MERCEDES-BENZ GLC-Class 2016 X253 Comand Manual

XTo selectMediain media mode: slide 5
and press the controller.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the con-
troller and press to confirm.
If the media source contains music or video
files, these will be played. The correspond-
ing basic menu will be shown.
Using the device list
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Devices: turn and press the con-
troller.
The available media sources will be shown.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
XSelect the media source.
If the media source contains music or video
files, these will be played. The correspond-
ing basic menu will be shown.
Switching on automatically
After inserting a CD/DVD, this media mode is
automatically switched on by COMAND.
If playable music files are found, they will be
played by COMAND.
If a media function is already switched on in
COMAND, this will be interrupted and the
basic display of the CD/DVD mode will
appear. If another function, such as naviga-
tion, is being operated, the basic display will not change. Only the music from the last
inserted CD/DVD will be played.
Audio/video mode
Important safety notes
GWARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product.
If you open the housing of the CD/DVD drive,
there is a risk of exposure to invisible laser
radiation. This laser radiation could damage
your retina. There is a risk of injury.
Never open the housing. Always have main-
tenance and repair work carried out at a quali- fied specialist workshop.
GWARNING
Handling discs while driving may distract you from traffic conditions. You could also lose
control of the vehicle. There is a risk of an
accident.
Handle discs only when the vehicle is station-
ary.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD-R, CD-A and CD-RW
RDVD-R, DVD-V and DVD-RW
RSD memory card
RUSB storage device
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD
memory card and USB storage media
Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how COMAND will proc-
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ess the CD. COMAND plays only one sessionand gives priority to the audio CD session.
File structure of a data carrier
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, the tracks can be organized in
folders. A folder may also contain subfolders.
The disc may contain no more than eight
directory levels. Files beyond the eighth level
will not be recognized by the system.
iCOMAND supports up to 50,000 files
from one data medium. For data media with more than 64 GB, only files in the following
folders are supported: Music, Pictures,
Video.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed
music files, you can assign names to the
tracks and folders.
If MP3 or WMA files are stored in the root
directory itself, the root directory will also be
treated as a folder.
You should observe the following when
assigning track names:
Rtrack names must have at least one char-
acter.
Rtrack names must have an extension of a
supported audio/video format, e.g. mp3,
aac or m4v.
Rthere must be a dot between the track
name and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
COMAND supports the following audio for-
mats:
RMP3
RWMA
RCD-A
RAAC formats: .aac, .mp4, .m4a and .m4b Copy-protected iTunes
®music files with
the .m4p file extension are not supported.
COMAND supports the following video for-
mats:
RDVD-V
RMPEG
RWMV
RM4V
RAVI up to 720p.
Permissible bit and sampling rates
COMAND supports MP3 files of the following
types:
Rfixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s
to 320 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND supports WMA files of the following
types:
Rfixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
COMAND does not support WMA files of the
following types:
RDRM (Digital Rights Management) encryp-
ted files
Rvariable bit rate
RWMA Pro
R5.1 surround sound
iOnly use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. Lower rates can cause a notice-
able deterioration in quality. This is espe-
cially the case if you have activated a sur-
round sound function.
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only)
You can select this function for USB storage
devices when the storage device is parti-
tioned. Up to 9 partitions (primary or logical,
FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are supported.
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Selecting an active partition
XTo selectOptionsin the media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
XSelect Select Active Partition.
Notes on copyright
Audio/video files that you create or repro-
duce yourself for playback are generally sub-
ject to copyright protection.
In many countries, reproductions, even for
private use, are not permitted without the
prior consent of the copyright holder.
Make sure that you know about the applicable
copyright regulations and that you comply
with these.
Notes on CDs/DVDs
!COMAND is designed to play discs that
comply with the EN 60908 standard. There-
fore, you can only use discs with a maxi-
mum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can-
not be ejected and can damage the device.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm. Do not use discs with a diameter of
8 cm, even with an adapter.
Discs with copy protection are not compati-
ble with the audio CD standard and therefore
may not be able to be played by COMAND.
Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs.
There may be playback problems if you play
CDs that you have copied yourself with a stor-
age capacity of more than 700 MB.
iCOMAND is able to play back audio CDs in
multichannel audio format.
Inserting and removing a disc from
the single CD/DVD drive
Before inserting or removing a CD/DVD,
ensure that the cup holder is empty.
XTo insert: press theþbutton on the
single drive.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
XInsert a disc into the disc slot with the prin-
ted side facing upwards.
The drive closes and the disc is played.
If the CD/DVD is operated in Media mode,
the corresponding basic menu will be
shown. If the CD/DVD is started using
another application (e.g. navigation), the
display will not change.
iThe drive may not be able to play discs
with copy protection.
XTo remove: press theþbutton.
