MAYBACH COMAND User manual

OPERATOR’S MANUAL
COMAND AND REAR-CABIN AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM

Welcome to COMAND and the rear-cab-
in audiovisual system!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND and rear-cabin audiovisual sys-
tem control units and read the instructions
in this manual before operating the
COMAND and rear-cabin audiovisual sys-
tem. This will help you derive a greater
benefit from the system. Please also follow
the instructions and warnings contained in
this manual. Ignoring them could result in
damage to the vehicle or personal injury to
you or others.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND and rear-cab-
in audiovisual system equipment may dif-
fer. Therefore, you may find explanations
for optional equipment not installed in your
vehicle. If you have any questions about
the operation of any equipment, your au-
thorized Maybach Studio will be glad to
demonstrate the proper procedures.
We continuously strive to improve our
product and ask for your understanding
that we reserve the right to make changes
in design and equipment. Therefore, infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions in
this manual might differ from the equip-
ment installed in your vehicle. As such, the
information, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be rea-
sonably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
At a glance – Front Cabin. . . . . . . . . . 13
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio operating elements . . 20
Telephone operating elements . . . . 22
Navigation operating elements. . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . 26
Selecting the multifunction
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening main menus . . . . . . . . . . 29
Menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Menu functions and submenus . . 30
Quick reference COMAND. . . . . . . . . . 32
System structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting sound volume . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing operation mode . . . . . . 35
Control of the rear cabin control
units from the front cabin (driver)
control unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sound functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Audio - Front Cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Calling up the Audio main menu . 44
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . 45
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . 45
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tuning to an FM / AM station . . . . 46
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing of stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tips on caring for your CDs. . . . . . 52
Switching to CD mode. . . . . . . . . . 52
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MP3 operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tips on data storage media . . . . . 58
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . 58
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 59
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 60
Tips on copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . 60
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Switching to AUX mode . . . . . . . . 67

