MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER 2018 COMAND Manual

Sets the waveband
XIn radio mode: press the$button.
A menu appears with a selection of HD
Radio FM,HD Radio AM,Sat Radio,Infoon Radioand Radio Station Presets.
XTurn the controller until the required wave-
band is in the center. Press the controller.
Station
Selecting a station
Setting the station in radio mode
All currently available stations are displayed.
XIn radio mode, turn the controller until the
desired station is in the center.
Setting a station from the current sta-
tion list
XIn radio mode, press the controller.
The station list appears with the stations cur- rently available.
XTo select the desired station: turn and press
the controller.
iThe loudspeaker symbol in front of a station
indicates the currently set station.
Entering the station frequency
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Enter Frequency.
XEnter the frequency of the desired station in
the entry field.
Finding a station
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XSelect èand enter the first letters of the
required station using the controller.
XPress OKto confirm.
A list with available stations appears.
XTo select stations from the list: turn the con-
troller and press to confirm.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
Activating
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select StationPresetView:On: press
the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
Deactivating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: Off:
press the controller.
The view of the last heard waveband appears.
Saving a station
Storing current stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select the SaveCurrentStation/Chan‐neloption: turn and press the controller.
XTo select the position of the required preset
entry: turn and press the controller.
The currently set station is stored in the selec-
ted preset position. A tone signals a success-
ful preset entry.
Storing a station using the number keypad
XSet the desired station in radio mode.
XPress and hold down the preset number to be assigned on the number keypad until a tone
confirms the storing process.
XIf the preset number has two digits, press the
first digit briefly and then press and hold down the second digit.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful.
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Storing a station using the controller
XSet the desired station in radio mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
iFrequencies have already been stored in the
multimedia system. There are 100 preset
positions available.
Moving highlighted stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
An additional menu appears.
XTo select the Move Highlighted Station/Channeloption: turn and press the control-
ler.
The list of stored stations appears again.
XTo move the highlighted station to the new
position: turn the controller and press to con-
firm.
Deleting highlighted stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
XTo select the Delete Highlighted Sta‐tion/Channeloption in the additional menu:
turn and press the controller.
or
XPress the $button.
A prompt appears.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The highlighted station is deleted.
Tagging music tracks
This function allows you to transfer the music
track currently playing to an Apple®device and
then purchase it in the iTunes store®.
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Tag This Track.
A message appears in the multimedia system
about storing the track information.
Displaying station information
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSwitch Show Station InformationonO
or off ª.
If the function is active, the artist and track
will also be displayed in the main display field.
Calling up sound settings
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select à: turn and press the controller.
The sound menu appears (Ypage 157).
Displaying information
This function is available in HD FM radio and HD
AM radio mode.
Reception is only possible if the radio stations
provide the relevant information.
XTo select Informationin the radio menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Information on the currently received pro-
gram is displayed.
If available, you will see:
Rthe track that is currently being played
Rthe artist of the track that is currently being
played
Rthe album name
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Rthe channel abbreviation
Rthe logo of the station or Artist Experience®
Returning to the radio menu:
XTo selectInformation: slide6and press
the controller.
or
XPress the %button.
Satellite radio
General notes
The satellite radio mode requires satellite radio
equipment and registration with a satellite radio
provider.
Note that the categories and channels shown in
the illustrations depend on the program content
offered by the provider. The illustrations and
descriptions in these operating instructions may
therefore differ from the channels and catego-
ries offered by the provider.
Satellite radio mode may be temporarily unavail-
able or interrupted for a variety of reasons.
These include environmental or topographical
conditions as well as other factors beyond the
control of Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. This means
operation may not be possible in certain areas.
These include:
Rtunnels
Rparking garages
Rlocations inside or next to buildings
Rlocations in the vicinity of other structures
Sirius XM®Satellite Radio offers more than 140
digital-quality radio channels, providing 100%
commercial-free music, sports, news and enter-
tainment.
Sirius XM
®Satellite Radio uses a fleet of high-
performance satellites to broadcast around the
clock throughout the USA and Canada.
The satellite radio program is available for a
monthly fee. De
tails are available from the SIR-
IUS XM®Service Center and at
http://www.siriusxm.com (USA) or
http://www.siriusxm.ca (Canada).
Your new Mercedes-Benz vehicle comes with
Sirius XM
®Satellite Radio pre-installed at the
factory. This service is free for a six-month trial
period. About a month before the trial period
ends, information will be provided on how to
extend this subscription. An acoustic signal sounds and a message is shown, describing how
the subscription can be extended.
iSirius, XM and all related marks and logos
are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its
subsidiaries. All other marks, channel names
and logos are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
Registering satellite radio
:Phone number of provider
;Sirius XM®ID of your satellite receiver
XSwitch on SatRadio mode (Ypage 132).
The satellite radio main menu appears show-
ing the preview channel. You cannot select
any other stations.
XTo select Optionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Service: turn and press the con-
troller.
The service information screen appears.
Once the telephone connection has been estab-
lished:
XFollow the instructions of the service staff.
The activation process may take up to ten
minutes.
iYou can also have the satellite service acti-
vated online. To do so, please visit
http://www.siriusxm.com (USA) or
http://www.siriusxm.ca (Canada).
iIf registration is not included when purchas-
ing the system, your credit card details will be
required to activate your account.
If the satellite receiver is not installed correctly, the Device
Unavailablemessage will appear.
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Radio

