2007 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class sat nav

33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Press# or $:
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing the balance accordingly.
Storing new settings:
Press' or the Back soft key,
or
wait until the display changes.For the following operating modes, differ-
ent settings for bass and treble can be se-
lected:
Radio (FM waveband)
Radio (AM waveband)
Radio (Weather Band)
Single CD
MP3
CD changer*
AUX
Satellite radio*
Navigation*
Bass and treble settings for navigation an-
nouncements are found under “Adjusting
the acoustics for navigation announce-
ments” (
page 113).When adjusting bass or treble, the system
automatically stores the setting for the
currently active operating mode.
Setting bass and treble
Open the main menu of the appropriate
operating mode (
page 29).
Press the Bass or Treble soft key.
The Bass or Treble menu appears.
Bass and treble


78 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 84), 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 81).Category selection
ALL contains the station
list of all receivable channels (channel
mode) (
page 81).
Introduction to satellite radio
i
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.
i
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.

148 Navigation*
During route guidance
One of the following orientations can be
selected:
2D North up
Fixed map orientation, north is always
pointing up;
2D Heading up
Dynamic map orientation, driving direc-
tion is always pointing up.
In the Display menu (page 146),
press the
View soft key.
Both options appear.Changing map orientation
Use % or &7to select the desired
option.
Press'.
The orientation changes.
Finally, press the Back soft key or wait
for the screen to change.You can set the following to be displayed in
the status bar:
Time of arrival/Dist. to Dest.
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
page 134), the estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance to
the destination will be displayed. If you
have entered a stopover destination
(
page 143), the corresponding data
will be displayed.
Current-Location display
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
p a g e 1 3 4 ) , t h e f o l l o w i n g d a t a w i l l
be displayed:
The current position as coordi-
nates.
The number of satellites that can
currently be received.
The current elevation (ALT = alti-
tude) above sea level.
Setting map orientation i
Empty circle = deactivated
Solid circle = activated
i
During route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is al-
ways pointing up;
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Map display menu

166 System
System settings
Press<.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time soft key
For setting the date and time
Lang. soft key
For setting the language (
page 168)
Tones soft key
For switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON and OFF
(
page 168)
Display soft key
For changing the display settings
(
page 169)
Reset soft key
For resetting COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 170)
Press the Time soft key.
The Date/Time setting menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time
Setting the date
Setting the date/time format
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances:
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and
correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time
i
There is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.

173 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
Glossary

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

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

180 Index
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Navigation soft key displays
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 116
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 93
Normal sequence
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
O
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 65
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
file systems (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 64
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 64
Personal Identification Number
see PINPersonal Unblocking Key
see PUK
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
switching display between number
and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 89
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 88, 89
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 89
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Points of interest
see POI
Presets
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 174
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
track (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
track (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
track (single CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Refusing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Repeat
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reset function (system) . . . . . . . . . 170
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52