2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class audio 20 pro

68 AudioCD changer* operation
Insert an audio CD into the CD slot 1
within approx. 15 seconds. Insert the
CD face up.The CD is pulled in; the magazine com
-
partment is loaded. The red LED in the corresponding mag
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azine compartment button 2 lights up
continuously. The CD changer then requests inser
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tion of the next CD. The LED in the cor
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responding magazine compartment
button 2 flashes green.

Repeat the last step until all six maga
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zine compartments are loaded.The system plays the sixth CD. The
LEDs in all magazine compartment but
-
tons 2 light up red continuously.The loading procedure is completed.
The following options are available:
Ejecting one CD

Ejecting all CDs
( page
69)
Ejecting one CD 1CD slot2
Magazine compartment buttons

Open the glove box

( Vehicle owner's manual).

Briefly press the appropriate magazine
compartment button 2.The button LED 2 flashes red. The CD
changer ejects the CD.

Within 15 seconds, remove the CD
from the slot 1.
iIf, for example, only compartments 1
through 4 are to be loaded instead of
all six compartments, simply do not in
-
sert the a fifth CD into the slot 1. The
CD changer attempts to load the fifth
CD, yet aborts the loading procedure.
The system automatically plays the last
(fourth) CD.Ejecting CDs

69 Audio
CD changer* operation
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within 15 sec
-
onds. The system starts playing the CD
again.The ejection procedure is completed.
Ejecting all CDs 
Open the glove box

( Vehicle owner's manual).

Press and hold the button of a loaded
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.The button LEDs of all loaded magazine
compartments will briefly flash red,
several times.
The CD changer ejects the CDs one af
-
ter another.

Within 15 seconds, remove each CD
from the slot 1.The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within 15 sec
-
onds. The system starts playing the CD
again.The ejection procedure is completed
when all CDs are removed, or when the
procedure is aborted by the CD chang
-
er.

Open the Audio main menu ( page
38)
.

Press the
CDC
soft key.
iIf you are listening to a CD in the CD
changer and you eject another CD from
the changer:
While ejecting the CD, the system
interrupts CD playback.

The CD you were last listening to
starts from the beginning once the
ejection procedure is completed.
iIf you eject the CD you are currently lis
-
tening to:
The next available audio CD is
played.

If there are no other CDs available,
the system switches to the audio
source listened to before CD chang
-
er mode.
CD changer main menu


71 Audio
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
3
- 
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
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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.
iThe system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
iThe CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.


72 AudioCD 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 unit
Open the CD changer main menu ( page
69)
.

Press
-
for 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)
.

Press
j for forward skipping;
or
Press
k 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 iForward skipping:

The next track is played.
iBackward 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.

73 Audio
CD changer* operation

Use

or

to select another track
from the list.
The current track remains playing while
selecting.

Press
, or wait approx. 3 seconds
without changing the selection.
The track is changed. The newly select
-
ed track is played.
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number 
Open the CD changer main menu ( page
69)
.

Press
2
.
The Manual track input display ap
-
pears.
1Number of tracks on the current CD
(12 tracks)Entry example: Track 1
Press
3
.
Entry example: Track 12
Press
3
and

in quick succession.

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search Scan search is characterized as follows:
Scan search plays each track on the
current CD 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.iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.

76 AudioAudio AUX operation1Socket
Open the Audio main menu ( page
38)
.

Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu appears.

The external audio source is made au
-
dible, provided it is connected and
switched to playback.
In AUX mode, you can adjust the following:
Volume
( page
31)

Balance
( page
32)

Bass and treble
( page
33)

Sound functions
( page
34)
iAn external audio source can be con
-
nected to COMAND via the 1/8" sock
-
et located inside the glovebox.Switching to AUX mode
iPlease refer to the appropriate operat
-
ing manual for the operation of the ex
-
ternal audio source.

109 Navigation*
Important notes
COMAND calculates the route with the
help of data that is stored on the naviga
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tion DVD.Only use Mercedes-Benz navigation DVDs
designed for the SLK-Class (R171)
COMAND system. No other CDs or DVDs
will work. Using other navigation CDs or
DVDs might lead to malfunctions.Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con
-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps do not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area.
The DVD is loaded into (and ejected from)
the navigation computer.

The navigation computer is mounted in the
center of the trunk.1Ejecting DVDs 2DVD slot
Loading 
Insert the DVD into the DVD slot 2
face up.The navigation computer pulls the DVD
in.
Ejecting 
Press

1 and wait until the naviga
-
tion computer ejects the DVD.
.The navigation DVD covers the continental
U.S., Hawaii and Canada. Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or the
Customer Assistance Center in the U.S. at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
or in Canada at 1-800-387-0100 for other
DVDs that may be available.
Change the navigation DVD ( page
109)
.
Tips on the navigation DVD
Loading/ejecting the DVD iYour Navigation DVD drive has been
designed to play DVDs which corre
-
spond to the IEC
60908 standard.
If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.
Travelling abroad

174 GlossaryGSM
(Global
System for
Mobile communica
-
tion) A standard network protocol used
throughout the world for digital cellular
communication.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Latitude
One of the two ->coordinates that

indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface. The latitude indi
-
cates the north-south position in rela
-
tion to the equator.
LOGIC7
®
A 7-channel surround matrix that con
-
verts any 2-channel material into
breathtaking multi-channel surround
sound, creating a natural, 360-degree
“enveloping” soundfield with a maxi
-
mum “audio sweetspot” for all passen
-
gers.
Longitude
One of the two ->coordinates that

indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface. The longitude indi
-
cates the east-west position in relation
to the ->Greenwich meridian.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for

MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num
-
ber of sessions.
PIN
(Personal
Identification
Number)
Personal identification number, must
be entered to activate the telephone.
POI
(Point
of Interest)
Points of Interest include service sta
-
tions, rest areas, parking lots, hospi
-
tals, sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
Service provider offering access to a
mobile communication network or oth
-
er services within the network.
PUK
(Personal
Unblocking
Key)
Must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.