buttons MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2011 W251 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect MenuLan guage or
Aud io Lan
guage and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
In both cases, amenu appe ars afte rafew
seconds. The#dot infront ofan entry
indi cates thecurrently selected langua ge.
X Select asetting using the 9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X To exitthe menu: pressthe=
or ; button. Subtitle
sand camera angle
These functions arenot available onallDVDs.
The numbe rofsubt itle lang uages andcam era
ang lesavailab ledepe ndson theco nten to f
the DVD. Itis po ssi ble tha tthe settin gsmay
also beaccessed inthe DVD menu
(Y page 156).
X Show themenu (Ypage 154).
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu using
the :=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select Subtitles or
Camera Angle and
press the9button toconfirm .
In both cases, amenu appears.The #dot
in front ofan entr yindicates thecurrent
settin g.
X Select asettin gusing the9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm .
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button. Interactive
content
DVD scan cont aininteract ivecont ent(e.g. a
video game). Inavideo game, forexample,
you may beable toinfluence eventsby
selecting andtriggering actions.Thetype and
number ofactions depend onthe DVD . X
Select anaction usingthe
9:=; buttonsandpress
the 9button toexecute it.
A menu appearsand thefirst entry,
Select ,
is highlighted.
X Press the9button.
or
X Show thenavigation menuwhileinvideo
DVD mode, ifnecessary.
X Select Menu using
the=;
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
X Select DVD-Video in
the menu usingthe
=;9: buttonsandpress
the 9button toconfirm .
X Select DVDFunctions and
press the9
button toconfirm .
X Select orexecute anaction usingthearrow
keys. Video
AUXoperation Conne
ctingexternal videosources
If your vehicle isequipp edwith aMedia
Int erface, youcan conn ectanextern alvideo
source.
You require anadditional audio/video cable
set toconn ectanextern alvideo source to
Media Interface.
For details, pleaseconsult anauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCenter orvisit http://
www .mer<00030005000400050013002500020005000E001D00210003000F000D00220003
000FF nnect.and
proceed asdescribed under"Media
Int erface".
The conn ection jacksarelocated:
R in the cent erconsole stowage
compartmen t(SL)
R in the glove box 158
Video
AUXoperat ionVideo

Aud
io/vid eosocke t
: Videopor t(V)
; Audio port(L)
= Audio port(R)
i Tofacilitate correctplayback, itmay be
necessary toset asuitab levideo standard
in the external videosource.
X Connect theexternal deviceto
corresponding port:,;or=.
COMAND activatesthedevice. Switchi
ngon video AUXmode
X Select Video in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
If video AUXmode wasthelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch tovideo AUXmode inthe
video menu.
X Select Video and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select Aux and
press the9button to
confirm.
The video AUXmenu appears.You willhear
and seetheconten tof the external video
source ifthis isconnect edand switched to
play back. Video
AUXmode
For detail son how tooperate theexternal
video source, seetherespective device's
operating instructions.
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
aud iooutput volume. Youcanselect two
different inputvolume levelsforthe AUX
connect ion:
R Standard Ext
ernal sources withamediu mtohigh
audio output volume.
R Boost Ex
tern alsources withalow audio output
volume. X
Setting thedesired inputvolume:
Select Volume using
the
9:=; buttonsand press
the 9button toconf irm.
X Select Standard or
Boost and
press the
9 button toconf irm. Video
AUXoperat ion
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X
Insert newbatteries. Observethepola rity
marking onthe batteries andinthe battery
compartment whendoing so.
Left-hand battery:thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwards.
Rig ht-hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwa rds.
X To clo sethe battery compartment: first
pla cebattery compartment cover=into
the battery compartment withretaining
lug s? and allow lug ;toclip into place.
In the wirel essheadphones The
battery compartment coverislocated on
the left head phone. :
Battery compartment cover
The wirel esshead phones contain 2type AAA
1. 5V bat terie s.
X To ope nth ebat tery com partme nt:fo ld
th ebat tery compar tmentco ver :
upwar ds.Whe ndoing so,hold theleft
headphone asshown toprevent the
insert edbatteries fromfalling out.
X Remove thedischarged batteriesfromthe
compart ment.
X Insert newbatteries. Observethepolarity
marking onthe batteries andinthe battery
compart mentwhen doing so.
Left- hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwards. Right-hand
battery:thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwards.
X To close thebatt erycompar tment:
press thebattery compartm entlid
downwards untilitclips intoplace.
