2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class glove box

69 Audio
CD changer* operation

Open the CD changer main menu
(page 74);
or

Load an audio CD into the CD changer.
The CD changer can play audio CDs and is
located in the glove box.Switching to CD changer modeCD changer
Loading CDsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and oper-
ate the audio system only when road, weath-
er and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.!Do not attach labels of any type to the
CD. They may become detached and
damage the drive.
!Your CD drive has been designed to
play CDs which correspond to the IEC
60908 standard. Therefore only CDs
not exceeding a thickness of 1.3 mm
can be used.
If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.
Do not play single-CDs (80 mm) with an
adapter. Only use 12 cm diameter CDs.

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.

71 Audio
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.


73 Audio
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.