Contents
Satellite radio – Front Cabin . . . . . . . 69
General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Introduction to satellite radio . . . 70
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 72
Calling up the SAT main menu . . 72
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selecting a station. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Optaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Storing of stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Calling the SIRIUS
Service Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Telephone – Front Cabin . . . . . . . . . . 79
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tips on telephone operation . . . . 80
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Switching the phone ON/OFF. . . . 83
"911" emergency calls . . . . . . . . . 83
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . 85
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . 85
Switching to telephone mode . . . 86
Telephone main menu. . . . . . . . . . 86
Selectable soft keys and options . . 87
Answering an incoming call. . . . . . 87
Outgoing call / Dialing a
phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . . 89
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Establishing a connection . . . . . . . 92
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening the phone book . . . . . . . 94
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing the connection . . . . . 95
Adding spoken names to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . 96
SMS (Mail). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Reading a message. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Exiting from the SMS menu. . . . . . 99
Navigation – Front Cabin . . . . . . . . . 101
Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . 103
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . 104
Route guidance after vehicle
transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trip interruption during route
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Calling up the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Avoiding certain road types . . . . 107
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . 107
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Entering a home address. . . . . . . 110
Destination entry menu . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination. . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . 112
Entering a city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Contents
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a city . . . . . . . . . . 114
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . 114
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting the street . . . . . . 116
Entering an intersection. . . . . . . 117
Entering a house number. . . . . . 118
Entering a destination using
the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering a destination via
geo coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . 122
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . 124
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . 124
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . 125
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cancelling route guidance . . . . 128
During route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Showing soft key displays . . . . . 129
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Displaying the route on
the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . 130
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Defining route guidance
displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Setting symbol displays . . . . . . . . 135
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . 136
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . 138
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display. . . . . . . . 139
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 140
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . 141
POIs (Points of Interest). . . . . . . . . . . 144
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Selecting POI in the local area
of the current location. . . . . . . . . 145
Selecting POI for a selected city . 146
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Selecting a POI using the map. . . 148
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Service - Front Cabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . 152
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 152
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
System Settings - Front Cabin . . . . . 155
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Calling up the System menu . . . . 156
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . 158
Switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . 159
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Voice control settings . . . . . . . . . 160
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Contents
At a Glance - Rear Cabin . . . . . . . . . 165
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . 166
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 168
TV operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 170
DVD operating elements . . . . . . . . . 172
Telephone operating elements . . . . 174
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Calling up main menus . . . . . . . . 180
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Menu functions and submenus . 181
Quick reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
System structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Setting sound volume . . . . . . . . 184
Changing operation mode . . . . 186
Headphones operation. . . . . . . . 188
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Balance and Fader . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Audio – Rear Cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Audio/Video main menu . . . . . . . . . . 196
Calling up the Audio/Video main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Selectable menu items . . . . . . . . 196
Switching between audio/video
source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Switching active audio/video
source on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . 198
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . 198
Tuning to an FM/AM station . . . . 199
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . 205
Switching to the CD mode . . . . . 205
CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Selecting CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 215
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Video - Rear Cabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TV operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 218
Switching to TV operation . . . . . 218
Tuning-out of image and
audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
TV display and TV status bar . . . . 218
Program selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Program storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
TV basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Contents
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 226
General information . . . . . . . . . 226
DVD Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Switching to DVD operation . . . 227
DVD display and DVD
status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
DVD display functions . . . . . . . . 229
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Interactive contents . . . . . . . . . . 240
Video AUX operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Front Telephone – Rear Cabin . . . . . 243
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tips on telephone operation . . . 244
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Switching the phone ON/OFF. . . 246
"911" emergency calls . . . . . . . . 247
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . 248
Entering the unlock code . . . . . 249
Switching to telephone mode . 249
Telephone main menu . . . . . . . 250
Selectable menu items and
options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Answering an incoming call . . . . 251
Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . 251
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . 252
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Opening the phone book . . . . . . 257
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing the connection . . . . 258
Adding spoken names to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Deleting a phone book entry . . . 259
SMS (Short Message Service). . . . . . . 260
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . 262
Service - Rear Cabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tele Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . 264
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . 264
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
System Settings - Rear Cabin . . . . . . 267
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Calling up the System menu . . . 268
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . 268
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 268
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . 270
Switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . 271
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Voice control settings . . . . . . . . . 273
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

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Where to find it
Introduction
 Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to
provide support for you, the COMAND or
rear-cabin audiovisual system operator.
Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.
At a glance - Front cabin
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements of the driv-
er’s (front cabin) control unit. The fol-
lowing chapter "General Operation"
contains the description of the basic
functions, and of the interactions be-
tween the various control units and the
menu system. Study this chapter thor-
oughly if this is your first attempt to op-
erate COMAND.
Audio - Front cabin
This part contains all information for the
Audio system, which includes the compo-
nents Radio and CD, and their control at
the front-cabin control unit.
SAT - Front cabin
This part contains all information for the
satellite radio system, and its control at
the front-cabin control unit.
Telephone - Front cabin
This part contains all information re-
quired for the operation of the tele-
phone at the front-cabin control unit,
including emergency calls.
Navigation - Front cabin
This part contains detailed information
for the operation of the Navigation sys-
tem at the front-cabin control unit, cov-
ering the following topics:
Destination entry
Route selection
Route guidance
Destination memory
Service - Front cabin
This part contains information concern-
ing Tele Aid.

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Introduction
Where to find it
System settings - Front cabin
This part contains information concern-
ing the necessary system settings for the
COMAND at the front-cabin control unit.
The following second part of the operat-
ing instructions covers the operation of
the rear-cabin control units.
At a glance - Rear cabin
Here you will find an overview of all con-
trol elements of the rear cabin control
units. The then following chapter "Gen-
eral operation" contains the description
of the basic functions, and of the interac-
tions between the various control units
and the menu system. Study this chapter
thoroughly if this is your first attempt to
operate the rear-cabin system compo-
nents.
Audio - Rear cabin
This part contains all information for the
Audio system, which includes the compo-
nents Radio and CD, and their control at
the rear-cabin control units.
Video - Rear cabin
This part contains all information re-
quired for the operation of the Video
system, with its components TV and DVD,
at the rear-cabin control units.
Telephone - Rear cabin
This part contains all information re-
quired for the operation of the tele-
phone at the rear-cabin control units,
including emergency calls.
Service - Rear cabin
This part contains information concern-
ing Tele Aid.
System settings - Rear cabin
This part contains information concern-
ing necessary system settings for the au-
diovisual system at the rear-cabin control
units.
Index
The index will help you quickly locate the
information you need.

