2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Radio station

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the COMAND control unit on
and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Entering a destination and calculating a
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching another system on . . . . . 28
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching another system on . . . . . 50
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Naming a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Muting CD playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multifunctional display . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting sound settings . . . . . . . . 63
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching telephone operation on . 78
Switching telephone operation off . 79
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Editing the phone book . . . . . . . . . . 98

7 At a glance
COMAND control unit
/
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
Quick reference
122
116
3
CD drive for an audio or a
navigation CD
4
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
158
5
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
158
6
Route guidance is active:
Switching between map
and symbol display
Route guidance is
not active:
Activating the location
map
156
149
7
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
163
8
Requesting destination
and route information
147
9
Muting of:
Audio source

Voice output during
route guidance
28
153
10
Setting the display dim-
ming characteristics
(day and night display)
198
11
Ejecting an audio or a na-
vigation CD
45
12
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number

30
34
51, 53
78
82
Function
Page
Navigation (Destination
input):
Selecting destination via
the map
131
13
Subsequent dialing
Displaying a long list ent-
ry in full in a window
Removing a window
84
127
127
14
Subsequent dialing
84
15
From within a system:
Return to the previous
menu
Telephone:
Ending a call
81
Function
Page

9 At a glance
COMAND control unit
Screen displays include:
Main system menus, e.g. the main ra-
dio menu

Lists for the selection of entries,
e.g. the city list (
page 19)

Input menus, e.g. during destination
input (
page 18)

Selection menus, e.g. during route
calculation (
page 20)

Symbol display (
page 20) or map
(
page 132) in navigation

Pop-up windows (
page 171)Main menu structure
Main radio menu1Status line, displays active system and
additional information
2Station frequency and function that
has been switched on
3Menu fields to call further menus or
functions
4Symbol barStatus line and symbol bar
Screen displays
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Symbols
Status line
FM1
AM, WB
CD, TEL
NAV, SVC
SYS, AUX
Symbol bar
>
M
Meaning
The radio is switched on in
FM Band; the current sta-
tion has been saved in me-
mory location 1 in the FM
preset menu
AM or Weather Band WB
The corresponding system
is active
Reception strength of the
mobile phone
Incoming SMS message
1
1 if available from carrier

14 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDAt the multifunction steering wheel
To raise the volume
Press J.
To lower the volume

Press I.
At the COMAND operating unit

Turn the the left-hand rotary/push-
button v.
For the audio sources

Radio

CD (CD drive and CD changer)
you can set the volume jointly.For the service sources

Voice output during route guidance
(navigation system)
and

Voice control system* (refer to separa-
te operating instruction)
you can set the volume jointly.
For the service source

Telephone*
you can alter the listening volume for the
telephone only.
Switching on

Press c.
The radio is switched on. The station
last tuned to will begin to play.
Changing the radio band

Press c to switch between FM-,
AM- and WB-Band.
Adjusting the volume
Radio operation
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15 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Selecting a station
Automatic seek tuning
Press g or h on the rocker
switch briefly.
FM- and AM-Bands, Weather Band WB
The radio will tune in to the next recei-
vable station (FM/AM) or channel (WB)
with descending/ascending frequency.
Switching another system on

Press any system key, e.g. d.
COMAND will switch to CD mode.
You will find more information regarding
this topic in section “Radio operation” in
chapter “Audio” (
page 28).Switching on

Press d.
The main CD menu will appear.
Playback will begin in
CD drive with the first track on the
CD

CD changer with the first track on
the first CD detected in the magazi-
ne.Loading a CD into the CD drive and loading
CDs in the CD changer (
page 45).
Track select

Press the rocker switch g/h.
You will hear the previous or next track.
If more than 9 seconds of playing time
has elapsed, the CD changes back to
the start of the track.
Selecting a CD

Press one of the number keys
Key 0 select the CD drive
Keys 1 - 6 select the corresponding
magazine slot of the
CD changer
The message “Loading CD ...” appears
on the display. Playback then will begin
with track 1.
CD operation
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25 Audio
Radio operation
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Muting the radio audio
(muting on/off)
28
3
Selecting a station via
number keypad (presets)
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
32
32
34
38
38
4
Activating the input
mode for station fre-
quency
in the main radio menu
in the presets
32
39
5
Return to previous menu
6
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to perform a func-
tion or access a subme-
nu
7
Adjusting the volume
14
8
Automatic seek tuning
forwards/backwards
Manual tuning ascen-
ding/descending
30
31
9
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
Adjusting system set-
tings
184
187
10
Switching to radio opera-
tion
28
11
Color screen with main
radio menu

Function
Page

27 Audio
Radio operation
Function
Page
1
Main radio menu FM
2
Current frequency band
(FM) and memory preset
selected (e.g. 1)
3
Current frequency
4
Symbol indicates stereo
reception
5
Menu fields
6
Main sound menu
Sound settings
63
7
Main Weather Band WB
menu
29
8
Auto preset
Saves 10 stations auto-
matically
Select a station
36
38
9
Preset menu
Save a station automati-
cally FM, AM
Select a station
36
38

Function
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28 AudioRadio operationIn chapter “Audio”, you will find detailed in-
formation regarding 
radio operation

CD operation and

sound adjustments
If you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance”.
Main radio menu FM1Frequency band (FM, AM, WB) and me-
mory location of station, e.g. “1”
2Station frequency
3Symbol bar
Press c to switch to radio operati-
on.
The station last tuned to will begin to
play.Muting

Press Ö while listening to the radio.
The symbol R will appear in the sym-
bol bar.

Press Ö again to resume listening to
the current station.
The symbol R will have disappeared.

Press any system key, e.g. d.
COMAND will switch to CD mode.
Switching on
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iYou can operate the telephone and the
navigation system while the radio is on.iMuting will also be cancelled if you
switch to a different audio source, e.g.
CD, or if you alter the volume.Switching another system on