Comand, Audio – Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2012 User Manual
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For USB mass storage devices, you can
choose to display the metadata contained in
the tags of the encoded music data, or to
display the file and directory names during
playback.
X
To display the album and artist name:
select
Media Interface
in the basic
display by sliding VÆ and turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X
Select
Display Metadata
and press W to
confirm.
Selecting a category and opening a folder
X
Press W the COMAND controller when the
display/selection window is active.
X
Select
Folder
by sliding VÆ and turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
You will see the available categories or the
folder content (e.g. other folders). The
display's status bar shows the selected
category or the folder name.
i
The
Music
menu item is not available until
the device has been activated.
X
Select the category/folder by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
You will see the content of the selected
category or selected folder.
i
If the data needs to be read from the
connected device, the
Please wait...
message appears.
X
If necessary, repeat this step until the
tracks in the desired folder/album appear.
X
Select the track by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
The track is played.
X
To select one folder higher: select the
U icon and confirm with W.
i
The U icon is always shown at the top
of the respective folder.
Playing back the contents of a category
or folder
X
Select the category or folder by turning
cVd the COMAND controller.
X
Press W the COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The content of the category or folder
selected is played in accordance with the
playback option (
Alphabetical track selection
iPod
®
and MP3 players
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function
is not available for albums or playlists, for
example.
X
Select a category, e.g.
Artists
, by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X
Press the corresponding number key once
or several times to select the first letter of
the artist's name (e.g. for an artist
beginning with the letter "C", press number
key l 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
highlighted.
i
If no corresponding entry exists, the last
entry corresponding to a previous letter is
highlighted instead.
i
For iPods
®
and MP3 players, the quality
of the search results is highly dependent on
the version and language variant of the
software (e.g. iTunes
®
version) used to
populate the device.
USB mass storage device
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted directories. This function is not
available for albums or playlists, for example.
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