MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class 2012 X204 Comand Manual

Callin
gup diskspace informati on
X Sel ect Mus ic Reg
ister by
sliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory Info and
pressW to
confi rm.
The followi ng isdispl ayed :
R stora gecap acity
R ava ilab lememo ry
R occu pied memo ry
R content (folders ,tracks ) Fo
lde rfuncti ons
Introduc tion You
canview thecontent ofthe MUSIC
REGI STER, change folderor track names and
del ete individu alfold ersortracks.
Call ingupthe MUSI CREGI STER X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfirm.
or
X Press Wthe COMAND controllerwhen the
displa y/selection windowisactive.
You seethecont ents ofthe current folder. :
Folder selection symbol
; Icon formusic file
= Current folder X
To switch tothe superord inatefolder:
select theÒ iconandpress Wto
confirm .
The displa ychanges tothe next folder up.
Changing thefolder/tra ckname X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconfirm .
X Select Change and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Ent eraname forthe folder/track .
X To save thechanges: select¬and
press Wtoconfirm .
Dele ting folders/tra cks X
Select Folder by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
X Select afolder/track byturning cVd.
X Select Options by
sliding VYandpress
W toconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Aq uery appear s.No is
high light ed.
If you selectYes ,
th efol der s/track sare
delet ed.You seethePle ase wait... mes
sage .Then, youseetheDeletion Procedure
Successful message.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila ble:
R Normal TrackSequence The
track sare play edinthe normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
R Random Tracks MUSIC
REGISTER
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All
the tracks onthe med iuma repla yed in
random order.
R Random Folder (only
inMP3 mode)
The tracks inthe currently activefolderare
pla yed inrandom order.
X To selecto ptio ns:switch onthe MUSIC
REG ISTER (Ypage 137).
X Sel ect Musi c Regi
ster by
sliding VÆ and
turni ngcVd theCOMAND controllerand
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The options list appea rs.The #dot
ind icates the optionselected .
X Sel ect anopti onand pressW toconfi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.For allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence ,
yo uwi ll
see acorre spondingdispl ayinthe displ ay/
sel ectio nwindow.
i The Norm alTrac kSequ ence opt
ion is
autom atically selec tedwhen youchan ge
the disc youarecurr entlylist enin gto or
when youselec tadifferent medium.Ifan
option isselect ed,itremains selectedafter
COMAND isswitc hedonoroff. Media
Interfacemode Connection
options
Overview You
willfind theconnection sock etsinthe
cen tercon sole.
Devic e-spec ificadapter cables,included with
the Media Interface, arerequired tocon nect
ext ernal devices tothe Media Interface.
i Store individual partsinas afe plac e.
On lyuse genuine Mercedes-Ben z
co nn ect ion cabl es.
You canconn ect thefoll owin gdat acar rier s
to COMA NDviatheMedia Inte rface:
R iPod ®
R US Bd evices (USBsticks,USB hard drives) i
iPod ®
is aregister edtrademark ofApple
Inc .,Cupertino, California,USA.
Supp orted iPod®
var iants The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variant s:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Supp orted USBdevices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astart up/
permanen tcurren tof amaximum of
800 mA(itmay benec essary tocon necta
separate powersupply)
R cert ainMP3 players
i The Media Interface supports USB
stor age media of"USB DeviceSubclass 6".
Inf ormat ionconcern ingUSB Devic e
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For details andalist ofsupported devices,
visit http://www .mbusa-mobile.com.
Altern atively, calltheMercedes-Benz
Customer Assistance Centerat
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800 -367-6372)
(for theUSA) orCustomer Relations at
1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ). Conne
ctinganexternal device
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle, astheir correct function cannotbe
guara nteed ifthey aresubjected to
extreme temperatures, e.g.from exposure
to direct sunlight orvery lowoutside
temperatures (seetheoperating
instruct ionsofthe respective device).
Mercedes-Benz USA,LLCaccepts no
liab ility fordamage toextern aldevices. 140
Media
Interface modeAudio

Never
connect morethanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeableto pla y
back fromtheexternal device. :
Four-pin socketfor⅛inch stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players (audio and video)
; iPod ®
plu g,to connect aniPod ®
= USB socket, toconnect USBdevices
? Example ofdevice, iPod®
X Connect theexternal devicewithsuitab le
socket :,;or=.
COMAND activatesthedevice.
If you remove adevice, theNodevice connected message
appears.
i Aconnect ediPod ®
or MP3 player shoul d
not besimul taneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control), asthis
may produ ceunpredi ctableresults.
i Connecting afull ydischarg ediPod ®
or
MP3 player can resul tina ne xtend ed
ini tia lizati onperio d.
Ma lfunctio nmessages appearwhilethe
device isbeing activat edif:
R COMAND doesnotsupport thedevice
con nected (Externa ldevice unavail
able ).
R the connected device consumes toomuch
power.
