2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class radio

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
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

7
Where to find it
Introduction

Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support for you, the COMAND opera-
tor. Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time, or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the audio system and its radio
and CD components.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers.
Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
covering the following topics:
Destination entry
Route selection and calculation
Route guidance
Destination memory
Service
This chapter contains information con-
cerning Tele Aid*
System
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
WarningG
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, satellite radio*,
CD changer*, navigation module* and tele-
phone* are interconnected. Therefore,
when one of the components is not opera-
tional or has not been removed/ replaced
properly, the function of other components
may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
WarningG
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
WarningG
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain
focused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system's audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Satellite Radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

12 At a glance
Radio operating elements

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
FunctionPage
1 Audio main menu40
2 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3  - 
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
47
49
44
FunctionPage
4 , , , 
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
43
44, 49
5 
Confirmation
6 
Mute function
41
FunctionPage
7 
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
32
8 
Volume adjustment
32
9  and
Station search
Manual tuning
44
46

20 At a glance
Satellite Radio* operating elements