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X
To select ac atego ry:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected categ ory:press
9.
The catego rysel ected isshow nint he
displa y.The station lastselected inthis
category beginsplaying.
The All Channels category
isat the top
of the category list.This category issorted
by channel numberandallow syou to
browse allavaila blechannels.
Selec tingachanne l The
followi ngfunctions areavailable toyou :
R channel search
R channel selection bydire ctentry
R channel selection bySatRa diochannel list
R sele ction byprese tmenu
Channel search
X Press ;or= when theSatRadio
main display ishighlighted.
or
X Press theE orF button onthe
con trol panel.
COMAND searchesinboth direct ions
(ascendin gand descen ding)andstops at
the nextchann elfound inthe select ed
categor y.
SatR adio menu
X Using the; or= button ,select
SatRadi o in
the submenu barand press
the 9button tocon firm. The
SatRadio menuappears.
Entering channelnumbersdirect ly
X Select SatRadi o in
the SatRadio menu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Enter Channel and
press the9
button tocon firm.
An input dialog appears.
or
X Press lonthe control panel.
X To enter achanne l:press the
correspo ndingnumbe rkey onthe control
panel .
COMAND setsthesele cted channel.
i You canonly selectcurrently permitted
dig its.
Sel ecting achann elfrom theSatRadio
chann ellist
X Select SatRadi o in
the SatRa diomenu
usi ngthe 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Channel List and
press the9
button toconfirm.
The channel lista ppears.
X To select achanne l:sele ct9
or :.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press 9. 124
Satell
iteradioAudio

Memory
functions i
There areten prese tsava ilable .
The followi ngfunctions areavailable toyou :
R storing channels
R sele cting channels fromthesatel lite
prese ts
Storing channels
X Press 9when thedisp lay/sele ction
wind owisactive.
or
X Select Presets in
the SatRa diosubmenu
bar.
In both cases ,the channel presetsapp ear.
The Rdot infront ofaprese tentry
indica testhat thecurrently selected
station isstored underthisprese t. Cha
nnel prese ts
X To selectap reset:pressthe 9
or : button.
X To sto reach ann elunde ra se lecte d
pres et:pressand hold9 unti la tone
sou nds .
or
X Pre ssand holdanum berk ey, e.g. 4,until
you hear aton e.
The chann elisstor ed. Selecting
achanne lfrom thepreset list
X To call upthe chann ellis t:press ;or
= inthe submenu repeatedl yuntil
Presets is
high lighted.
The channel presetlist appears.
X To select achanne l:press the9
or : button.
X To tune inthe selected chann el:
press 9.
or
X Press anumbe rkey on the control panel,
e.g. 4.
Displaying information X
Press ;or= inthe submenu
repeatedly untilInfo is
highlighted.
X Press 9.
Inf ormat iononthe curren tlyreceived
program isdisplayed. 1
Category
2 Channel
3 Artist
4 Name ofthe song
If available, youwillsee:
R the fullname
R additional information
X To retu rntothe SatR adio main displa y:
press ;or=. Sat
ellite radio
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Disp
laying service informa tion If
you haveany ques tion so rrequire version
infor mation ,you can calltheprovider's
custo merservic ecen teratany time.
X Select SatRadi o using
the
9:=; buttonsand press
the 9button tocon firm.
X Select Service and
press the9button to
con firm.
The provider's detailsappear. 1
Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
= SIRIUS IDofyour traffictuner
X To retu rntothe SatR adio main displa y:
press ;or=.
Upda tingthechannel list When
receivin ganew chann ellist, thedisplay
shows theUpdatin gChannel s... message.
The stationlast select edismuted untilthe
update hasbeen complet ed.SatRadio mode
is not available duringtheupdate process .
When theupdate hasbeen complet ed,the
SatRadio mainmenu appears. Thestationlast
select edisplayed.
Sound settings Inf
ormation onthe sound settings canbe
found inthe "Ataglance" chapter.
R Volume (Ypage 27)
R Balance andfader (Ypage 28) R
Treble andbass (Ypage 28)
R Surroun dsound (Ypage 28) Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
COMAND isclassified asaClass 1laser
prod uct.You must notopen thecasing. Ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged, thereisarisk ofexposure to
invisible laserradiation. Thismay damage
your eyes, orthose ofothers.
