2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER buttons

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.
Scan mode

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CD mode
Press the 8 button.
The CD is ejected.
Take the CD out of the slot.
If the CD is not removed from the disc
slot within 10 seconds, the drive draws in
the CD again for safety reasons.
Switching to CD mode Press the & button once or twice.
CD playback begins at the point last lis-
tened to.
If no CD is inserted, the
NO CD message ap-
pears for a short time.
The device jumps to the last sound source
played.
Skipping forwards / backwards
Operation of this function is identical for au-
dio CDs and MP3 / WMA CDs. Skip forwards:
The next track is played.
Skip back:
The current track restarts if it has been
playing for longer than approximately
10 seconds. If it has been playing for less
time, the previous track is played.
Skipping tracks using the controls on the
Sound 5 radio
In CD mode, with an audio CD or MP3 / WMA
CD inserted: Press the ü button to skip forward.
You will hear the next track.
or Press the û button to skip back.
You hear the previous track or the start of
the current track again.
Skipping tracks using the steering wheel
buttons
In CD mode, with an audio CD or MP3 / WMA
CD inserted: Switch the display in the instrument clus-
ter to the audio display ( page 17).
Press the & button to skip forward.
You hear the next track.
or Press the * button to skip back.
You hear the previous track.
Audible fast forward / fast rewind
In CD mode, with an audio CD or MP3 / WMA
CD inserted: Press and hold the ü button for fast
forward.
or Press and hold the û button for fast
rewind.Ejecting the CD
$ Risk of accident
In order to avoid distraction which could lead
to an accident, the driver should insert or
eject CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and
operate the Sound 5 radio only if permitted
by road, weather and traffic conditions.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(50 km / h), your vehicle is covering a dis-
tance of 44 feet (14 m) every second.
CD playback