R the Media Interface connection isfaulty.
i Consult anauthoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center ifrequired. Switching
toMedia Interfacemode
General information In
ext reme cases, startingupindividual
func tionscan take uptoseveral minutes–
this depends onthe external device andits
con tent(e.g. video podcasts ).
Only usetheoriginal software tosave fileson
iPods orMP3 players. Otherwise, some orall
func tionsmay notbeavailable.
Opt ion 1 X
Connec tan ext ernal device (Ypage 140).
COMAND activates thedevice. Thebasic
display thenappears.
or
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If anoth eraudio source isswitch edon, you
can now switch toMedia Interface modein
the audio menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Media Int. and
press Wto
con firm.
Opt ion 2 X
Press theefunc tion button .
If you had previously selectedMedia
Int erface mode,thiswillnow beactiv ated.
If not ,you can switch onMedia Interface
mode viathe Audio menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Media Interfa ce and
press Wto
con firm. Media
Interfacemod e
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Opt
ion 3 X
Press number buttonE.
This select sthe connected external audio
device directly. Media
Interface mode(iPod®
mode)
: Disc type
; Track number
= Track name
? Graphic timedisplay
A Elapsed tracktime (also infor mat
00: 00:00for audio books)
B Graphic track display
C Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media list
F Album name(ifavailable)
G Catego ries,playlists and/orfolder s
H Artis t(ifavailable)
I Playback options Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
,MP3 player orUSB mass storage
devic eacc ordin gto the filingst ruct ureused
in the respe ctive medium. Selecting
byskip ping toatrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the 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
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal track
sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak ean entry: presstheõbutton .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavaila bleforinput depends on
the number ofstored tracks.
X To enter atr ack number: pressanumber
key, e.g.E.
The digit isenter edinthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit.
X En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The track plays afterthelast possible
number isenter ed.
i Pressing andholding anumber keyfor
more thantwoseconds completes the
entr y,and thecorrespon dingtrack is
playe d.
Fast forward ing/rewinding X
While thedisplay /select ionwindow is
active, slideXVY andhold theCOMAND 142
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Interface modeAudio

control
leru ntil the desired positio nh as
been reached.
or
X Pre ssand hold theF orE button
unt ilth edesir edposi tionisreached.
i OnaniPod ®
,fast rewind onlyfunction s
within thecurrent track. Selec
tingacatego ry/playl ist/folder
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 yhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed.
USB devices For
USB mass storage devices, youcan select
both folders aswell asany existing playlists.
COMAND canalso displa ythe albu mname
and artist (met adata)durin gplaybac k,ifth is
inf orm ationhasbeen entered intoth e
syst em.
Playlist sare indicat edinthedispl ayby a
spec ialico n.When youopen theplaylist ,th e
co rrespo nding track sare open edand
playbac kbegins. Youcannow select Random categor
ies inst
ead ofRandom folder as
a
playback option.
For USB mass storage devices, youcan
choose todisplay themetadata contained in
the tags ofthe encoded music data,orto
display thefileand direct orynames during
playback.
X To displa ythe album andartist name:
select Media Interfa ce in
the basic
display bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Display Metadat
a and
press Wto
con firm.
Selecting acatego ryand open inga
fol der X
Press Wthe COM AND controll erwhe nthe
displa y/selection windowisactive.
or
X Select Music in
the basic displa yby sliding
VÆ andturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
You willsee theavaila blecategories orthe
folder content(e.g. other folders). The
displa y'sstatus barshows theselected
category orthe folder name.
i The Music menu
itemisnot availa bleuntil
the device hasbeen activated. Example
display:categ orylist
: Dev iceicon anddevic enam e
; Sele ctable categor ies Med
iaInter face mod e
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X
Sel ect the cate gory/folde rb ytur ning
cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller and press
W toconfirm .
You willsee theco nten to fthe selected
category orselected folder.
i Ifthe data needs tobe read from the
conn ected device, thePlease wait... message
appears.
X Ifnecessary, repeatthisstep until the
track sin the desired folder/album appear. Example
display:curr ent track list
: Sym bolfornex tfold erup
; Curre ntcat egor y
= Trac ksymbo l
? Curr enttitle
X Se lec tth etrack byturning cVd the
COMA NDcontro ller and pressW to
co nfirm .
The track isplayed .
X To swit chtothesup eror dina te fold er:
sele cttheÒ iconu sing theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
i The Ò symbol isalwa yslisted rightat
the top ofthe respective folder. Playing
backthecontent ofac atego ry
or folder
X Sele ctthe catego ryor fold erby turning
cVd theCOM AND controll er.
X Press Wthe COM ANDcontroll erfor longe r
than twoseconds .
The content ofthe catego ryor fold er
sel ected ispla yedin accord ancewith the
pla yback optio n(Ypage 134)select ed. Alphabet
icaltrack selection
iPod ®
and MP3 players This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort edcateg ories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not available foralbums orplaylists, for
example.
X Select acateg ory,e.g.Artist s ,
by turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The available artistsare displayed.
