key MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2005 R171 Comand Manual

74 AudioCD changer* operationEjecting all CDs 
Open the glove box
(Vehicle owner's manual).

Press and hold the button of a loaded
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.
The button LEDs of all loaded magazine
compartments will briefly flash red,
several times.
The CD changer ejects the CDs one af-
ter another.

Within 15 seconds, remove each CD
from the slot 1.
The CD will be pulled in again if it is not
removed from the slot within 15 sec-
onds. The system starts playing the CD
again.The ejection procedure is completed when
all CDs are removed, or when the proce-
dure is aborted by the CD changer.

Open the Audio main menu
(page 38).

Press the
CDC
soft key.The CD changer main menu appears.
You will hear the CD listened to last. If
this CD is no longer available, the unit
plays the next available audio CD.
The status bar also contains:

The track number and total number
of tracks on the current CD

The elapsed playing time of the
track
CD changer main menuiThe
CDC
soft key is shaded out if no CD
is loaded. The system will not switch to
CD changer mode.

Load an audio CD into the CD
changer (
page 69).
The
CDC
soft key will only be visible if a
CD changer is connected.

76 AudioCD changer* operation
Use or  to select another CD
from the list.

Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang-
ing the selection.
The CD is changed. The newly selected
CD is played.Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number

Press one of the 3 -  keys.
The CD changer switches to the CD
loaded in the appropriate CD changer
compartment.
Selecting via CD Selection menu

Press the
Magaz.
soft key.
The CD Selection menu appears. You
see the list of all six compartments. An entry shows the CD title if the CD con-
tains corresponding text data.
No text displayed with a CD symbol indi-
cates that the corresponding CD does not
contain any CD text data.
An entry shaded out indicates an empty
CD changer compartment.
iThe system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
iThe CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.

79 Audio
CD changer* operation

Wait approx. 3 seconds after entering
the number.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu appears.
Selecting via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:

Scan search plays each track on the
current CD for approx. 8 seconds.

Scan search can be ended manually.

Scan search automatically stops at the
track listened to before the scan
search was started.Starting scan search

Press the
Scan
soft key.
Ending scan search manually

Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing at the time the scan
is terminated remains playing.

Open the CD changer main menu
(page 74).

Press and hold- or ,.

To stop release- or ,.
The following options are available:

Normal sequence


Repeat track

Repeat CD


Track Random


CD Random
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start scan search, playback
option
Normal sequence
(page 80) is
activated automatically.
Therein scan search is restricted to the
current CD.
Fast forward/reverse Playback options

81 Audio
CD changer* operation

CD RandomAt least 4 tracks on one CD are played
in random order (e.g. track 5, 7, 3, 9)
before the next CD is played.
The CDs are changed in random
order (e.g. CD 4, 1, 5, etc.).
Changing the playback option

In the CD changer main menu
(page 74) press the
Setting
soft key. The Settings menu is displayed.
The solid circle indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.

Press or  to select a different
option.

Press.
The option is activated. A correspond-
ing display will appear in the status bar
for all options except
Normal sequence
.
An option will remain activated even if
the COMAND is switched OFF and then
ON again.
iThis selection is only possible if at least
two CDs are loaded
in the CD changer.


82 AudioAudio AUX operation
Open the Audio main menu
(page 38).

Press the
AUX
soft key.
The AUX menu appears.
The external audio source is made au-
dible, provided it is connected and
switched to playback.In AUX mode, you can adjust the following:

Volume (
page 30)

Balance (
page 32)

Bass and treble (
page 33)

Sound functions (
page 34)
iAn external audio source, for example a
tape player, can be connected to
COMAND.
For further information, please contact
your Mercedes-Benz Center.Switching to AUX mode
iPlease refer to the appropriate operat-
ing manual for the operation of the ex-
ternal audio source.

86 Satellite radio*Satellite radio operationStation information is displayed on the
main area and in the center of the status
bar.
Main area, in this example: 
ROCK
= selected category (
page 88)

Vault
= name of the selected stationStatus bar, in this example:

SAT (on the left) = the selected mode

SAT5 = location in the program
memory, if the current channel is pre-
stored

Ch16 = number of the current channel
Selectable soft keys

Presetsshows channels pre-stored in the pro-
gram memory (up to 10 channels). You
can store stations (
page 91) and re-
quest stored stations (page 87).

Infoshows additional text information relat-
ed to the current channel.

Scanis used to start and stop the scan
search (
page 90).

Servicedisplays a screen showing the tele-
phone number of the Sirius Service
Center and electronic serial number
(ESN) of the receiver in your vehicle.
SAT main menu

87 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation

You can also adjust the following:
Balance (
page 32)

Bass and treble (
page 33)

Sound functions (
page 34)

Volume (not on soft keys)
(page 30)
The following options are available:

Tuning via station presets

Tuning via manual channel input
(page 88)

Tuning via the program category list
(page 88)

Tuning a station within the selected
category (
page 89)

Tuning via scan search (
page 90)
Tuning via station presets
Ten satellite radio station presets are avail-
able.
You can access the presets via number
keys or via the Presets menu.
Accessing via number keys

Press one of the number keys
3 - ".The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu.

Press the
Presets
soft key.
The Presets list appears.
Selecting a station
iThe Presets memory is empty at first-
time activation of the system.


88 Satellite radio*Satellite radio operation
Use  or  to choose a preset and
press;
or

Press one of the number keys
3 - ".
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Tuning via manual channel input
Example: Tuning in channel 12

Press2.

Press 3 and .
The system tunes to channel 12.Tuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort-
ed alphabetically.
Only one entry is visible at a time. The en-
try appears at the top of the main screen.
Selecting a category
Example 1: category
ALL
The station list of category
All
contains all
receivable channels (channel mode).

Use or  to select the category All
from the list.
The station listened to before remains
tuned.
iIf an entry is made and the channel is
not available, the message
Channel un-
available
appears. The channel select-
ed last continues playing.

90 Satellite radio*Satellite radio operationTuning using the multifunction steering
wheel 
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Satellite radio
display (
page 25).

Pressk.
The search proceeds in ascending or-
der;
or

Pressj.
The search proceeds in descending or-
der.
The search stops at the first receivable
station. Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:

Scan search plays a channel for
approx. 8 seconds and then skips to
the next channel within the current
category.

Scan search can be ended manually.

Scan search stops automatically at the
station that was playing when scan
search was started.

Press the
Scan
soft key.
The scan search starts.

Press the
Scan
soft key again.
The scan search stops.Additional text information (artist and
track title) related to the current broadcast
can be displayed.

Press the
Info
soft key.
Obtaining additional text
information

91 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Two options are available:
Storing using the number keys

Storing using the Presets menu
Storing via number keys

Press and hold a number key between
3 and " for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.Storing via Presets menu

Press the
Presets
soft key.
The Preset list appears.

Use or  to select a preset loca-
tion.

Press for more than 2 seconds.
The currently selected station is stored
in the corresponding preset location.
Resetting Presets menu
The Presets
soft key is active indicated by
its color.

Press the
Presets
soft key again.
All channels in the Preset list are delet-
ed.
Storing stationsiWhen storing a station out of the cate-
gory
All
, later selection of this channel
does not lead into the category mode.