If the batteries havebeen insert ed
correc tly,the indicator lampwilllight up
green whentheheadphones areswitched
on. Basic
functions Using
headphones
You canusethewireless headphones
supplied and/oruptotwo sets ofwired
headphones connected tothe correspon ding
jack ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s
(Y page 30).
Infor mation on:
R switching thewireless headphones on/off
R adjusting thevolume ofthe headphones
R selecting ascreen forthe headphones
can befound inthe "Wireless headphones"
section (Ypage 33). Using
themain loudspeaker s
You canusethevehicle loudspeakers to
listen toadisc insert edinthe rear-
compart mentdrive. Todo so, atleast oneof
the rear-com partmentscree nsmus tbeset to
disc mode.
X Sett ingusing COMAND: press,for
example, the$ function button to
switch onanaudio mode.
X Select Audio using
the9 button and
press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu (Ypage 21)appears.
X Select Rear using
the9: buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
i The headphones' volumesettingdoes not
affect themain loudspeakers. Ba
sic functions
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Adj
usting thesoun dsettings
You canselec tthe sound settingsinthe audi o
CD/DV D/MP3, TV,video DVDandAUX
modes.
X Switch onanoperating mode(e.g.CD
mode).
X Select Treble or
Bass using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
As etting scale appears.
X Select asett ingusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm. Several
users
Simult aneous useofthe rear -
compa rtment drive i
The two rear-c ompartm entscreen scan
be operated almostentirely independen tly
from oneanoth er.However, therecan bea
con flict insome menus ifthe two screen s
are used atthe same time.
If the rear-c ompartm entdrive isbeing used
for both screen ssimultaneously, selecting
cert ainmenus orsett ings onone ofthe
screen salso affect sthe other screen .
The following functionsaffect bothscreen s:
R changin gplayback options
R select ingatrac k(from thetrac klist ora
folder)
R using play,pause andstop
R fast forward/r ewindorscrollin g
R calling upthe DVD menu andnavigatin g
within it
R sett ingthe language, subtitlesandcamera
angle
R calling upinteract iveDVD content The
following functionsaffect onlyone
screen :
R audio andvideo functionsas well aspicture
sett ings
R switch ingbetween fullscreen andthe
screen showing themenu
Switching betweenoperatingmodes The
curren tsett ings aresaved whenyouexit
an operatin gmode (e.g.audio CDmode). If
you callupthis operatin gmode againlater,
ther eare two possibilities:
R the operatin gmode hasbeen adjusted on
the other screen .
R the operatin gmode hasnotbeen adjusted.
In the first case, theoperatin gmode appears
as shown onthe other screen .
In the secon dcase, thesett ingappears onthe
screen asitwas when youlast exitedthe
operatin gmode. Pictur
esettings
Overview You
canselect thesesettings invideo DVD
and AUX mode. Instruct ions forAUX mode
(Y page 32).
Adju sting thebright ness,contra stand
color X
Switc hon video DVDmode.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menu
(Y page 154)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm.
X Select DVD-Vid eo using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm. 164
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Sel ect Bright ness ,
Con trast or
Col or and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
As etting scale appears.
X Select thesett ingand press the9button
to con firm.
Changing thepictu reform at X
To show themenu: pressthe9button
on the remot econ trol.
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menu
(Y page 154)is shown andpress the9
button tocon firm.
X Select DVD-Vid eo using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon firm.
The äicon infron tof the 16:9 Optimiz
ed ,
4:3 or
Widescr een menu
item
indicat esthe curren tlyselect edformat .
X Select theformat andpress the9button
to con firm. System
settings Notes
You cansetallsystem settings individually for
each screen without affectingthe other
screen .You make these settings using the
remote control(Ypage 31). Selecting
thedisplay language
X Select System using
the9=;
button son the remote controland press
the 9button toconf irm.
The system menuwillappear onthe
selected rear-compartmentscreen . System
menu
X Select Settings using
the: button
and press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Language using
the9:
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
The listoflanguages appears.The#dot
indicates thecurrent setting.
X Select alanguage usingthe9:
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
The Rear SeatEntert ainment System
activates theselected language. Toggling
thedisplay design
X Select Settings in
the system menuusing
the : button andpress the9button
to conf irm.
X Select DayMode ,
Night Mode or
Automatic using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The äicon indicates thecurrent setting. System
settings
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Gene
ralnotes
You willfind information onthe follo wing
topics inthe "Aud io"chapter:
R Notes onCDs/DVDs (Ypage 139)
R Notes onMP3 mode (Ypage 137)
R Notes oncopyri ght(Ypage 139) Ins
erting aCD/DVD
M- Class :th eCD /DVD drive isin thece nter
beh ind th efron tseats.
