2011 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER MY 11 Audio Manual

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Operation
Adjusting the sound setting Press the u button.
Turn the o control knob on Sound 5.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The display in the instrument cluster
shows the current setting.
Balance and fader
Shared balance and fader settings apply to
the radio, CD and AUX operating modes.
Setting the fader (volume distribution be-
tween front and rear) Press the u button repeatedly until
the Fader menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Turn the o control knob.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change. The new setting
is saved as soon as the Fader menu dis-
appears.
Setting the balance (volume distribution
between left and right) Press the u button repeatedly until
the Balance menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Turn the o control knob.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change. The new setting
is saved as soon as the Balance menu
disappears.
Bass, treble and mid-range
+Different bass / treble settings are possi-
ble for all operating modes.
When you set the bass or treble, the radio
saves the setting automatically for whichever
operating mode is currently active.
Adjusting the bass Press the u button repeatedly until
the Bass menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Turn the o control knob.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change. The setting is
saved as soon as the Bass menu disap-
pears.
Adjusting the treble Press the u button repeatedly until
the Treble menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Sound setting

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Operation
Turn the o control knob.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change. The new setting
is saved as soon as the Treble menu dis-
appears.
Adjusting the mid-range Press the u button repeatedly until
the Mid-range menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Turn the o control knob.
or Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change. The new setting
is saved as soon as the Mid-range menu
disappears.
Linear
This function adjusts the following settings to
medium: volume
fader
balance
bass, treble, and mid-range
Volume of the confirmation tone (BEEP)
Press and hold the u button until you
hear a tone. The settings are reset to medium.
Mute
To mute: briefly press the 8 button.
The radio switches to mute. In CD mode, the
CD stops. To deactivate: briefly press the 8
button.
or
Turn the o control knob.
You will hear the audio source you were
listening to before mute was activated.
Automatic switching
The radio automatically switches if: a system such as a hands-free device or
a navigation system (Personal Navigation
Device / PND) is installed
and if the system activates the mute
function via a connection line to the ra-
dio.
The radio switches the audio output accord-
ing to the following priorities when in radio or
CD mode:
1. Telephone (hands-free system)
2. Navigation device (PND)

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Operation
In this operating mode, you can only switch
off and adjust the volume of the Sound 5 ra-
dio.
Adjusting the volume of the confirma-
tion tone Press the u button repeatedly until
the BEEP menu appears.
The current setting will appear.
Turn the o control knob.
or
Press the W or X button on the
steering wheel.
The setting will change.
The new setting is saved as soon as the
BEEP menu disappears.
Reception quality
If a radio station is broadcast in stereo and
the reception quality is sufficient, stereo
symbol : appears in the bottom left of the
display. The instrument cluster display must be
switched to the radio or CD function to allow
operation using the steering wheel buttons.
Press the V or U button on the
steering wheel repeatedly until the de-
sired menu appears.
The following displays are shown as exam-
ples.
Radio mode display
CD mode display
Steering wheel with buttons
Switching over the display : Receiving frequency or station ID (if
one is being broadcast)
; Waveband with memory location
number of station in station memo-
ry (if stored)
: CD mode
; Current track

Steering wheel with buttons
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Operation
Briefly press the u button on the ra-
dio.
On the steering wheel, press the & or
* button repeatedly until the desired
Sound menu appears in the instrument
cluster display.
On the steering wheel, press the W or
X button to set the desired value.
The new setting is saved as soon as the
Sound menu disappears.
Adjusting the sound setting : Sound setting example: Bass menu

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Radio mode
Vehicle equipmentRadio mode

Radio mode
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Radio mode
+This Operator’s Manual describes all fea-
tures, standard or optional, potentially
available for your vehicle at the time of pur-
chase. Please be aware that your vehicle
might not be equipped with all features de-
scribed in this manual.
You can use the FM and AM buttons to call
up the following wavebands:

