2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class instrument cluster

111 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Switching between number and name dis-
play:
Press the 123 soft key.
The list switches to number display.
If for a highlighted number a name is
stored in the phonebook, the name is
shown in the status bar.
Press the ABC soft key.
The list switches to name display.
The number in the phone book that be-
longs to the highlighted name is shown
in the status bar.Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection:
Use or  to select the desired
entry.
Press.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Opening the list:
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 27).
Presss once.The last dialed call is displayed on the
multifunction display.
Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection:
Pressj or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown on the mul-
tifunction display.
Presss .
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
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If you presss twice, the telephone
will immediately establish a connection
with the phone number dialed last.

112 Telephone*
Telephone operation
On the cell phone a maximum of 10 tele-
phone numbers can be stored in a speed
dial memory (
Telephone Operation
Guide).
You can retrieve the entries of the speed
dial memory via COMAND.
Open the Telephone main menu
(
page 104).
Press a number key between and
 and hold it for more than approx.
2 seconds.
The telephone establishes the connec-
tion with the stored number.The call is activated the moment the other
party answers the call. The call display ap-
pears. The duration of the call is displayed
in the status bar.A call screen is displayed if the multifunc-
tion display in the instrument cluster is
switched to Telephone main display
(
page 28).
Speed dial Active call

114 Telephone*
Phone book
The phone book contains all entries of the
cell phone memory.

On the COMAND control unit
Press the soft key in the Telephone
main menu (
page 104).
The Phone Book menu appears. The
first list entry is highlighted automati-
cally.On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 28).
Pressj or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display.An example for the Phone Book menu is
shown above. It shows a list of the phone
book entries whose names start with the
letter
B. Displayed in the status bar is the
number of the highlighted name, in this ex-
ample 18005551212.
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If a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.
Opening the phone book
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If no numbers are stored in the phone
book, the soft key is shaded out
and without function.
Phone Book menu

115 Telephone*
Phone book
The following options are now available:
Switching between number and name
display
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection (
page 116)
Deleting a phone book entry
(
page 117)
Switching between number and name
display
Open the phone book from COMAND
(
page 114).
Press the 123 soft key.
The phone book switches to number
display. The status bar shows the name
of the highlighted entry;
or
Press the ABC soft key.
The phone book switches to name dis-
play. The status bar shows the number
of the highlighted entry.
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Various icons may be assigned to the
phone numbers, depending on the en-
try made on the telephone:
Home number
Work number
Fax number
Main number
Mobile number
Pager number
In the instrument cluster the name of
the category assigned to the phone
number, e.g.
Home, appears in the multi-
function display.

116 Telephone*
Phone book
On the COMAND control unit
Open the phone book (page 114).
The list of phone book entries stored
on your cell phone appears.
Changing initials:
Press or  once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down.
At the end of the list of letters is the
category
Other. This category combines
all entries without a name, or entries
whose names start with a special char-
acter (e.g.
* or #).Selecting an entry:
If necessary, change the initial.
Select an entry using  or .
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel-
erates.
Establishing a connection:
Press.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 28).
Pressj or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi-
function display.
Presss .
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection

195 System
System settings
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (page 192),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);
All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.
Use or  to select an entry.
Press.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu, press the
(
page 192) Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Setting the languageSwitching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF