Mercedes-Benz COMAND control unit Operator's Manual page 133

Track names must contain at least one
R
character.
Track names must have the extension
R
"mp3".
A period must appear between the track
R
name and the extension.
i
COMAND does not support ID3 tags.
Permissible Formats
COMAND supports the following formats:
MPEG1 audio layer 3 format
R
i In everyday speech, this format
designation has been replaced by the
designation "MP3".
Microsoft Windows
R
V8 und V9 (WMA).
Notes on Copyright
The music tracks that you can create for
playback in MP3 mode are generally
copyright-protected under applicable
international and national laws.
In many countries, the reproduction of
copyrighted material is not permitted even if
only for personal use without the express
prior consent of the copyright holder.
Please check the current copyright laws for
your country and comply with them.
These restrictions do not apply, for example,
to your own compositions and recordings or
for recordings for which authorization has
been obtained from the copyright holder.
Notes about Audio DVD Discs
COMAND can playback commercially
available, prerecorded audio DVDs that bear
the following label. You will usually find the
label on the DVD booklet, the inlay or the DVD
itself.
®
Media Audio V2, V7,
CD Audio/DVD Audio/MP3
i Audio DVDs differ from recordable DVD-R
and DVD-RW discs.
Data on audio DVDs are stored either in
uncompressed format or in lossless
compressed format. The sound quality on
audio DVDs is therefore better than on
recordable DVDs that contain MP3 data
because the MP3 format uses a lossy type of
compression. You cannot delete data from or
record additional data to commercially
available, prerecorded audio DVDs. Please
note the following information about CDs/
DVDs and pay special attention to the notes
on copied and/or selfwritten CDs/DVDs.
Permissible Bit and Scan Rates
Fixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbps
R
to 320 kbps
Scan rates from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
R
i Only use MP3 tracks with a bit rate of
128 kbps or higher and with a scan rate of
44.1 kHz or higher. Lower rates may result
in impaired sound quality. This is
particularly true if the surround sound
function has been activated.
®
WMA (Windows Media Audio) format of the
following type:
fixed bit rates from 5 kBit/s up to
R
384 kBit/s
sampling rates from 8 kHz to 48 kHz.
R
COMAND does not support WMA files of the
following type:
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
R
encrypted files
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If other music files are stored in these
audio formats on a storage medium, in
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