Page 1 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2015 R172 Comand Manual

X
Select Options
Options by sliding 00520096and press 0098
to confirm.
X Select Delete
Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears. No
Nois highlighted.
If you select Yes
Yes, the folders/tracks are
deleted. You see the Please Wait...
Please Wait...
message. You will then see the Data
Data
deleted
deleted message.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. Playback options
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.).
R Random Medium Random Medium
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random Track List
Random Track List (MP3 mode only)
The tracks in the currently active folder or
the current track list are played in a random order.
X To select options: switch to the MUSIC
REGISTER (Y page 207).
X Select Music Music Register
Register by sliding00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The options list appears. The 003Bdot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option and press 0098to confirm.
The option is switched on. For all options
except Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence, you will
see a corresponding display in the display/ selection window.
i The
Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence option is
automatically selected when you change
the disc you are currently listening to or
when you select a different medium. If an
option is selected, it remains selected after COMAND is switched on or off. Bluetooth
®
audio mode Preconditions for the Bluetooth
®
audio device
Bluetooth ®
audio mode requires a Blue-
tooth ®
-capable audio device. Observe the
information in the Bluetooth ®
audio device's
operating instructions.
Before using Bluetooth ®
audio mode, you
should check your Bluetooth ®
audio device
for the following:
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device must support
the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
Certain Bluetooth ®
audio devices do not
just require activation of the Bluetooth ®
function. In addition, your device must be
made "visible" to other devices.
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device name is predetermined but can
usually be changed. To make a clear selec-
tion of the Bluetooth ®
device possible,
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you cus- tomize the device name.
i A2DP (
Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data transmission
AVRCP (Audio VideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data playback.
i Not all Bluetooth ®
audio devices available
on the market are equally suitable. To
obtain more information about suitable
Bluetooth ®
audio devices and about con-
necting Bluetooth ®
audio devices to
COMAND, visit
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com (USA).
Or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tance center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (USA) or Customer Rela-
tions at 1-800-387-0100 (Canada). Bluetooth
®
audio mode 211Audio Z

X
Activate Bluetooth ®
and Bluetooth ®
visibil-
ity on the Bluetooth ®
audio device. Preconditions in COMAND
X Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Y page 45). Connecting Bluetooth
®
audio devices
General information Before using your Bluetooth
®
audio device
with COMAND for the first time, you will need to authorize it.
When you authorize a new Bluetooth ®
audio
device, it is connected automatically. Con-
nection involves first searching for a Blue-
tooth ®
audio device and then authorizing it.
You can authorize up to fifteen Bluetooth ®
devices.
i If you authorize a mobile phone that sup-
ports Bluetooth ®
audio, the A2DP and
AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are con-
nected automatically.
The mobile phone is then entered:
R in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list
(Y page 128)
R in the Bluetooth ®
device list
(Y page 212).
Mercedes-Benz recommends authorizing a
mobile phone in Bluetooth ®
telephony
(Y page 128). Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth
®
audio device Example: Bluetooth
®
device list
0043 Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth ®
audio function in range
0044 Bluetooth ®
audio player not within range
but previously authorized (symbol
appears in gray) The Bluetooth
®
device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or
not. After a device search, devices which are within range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
X Switch on Bluetooth ®
audio mode
(Y page 215).
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio No Bluetooth Audio
Device Authorized
Device Authorized message, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth ®
audio
device first.
X Select BT
BTAudio
Audio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm. 212
Bluetooth ®
audio modeAudio