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Introduction
Symbols
 Symbols
The following symbols are used in this
operation manual: * The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Not all models
provide identical standard
equipment, therefore your
COMAND or rear-cabin audio-
visual system's equipment
could deviate from some of
those described and/or illus-
trated in this manual.
 This symbol highlights instruc-
tions to be followed.
 A number of these symbols ap-
pearing in succession indicates
a multiple-step procedure.
 This continuation symbol indi-
cates an interrupted proce-
dure, being continued on the
next page.
page This symbol tells you where to
look for further information
on the subject.
Display Words appearing on the CO-
MAND display or multifunc-
tion display are printed in the
type shown here.
Warning G
Warning notices draw your attention to
hazards that may endanger your health or
life, or the health or life of others.
Environmental note H
An environmental note offers advice con-
cerning environmental protection.
i
Hints or further helpful information.
!
Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND or rear-
cabin audiovisual system.

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Introduction
Operating safety
Warning G
Any alteration of electronic components or
software can cause malfunctions.
Radio, satellite radio, amplifier, CD chang-
er, TV, DVD player, navigation module,
telephone and voice control systems are in-
terconnected. Therefore, if one of the
components is not operational, or has not
been removed/ replaced properly, the
function of other components could be im-
paired.
Such conditions might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend to have any service work
on electronic components carried out by
an authorized Maybach Studio.
Warning G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings while the vehicle is at a
standstill, and operate the system only
when permitted by road, weather and
traffic conditions.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/ h), your car covers a
distance of 44 feet (approximately 14 m)
every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read
navigational maps, instructions, or down-
loaded information.
Warning G
While the navigation system provides di-
rectional assistance, the driver must re-
main focused on safe driving behavior,
especially attention to traffic and street
signs, and should utilize the system's audio
cues while driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traf-
fic regulations or traffic safety rules. Their
observance always remains in the driver’s
personal responsibility. DVD maps do not
cover all areas nor all routes within an ar-
ea.

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At a glance – Front Cabin
Radio operating elements
CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
Satellite radio operating elements
Telephone operating elements
Navigation operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
General operation
Menu system

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At a glance – Front Cabin
Radio operating elements

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At a glance – Front Cabin
Radio operating elements
Function Page
1
Audio main menu 44
2Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3Display
4
Mute function 44
5, , , 
Tuning of FM/AM
stations
Station memory,
selecting presets
46
50
Function Page
6
Confirmation
7- 
Manual entry of fre-
quencies
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
49
50
47
Function Page
8
Switching ON/OFF 32
9
Volume adjustment 33
aand
Station search
Manual tuning
46
48

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At a glance – Front Cabin
CD operating elements

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At a glance – Front Cabin
CD operating elements
Function Page
1
Audio main menu
44
2Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3CD slot 52
4Display
5
Mute function 44
Function Page
6and 
Selecting tracks 55
7
Confirmation
8and - 
Entry of track numbers 55
9 
Switching ON/OFF 32
Function Page
a 
Volume adjustment 33
band
Skipping of tracks
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
55
56
c
CD ejection 54

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At a glance – Front Cabin
MP3 operating elements

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At a glance – Front Cabin
MP3 operating elements
Function Page
1
Audio main menu 44
2Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3MP3 CD slot 61
4Display
5
Mute function 44
Function Page
6and 
Selecting tracks
and 
Selecting folders
63
62
7
Confirmation
8and - 
Entry of track numbers 64
9 
Switching ON/OFF 32
Function Page
a 
Volume adjustment 33
band
Skipping of tracks
forward/reverse
Forward/reverse
63
65
c
MP3 CD ejection 61