MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2008 W251 Comand Manual

101 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
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 102).
Full scn. soft key:
The soft key display disappears.
Menu soft key:
Displays the menu on the DVD, if avail-
able.
Setting soft key:
Displays the Setting menu
(
page 103).
Switching to DVD mode
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Depending on the DVD, not all func-
tions are available at any time.

102 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Tone soft key:
Brings you to the tone menu, where you
can set Bass and Treble (
page 106).
Bright., Contr. and Color soft
key
s:
Allow you to adjust brightness, con-
trast and color (
page 106).
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.

103 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
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 101) or
after stopping the DVD playback
(
page 102).
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.

104 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
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 103), 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 lan-
guages 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 cin-
ematic 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.

105 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Displaying and switching between
subtitles
In the Setting menu (page 103), turn
the thumb wheel to highlight the
Sub-
title
soft key and press to select.
The subtitles list will appear. The
content of the list depends on the DVD.
Use g or G to select a subtitle.
Press E.
The selected subtitles are active.
or
Use g to select list entry None.
Press E.
Subtitling is switched off.
Changing the camera view
In the Setting menu (page 103),
turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Angle soft key and press to select.
A list of the available camera views will
appear.
Use g or G to select the desired
camera view.
Press E.
The selected camera view is active.
Adjusting the tone
Turn the thumb wheel while the soft
keys are displayed (
page 101) to
highlight the
Tone soft key and press
to select.
A submenu will appear.
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These functions are available only if the
DVD supports subtitles. When you in-
sert a DVD, subtitles may be switched
off.
Some DVDs allow the subtitling func-
tion to be selected only from the menu
on the DVD.
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You can only change the camera view if
several camera views are stored on the
DVD. The number of available
camera views depends on the DVD.
Some DVDs supporting different
camera views do not offer a switch
option. In this case, select the camera
view in the Settings menu.

106 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Adjusting bass and treble
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Bass or Treble soft key and press to
select.
A bar will appear at the top of the
screen.
Press h or H.
The respective setting is changed.
Adjusting brightness, contrast and
color
Turn the thumb wheel while the soft
keys are displayed (
page 101) to
highlight the
Brightn., Contr. or
Color soft key and press to select.
A bar will appear at the top of the
screen.
Press h or H.
The respective setting is changed.Scene/chapter skip
If the movie is divided into chapters or
scenes, you can skip them while the movie
is playing. Some DVDs will not allow this in
certain portions of the movie (e.g. during
screen credits, age restriction and/or pa-
rental advisories).
Press H or G.
H = Next chapter or scene
G = Previous chapter or scene or
beginning of scene if scene has been
playing for more than 10 seconds.
A window will appear at the top of the
screen indicating the scene number.Fast forward/reverse
Press and hold H or G during
DVD playback.
H = fast forward
G = fast reverse
Release the button to stop fast
forward/reverse.
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Chapter/scene selection may also be
possible in the menu on the DVD
(
page 103).

107 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Set the L/R monitor switch on the
remote to the side you wish to control.
Press or on the remote.
If an external video source is not
connected the AUX menu appears. You
can set bass and treble for the AUX
operation (
page 111).
AUX menu
If an external video source is connect-
ed (
page 94) and switched to play-
back the AUX menu will only appear
briefly.
Playback begins automatically.
If the external video source is
disconnected during playback the
system switches back to the AUX
menu.
Displaying the soft keys during
playback
Turn or press the thumb wheel.
The soft keys and the status bar are
displayed.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
select.
Switching to AUX mode
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For instructions on how to operate the
external video sources, please see the
operation manual of the device con-
nected.

108 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Soft key functions
4:3, 16:9 or Zoom soft key:
You can change the aspect ratio.
Full scn. soft key:
The soft key display disappears.
Tone soft key:
Brings you to the tone menu, where you
can set Bass and Treble (
page 106).
Bright., Contr. and Color soft
key
s:
Allow you to adjust brightness, con-
trast and color (
page 106).
Changing the aspect ratio
You can manually change the aspect ratio
during playback. To do this, use the top left
soft key. The soft key changes each time
you press the thumb wheel. 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.
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
top left soft key and press the thumb
wheel in succession until the desired
aspect ratio is set.
Displaying full screen
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Full scn. soft key and press to se-
lect.
The soft keys disappear. The full screen
will appear.You can set the settings for both monitors
separately. To switch between monitors
(
page 90).
Press on the remote.
The System menu will appear.
ML class illustrated
System settings

109 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
You can use the following functions:
Bright. soft key:
Adjusts the display brightness.
Design soft key:
Sets the display dimming characteris-
tics.
Pic off soft key:
Switches the monitor off and on. This is
also possible by pressing on the
remote (
page 111).
Lang. soft key:
Selects the language for the menu text
displays.
Speaker soft key:
Selects the source of the speakers
(
page 110).Adjusting the display brightness
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Bright. soft key and press to select.
Press H or h direction to adjust the
brightness.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.
Setting the display dimming character-
istics
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Design soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select an entry.
Day Mode
The display is continuously set to
daylight design.
Night Mode
The display is continuously set to night-
time design.
Automatic
The display changes depending on the
ambient light sensor in the vehicle.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.
Switching the monitor on and off
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Pic off soft key and press to select.
The monitor is switched off.
Press the thumb wheel again.
The monitor is switched on again.

110 Rear Audio/Video*
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) operation* (except CLK-Class)
Selecting the language
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Lang. soft key and press to select.
The languages list will appear.
Press G or g to select the desired
language.
or
Select Instrument cluster.
The display will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.Selecting the source of the speakers
If two audio sources (e.g. audio CD and
AUX 2) are playing back simultaneously,
one at the left monitor the other at the
right monitor, you can select which source
can be played through the vehicle
speakers via the COMAND AUX channel.
At the COMAND, you can set the volume,
bass and treble, balance and fader and
sound functions* (
page 81).
Turn the thumb wheel to highlight the
Speaker soft key and press to select.
Press G or g to select Left
source
or Right source.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
menu will appear.RSE is set to playback
At the COMAND open the Audio menu
(
page 44).
Press the AUX soft key.
Playback begins.
Press during playback (CD or
MP3 CD mode, DVD mode).
The respective operation is muted and
theß symbol is displayed in the status
bar of the corresponding main menu.
Press again.
Playback will resume.
The ß disappears from the status bar.
RSE audio playback through
speakers
Muting on/off