2013 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Owner's Manual

You can also adjust the volume for the
following:
R navigation announcements
R phone calls
R voice output of the Voic eControl System
(see the separate operating instructions)
Adjusting the volume for navigation
announcements
During a navigation announcement:
X Turn the 0002control knob
or
X Press the 000Dor000E button on the
multifunction steering wheel.
Adjusting the volume for phone calls
You can adjust the volume for hands-free
mode during a telephone call.
X Turn the 0002control knob
or
X Press the 000Dor000E button on the
multifunction steering wheel.
Adjusting the sound settings Calling up the sound menu
You can make various sound settings for the
different audio and video sources. This means
that it is possible to set more bass for radio
mode than for audio CD mode, for example.
You can call up the respective sound menu
from the menu of the desired mode.
The example describes how to call up the
sound menu in radio mode. X
Press the 0006function button.
The radio display appears. You will hear the
last station played on the last waveband.
X Select Sound by sliding
0012000Aand turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
You can now set the treble, bass and
balance for radio mode.
Adjusting treble and bass Setting the bass
X
Select Treble or
Bass in the sound menu
by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND controller
and press 0039to confirm.
An adjustmen tscale appears.
X Select a setting by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controlle rand press 0039to
confirm.
The setting is stored and you exi tthe menu.
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With the balance function, you can control
whether the sound is louder on the driver's or
front-passenger side.
The fader function is used to control whether
the sound is louder in the fron torthe rear of
the vehicle.
You can adjust the fader depending on the
vehicle model.
Equipped with Bang & Olufsen sound
system: for the best sound focus, choose the
setting 0 .
X Select Bal/Fad (balance/fader) in the
sound menu by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
X Select a balance setting by sliding 003600120037the
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
Surround sound General notes
Your vehicle is equipped with one of two
sound systems:
R
harman/kardon ®
Logic 7 ®
Surround
Sound system
The harman/kardon ®
Logic 7 ®
Surround
Sound system allows you to set the
optimum surround sound in the vehicle
interior (Y page 297).
R Bang &Olufsen sound system
(Y page 298)
Both sound systems are available for the
following operating modes:
R radio (FM only)
R satellite radio
R audio CD
R audio DV D(MLP, dts, PCM and Dolby
Digital audio formats)
R MP3 (including SD memory card and USB
storage device)
R Media Interface
R Bluetooth ®
audio mode R
video DVD (PCM, dts and Dolby Digital
audio formats)
R AUX
Because some DVDs contain both stereo and
multichannel audio formats, it may be
necessary to set the audio format
(Y page 473).
Discs which support the audio formats
mentioned have the following logos: 296
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harman/kardon
®
Logic 7 ®
Surround
Soun dsystem The example describes how to set the
surround sound for radio mode.
X To switch surround sound on/off: press
the 0006 function button.
The radio display appears. You will hear the
last station played on the last waveband.
X Select Sound by sliding
0012000Aand turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
X Select surround and press
0039to confirm.
X Select Logic7 ®
On or
Logic7 ®
Off by
turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND controller and
press 0039to confirm.
Depending on yours election, surround
sound is switched on or off and the menu
is exited.
X To exit the menu without saving: press
the 001F button or slide 003600120037the COMAND
controller.
i Please note the following: for the
optimum audio experience for all passengers when Logic7
®
is switched on,
the balance should be set to the center of
the vehicle interior.
You will achieve the best sound results by
playing high-quality audio and video DVDs.
MP3 tracks should have abit rate of at least
128 kbit/s.
Surround sound playback does not
function for mono signal sources, such as
for AM radio mode.
If radio receptio nis poor, e.g. in a tunnel,
you should switch off Logic7 ®
, since it may
otherwise switch dynamically between
stereo and mono and cause temporary
sound distortions.
On some stereo recordings, the sound
characteristics may differ from
conventional stereo playback.
i The Logic7 ®
On function creates a
surround sound experience for every
passenger when playing stereo recordings,
for example. It enables optimum playback
of music and films on CD, audio DVD or
video DVD with multichannel audio
formats, such as MLP, dts or Dolby Digital.
