2003 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class manual radio set

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Where to find it
Introduction
Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the MCS
operator. Each chapter has its own guide
color to provide fast access to information.
At a glance
This chapter will give you an overview of all
MCS control elements and system compo-
nents. If you are operating MCS for the first
time or if you have rented or borrowed the
vehicle, this is the chapter you should read
first.
Audio
Here you will find detailed information on
how to use the radio, cassette player, sin-
gle CD player*, CD changer* and adjust
the audio system settings.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use service
numbers.
Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:

Destination input

Route selection and calculation

Route guidance

Destination memory
Info Services* and system settings
This chapter provides information on how
to:

Request and display info services such
as news, weather, stocks and sports

Adjust MCS system settings.
Directories
The table of contents and index will help
you to quickly locate the information you
need.

11 At a glance
MCS control unit
FunctionPage
1Switches the radio oper-
ation on30
2Color display
3Delete the last input, re-
turn to previous screen
4Press to:
Open and close the con-
trol panel
Cassette compartment
and CD/DVD slot are lo-
cated behind control
panel
40,
51
5Press to:
Switch the MCS on and
off
Turn to:
Adjust the volume of an
audio source, or naviga-
tion voice prompt during
active route guidance
announcement.
14
16
FunctionPage
6Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number
34
36
58, 59
72
74
7Joystick:
Activates equipment
functions and submenus
via menu fields
Pressing :
Confirms a selection
8Switches the navigation*
system on
Activates the navigation
menu90
FunctionPage
9Repeats current (last)
voice instruction
10Softkeys
11Ending a call73
12Accepting an incoming
call
Sending a call73
13Switches telephone* op-
eration on72
14Switches info service*
operation on138
15Switches CD operation
on (single CD player*,
CD changer*)56
16Switches tape operation
on44

27 Audio
Radio operation
FunctionPage
1Switches radio operation
on30
2Color display
3Press to:
Switch the MCS on and
off
Turn to:
Adjust the volume
14
16
4Selecting a station (pre-
sets)
Selecting a station via di-
rect frequency entry
Saving a station
Selecting a station from
the preset menu FM/AM
Selecting a station from
the WB preset menu
36
34
37
5Joystick
: Automatic seek
tuning, ascending
: Automatic seek
tuning, descending
: Manual tuning,
ascending
: Manual tuning,
descending
33
33
33
33
6Softkeys
“LIST”: Preset menu
“AM”, “FM”: Changing ra-
dio band
“WB”: Weather Band
“AUTO”: Automatically
saves stations
“ADJ”: Audio adjust-
ment
“SCAN”: Scan
37
31
32
33
63
35
FunctionPage

32 Audio
Radio operation
Weather Band WB
Press the softkey “WB”. “WB” is
displayed in the upper left hand corner
of the display.
The channel last tuned to will appear in
the display.The following functions are available to se-
lect a station:

Automatic seek tuning (page 33)

Manual tuning (page 33)

Station selection using number keypad
(presets) (
page 34)

Station selection using direct
frequency entry (
page 34)

Automatic station scan (page 35)

Station selection from the preset menu
(
page 37)
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If a weather band station cannot be re-
ceived on this channel, an automatic
search of all 7 channels will take place.
As soon as you receive a weather band,
the search will stop and the channel ap-
pears in the display. The automatic
search performs two cycles through the
7 channels.
Message “WB NOT AVAILABLE”
A weather band station cannot be re-
ceived on any of the 7 channels.
Selecting a station

36 Audio
Radio operation
The following memory functions are avail-
able:

Saving FM, AM stations manually
(
page 36)

Saving FM, AM stations automatically
(
page 37)

Selecting a station from the FM/AM
preset menu (
page 37)

Selecting channels from the WB preset
menu (
page 37)Saving stations manually (FM, AM)
In the main radio menu
Select the AM- or the FM-Band
(
page 31).
Press one of the number keys, e.g.
, longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep.
The radio saves the current station at
the memory preset selected. The mem-
ory preset selected appears in the sta-
tus line, e.g. “FM3”.
Memory functionsi
There are 10 presets available for each
band (FM & AM).
An existing entry is overwritten in the
memory list when a new input is given.
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Two presets available for the FM/AM
wavebands:

Standard FM/AM preset (saving
stations manually)

Auto preset (saving stations auto-
matically).
The standard FM/AM presets are not
affected by the Auto store presets. This
is a second possibility for storing sta-
tions.