2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class sat nav

35 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:
Radio (FM waveband)
Radio (AM waveband)
Radio (Weather Band)
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
Navigation*Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 129).
When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.
Bass and treble

86 Satellite radio*
General information
Sirius Satellite Radio provides 100 chan-
nels, so called streams, of digital-quality
radio, among others music, sports, news,
and entertainment free of commercials.
Sirius Satellite Radio uses a fleet of high-
power satellites to broadcast 24 hours per
day, coast-to-coast, in the contiguous US.
This diverse, satellite-delivered program-
ming is available for a monthly subscrip-
tion fee.
For more information and service availabil-
ity, call the Sirius Service Center
(
page 94), or contact
www.siriusradio.comProgram categories
The channels are categorized. Categories
allow you to tune to stations broadcasting
a certain type of program (category mode)
(
page 90).
Category selection
ALL contains the station
list of all receivable channels (channel
mode) (
page 90).
Introduction to satellite radio
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Additional optional satellite radio
equipment and a subscription to satel-
lite radio service provider are required
for the satellite radio operation de-
scribed in this chapter.
Contact your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center for details and availability
for your vehicle.
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Note that categories and channels
shown in illustrations are dependent on
programming content delivered by the
service provider. Programming content
is subject to change. Therefore, chan-
nel and categories shown in illustra-
tions and descriptions contained in this
manual may differ from the channels
and categories delivered by the service
provider.
Satellite radio service may be unavail-
able or interrupted from time to time
for a variety of reasons, such as envi-
ronmental or topographic conditions
and other things we can't control. Ser-
vice might also not be available in cer-
tain places (e.g., in tunnels, parking
garages, or within or next to buildings)
or near other technologies.

170 Navigation*
During route guidance
Changing map orientation
Use  or to select the desired
option.
Press.
The orientation changes.
Finally, press the Back soft key or wait
for the screen to change.If you activate GPS position display and
full-screen map display (
page 156), the
following data is displayed in the status
bar:
The current position as coordinates.
The number of satellites that can cur-
rently be received.
The current elevation (ALT = altitude)
above sea level.In the Display menu (page 167),
press the
GPS soft key.
Option
On or Off appears.
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During route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is al-
ways pointing up;
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF

193 System
System settings
The following options are now available:
Setting the time
Setting the date
Setting the date/time format
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances:
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and
correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.
Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
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There is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.

199 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
Glossary

203 Index
A
Accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 33
Autostore (in Radio mode) . . . . . 45, 50
B
Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 199
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
C
Call (telephone)
answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 113
outgoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 188, 189
CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Calling up
Destination Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Cancelling
navigation announcements . . . . . . . 153
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Caring for
CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 59, 70
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 90
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
see also MP3 CD
copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 72
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 74
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 71
random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CD slot
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 72
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
single CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 199
CD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 199Changing
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 90
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Controls
CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 26
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
entering destination via . . . . . . . . . 148
Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 72
Copyright (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Current
navigation announcement . . . . . . . 153
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Current vehicle position
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Index

205 Index
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 200
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 200
J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 200
L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 174
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 174
starting route guidance to
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 200
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 123
Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 124
Logic7® Surround . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 200
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 200
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 46
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 48, 49
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 189
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mix, see random
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 59
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 61
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 58
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 59, 200
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
N
Navigation announcements
see also current
navigation announcement
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 124
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

206 Index
Navigation soft key displays
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 133
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 105
Normal sequence
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
O
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
file systems (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
switching display between
number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 99
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 98, 99
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 99
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Points of interest
see POI
Presets
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 200
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
track (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
track (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track (single CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Refusing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Repeat
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 81
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reset function (system) . . . . . . . . . 197
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105