This results in sound characteristics like
those intended by the sound engineer
when the original was recorded.
i If you select Logic7 ®
Off , all permissible
formats are played as stored on the
medium. Due to the design of the
passenger compartment, an optimum
audio experience cannot be guaranteed for
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Bang
&Olufsen sound system You can optimize the sound in the vehicle with
the Bang
&Olufsen sound system and TrueImage ™s
ound technology. The Sound Modefunction enables you to focus the selected
sound setting within the vehicle.
The example describes how to set the
optimum sound for radio mode.
Selecting the sound setting for True
Image™
X
Press the 0006function button.
X Select Sound by sliding
0012000Aand turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
X Select Bang&Olufsen and press
0039to
confirm.
Am enu appears. A 0021dot marks the current
setting for True Image™.
X Select reference or
surround and press
0039 to confirm.
R reference This setting provides a crisp, clear, luxury
high-end sound setting for a studio
atmosphere in your vehicle.
R surround This setting enables a wide-ranging sound
experience for playing music and videos. 0002
Current position of the sound setting
For the optimum musical enjoyment, you can
focus the sound image precisely on one seat.
This means you are right at the center of the
listening experience, with all system
parameters being precisely calculated for the
selected position .The result is authentic
music reproduction inside the vehicle.
Focusing the sound setting
X Press the 0006function button.
X Select Sound by sliding
0012000Aand turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
X Select Bang&Olufsen and press
0039to
confirm.
Am enu appears. A 0021dot marks the current
setting for Sound Mode.
X Select left ,
all or
right and press
0039to
confirm.
X To exit the menu: press the001Fback
button or slide 003600120037the COMAND
controller.
i Please note the following: you will achieve
the best sound results on your Bang &
Olufsen sound system by playing high-
quality audio DVDs and CDs.
MP3 tracks should have abit rate of at least
224 kbit/s.
When playing using an iPod ®
, the bit rate
should also be at least 224 kbit/s. 298
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For optimum playback quality:
XDeactivate the “EQ” setting on the
iPod ®
.
Surround-sound playback does not
function for mono signal sources, such as
the mediu mwave range (MW) in radio
mode.
On some stereo recordings, the sound
characteristics may differ from
conventional stereo playback. Character entry (telephony)
Example: entering characters 00020024
To switch the character bar to
uppercase/lowercase letters
00030001 To switch the character bar from
uppercase/lowercase letters to
digits
00270013 To change the language of the
characte rbar
00260016 To delete a character/an entry
The example describes how to ente rthe
surname “Schulz”.
X Call up the input menu with data fields
(Y page 390).
X Select S and confirm by pressing
0039the
COMAND controller.
S appears in the data field. X
Select c and confirm by pressing
0039the
COMAND controller.
The letter c is added to
S in the data field.
X Repeatt he process until the name has
been entered in full.
Other input menu functions:
R to delete a character/entry (Y page 300)
R to switch between upper/lower-case
letters (Y page 300)
R to change the character set (Y page 300)
R to move the cursor in the data field
(Y page 300)
X To enter a phone number: select the
digits one by one in the corresponding data
field by turning 003E0012003Fand sliding 00380012000Athe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
Switching dataf ields 0002
Cursor in the nex tdata field
0003 Storing an entry
0027 003B and 0022symbols to selec tadata field
In the input menu, if you want to enter a first
name after you have entered a surname, for
example, proceed as follows to switch
between the data fields:
Option 1
X Select 003Bor0022 in the character bar and
press 0039to confirm.
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X
Slide 00380012the COMAND controller
repeatedly until the character bar
disappears.
X Select the data field by sliding 00380012000Aand
press 0039to confirm.
To store an entry X
After making an entry in the input
menu, e.g. to create a new
entry(Y page 390): select the 0004
symbol in the character bar by turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
The entry is stored in the address book.
Further functions available in the
character bar Changing the language of the character
bar
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y
page 390):
X Select 0013and press 0039to confirm.
X Select a language by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
Switching the character bar to letters
While making an entry in the input menu, e.g.
to create a new entry (Y page 390):
X Select the 0024(upper case) or 0001
(lower case) symbol and press 0039to
confirm.
Changing the character set
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 390): X
Select the 0001symbol and press 0039to
confirm.
R ABC (upper/lower case)
R 123 (digits)
R Other (special characters such as @, €,
etc.)
Moving the cursor to the next data field 0002
Cursor (repositioned)
0003 001C and 0018symbol to reposition the
cursor
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 390):
X Select the 001Cor0018 symbol and press 0039
to confirm.
Deleting acharacter/an entry
While making an entry in the input menu
(Y page 390):
X To delete characters: press the0029
button on the control panel.
or
X Select the 0016symbol by sliding 0012000Aand
turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND controller and
press 0039to confirm.
or
X Press the 0016button next to the
COMAND controller.
X To delete an entry: press and hold the
0029 button on the control panel until the
entire entry has been deleted.
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X
Select the 0016symbol and press and hold
0039 the COMAND controller until the entire
entry has been deleted.
or
X Press and hold the 0016button next to the
COMAND controller until the entire entry
has been deleted. Character entry (navigation)
General information Character entry is explained in the following
sections using
NEW YORK as an example for
entering a city.
If you want to use the address entry menu to
enter a city, a stree torahouse number, for
example, COMAND offers you:
R a list with a character bar (option 1)
R a selection list (option 2)
You can enter the characters using either the
character bar or the number keypad. In the
selection list, you select an entry to copy it to
the address entry menu.
Option 1: city list/street list with
character bar X
Call up the city list with character bar
(Y page 319).
The alphabetically sorted city list shows the
first available entries. 0002
N character entered by user
0003 Characters automatically added by
COMAND ANTICOKE 0027
List entry that most closely resembles the
current entry by the user
0026 To switch to the selection list
0024 To delete an entry
0025 Characters not currently available
0016 Characters currently available
0017 Currently selected character
0018 Character bar
0019 To cancel an entry
001A List
Entering characters using the character
bar
X Select N by turning
003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
List 001Ashows all available city names
beginning with N .T
he list entry most closely
resembling user's current entry 0027is
always highlighted at the top of the list
(NANTICOKE in the example).
All characters currently entered by the user
are shown in black (letter N 0002
in the
example). Letters added by COMAND 0003
are shown in gray (letters ANTICOKE in the
example).
Character bar 0018shows letters still
available for selection 0016in black. These
can be selected; in the example, the letter
O is highlighted
0017. Which characters
remain available depends on the
characters already entered by the user and
on the data stored on the digital map.
Characters that are no longer available 0025
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X
Select E ,
W , space,
Y in order and confirm
each with 0039.
Entering characters using the number
keypad
X To enter the letter N :p
ress the 0030
number button twice in quick succession.
The character appears at the bottom of the
display when the key is pressed. The first
available letter is highlighted.
You see which characters you can enter
with that key. Each time the key is pressed,
the next character is selected.
Example :key 0030:
R press once = M
R press twice =N
R press three times =O
X Wait until the character display goes out.
The entries matching your input are shown
in the list.
X Enter E ,
W , space,
Y with the corresponding
keys.
i The space is entered using number key
0004.
Further functions in the list with
character bar X
To delete characters: press the0029
button on the control panel.
or
X Press the 0016button next to the
COMAND controller.
or
X Select the 0016icon in the character bar
by sliding 0012000Aand turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
X To delete an entry: press0029on the
control panel.
or X
Press and hold the 0016button next to the
COMAND controller until the entire entry
has been deleted.
or
X Press and hold the 0016symbol in the
character bar and press and hold 0039the
COMAND controller until the entire entry
has been deleted.
X To cancel an entry: select the0027symbol
in the bottom left of the character bar and
press 0039to confirm.
or
X Press the 001Fback button.
The address entry menu appears.
X To accept the first list entry: press and
hold 0039the COMAND controller until the
address entry menu appears.
The accepted list entry is shown there.
Calling up the list as aselection list You can switch from th
elist of cities with the
character bar to the list of cities as a selection
list at any point during character entry.
X Slide 00380012the COMAND controller
repeatedly until the city list appears as a
selection list.
Selec tthe desired city from the selection
list.
or
X Select0004in the character bar by turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
If there are several entries for a city or if
several cities of the same name are stored,
then 0004 is highlighted in the character bar.
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