2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class CD changer

70 AudioCD changer* operationIn order to load CDs, you will need to open
the glove box.
1CD slot
2Magazine compartment buttonsThe CD changer has a built-in magazine
which can hold up to six CDs.
The CD changer has six magazine compart-
ment buttons 2 for controlling the loading
procedure. LEDs in the buttons indicate
the status of the corresponding magazine
compartment.

Button LED OFF:
Magazine compartment empty

Button LED flashes green:
CD changer requesting CD to be load-
ed

Button LED continuously red:
Magazine compartment loaded with a
CDThe status of a magazine compartment can
also be seen when selecting a CD in the CD
Selection menu (
page 76).
The CD slot 1 for loading CDs into the CD
changer is located above the buttons 2.
Loading options:

Loading a single magazine compart-
ment (
page 71)

Loading all six magazine compart-
ments (
page 71)
iThe CD changer may not be able to play
audio CDs with copy protection.

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CD changer* operation
Loading a single magazine compart-
ment 
Open the glove box
(Vehicle owner's manual).

Briefly press the button 2 of the emp-
ty magazine compartment to be load-
ed.

Wait until the LED in the button 2
flashes green.
This indicates that the CD changer re-
quests a CD.

Insert an audio CD into the CD slot 1
within approx. 15 seconds. Insert the
CD face up.
The CD is pulled in. The red LED in the
corresponding magazine compartment
button 2 lights up continuously. The
system starts playing the CD.
The loading procedure is completed.
Loading all six magazine compart-
ments
Initial situation: all magazine compart-
ments are empty.
The CD changer loads all magazine com-
partments beginning with compartment 1.

Open the glove box
(Vehicle owner's manual).
1CD slot
2Magazine compartment buttons
iLoading a magazine slot will stop the
playback of a CD in the changer.


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Press and hold the button of an empty
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.
The LEDs of all magazine compartment
buttons 2 briefly light up green sever-
al times.

Wait until the LED in the first magazine
compartment button 2 flashes green.
This indicates that the CD changer re-
quests a CD.

Insert an audio CD into the CD slot 1
within approx. 15 seconds. Insert the
CD face up.
The CD is pulled in; the magazine com-
partment is loaded. The red LED in the corresponding mag-
azine compartment button 2 lights up
continuously.
The CD changer then requests inser-
tion of the next CD. The LED in the cor-
responding magazine compartment
button 2 flashes green.

Repeat the last step until all six maga-
zine compartments are loaded.
The system plays the sixth CD. The
LEDs in all magazine compartment but-
tons 2 light up red continuously.
The loading procedure is completed.
iIf, for example, only compartments 1
through 4 are to be loaded instead of
all six compartments, simply do not in-
sert the a fifth CD into the slot 1. The
CD changer attempts to load the fifth
CD, yet aborts the loading procedure.
The system automatically plays the last
(fourth) CD.

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CD changer* operation
The following options are available:
Ejecting one CD

Ejecting all CDs (
page 74)
Ejecting one CD
1CD slot
2Magazine compartment buttons

Open the glove box
(Vehicle owner's manual).

Briefly press the appropriate magazine
compartment button 2.
The button LED 2 flashes red. The CD
changer ejects the CD.

Within 15 seconds, remove the CD
from the slot 1.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within 15 sec-
onds. The system starts playing the CD
again.
The ejection procedure is completed.
Ejecting CDs
iIf you are listening to a CD in the CD
changer and you eject another CD from
the changer:
While ejecting the CD, the system
interrupts CD playback.

The CD you were last listening to
starts from the beginning once the
ejection procedure is completed.
If you eject the CD you are currently lis-
tening to:

The next available audio CD is
played.

If there are no other CDs available,
the system switches to the audio
source listened to before CD chang-
er mode.

74 AudioCD changer* operationEjecting all CDs 
Open the glove box
(Vehicle owner's manual).

Press and hold the button of a loaded
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.
The button LEDs of all loaded magazine
compartments will briefly flash red,
several times.
The CD changer ejects the CDs one af-
ter another.

Within 15 seconds, remove each CD
from the slot 1.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within 15 sec-
onds. The system starts playing the CD
again.The ejection procedure is completed when
all CDs are removed, or when the proce-
dure is aborted by the CD changer.

Open the Audio main menu
(page 38).

Press the
CDC
soft key.The CD changer main menu appears.
You will hear the CD listened to last. If
this CD is no longer available, the unit
plays the next available audio CD.
The status bar also contains:

The track number and total number
of tracks on the current CD

The elapsed playing time of the
track
CD changer main menuiThe
CDC
soft key is shaded out if no CD
is loaded. The system will not switch to
CD changer mode.

Load an audio CD into the CD
changer (
page 69).
The
CDC
soft key will only be visible if a
CD changer is connected.

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CD changer* operation
1CD name or CD number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
4Track title or track number
The CD changer main menu shows the CD
title at the top and track title in the center
of the main area if the CD contains corre-
sponding text data.If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the number of the CD and the track
number are displayed instead of the name
of the CD and the track title.
The numbers 1 through 6 are assigned to
the CD compartments of the CD changer.
Available choices:

Selecting via CD list

Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number (
page 76)

Selecting via CD Selection menu
(page 76)Selecting via CD list
The CD list contains all loaded CDs. Only
one entry is visible at a time. Its name or
number is shown at the top of the CD
changer main menu (in this example:
CD 5).
Selecting CDs
iThis selection is possible only if at least
two audio CDs are loaded.

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Use or  to select another CD
from the list.

Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang-
ing the selection.
The CD is changed. The newly selected
CD is played.Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number

Press one of the 3 -  keys.
The CD changer switches to the CD
loaded in the appropriate CD changer
compartment.
Selecting via CD Selection menu

Press the
Magaz.
soft key.
The CD Selection menu appears. You
see the list of all six compartments. An entry shows the CD title if the CD con-
tains corresponding text data.
No text displayed with a CD symbol indi-
cates that the corresponding CD does not
contain any CD text data.
An entry shaded out indicates an empty
CD changer compartment.
iThe system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
iThe CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.

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CD changer* operation

Use or  to select a CD.
The system will skip empty CD
changer compartments.

Press.
The newly selected CD is played.
The following options are available:

Selecting via track skip

Selecting via track list (
page 78)

Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 78)

Selecting via scan search (
page 79)Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit

Open the CD changer main menu
(page 74).

Press-for forward skipping;
or

Press, for backward skipping.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons.
On the multifunction steering wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the CD changer
display (
page 25).

Pressj for forward skipping;
or

Pressk for backward skipping.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons.
Selecting a track
iForward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
If the track has been playing longer
than approx. 10 seconds, the system
skips back to the beginning of the
track.
If less than 10 seconds have played,
the system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track.