R-Class: theCD/D VDdrive isin the center
con sole. :
Disc slot
; Eject button
The CD/D VDdrive isasingle discdrive. If
ther eis already adisc insert ed,this must be
ejec tedbefore anotherisinsert ed.
X Inser tadisc intothe disc slot.
The print edside ofthe disc must face
upwards. Ifneit her side ofthe disc is
print ed,the side youwish toplay must face
downwards.
The CD/D VDdrive draws inthe disc. The
CD/D VDdrive plays thedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorr ectlyand itis a
permissible type.
R you have switchedtodisc mode (audio CD,
audio DVDandMP3 mode) (Ypage 167).
Dat aon anMP3 CDfirst needs tobe loaded
by the drive. Theloading processtak esa
cert aintime, dependin gon the number of
folders andfiles. Ejecting
aCD/DVD
X Press theþ ejec tbut ton.
The drive ejec ts thedis c.
X Tak eth edis co utofthed isc slot .
If you donot takethe disc outofthe disc
slot ,the drive willdraw itin again
autom atically afterashor twhile. Switching
onaudio CD,audio DVDor
MP3 mode
X Insert aCD/DV D(Y page 167).
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemloads
the inserted disc.
X Select Disc in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconfirm .
The corresponding modeisswitched on.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemplays
the disc. Example
displayinaudio CDmode
: Type ofdata medium _
; Track number CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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Selec
tingbytrack list In
audi oCD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
the track son the disc current lyplay ing.
In audi oDVD mode, thetrack listcont ains all
track sin the current lyactive group; see
"Settin gthe audi oformat" (Ypage 170).
In MP3 mode, thetrack listshows alltrack s
on the current lyactive folder, aswell asthe
folder structureforselection ofall the track s
on the MP3 CD.
X Select Tracks (audi
oCD/D VDmode) or
Folder (MP3
mode) using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland press the9button toconf irm.
or
X Press the9button whenthedisplay /
selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
Selec tingatrac kbydirect lyenter ingits
num ber X
Press honthe remo tecon trol.
The track entrydisplay appears.
Ex ample: track 2
X Press thel numbe rkey.
Ex ample: track 12
X Press thecorrespo ndingnumbe rkeys in
rapid success ion.
i Itis not possible toent ernumbers that
exc eed thenumber oftrac kson the CDor
in the curren tlyactiv efolder.
X Wait forapproximat elythree secon dsafter
makin gan ent ry.
You willhear theentered track.The
corr espondin gbasic menu thenreappears. Fast
forwar d/rewind
X With the<0004000900130010000C0001001C002400130005000C0005000300140009000F
000E> windowactive,
press the= or; button onthe
remot econ trol repeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position hasbeen
reached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onson therem otecon trol and pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isact ive.
The contentofthe folder isdispla yed. :
Folder selection icon
; Current foldername
= Track icon
X To switch tothe next folder up:select
icon :.
The displa yshows thenext folder up. CD/
DVD audioand MP3 mode
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:
Fold ersel ectio nicon
; Folder icon
X Sel ect afol der using the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
You willsee thetracks inthe folder .
X Sel ect atrack using the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The track isplay ed and thecorre sponding
fol der isnow theactivefolder . Paus
efunc tion
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein audio DVD
mod e.
X To pause playback:sel ect «using
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The «displ aycha nges toM.
X To contin ueplayb ack:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
The Mdispl aycha nges to«. Stop
function
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein audio DVD
mod e. X
To interrupt playback:sel ect ±using
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The «displ aycha nges toM.
X To contin ueplayb ack:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck continu esfrom thepointwh ere it
wa sinter rupted.
X To sto pplayb ack:wh ile play ba ck is
inter rupted, select ±againa nd pre ssthe
9 button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck stop sand jumpstothe beginning
of the DVD. Mishighl ighted .
X To res tart playback:sel ect Mand press
the 9button toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck sta rts from thestartof the DVD. Se
ttin gthe audi ofo rmat
Fur ther informa tionon audio form atsis
av aila bl e in the "Audio" cha pter
(Y page 137) .
X Sel ect DVD-A us
ing the :=;
bu ttons onthe rem otecontro land press
the 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl eau dioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind icates the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d.
