2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class Comand Manual

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COMAND Operator's Manual

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. 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 system
equipment may differ. 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 authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calling up the Audio main menu . . . 38
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 40
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 41
Tuning to a station on Weather
Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 47
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 49
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 50
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 56Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 59
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 68
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 69
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 84
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching to Satellite radio mode . . 85
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Calling the Sirius Service Center . . 92Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tips on telephone operation . . . . . . 94
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching the phone ON/OFF . . . . 97
911 emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . . 99
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . 101
Switching to telephone mode . . . 102
Telephone main menu . . . . . . . . . 102
Answering an incoming call . . . . . 104Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . 105
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . 106
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Opening the phone book. . . . . . . . 112
Phone Book menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing a connection . . . . . . 114
Adding a voice entry to a phone
book entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . 115
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . . 118
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tips on the navigation DVD. . . . . . 121
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . . 121
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . . 122
Determination of location after
vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip interruption during route
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Calling up the Navigation main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Avoiding certain road types . . . . . 126
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . . . 127
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering a home address . . . . . . . 131
Destination entry menu. . . . . . . . . 133
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . 133
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Entering a city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a city . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering a street in the destination
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting a street . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Contents
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 142
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Storing map locations. . . . . . . . . . 148
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting route guidance menu . . . 150
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Navigation announcements . . . . . 151
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 155
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 156
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Displaying the route on the map . 157
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 158
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Defining route guidance displays . 165
Setting symbols display . . . . . . . . 166
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 167
Switching GPS position display ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 169
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 170
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 172
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 174
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 180
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 182
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 186
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 186
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 190
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 190
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 193
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 195
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Contents

7
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support for you, the COMAND opera-
tor. Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND 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 all the information on
how to use the audio system and its radio
and CD components.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers. Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
covering the following topics:
Destination entry

Route selection and calculation

Route guidance

Destination memory
Service
This chapter contains information con-
cerning Tele Aid*System
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.