2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

68 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
Sw itching off the radio data syste mand
navigati onanno unceme nts compl etely
6 Radio data syst em: press andho ld
th eo button until"TA" disapp ears
from thedisplay.
6 Navig ation annou ncem ents: press
and holdthe o button duringanan-
no unceme ntun tilthe announc ementis
swi tche doff.
i Theannouncement sre ma insw itche d
off even if you st arta new route guidanc eorif
COMA ND is swi tchedoffand on with th e
o
bu tton .
If yo u sw itch COMA NDoffbyremov ingth ekey
from the ignition loc kand then swit ch theigni-
ti on back on af termo rethan 3mi nute s,thean-
nouncement sare au tomaticall y switched ba ck
on. Ad
justi ng the volume
1 Thumb wheel
6 To adj ust:turn thumbw heel1.
The vol umeof the au dio so urce cu r-
re ntly select edchan ges.
Vo lume oftraf fic and na vigati on
an no un ceme nts
Yo u can adjust the vol umeof traff icand
navigation announc ements inde pe ndently
of the vol umeof the audio source.
6 Turn thumbwheel 1during a traffic or
nav igation anno uncement. Adjusti
ngthevo lum efor telephone calls
Yo uca nad just thevol um efo r hands-free
mo deduri ngatele phoneca ll.
6 Turn thumbw heel1 during atel e-
ph one call.
or
6 Press theæ orç button on the
mu lti-fu nction stee ring whe elduring a
tel ephone call. Ma
king sou ndsettings
Yo uca nma kevariou sso un d sett ings for
th edi fferent audioand vide oso urce s.Yo u
ca n re ach th ere spec tive soun d menu via
the submen uin wh ichy ou wi sh to make
the settings.
Ex am ple:
"Audio" "Aud io""Rad io""So und"
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CO MA ND introd uction
Ad jus ting th etreb leor bass
6 Select "Sound"  "Treble" or"Bas s".
Th e previo uslyselected setting isindi-
ca ted by an emp tybar.
Ad justing thet reble an dbass
1 Las t settin gmade
2 Curr entse tting
6 Tocha nge the settin g:slide qm ror
turn ym zun til the desired treble or
bass se tting isreached.
6 Tostor eth ese ttin g:press n.
Th e settin gisst or ed and you ex itthe
menu.
6 Toexit themenuwithout stor ing:
pr es sth eL back button or slide
o m p. Adjustin
gth ebala nce or fa de
The balanc eca nbe used tosetwh ether
the sound isto be louder on the drive r’s
si de or the front-p assenger side .
Wi th the fade you can set whethe rthe
so un dis lo uder at th efront or re arof the
vehi cle.
6 Select "Sound" "Balanc e/fader".
Adj usting the balanc ean dfa de
1 Curr entse tting
6 Tocha nge the settin g:slide qm ror
slide om pun til the desired balanc e/
fa der setting is rea ched.
6 Tostor e the settin g:press n.
Th e settin gisst or ed andyo u exit the
menu. 6
To exit the men uwi thout storing:
Press theL back button. Sur
roun dsoun d*
If yo urvehicle is eq uipp ed with the
harman /kardon LOGI C7®
Surround
So und system ,yo uc an se lect
"LOGIC7 ®
on" and "LOGIC7 ®
of f".
Harman /kardon LOGI C7®
Surrou nd
So und isavailable for the foll owing op erat-
ing modes:
! Audio DVD* (M LP, DT S,PCM and Dolby
Digital audio fo rmats)
! Vide o DVD (PCM, DT San d Dolby Digit-
al au dio fo rm ats)
! Audio CD
! MP3
! Rad io
! PCM CIA
! Aux
i Beca usema nyDVD sco ntain bot hstereo
and multi-channel audio format s,itma ybene c-
ess aryto se tthe audi ofo rm at (=
page 87) and
(= page 94).
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COMAND introduc tion
i The"L OG IC7 ®
on" func tion of theharman /
ka rdon LOGIC7 ®
Su rround Sound system allows
play back of discret e5.1 and stereo recordings
wit han optim um surrou ndsound stage for ea ch
pas seng er.It en ablesoptim umplay back ofmu-
sic and films on a CDor audio and video DVDs
wit hh igh-resolution surround format s,su ch as
MLP, DTS orDo lby Digita l.
For ideal sound perception from all seats,
LO GIC7 ®
dis trib ut es the 5.1 surround informa-
ti on over the 13-c hannel arc hite ctu re. This re-
sult sinso und charac teristic slike those int ended
by the sound engin eer when the original was re-
co rded.
Harma n/kardon LOGI C7®
co nver tseac htwo-
ch annel stereo sound sour ceinto mu lti-ch annel
surround sound. LOGIC7 ®
rea dsthe surround in-
formation st ored during theor igin alreco rdi ng
and dis trib ut es it over the13channels. This does
no tc rea teany spe cial eff ects;you can sim ply
he ar what was always there.
In addition, harman /kardon LOGIC7 ®
mo ves
th e percei ved sound source away from the loud-
speak ers and thereby genera tes a nat ural 360°
so un d stage for every passenger. i
Ifyo u select "LOG IC7 ®
off ",playbac kof all
playable forma tsisas it is on the medium. Opti-
mum sound effects are not guaran teed at all
seats due to thespatial ch aracteristic sof the ve-
hicl e.
Se ttin gsur round sound
Yo uca nselect "LOGIC7 ®
on" and
" LOG IC7®
off" in surr oundsoun dmo de.
6 Select "Sound" "3D soun d".
Se ttin gt he surrou ndsou nd
1 Curr entse tting
6 To make the setting: slideqm ror
turn ym z. 6
Tostore the setting: pressn.
Th eset ting is st ored and yo uexit the
menu.
6 To exit the menu without stor ing:
pre ssthe L back button or slide
om p.
i Plea se bear thefo llowing in mind:
! For an opt imum sound effec tfor all seats
when LOGIC7 ®
is swit ched on, the ba lance
and fade should beset to the centre of the
passe nger comp artme nt.
! You will ac hieve the bes tsou ndresults by
playing high -qualit yaudio and video DVDs.
! Theb it rat eshould be at least 128 kbps for
MP 3trac ks.
! Surround-sou ndplay back does notwo rkfor
mo nosign al sources, suc has them edium
wa veband in radio mode.
! Ifth e radio rec eption is poor, e.g. in a tunnel,
yo u sh ould sw itch offLO GIC7 ®
bec ause it
ma y ot herwise swit chautomat ically be-
tw een stereo and mono and therefore cause
temp orary distortio nsinthes ound.
! Onsom estereo recordings, the sound char-
acter istics ma y dif fer from conventio nal
stereo play back.
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CO MA ND introd uction Swi
tching offan audio /video source
i If you inser ta CD orDVD, the audio/video
so urce isau toma tica lly ac tiva ted.
Swi tching anactive audi oso urce on and
off
6 Toswitch off:select "Audio"  "Au-
dio" "Aud iooff".
Th eau dio so urce is sw itch ed off,"Au-
di o of f"ap pe arsin thed ispla y.
6 Toswitch on: select "Audio" , then se-
le ct the desired audio sourc e.
or
6 Load aCD /DVD ( =page 79)or
PC MC IAcard (
=page 80).
Switc hing an active vide oso urce on and
off
6 Toswitch off:select "Video" "Vid-
eo" "Videoo ff".
The vide oso urc eis sw itche dof f,"Vi deo
of f" ap pe arsin thed isplay.
6 Toswitch on: select "Video" , thense-
le ct the desired video source.
or
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COMAND radio
i Thecomp onent sand operating principles of
COMA NDcanbe foun d on (
=page 59). COMA
ND radio Menu
overview Ra
dio Presets FM (MW,
LW, SW ) Sound
Stat
ion list
(i n FM waveban don ly) Auto
store FM Tr
eble Sav
estat ion Chann
elpre sets MW Bass
Fr
eq uency input LW Bal
ance /fad er Freq
uency fix
(i n FM waveban don ly) SW 3D
soun d* TA
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6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Radio".
or 6 Press the Mfunction button once or
twi ce.
Th e radio disp lay appe ars onc eyo u
ha ve switc hed to radio mode.Yo u will
hea rthe pre viou sly set stat ion on the
pr ev iously setw aveb and.
i Thenumb eroftime syou have topre ss the
fu nc tion button depends on the opera ting mo de
cu rrently selec ted. Illu
stra tion: rad ioope ration
1 Main area show ing st ation and fr e-
qu ency
2 Preset position of theselec tedstation
3 Name ofthe sele cted stat ion
4 Sound settings
5 Todispl ay/s witchw aveb and
6 Preset options
7 Radio opt ions Yo
uca nsw itch th eradiobetween the FM,
MW ,LW and SW waveband s.
6 Select "Audio" "Aud io""Rad io"
waveband di splay5.
6 Sele ctthede sired wave band.
Yo uwi llhe ar thepre viou sly set sta tion
on the sele cted wave band.
i Inthe MW, LW and SW wavebands,
COMA ND shows the station freq uencyins tead
of th estation nam e.
Yo uca ntu ne instat ions fr omthes tati on
li st or by manu ally en tering the fre quency. Tuning in stati
onsus ingthe station list
i Thes tation list is only available in the FM
wa veband. Itcontains all thest atio nsthat can
cu rrently be rec eive d and is sor ted alphabet ical-
ly. For st ations without a pro gramming service,
th e li stshows thefrequ ency inst ead of the
name. Swi
tching to radio mode
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6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
or
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"Ra dio" "Station list".
The stat ion li stappear s. TheRdot in
fr ont of alist ent ryindicates the cur-
rentl yselec tedstation .Anumb erin
fr ont of the list entry indi cates the pre-
se t po sition inthe station pres etmem-
ory.
6 Select the st atio n. Tuning in stations
usingmanual tuni ng
i Manualtuning is only available in theMW ,
LW and SW wav ebands.
6 Slide om por turn ym zwh en the main
ar ea is selec ted.
St ati on searc hsc an s up ordown and
st op s at thene xtstat ion th at thera dio
can receive. Tuning in stati
onsus ing station presets
6 Select "Audio""Aud io""Rad io"
"P rese ts" .
or 6
Press nafte r selecting the main area.
Th epreset menu appears. TheRdot
in front of apreset position ind icat es
that th ecurre ntly sele cted station is
st or ed th ere.
6 Select the sta tion preset andbriefly
press n.
Tuning in stati onsby ent eringthe fre
quency ma nually
6 Select "Audio" "Audio" "Radio" 
"Ra dio" "Frequenc yinput".
6 To in crease or de crease the
nu mb er: slide qm ror turn ym z.
i Youcanonly tune in to currently per mitted
number s.
6 Toselect the next numb er: slide
o m p.
6 Tosetthe frequen cy:press n.
COMA NDtune sint o the frequ ency en-
tered.
i Ifyo u enter a frequen cyin the medium
wav eband which is out side the frequency range,
COMA NDtunes into the nex tlow est freq uen cy. Tw
enty stat ions canbe stor ed ineach
waveband. Sto
ring stations manual ly
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"Radio" "Save station" .
or
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Ra dio" 
"P rese ts" .
All th reeo fthe sewillbring upase lec-
tion list. TheRdot in front of aprese t
po sition indicates th atthe curre ntly se-
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6 Toselect apreset positio n:slide
q m ror turn ym z.
St or ingth estation to these lected
pr es et position
If yo uha ve called up thestation preset dis-
play using "Save station" :
6 Press nbriefly.
In thetwo oth ercases:
6 Press andh old nuntil youhear asig-
nal.
Th echanne lis store d. Storing
using autosto re
i This func tion au tomatically stores stations
whic hca n be re ceived in order of their rec eption
quali ty.An y statio nsstored manually in thepre-
se tmemory wil l be lost ifCOMA NDfind s20 st a-
ti ons. If CO MAND fin dsfewer than 20 station s,
for example 9, then the stat ions stored in preset
pos itions 1 – 9 will be los t.
6 Press nafter sele cting the mainarea.
6 Select "Autostore" .
or 6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"P rese ts" "Autostor e".
or
6 Select "Audio""Audio" "Rad io" 
"Radio" "Save station" "Auto-
store".
COM ANDsearche sfor stat ions wh ich
ca nbe re ceived. The available stati ons
ar eau tom atically stored inthep reset
po siti ons. COMAND
is equipp ed with anRDS fr e-
quenc ydiversity syste minth eFM wave-
ba nd .Th e syste mconsistsof alist ening
receiv eranda search ing rec eive r.
The sear ching receive rconstantl yscan s
the FMwaveband andco llec ts data from
al l the st ations wh ich ca nbe rece ived, e.g.
re ce pti on quality an dRD S data su chas
pr og ramm ena me an d alter native freque n-
cies .CO MA ND stor es thedata andco n-
stantly updates thepreset me mory.The
li st en ing re ce iver istheref oreab leto
swit ch ins tant an eously toan alte rnative
fr equenc ywith abetter signal.
i Thef reque ncy diversity system only func-
ti ons for station swhich tran smit RDS dat a.
Switch ing RDS frequen cydive rsity on or
off
i Youcan prevent CO MAND from swit ching
bet ween differe nt region alfrequen cies forthe
same station by swit ching off RD Sfrequen cydi-
ve rsit y.
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