
The Bluetooth ®
device listdispla ysall
authorized devices,whether theyarewithin
range ornot. Afterad evice 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
®
audi omode 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 ,a
uthorizat ioncontinues
and theBluetoot h®
audio device is
con nect ed.Playback starts.
If you select No ,a
uthorizat 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 lauthoriz 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). TheBluetoot 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 phonetakes over theautomat ic
con nection itself.
AB luetoo th®
audio player withouttelep hone
func tionsisn otautom atically reconn ected,
even ifit was thelast devic econnec ted.
If the NoBlue toothAudioD evice Conn
ected mess
ageappears, youhave two opt
ions tocon nectaB luetooth®
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 eitself, 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 toothAudioD evice List by
press ingWthe COMA NDcontroller.
X Selec taBluet ooth ®
au diod evice byturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllera nd pre ss
W toconfi rm.
If CO MAND canlocatethe Bluetoo th®
au diod evice ,itw illb ec onnected andwill
star tplaying.
i With some Bluetooth®
audio devices,
playback mustbeinit ially start ed on the
devic eitself, sothat COMA NDcan play the
audio data.
Blu etoot h®
aud iodevice and
simu ltaneous searchfor mobile phones During
thesearc hfor mobile phones
(Y page 116),the connection with the
Bluet ooth®
audio deviceist ermin 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

Media
Interface mode Co
nne ctio noption s
Overvi ew The
connection socketsareloca tedinthe
stowa gecompartme ntinthe center console.
Device-spe cificadapter cables,inclu dedwith
the Medi aInterface, arerequ iredtoconnect
external devicestothe Medi aInterface.
i Store individualparts inas afe plac e.
On lyuse genuine Mercedes-Ben z
co nn ect ion cabl es.
You canconn ect thef ollowin gdatam ediato
COMA NDviatheM edia Inte rface:
R iPod ®
R cer tain MP3 player s
i iPod ®
is ar egist ere dtrademar kofApple
Inc .,Cupertino ,California, USA.
Supp orted devices For
details andalist ofsupported devices,
visit http://www .mbusa- mobile.com.
Alt ernat ively, calltheMercede s-Benz
Customer AssistanceCente rat
1-800-FOR-MERC edes(1-800-367-6372)
(for USA) orCu stomer Relatio nsat
1-800-387-0100 (forCanada ). Co
nne ctin gane xte rnal device
i Donot leaveexternal devicesinthe
vehi cle,astheir correct function cannotbe
gua ranteed ifthey aresubjected to
extreme temperatures,e.g.from expos ure
to dire ctsunl ight orvery lowoutsi de
tempera tures(seetheoper ating
instructio nsofthe respe ctivedevice).
Merced es-Benz USA,LLCaccep tsno
lia bil ity for dam agetoexternal devices.
Never connect morethanonedeviceata
time. Youwillotherw isenot beabletop lay
back fromtheexternal device. :
Four-p insocket for⅛inch stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players (audi oa nd vide o)
; iPod®
plu gfor connecting aniPo d®
= USB socket forconnecting anMP3 player
? Exampl eofdevi ce: iPod®
X Connect theexternal devicewith sui tabl e
socket :,;or=.
COM AND activa testhe devi ce;am essa ge
app ears .
If you remove adevice, the NoDevice Connec
ted messa
geapp ears .
i Aconnected iPod®
or MP3 players hould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control)ordirectly
on the device itselfasthis may cause
unforeseen technicaldifficulties.
i Connect ingafully discharged iPod®
or
MP3 playercan result inan exten ded
initialization period.
Malfunction messagesappearwhile the
device isbeing activated if:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
conn ected (External Device Unavailable message).
R the conn ected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
R am ass storage device(e.g.USBstick or
USB hard disk) isconn ected tothe Media
Int erface (Please Connect The Device
To
The Other USBPort message).178
Media
Interface modeAudio

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

The
curren tplayback option (Ypage 163)is
shown withasymbol behindalbum name
E (no display forNorm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ).
i Ifthe devic econnec ted does notcontain
any playable track s,am essage appears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
or MP3 player accordin gtot he filing
struct ureused inthe respect ivemedium.
Selecting byskipping toatrac k X
To ski pforwa rds orbac ktoat rack:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerw hent he
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipstot he nex t
tr ack .The skip back function skipstot he
begin ningo fthe 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
ap layb ack option otherthanNormal Track
Sequence ,t
he 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 atrack 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 ganumberkey 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 ®
,f ast 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 yhasbeen selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 180
Media
Interface modeAudio

