2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class instrument cluster

25 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display to the re-
spective system if you wish to operate the
system using the buttons on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
one of the following, Radio, Single CD,
MP3, CD changer*, Satellite radio* or
Telephone* display appears in the mul-
tifunction display of the instrument
cluster.
Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequencySingle CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current track
MP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current trackCD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel name
Selecting the multifunction display

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Radio operation
The following options are available:
Tuning via station search (page 38).
Tuning via station presets (page 39).
Tuning via Autostore presets
(
page 39).
Tuning via scan search (page 40).
Manual tuning (page 40).
Tuning via direct frequency input
(
page 41).
Tuning via station search
On COMAND control unit
Switch to the desired FM or AM wave-
band (
page 37).
Press or :
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
Press or :
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Radio display
(
page 25).
Pressj:
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play,
or
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The wavebands cover different fre-
quency ranges.
FM broadcast band:
FM (VHF = very high frequency)
87.7 - 107.9 MHz
Tuning increments 0.2 MHz
AM broadcast band:
MW (medium wave)
530 - 1710 kHz
Tuning increments 10 kHz
WB waveband:
WB (Weather Band)
162.400 - 162.550 MHz
Tuning increments = 1 channel
Tuning to a FM/AM station

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Radio operation
The system will tune to the strongest
receivable station.
Press  or.
Search begins in ascending or
descending frequency.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.
On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Radio display
(
page 25).
Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable
station. Tuning via station presets
The seven strongest channels are sorted in
prest 1 to 7 each time you press the
WB soft
key. They are accessed using the number
keypad.
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Ten presets each are available for the
FM and AM waveband.
The following options are available:
Storing manually using number keys
Storing manually using the Presets
menu
Storing using Autostore Storing manually using the number
keys  - 
Tune to the station to be stored
(
page 38).
Press a number key between and
 and hold it for more than 2 sec-
onds.
The station is now stored in the respec-
tive memory location.
Storing manually using the Presets
menu
Tune to the station to be stored
(
page 38).
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Storing FM/AM stations

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Single CD operation
1Track title or track number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
The Single CD main menu shows the track
title in the center if the CD contains corre-
sponding CD text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title. The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip
Selecting via track list
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 48)
Selecting via scan search (page 48)
Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit
Open the Single CD main menu
(
page 46).
Pressfor forward skipping.
or
Press for backward skipping.On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Single CD dis-
play (
page 25).
Pressj for forward skipping.
or
Pressk for backward skipping.
Selecting a track
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Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.

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MP3 operation
Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit
Open the MP3 main menu (page 53).
Pressfor forward skipping.
or
Press for backward skipping.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the audio display
(
page 25).
Pressj for forward skipping.
or
Pressk for backward skipping.Selecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks in the cur-
rent folder. Only one track can be viewed
at a time. 1Current track
Use or  to select another track
from the list.
Press, or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.
i
Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
i
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.

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CD changer* operation
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.Selecting 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 track currently playing.
Use or  to select another track
from the list.
Press or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.Selecting via manual entry of the track
number
Open the CD changer main menu
(
page 66).
Press.
The Manual track input display ap-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
Entry example: Track 1
Press.
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Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.


78 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Example 2: category POP
In the station list, only channels of catego-
ry
POP are available (category mode).
Use or  to select the category
POP from the list.
If the station listened to before was of
POP
category, the channel remains tuned.
Otherwise the system switches to the sta-
tion of
POP category that was selected last
in this category.The system will automatically switch to a
station of
POP category if the currently se-
lected station is not of the
POP category.
Otherwise, the currently selected station
remains tuned.
Tuning a station within the selected
category
The channels identified for the currently
selected category are sorted numerically
by channel number, which appear in the
status bar one at a time.
Tuning using COMAND control unit
Press or .
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
Press or .The search proceeds in descending or-
der and stops at the first receivable
station.
Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 25).
Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der.
or
i
Using oris followed by a short
delay before the change occurs. Using
 and changes the channel
immediately.

92 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Entering a phone number
Open the Telephone main menu
(
page 89).
Use -  to enter the phone num-
ber.
In case of erroneous entry, you can de-
lete the last or more digits.
Press the Delete soft key as often as
required.
After entering the phone number,
press.
The telephone dials the entered num-
ber. The call is activated the moment
the other party answers the call. Com-
munication is conducted via the hands-
free system. The volume can be adjust-
ed (
page 30).
For other user functions, see
“Active call” (
page 96).Initiating redial
On the COMAND control unit
Immediate re-dialing of the number dialed
last can be initiated:
Press in the Telephone main
menu twice.
The telephone establishes the connec-
tion with the number dialed last.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 25).
Presss twice.
The telephone establishes the connec-
tion with the number dialed last.In both cases the telephone initiates the
call. The call is activated the moment the
other party answers the call. Communica-
tion is conducted via the hands-free sys-
tem. The volume can be adjusted
(
page 30).
For other user functions, see
“Active call” (
page 96).
After switching to telephone operation,
COMAND can display the number of
missed calls in the status bar.
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When pressings only once, the di-
aled calls list appears in the multifunc-
tion display (
page 94).
Accepted and missed calls