MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class 2015 W222 Comand Manual

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If the mobile phone that is connected only
supports two Bluetooth ®
profiles at the
same time, COMAND functions may
behave as follows:
R when connecting to the Internet, play-
back is stopped on the Bluetooth ®
audio
device.
R when starting playback on the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device, the Internet con-
nection is ended. Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth
®
audio device
Switching to Bluetooth ®
audio mode
X Press the 00FDbutton.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio in the menu:
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio No Bluetooth Audio
Device Connected
Device Connected message, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth ®
audio
device first.
X To select Options
Options in the Bluetooth ®
audio
menu: slide 005200C5and press the controller.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Devices
Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A new menu appears. 0043
Bluetooth ®
audio player within range and
already authorized
0044 Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth ®
audio mode in range The Bluetooth
®
device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or not. After a device search, devices which arewithin range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
Searching for Bluetooth ®
audio
X To select Search for Audio Devices Search for Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A display with text appears. X
Select Start Search Start Search.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth ®
audio
devices within range and adds them to the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
The duration of the search depends on the number of Bluetooth ®
audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
Authorizing Bluetooth ®
audio
X Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device that has
not yet been authorized from the list: turn
and press the controller.
Authorization starts.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, you now have two options for con-
tinuing with authorization.
Option 1: entering the passkey
X You can find information on this in the
"Authorizing (registering) a mobile phone"
section (Y page 140).
After successful authorization, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing. Bluetooth
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Option 2: Secure Simple Pairing
i The Bluetooth ®
audio device must sup-
port Bluetooth ®
version 2.1 for connection
via Secure Simple Pairing. COMAND cre-
ates a six-digit code, which is displayed on both devices that are to be connected
For some Bluetooth ®
audio devices, the
pairing must be confirmed within 10 sec-
onds.
X If the number code displayed on COMAND
and on the Bluetooth ®
audio device is the
same, select Yes
Yes: press the controller.
If you select Yes
Yes, authorization continues
and the Bluetooth ®
audio device is con-
nected. Playback starts.
If you select No No, authorization is canceled. External authorization
If COMAND does not find your Bluetooth ®
audio device, this may be due to particular
security settings on your Bluetooth ®
audio
device. In this case, check whether your Blue-
tooth ®
audio device can locate COMAND.
The Bluetooth ®
device name for COMAND is
MB Bluetooth
MB Bluetooth.
X Switch on Bluetooth ®
audio mode
(Y page 232).
X To select Options Options: slide 005200C5and press
the controller.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Devices Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
X To select Connect via Audio Device
Connect via Audio Device:
turn and press the controller. Authorizing
X Start the authorization on the Bluetooth ®
audio device; see the operating instruc-
tions of the Bluetooth ®
audio device.
After successful authorization, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing.
With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices, play-
back must first be started on the device itself
so that COMAND can play the audio files. Reconnecting a Bluetooth
®
audio
device
The Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are connected
automatically under the following circum-
stances:
R one of the last two mobile phones to have
been connected has also been used as a
Bluetooth ®
audio player (if this function is
supported by the mobile phone).
R the mobile phone is automatically con-
nected. The Bluetooth ®
audio player is then
connected.
i For an automatic connection with
COMAND, the telephone must be within
range.
For most Bluetooth ®
audio devices, the
"automatic connection" must be activated
by checking a box. Depending on the
device used, this prompt often takes place
when authorizing (see the Bluetooth ®
audio
device operating instructions).
If the No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
nected nected message appears, you have two
options to reconnect the Bluetooth ®
audio
device.
Option 1:
X Connect Device Connect Device in the basic display:
press the controller.
If COMAND can locate the Bluetooth ®
audio device, it will be connected and will
start playing. 230
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Option 2:
X To select Options
Options: slide 005200C5and press
the controller.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Devices
Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
X To select a Bluetooth ®
audio device: turn
and press the controller.
If the Bluetooth ®
audio device has been
authorized, playback starts. Bluetooth
®
audio device and simulta-
neous search for mobile phones
i When searching for a mobile phone or a
new Bluetooth ®
audio device, the connec-
tion to an already activated Bluetooth ®
audio device is separated (Y page 139).
In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display, you will
see the No
No Bluetooth Bluetooth Audio
AudioDevice
Device Con‐
Con‐
nected
nected message and the Connect Device
Connect Device
menu item cannot be selected. Displaying details
X To select a Bluetooth ®
audio device from
the Bluetooth ®
device list: turn the control-
ler.
X To select the symbol to the right of the
Bluetooth ®
audio device: slide 00520096the con-
troller.
X To select Details Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The following information concerning the
selected mobile phone is shown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availability status (shown after an
update)
R authorization status
X To close the detailed display: press the
0038 button. De-authorizing (deregistering) a Blue-
tooth
®
audio device
X To select a Bluetooth ®
audio device from
the Bluetooth ®
device list: turn the control-
ler.
X To select the symbol to the right of the
Bluetooth ®
audio device: slide 00520096and
press the controller.
X To select Deauthorize Deauthorize: press the control-
ler.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to deauthorize this device.
