2010 Mercedes S-Class Owner's Manual - Page 193

COMAND video DVD X 191 Select Active Source for Rear in the COMAND. X Switch to the main function COMAND in the Rear Seat Entertainment System. means that there is no guarantee that the system will be able to play discs that you have written/copied yourself. Some DVDs may not comply with the NTSC or PAL TV playback standards. Sound, picture and other playback problems may occur when you play such DVDs. COMAND can playback video DVDs meeting the following requirements: RCorrect RNTSC COMAND video DVD Safety notes G Observe Safety notes, see page 176. Automatic picture fade-out If a video DVD is playing when the vehicle is shifted from park position P into neutral position N or drive position D the picture is faded out automatically and the following message appears in the display: In order not to distract driver, picture is faded out while the vehicle is in motion. When the vehicle is shifted back into park position P, the picture comes on again. When the vehicle is shifted into reverse gear R, the rear view camera appears in the display during video DVD playback. regional code or PAL TV standard The appropriate information is usually given either on the DVD or the DVD box. The factory setting of COMAND is regional code 1. This setting can only be changed five times at most by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. This will allow you to playback video DVDs with other regional codes, as long as they comply with the NTSC or PAL TV standard. Notes about DVDs ! Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs. These could peel away and damage COMAND. COMAND is designed to hold discs which comply with the IEC 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 cannot be ejected and can damage COMAND. Do not use CDs with a diameter of 8 cm. Attempting to play discs with a diameter of 8 cm or playing such discs with an adapter may cause damage COMAND. Such damages are not covered by the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty. Only use round discs with a diameter of 12 cm. Notes about video DVD operation COMAND can playback commercially available, prerecorded video DVDs that bear the following label. You will usually find the label on the DVD booklet, the inlay, or the DVD itself. i Video DVDs differ from recordable DVDR and DVD-RW discs. i There may be playback problems when playing copied DVDs. There is a large variety of discs, disc-writing software and writers available. This variety Z Control systems