X
Confirm Bluetooth Audio Device List
Bluetooth Audio Device List
by pressing 0098the COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmSearch for BT
Search for BT
Audio Devices
Audio Devices by pressing the COMAND
controller 0098.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth ®
audio
devices within range and adds them to the
Bluetooth ®
device list. If Bluetooth ®
audio
devices support the Bluetooth ®
audio pro-
files (A2DP, AVRCP), the devices are detec-
ted.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth ®
audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
X To authorize: select a Bluetooth ®
audio
device that has not yet been authorized
from the list (0043 in the example) by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller.
X Select the symbol to the right of the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device by sliding 00520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Authorize
Authorize and press0098to confirm.
Depending on the Bluetooth ®
audio device
used, you now have two options for con-
tinuing with authorization.
X Option 1: enter the passkey (Y page 128).
After successful authorization, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing.
X Option 2 (Secure Simple Pairing): if the
digit codes displayed in COMAND and on
the Bluetooth ®
audio device are the same,
confirm Yes
Yes by pressing 0098.
If you select Yes Yes, authorization continues
and the Bluetooth ®
audio device is connec-
ted. Playback starts.
If you select No No, authorization will be can-
celed.
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 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 of COMAND is MB MB
Bluetooth
Bluetooth .
X Switch on Bluetooth ®
audio mode
(Y page 215).
X Select BT
BTAudio
Audio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
X Confirm Bluetooth Audio Device List
Bluetooth Audio Device List
by pressing 0098the COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmConnect via BT
Connect via BT
Audio Device
Audio Device by pressing the COMAND
controller 0098.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth ®
audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
X To authorize: start the authorization on
the Bluetooth ®
audio device, see the oper-
ating instructions of the Bluetooth ®
audio
device.
After successful authorization, the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device is connected and
starts playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device itself so that COMAND can play the audio
files. Bluetooth
®
audio mode 213Audio Z

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 takes over the automatic
connection itself.
A Bluetooth ®
audio player without telephone
functions is not automatically reconnected,
even if it was the last device connected.
If the No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
No Bluetooth Audio Device Con‐
nected nected message appears, you have two
options to connect a Bluetooth ®
audio
device:
Connecting last device
X Confirm Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device in the
basic display by pressing 0098the COMAND
controller.
If COMAND can locate the Bluetooth ®
audio device, it will be connected and start
playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device itself so that COMAND can play the audio
files.
Connecting a device from a list
X Select BT Audio BT Audio by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Confirm Bluetooth Audio Device List
Bluetooth Audio Device List
by pressing 0098the COMAND controller.
X Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
If COMAND can locate the Bluetooth ®
audio device, it will be connected and start
playing.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audio devices,
playback must be initially started on the device itself so that COMAND can play the
audio files.
Bluetooth ®
audio device and simultane-
ous search for mobile phones During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device is
terminated (Y page 127). In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display, you will see the No NoBlue‐
Blue‐
tooth Audio Device Connected
tooth Audio Device Connected message
and the Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device menu item
cannot be selected.
Displaying details X
Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device in the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select the symbol to the right of the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device by sliding 00520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Details Details and press 0098to confirm.
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 view: turn00790052007A or
slide 009500520096 the COMAND controller.
De-authorizing (deregistering) a Blue-
tooth ®
audio device X
Select a Bluetooth ®
audio device in the
Bluetooth ®
device list.
X Select the symbol to the right of the Blue-
tooth ®
audio device by sliding 00520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm. 214
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audio modeAudio

X
Select Delete
Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to deauthorize this device.
X Select Yes
YesorNo
No.
If you select Yes
Yes, the device will be deleted
from the Bluetooth ®
device list.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
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
The Bluetooth ®
audio basic display Example: Bluetooth
®
audio basic display
0043 Track name
0044 Current playback settings (no symbol for
"Normal track sequence")
0087 Album name
0085 Sound settings
0083 Media list
0084 Artist
006B To stop 00DBor start 00D0playback
006C To connect a Bluetooth ®
audio device, to
increase the volume on COMAND
006D Bluetooth ®
audio data medium type
006E Data medium position in the media list
i If the Bluetooth ®
audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed.
Using the Bluetooth ®
audio basic dis-
play X
Connect Bluetooth ®
audio devices
(Y page 212)
or X Reconnect the Bluetooth ®
audio device
(Y page 214).
COMAND activates the Bluetooth ®
audio
device. The basic display appears and the
device starts playing.
Using the DISC button X
Press the 003Abutton one or more times.
By pressing the 003Abutton repeatedly, you
can switch modes in the following order:
R CD/MP3 (disc)
R Memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
Using the media list X
Select Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio in the media list
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm (Y page 198).
COMAND activates the connected device.
You will see a message to this effect. The
basic display then appears. Starting/stopping playback
X To start playback: select00D0by sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
Playback starts. 00DBis selected. Bluetooth
®
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X
To stop playback: select00DBby turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
A message appears. 00D0is selected.
X To continue playback: select00D0by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
A message appears. 00DBis selected. Restarting playback after stopping
During the search for mobile phones , the
connection with the Bluetooth ®
audio device
is terminated (Y page 127). In the Bluetooth ®
audio basic display (Y page 215), you will see
the No
No Bluetooth Bluetooth Audio
Audio Device
Device Connec‐
Connec‐
ted
ted message and the Connect
ConnectLast
LastDevice
Device
menu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth ®
audio device can be reconnected. X Confirm Connect Last Device
Connect Last Device by press-
ing 0098.
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. X
To start playback: select00D0by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Playback resumes from the beginning. Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth ®
audio devices.
X To skip forward or back to a track: press
the 0048 or0049 button on COMAND.
or
X Press the 0063or0064 button briefly 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
button, the rapid scrolling speed is
increased. 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 the
data carrier. Alphabetical order is the most
common. Once all the tracks in a folder 216
Bluetooth ®
audio modeAudio

have been played, the tracks in the next
folder are played.
R Random Tracks
Random Tracks
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order (e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
X Select BT
BT Audio Audio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The 003Bdot indicates the option selected.
X Select the option by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
If you select Random
Random Tracks Tracks, you will see a
corresponding symbol in the display/
selection window. Increasing the volume on COMAND
X
Select BT
BTAudio
Audio by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
X Select Volume
Volume and press 0098to confirm.
A menu appears. The 003Bdot indicates the
current setting.
X Select Standard
Standard orBoost
Boost and press 0098to
confirm.
Information about sound settings
(Y page 30)
You will find further information in the "Audio AUX mode" section (Y page 223) Operation with the Media Interface
Connection options
Overview You will find the connection sockets in the
center console stowage compartment.
Device-specific adapter cables are required
to connect external devices to the Media
Interface. Country-specific versions are sup-
plied with the Media Interface (Y
page 218).
You can connect the following data carriers to
COMAND via the Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R certain MP3 players
i Store individual parts in a safe place.
Only use genuine Mercedes-Benz connec-
tion cables.
i iPod ®
and iPhone ®
are registered trade-
marks of Apple Inc., Cupertino, California,
USA.
i MP3 players that support MTP (
Media
Transfer Protocol) can be used.
This allows the MP3 player to be easily con- nected to the Media Interface and removed
after use. Audio data is played without
problem.
On some MP3 players, you have to activate
the relevant function; see the MP3 player
operating instructions.
Supported devices 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). Operation with the Media Interface
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Switching on automatically
X
Connect an external device (Y page 218).
COMAND activates the device (if connec-
ted via the iPod ®
connector or USB socket).
The basic display then appears.
Switching on using the DISC button The external device is connected to the Media
Interface.
X Press the 003Abutton one or more times.
By pressing the DISC button repeatedly, you
can switch modes in the following order:
R CD/MP3 (disc)
R Memory card mode
R MUSIC REGISTER
R USB storage device
R Media Interface or audio AUX mode
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode
Switching on using a number key X
Press the 0085number key (single DVD
drive).
This selects the connected external audio
device directly.
Switching on via the media list Media Interface mode (iPod
®
mode)
0043 Cover (if available) or representation of
device
0044 Track number
0087 Elapsed track time (also in format
00:00:00 for audio books) 0085
Track name
0083 Graphic time display
0084 Track position in playlist
006B Album name (if available)
006C Artist (if available)
006D Music search
006E Position in the media list
006F Type of data medium
0070 Playback options
X In the media list, turn 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller to select the entry under position
5 and press 0098to confirm (Y page 198).
COMAND activates the connected device.
You will see a message to this effect. The
basic display then appears.
If no device is connected, you will see the
Media Interface Media Interface entry instead of a
device name.
The type of device connected is indicated by
the corresponding symbol for iPod ®
(iPhone ®
) or MP3 player.
The current playback option is shown with a
symbol after the album name (no display for
Normal Track Sequence Normal Track Sequence) (Y page 222).
i If the device connected does not contain
any playable tracks, a message appears to
this effect. Selecting music files
Note COMAND displays the data stored on the
iPod ®
, iPhone ®
or MP3 player according to
the file structure used in the respective
medium. Operation with the Media Interface
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Calling up a category list
Example: category list
X Select Search
Search in the basic display by slid-
ing 00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
The category list appears.
i Search
Search is not available until the device
has been activated.
i Reading:
if the media content of the con-
nected device is being read, this is indica-
ted on the upper right by a symbol. When
reading has ended, the categories Select
Select
By Cover
By Cover andKeyword Search Keyword Search are avail-
able.
Depending on the connected device and
the size of the media content, reading may
take several minutes. When the device is
next started or reconnected, the advanced
functions will be quickly available.
However, if you change the media content
on your iPod ®
/iPhone ®
, it has to be read
and analyzed again. Example: current track list
0043
Symbol for next folder up
0044 Device icon and device name
0087 Track symbol
0085 Current title
X Select Current Tracklist
Current Tracklist by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The content of the current track list
appears.
X Select the track by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The track is played.
X To switch to the next folder up: slide00950052
the COMAND controller.
or
X Press the 003Dback button.
Playing back the content of a category
or folder X
Select the category or folder by turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller.
X Press 0098the COMAND controller for longer
than 2 seconds.
The content of the category or folder selec-
ted is played in accordance with the play-
back option selected (Y page 222) .
Alphabetical track selection iPod
®
, iPhone ®
and MP3 player
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function is Operation
withthe Media Interface
221Audio Z

