2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class Comand Manual

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Station information is displayed on the
main area and in the center of the status
bar.
Main area, in this example:
ROCK = selected category (page 90)
Vault = name of the selected stationStatus bar, in this example:
SAT (on the left) = the selected mode
SAT5 = location in the program
memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored
Ch16 = number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys
Presets
shows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 93) and re-
quest stored stations (
page 89).
Info
shows additional text information relat-
ed to the current channel.
Scan
is used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 92).
Service
displays a screen showing the tele-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the receiver in your vehicle.
SAT main menu

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You can also adjust the following:
Balance (page 34)
Bass and treble (page 35)
Sound functions (page 36)
Volume (not on soft keys)
(
page 32)
The following options are available:
Tuning via station presets
Tuning via manual channel input
(
page 90)
Tuning via the program category list
(
page 90)
Tuning a station within the selected
category (
page 91)
Tuning via scan search (page 92)
Tuning via station presets
Ten satellite radio station presets are avail-
able.
You can access the presets via number
keys or via the Presets menu.
Accessing via number keys
Press one of the number keys
 - .The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu.
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets list appears.
Selecting a station
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The Presets memory is empty at first-
time activation of the system.


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Use  or  to choose a preset and
press;
or
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Tuning via manual channel input
Example: Tuning in channel 12
Press.
Press  and .
The system tunes to channel 12.Tuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort-
ed alphabetically.
Only one entry is visible at a time. The en-
try appears at the top of the main screen.
Selecting a category
Example 1: category
ALL
The station list of category Allcontains all
receivable channels (channel mode).
Use or  to select the category
All from the list.
The station listened to before remains
tuned.i
If an entry is made and the channel is
not available, the message
Channel un-
available
appears. The channel select-
ed last continues playing.

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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
station of
POP category that was select-
ed last in this category.
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.
The search stops at the first receivable
station.
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Using oris followed by a short
delay before the change occurs. Using
 and changes the channel
immediately.

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Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 27).
Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der;
or
Pressj.
The search proceeds in descending or-
der.
The search stops at the first receivable
station. Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays a channel for
approx. 8 seconds and then skips to
the next channel within the current
category.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search stops automatically at the
station that was playing when scan
search was started.
Press the Scan soft key.
The scan search starts.
Press the Scan soft key again.
The scan search stops.Additional text information (artist and
track title) related to the current broadcast
can be displayed.
Press the Info soft key.
Obtaining additional text
information

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Two options are available:
Storing using the number keys
Storing using the Presets menu
Storing via number keys
Press and hold a number key between
 and  for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.Storing via Presets menu
Press the Presets soft key.
The Preset list appears.
Use or  to select a preset loca-
tion.
Press for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.
Resetting Presets menu
The
Presets soft key is active indicated by
its color.
Press the Presets soft key again.
All channels in the Preset list are delet-
ed.
Storing stations
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When storing a station out of the cate-
gory
All, later selection of this channel
does not lead into the category mode.

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Press the Service soft key.
The telephone number of the Sirius
Service Center and the twelve-digit
electronic serial number (ESN) of your
vehicle's receiver appear.It may be necessary to call the Sirius Ser-
vice Center if, for example:
you want to cancel the subscription or
to re-subscribe at a later date
you forget to pay the bill
you sell the car to another person
Calling the Sirius Service Center

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Important notes
Telephone operation
Phone book
SMS (Mail)
Telephone*