Itunes - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

Operation with the Media Interface
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not available for albums or playlists, for exam-
ple.
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 high-
lighted.
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 soft-
ware used to populate the device. A well-
known example of such software is
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iTunes

.
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 Select By Cover
R
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 (
Artists, by turning Artists
Select By Cover Select By Cover
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/iPhone . The current
Select By Cover Select By Cover
page 200). The avail-
Y
ability depends on the use and the tracks
already selected.
Keyword Search Keyword Search
R
Selecting keyword search allows you to
search through all categories on the con-
nected device for keywords.
i
More information on
and Keyword Search Keyword Search
"Music search, selecting category"
( page 220).
Y
i 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
( page 222).
Y
Special feature in iPod
i
If the connected iPod
functioning or paused, you can search for
tracks but cannot select them. After con-
firming a new track, the
Unavailable Unavailable
Playback options
To select a playback option: select
X
Media Interface 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 Normal Track Sequence
R
Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
Random Medium Random Medium
R
is
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
Random Track List Random Track List
R
Select By Cover Select By Cover
can be found under
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/iPhone , the available cov-
Tracks Tracks or Random Medium Random Medium
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/iPhone
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Function Function
message appears.
in the basic display by
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mode
is not