2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class display

167 System
System settings

Use

or

to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.Setting the minutes:

With GPS reception, each time you
press

or

changes the time in in
-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.Setting the hours:

Each time you press

or

, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date 
Use

or

to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the Date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set


168 SystemSystem settingsSetting the format
Use

or

to select a format.

Press

.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce
-
ments.

In the System menu
( page
166)
,
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
 Vehicle Operator’s manual);

All other options:

The system switches to the requested
language.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu, press the ( page
166)
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis
-
played.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set
Setting the language
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF

169 System
System settings

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

Open the System menu
( page
166)
.

Press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.
The following option and soft key are avail
-
able:
Switching the display dimming charac
-
teristic

Bright.
soft key

Provides access to adjusting the dis
-
play brightness
( page
170)
Setting the display dimming

characteristics You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day
mode
:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night
mode
:
The display is constantly set to night
-
time design.

Automatic
:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus
-
ter.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.Empty square
= sound OFF

Solid square
= sound ON
Display settings

170 SystemSystem settingsAdjusting display brightness 
In the Display Settings menu, press the Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press

or

.
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Actuating the Reset function resets
COMAND to the factory settings. In addition, it deletes:
Telephone*: All phone book entries

SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina
-
tion memory and in the Last destina
-
tions memory.
Reset activation
Call up the System menu
( page
166)
.

Press the
Reset
soft key.
A prompt appears asking if resetting
the system and deleting the data is re
-
ally intended.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
You are prompted again to confirm if
you really want to reset the system and
delete the data.
Reset function

178 Index DDeletingdestinationfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 153from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 152detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 145Destinationdeletingfrom Destination memory . . . . . . 153from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 152Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155storing in destination memory . . . . 153Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 152calling up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . . 152storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Detour (navigation)changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Dialed calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Displayadjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 170switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 140DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 109,
173
EEjecting CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 109Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 162Ending call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,
99
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 87Enteringfrequency (in Radio mode) . . . . . . . . 44home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91unlock code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 FFile structure (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Forwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Frequency input (Radio mode) . . . . . 44 GGlobal Positioning Systemsee GPSGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Greenwich meridian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 173GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
101,
174
HHands-free microphoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Home addressentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 IID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,
174

179 Index
JJoliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,
64,
174
LLanguage setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 151selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 151starting route guidance to

Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,
174
List (Satellite radio mode)program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81List (Telephone mode)accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Loading CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 109Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 110Logic7® Surround. . . . . . . . . . . 35,
174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,
174
MManual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 44Memorydestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,
45,
46
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 163Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Mix, see randomMPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . 56,
64
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 64MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 64MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 55tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 56tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 54MP3 CDejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
64
MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 55permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 56safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 55,
174
Multifunction steering wheelControls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 NNavigation announcementssee also current navigation announce
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mentafter vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 110switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

180 IndexNavigation soft key displaysshowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 116NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,
93
Normal sequencein CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 OOutgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 PPermissiblebit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
65
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64file systems (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,
64
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
64
Personal Identification Numbersee PINPersonal Unblocking Keysee PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
switching display between number

and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 89PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 88,
89
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 89POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Points of interestsee POIPresetsin Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 81Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Program type listsee program category listProvider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
174
RRadio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
RandomCD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75track (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75track (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62track (single CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Refusing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Repeatfolder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reset function (system) . . . . . . . . . 170Reversein CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 162ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Root directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
175
Route display (Navigation mode). . 140

181 Index
Route guidanceafter vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 110cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 110starting to destinationof Destination memory . . . . . . . . 152of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 151with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 SSafety instructionsfor CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 64for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 48for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 86Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,
65
Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 83in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Searching station (Radio mode). . . . 41SelectingCD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 70destinationof Last destination memory . . . . . 151folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59home address using map (navigation) . 117phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,
157
station in Satellite radio mode . . . . . 80trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Settingbalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32for navigation announcements . . 114bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33for navigation announcements . . 114date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,
45
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113system language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33for navigation announcements . . 114volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 114
Showing soft key displays in

Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,
175
SIM CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91