2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class audio

75 Audio
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.

76 AudioCD changer* operation
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.

77 Audio
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.

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.


82 AudioAudio AUX operation
Open the Audio main menu
(page 38).

Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu appears.
The external audio source is made au-
dible, provided it is connected and
switched to playback.In AUX mode, you can adjust the following:

Volume (
page 30)

Balance (
page 32)

Bass and treble (
page 33)

Sound functions (
page 34)
iAn external audio source, for example a
tape player, can be connected to
COMAND.
For further information, please contact
your Mercedes-Benz Center.Switching to AUX mode
iPlease refer to the appropriate operat-
ing manual for the operation of the ex-
ternal audio source.