MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2013 MY 13 Audio Manual

Selecting
using ma nua lsearch i
This function isnot available forthe
weat herband (WB).
X Set thedesire dwaveband (Ypage 18).
X Briefly pressthen orý button on
the radio.
The waveband issearched inthe frequency
steps stated above.
X Press andhold then orý button on
the radio.
The search doesnotstop atthe frequency
steps stated above.
Setting usingmemor ypres ets Five
stations can bestor edasmem ory
pre setsone ach waveband. FortheFM
wavebands, atotal of ten fixed stat ions and
fiv eA utostore memorypresetscanbeused.
X Set thedesi redwaveband (Ypage 18).
X Press abutton from4 toD
The audio device setsthestored station.
i With theFM6–1 0,memo rypre sets 6–10
are alsos etusing button s4 toD.
Memor ypres etlocati on10 appe ars onthe
di sp lay asFM0 .
Sc
an mod e
R Scan modeplays each stationwhich canbe
receiv edfor around 8secon ds.
R Afterith as run through thestations twice,
the scan stops automatic allyatthe station
you were listening tobefore thescan was
start ed.
Sta rting scan mode X
Switc htot he desir edwav eban d
(Y page 18).
X Press theSCbutt on.
The stationsear chstar ts Ending
scan X
Press theSCbutton again.
The stationsearch stops Stor
ingstat ions
St ations canbesaved inthe following ways:
R Manually
R Using Autostore
Stor ingmanu ally Five
memor ypres ets are avai lablefor each
wave band.
X Set thes tation tobe saved (Ypage 18).
X Press andholdab utton betwee n4 and
D untilyouhear atone.
The stationwill besave datthe butt onyou
hav epres sed.
St orin gusing Autostor e i
Savingusing Autostor eiso nly pos siblein
the FM-AS waveba nd.
The audio device fillsthefive memory
pres etsinthe FM-AS waveba ndwith
stations inorder ofreception quality.
If no stations areavailab le,the audio device
fills allAutostore memorypresetswith the
lowe stfrequency.
X Pres sthe FM butt onrep eate dlyuntilthe
FM- ASwav eban dappears. X
Press andhold theSCbutton untilyou hear
at onea nd the Autostore stationsearch
starts. Rad
iomode
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When
ASSeek disappear
s,savin gis
compl ete. Recept
ionqua lity If
ar adio station isbroadcast instereo and
the recept ionquality issufficien t,stereo
symbol :appears inthe bottom leftofthe
displ ay. Audio
CDand MP3 mode Impor
tantsafety notes G
WARN
ING
The CDdrive isac lass 1laser produc t.There
is ar isk ofdamage tothe eyes dueto
exposure toinvisible laserradiation ifyou
open thecasing, orifthe casing isfaulty or
damaged.
You must notopen thecasing. Theunit
cont ains noparts onwhich youcan carryout
maintenanc e.For safety reasons, all
maintenanc ework mustbe car ried outby
qualified aftersal estechn icians. Note
sonh andl ingd iscs
R Only holddiscs bythe edge.
R Han dlediscs carefully toprev entplayback
problem s.
R Avoid gettingscratches, fingerprints and
dus tond iscs.
R Clean discsfrom time totime witha
comm ercially available cleaningcloth. When
cleaning CDs,youshould wipein
straight linesfrom the cent eroutwards
rather thaninac ircu larmotion.
R When labelingdiscs, onlyuseapen
designed forthat purpose.
R Place discsbackintheir cases afteruse.
R Protec tdiscs from heat anddirect sunlight. Genera
lnotes
Permissible discs R
CD-R andCD-RW
Permissible filesystems R
ISO 9660/Joliet standard forCDs
Mult isession CDs For
multisession CDs,thecont entofthe first
sess iondetermin eshow theaudi odevic ewill
process theCD.
If the first sessio ncont ains data inaudio CD
for ma t,for exam ple,and thesecond session
con tains MP3 tracks,the audio devicewill
tr eat the CDasac onv ention alaudio CD.This
mea nsthat itis not possible toacc ess the
MP3 track s.
If the first session contains MP3 tracks,for
exam ple,and thesecond session contains
data inaudio CDform at,the audio device will
not treat thedisc asac onv ention alaudio CD.
This meansthat itis only possible toacc ess
the MP3 track s.
