USB MERCEDES-BENZ GLC-Class 2016 X253 Comand Manual

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)
182Audio/video mode
Media

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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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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RUSB storage device
RMP3
iData can only be copied from an MP3
player if this can be configured as a mass
storage device.
Video files from DVD-V cannot be copied.
While copying, several functions will not be
available. If this is the case, you will see a
message to this effect.
1. Selecting a data medium
XIn media mode: press the Õbutton.
The menu appears with the available media
sources.
XTo select the media source: turn the con-
troller and press to confirm.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Save Files to Media Register.
The media list appears. A data medium
from which files can be copied is selected
automatically.
iThe Save Files to Media Register
function can be reached from any media
application.
XSelect the displayed data medium.
The data medium is loaded.
If the data medium contains files that can
be copied, a selection menu appears.
2. Selecting files
XTo select AllMediaFiles: turn and press
the controller.
This command copies all files from the
selected data medium. The symbol next to
All Media Files
is filled in. All subse-
quent entries have a checkmark Obeside
them.
XSelect a folder.
A checkmark Onext to the folder entry
highlights the selection.
XTo select Continue: turn and press the
controller.
The copying menu appears.
3. Starting the copying process
In the example, files are copied from a USB
device to the Media Register.
XTo select Start: press the controller.
iThe selection of a target folder is optional.
If there is no target folder given, the selec-
ted files are saved to the main directory of
the Media Register.
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Selecting playback options
XTo selectOptions: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Playback Mode.
A # dot indicates the current setting.
XSelect the desired option.
If you select Random
TrackList, you will
see a corresponding message in the display
or selection window.
Increasing the volume using COMAND
XTo select Options: slide6and press the
controller.
XTo select Volume: turn and press the con-
troller.
A menu appears. The #dot indicates the
current setting.
XSelect StandardorBoost.
Information on sound settings
(
Ypage 208).
Operation with the Media Interface
General notes
Media Interface is a universal interface for the
connection of mobile audio and video devi-
ces. Media Interface in COMAND has two
USB connections.
The USB connection sockets are located in
the stowage compartment under the armrest.
Media Interface basic display
:Main function bar
;Media menu bar
=Track display on the disc
?Track number and number of tracks in the
track list
ANumerical time display
BGraphic time display
CCover view (if available)
Switching to Media Interface
XConnect a data medium to USB socket 1 or
USB socket 2 (
Ypage 182).
XSelect the basic menu for Media Interface 1
or Media Interface 2 (
Ypage 179).
If playable media files are found, they will
be played by COMAND.
If you remove a device, the No Device
Connectedmessage appears.
Supported devices
The following data media can be connected to
COMAND via the Media Interface:
RiPod®
RiPhone®
RiPad®
RMP3
RUSB devices
iIt is not possible to run two Apple®devi-
ces simultaneously. Therefore the device
last connected is loaded.
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XTo call up Display camera perspectives:
turn and press the controller
Stop function
XShow the DVD functions (Ypage 204).
XInterrupting playback
To selectÉfrom the DVD functions
menu: turn and press the controller.
The Ë display changes to Ì. The
video image is hidden.
XTo continue playback: selectÌ.
Playback continues from the point where it was interrupted.
XTo stop playback: selectÉagain while
playback is interrupted.
XTo start playback again: selectÌ.
Playback restarts from the beginning.
Pause function
XShow the DVD functions (Ypage 204).
XPausing playback
To select Ë: turn and press the control-
ler.
The Ë display changes to Ì.
XTo continue playback: selectÌ.
Selecting a scene/chapter
If the film is divided into scenes and chapters,
you can select these directly while the film is
running or you can skip progressively through
them. This is not possible at certain points for
some DVDs (e.g. during the opening credits).
It may also be possible to select the scene
and chapter from the functions stored on the
DVD.
XTo skip forwards or back: in the video
menu, turn the controller.
The next or previous scene in the film is
skipped to.
iThe DVD functions can also be used to
make selections (
Ypage 204).
Picture viewer
General notes
If there are pictures on the active data
medium, you can view them on the COMAND
display.
The following data media and picture formats
are supported:
RData media: MEDIA REGISTER, CD, DVD,
USB devices, SD memory cards
RPicture formats: jpeg, jpg, bmp, png
The maximum image resolution is 20 mega-
pixels
It is not possible to view a picture from the
driver's side while the vehicle is in motion.
Displaying pictures
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears.
XTo select Photos: turn and press the con-
troller.
A directory list appears. Folders and picture
files can be shown.
XSelect a folder or picture.
If there is no picture on the data medium,
an empty list is shown.
You can search for pictures on other data
media.
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