The drive ejects the disc.
XRemove the ejected disc from the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot, it
is drawn in again automatically after a short
while.
Menu overview
:Main function bar
;Media menu bar
=Track display on the disc
?Track number and number of tracks in the
track list
AArtist and album
BNumerical time display
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CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Inserting and ejecting an SD memory
card
Important safety notes
GWAR NING
SD memory car dsare small parts. They can be
swallo wed and cause asphyxiation. This
poses an increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Keep SDmemory car dsout of the reach of
ch ildr en. Ifan SD memory card is swallowed,
seek immediate medical attention.
!If you are no longer using the SD memory
card, you should remove it and take it out of
the vehicle. High temperatures can dam-
age the card.
COMAND supports SD memory cards
(Secure Digital), SDHC memory cards
(Secure DigitalHigh Capacity), and SDXC
memory cards ( SecureDigital e Xtended
Capacity.
Inserting an SD memory card
XInsert the SD memory card into the SD card
slot until it engages. The side with the con- tacts must face downwards.
If the memory card has been selected as a
media source, the medium is played and
the files are loaded in the background. If
there are no supported audio/video files,
you will see a message to this effect.
XSelect the media source (Ypage 178).
Ejecting an SD memory card
XPress the memory card.
The memory card is ejected.
XRemove the memory card.
Connecting USB devices
There are two USB ports in the stowage space
under the armrest.
XConnect the USB device to the USB port.
If the corresponding media display is visi-
ble, the medium is played and the files are
loaded in the background. If there are no
supported audio/video files, you will see a
message to this effect.
iMP3 players must support Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP).
Activating media mode
Switching on automatically
After inserting a CD/DVD, this media mode is
automatically switched on by COMAND.
If playable music files are found, they will be
played by COMAND.
If a media function is already switched on in
COMAND, this will be interrupted and the
basic display of the CD/DVD mode will
appear. If another function, such as naviga-
tion, is being operated, the basic display will
not change. Only the music from the last
inserted CD/DVD will be played.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the
default display must already be turned on
when using with USB devices or SD memory
cards.
XInsert the CDs/DVDs (Ypage 181)
or
XInsert an SD memory card: (Ypage 182)
or
XConnect a USB device: (Ypage 182)
COMAND loads the medium inserted and
starts to play it automatically.
Further options for switching on
RUsing the main function bar: (Ypage 178)
RUsing the device list: (Ypage 179)
RUsing the Õbutton: (Ypage 178)
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Playback options
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
Playing similar tracks
XTo select PlayMoreLikeThis: turn and
press the controller.
COMAND automatically creates and plays
a track list with similar tracks. If there are
no comparable tracks on the data carrier,
you will see a message to this effect.
XSelect the required track.
Play mode
XTo select Playback Mode: turn and press
the controller.
XSelect Normal Track Sequence.
The current track list is played in the order
it appears on the data medium.
XSelect Random Track List.
The current track list is played in random
order.
XSelect Random Medium.
All tracks on the data medium are played in
random order.
Direct track entry
XTo select Track Number:: turn and press
the controller.
A menu appears.
XEnter the desired track number.
Skip to time
XTo select SkiptoTime: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XTo set the time: turn the controller
or
XSet the desired time.
Selecting an active partition
XTo select Select Active Partition:
turn and press the controller.
With the Select Active Partition
option, you can select a partition in the USB
data medium.
Showing track information
XTo select Show Track Information: turn
and press the controller.
Ticking or removing the tick from the box in
front of Show Track Information
dis-
plays or hides the information on the track,
artist and album in the main display field.
Saving files to Media Register
iWith the SaveFilestoMediaRegis‐
teroption, you can transfer supported
audio, image or video files to the COMAND
hard drive.
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XTo select theSaveFilestoMediaReg‐
isteroption: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears (
Ypage 188).
Managing Media Register
XTo select Manage Media Register: press
the controller.
The contents are shown. Using the control-
ler, files and folders can be renamed or
deleted.
When renaming files and folders a menu
appears. The characters are entered using
the controller (
Ypage 31).
XTo select Delete All Media Files: turn
and press the controller.
Files and folders can be completely deleted
from the Media Register.
XSelect Memory Info: important parame-
ters for your COMAND hard drive are
shown.
Pause and playback function
XTo pause playback: in audio/video mode,
slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo activate Ëin the Media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Playback is interrupted here. The display
changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: in audio/video
mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo activate Ìin the Media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Playback is continued from the point of
interruption. The symbol changes to Ë.
Selecting a track
Selecting using the current track list
XTo display the current track list: press
the controller in the basic display.
The category list appears.
XSelect the current track list.
XTo select a track: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
Selecting by skipping to a track
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a track:
turn or briefly slide 9or8 the con-
troller in the media basic display.