not available for albums or playlists, for exam-
ple.
X Select a category, e.g. Artists
Artists, by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X Press the corresponding number key once
or repeatedly to select the initial letter of
the desired artist. For example, to select an
artist whose name begins with C, press the 0082 number key three times.
The available letters are listed at the lower
edge of the display.
After a message, the first entry in the list
which matches the letter entered is high-
lighted.
i If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to a previous letter is
highlighted instead.
i iPods and MP3 players: the quality of the
search results is highly dependent on the
version and language variant of the soft-
ware used to populate the device. A well-
known example of such software is
iTunes ®
.
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in iTunes ®
), the search is canceled without
any result.
Additional selection functions R
Select By Cover Select By Cover
Albums can be chosen by cover using the
menu item.
The first time the Select By Cover Select By Cover func-
tion is used, additional data must be loaded
from the iPod ®
/iPhone ®
. The current
music playback is interrupted to allow
access to this data. The process may take a
few minutes and should not be canceled.
Otherwise it will start again from the begin-
ning the next time Select By Cover
Select By Cover is
selected. Covers are initially searched for in the Gracenote Media Database and are
then added to during playback from the
connected device (Y page 200). The avail- ability depends on the use and the tracks
already selected.
R Keyword Search
Keyword Search
Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the con-
nected device for keywords.
i More information on
Select By Cover Select By Cover
and Keyword Search
Keyword Search can be found under
"Music search, selecting category"
(Y page 220).
i For an iPod ®
/iPhone ®
, the available cov-
ers are added most efficiently if the entire
media content is in the current playlist. This is the case if you have selected the play-
back option Tracks TracksorRandom Medium
Random Medium
(Y page 222).
Special feature in iPod ®
/iPhone ®
mode i
If the connected iPod ®
/iPhone ®
is not
functioning or paused, you can search for
tracks but cannot select them. After con-
firming a new track, the Function Function
Unavailable
Unavailable message appears. Playback options
X To select a playback option: select
Media Interface
Media Interface in the basic display by
sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
The options list appears. The 003Bdot indi-
cates the option selected.
X Select an option and press 0098to confirm.
The following options are available: R Normal Track Sequence
Normal Track Sequence
Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
R Random Medium Random Medium
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random Track List Random Track List 222
Operation with the Media InterfaceAudio