X To select Yes YesorNo
No: turn and press the con-
troller.
If you select Yes Yes, the device will be deleted
from the Bluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No
Nothe process is canceled.
i Before re-authorizing the Bluetooth ®
audio device, you should also delete the
device name MB Bluetooth
MB Bluetooth from your
Bluetooth ®
audio device's Bluetooth ®
list
(see the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operat-
ing instructions). Switching to Bluetooth
®
audio mode
Basic display 0043
Audio transmission status (depending on
the Bluetooth ®
audio device, also title
name and artist)
0044 Data medium position in the media list
0087 Sound settings
0085 Device list Bluetooth
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0083
To stop 00CFor start 00D0playback
0084 Name of the connected Bluetooth ®
audio
device (example)
006B Options menu
Some mobile phones only support two Blue-
tooth ®
profiles at the same time (e.g. Hands-
Free Profile for Bluetooth ®
telephony and
Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio streaming).
If you activate Bluetooth ®
audio mode and
there is already an active Internet connection, this can cause the connection to be termi-
nated.
Switching to Bluetooth ®
Audio X
Press the 00FDbutton.
X To select Bluetooth Audio
Bluetooth Audio in the menu:
turn and press the controller.
COMAND activates the Bluetooth ®
audio
device. The basic display then appears.
Playback starts.
i If the Bluetooth ®
audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed. Starting/stopping playback
X To select Start playback 00D0: turn and
press the controller.
Playback starts. 00CFis selected.
X To stop playback: select00CF.
A message appears. 00D0is selected.
X To continue playback: select00D0.
A message appears. 00CFis selected. Starting playback if the Bluetooth
®
audio device has been stopped During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device is
terminated (Y page 139). In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display (Y page 232) you will see
the No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐ No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
nected
nected message and the Connect Last
Connect Last
Used
Used Player
Player menu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth ®
audio device can be reconnected.
X To select Start playback: 00D0: slide005200C5
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning. X
To select Connect Last Used Player Connect Last Used Player:
press the controller.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth Bluetooth
Audio Device Paused
Audio Device Paused message.
i If there is an Internet connection and the
mobile phone that is connected only sup-
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time, the Internet connection is inter-
rupted.
i The connection to the Bluetooth ®
audio
device can also be interrupted if:
R the connected mobile phone only sup-
ports 2 Bluetooth ®
profiles at the same
time
R you connect to the Internet using
COMAND (Y page 178). Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth ®
audio devices.
Some mobile phones impair function with
regard to the following criteria:
R the number of tracks that can be selected
R the time period until the next or previous
track is played
X Switch the multifunction steering wheel to
the media menu (see the vehicle Operator's
Manual).
X To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: briefly press the 0063or0064 but-
ton on the multifunction steering wheel.
X Rapid scroll: press and hold the 0063
or 0064 button on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel until the desired track is reached.
If you press and hold the 0063or0064
buttons, the rapid scrolling speed
increases after a short time.
i In rapid scroll, track names are not
shown, but instead only Track1, Track2 etc.
The playback times for the tracks played
are not displayed. This is available as an
optional function starting with AVRCP Ver-
sion 1.3. There is also no music search
option available with Bluetooth ®
Audio. Selecting playback options
If the Bluetooth ®
audio device supports the
corresponding function, the following options
are available:
R Normal Track Sequence Normal Track Sequence: the tracks are
played in the normal order (e.g. track 1, 2, 3
etc.).
Audio data playback is determined by the
order in which the tracks are written to thedata medium. Alphabetical order is the
most common. Once all the tracks in a
folder have been played, the tracks in the
next folder are played.
R Random Random Track
TrackList
List: the current track list
is played in random order (e.g. 3, 8, 5 etc.).
R Random Medium
Random Medium : all tracks on the data
medium are played in random order (e.g.
track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Playback options are optional functions
and are not, or only partially, supported by
Bluetooth ®
audio devices.
Selecting playback options
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X Select Playback Mode
Playback Mode.
A 003B dot indicates the current setting.
X Select the desired option.
If you select Random RandomTrack
TrackList
List, you will
see a corresponding message in the dis-
play/selection window. Increasing the volume on COMAND
X To select Options Options: slide 005200C5and press
the controller.
X To select Volume Volume: turn and press the con-
troller.
A menu appears. The 003Bdot indicates the
current setting.
X Select Standard
Standard orBoost
Boost.
Information on sound settings
(Y page 250). Bluetooth
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Information on audio AUX mode
(Y
page 237). Operation with the Media Interface
Prerequisite
Media Interface is a universal interface for the connection of mobile audio and video devi-
ces. Media Interface in COMAND has two
USB connections.
The USB connection sockets are located in
the stowage compartment under the armrest. 234
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Media Interface basic display
0043
Additional display area with cover view
0044 Artist and album
0087 Main function bar
0085 Display for the active data medium
0083 Media menu bar
0084 Title display in the media list
006B Current track/number in track list
006C Numerical time display
006D Graphic time display Switching to Media Interface
Switching on automatically X
Connect a data medium to USB port 1 or
USB port 2.