COMAND doesnotcont ainany parts thatcan
be serviced bythe user. Forsafety reasons,
all mainten ancework must becarried outby
quali fiedaftersales technicians. G
WARNING
Only when thevehicle isstation aryshould
you:
R load adisc
R eject adisc
There isarisk ofbeing distract edfrom the
road andtraffic conditionsifthis isdone while
the vehicle isin motion . <001F000E00130005001200140009000E000700220005000A0005000300140009
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CDs/DVDs
Notes G
WARNING
Only insert aCD orDVD when thevehicle is
station ary.There isarisk ofbeing distract ed
from theroad andtraffic conditionsifthis is
done while thevehicle isin motion .
If the CD/D VDhas aprinted side,thismust
face upwards whentheCD/D VDisinsert ed.
If neither sideisprinted, theside tobe playe d
should facedownwards. CDs/DVDswith
copy protec tionmay notbeable tobe playe d
by the system. 126
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

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Ifamediu mcontains other filesin
addition tomusic files,theloading time
before thefirst track startsto play may be
longer.
Inserting discsintotheDVD changer The
DVD changer hasafixed magazine with
six trays.
Inserting asingle CD/DVD intoa
ma gaz ine tray
X Press theV load/ej ectbutt on.
Am enu shows thecurren tload status of
the magazine trays.Thelasttray selected
is identified byared digit. X
Select themagazine trayusing the
=; buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
or
X Press anumber key,e.g.l.
The DVD changer switches tothe selected
magazine tray.YouseethePlease wait... message.
You then seethePlease insertdisc . message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never
insert morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atatime. X
Insert adisc intothedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
The DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.Youseethe
Loading disc... message.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstothe
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis apermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
insert ed)
X
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress thek button . Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Opt
ion 2 X
Press theh functionbutton oneormore
times.
i Bypressing theh function button
repeatedly, youcan switch modes inthe
following order:
R Audio CDorDVD /video DVD/MP3 discs
in the DVD changer (disc)
R SD memory cardmode
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R Media Interface mode
X Ifdesired, selectanaudio medium fromthe
media list(Ypage 132).
Opt ion 3 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbarusing
the =;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
If disc mode wasthelast mode selected,it
will now beactive.
If anoth eraudio source isswitched on,you
can now switch todisc mode inthe audio
menu.
X Select Audio using
the9=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears.
X Select Disc or
Memory card and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
The desired discmode isactivat ed.
X Ifdesired, selectanaudio medium fromthe
media list(Ypage 132). Examp
ledispla y:aud ioCD mode :
Disc type
; Track number
= CD orDVD insert ed
? Track name (onlyifstor edon the disc as
CD textor ifGracenot e®
data isavailable)
A Track time
B Graphic timeandtrackdisplay
C Curren tplayback settings (no symbol for
"Norm altrack sequen ce")
D Soun dset tings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD textor ifGracen ote®
data isavailable)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Datacarr ierposit ioninthe media list
I Playback options
Exam pledisp lay:audioDVD mode :
Disc type
; Trac knumb er
= CD orDV Dinse rted 130
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

?
Track name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text )
A Track time
B Graphic timeandtrack display
C Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
G Tocall upthe track list
H Stop funct ion
I Pause function
J Data carrier position inthe media list
K Playba ckoptions
Examp ledisplay: MP3mode :
Disc type
; Track number
= CD orDVD insert ed
? Track name
A Track time
B Graphic timeandtrack display
C Current playbacksett ings (nosymbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
D Sound settings
E Media selection
F Current folder
G Tocall upthe folder list
H Data carrier position inthe media list
I Playba ckoptions i
Ifno Media Interface (Ypage 141)is
conn ected during operation withaDVD
changer, Ddisplay sChanger instead
of
Media .
Pause
function
In aud ioCD/D VDand MP3 mode X
To pause playback: brieflypressthe
8 button .
The , symbol appears atthe top leftin
the status bar.
X To continue playback: brieflypressthe
8 button again.
