2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class display

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

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

8 IntroductionSymbolsThe following symbols are used in this
Operator’s Manual:* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system’s
equipment may deviate from
some descriptions and illustra-
tions.

This symbol points to instruc-
tions for you to follow.

A number of these symbols ap-
pearing in succession indicates
a multiple-step procedure.

This continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continued on the next
page.
page This symbol tells you where to
look for further information on
this subject.
->This symbol is used in the glos-
sary. It indicates that the term
immediately following the sym-
bol is also explained in the glos-
sary.Display
Words appearing on the
COMAND display or the multi-
function display are printed in
the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to haz-
ards that may endanger your health or life,
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you
may find useful.

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
125
155
2
%
Switching map display
154
3
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4
, , , , +,
(
Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
Function
Page
5

Confirmation
6
Navigation computer
121
7
Navigation DVD slot
121
8
1
Cancelling navigation
announcements
Switching navigation
announcements OFF
151
152
9
6
Current navigation
announcement
Switching navigation
announcements ON
151
152
Function
Page
a

Ejecting navigation DVDs
121
b
.
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
30
c
4
Volume adjustment
30

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

26 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheelSatellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel nameTelephone* operation
If a telephone has been installed, either the
main display or a list appears.
Telephone main display:
1Telephone operation
2Telephone network informationIn the list screen, instead of the telephone
network information, either a phone book
entry or one of the last 10 outgoing calls
will be displayed.

In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.

27 At a glance
Menu system

Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu: 
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*
and AUX mode)

Satellite radio*

Telephone*

Navigation*

ServiceOpening main menus

Audio (
page 38):
Press .

Satellite radio* (
page 83):
Press 5.

Telephone* (
page 102):
Press .

Navigation* (
page 125):
Press .

Service (
page 185):
Press .Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar