2015 MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT COUPE audio

Symbol COMAND
controller
operat ion Function
(example) Slide
andhold R
Move through anavigation map omp Sli
de R
Mov ethrou ghhor izonta lmenu s
R Exit verti calmenu s
R Swi tch tothe next/pr evioustrack Sli
de and hold R
Fas t-forw ardorreve rseforCDAud ioor
DVD Audioplay ba ck
R Mov ethrou ghanavi gation map wmx Sli
de and hold R
Mov ethrou ghanavi gation map Back
Button 1
Back button k
X To exitthe men u:Brie flypre ssthe k
bu tton 1.
CO MAND changes tothe next highe rmenu
level inthe curren toperatin gmode.
i You canalso exitamenu bysliding the
COMAND controller ompor qmr
( Ypage 32).
X To switch tothe maindispla yfrom
subm enudispla ys:Press andhold the
k button1.
COMAND changestothe main display of
the curren toperatin gmode. Clear
Button 1
Clear button2
X To delete anindividu alchar acter :Brief ly
press the2 button1.
X To delete anentir eentr y:Press andhold
the 2 button1. COMAND
ControlSystem
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Opera
tingtheMult ifunction Display G
WARN
ING
A driver’s attentiontothe road andtraffic
con ditions mustalway sbe his/her primary
focus whendriving.
For your safety andthesafety ofother s,
select ingfeatures through themultifunc tion
steer ingwheel should onlybedone bythe
driver whentrafficand road conditions permit
it to be done safely.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximat ely50km/ h),your vehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximat ely
14 m)every second.
X To select amenu: Pressthe=
or ; button .
X To select asubmenu orscro llin alist:
Press the9 or: button.
X To select thenext menu levelup:Press
the % button.
X To select thes tanda rddis play :Pre ssthe
% button repeated lyunti lthe standa rd
di spl aywith the odome terand trip
od ome terappe arsag aini nt he displa y.
or
X Press andhold the% button untilthe
standard displaywith theodometer andtrip
odometer appears.
X To confirm theselec tion:Press the
a button.
X To confirm adispla ymessag e:Pres sth e
a or% button. Mul
tifunct ionDispla y
The desc ription field onthem ultifun ction
disp laysho wsyou values andsetting sas well
as any disp laymes sage sth at may have been
gen erat ed. 1
Descript ion field
2 Linefor men us
Tex tfield 1shows settings, func tions,
submen usand anymalfun ctions thatoccur.
X To show theline formenu s2 :
Press the
= or; button. Menus
andSubm enus
The numb erofmen usshown dependson the
opt ional equipmen tint he vehicle.
Multifunction DisplayMenus i
The following tableonlyliststhefunct ions
and submenus thatareneeded in
conn ection withCOMAND. Forinformation
on the vehicle-related submenusplease
refer tothe vehicle operator's manual. Menus Functions
andSubmenus Navi Navigation
messages Audio Selectin
gradio stations
Operating theDVD changer/
Music register/Memory card Tel Acc
epting acall
Initiating acall
Rejecting acall
Endin gacall
Selectin gaphone bookentry
Call sdiale d Multifunction
SteeringWheel
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Lane
Recom mendation
Displa y Mea
ning Lan
ewith outlower
limit Un
interr upte dlane Lan
ewith lower limit New
lanedurin ga
man euver Lan
ewith arrow Lan
erec omm ended
for theman euver Na
viga tion Status Indica torsin the
Mul tifunct ionDispla y
When routeguidan ceisact ivat ed, the
follo wing mess ages mayappear:
R <:y ouhave reached thedestination .
R Within Destination Area :y
ou are
approaching thedestinat ion.This message
appears, forexample, withrelatively large
special destinat ions.
R New Route... :t
he system iscalculating a
new route, forexample becauseyouhave
deviated fromtheprevious route.Route
guida nceissubsequ entlyresumed.
R Calculating Route :arou
teisbei ng
calcu lated,after whichroute guidance will
start.
R Off Map :t
he vehicle isoutside therange
of the digital map.Thevehicle isin an off-
map position.
R Off Mapped Road :t
he vehicle ison aroad
which isnot inthe digital map,orisaway
from theroad, forexample inacar park.
R No Route :
no route tothe selected
destinat ioncould becalculated. Audio
Menu
Use thefunct ionsinthe Audio menuto
operate theaudio equipment. Ifno audio
equipment isswitched on,the multifunct ion
display showsthemessage AudioOff.
X To adj ust the volume: PresstheW or
X button . Selecting
aRadio Station /Channe l X
Switch onCOM AND andselect FM/AM Radio (Y
pag e126) orSatRa dio (Y
pag e132).
X Sele ctthe Audi omenu. 1
Wav eband
2 Prese tnumbe rwith chan nelnumb er,
chan nelname orfre quenc y
X To select thenext orprevious preset
chann el:Briefly press 9or:.
or
X To select thenext orprevious channel:
Press andhold 9 or:.
i You canonly chan gethe wave bandand
save newstation s/chann elsusing
COMA ND.
Oper ating theDVD Chang er/Music
Regist er/Mem oryCard/Med ia
Inter face X
Swit chon COMA NDand selec tDisc ,
Memo ryCard (Y
page 143),Musi c Regi
ster (
Y page 148)orM edia Interface
(Y page 153).
X Select theAudio menu.Mult
ifunction SteeringWheel
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Exam
ple: View ofthe CDplay er
1 Curre ntdisc
2 Curre nttrac k
X To select the next or prev ious track :
Bri eflypre ss9 or:.
or
X To scrol lthrou ghthe track list in
upw ardordow nward dire ction:Pre ss
and hold9 or:.
i Ifyo uar eplay ing aCD orDVD with trac k
info rma tion,the multifu nctio ndisplay
shows thename andnumb erofthe track .
The track isdisplayed onMP3s .
Oper ating theDVD Video X
Swit chon COMA NDand selec tDVD Video
(Y page 162).
X Select theAudio menu.
1
Current scene
X To sele ctthe next orprevious scene:
Briefly press9or:.
X To search forthe next orprevious
scen e:Press andhold 9 or:. Tel
Menu G
WARNING
Some jurisdictions prohibitthe driver from
using acellula rtelephone whiledriving.
Whether ornot prohibited bylaw, forsafety
reasons, thedriver should notuse thecellular
telephon ewhile thevehicle isin motion .Stop
the vehiclein asa fe locati onbefor epl aci ng or
ans weringacal l.
If yo unone theless cho ose tousethe mob ile
ph one while dri vin g,plea se uset he handsfree
feature andbesure topay attent iontothe
traffic situation atall times. Usethemobile
phone onlywhen road,weather andtraffic
conditions permit.Otherwise, youmay notbe
able toobserve trafficconditions andcould
endanger yourselfandothers.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/h), yourvehicle is
covering adistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second.
You canusethefunct ionsinthe Tel menu
to
operate yourmobile phone.
X Switch onCOMAND (Ypage 36).
X Select theTel menu
(Ypage 106).
Mobile PhoneStatus R
Ifthe mobile phonehasnotyetbeen
authorized, themessage inthe
multifunction displayis:
Ready forBluetooth Telephony... (Y
page 103).
R Ifthe mobile phoneisswitched onand
authorized, themessage PhoneREADY appea
rsinthe multifunction display.
Acc epting aCall If
someo necall syou whileyou areinthe
Tel menu,
thefollowi ngmessa geapp earsin
the multifunctio ndisplay: 30
Mult
ifunction Steering WheelAtaglance

Opera
tingCOMAND Opening
MenuofaM ain Fun ctio n
Example :Audio Menu Within
theAudio Function 1
Mai nfunction line
2 Audi omenu
3 The symb olR indi cates current
opera tingmode.
X To swi tch tomain functi online1 :
Slid eqm .
X To select audi omain function:
Ro tate ymzor slideomp .
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn
Yo uwi llsee themaindispl ayfor the
sel ecte dau dio mod e.
X To sw itchb ack tothe main functionline
1:
Slid eqmand pressn.
The Audi omen uappear s. Select
ingMenu Item
Exam ple1:Ra dio, Station Mem ory 1
Select ion bar
Select ingMenu Item
X Rot ate ymzor slideqmr .
The selection barmoves upand down
within thelist.
Confirming MenuItem
X Press n.
Exiting theMenu Without Selecting
X Slide ompin theopposit edirec tiontothe
direc tionofthe list.
Exam ple2:Na vigat ion,Enter
Destina tionMenu En
ter Des tination menu
1 Men uwith upper andlower menubar
2 Selec torbar 32
Oper
ating COMANDAtaglance

mode
andrequ estthe Presets list
from
there.
i Inthis guide, the path toamenu itemis
show nasan action inaspecial typeface.
Audio £
Audio £
FM/AM Radio £
Radio £
Presets .
i Depending onthe initial situation, this
sequence ofactions maybeshorter.
If radio mode wasactive last,itis sufficient
to select Audio £
Radio £
Presets .
The individua lsteps forthe above example
are described below.
Switching tothe Current AudioMode
i You canalso callupthe current audio
mode usingthebuttons $orh.
X To move tothe main function line:
Slide qm.
X To select the audi omain function:
Ro tate ymzor slideomp .
X To confi rm your selecti on:Pre ssn.
The maindispl ayofthe previous audio
op era ting mod e,e.g .CDa udio, appear s.
The sele ction bar isin thedisp lay/s election
win dow. 1
Selec tion bar
Swit chingto Radio Mod e
X To select Audio aga
in:Slide qm .
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
The Audiomenu appe ars. X
To select FM/ AMRadio :R
otate ymzor
slide qm.
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
The radio ma indispl ayappe ars. Tuni
ngtoaStati onManu ally
X Sli de mrto high ligh tthe lower menu bar.
X Rotate ymzor slideompto select FM ,
AM or
WB .
X Tu ne toasta tionb yro tating ymzor
sliding omp.
The redline (tuning indicator )moves right
or left and stops whenareceivable station
is found. Basic
Functions ofCOMAND
i The COMAND componentscan be foun d
on (Ypage 18).Oper atingex ample scan be
foun don (Ypage 32). Ba
sic Funct ionsofCOMAN D
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Switching
COMANDOn/Off
X Press theqbutton.
Aw arning mes sage isdispl ayed. COMA ND
calls uptheprev iously selectedmen u.
i Ifyou switchoff COMA ND,playbac kof
the curre ntaudio or vide os ource willalso
be switched off. Switching
COMANDDisplayOn/Off
X Press theöfunct ionbutton .
or
X Select System in
the main functionline.
The system menuappears.
X To switch off:Select Display Off and
conf irmwith W.
X To switch on:Press theqorthe k
button . Sound
X To switch on/off: Pressthe8 button .
The sound fromtheactive audioorvideo
source isswitched onormuted.
i When thesound ismuted, youwillsee the
X icon inthe status bar.
If you change theaudio orvideo source or
change thevolume, thesound is
automatically switchedonagain.
i Ann ouncemen tsfrom thenavigation
system canstillbeheard withthesound
switched off.
Switching NavigationAnnounce ments
On/Off X
Press 8during theannounc ement.
i The navigation announcementsare
swi tched onaga inifyou start anew route
gui dance orifCOMAND isswi tched offand
on with theqbutton. Setting
theVolume
X To set: Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel.
The volumeofthe sele cted audio orvide o
source changes.
Volume ofNavigatio nAnn ounc ements You
cansetthe volu mefornaviga tion
announcements independently ofthe volu me
for the active audio orvide osource .
During anaviga tionannouncement:
X Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel.
Audio Fadeout
The Audi oFadeo utfunction, ifactivated ,
low ers the volu meofthe current audio source
when anaviga tionannouncement isissu ed.
As soon asthe naviga tionannouncement has
ended, theaudio source willbe played atthe
previ ousvolume(Ypag e36).
Setting Volume forPhone Calls You
canadju stthe volu meforhands-free
mode duringatelep hone call.
During atelep hone call:
X Turn theqrotary /push button.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe multi -
function steeringwheel. Sound
Setting s
You canselectdiffere ntsound settings for
each audio and videosource .The sound
menu canbeopened fromthesubmenu ofthe
desired operating mode. 36
Basic
Function sof COMANDAt aglance

Exam
ples :
R Aud io £
FM/AMRadio £
Sound R
Aud io £
Disc £
Sound Se
ttin gBass andTreb le X
Sel ect Sound £
Treble or
Bas s .
Th epre viou slyse lected setting isind icated
by an emp tybar. Setti
ngtreb leand bass
1 Last selected setting
2 Curre ntsetting
X To chang ethe settin g:Ro tate ymzor
slide qmrunt ilth edesi redtreble andbass
leve lsare set.
X To sav eset ting:Pre ssn.
The setting isstore dand themen uis
ex ited.
X To exit themen uwithout changes: Press
the k buttonorslide omp .
Setting Balance The
balance determines whetherthesound
inten sityishigher onthe driver’s sideoron
the front passenger’s side.
X Select Sound £
Balance . Sett
ingBalance (displayimagemaydiffer
depending onmodel)
1 Current setting
X To change thesetting: Slideqmror
ompunt ilth ebalan ceisset asdesi red.
X To store asetting: Pressth en butt on.
The settingis stored andthemen uis
exit ed.
X To exit themenu withoutchan ges:Press
th ek button. Ba
ng &O lufsen soundsystem
Your vehic leisequipped withthe
Ban g&O lufsen soundsyst em.
There aretwo settings available withTrue Imag
e ™s
ound techn ology:
R reference This
settingprovides acrisp, clear, luxury
high-end soundsettingforastudio
atmosphere inyour vehicle.
R surround This
settingenables awide-ranging sound
experienc efor playi ngmusic andvideos.
The Sound Mode funct
ioncan beused to
optimize theselected soundsettingforone
seat. Thesettings left ,
all and
right can
be selected.
The Bang &Olufsen soundsyst emprov ides
the followin goperat ingmodes :
R Radio (FMonly)
R Sat radio
R Audio CD Ba
sic Functions ofCOMAND
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