2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class CD changer

78 AudioCD changer* operationSelecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks of the cur-
rent CD. Only one list entry is visible at a
time, it is the number of the track currently
playing.

Use or  to select another track
from the list.
The current track remains playing while
selecting.

Press, or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The track is changed. The newly select-
ed track is played.
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number

Open the CD changer main menu
(page 74).

Press2.
The Manual track input display ap-
pears.1Number of tracks on the current CD
(12 tracks)
Entry example: Track 1

Press3.
Entry example: Track 12

Press3 and  in quick succession.

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CD changer* operation

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:

Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.

Scan search can be ended manually.

Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.Starting scan search

Press the
Scan
soft key.
Ending scan search manually

Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is terminated remains playing.

Open the CD changer main menu
(page 74).

Press and hold- or ,.

To stop release- or ,.
The following options are available:

Normal sequence


Repeat track

Repeat CD


Track Random


CD Random
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start scan search, playback
option
Normal sequence
(page 80) is
activated automatically.
Therein scan search is restricted to the
current CD.
Fast forward/reverse Playback options

80 AudioCD changer* operationExplanation of the playback options 
Normal sequenceThe tracks are played in the normal se-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
If only one CD is loaded, the last track
is followed by the first track.
If several CDs are loaded in the CD
changer, the last track on a CD will be
followed by the first track of the next
CD in the changer.
The CDs are changed in their normal
sequence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3 etc.).
The last track of the last CD in the
changer will be followed by the first
track of the first CD.

Repeat track

The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.

Repeat
CD
The current CD will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.

Track RandomThe tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
If several CDs are loaded in the CD
changer, the last track on a CD will be
followed by the first track of the next
CD in the changer.
The CDs are changed in their normal
sequence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3, etc.).
iIt is only possible to select this function
if at least two audio CDs are loaded in
the CD changer.

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CD changer* operation

CD RandomAt least 4 tracks on one CD are played
in random order (e.g. track 5, 7, 3, 9)
before the next CD is played.
The CDs are changed in random
order (e.g. CD 4, 1, 5, etc.).
Changing the playback option

In the CD changer main menu
(page 74) press the
Setting
soft key. The Settings menu is displayed.
The solid circle indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.

Press or  to select a different
option.

Press.
The option is activated. A correspond-
ing display will appear in the status bar
for all options except
Normal sequence
.
An option will remain activated even if
the COMAND is switched OFF and then
ON again.
iThis selection is only possible if at least
two CDs are loaded
in the CD changer.


201 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit
)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact D
isc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD Rew
riteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Man
agement and D
ata Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.
DVD
(D
igital V
ersatile D
isc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
GPS
(G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
GSM
(G
roupe S
peciale M
obile)
Set of standards used for cellular com-
munication; widely used in Europe.
Glossary

205 Index
A
Accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 31
Autostore (in Radio mode) . . . . . 43, 48B
Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 201
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59C
Call (telephone)
answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 111
outgoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 186, 187
CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Calling up Destination Memory . . . 174Cancelling
navigation announcements . . . . . . . 151
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Caring for
CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 57, 68
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 88
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
see also MP3 CD
copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 70
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 73
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 69
random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CD slot
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 70
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
single CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 201
CD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 201
Changing
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 164CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 88
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Controls
CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 24
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
entering destination via . . . . . . . . . 146
Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 70
Copyright (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Current navigation announcement 151
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Current vehicle position
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Index

206 IndexD
Deleting
destination
from Destination memory . . . . . . 174
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 173
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Destination
deleting
from Destination memory . . . . . . 174
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 173
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
storing in destination memory . . . . 175
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
calling up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . . 174
storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Detour (navigation)
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Dialed calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Display
adjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 157
DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 121, 201
E
Ejecting CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ending call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 111
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Entering
frequency (in Radio mode) . . . . . . . . 45
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
unlock code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
F
File structure (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Frequency input (Radio mode) . . . . . 45G
Global Positioning System
see GPS
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
GPS position display
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Greenwich meridian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99, 112, 201H
Hands-free microphone
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

207 Index
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 202
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 202J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 202L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 172
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
starting route guidance to Last destina-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 202
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 121
Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 122Logic7® Surround . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 202
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 202
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 44
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 46, 47
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 187
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mix, see random
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . 59, 202
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 57
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 59
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 56
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 57
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 59
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 57, 202
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
N
Navigation announcements
see also current navigation announce-
ment
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 122
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22