2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class change wheel

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

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

24 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheel
Function
Page
1
Multifunction display
2
Volume setting:
æ Volume up
ç Volume down
30
30
3
Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
104
110
106
104
4
Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
42
42
Function
Page
4
Single CD, MP3 and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
77
77
4
Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
90
90
4
Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
109
109
5
Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
25
25

25 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can switch the multifunction display to
the respective operating mode if you wish
to operate the system using the buttons on
the multifunction steering wheel. 
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*,
Satellite radio* or Telephone* display
appears in the multifunction display of
the instrument cluster.Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequency
Single CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current trackMP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current track
CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current trackSelecting the multifunction display

31 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*, AUX
and Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
Setting the volume 
Turn the rotary control4 located on
the COMAND control unit,
or

Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheelThe volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and

the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on

the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with sound-sys-
tem*)

other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)

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.

111 Telephone*
Telephone operation
The following functions are available dur-
ing a call:
Ending the active call

Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF

Transmitting number sequences
Ending the active call
On the COMAND control unit

Press/.
On the multifunction steering wheel

Presst
.Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF
The soft key
Mic Off
shows the status of
the microphone.
Microphone OFF: soft key =
Microphone ON: soft key =

Press the
Mic Off
soft key.
The microphone switches OFF or ON.
The display of the soft key changes ac-
cordingly.
The other party cannot hear you if the
microphone is switched OFF; however,
you can hear the other party.Transmitting number sequences
Answering machines or other devices
could possibly be controlled through num-
ber sequences (e.g. remote query func-
tions).

While connected, press one of the ap-
propriate number keys"-! for
each digit.
You can also transmit the
characters2 and $ (#).

114 Telephone*Phone bookOn the COMAND control unit
Open the phone book (
page 112).
The list of phone book entries stored
on your cell phone appears.
Changing initials:

Press or  once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down.
At the end of the list of letters is the
category
Other
. This category combines
all entries without a name, or entries
whose names start with a special char-
acter (e.g.
* or
#).Selecting an entry:

If necessary, change the initial.

Select an entry using  or .
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel-
erates.
Establishing a connection:

Press0.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.On the multifunction steering wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 26).

Pressj or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi-
function display.

Presss
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection