2007 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class display

58 Audio
MP3 operation
Insert a MP3 CD face up into the CD
slot while COMAND is switched ON.
COMAND pulls in the CD and loads the
data. It may take a while to load the da-
ta, depending on the number of folders
and tracks.
After loading, COMAND plays the CD.
Press/.
COMAND ejects the CD.
Remove the CD from the slot.
If you do not remove the CD from the
slot, COMAND will automatically pull it
back after approx. 7 seconds.
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 38).
Press the MP3 soft key.
COMAND loads the MP3 CD data. This
may take a while depending on the
number of folders and tracks.
The MP3 main menu appears. You will
hear the last track played.1Current folder
2Current track
3Elapsed track time
4Track number within the current fold-
er/number of tracks in current folder
Ejecting a MP3 CD
MP3 main menu
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The MP3 soft key will only appear if an
MP3 CD has been loaded.
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On MP3 tracks with variable bit rates,
the elapsed track time displayed may
deviate from the actual time elapsed.

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MP3 operation
Press'.
COMAND changes the folder and loads
the data from the new folder.
It may take a while to load the data, de-
pending on the number of folders and
tracks.
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip (page 60)
Selecting via track list (page 60)
Selecting via direct entry of the track
number (
page 61)
Selecting via scan search (page 61)Selecting via track skip
On the COMAND control unitOpen the MP3 main menu (page 58).
For forward skipping press+;
or
For backward skipping press,.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the MP3 display
(
page 27).
For forward skipping pressj;
or
For backward skipping pressk.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons.
Selecting via track list
The track list contains all tracks in the cur-
rent folder. Only one track can be viewed
at a time.
Selecting a track
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Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
Backward skipping:
If the track has been playing longer
than approx. 10 seconds, the system
skips back to the beginning of the
track.
If less than 10 seconds have played,
the system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track.

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MP3 operation
1Current track
Open the MP3 main menu (page 58);
Press% or & to select a different
track.
Th e c u r r e n t t r a c k r e m a i n s p l a y i n g w h i l e
selecting.
Press', or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The selected track is played.Selecting via direct entry of the track
number
Open the MP3 main menu (page 58).
Press..
The Manual track input display ap-
pears.
1Number of tracks in the current folder
(10 tracks)
Example entry: Track 1
Press!.Example entry: Track 10
Press! and " in quick succession.
Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.
The selected track is played.
Selecting via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays each track in the
current folder 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.
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It is not possible to enter a number
greater than the number of tracks in
the current folder.

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MP3 operation
Starting scan search
In the MP3 main menu (page 58)
press the
Scan soft key.
The scan search starts.
Ending scan search manually
Press the Scan soft key.
The track playing when scan search is
ended remains selected.
Open the MP3 main menu (page 58).
Press and hold+ or,.
To stop release+ or,.
The following options are available:
Normal sequence
The COMAND plays tracks in a folder in
succession.
Once all the tracks in a folder have
been played, COMAND begins playing
the track(s) in the next folder on the
CD.
Repeat track
The COMAND will repeat the current
track until this function is canceled.
Repeat folder
The COMAND will repeat the tracks in
the current folder until this function is
canceled.
The track sequence is the same as the
Normal sequence option.
Track Random
This option is restricted to the tracks in
the current folder. The tracks are
played in random order.
Folder Random
All tracks on the CD are played in ran-
dom order.
Changing the playback option
In the MP3 main menu (page 58),
press the
Setting soft key.
The Settings menu is displayed.
The solid circle indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.
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The scan search will not function if the
current folder only contains one track.
When you start scan search, playback
option
Normal sequence (page 62) is
activated automatically.
Therein scan search is restricted to the
current folder.
Fast forward/reverse
Playback options

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MP3 operation
Press% or & to select a different
option.
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
C O M A N D i s s w i t c h e d O F F a n d t h e n O N
again.

70 Audio
CD changer* operation
The CD changer main menu appears.
You will hear the CD listened to last. If
this CD is no longer available, the unit
plays the next available audio CD.
The status bar also contains:
The track number and total number
of tracks on the current CD
The elapsed playing time of the
track1CD name or CD number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
4Track title or track number
The CD changer main menu shows the CD
title at the top and track title in the center
of the main area if the CD contains corre-
sponding 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.
Available choices:
Selecting via CD list
Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number (
page 71)
Selecting via CD Selection menu
(
page 71)
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 the top of the CD
changer main menu (in this example:
CD 5).
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The CDC soft key is shaded out if no CD
is loaded. The system will not switch to
CD changer mode.
Load an audio CD into the CD
changer (
page 65).
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 at least
two audio CDs are loaded.

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CD changer* operation
Use$ or # to select another CD
from the list.
Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang-
ing the selection.
The CD is changed. The newly selected
CD is played.Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number
Press one of the ! - 0 keys.
The CD changer switches to the CD
loaded in the appropriate CD changer
compartment.
Selecting via CD Selection menu
Press the Magaz. soft key.
The CD Selection menu appears. You
see the list of all six compartments. An entry shows the CD title if the CD con-
tains corresponding text data.
No text displayed with a CD symbol indi-
cates that the corresponding CD does not
contain any CD text data.
An entry shaded out indicates an empty
CD changer compartment.
Use% or & to select a CD.
The system will skip empty CD
changer compartments.
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The system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
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The CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.


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CD changer* operation
Press'.
The newly selected CD is played.
The following options are available:
Selecting via track skip
Selecting via track list (page 72)
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number (
page 73)
Selecting via scan search (page 73)
Selecting via track skip On the COMAND control unitOpen the CD changer main menu
(
page 69).
Press+7for forward skipping;
or
Press, for backward skipping.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons. On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the CD changer
display (
page 27).
Pressj for forward skipping;
or
Pressk for backward skipping.
The tracks skip immediately after
pressing one of the buttons.
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 number of the track currently
playing.
Selecting a track
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Forward skipping:
The next track is played.
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Backward skipping:
If the track has been playing longer
than approx. 10 seconds, the system
skips back to the beginning of the
track.
If less than 10 seconds have played,
the system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track.