Mercedes-Benz COMAND Online Supplement Manual page 224

Media Interface mode
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Playing back the contents of a category
or folder
X
Select the category or folder by turning
cVd the COMAND controller.
X
Press W the COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The content of the category or folder selec-
ted is played in accordance with the play-
back option (
Alphabetical track selection
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iPod and MP3 players
This function is available for alphabetically
sorted categories and folders. This function
is not available for albums or playlists, for
example.
X
Select a category, e.g. Artists, by turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
The available artists are displayed.
X
Press the corresponding number key once
or several times to select the first letter of
the artist's name (e.g. for an artist begin-
ning with the letter "C", press number key
l 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.
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i For iPods
of the search results is highly dependent on
the version and language variant of the
software (e.g. iTunes
populate the device.
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in
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iTunes ), the search is cancelled without
any result.
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and MP3 players, the quality
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Playback options
The following options are available:
Normal track sequence
R
Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
Random media
R
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
Random track list
R
The tracks in the currently active category
or folder, including any subfolders, are
played in random order.
i For MP3 players, the random playlists
offer a maximum of 300 tracks chosen at
random.
X
To select a playback option: select
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.
X
Select an option and press W to confirm.
Notes for the MP3 player
Data formats
MP3 and WMA are supported as data formats
with fixed and variable bitrates (up to
320 kbits/s).
Notes on MP3 players
Up to eight directory levels with up to 1,000
tracks per directory are supported.
Do not use USB extension leads or adapters.
They can impair functionality.
i DRM (Digital Rights Management) protec-
ted files are not supported by the Media
Interface.
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