Playback Options - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

Media Interface mode
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To switch to the next folder up: slide
X
XV the COMAND controller.
or
Press the % back button.
X
Playing back the content of a category
or folder
Select the category or folder by turning
X
cVd the COMAND controller.
Press W the COMAND controller for longer
X
than 2 seconds.
The content of the category or folder
selected is played in accordance with the
playback option selected (
Alphabetical track selection
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iPod , iPhone and MP3 player
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function
is not available for albums or playlists, for
example.
Select a category, e.g.
X
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
Press the corresponding number key once
X
or repeatedly to select the initial letter of
the desired artist. For example, to select an
artist whose name begins with C, press the
l number key 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
iPods and MP3 players: the quality of the
search results is highly dependent on the
version and language variant of the
software used to populate the device. A
Additional selection functions
R
page 222).
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Artists, by turning Artists
R
i
i

Playback options

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well-known example of such software is
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iTunes .
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in
®
iTunes ), the search is canceled without
any result.
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
function is used, additional data must be
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loaded from the iPod /iPhone
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 beginning the next time
Cover Cover is selected. Covers are initially
searched for in the Gracenote Media
Database and are then added to during
playback from the connected device
( page 200). The availability depends on
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the use and the tracks already selected.
Keyword Search Keyword Search
Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the
connected device for keywords.
For more information on
Cover Cover and Keyword Search Keyword Search
under "Music search, selecting category"
( page 220).
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For an iPod ® /iPhone ® , the available
covers are added most efficiently if the
entire media content is in the current
playlist. This is the case if you have selected
the playback option Tracks Tracks
Medium( Medium page 222).
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To select a playback option: select
Media Interface Media Interface in the basic display by
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. The
Select By Select By
Select By Select By
can be found
or Random Random