2007 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class page 66

66 Audio
CD changer* operation
Within 15 seconds, remove the CD
from the slot 1.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx.
15 seconds. The system starts playing
the CD again.
The ejection procedure is completed.
Retract the CD changer (page 63).
Ejecting all CDs
Access the CD changer (page 62).
Press and hold the button of a loaded
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.
The button LEDs of all loaded magazine
compartments will briefly flash red,
several times.
The CD changer ejects the CDs one af-
ter another.
Within 15 seconds, remove each CD
from the slot 1.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within approx.
15 seconds. The system starts playing
the CD again.
The ejection procedure is completed
when all CDs are removed, or when the
procedure is aborted by the CD chang-
er.
Retract the CD changer (page 63).
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 36).
Press the CDC soft key.
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If you are listening to a CD in the CD
changer and you eject another CD from
the changer:
While ejecting the CD, the system
interrupts CD playback.
The CD you were last listening to
starts from the beginning once the
ejection procedure is completed.
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If you eject the CD you are currently lis-
tening to:
The next available audio CD is
played.
If there are no other CDs available,
the system switches to the audio
source listened to before CD chang-
er mode.
CD changer main menu
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Th e C D C s o f t k e y i s s h a d e d o u t i f n o C D
is loaded. The system will not switch to
CD changer mode.
Load an audio CD into the
CD changer (
page 63).

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CD changer* operation
The CD changer main menu appears.
You will hear the CD listened to last. If
the CD listened to last is no longer
available, the unit plays the next avail-
able audio CD.
I f t he C D c o n t a i n s C D t e xt d a t a , t h e C D
changer main menu will show the name
of the CD and the title of the track cur-
rently playing.
The status bar also contains:
The track number and total number
of tracks
The elapsed playing time of the
track1CD name or CD number
2Track title or track number
3Elapsed track playing time
4Track number/Total tracks
The CD changer menu shows the
CD title at the top and track title in the cen-
ter of the main area if the CD contains cor-
responding text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the number of the CD and the track
number are displayed instead of the name
of the CD and the track title. The numbers 1 through 6 are assigned to
the CD compartments of the CD changer.
The following options are available:
Selecting via CD list
Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number (
page 68)
Selecting via CD Selection menu
(
page 68)
Selecting via CD list
The CD list contains all loaded CDs. Only
one entry is visible at a time. Its name or
number is shown at top of the CD changer
main menu (here CD 5).
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The CDC soft key will only be visible if a
CD changer is connected.
Selecting CDs
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This selection is possible only if two or
more audio CDs are loaded.

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CD changer* operation
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip
Selecting via track list (page 69)
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 69)
Selecting via scan search (page 70)
Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unit
Open the CD changer main menu
(
page 66).
Press+0for forward skipping.
or
Press, for backward skipping.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the CD changer
display (
page 25).
Pressj for forward skipping.
or
Pressk for backward skipping.
Selecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks of the cur-
rent CD. Only one list entry is visible at a
time, it is the track currently playing.
Use% or & to select another track
from the list.
Press' or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number
Open the CD changer main menu
(
page 66).
Press..
The Manual track input display ap-
pears. The number of tracks on the CD
is displayed.
Selecting a track
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Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
The system skips back to the beginning
of the track if more than approx. 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.
The system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track if less than 10
seconds playing time of the track cur-
rently playing have elapsed.


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CD changer* operation
Entry example: Track 1
Press!.
Entry example: Track 12
Press! and A in quick succession.
Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.Selecting via scan search
Scan search is characterised as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.
Starting scan search
Press the Scan soft key.
Ending scan search manually
Press the Scan soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is ended remains playing.
Open the CD changer main menu
(
page 66).
Press and hold+ or ,.
To stop release+ or ,.
The following options are available:
Normal sequence
The tracks are played in the normal se-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
If only one CD is loaded, the last track is
followed by again playing the first track.
I f s eve r a l C D s a r e l o a d e d i n t h e C D c h a n g -
er, the last track on a CD in the changer
will be followed by the first track of the
next CD in the changer.
The CDs are changed in their normal se-
quence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3 etc.).
Repeat track
The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.
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Entries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
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When you start the scan search, play-
back option
Normal sequence is activated
automatically. Therein scan search is
restricted to the current CD.
Fast forward/reverse
Playback options

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CD changer* operation
Repeat CD
The current CD will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.
Random track
The tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
If several CDs are loaded in the CD
changer, the last track on a CD in the
changer will be followed by the first
track of the next CD in the changer.
The CDs are changed in their normal
sequence (e.g. CD 1, 2, 3, etc.).
Random CD
At least 4 tracks on one CD are played
in random order (e.g. track 5, 7, 3, 9).
Then, the next CD will be played.
The CDs are changed in random
order (e.g. CD 4, 1, 5, etc.).
Switching the playback option
In the CD changer main menu
(
page 66) press the Setting soft key.
The Setting menu appears.
The solid circle indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.
Use% or & to select a different op-
tion.
Press'.
The option is activated. A correspond-
ing display will appear in the status bar
for all options except
Normal sequence.
An option will remain activated even if
the COMAND is switched OFF and then
ON again.
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It is only possible to select this function
if at least two audio CDs are loaded in
the CD changer.
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This selection is only available if at
least two audio CDs are loaded.

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Audio AUX operation
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 36).
Press the AUX soft key.
The AUX menu appears.
The external audio source is made au-
dible, provided it is connected and
switched to playback.In AUX mode, you can adjust the following:
Volume (page 29)
Fader and balance (page 30)
Bass and treble (page 31)
Sound functions (page 32)
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An external audio source, for example a
tape player, can be connected to
COMAND.
For further information, please contact
your Mercedes-Benz Center.
Switching to AUX mode
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Please refer to the appropriate operat-
ing manual for the operation of the ex-
ternal audio source.

74 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 80), or contact
www.siriusradio.com
Program categories
The channels are categorized. Categories
allow you to tune to stations broadcasting
a certain type of program (category mode)
(
page 77).Category selection
ALL contains the station
list of all receivable channels (channel
mode) (
page 77).
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.
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.
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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.

76 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Station information is displayed on the
main screen and in the center of the status
bar.
Main area, in this example:
ROCK = selected category (page 77)
Vault = name of the selected station
Status bar, in this example:
SAT (on the left) = the selected mode
SAT5 = location in the program
memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored
Ch16 = number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys
Presets
shows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 80) and re-
quest stored stations (
page 76).
Info
shows additional text information relat-
ed to the current channel.
Scan
is used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 79).
Service
displays a screen showing the tele-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the particular receiver.You can also adjust the following:
Bass and treble (page 31)
Balance and fader (page 30)
Sound functions (page 32)
Volume (not on soft keys)
(
page 29)
The following options are available:
Tuning via station presets (page 77)
Tuning via manual channel input
(
page 77)
Tuning via the program category list
(
page 77)
Tuning a station within the selected
category (
page 78)
Tuning via scan search (page 79)
SAT main menu
Selecting a station