FM: station memory 1–5

FM: station memory 6–10

FM-AS: Autostore

AM
WB (Weather Band)
The waveband is displayed first and then the
station last selected on the chosen wave-
band.
Setting the FM waveband
+FM waveband: 87.5–108 MHz
Press the FM button repeatedly until one
of the FM wavebands appears (
FM 1–5,
FM 6–10 or FM-AS). The radio selects the last station you were lis-
tening to that was set on one of the three FM
wavebands.
Setting the AM waveband
+AM waveband: 530–1,710 kHz
Press the AM button until
AM appears.
The radio selects the last station you
were listening to.
Setting the Weather Band (WB) Press the AM button until
WB appears.
Weather Band will automatically tune to
the strongest station in the area.
Stations may be selected in the following
ways: selecting a station using station search
selecting a station using manual search
selecting a station using station presets
Selecting using station search
Using the Sound 5 radio Set the desired waveband ( page 20).
Press the ü button.
The station search starts in ascending or-
der.
or Press the û button.
The station search starts in descending
order.
In both cases, the station search stops at
the next station with adequate reception.
Vehicle equipment
Radio mode
$ Risk of accident
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the radio functions. Only use the
Sound 5 radio when road and traffic condi-
tions permit you to do so. Otherwise you
could be involved in an accident in which you
or others could be injured.
Switching to radio mode
Setting the waveband
Selecting a station

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Radio mode
Using the steering wheel buttons
+You can switch between station selection
via memory presets and station selection
via frequency on the instrument cluster.
For information on how to do this, see the
vehicle Operator’s Manual.
Set the desired waveband ( page 20).
Switch the display to the Audio menu ( page 17).
Press the & button.
The station search starts in ascending or-
der.
or Press the * button.
The station search starts in descending
order.
Depending on the instrument cluster set-
ting, the station search stops at the next
station which can be received, either pre-
set in the memory or on the waveband.
Tuning in manually
+This function is not available for Weather
Band (WB).
Set the desired waveband ( page 20).
Briefly press the n or ý button on
the radio.
The waveband is searched in the frequen-
cy steps stated above.
Press and hold the n or ý button
on the radio.
The search does not stop at the frequen-
cy steps stated above.
Selecting using the station presets
You can store 5 stations in the AM waveband
and 5 stations in the Weather Band (WB).
For the FM wavebands, a total of 10 fixed sta-
tions and 5 Autostore memory presets can
be used. Using Sound 5
Set the desired waveband ( page 20).
Press one of the buttons from 4 to
D .
The radio selects the stored station.
+With the FM 6–10 range, memory presets
6–10 are also set using buttons 4 to
D . Memory preset location 10 appears
in the display as
FM0.
Using the steering wheel buttons Set the desired waveband ( page 20).
Switch the display to the Audio menu (
page 17).
Press the & or * button.
The stored station is selected.
You can select presets 1–10 using the steer-
ing wheel buttons if: the Sound 5 radio is either in the FM 1–5
or FM 6–10 preset group and
the display is set to "Select station from
memory" (
page 17). Information on
how to set the display can be found in the
vehicle Operator’s Manual.
Scan mode plays each station with ade-
quate reception for around 8 seconds.
After it has run through the stations
twice, the scan stops automatically at the
station you were listening to before the
scan was started.
Starting scan mode Switch to the desired waveband (
page 20).
Press the SC button.
The station search starts.
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Ending scan mode Press the SC button again.
The station search stops.
You can store stations in the FM, AM and WB
wavebands manually or using Autostore.
Storing manually
Five memory presets are available for each
waveband. Set the station to be stored ( page 20).
Press and hold a button between 4
and D until you hear a tone.
The station will be saved at the button
you have pressed.
Saving using Autostore
+Saving using Autostore is only possible in
the FM-AS waveband.
The radio fills the five memory presets in the
FM-AS waveband with stations in order of re-
ception quality.
If no stations are available, the radio fills all
Autostore locations with the lowest frequen-
cy. Press the FM button repeatedly until the
FM-AS waveband appears.
Press and hold the SC button until you
hear a tone and the Autostore station
search starts. When
AS–Seek disappears, saving is com-
plete.Storing a station