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82 Audio
AUX operation

AUX operation
An external audio source can be
connected to the COMAND via the 1/8"
socket located inside the glovebox.
ML class illustrated
11/8“ socket
Open the Audio menu (page 42).
Press the AUX soft key.
The AUX menu is displayed. The exter-
nal audio source is played back if it is
connected and switched to playback.
AUX menu
At the COMAND, you can set the following
for the AUX operation:
Volume (page 35)
Balance control and fader (page 36)
Bass and treble control (page 37)
Sound functions* (page 38)i
Vehicles equipped with a Rear Seat En-
tertainment* (
page 87) system do
not include the 1/8" AUX socket. The
audio signal from the Rear Seat Enter-
tainment* system is the permanent
AUX source.
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For instructions on how to operate the
external audio source, please see the
operation manual of the device con-
nected.

91 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
FunctionPage
1
Remote control
Infrared transmitter
2Thumb wheel. Turn to
select a soft key and press
to confirm
96
3Left/right monitor switch
4H,h,g,G
Function selection
Press E to confirm
5
Muting
111
6
Not available. Message No
TV
7or
Switching to the external
video source, if connected
or
AUX menu
108
108
8
System menu109
FunctionPage
9
Switching on and off92
a
Switching to the mode
corresponding to the
inserted CD
b Monitor off/on112
cLED113
dGH
Track select
(CD, MP3 CD)
Fast forward/reverse
(CD, MP3 CD, DVD)
Scene/chapter skip (DVD)
97, 101
98, 101,
107
107
eAdjusting the headset
volume
ç Volume down
æ Volume up
96
fBattery compartment
gRetainer clip
hCover
FunctionPage
jLocating lugs
kBatteries - 2 Type AAA 1.5 V
l
Rear monitor
Infrared receiver diode
m
Switching monitor on and
off
92
n
Adjusting the display
brightness
96
o
Adjusting the headset
volume
96
pHeadset connector socket92
q
RSE CD/DVD player
CD/DVD slot
94
rVideo socket and two audio
(L - left, R - right) sockets
95
s Eject button94

96 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
With the remote control
Press ç or æ as often as
necessary to adjust the volume.
A window will appear indicating the
current volume level. At the monitor
Press or as often as
necessary to adjust the volume.
A window will appear indicating the
current volume level.At the monitor
Press or .
The display brightness changes
gradually.
With the remote control
Adjust the display brightness in the
System menu (
page 110).
Adjusting the headset volume
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After connecting the headsets
(
page 92) you can adjust the volume.
Adjusting the display brightness

97 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
An audio CD is loaded in the RSE CD/DVD
player and it is switched on.
Loading a CD (
page 93).
Switching on (
page 92).
Set the L/R monitor switch on the
remote to the side you wish to control.
Press on the remote.
The CD menu will appear on the
display. Playback begins with track 1.
CD menu
1CD mode
2Current track
3Current track number/max. track num-
ber on CD and elapsed playback timeTrack select
Press g or G to play the next or
previous track.
or
Press H to play the next track.
Press G to play the previous track
or start of title (if more than 10
seconds of playing time has elapsed).
Playback begins.
CD track scan
The tracks on a CD can be scanned one
after the other for 8 seconds each.
Starting the function
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Scan soft key and press to select.
Scan will begin.
Switching to CD mode
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The name of the CD and the name of
the track played are displayed if the
information is available.

99 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
An MP3 CD is loaded in the RSE CD/DVD
player and it is switched on.
Loading a CD (
page 93).
Switching on (
page 92).
Set the L/R monitor switch on the
remote to the side you wish to control.
Press on the remote.
The MP3 CD menu will appear on the
display. Playback begins with track 1.
MP3 CD menu
1MP3 mode
2Current folder
3Track list
4Track number within the current fold-
er/number of tracks in current folder
and elapsed playback time of the
current trackSelecting a folder
If the MP3 tracks are organized into folders
on the CD, you can select a folder from the
remote control.
The following options are available:
Selecting via MP3 main menu
Selecting via folder list
Selecting via MP3 main menu
Press H or h to select a folder.
The RSE CD/DVD player changes the
folder and loads the data from the new
folder. It may take a while to load the
data, depending on the number of
folders and tracks.
Playback of the first track of the
selected folder will begin.
Switching to MP3 CD mode

101 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Fast forward/reverse
Press and hold G or H.
To stop release G or H.
Playback mode
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Setting soft key and press to select.
The setting menu will appear. The
following options are available:
Normal sequence
The tracks of the current folder are
played in order.
If the current folder contains sub-
folders:
The subfolders and their tracks are
played in order.
Repeat track
The system repeats the current
track until you switch the function
off.
Repeat folder
The system repeats the tracks of
the current folder in order until you
switch the function off.
Folder mix
All tracks of the current folder are
played in random order.
CD-ROM mix
All tracks of the MP3 CD are played
in random order.
Press g or G to select the desired
option.
Press E.
The mode is activated. The MP3 CD
menu will then appear.
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After selecting, the following playback
options are displayed on the status bar.

