2004 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class Comand Manual

70 Satellite radio*General informationSIRIUS satellite radio provides 100 chan-
nels of digital-quality radio, among others
music, sports, news, and entertainment,
free of commercials. SIRIUS satellite radio
uses a fleet of high-power satellites to
broadcast 24 hours per day, coast to
coast.
This diverse, satellite-delivered program-
ming is available for a monthly subscrip-
tion fee.
For more information call the SIRIUS Ser-
vice Center, (
page 75) or contact
www.siriusradio.comProgram categories
The channels are categorized. Categories
allow you to tune to stations broadcasting
a certain type of program (category mode)
(
page 74).
Introduction to satellite radioiAdditional satellite radio equipment
and a subscription to satellite radio ser-
vice provider is required for the satel-
lite radio operation described here.
Feature description is based on prelim-
inary information available at time of
printing.
iAt time of printing, no date for the avail-
ability of optional equipment required
for satellite radio operation had been
set.
Contact your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center for details and availability
for your vehicle.
Note that categories and channels
shown in illustrations are dependent on
programming content delivered by the
service provider. Programming con-
tent is subject to change. Therefore,
channel and categories shown in illus-
trations and descriptions contained in
this manual may differ from the chan-
nels and categories delivered by the
service provider.
iSatellite radio service may be unavail-
able or interrupted from time to time
for a variety of reasons, such as envi-
ronmental or topographic conditions
and other things beyond the service
provider's or our control. Service might
also not be available in certain places
(e.g., in tunnels, parking garages, or
within or next to buildings) or near oth-
er technologies.

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Satellite radio* operation

Satellite radio* operation

Press .
or

Press and press the softkey
SAT.
SAT is displayed in the upper left hand
corner of the display.
Prior to activation of the Satellite radio
service (
page 71).
After activation of Satellite radio ser-
vice (
page 71).
Prior to activation of the Satellite radio
service
The telephone number of the SIRIUS Ser-
vice Center and your personal twelve-digit
electronic serial number (ESN) are dis-
played.This information is required to call the
SIRIUS Service Center for an activation re-
quest.After activation of the Satellite radio
service
The Satellite radio main menu appears.
The radio station selected last is audible,
provided it can be received.
Station information is displayed on the
main screen.
Calling up the SAT main menu
iCredit card information may also be re-
quired for your application.
The activation process takes approxi-
mately 5 to 10 minutes after calling the
SIRIUS Service Center.
iThe system will tune to a default sta-
tion if no station had been selected
previously.

72 Satellite radio*Satellite radio* operationIn this example: 
SAT (on the left) = the selected system

SAT5 = location in the program memo-
ry, if the current channel is pre-stored

POP = selected category (
page 74)

US-1 = name of the selected station

CH:1 = number of the current channel

Silva Reyna = Current Artist

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Current title
Possible soft keys:

FM, AM or WB
starts the radio operation (
page 30).

LIST
shows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 75) and re-
quest stored stations (page 72).

PTY
is used to select the program category
(page 75).

ADJ
displays the audio adjust screen. You
can adjust the sound settings for the
audio sources (
page 63).

SCAN
is used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 75).

NUM
displays the telephone number of the
SIRIUS Service Center and your per-
sonal twelve-digit electronic serial
number (ESN).The following options are available:

Selecting a station using the selected
category (
page 74),

Tuning via station presets (
page 72),

Tuning via scan search (
page 75).

Tuning via manual channel input
(page 73).

Tuning via the program category list
(page 74).
Tuning via station presets
Ten Satellite radio station presets are
available.
Access to the presets via number keys or
via the Presets menu.
Soft key functions
Selecting a station

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Accessing via number keys
Enter the number of the Preset you
wish to select, e.g. .
The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu
You can view the preset menu with all the
preset positions.

To view the preset menu, press the
softkey LIST.

To select a desired station, press one
of the number keys, e.g. .

To exit the preset menu, press the soft-
key SAT.
or

Press SAT.
Tuning via manual channel input
Example: Tuning in channel 5

Press .
Input line appears in the main radio
menu.

Use the number keys to enter the de-
sired channel within 8 seconds, e.g.
.
The system tunes to channel 16.
The station you have selected begins to
play.iIf you enter a incorect channel number
INVALID CH. appears on the display.

74 Satellite radio*Satellite radio* operationTuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort-
ed alphabetically.
Selecting a category
Press the softkey PTY.
or

Push the joystick to or .
The program category list contains all
receivable categories of programs.Select any desired category

Push the joystick to or .
or

Press the softkey or
.
In the station list, only stations of the se-
lected category are available (category
mode).
When changing the category, the channel
selected last in the new category becomes
audible.
The system will automatically switch to a
station of the selected category if the cur-
rently selected station is not of the select-
ed category. Otherwise, the currently
selected station remains tuned.Tuning a station within the selected cat-
egory
The channels identified for the currently
selected category are sorted nummerical-
ly. Only one entry is visible at a time.

Push the joystick to .
The next receivable ascending channel
is tuned in and begins to play. The sta-
tion name appears on the screen.

Push the joystick to .
The next receivable descending chan-
nel is tuned in and begin to play. The
station name appears on the screen.

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Tuning via Scan search
Scan Search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays a channel for
approx. 8 seconds and then skips to
the next channel within the current cat-
egory.

Scan search can be terminated manu-
ally.

Press the softkey SCAN.
The search starts.

Press the softkey SCAN again.
The search stops.Additional text information (artist, title) re-
lated to the current channel can be dis-
played.

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. SAT3.

Press the softkey NUM.
The telephone number of the SIRIUS
Service Center and the twelve-digit
electronic serial number (ESN) of your
SAT tuner are displayed.
Obtaining additional text
informationStoring stationsiThere are 10 presets available.
An existing entry is overwritten in the
memory list when a new input is given.
Calling up the SIRIUS information
menu

76

77 Telephone*
Important notes
Telephone operation
Emergency call