window MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON 2011 S212 Comand Manual

X
To select opti ons:sw itch tothe MUSI C
REG ISTER (Ypage 168) .
X Sel ect Mus ic Reg
ist er by
slid ing VÆ and
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The optio ns list appe ars. The #dot
ind icates the optio ns elected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm.
The option isswitche don.For alloption s
exc ept Normal TrackSequenc e ,y
ou will
see acorr espondin gdisplay inthe display/
select ionwindow.
i The Normal TrackSequenc e option
is
automatic allyselect edwhen youchange
the disc youarecurren tlylisten ingtoor
when youselect adifferen tmedium. Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitched onoroff. Bluet
ooth®
aud iomode Connecting
Bluetooth®
aud iodevices
Conditions Bluet
ooth®
aud iodevice
Bluetoot h®
audio mode requires a
Bluetoot h®
-c apable audiodevice.
i Not allBluetoot h®
audio devices available
on the market areequally suitable. For
more detailed information onsuitable
Bluetoot h®
audio devices andon
con nectingB luetoot h®
audio devices to
COMAND ,visit
htt p://ww w.mbu sa-mobile.com (for
USA ).Alt ernat ively, calltheMercedes- Benz
Customer AssistanceCenter at
1-8 00- FOR-ME RCedes (1-800-367 -6372)
(for USA )orC ustomer Relations at
1-8 00- 387 -0100(for Canada). Befor
eusing Bluetoot h®
audio mode, you
should checkyour Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following (seetheBluetooth ®
audio
device's operating instructions):
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device mustsupport
the A2D Pand AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainBluetooth ®
audio devices, as
well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion,
the device itselfmust alsobemade
"visible" toother devices (seethe
Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device nameispredetermin edbut can
usual lybe changed. Tomake aclear
selection ofthe Bluetooth ®
device
possible, Mercedes-B enzrecomm ends
that youcustomiz ethe device name(see
the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instr uctions).
i A2D P(Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data trans mission
AVRCP (AudioVideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile foraudio
data playb ack
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibility onthe Bluetooth ®
audio device.
On COMAND
X Act ivate theBluetooth ®
funct ionin
COMAND (Ypage 45).
General information Before
usingyourBluetooth ®
audio device
with COMAND forthe first time, youwillneed
to authorize it.
When youauthorize anew Bluetooth ®
audio
device, itis conn ected automatically.
Connect ioninvolves firstsearching fora 172
Bluetooth ®
aud iomodeAudio

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

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

C
Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name (ifstored onthe disc)
F Tocall upthe track list
G Stop funct ion
H Pause function
I Playba ckoptions Example:
MP3mode
: Type ofdata medium þ
; Track number
= Track name
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack display
B Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name orcurren tfolder
F Tocall upthe folder list
G Playba ckoptions; toswitch track
inform ationon/of f
i Variable bitrates inMP3 track scan result
in the elapsed timeshown beingdifferent
from theactual elapsed time. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gtoat rack X
To skipforwa rds orbac kwards toa
trac k:pre ssthe = or; button on
the rem otecontr ol.
or
X Pre ssthe E orF button.
Th es kipf orwa rdfunctio 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).
If you have selected theplayba ckoptions
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,t
he
track order israndom.
Sel ecting bytrack list In
audio CDmode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks onthe disc currently playing.
In au dio DVD mode, thetrack listcontains all
tracks inthe currently activegroup;see
"Setting theaudio format" (Ypag e163).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshow salltracks
in the currently activefolderasw ellasthe
folder structure,allow ingyou toselect any
track onthe MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (au
dio CD/DVD mode)or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont rol,and confirm bypressing the9
button.
or
X Press the9button whenthedispla y/
selection windowisselected.
The track listappea rs.The #dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm. 218
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeRear
Seat
Entertainment System

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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System Z

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
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear
Seat
Entert ainment
Syst em