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83 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Tuning using the multifunction steering
wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 27).
Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der;
or
Pressj.
The search proceeds in descending or-
der.
The search stops at the first receivable
station. Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays a channel for
approx. 8 seconds and then skips to
the next channel within the current
category.
Scan search can be ended manually.
Scan search stops automatically at the
station that was playing when scan
search was started.
Press the Scan soft key.
The scan search starts.
Press the Scan soft key again.
The scan search stops.Additional text information (artist and
track title) related to the current broadcast
can be displayed.
Press the Info soft key.
i
Using% o r&7i s f o l l o w e d b y a s h o r t
delay before the change occurs. Using
+ a n d, changes the channel
immediately.
Obtaining additional text
information
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99 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Press a number key between! and
= and hold it for more than approx.
2 seconds.
The telephone establishes the connec-
tion with the stored number.
The call is activated the moment the other
party answers the call. The call display ap-
pears. The duration of the call is displayed
in the status bar.A call screen is displayed if the multifunc-
tion display in the instrument cluster is
switched to Telephone main display
(
page 28).
The following functions are available dur-
ing a call:
Ending the active call
Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF
Transmitting number sequencesEnding the active call
On the COMAND control unit
Press3.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Presst .
Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF
The soft key
Mic Off shows the status of
the microphone.
Microphone OFF: soft key =
Microphone ON: soft key =
Press the Mic Off soft key.
The microphone switches OFF or ON.
The display of the soft key changes ac-
cordingly.
The other party cannot hear you if the
microphone is switched OFF; however,
you can hear the other party.
Active call
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177 Index
A
Accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 32
Autostore (in Radio mode) . . . . . 43, 46
B
Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 173
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 65
C
Call (telephone)
answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 99
outgoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 162, 163
CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Calling up Destination Memory . . . 152Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Caring for
CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 55, 64
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 81
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
see also MP3 CD
copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 66
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 68
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 65
random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
permissible file system (MP3) . . . . . . 64
permissible MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 64
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD slot
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 66
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
single CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 173
CD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 173Changing
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 145
CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 81
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Controls
CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 26
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
entering destination via . . . . . . . . . 128
Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 66
Copyright (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 65
Current navigation announcement 132
repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Current vehicle position
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Index
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179 Index
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 174
J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 64, 174
L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 151
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 151
starting route guidance to
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 174
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 109
Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 110
Logic7
® Surround . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 174
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 44
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 45, 46
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 163
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Mix, see random
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . 56, 64
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 64
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 55
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 56
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 54
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 64
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 55
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 56
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 55, 174
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
N
Navigation announcements
see also current navigation announce-
ment
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109