Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2015 - Manual (Page 472)

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 448). 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 468).
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 Tracks or Random Medium Random Medium
(
Y
page 470).
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 V Æ and turning c V d the
COMAND controller and press W to con-
firm.
The options list appears. The # dot indi-
cates the option selected.
X
Select an option and press W to 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
The tracks in the currently active category
or folder, including any subfolders, are
played in random order.
i If the connected iPod ® /iPhone ® is not
functioning or paused, the playback
options are inactive. The display of options
is grayed out.
MP3 player instructions
General information
Up to 30,000 tracks per medium are suppor-
ted.
You can speed up some functions and
improve the search results by:
R making sure the names of tracks, albums
and artists, for example, are written the
same way
R
labeling albums featuring various artists as
"compilations"
i Multiple entries of tracks in playlists are
filtered out for some players.
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