Video Dvd Mode - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Online Supplement Manual

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Risk of accident
Only when the vehicle is stationary should
you:
load a disc
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eject a disc
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There is a risk of being distracted from the
road and traffic conditions if this is done while
the vehicle is in motion.
Notes about discs
There may be playback problems when play-
ing copied discs. There are a large variety of
discs, DVD authoring software, writing soft-
ware and writers available. This variety means
that there is no guarantee that the system will
be able to play discs that you have copied
yourself.
! Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs,
as they could peel off and damage
COMAND. Stickers can cause the disc to
bend, which can result in read errors and
disc recognition problems.
! COMAND is designed to accommodate
discs which comply with the EN 60908
standard. You can therefore only use discs
with a maximum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they can-
not be ejected and can damage COMAND.
Use round discs with a diameter of 12 cm.
Do not use discs with a diameter of 8 cm,
even with an adapter.
DVD playback conditions
There are video DVDs available on the market
which do not conform to the current stand-
ards. Such DVDs may have picture, sound or
other playback problems.

Video DVD mode

COMAND can play back video DVDs pro-
duced according to the following standards:
region code 2 (for Europe) or region code 0
R
(no region code)
PAL or NTSC standard
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You will generally find the relevant details
either on the DVD itself or on the DVD case.
i If you insert a video DVD with a different
region code, you will see a message to this
effect.
i COMAND is set to region code 2 at the
factory. This setting can be changed at a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre. This will
allow you to play video DVDs with a differ-
ent region code, provided that they are pro-
duced in accordance with the PAL or NTSC
standard. The region code can be changed
a maximum of five times.
Function restrictions
Depending on the DVD, it is possible that cer-
tain functions or actions will be temporarily
blocked or may not function at all. As soon as
you try to activate these functions or actions,
you will see the K symbol in the display.
Inserting and removing DVDs
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Proceed as described in the "Inserting and
ejecting CDs and DVDs" section
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( page 193).
Activating video DVD mode
Option 1
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Single DVD drive: insert a video DVD.
COMAND loads the medium inserted and
starts to play it.
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