2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class AUX

Contents
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 86
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching to
Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Calling the
Sirius Service Center . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tips on telephone operation . . . . . . 96
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Switching the phone
ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
911 emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . 101
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . 103
Switching to telephone mode . . . 104
Telephone main menu. . . . . . . . . . 104
Answering an incoming call . . . . . 106
Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . 107
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . 108
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Opening the phone book. . . . . . . . 114
Phone Book menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Selecting a phone book entry
and establishing a connection . . . 116
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . 117SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . . 120
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tips on the navigation DVD . . . . . . 123
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . . 123
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . . 124
Determination of location
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . 124
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Calling up the
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . 127
Avoiding certain road types . . . . . 128
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . . . 129

29 At a glance
Menu system

Menu system
The menu system allows for easy opera-
tion of COMAND.
Each of the following main functions has a
main menu:
Audio
(Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*
and AUX mode)
Satellite radio*
Telephone*
Navigation*
ServiceOpening main menus
Audio (page 40):
Press .
Satellite radio* (page 85):
Press .
Telephone* (page 104):
Press .
Navigation* (page 127):
Press .
Service (page 187):
Press .Menu display
A display can be composed of 3 sections.
Example: Radio main menu
1Soft key sections
2Main area
3Status bar

33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*, AUX
and Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
Setting the volume
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheelThe volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)

34 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
A common balance setting applies to the
following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*When adjusting the balance, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting balance
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Balance soft key.
The Balance menu appears.
Press or :
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the balance accordingly.
Storing new settings:
Press or the Back soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.
Balance
i
For Navigation* a different balance set-
ting is possible. You find the descrip-
tion under “Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements”
(
page 129).

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

36 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Storing new settings:
Press or the Back soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.
If the vehicle is equipped with a sound sys-
tem*, the sound functions are available for
the following operating modes:
Radio
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*The following sound functions are avail-
able:
Default Settings
Resets the sound functions* to the fac-
tory setting.
Standard
Normal stereo playback.
Speech
Playback optimized for speech compre-
hension.
LOGIC7 Surround
7-channel-surround playback (not for
mono-sources like AM waveband or
Weather Band in radio mode).Different sound functions* can be activat-
ed for each one of the operating modes.
Example:
For CD mode: the
LOGIC7 Surround function,
for Satellite radio* mode: the
Speech func-
tion.
Switching sound functions*
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Sound soft key.
Sound functions*

39
Audio main menu
Radio operation
Single CD operation
MP3 operation
CD changer* operation
Audio AUX operation
Audio

40 Audio
Audio main menu
Press.
The Audio main menu appears.
If one of the Audio submenus appears:
Press the Back soft key as often as
necessary until the Audio main
menu appears;
or
Press again.Various audio sources can be selected in
the Audio main menu.
Selectable soft keys
Radio soft key
Station settings for WB, FM, and AM
wavebands appear (
page 42),
CD soft key or MP3 soft key
The Single CD main menu (
page 53)
or the MP3 main menu (
page 58) ap-
pears,
CDC soft key
The CD changer main menu appears
(
page 75),
AUX soft key
Facilitates operation of an external au-
dio source (
page 83).
Calling up the Audio main menui
The CD, MP3 or CDC soft key is available
only if a CD is loaded in the appropriate
compartment.
The Satellite Radio menu is accessed
by pressing (
page 85).