2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class setting time

166 SystemSystem 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
iThere 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.

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

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

183 Index
TTele Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,
175
Telephoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Telephone mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Tipson caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,
64
on caring for MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . 55on copyright (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . 57,
65
on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 55on creating MP3 tracks. . . . . . . . . . . 56on data storage media (MP3 mode) . 54on telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . 86on the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trackforwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52randomin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 75in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53repeatin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53reversein CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52selectingin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transmittingnumber sequences (telephone) . . . 100Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Trip interruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
UUniversal Time Coordinatedsiehe UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,
175
VVehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS MUTED. 132Volumeautomatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 32setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . 114
WWarning. . 40,
48,
49,
54,
57,
64,
65,
86,
92,
108,
137
WB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
175
Weather Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45WRONG PIN NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . 91