X Press thecorr espondin gnumber keyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letterof
the artist 'sname (e.g.foranartist
beginn ingwith theletter"C", press number
key ;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entryinthe list
which matchestheletterent ered is
highlighted.
i Ifno corr espondin gent ryexist s,the last
ent rycorr espondin gto ap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the quality
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu ageva ria nt ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. 14
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dia Interfac emodeAu dio

USB
massstor age device This
function isavailable foralphabetically
sort eddirect ories. Thisfunction isnot
available foralbums orplaylists, forexample.
X In adirect ory,press thecorr espondin g
number keyonceor several timestoselect
the first letterofthe artist 'sname (e.g.for
an artist beginn ingwith theletter"C", press
number key;three times ).
The available letters are listed atthe lower
edge ofthe display.
If the direct oryonly contains folders,
COMAND searchesfor folders. Aftera
message, thefirst entrywhich matchesthe
lett erent ered isshown atthe top ofthe list.
If no ent rymatc hestheentered letter,the
first item inthe lististhe last entryto
corr espond toaselect ion. Selecting
anactive partition (USB
ma ssstor age devices only)
You canselect thisfunc tion forUSB mass
stor age devices whenthestor age device is
partit ioned. Uptofour partit ions(primary or
logical; FATform at)are support ed.
i The Windows ®
form atting program
support sFA Tpartit ioningup to32 GB as
stan dard.
X Selec tMedia Interface in
the basic
display bysliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
X Selec tSelect activepartition and
press Wtocon firm. Playba
ckoptions
The following optionsare available:
R Normal tracksequence Norm
altrac ksequence: youhear the
trac ksintheir norm alorder (e.g.numeric al
or alphabetical).
R Random tracks All
the trac kson the medium areplayed in
random order.
R Random categories or
Random folder (in
the case ofUSB devices whenFolder has
been select ed):
The tracksinthe curren tlyactive categor y
or folder, including anysubfolders, are
played inrandom order.
i For USB devices, therandom playlists
offer amaximum of300 trackschosen at
random.
X To select aplayba ckoption: select
Media Interfa ce in
the basic display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The option slist appears. The#dot
indicat esthe option selected.
X Select anoption andpress Wtocon firm. Notes
onUSB devices
Data formats The
following dataformat sare supported:
R MP3: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
R WMA: fixedandvariable bitrates upto
320 kbit/s
Notes onUSB devices R
In order tokeep theinitializat iontime toa
minimum, storeonly music dataonaUSB
device.
R Up toeight direct orylevels withupto100 0
trac ksper direct oryare supported.
R Do not use USB extension leadsor
adapters. Theycanimpair functionality.
R Abackgr oundsearch ofthe USB device is
perform edand anyplaylists foundare Media
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shown
inaseparate categoryinaddition to
the folders. Initialization oflarger USBmass
storage devices containing alarge number
of files may take several minutes.
i DRM (Digital RightsManagement)
protect edfiles arenot supported bythe
Media Interface. Audio
AUXmode Notes
onaudio AUXmode
You canconn ectanextern alaudi osource
(AUX) toCOMAND.
The socket islocated inthe cent erconsole.
If COMAND isequip pedwith aMedia
Interf ace,extern alaudi osources are
conn ected usingthecorresponding cableset.
An AUX socket isnot provided.
i You canfind more information onthe
Intern etathtt p://www .mercedes-
benz.com/co nnectandinthe "Medi a
Interf acemode" section (Ypage 140). Activating
audioAUXmode
When youconn ectanextern alaudi osource,
audi oAUX isnot selected automaticall y.
X Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If AUX mode wasthelast mode selected, it
will now beactive.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toaudi oAUX mode inthe
audi omenu.
X Select Audio using
ZVandpress Wto
confirm.
The audi omenu appears.
X Select Aux using
cVdandpress Wto
confirm.
The audi oAUX menu appea rs.The medium
in the extern alaudi osource isplay ed,ifthe source
isconn ected andplayback
selected. Please
seetherespective operating
instruct ionsforhow tooperate theextern al
audi osource.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 31)
and sound (Ypage 32)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal audiosources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcement sand
navigation systemannouncement sare much
loude r.Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manuall y. Increasin
gthe volume usingCOMAND
In some cases, thevolume ofthe extern al
audi odevice maybequieter orloude r,or the
usua lmaximum possiblevolumemaybe
lower. Onsome devices, itis possible to
adjust thevolume separately .Int his case,
start atamedium volumeandincrease it
gradua lly.This enables youtodetermine
whether thesystem isable toplay themusic
at high volume without distorting it.
X Select Volume in
the AUX displa yby turning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Am enu appears. The#dot indicat esthe
curren tsett ing. 146
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X
Sel ect Sta ndard or
Boo st and
pressW to
confi rm.
Sta ndard :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source isadjusted toastandard value.
Boost :t
he volume ofthe extern alaudi o
source israised byapproximately 10dB. Audio
AUXmode
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