File structureofad ata carri er R
Wh enyou creat eanM P3disc, theMP3
tr ack scan be organized infolders. Afolder
can also contain subfolders. Adisc
can contain amaxim umof255 folder s.
Eac hfolder cancontain amaxim umof
255 track sand 255 subfo lders .Ad isccan
conta inam axim umof50 0t rack s.An MP 3
CD may containnomor ethan eight 20
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direc
tory level s.Files insubs eq uent level s
are ignore d.
R Wh enmovi ngbetwe enfolders and tracks,
di sp lay and selection ofthes eislinear. Any
exist inghierarc hicalor nest edfolder
str uctur eish andled asalinear sequenc e.
Tr ack and filenam es R
Display ofalbum andtrackname islimit ed
to am aximum of31 char acter s(depe nding
on whic hchar acter setisu sed).
R The file ext ensio nfor MP3 files mu stbe
"m p3" and mustbe separ atedfrom the file
nam ebya full stop .O therwise, thefiletype
will notberecognized bythe device.
R The fileextension forWMA filesmust be
"wma" andmust besep arated fromthefile
name byafull stop. Otherwise, thefiletype
will notberecogn izedbythe device.
Notes oncopyright Music
tracksthat youcreat eorplay back are
generally subjecttocopyright protectionin
accor dance withtheapplicable internat ional
and nation alregulations.
In many countries,reproduc tions, even for
pri vate use, aren otperm itted withou tthe
pri or con sent ofthe copy right holder .
Make surethat you know about theappli cable
copy right regu lations andthat youcom ply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself,e.g. for your
own compo sitions andrecordings ,orift he
copy right holder hasgranted you permission ,
these restrict ions donot apply .
Not eson com pact disc s i
Disc swithcopy protec tionarenot
compat iblewith theaudio CDstan dard and
ther efore maynotbeable tobe played by
the audio device.
You may encounter playback problems
when playing copieddiscs.Thereisaw ide
range ofdata carriers,disc-wr iting
soft ware andwriter savail able.T his variety mea
nsthat thereisn og uarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyou
have copied yourself.
There maybeplayback problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot conform tothe curren tly
applicable standards.
! Donot affix sticker sorlabels tothe discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesig nedtohold discs which
comply withtheEN609 08standar d.For
this reason, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3m m.
If yo ui nsert thicker discs, e.g. thosethat
contain dataonboth sides (DVD onone
sid ea nd audio dataonthe other), they
cann otbe ejected andcandamage the
drive.
Do not use discswith adiameter of8c m,
eve nwithanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
Inform ationregardingMP3 files R
To display thetitle and album name, you
need toadd thecorr esponding datato
the MP3 filebefore burning(ID3 tags).
R We reco mmend aconstan tbitrate ofat
least 160kbit/sec forthe compr ession
of MP3 data. Withvariable bitrates, the
display ofthe elapsed playback timemay
differ from the time actually elapsed.
Inform ationregardingWMAfiles R
To display thetitle and album name,you
need toadd thecorr espondin gmetadat a
to the WMA file.
R The fileextension forWMA filesmust be
"wm a"and must besepara tedfrom the
file nam ebya full stop .O therwise, the
file type willnotberecognized bythe
device.
i Anumber offac tors influence whether or
not aWMA filec an be played, including: Audio
CDand MP3 mode
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R
Samp ling rate
R Bit rate
R Encod ingp roces s
R Soft wareused for thec rea tiono fthe
WMA files
R Burn software
R othe rs ett ings (e.g. copy protec tion,
Digit alRights Managem ent,adva nced
audio format settings).
Use only curren tstan dard software to
gene rateW MA files. Use asampling rateof
44. 1kHz aswel lasb itrates between 16
and 320 kbit/s.Donot use other settings
such aslossles scoding, surround sound,
DRM andcopy protection ,etc.
Do not usec ompi lations thatcontain WMA
file sw ithother settings asthis may render
the CDunplayable evenifonly some files
on the CDdonot fulfillthe required
condit ions. Loading
aCD G
WARNI
NG
Inse rtdiscs onlyw hen thevehi cleis
stat ionary .There isar isk ofbei ng distracted
from theroad andtrafficconditions ifyou
insert oreject adisc whi lethe vehicle isin
motion.
i The system maynotbeabletop laya udi o
CDs with copy protection insome cases.
X Insert theCDinto theCDslot with the
printed sideupwards .
i Ifyou insert theCDinto theslot when the
unit isswi tched off,thedevi cewill
au tomatical lyturn itselfon.
X The CDisdra wn automa ticallyi nto theslot
and play ba ck ofthe firsttrac kstarts.
i The length oftime required torea dthe
data (LOA DIN G )d
epends on various factors
(type ofmedia ,numbe roftitles, whether
copy protectedetc .)and may takelong er
in some cases. Disp
laywith audio CD: Disp
laywith MP3/ WMACD: In
itia lly, the track num berisd isplayed briefly.
Then thefirst ten char acters ofthe track
name areshown.
i Todisplay thefulltrack name ,pres sthe
= button.The track isonly displa yedif
the correspo ndinginform ation wasadde d
whe nthe CD was create d(ID3 tags/
metad ata).Otherwise, onlythef ile nam e
will beshown. Eject
ingaCD G
WARNI
NG
Onl yeject adisc when thevehicle is
stationary. Otherwise,you may bedistracted
from thetrafficconditions andcould cause an
accident.
X Press the8 button.
The CDisejected.
X Remove theCDfrom thedisc slot.
If the CDisnot remov edfrom theslot withi n
10 seconds, itwil lbed raw nina gain for
safet yreasons. CD
Play back
Switch ingtoCD mode X
Press the& button onceortwic e.
CD playback beginsatthe point last
listened towhen stopped. 22
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If
no CD isins erted,the messa geNO CD ap
pea rsfor ashort time.
The devicejum pstothe last sound source
played.
Skip ping forwa rds/ba ck Operatio
nofthis func tion isident icalfor
audio CDsandMP3/ WMACDs.
R Ski pforwa rds:
The nexttrack isplay ed.
R Skip back:
i Skip back: thecurrent trackisresta rted
if this hasbeenplaying forlonger than
app roxim ately10seconds. Ifit has been
pla ying forless time, theprevious trackis
played .
In CD mode, withanaudio CDorMP3/WMA
CD insert ed:
X Press theü button toskip forwar ds.
You willhear the next track .
or
X Press theû button toskip back .
You hear theprev ioustrack orthes tart of
the current trackagain.
Audibl efast forwar d/fastrewin d
In CD mode, withanaud ioCD orMP3/WMA
CD inserted:
X Press andhold theü button forfast
forwar d.
or
X Press andhold theû buttonfor fast
rew ind.
Display withaudio CDinser ted: Display
withMP3/ WMACDinser ted: Af
ter the butt onisrele ased, playba ckis
con tinued atthe curren tplace. The rema ining
pla yba cktime forthe current titleisdisp layed
for afurther 8seconds.
Scan mode Sca
nmode plays eachtitle on the curren tCD
for app roxi mate ly10 secon ds.
It end sautoma tically atthe track youwere
listening tobefore youstarted thescan. You
can also endthescan manually .
Opera tionofthis function isidentical for
aud ioCDs andMP3/WMA CDs.
Starting scanmode
In CD mode, withanaud ioCD orMP3/WMA
CD inserted:
X Press theSCbutton duringCD playba ck.
With audioCD inserted: With
MP3/WMA CDinserted: The
title number chosenisd isplayed. Audio
CDand MP3 mode
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Ending
scanmode
X Press theSCbutt on.
X Press theü button.
or
X Press theû button.
The title you arecurren tlylisteni ngto
rem ains set. Cha
nging thef old er
i This function ison lyavailable forMP3 /
WMA CDs.
In CD mode withMP3/WM ACDinsert ed
X Press then buttontoskip forwards.
or
X Press theý buttontoskip back .
X The next/prev ious folder issel ected.
Eac htimet he folde risc han ged, thef irst ten
let ters of thef old ernam eappear onthe
display forashor ttime: i
Todisplay theentirefolder name,pres s
th e= button.
On ce selec tionofafolder iscom plete ,the
displa yswitc hes back tothe track name .
i Ifaf older contain snoW MA orMP3 titles,
that folder isnot displa yed.
When movingbetwe enfolder sand track s,
dis play andselection ofthese islinea r.An y
existi nghierarchical ornested folder
structure isha ndled asalinea rs equenc e.
The ROOT folder1
is displayed as\ROOT if
it
con tain sMP3orWMA files. Play
back options
Ra ndom function (random playba ck) You
hear thetrac ks on the curren tCDina
rand omorder(e.g. 3,8,5,etc.). Ifyo uc hange
the CD, random playbackends.
Switc hingonrand omplayba ck
In CD mode, withanaudio CDorMP3/W MA
CD inse rted:
X Pres sthe 5 button.
RA NDOM appea
rsfor ashort timeand the
dis play then chang es.
With audio CDinse rted: With
MP3/W MACDinserted: Ra
ndom playback ofall album s
Thi sfun ctio niso nly avail able forMP3/W MA
CDs. Thetracks ofall albu msare play edin
random order.
X Pres sthe 5 buttontwic e.
RA NDOM appears
forashort timeand the
dis pla ythen chan ges. Swit
ching offr ando mplayback
X Press the5 button again.
1 The topmost directorylevel ofthe CDwhich isset upbythe burn softwa reautom atically when burning. 24
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Repe
at Yo
uh earthe cur ren ttrack repeated lyunti l
yo us witch offthe func tion, chan gethe CDor
chan gethe audio source.
Switc hingonrep eat
In CD mode, withanaudio CDorMP3/ WMA
CD inser ted:
X Press the? button.
RE PEAT appears
forashort timeand the
dis pla ythen chan ges.
With audio CDinser ted: With
MP3/ WMACDinser ted: Swit
ching offr epeat
X Press the? button again. Repeat
album
This function isonly available forMP3/ WMA
CDs.
You hear thecurren talbu mr epeatedly until
you switc hoffth ef unc tion, change theCDor
change thealbum.
Switching onalbum repeat With
MP3/WMA CDinsert ed:
X Pres st he ? button twice.
RE PEA T appe
arsforashorttim eand the
di spl aythen change s. Sw
itchin goffalbu mr epe at X
Pre ssthe ? button again. Di
spl ayingp layback time
Wi th audioC Dinserte d:
X Pre ssthe = button.
Wi th audioC Dinserte d: i
Ifyo up ress the= butto nw itha n
MP3/WMA CDinserted, thealbu mand
track nameareshown, provid edthat this
inform ation was adde dw hen theC Dw as
cr eated (ID3tags/m etadata). Display
ingthen um berofC Dt itles and
tot alpla yba cktim e
Wit haudio CDinsert ed:
X Press the= buttontwic e. Disp
laying albu mandtrack nam e
Wit hM P3/WM ACDinser ted:
X Pre ssthe = button. Au
dio CDand MP3 mode
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Disp
laying thea lbum andt rack name
(ID3 tags/m etad ata)
Wit hM P3/W MA CDinser ted:
X Press the= buttonr epeatedly .
The album andtrac kn ame scrollacr oss the
display from right toleft .
If the album andtrack nam earenot present
as ID3 tags,thef ile name isshown.
X To cancel thedisplay :press theD
button . Audio
operation using the
mult ifunction steeringwheel Selecting
aradio station
i Youc an change betweenstatio n
sel ection viamemory presetsand statio n
sel ection viafrequ encyinthe multifunctio n
dis pla y.For information onhow todo this,
see thevehi cleOper ator's Manual.
X Switch theaudio devi cetoradio mode.
X Using theV orU button onthe
multifunctio nstee ring wheel,se lect the
au diod ispl ay .
X Press the& or* button briefl yon
the multifunctio nstee ring wheel.
Dep endingonthe multifunctio ndisplay
sett ing, the searc hstops atthe nextstati on
wh ich can berece ived ,either stored asa
prese torw ithin thefrequen cyrange. :
Statio n(iftransm itted) orfrequen cy
; Waveba ndwith preset number(if
tr ansm itted) Selecting
atrack
X Swi tch the audiod evicet oa udioCD orMP 3
mod e.
X Usi ngthe V orU button onthe
multi functio nstee ring wheel,se lect the
au diod ispl ay .
X Press the& or* button onthe
multifu nctions tee ring wheel.
Yo uw illh earthe nex t/previo ustrack.
Skippi ngbackw ards skips tothe beginnin g
of the current trackifthe track hasb een
pl ay ing formore than8seconds. Ifthe
tr ack hasb eenp laying for less tha neight
secon ds,itskips tothe star tofthe pre vious
tr ack .
X To fast forwa rd/re wind :pre ssand hold
the & or* buttonon the
mu ltifunc tion steer ingwheel untilthe
desir edpositi onhas been reached. Ex
am ple displ ay:audio CDmod e
: Curre ntdisc
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iooper ation using them ultifu nction steering wheelAudio

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