Callin
gupac atego rylist X
Sele ctSearc h in
the basicdis pla yby
sli ding VÆandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
The catego rylista ppears.
i The Search menu
itemisnot available
until thedevice hasbeen activated. Ex
ample: categorylist
X Select Curren tTrackl ist by
turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The contentofthe curren ttrac klist
appears. Ex
ample: currenttrac klist
: Symbol fornex tfolder up
; Devic eicon and device name
= Track symbol
? Current title
X Select thetrac kbyturn ing cVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
The trackisp layed. X
To switch tothe next folder up:slide
XV theCOMAND controller orpress the
% button.
Playing backthecontent ofac ategory
or folder X
Select thecategory orfolder byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 163)selected.
Alphabetical track sele ction iPod
®
and MP3 players
This function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not avail able foralbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists ,b
yt urning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The avail able artists aredispla yed.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
The avail able letters arelisted atthe lower
edge ofthe displa y.
Aft eram essage, thefirst entry inthe list
which matches theletter entered is
highlig hted.
i Ifno corresponding entryexists, thelast
entry corresponding toap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the qua lity
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu agev ariant ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. Me
dia Interfac emode
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If
different sortingrulesaredefined (e.g.in
iTu nes ®
), the search iscanceled without
any resul t. Playbac
koptio ns
The followi ng opti ons areavailab le:
R Nor mal TrackSeq uence Norm
altrack sequence: youh earthe
track sint heir normal order(e.g.numerical
or alpha betical).
R Random Medium All
the track sonthe medium areplay edin
random order.
R Random TrackList The
track sint he current lyactive category
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
play edinrandom order.
i For MP3 players, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 track schosen at
random.
X To selec taplayback option:select
Media Interface in
the basic displa yby
sliding VÆandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
The options listappea rs.The #dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtoconfirm . MP3
player instructions
Data forma ts MP3
andWMA aresupported asdata formats
with fixed andvariable bitrates (upto
320 kbits/s ).
Special considerationswhen using MP3
players Up
toeight directory levelswithupto1000
track sperdirectory aresupported.
Do not use USB exten sionleads oradapters.
They canimpair functionality. i
DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
If COMAND isequipped withaMedia
Interface, externalaudiosources are
located inthe stowage compartment inthe
center console.
i You willfind further information onlineat
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(1-800-367-6372) (fortheUSA) or
Customer Relationsat1-800-387-0100
(for Canada). Activating
audioAUXmode
When youconnect anexternal audiosource,
audio AUXisnot selected automatically.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudio AUXmode inthe
audio menu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audio menu appears. 182
Audio
AUXmodeAudioAnAUX socket isnot provided. The
You
canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
connections forthe Media Interface are
(AUX)
toCOMAND. Youwillfind the
connected usingthecorresponding cableset.
necessary
socketinthe cent erconsole
stowage compartment .

COMAN
Dfeatures
Thes eOperatin gInstruc tio ns desc ribeall
st andar dand opt ionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. General
information Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
The RSE CD/D VDplayer isaC lass 1laser
prod uct.There isad anger ofinvisible laser
radiation whenyouopen ordamage thecover.
Do not remove thecover. TheRSE CD/DVD
play erdoes notcont ainany parts which can
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
have anynecessary serviceworkperformed
by qual ified personnel. G
WARNING
The driver should notwear aRear Seat
Ent ertainment headsetwhileoperating the
vehicle underanycircumstan ces.Theuseof
ah eadset whiledriving thevehicle could
drastically impairtheabili tyto react toaudi ble
traffic conditions (e.g.emergency sirensfrom
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WARNING
When notinuse, headsets orextern alvideo
sources shouldbestored inas afe locatio n
(e. g.on eo fthe veh icle'sstorag e
com partmen ts)s ot hatthe ya renotloose
within thepassenger compartmentduring
braking, vehiclemaneuvers oratraffic
accident .Object smoving within the
passenger compartmentcould cause serious
personal injurytovehicle occupant s. G
WARNING
Due toap otent ialchokin ghazar d,wired
heads etusage bychildre nshould onlyoccur
with adultsuper vision . Comp
onents
Over view The
Rear SeatEntertainm entS ystemi s
co mpr ised of:
R two rear-comp artmen tscree ns behin dthe
fr on t-seat head restraint s
R ther em otec ontro l
R aC D/DVDd rive
R AU Xjacks on bot hscree ns (AU Xdispl ay)
and ontheC D/DVDd rive( AU Xd rive)
R two setsofcordle ssheadp hones 208
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