Mercedes-Benz SL SERIES Operator's Manual page 474

Audio
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If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in
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iTunes ), the search is canceled without
any result.
Additional selection functions
Select By Cover
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Albums can be chosen by cover using the
menu item.
The first time the
tion is used, additional data must be loaded
from the iPod
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
selected. Covers are initially searched for in
the Gracenote Media Database and are
then added to during playback from the
connected device (
ability depends on the use and the tracks
already selected.
Keyword Search
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Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the con-
nected device for keywords.
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More information on
and Keyword Search
"Music search, selecting category"
( page 470).
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For an iPod
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
( page 472).
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Special feature in iPod
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functioning or paused, you can search for
tracks but cannot select them. After con-
firming a new track, the
Unavailable
Select By Cover
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Select By Cover
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Select By Cover
can be found under
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or Random Medium
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Function
message appears.
Playback options
To select a playback option: select
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Media Interface
sliding VÆ and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
The options list appears. The # dot indi-
cates the option selected.
Select an option and press W to confirm.
X
func-
The following options are available:
Normal Track Sequence
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Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
Random Medium
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All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
Random Track List
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The tracks in the currently active category
or folder, including any subfolders, are
played in random order.
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If the connected iPod
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:
making sure the names of tracks, albums
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and artists, for example, are written the
same way
mode
labeling albums featuring various artists as
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"compilations"
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Multiple entries of tracks in playlists are
filtered out for some players.
in the basic display by
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