CD changer MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2008 A209 Comand Manual

70 Audio
CD operation
Repeat track
The system repeats the current track
until you switch the function off.
Repeat CD (CD changer* only)
The system repeats the current CD
until you switch the function off.View track detail
At any time during playback an expanded
view of a track title can be displayed in the
CD main menu via a separate window.
Press the Detail soft key.To cancel
Press the Detail soft key again.
or
The window will automatically disappear in
approx. 5 seconds.

85 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Audio operation* (except CLK-Class)
At the COMAND open the Audio menu
(
page 44).
Press the Rear soft key.
The Rear menu will appear.
Rear menu
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the audio source you want.
Press E.
The audio source is selected. Playback
begins.
Selecting the audio source
i
You can select different audio sources
for the COMAND and the Rear Audio
operation*. The selected audio source
for the COMAND will playback through
the speakers while the selected audio
source for the Rear Audio will playback
through the headset(s). The Rear Audio
source is the same for both headset
sockets.
i
The factory setting is Off _, so you
can not hear an audio source via the
headset.
If a MP3 CD is loaded into the CD drive,
MP3 will appear instead of CD.
The
CD and SAT options are
available if a CD changer* and a
satellite radio* equipment (with
subscription to satellite radio service
provider) are connected to the
COMAND.
i
In vehicles equipped with a Rear Seat
Entertainment* system (
page 87)
the audio signal from the Rear Seat
Entertainment system is the
permanent AUX source.
i
An audio source, e.g. CD for CD
drive, will appear greyed out, if e.g.
there is no CD loaded in the slot.
Loading a CD (
page 54).
i
Voice instruction during route
guidance, telephone ringing or a
caller’s voice is not heard via the
headset.

219 Glossary
Aspect ratio
Width and height proportions of a video
screen or signal - usually either 4:3
(NTSC) or 16:9 for widescreen DVDs.
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger*).
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.Bluetooth®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(Compact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CDDA
(C
ompact Disc Digital Audio)
File type for a convential audio ->CD-
ROM.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-ROM
(CD
Read Only Memory)
->CD which can only be read.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.CD text
Additional information which may be
included on ->CD (e.g. track name, CD
title).
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
etc.).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.

225 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting menu (DVD mode) . . . . . . . 103
System main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
the help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 201
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjusting
brightness, contrast and color . . . . 106
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
display brightness (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 109headset volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
headset volume (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
tone (DVD mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 189
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Bluetooth®
notes about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 133
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CD
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
playback mode (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 63
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CD changer*
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CD/DVD
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Index

227 Index
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
into the RSE CD/DVD player. . . . . 93
MP3 CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 58
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
M
Making
a conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Monitor off /on (rear seat entertain-
ment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
MP3 CD
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
loading (see CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a folder (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 74
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Muting
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
Muting (rear seat entertainment*). 110
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Opening
the Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

228 Index
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 172
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . 125
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK
ON CELL PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Playback options
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126, 130
PLEASE WAIT, LOADING DISC... (rear
seat entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . 93, 94PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE...
(rear seat entertainment
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Audio operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear monitor (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rejecting
call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control) . . . . . . . . 112Resetting
all settings to the factory
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 214
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
S
Satellite radio*
important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving
current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

229 Index
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
cross street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 98
frequency (audio search function) . . 33
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
memory (audio search function) . . . . 33
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 117
source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 110
street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
display dimming characteristics . . . 210
map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
POI Icons displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching
between the rear monitors (rear seat en-
tertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
to AUX mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
to CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
to DVD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
to MP3 CD mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . 130Switching off
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear audio operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD drive in the COMAND. . . . . . . . 64
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 137
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 116
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
the rear monitor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
TELEPHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . 131
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66