2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER Owners Manual

Example: current programme
:
Alphabetical browser
; Channel name
= To display the programme preview
? Visual display of the elapsed programme
time (if this information is broadcast)
A Title of the current programme
B Current channel
X To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control or confirm Menu
Menu by
pressing the 9button while the control
menu is shown.
X Select TV
TV using the =; buttons and
press the 9button to confirm.
X Select Station list
Station list and press the9
button to confirm.
The channel list appears. It shows the cur-
rent programme on the digital TV channels
with adequate reception. The #dot in
front of a list entry indicates the currently
selected channel. Example: programme preview
:
To display the current programme
; Channel name =
Beginning and end of the programme
? Title of the next programme
A Current channel
X To show the programme preview: select
Display programme preview Display programme preview and press
the 9button to confirm.
The channel list shows the channel's next
programme.
X To show the current programme: select
Display current programme
Display current programme and press
the 9button to confirm.
X To close the display: press the%but-
ton.
Basic TV settings Fixing the frequency
Further information on this function is avail-
able in the "Video" section (Y page 507).
X To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control or confirm Menu Menuby
pressing the 9button while the control
menu is shown.
X Select TV
TVusing the =; buttons and
press the 9button to confirm.
X Select Channel fix
Channel fix and press the9but-
ton to confirm.
The function is switched on Oor off ª,
depending on the previous status. When
the function is switched on, FIX FIXappears in
the display window.
X To exit the menu: press the=or;
button.
Setting the reception region
Further information on this function is avail-
able in the "Video" section (Y page 507).
X To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control or confirm Menu Menuby
pressing the 9button while the control
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Select TV
TVusing the =; buttons and
press the 9button to confirm.
X Select TV standard
TV standard and press the9but-
ton to confirm.
A list appears showing the reception
regions. The #dot in front of a list entry
indicates the currently selected reception
area or country.
X Select the reception area and press the 9
button to confirm.
A message appears to inform you that if the
wrong country is set, correct reception will
not be possible.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press the 9button to
confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes , the Rear Seat Entertain-
ment System switches the country.
If you select No No, the country list will appear
again.
Teletext Switching teletext on/off
X To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control.
or
X Select Menu
Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press the 9button to confirm.
X To switch on: selectText
Text using the
=; buttons and press the 9button
to confirm.
The first teletext page is displayed.
X To switch off: press the%back button.
Selecting a teletext page
X To select a page directly: press the cor-
responding number keys on the remote
control.
X To call up the previous/next page: press
the 9 or: button.
i You can only enter pages that are permis-
sible for teletext between 100 and 899. Dynamic teletext page
A dynamic teletext page consists of several
subpages. The display automatically changes
to the next page after a certain time. Video DVD mode
Important safety notes G
WARNING
The CD/DVD drive is a class 1 laser product. If you open the housing of the CD/DVD drive,
invisible laser beams may be released. These laser beams may damage your retina. There is
a risk of injury.
You must not open the casing. Always have
maintenance work and repairs carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop.
General notes DVD playback requirements
You may encounter playback problems when
playing copied discs. There are a large variety
of discs, DVD authoring software, writing
software and writers available. This variety
means that there is no guarantee that the
Rear Seat Entertainment System will be able
to play video DVDs that you have copied your-
self.
Other information can be found under Video
(Y page 511). Information regarding
COMAND Online also applies to the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
Function restrictions
Depending on the DVD, it is possible that cer-
tain functions or actions described in this
section will be temporarily blocked or may not function at all. As soon as you try to activate
these functions or actions, you will see the K
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Switching to video DVD mode
X
Insert a video DVD (Y page 528).
The Rear Seat Entertainment System loads the disc.
If disc mode was the last mode selected, it
will now be active.
If it was not, switch on video DVD mode as described in the following instructions.
X Select Disc
Disc in the menu using the
9=; buttons on the remote
control and confirm by pressing the 9
button.
If the video DVD fulfils the playback criteria:
the film either starts automatically or the
menu saved on the DVD appears. If the
DVD menu appears, you must start the film manually.
X Select the corresponding menu item in the
DVD menu.
Showing/hiding the control menu Control menu displayed
:
Data medium type
; Current track
= Current scene
? Track time
A To show the menu
X To show: press the9or: button on
the remote control.
X To hide: press the 9or: button.
or
X Wait for approximately 8 seconds. Showing/hiding the menu
Example: menu shown
:
Video DVD options
; Pause function
= Stop function
? Media Media media selection
A Sound settings
X To show: press the9button on the
remote control.
or
X Select Menu
Menu while the control menu is
shown and press the 9button to confirm.
X To hide: press the 9button, select
Full screen
Full screen and press the9button to
confirm.
Fast forward/rewind X
Press and hold the EorF button on
the remote control until the desired posi-
tion has been reached.
You see the control menu.
Pause function X
To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control.
or
X Select Menu
Menu while the control menu is
shown and press the 9button to confirm.
X To pause playback: selectËand press
the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì.536
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To continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
The menu is hidden.
Stop function X
To show the menu: press the9button on
the remote control.
or
X Select Menu
Menuwhile the control menu is
shown and press the 9button to confirm.
X To interrupt playback: selectÉand
press the 9button to confirm.
The Ë display changes to Ì. The
video image is hidden.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
Playback continues from the point where it
was interrupted. The menu is hidden.
X To stop playback: while playback is inter-
rupted, select Éagain and press the 9
button to confirm.
Playback stops and returns to the begin-
ning of the DVD. Ìis highlighted.
X To restart playback: selectÌand
press the 9button to confirm.
Playback starts from the beginning of the
DVD.
Selecting a scene/chapter General notes
Also observe the information on the video
DVD mode (Y page 513).
Skipping forwards/backwards
X Press the =or; button on the
remote control.
or
X Press the EorF button.
The control menu (Y page 512) appears for
approximately eight seconds. Selecting a scene/chapter directly
The examples illustrate how to select scene/
chapter 5.
X Option 1: while the film is playing, press
the h button on the remote control.
X Press the corresponding number key, such
as 5.
X Option 2: while the film is playing, press
the 9button on the remote control and
show the menu.
X Select DVD-V DVD-Vand press the 9button to
confirm.
X Select DVD functions DVD functions and press the9
button to confirm.
X Select Scene
Scene selection
selection and press the 9
button to confirm.
X Select 5
5using the 9or: button and
press the 9button to confirm.
In both cases, playback will begin from the
5th scene/chapter after a brief pause.
Selecting a film/title Option 1:
X Press the 9button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-Vand press the 9button on
the remote control to confirm. X
Select DVD functions DVD functions and press the9
button to confirm.
X Select Title Title selection
selection and press the 9
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To call up the selection list: press the9
button.
X Select a film/track.
Option 2:
Example: selecting film 2
X Press button 2.
After a brief pause, the second film is
played.
DVD menu Calling up the DVD menu
The DVD menu is the menu stored on the DVD
itself. It is structured in various ways accord-
ing to the individual DVD and permits certain actions and settings.
In the case of multi-language DVDs, for exam-
ple, you can change the DVD language in the DVD menu.
X Press the 9button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V DVD-Vand press the 9button on
the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD functions
DVD functions and press the9
button to confirm.
X Select Menu
Menuand press the 9button to
confirm.
The DVD menu appears.
Selecting menu items in the DVD menu X
Select a menu item using the
9:=; buttons on the remote control and press the
9button to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Confirm Select Selectby pressing the 9button.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System car-
ries out the action or shows a submenu.
X If available, additional options can now be
selected.
The Rear Seat Entertainment System then
switches back to the DVD menu.
i Menu items that cannot be selected are
shown in grey.
i Depending on the DVD, the menu items:
Back Back (to
(tothe
themovie)
movie) ,Play
Play, Stop
Stop,E,
F orGo
Go up
upmay either not function at all
or may not function at certain points in the
DVD menu. To indicate this, the Ksymbol
appears in the display.
Stopping a film or skipping to the begin-
ning or end of a scene X Select any menu item from the DVD menu.
The menu appears.
X To stop the film: select theStop Stopmenu
item and press the 9button on the remote
control to confirm.
X To skip to the end of a scene: select the
F menu item and press the 9button to
confirm.
X To skip to the beginning of a scene:
select the Emenu item and press the
9 button to confirm.
Moving up one level in the DVD menu X Show the DVD menu.
X Press the %back button on the remote
control or select the corresponding menu
item in the DVD menu.
or X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press Wthe COMAND controller to con-
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Going back to the film
X Press the %button repeatedly until you
see the movie.
or
X Select any menu item in the DVD menu and
press the 9button to confirm.
X Select the Back (to the movie)
Back (to the movie) menu
item in the menu and press the 9button to
confirm.
Setting the audio format This function is not available on all DVDs. If it
is available, you can set the audio language or
the audio format. The number of settings is
dependent on the DVD content. It may also be possible to access the settings from the DVD
menu.
X Press the 9button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-Vand press the 9button on
the remote control to confirm.
X Select DVD functions
DVD functions and press the9
button to confirm.
X Select Audio language
Audio language and press the9
button to confirm.
A menu appears after a short while. The #
dot in front of an entry indicates the cur-
rently selected language.
X Select a language using the 9:but-
tons and press the 9button to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the=or;
button.
Subtitles and camera angle These functions are not available on all DVDs.
The number of subtitle languages and camera
angles available depends on the content of
the DVD. It may also be possible to access the settings from the DVD menu.
X Press the 9button on the remote control
and show the menu.
X Select DVD-V
DVD-V and press the 9button on
the remote control to confirm. X
Select DVD functions DVD functions and press the9
button to confirm.
X Select Subtitles Subtitles orCamera angle
Camera angle and
press the 9button to confirm.
