2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class off

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27 Switching the COMAND
control unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Switching the radio operation on . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 46
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 49
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 56
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 General information
on DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD operation . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting bright ness, contrast
and color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96 Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Saving phone numbers . . . . . . . . . 109
Navigation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 120
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 122 Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Activating the Destination Entry
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 138
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 139
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Recalculating an existing route . . . 139
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 143
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 144
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 146
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Saving the current location . . . . . . 151
Defining route guidance displays . 151
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Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Last destinations memory . . . . . . 155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 156
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a POI around
your current location . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 164
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Service main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Activating the Service main menu 168
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reading SMS message received. . 171
Saving a sender phone number . . 172
Deleting a SMS message* . . . . . . 175 Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Entries in the address book . . . . . 176
Selecting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Details on an address book entry . 178
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 185
Deleting an address book entry . . 186
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 187
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 190
Information call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote Door Unlock and
Stolen Vehicle Recovery . . . . . . . . 192
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Input via selection menu. . . . . . . . 193
Input via 12-button keypad. . . . . . 195
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 198
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 201
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 201
Voice control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Voice control system* functions . 203
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu34
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color display with Radio
main menu
41
- 0
Station selection
Saving stations manually
Selecting a station from
the preset memory
38
40
42
5E Confirm
FunctionPage
6H ,h ,g ,G
Function selection
g and G
e.g.
Automatic seek tuning
H and h
e.g. Manual tuning
37
37
7J
Muting
34
8Volume control28
9e Switching on and off27
a,
bd and D
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
37
37
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At a glance
CD operating elements
FunctionPage
1Audio menu34
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3CD changer* main menu47
4CD/DVD slot
i
The CD changer* is
located in the trunk.
48
51
- 0
Selecting a CD (CD
changer* only)
Track select
49
51
6E Confirm
FunctionPage
7H and h
Selecting a CD (CD
changer* only)
Selecting a folder
(MP3-CD)
g and G
Track select
Selecting a track
(MP3-CD)
49
58
51
58
8CD ejection47
9J
Muting
53
FunctionPage
aVolume control28
be Switch on/off27
c,
dd and D
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
Selecting a track
(MP3-CD)
Skip track (MP3-CD)
50
52
58
59
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At a glance
Satellite radio* operating elements
FunctionPage
1Satellite radio main menu
Switching satellite radio
operation on and off80
80
2Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
3Color screen with Satellite
radio main menu
41
- 0
Station selection
Saving stations manually
82
83
5E Confirm
6H ,h ,g ,G
Function selection
FunctionPage
7J
Muting
81
8Volume control28
9e Switching on and off27
a,
bd and D
Previous or next channel
81
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At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
FunctionPage
1Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2Color screen with
Telephone menu
31
- 0
Entering the unlock code
Entering a telephone
number
Speed-dialing
Quick-dialing
95
98
102
102
FunctionPage
4E Confirm
5H ,h ,g ,G ,F ,f
Function selection
6k
Accepting a call
Making a call
Redialing
97
99
99
FunctionPage
7K
Muting the ringing tone or
ending a call
97, 99
8Volume control28
9e Switching on and off27
aa
Telephone menu
Switching telephone
operation on and off
96
92
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At a glance
Navigation operating elements
FunctionPage
1Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2Color screen with
Navigation main menu
3E
Confirm
4H ,h ,g ,G
F ,f
Function selection
5J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
140
140
FunctionPage
6j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
139
140
7Volume control28
8e Switching on and off27
9b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
118
140
143
ac
Switches to map display
140
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