2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLR display

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Control system
The individual functions are then found
within the relevant menu (radio or CD op-
erations under
AUDIO
, for example). These
functions serve to call up relevant informa-
tion or to customize the settings for your
vehicle.It is helpful to think of the menus, and the
functions within each menu, as being
arranged in a circular pattern.


If you press buttonè orÿ
repeatedly, you will pass through each
menu one after the other.


If you press buttonk orj
repeatedly, you will pass through each
function display, one after the other, in
the current menu.In the
Settings
menu, instead of functions
you will find a number of submenus for
calling up and changing settings. For
instructions on using these submenus, see
“Settings menu” (page 126).
The number of menus available in the sys-
tem depends on which optional equipment
is installed in your vehicle.
The menus are described on the following
pages.

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Menus, submenus and functions
Menu1
Menu2
Menu3
Menu4
Menu5
Menu6
Standard display
AUDIO
Vehicle status
message memory
1
1The Vehicle status message memory menu is only displayed if there is a message stored.
Settings
Trip computer
Telephone
(page 122)
(page 123)
(page 124)
(page 126)
(page 137)
(page 139)
Commands/submenusDigital speedometer
Selecting radio
station
Calling up vehicle
malfunction, warn-
ing and system sta-
tus messages
stored in memory
Resetting to factory
settings
Fuel consumption
statistics after start
Loading phone book
Calling up mainte-
nance service dis-
play
Operating the
CD player
Instrument cluster
submenu
Fuel consumption
statistics since the
last reset
Searching for name
in phone book
Checking tire infla-
tion pressure
Time submenu
Calling up range
Lighting submenuVehicle submenu

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Standard display menu
The left display field shows the outside
temperature and main odometer, while the
trip odometer and the clock appears in the
right display field. This is the standard dis-
play.
Standard display1Main odometer
2Outside temperature
3Current gear selector lever posi-
tion/gear range
4Trip odometer
5Automatic transmission shift program
mode
6Clock
If you see another display, press
buttonè orÿ repeatedly until
the standard display appears.

Press buttonk orj to select
the functions in the standard display
menu.
iThe headings used in the menus table
are designed to facilitate navigation
within the system and are not
necessarily identical to those shown in
the control system displays.
The first function displayed in each
menu will automatically show you
which part of the system you are in.
iYou can have the outside temperature
displayed instead of the digital
speedometer. You can select the
setting in the submenu
Inst. cluster

via the function
Select display

(
page 130).

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The following functions are available:
Display digital speedometer 
Press button j once.
The current vehicle speed is shown in
the multifunction display.
AUDIO menu
The functions in the
AUDIO
menu operate
the audio equipment which you currently
have turned on.
If no audio equipment is currently turned
on, the message
AUDIO OFF
appears in the
multifunction display.
The following functions are available:Selecting radio station

Turn on the radio (
page 146).

Press button è or ÿ repeatedly
until you see the currently tuned sta-
tion in the right display.
1Station frequency
2Wave band setting
3Setting for station selection using
memory
Function
Page
Calling up digital speedometer
123
Calling up maintenance service
display
289
Checking tire inflation pressure
266
Function
Page
Selecting radio station
123
Operating CD player
124


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Press buttonk orj repeatedly
until the desired station is found.
The type of search depends on the set-
ting for the station tuning
(page 136):


Memory: the next stored station is
selected (SP)


Station searchOperating the CD player

Turn on the radio and select the CD
player (
page 156).

Press button è or ÿ repeatedly
until the settings for the CD currently
being played are shown in the right dis-
play.
1Current track
2Current CD (for CD changer)

Press button k or j repeatedly
until the desired track is selected.
Vehicle status message memory menu
Use the vehicle status message memory
menu to scan malfunction and warning
messages that may be stored in the
system. Such messages appear in the mul-
tifunction display and are based on condi-
tions or system status the vehicle’s system
has recorded.
The vehicle status message memory menu
only appears if there are any messages
stored.
iYou can only store new stations using
the corresponding feature on the radio
(page 151).
You can also operate the radio in the
usual manner.


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Press buttonè orÿ repeatedly
until the vehicle status message
memory appears in the right display.
If the vehicle status message memory
menu does not appear, then there are
no messages stored.Vehicle status messages have been
recorded
If conditions have occurred causing status
messages to be recorded, the number of
messages appears in the right display:
1Number of messages

Press button k or j.
The stored messages will now be
displayed in the order in which they
have occurred.
For malfunction and warning messag-
es, see “Vehicle status messages in the
multifunction display” (
page 307).Should the vehicle’s system record any
conditions while driving, the number of
messages will reappear in the multifunc-
tion display when the SmartKey in the
starter switch is turned to position0 or
removed from the starter switch.
Warning!
G
Malfunction and warning messages are only
indicated for certain systems and are inten-
tionally not very detailed. The malfunction
and warning messages are simply a remind-
er with respect to the operation of certain
systems and do not replace the owner’s
and/or driver’s responsibility to maintain
the vehicle’s operating safety by having all
required maintenance and safety checks
performed on the vehicle and by bringing
the vehicle to an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center to address the malfunction and
warning messages (
page 307).
iThe vehicle status message memory
will be cleared when you turn the
SmartKey in the starter switch to
position1 or2. You will then only see
high-priority messages (
page 307).

126 Controls in detailControl systemSettings menu
In the
Settings
menu there are two func-
tions:


The To reset:
Press reset button for
3 seconds
function with which you can
reset all the settings to those set at the
factory.


A collection of submenus with which
you can make individual settings for
your vehicle.

Press button è or ÿ repeatedly
until the
Settings...
menu appears in
the left display.
The following settings and submenus are
available:Resetting all settings
You can reset all the functions of all sub-
menus to the factory settings.

Press the reset button in the instru-
ment cluster (
page 113) for approxi-
mately 3 seconds.
In the right display you will see the re-
quest to press the reset button again to
confirm.

Press the reset button again.
The functions of all the submenus will
reset to factory settings.
Function
Page
Resetting all settings
126
Submenus in the Settings menu
127
Resetting the functions of a sub-
menu
127
Instrument cluster submenu
129
Time submenu
131
Lighting submenu
132
Vehicle submenu
136
iThe settings you have changed will not
be reset unless you confirm the action
by pressing the reset button a second
time. After approximately 5 seconds,
the
Settings...
menu reappears in
the multifunction display.
For safety reasons, the
Light circuit
Headlamp mode
in the
Lighting
sub-
menu is not reset while driving.

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Submenus in the Settings menu
Press button j.
In the right display you see the collec-
tion of submenus.

Press button ç.
The selection marker moves to the next
submenu. The submenus are arranged by hierarchy.
Scroll down with button ç, scroll up
with button æ.
With the selection marker on the desired
submenu, use button j to access the
individual functions within that submenu.
Once within the submenu, you can use but-
ton j to move to the next function or
button k to move to the previous func-
tion within that submenu.
The settings themselves are made with
button æ or ç.Resetting the functions of a submenu
For each submenu you can reset all the
functions to the factory settings.

Move to a function in the submenu.

Press the reset button in the instru-
ment cluster (
page 113) for approxi-
mately 3 seconds.
In the right display you will see the re-
quest to press the reset button again to
confirm.

Press the reset button again.
All functions of the submenu will reset
to factory settings.