In both cases, a menu appears after a few
seconds. The #dot in front of an entry
indicates the current setting.
X Select a setting using the 9:but-
tons and press the 9button to confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the=or;
button.
Interactive content DVDs may also contain interactive content
(e.g. a video game). In a video game, you may
be able to influence events, for example, by
selecting and triggering actions. The type and
number of actions depend on the DVD.
X Select an action using the
9;:= buttons on the
remote control and press the 9button to
execute it.
A menu appears and the first entry, Select Select,
is highlighted.
X Press the 9button. Active COMAND source mode
Switching the function on/off in
COMAND Online You can transfer an audio or video source
selected in COMAND Online to the Rear Seat
Entertainment System. If you subsequently
switch modes in COMAND Online, the new
source will not be transmitted to the Rear
Seat Entertainment System.
X To switch on the function in COMAND
Online: switch to the desired audio mode in
COMAND Online, e.g. CD mode
(Y page 472), or show the menu in video
DVD mode (Y page 512).
X Select the menu item at the bottom left,
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cVdthe COMAND controller
and press Wto confirm. X
Select Active
Active audio/video
audio/video source
sourcein
in
rear
rear and press Wto confirm.
In the status bar at the top, you will see the
headphones symbol and the _symbol for
the source that has been switched on.
X To switch off the function in COMAND
Online: switch on the desired audio mode
in COMAND Online or show the menu in
video DVD mode.
X Select the menu item at the bottom left,
e.g. CD
CD in audio CD mode, by sliding VÆ
and turning cVdthe COMAND controller
and press Wto confirm.
X Select Rear audio/video off
Rear audio/video off _and
press Wthe COMAND controller to con-
firm.
Selecting an active COMAND source in
the rear-compartment screen Loading the active COMAND source X
Select COMAND COMAND using the 9=;
buttons on the remote control and press 9
to confirm.
The audio or video source selected in
COMAND Online is loaded in the Rear Seat Entertainment System.
When the loading process is complete, the
audio or video source is set in the Rear Seat
Entertainment System.
If Rear audio/video off
Rear audio/video off is activated in
COMAND, the COMAND is off or there COMAND is off or there
is no active COMAND source
is no active COMAND source message
appears.
Audio CD mode
X To select by skipping to a track: press
the = or; button.
or X Press the EorF button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track.
If the elapsed track time has exceeded 8
seconds, the function skips back to the
beginning of the track.
If the elapsed track time is less than 8 sec- onds, the function skips back to the begin-
ning of the previous track.
Additional setting option:
R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 525)
Audio DVD mode
X To skip to the next/previous group:
press the :button on the remote con-
trol.
X To select KL : highlight using the
= or; button and press 9.
Additional setting option: R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 525)
i Information on groups can be found in the
"Setting the audio format" section
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MP3 mode
X To select a track by skipping to a track:
press the =or; button on the
remote control.
or X Press the EorF button.
The skip forward function skips to the next track.
If the elapsed track time has exceeded 8
seconds, the function skips back to the
beginning of the track.
If the elapsed track time is less than 8 sec- onds, the function skips back to the begin-
ning of the previous track.
X To select a folder: press the:button
on the remote control.
X Highlight one of the two folder symbols
with the =or; button and press 9
to confirm.
Depending on your selection, the previous
or next folder is selected and the first track
is played.
Additional setting option:
R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 525)
Video DVD mode X To hide a menu: confirmMenu
Menu with the 9
button.
The video image is played in full screen
mode.
Additional setting options: R Adjusting the brightness, contrast and col-
our (Y page 526)
R Changing the picture format (Y page 526)
R Adjusting the sound settings (Y page 525)AUX mode
Introduction You can connect one external video source to
each of the displays of the Rear Seat Enter-
tainment System (AUX display) and also one
external video source to the rear-compart- ment drive (AUX drive) with a sound and video
signal.
Please see the corresponding operating
instructions for information on how to oper-
ate the external video source.
For further details about external video sour- ces, please consult a Mercedes-Benz Service
Centre.
Connecting AUX equipment AUX drive
The AUX drive jacks are located on the
CD/DVD drive on the right next to the
CD/DVD eject button (Y
page 521).
AUX display
The AUX display jacks are on the side of the
screen (Y page 520).
Audio and video connection X Insert the audio plugs for the left and right
signals into the corresponding Land R
jacks.
X Insert the video plug into the Vjack.
Switching to AUX mode AUX drive
X
Select Aux Auxin the menu using the
9=; buttons on the remote
control and press the 9button to confirm.
The AUX menu appears.
X Select Source
Source from the AUX menu and
press the 9button to confirm.
X Select Disc drive Aux
Disc drive Aux and press the9
button to confirm.
You will hear and see the content of the
external video source if it is connected to
the CD/DVD drive and switched to play-
back. If no video image is available from the AUX source connected, you will see an
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