X Make sure that the Media Interface 1 or
Media Interface 2 basic menu is activated.
If playable media files are found, they will
be played by COMAND.
If you remove a device, the No Device No Device
Connected
Connected message appears.
Further options for switching on R
Using the number keypad: (Y page 211)
R Using the main function bar: (Y page 211)
R Using the device list: (Y page 211)
R Using the 00FDbutton: (Y page 210) Supported devices
The following data media can be connected to
COMAND via the Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R iPad ®
R MP3
R USB devices
i It is not possible to run two Apple ®
devi-
ces simultaneously. Therefore the device
last connected is loaded.
i iPod ®
, iPhone ®
and iPad ®
are registered
trademarks of Apple Inc., Cupertino, Cali-
fornia, USA.
i Audio files, photos and video files can be
played back. Operation with the Media Interface
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For details and a list of supported devices,
visit http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or
call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (for the USA) or Customer
Relations at 1-800-387-0100 (for Canada). Supported data formats
Music mp3, wma, aac
Video mpeg, wmv, mov,
avi, mp4
Images jpg, jpeg, bmp, png
Selecting a music file
Selecting with the controller X
To display the current track list: press
the controller in the basic display.
The track list for the active data medium
appears.
X To select a track: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
X To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: turn the controller in the basic dis-
play.
The selected track is played.
Fast forward/rewind X
With the media source active in the basic
display, slide 009500520096the controller and hold it
until the desired position has been
reached. Search function
Selecting Search using media menu bar X
Slide 00520064the controller. The media menu bar appears.
X To select Search Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
The category list appears.
Overview The following categories are listed:
R Current Tracklist Current Tracklist
R Folder
Folder
R Select By Cover
Select By Cover
R Keyword Search
Keyword Search
R Playlists
Playlists
R Artists
Artists
R Albums
Albums
R Tracks
Tracks
R Genres
Genres
R Year
Year
R Composers
Composers
R Videos
Videos
R Photos
Photos
R Podcasts
Podcasts
R Audiobooks
Audiobooks
i The functions are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and
analyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these functions
are available more quickly.
The audio books and podcasts categories
are only available for Apple ®
devices.
When connecting Apple ®
devices, the cat-
egories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are
not available. 236
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X
To select a category, e.g. Current
CurrentTrack‐
Track‐
list
list: turn and press the controller.
The selection list appears.
X Select the required track. X
Keyword search: using the controller,
enter the characters for the desired search
term and confirm.
The search results are displayed according to available categories, and can then be
selected. (Y page 222). Playback options X
To select a playback option: with a media
source connected, slide 005200C5the control-
ler.
The media menu bar is shown.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X Select playback options (Y page 216). Video function
If playable video files are found, they will be
played by COMAND. X To switch on full-screen mode: press the
controller in the basic display.
X To show the video menu: slide 005200C5the
controller in full-screen mode.
The Media Interface menu bar appears.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller. X
Select Video Settings
Video Settings.
Operate Video Settings
Video Settings (Ypage 243) Audio AUX mode
Notes on audio AUX mode
External audio sources may have different
volumes, which can mean that system mes-
sages such as traffic announcements and
navigation system announcements are much louder. If necessary, deactivate the system
messages or adjust their volume manually.
AUX also provides the option of connecting aMedia Player to COMAND. Audio AUX mode
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To connect an external audio source to the
audio AUX, you will require an audio AUX
cable.
i You will find further information online at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (for the USA) or Cus-
tomer Relations at 1-800-387-010 0(for
Canada). Switching to audio AUX mode
X
Connect an external audio source.
The socket for the audio AUX jack is located
in the stowage compartment in the center
console.
The audio AUX is not selected automati-
cally.
X Press the 00FDbutton.
The menu for the last accessed media
source appears.
X To select Media
Media from the main function bar:
turn and press the controller.
You will see the menu.
X Select Aux Aux.
The audio AUX menu appears. The medium is played if the audio source is switched on
and playback is activated.
Please see the respective operating instruc-
tions for how to operate the external audio
source. Setting the audio AUX options
X
To select Options
Optionsin the menu bar: slide
005200C5 and press the controller.
A menu appears. You can set Mono/Stereo
Mono/Stereo
and Volume
Volume.
Mono/stereo: X To select Mono/Stereo
Mono/Stereo: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
X Select Mono MonoorStereo
Stereo.
The 003Bdot indicates the current setting.
Volume:
X To select Volume
Volume: turn and press the con-
troller.
X Select Standard
Standard orBoost
Boost .
Standard
Standard: the volume of the external audio
source is adjusted to a standard value.
Boost Boost : the volume of the external audio
source is raised by approximately 10 dB.
The 003Bdot indicates the current setting.
Traffic announcement:
A device which is connected as an external
audio source may seem quieter or louder in
the vehicle, or the usual maximum volume
cannot be achieved. On some devices, it is
possible to adjust the volume separately. In
this case, start at a medium volume and
increase it gradually. This enables you to
determine whether the system is able to play the music at high volume without distorting it. 238
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