The , symbol disappears.
In aud ioDVD mode only X
To pause playback: switchonaudio DVD
mode (Ypage 129).
X Select «using the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
The «display changes toM.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheMdisplay changes to
«. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availab lein audio DVD
mode.
X Switc hon audio DVDmode (Ypage 129).
X To interr uptplayback: select±using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
The «display changes toM. ± remains
highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectMand press
the 9button toconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Selec
tingbytrack list X
Select Title or
Track list in
audi oCD/
DVD mode andpress the9button to
conf irm.
or
X Press the9button inMP3 mode whenthe
display /selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphab eticalorder.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press theU button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
X To complete entry:press the9button .
i Pressin gand holding anumber buttonfor
2s econ dsormore alsocomplet esent ry
and thecorr espondin gtrac kisplay ed.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Switch onaudi oCD/DVD ,MP3 orSD
memory cardmode onCOMAND.
X Use theV orU button onthe
multifunction steeringwheeltoselect the
DISC displa y.
X Press the9 or: button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
You willhear theprevious ornext track. The
skip back function skipstothe beginning of
the current trackifthe track hasbeen
play ingformore thaneight seconds. Ifthe track
hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track . Fast
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Selec tingusing COMAND X
With thedispla y/selection windowactive,
press the= or; button repeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Press andhold the9 or: button on
the multifunction steeringwheeluntilthe
desired position hasbeen reached. Selec
tingafolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
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Sym bolfornext folderup
; Current track
= Tracksymbo l
X To switch tothe supe rord inatefolder:
sel ect icon: and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The displ aycha nges tothe next folderu p. :
Disc name (onlyifstor edon the disc)
; Current folder
= Folder icon
X Select afolder usingthe9: buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm.
You willsee thetrac ksinthe folder.
X Select atrac kusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
The track isplay edand thecorresponding
folder isnow theactive folder. Gracenote
MediaDatabase
Introduction This
function isonly available inaudi oCD
mode andduring operation withtheinstalled
hard disk.
There isaversion ofthe software from
Gracenote ®
,Emeryville, California, USAon
the hard disk. Youwillrecognize thisbythe
logo which canbeseen inthe bottom right-
hand corner ofcertain audiodispla ys. Many
audioCDs containCD text .COMAND
uses theinformation contained therein to
displa ythe artist, albumandtrac kname.
If th eaudio CDdoes notc ont ain any CDtext
inform ation,COMAND canusetheGracenote
Media Database toidentify unknownaudio
track swhen runnin gin audio CDmode. The
prerequisites forthis arethat therelevant
inform ationbestored inthe Gracenote Media
Database andthat the"Rea dCDd atab ase"
fun ction isact ivat ed.
If th is is thecas e,COMA NDwill displ aythe
co rrespo nding datasuc has artist,album and
tr ack nam ein therele vantdisplays andlists.
If COMA NDaccesses theGracen oteMedia
Dat abase whenreadin gan audio CD,youwill
see thefollowin gmess age: 134
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio

"Read
CDdata base" function X
Switch onaudi oCD mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD using
the=;9:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select ReadCDdatabase using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
The function isswitched onO oroff ª,
depending onthe previous status.
Updat ingGracenote ®
music
recogn itiontechnolo gyand the
Gracenote MediaDatabase The
digital dataonthe Gracenote Media
Database becomesobsoleteduetothe
release ofnew CDs. Optimum functionality
can only beattained withup-to-date
Gracenote ®
music recognition technology.
Information aboutnew versions canbe
obtained fromanauthorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
You canhave yourmusic recognition
software updatedthere withaDVD, oryou
can upda teityou rself.
i The Gracenote MediaDatabase is
upda tedatthe same timeasthe map
software. Setting
theaudio format
You canonly setthe audioformat inaud io
DVD mode. Thenumber ofaud ioformats
avai labledepends onthe DVD. Theconten tof
an audio DVDiscalled an"album", andthis
can bedivided intouptonine groups. Agroup
can contain musicind iffe ren tsound qualities
(stereo andmultichann elformats ,for
example), orbonus tracks.Each group can
cont ainupto99 track s.Ifan audio DVDonly
cont ains oneaudio format, the"Group" menu
item(s) cannotbe selected.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 129).
