2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class display

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Satellite Radio* operating elements . . 20
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 22
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the
multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 32
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Calling up the
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 42
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 43
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 49
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 51
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 52
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 57
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 58
Tips on caring for your
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 59
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 61
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 62
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 70
Switching to
CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering a home address . . . . . . . 133
Destination entry menu . . . . . . . . 135
Entering a destination. . . . . . . . . . 135
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a city . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 139
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a street . . . . . . . . . 142
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 143
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 144
Entering a destination using
the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Entering a destination via
geo coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storing map locations. . . . . . . . . . 150
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Starting route guidance menu . . . 152
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 153Navigation announcements . . . . . 153
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 157
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 158
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Displaying the route on
the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 160
Detour function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Defining route guidance
displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Setting symbols display . . . . . . . . 168
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 169
Switching GPS
position display ON/OFF . . . . . . . 170
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 171
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 172
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 174
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 176POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Selecting POI in the
local area of the
current position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Selecting POI for a
selected city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting POI for a
long-distance destination . . . . . . . 182
Selecting a POI
using the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 188
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Contents
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 192
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 192
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON/OFF. . . . 195
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

8 Introduction
Symbols
The following symbols are used in this
Operator’s Manual:* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system’s
equipment may deviate from
some descriptions and illustra-
tions.
This symbol points to instruc-
tions for you to follow.
A number of these symbols ap-
pearing in succession indicates
a multiple-step procedure.
 This continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continued on the next
page.
page This symbol tells you where to
look for further information on
this subject.
->This symbol is used in the glos-
sary. It indicates that the term
immediately following the sym-
bol is also explained in the glos-
sary.
Display Words appearing on the
COMAND display or the multi-
function display are printed in
the type shown here.
WarningG
Warning notices draw your attention to haz-
ards that may endanger your health or life,
or the health or life of others.
!
Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.
i
Helpful hints or further information you
may find useful.

25 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 
Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
127
157
2 
Switching map display
156
3 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4 , , , , ,

Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
FunctionPage
5 
Confirmation
6Navigation computer123
7Navigation DVD slot123
8 
Cancelling navigation
announcements
Switching navigation
announcements OFF
153
154
9 
Current navigation
announcement
Switching navigation
announcements ON
153
154
FunctionPage
a 
Ejecting navigation DVDs
123
b 
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
32
c 
Volume adjustment
32

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
2 Volume setting:
æ Volume up
ç Volume down
32
32
3 Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
106
112
108
106
4 Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
44
44
FunctionPage
4 Single CD, MP3 and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
78
78
4Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
92
92
4Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
111
111
5 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
27
27

27 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can switch the multifunction display to
the respective operating mode if you wish
to operate the system using the buttons on
the multifunction steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*,
Satellite radio* or Telephone* display
appears in the multifunction display of
the instrument cluster.Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequency
Single CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current trackMP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current track
CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Selecting the multifunction display

28 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel nameTelephone* operation
If a telephone has been installed, either the
main display or a list appears.
Telephone main display:
1Telephone operation
2Telephone network informationIn the list screen, instead of the telephone
network information, either a phone book
entry or one of the last 10 outgoing calls
will be displayed.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.