key MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2007 R171 Comand Manual

46 Audio
Radio operation
Ten presets each are available for the
FM and AM waveband.
The following options are available:
Storing manually using number keys
Storing manually using the Presets
menu
Storing using Autostore (page 46)
Storing manually using the number
keys ! - "
Tune to the station to be stored
(
page 41).
Press a number key between! and
" and hold it for more than 2 sec-
onds.
The station is now stored in the respec-
tive memory location.Storing manually using the Presets
menu
Tune to the station to be stored
(
page 41).
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.
Use$, #, % or & to select a
preset.
Press' for more than 2 seconds.
The station will be stored in the respec-
tive memory location.Storing using Autostore
The Autostore function places stations into
the Autostore memory sorted by reception
quality.
The system stores the station with the
strongest signal in preset 1.
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 40).
Press the Autost. soft key.
The Autostore preset list appears.
Storing FM/AM stations
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The Autostore feature stores presets in
a separate memory, not in the regular
presets seen under the
Presets soft
key. As such, the Autostore memory is
only temporary.

50 Audio
Single CD operation
Insert a CD into the CD slot while
COMAND is switched ON. Insert the
CD face up.
COMAND pulls in the CD. If the CD is
an audio CD, the system switches to
Single CD mode and starts playing the
first track.
Press/.
COMAND ejects the CD.
Remove the CD from the slot.
If you do not remove the CD from the
slot within approx. 7 seconds, the CD is
pulled back into the CD drive.
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 38).
Press the CD soft key.
The system switches to Single CD
mode and starts playing the first track.
The center of the status bar shows:
The track number and total number
of tracks
The elapsed playing time of the
track1Track title or track number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
The Single CD main menu shows the track
title in the center if the CD contains corre-
sponding text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the track number is displayed instead of
the track title.
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If the CD is an MP3 CD, the system
switches to MP3 mode (
page 57).
Ejecting a CD
Single CD main menu
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The CD soft key is shaded out if no CD
is loaded. The system will not switch to
Single CD mode.
Load an audio CD into the
COMAND CD drive (
page 49)
The
MP3 soft key instead of the CD soft
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been
inserted.

52 Audio
Single CD operation
Selecting via manual entry of the track
number
Open the Single CD main menu
(
page 50).
Press..
The Manual track input display ap-
pears.
1Number of tracks on the CD (12 tracks)
Entry example: Track 1
Press!.Entry example: Track 12
Press! and A in quick succession.
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 ended remains playing.
Open the Single CD main menu
(
page 50).
Press and hold+ or,.
To stop release+ or,.
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Entries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
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When you start the scan search, play-
back option
Normal Sequence
(page 53) is activated automatically.
Fast forward/reverse

53 Audio
Single CD operation
The following options are available:
Normal sequence
Repeat track
Random track
Explanation of the playback options
Normal sequence
The tracks are played in the normal se-
quence (e.g. track 1, 2, 3 etc.).
The last track is followed by the first
track of the CD.
Repeat track
The current track will be repeated until
this function is deactivated.
Random track
The tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).Changing the playback option
In the Single CD main menu
(
page 50) 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
C O M A N D i s s w i t c h e d O F F a n d t h e n O N
again.
Playback options

58 Audio
MP3 operation
Insert a MP3 CD face up into the CD
slot while COMAND is switched ON.
COMAND pulls in the CD and loads the
data. It may take a while to load the da-
ta, depending on the number of folders
and tracks.
After loading, COMAND plays the CD.
Press/.
COMAND ejects the CD.
Remove the CD from the slot.
If you do not remove the CD from the
slot, COMAND will automatically pull it
back after approx. 7 seconds.
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 38).
Press the MP3 soft key.
COMAND loads the MP3 CD data. This
may take a while depending on the
number of folders and tracks.
The MP3 main menu appears. You will
hear the last track played.1Current folder
2Current track
3Elapsed track time
4Track number within the current fold-
er/number of tracks in current folder
Ejecting a MP3 CD
MP3 main menu
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The MP3 soft key will only appear if an
MP3 CD has been loaded.
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On MP3 tracks with variable bit rates,
the elapsed track time displayed may
deviate from the actual time elapsed.

59 Audio
MP3 operation
I f t h e M P 3 t r a c k s a r e o r g a n i z e d i n t o f o l d e r s
on the CD, you can select a folder from the
COMAND control unit.
The following options are available:
Selecting via folder list
Selecting via extended folder list
Selecting via folder list
Only one folder can be viewed at a time. 1Current folder
Open the MP3 main menu (page 58);
Press$ or # to select a folder.
Wait approx. 3 seconds without chang-
ing the selection.
The COMAND changes the folder and
loads the data from the new folder.
It may take a while to load the data, de-
pending on the number of folders and
tracks.Selecting via extended folder list
In the MP3 main menu (page 58),
press the
Folder soft key.
The extended folder list appears.
Press% or & to select a folder.
Selecting folders
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The folder list only contains folders in
which MP3 tracks are stored.
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The extended folder list only contains
folders in which MP3 tracks are stored.


62 Audio
MP3 operation
Starting scan search
In the MP3 main menu (page 58)
press the
Scan soft key.
The scan search starts.
Ending scan search manually
Press the Scan soft key.
The track playing when scan search is
ended remains selected.
Open the MP3 main menu (page 58).
Press and hold+ or,.
To stop release+ or,.
The following options are available:
Normal sequence
The COMAND plays tracks in a folder in
succession.
Once all the tracks in a folder have
been played, COMAND begins playing
the track(s) in the next folder on the
CD.
Repeat track
The COMAND will repeat the current
track until this function is canceled.
Repeat folder
The COMAND will repeat the tracks in
the current folder until this function is
canceled.
The track sequence is the same as the
Normal sequence option.
Track Random
This option is restricted to the tracks in
the current folder. The tracks are
played in random order.
Folder Random
All tracks on the CD are played in ran-
dom order.
Changing the playback option
In the MP3 main menu (page 58),
press the
Setting soft key.
The Settings menu is displayed.
The solid circle indicates which op-
tion is currently selected.
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The scan search will not function if the
current folder only contains one track.
When you start scan search, playback
option
Normal sequence (page 62) is
activated automatically.
Therein scan search is restricted to the
current folder.
Fast forward/reverse
Playback options

69 Audio
CD changer* operation
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.
Ejecting 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.
Th e b u t t o n L E D s o f a l l l o a d e d m a g a z i n e
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
procedure is aborted by the CD chang-
er.
Open the Audio main menu
(
page 38).
Press the CDC soft key.
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If you are listening to a CD in the CD
changer and you eject another CD from
the changer:
While ejecting the CD, the system
interrupts CD playback.
The CD you were last listening to
starts from the beginning once the
ejection procedure is completed.
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If you eject the CD you are currently lis-
tening to:
The next available audio CD is
played.
If there are no other CDs available,
the system switches to the audio
source listened to before CD chang-
er mode.
CD changer main menu


70 Audio
CD changer* operation
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
track1CD name or CD number
2Elapsed track playing time
3Track number/total tracks
4Track title or track number
The CD changer main menu shows the CD
title at the top and track title in the center
of the main area if the CD contains corre-
sponding text data.
If the CD does not contain any CD text da-
ta, the number of the CD and the track
number are displayed instead of the name
of the CD and the track title. The numbers 1 through 6 are assigned to
the CD compartments of the CD changer.
Available choices:
Selecting via CD list
Selecting via direct entry of the CD
number (
page 71)
Selecting via CD Selection menu
(
page 71)
Selecting via CD list
The CD list contains all loaded CDs. Only
one entry is visible at a time. Its name or
number is shown at the top of the CD
changer main menu (in this example:
CD 5).
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The 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 65).
The
CDC soft key will only be visible if a
CD changer is connected.
Selecting CDs
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This selection is possible only if at least
two audio CDs are loaded.

71 Audio
CD 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 ! - 0 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.
Use% or & to select a CD.
The system will skip empty CD
changer compartments.
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The system will skip empty CD changer
compartments.
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The CD fails to be changed if you select
an empty compartment.