X Sel ect anaudio form atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe menu: pressthe= or;
button. Playback
options
Further information onplay back options is
availa bleinthe "Audio" chapter
(Y page 137).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote 170
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control
andpressthe 9buttons to
confi rm.
The options list ap pea rs.A# dot indicates
the optioncurr ently selected .
X Sel ect Norm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ,
Rand om Trac
ks or
Rand omFold er us
ing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
The optionisswi tched on.Allopti ons
excep tNorm alTrac kSequ ence wi
llbe
ind icated inthe displ ay/sel ectio nwindow.
i Ifyou chan gethe disc, theNorm al Trac
kSequ ence opt
ion isact ivat ed
autom atically. Ifan opt ion isselec ted,it
remain sselec tedafterthe Rear Seat
En ter tain men tSyst emisswitc hedonor
off . Switch
ingtrack infor mation on/off
(MP3 modeonly)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
name sare displayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
name sare displayed.
X Selec tDisp layTrackInfo rmation using
the9: buttonsonthe remo te
con trol and press the9butt ontocon firm .
The func tion isswitc hedonO oroff ª,
depen dingonthe prev ious status. Vid
eoDVD mode Gener
alnotes
Her eyou willfindfurt her inform ation onthe
followin gtop ics:
R Safe tynot es(Ypage 128)
R Not eson CDs/ DVDs (Ypage 139) DVD
playback conditions
There maybeplayback problemswhen
playing copieddiscs .There arealarge variety of
discs, DVDauthoring software,discwriting
software andwriters available.This variety
means thatthere isno guarantee thatthe
Rear SeatEntertainment Systemwillbeable
to play video DVDsthat youhave copied
yourself.
You willfind further information inthe "Video"
chapter (Ypage 153). Inform ationregarding
COMAND alsoappli estothe Rear Seat
Ent ertainment System. Function
restrictions
Depending onthe DVD ,it is possible that
certain functionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions, youwillsee the
K icon inthe displa y. Inserting
andejecting aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe"Au dio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 129) . Sw
itchin gon video DVD mode
X Inse rtavid eo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewa sthe last mod esel ecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa snot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedin the followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc us
ing the 9=;
bu ttons onthe rem otecontro land press
the 9button toconfi rm.
If the video DVD fulfills the play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo uwi llnee dto
sta rtthe film ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu (Ypage 174). Video
DVDmode
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DVD
menu
No tes You
willfindfur ther info rm ation ontheDV D
men uin the"Vid eo"chapt er(Y page 156).
Cal ling uptheDVD menu X
Sh ow themen u(Y page 172).
X Se lec tDVD -Video and
pressthe9 but ton
on therem oteco ntro lto confirm .
X Se lec tDVD Functions and
pressthe9
but tonto confirm .
X Se lec tMen u and
pressthe9 buttonto
co nfirm .
The DVDm enu appears.
Selecting menuitems inthe DVD menu X
Select amenu itemusing the
9:=; buttonson the
remot econ trol and press the9button to
con firm.
Am enu appears.
i Menu itemswhich cannotbe select edare
shown ingray. X
Confirm Select by
pressing the9button .
The Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem
carries outtheaction ordisplays a
submenu forthe action selectedinthe DVD
menu.
X Ifrequired, selectfromthefurth eroption s.
The Rear SeatEntert ainmen tSystem then
switch esback tothe DVD menu. i
Depen dingonthe DVD ,the menu items
Back (tomovie) ,
Play ,
Stop ,
., /orGo Up only
work at
cert ainpoint sin the DVD menu ordo not
work atall. You willsee theKicon inthe
display asan indicat or.
Stopp ingafilm orskipp ingtothe
beginning orend ofas cene X
Se lec tany men uitem fromthe DVD menu .
Th emenu appe ars.
X To sto pthe film: select the Stop menu
ite ma ndpre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X To skipto the endof asc en e:sel ect
the / menu itema ndpre ssthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X To skiptoth ebeginnin gof as cene:
selec tthe . menu itemandpress the
9 button toconfirm .
Moving upone level inthe DVD menu X
Option 1:press the% backbutton or
select thecorresponding menuiteminthe
DVD menu.
X Option 2:select anymenu iteminthe DVD
menu.
X Select theGoUp menu
iteminthe menu
and press the9button toconfirm .
Going backtothe movie X
Option 1:press the% backbutton
repeatedly untilyouseethefilm orselect
the corresponding menuiteminthe DVD
menu.
X Option 2:select anymenu iteminthe DVD
menu.
X Select theBack (to movie) menu
itemin
the menu andpress the9button to
confirm . 174
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