Instruction Manual

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 (Y page 203) selected.
Alphabetical track selection
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.
i
For iPods
®
and MP3 players, the quality
of the search results is highly dependent on
the version and language variant of the
software (e.g. iTunes
®
version) used to
populate the device.
If different sorting rules are defined (e.g. in
iTunes
®
), the search is cancelled without
any result.
Playback options
The following options are available:
R
Normal track sequence
Normal track sequence: you hear the
tracks in their normal order (e.g. numerical
or alphabetical).
R
Random media
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R
Random track list
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 in the basic display by
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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Media Interface mode
Audio