102 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
A DVD is loaded in the RSE CD/DVD player
and it is switched on.
Loading a CD (
page 93).
Switching on (
page 92).
Set the L/R monitor switch on the
remote to the side you wish to control.
Press on the remote.
Playback begins.
Displaying the soft keys during
playback
Turn or press the thumb wheel.
The soft keys and the status bar are
displayed.1DVD mode
2T:1 - Track/film no.1 is played back
S:1 - Scene/chapter 1 is played back
0:00:26 - Elapsed playing time
To remove the soft key display
The soft keys and the status bar disappear
after approx. 10 seconds.
or
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Full scn. soft key and press to se-
lect.Soft key functions
Pause or Play soft key:
Switches the Pause function on or off.
Stop soft key:
Stops the DVD playback and displays a
menu (
page 103).
Full scn. soft key:
The soft key display disappears.
Menu soft key:
Displays the menu on the DVD, if avai-
lable.
Setting soft key:
Displays the Setting menu
(
page 104).
Switching to DVD mode
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Depending on the DVD, not all func-
tions are available at any time.

103 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Tone soft key:
Brings you to the tone menu, where you
can set Bass and Treble (
page 107).
Bright., Contr. and Color soft
key
s:
Allow you to adjust brightness, cont-
rast and color (
page 107).
Pause function
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Pause soft key and press to confirm.
DVD playback is paused. The picture
stands still. The
Pause soft key
changes to
Play.
To resume playback, press the thumb
wheel to confirm the
Play soft key.
Playback of the DVD will resume.Stopping DVD playback
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Stop soft key and press to confirm.
DVD playback stops. The following
menu will appear.
To restart playback, press the thumb
wheel to select the
Play soft key.
The DVD is played from the beginning.Displaying full screen
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Full scn. soft key and press to con-
firm.
The soft keys disappear. The full screen
will appear.
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While DVD playback is stopped, you
can press the
Menu soft key.
The menu on the DVD is displayed, if
available.

104 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Activating DVD menu
The DVD menu is the menu on the DVD.
The structure of the menu may vary
depending on the DVD and allows certain
settings or actions.
For example, multilingual DVDs allow the
DVD language to be selected in the menu.
Activating the DVD menu is possible by
selecting the
Menu soft key
while the soft keys are displayed
(
page 102) or
after stopping the DVD playback
(
page 103).
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Menu soft key and press to confirm.
The highest level of the DVD menu is
displayed, if available.Selecting an item from the DVD menu
Use h, H, g or G to select a
menu item.
Press E.
The RSE CD/DVD player will perform
the action defined by the menu item se-
lected.Activating Setting menu
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Setting soft key and press to select.
The Setting menu will appear.
Setting options:
4:3, 16:9 or Zoom soft key:
You can change the aspect ratio.
Lang. soft key:
You can change the DVD language.
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A DVD menu may contain several sub-
menus or include an item for closing
the DVD menu. Submenus may include
a menu item to go up one level in the
menu.

105 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation*
Subtitle soft key:
You can display and switch between
the subtitles.
Angle soft key:
You can change the camera view, if
possible.
Back soft key:
Switches back to the soft key display.
Changing the aspect ratio
You can manually change the aspect ratio
during playback of the DVD.
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
top left soft key. Press the thumb
wheel in succession to scroll to each
ratio.Possible aspect ratios are:
4:3, 16:9 and
Zoom.
The soft key indicates the aspect ratio to
which you will change when you press the
thumb wheel.Changing the DVD language
In the Setting menu (page 104), turn
the thumb wheel to highlight the
Lang. soft key and press to select.
The language list is displayed. The con-
tent of the list depends on which langu-
ages the DVD supports.
Use g or G to select a language.
Press E.
The selected language is set.
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Zoom is useful to watch movies in cine-
matic aspect ratio. You can use this
function to reduce the width of the
black bars at the top and bottom.
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You can only change the DVD language
if the DVD supports several languages.
Some DVDs allow the language to be
selected exclusively in the menu on the
DVD.