X Select DVD-A using
the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm. X
Select Group using
the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The listofavaila bleaudio formats appears.
The #dot indicates theformat currently
selected.
X Select anaudio format usingthe
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
X To exit themenu: pressthe=
or ; button . Playback
options
The following optionsareavaila bletoyou:
R Normal tracksequence The
track sare playe din the normal order
(e.g. track 1,2,3, etc. ).
In MP3 mode, thetrack order isdetermin ed
by the order inwhich thetrack sare written
to the MP3 datacarrier whenitis created.
Alphabetical orderisthe most common .
Once allthe track sin afolder havebeen
playe d,the track sin the next folder are
playe d.
R Random tracks All
the track son the medium areplaye din
random order(e.g.track 3,8, 5etc. ).
R Random folder (MP3
mode only)
The track sin the current lyactive folderare
playe din random order.
X To select options: switchonaudio CD/
DVD orMP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Select CD ,
DVD-A or
MP3 using
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
The options listappears. The#dot
indicates theoption selected.
X Select anoption usingthe9 or:
button andpress the9button toconf irm.
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except "Normal tracksequence", youwill
see acorrespon dingdisplay inthe display /
selection window.Seeexample ofdisplay :
audio CDmode (Ypage 130), itemB. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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The "Normal tracksequence" optionis
automatically selectedwhenyouchange
the medium youarecurren tlylistenin gto
or when youselect adifferent medium. If
an option isselected, itremains selected
after COMAND isswitched onoroff. Notes
onMP3 mode
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
R DVD -Rand DVD -RW
R DVD +Rand DVD +RW
R SD memory card:
i COMAND doesnotsupport the"SD- HC
2.0 Standard" SDcard format .Mercedes-
Benz recomm endsusing SDmemory cards
with astorage capacity ofup to4G B.
Pe rmiss ible filesys tems R
ISO 9660/J oliet stand ardforCDs
R UDF foraudio and video DVDs
R FAT16 forSD memo rycard swi th stora ge
med ium
Multi sessi on CDs For
multisession CDs, thecontent ofthe first
ses siond eterm ineshow COMAND will
process theCD. COMAND playsonlyone
session andgives priority tothe audio CD
session.
If possible, useCOMAND toplay only CDs
which havebeen writteninone session.
File structur eof adat acarr ier When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,thetrac kscan beorganiz edin
folders. Afolder mayalsocontainsubfolders.
A disc cancont ainam axim umof25 5fold ers.
Eac hfold ercan contain amax imum of
25 5track sand 255subf older s.Adisc can
co ntain amax imum of12 00 track s. The
disc may contain nomor eth an eigh t
dire ctory leve ls.File sbeyon dth eeigh thleve l
will notb erecogn izedbythe system.
Tr ack and filenames When
youcreat eadisc with compr essed
music files,youcan assign names tothe
trac ksand folders.
COMAND usesthese names accordingly for
the display. Folderswhichcontain data other
than MP3 orWMA tracksare not displayed by
COMAND .
If MP3 orWMA filesarestor edinthe root
direct oryitself, theroot direct orywill also be
treat edasafolder. COMAND willthen show
the name ofthe root direct oryasthe folder
name.
You must observe thefollowing when
assigning tracknames :
R track nam esmust haveatleast one
ch arac ter.
R track nam esmust havetheex tens ion
"mp3 "or "wma".
R there must beafull stop bet ween thetrack
nam eand theex tens ion .
Ex ample ofaco rrect track nam e:
"Trac k1.m p3".
i COMA NDdoes notsuppor tID3 tags.
Pe rmis sibl efo rmats CO
MAND supp orts thefollowi ng forma ts:
R MP EG1 AudioLayer3( MP3)
R Microsoft WindowsMediaAudioV2,V7,V8
and V9(WMA) without copyprotect ion
Permissible bitand samp lingrates MP3
COMAND supportsMP3filesofthe following
types:
R const antand variable bitrates from
32 kbit/s to320 kbit/s
R sampling ratesof8kHz to48 kHz 136
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio