214 technical terminology – Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2008 COMAND Manual User Manual

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Technical terminology

GPS

(Global Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.

Gracenote Media Database

Media database that is stored on

->

COMAND’s hard drive.

Gracenote

®

music recognition techno-

logy

Music recognition software that is
stored on

->

COMAND’s hard drive. If

the selected audio CD does not contain
any

->

CD text,

->

COMAND can

recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.

GSM

(Global System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.

ID3 tag

Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).

ISO9660

Standard for recording data on CDs.

Joliet

Standard for recording data on CDs.

Kilobyte

Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.

LOGIC7

®

Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7

®

cre-

ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.

MLP

(Meridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.

MP3

The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.

MPEG1 Audio Layer 3

A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.

Multisession

A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.

Music Register

Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.

Notebook

Portable personal computer (PC).

NTSC

(National Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.

Folder

Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.

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