Search menu
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XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list is shown.
XSelect a category, e.g. Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the
COMAND default settings and the music
tracks available).
XSelect a sub-category, for example Rock.
If the sub-category Rock
contains music
tracks, these will be displayed.
Gracenote®Media Database
General notes
This function is available in audio CD mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote
®music recognition technology,
Emeryville, California, USA on the COMAND
hard disk. You will recognize this by the logo
in the bottom right-hand corner of certain
audio displays.
If the audio CD does not contain any CD text
information, COMAND can use the Grace-
note
®Media Database to identify unknown
audio tracks when in CD audio mode.
Internet update of metadata
The option Update metadata via Internet
allows any missing metadata for an audio CD (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) to be uploa- ded retrospectively to the internal Grace-
note
®database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 151).
Selecting Internet update of metadata
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Updating Metadata Via Inter‐
netin the selection list.
A connection with the Gracenote®data
server is established. The missing data is
loaded, saved and displayed in the main
display field.
If there is no data found or there is no Inter-
net connection, a corresponding error mes-
sage will appear.
Switching the Gracenote®data display
on/off
XSwitch on audio CD mode (Ypage 182).
XTo select Gracenote Media Database:
turn and press the controller.
XTo switch the display off: select None.
In the basic display, Track 1
is shown
instead of the Gracenote®data, for exam-
ple.
XTo switch on the display: press the control- ler.
Media search
General notes
COMAND plays back files from the following
data mediums:
RDisc (CD/DVD Audio)
RMemory card
RMedia Register
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices (folder, year and photos are
not available)
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The categories are displayed according to the
data available.
Starting the media search
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears.
Category list
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list is shown.
Depending on the connected media sources
and files, the following categories are listed:
RCurrent Tracklist
RFolder
RSelect By Cover
RKeyword Search
RPlaylists
RArtists
RAlbums
RTrack
RGenres
RYear
RComposers
RVideos
RPhotos
RPodcasts
RAudiobooks
iThe categories are available as soon as
the entire media content has been read and
analyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these catego-
ries are available more quickly.
When connecting Apple
®devices, the cat-
egories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are
not available.
Searching by current track list
XTo select Current Tracklistin the cat-
egory list: turn and press the controller.
The selection list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching by folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories.
XTo select Folderin the category list: turn
and press the controller.
The folder list appears.
XSelect the required folder.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
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Selecting by cover
XTo selectSelectByCoverin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
A menu with cover views appears.
COMAND searches all media sources.
XTo move the desired folder to the front: turn
the controller.
The track list appears.
XTo select the desired track: turn and press
the controller.
Searching by genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn
and press the controller.
COMAND searches all media sources. A
selection list with Genres
and media sour-
ces appears.
XSelect the desired Genres.
A selection list with music tracks from the
selected genre appears.
XSelect a music track.
The track is played. The basic menu for the
active media source is shown.
XTo exit the selection list: press the %
button.
Keyword search
XTo select Keyword Searchin the category
list: turn and press the controller.
The input field appears.
XTo select required characters: turn and
press the controller for each letter
(
Ypage 31).
Entering just part of the name of a track or
artist is enough. The search result then dis-
plays the entire text.
XSelect ¬.
The search results are displayed.
The numbers behind the results, as shown
in the example Tracks
(5/0), mean: 5
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results that contain the exact keyword
searched for and 0 results that are similar.
XSelect one of the results.
Keywords that have already been searched
for are displayed in the "Search history"
without having to enter them completely.
They can be accepted directly and dis-
played in the search result.
XSelect an entry.
Albums and covers (if available) are shown.
COMAND searches all media sources.
XSelect an album.
The tracks are listed.
XSelect a track.
The basic display appears and playback
starts.
Media Register
General notes
You can store music files, photos or video files
in the MEDIA REGISTER. The memory has a
capacity of 10.8 GB.
iKeep your original music files, photos and
video files in a secure location. A malfunc-
tion in COMAND may result in the loss of
music files stored in the MEDIA REGISTER. Mercedes-Benz is not liable for any loss of
data.
Switching on the MEDIA REGISTER
XIn media mode press the Õbutton.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select Media Register: turn and press
the controller.
Playback begins at the point last listened to.
If there are no files, you will see a message to this effect.
Further options for switching on:
Rusing the main function bar: (Ypage 178)
Rusing the device list: (Ypage 179)
Rusing the Õbutton: (Ypage 178)
MEDIA REGISTER basic display
:Main function bar
;Display for the active data medium
=Media menu bar
?Track display on the disc
ATrack number and number of tracks in the
track list
BNumerical time display
CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Copying files to the MEDIA REGISTER
General notes
You can copy photos, music files and videos
from the following data mediums:
RDisc (CD/DVD)
RSD memory card
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