Switching to satellite radio
XTo show the main function bar: slide5the
controller.
XTo select Radio: turn and press the controller.
The Radio menu appears. You will hear the
last station set on the waveband selected
last.
XTo select Radioin radio mode: slide 5and
press the controller.
The menu with the available radio modes
appears.
XTo select SatRadio: turn and press the con-
troller.
The No
Servicemessage appears if there is no
signal.
Satellite radio overview
:Main function bar
;Preset
=Channel name and channel number
?Channel information
AStation presets menu
BCategory list
CKeyword search
DOptions menu
Channel information ?can be viewed in detail
(
Ypage 134).
Selecting a category
Satellite radio channels are sorted into catego-
ries. You can choose between various catego-
ries such as News/Discussions, Sports and
Country (if available). The category list is sorted
alphabetically. The content of the categories is
sorted by channel numbers.
XTo call up the category list: selectCate‐
goryin the menu bar by turning and pressing
the controller.
The category list appears.
XTo select a category: turn and press the
controller.
The category selected is shown in the display.
You hear the channel last selected for this
category.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
When you select a specific category, the
channels are filtered exclusively according to
this category. Select the All Channels
cat-
egory in order to see all of the available chan-
nels. Only this category enables you to
browse all available stations.
Selecting a channel
Changing channels
XWhen the display/selection window in the
satellite radio display is selected, slide 1
or turn the controller.
The multimedia system switches to the next
available channel.
Entering the channel number directly
XTo select Optionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
The satellite radio menu appears.
XTo select EnterChannel: turn and press the
controller.
An input menu appears.
XEnter the desired channel in the entry field.
or
XPress the gkey on the number keypad.
An input menu appears.
XFor the channel number, press the corre-
sponding number keys on the control panel
one after the other.
XPress the zkey on the number keypad.
The multimedia system sets the selected
channel.
iYou can only select currently permitted dig-
its.
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Radio

Selecting a channel via the satellite
radio station list
You can select the channel using the station list
displaying the artists and tracks that are cur-
rently playing.
XTo selectOptionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Station List with Artist &Title: turn and press the controller.
The channel list appears.
or
XPress the controller in the main display field.
XSelect the desired channel
Keyword search
XTo select the keyword search èin the
menu bar: turn and press the controller.
XTo enter the required search term: turn and
press the controller.
Direct and indirect results are shown.
XSelect the required result.
The relevant channel is played.
Memory functions
There are 100 presets available.
Saving the current channel
XTo select Presetin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Edit Station Preset: turn and
press the controller.
The list of saved channels appears.
XTo select the preset: turn the controller and
press for about two seconds.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
Saving a channel using the controller
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful. Using quick save
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold a number key for two seconds.
The channel is saved to the corresponding
position in the channel presets.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
Deleting the highlighted channel
XTo select Presetin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
XTo select the Delete Highlighted Sta‐tion/Channeloption in the additional menu:
turn and press the controller.
or
XPress the $button.
A prompt appears.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The highlighted station is deleted.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
Activating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: On: turn
and press the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
Deactivating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select StationPresetView:Off: turn
and press the controller.
The view of the last heard waveband appears.
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Radio

Music and sports alerts
General notes
This function makes it possible to store a pro-
gram alert for your favorite artists, tracks or
sporting events.
You can store up to 30 music and sports alerts
(favorites).
Music alerts can only be saved whilst a track is
being played. You can also specify sports alerts
via the menu option. The system then continu-
ously searches through all the channels. If a
match is found with a saved message, you will
be informed. A window appears with the respec-
tive information.
Setting a music alert
XTo select Optionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Add New Alert.
A window with a prompt appears.
XSelect ArtistorTrack.
The alert is set for the current artist or track.
iIf an alert cannot be set, the No AlertsAvailablemessage appears.
Setting a sports alert
XTo selectOptionsin the menu bar: turn and
press the controller.
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Manage Sports Alerts.
A menu appears.
XSelect Select New Alerts.
A menu appears.
XSelect the desired team from a league, e.g.
college, NBA, NHL, NFL or MLB.
The alert function for the sports team is
added.
A window with music and sports alerts
appears
XSelect Change To.
The channel is changed and the favorite artist
or track is played.
or
XSelect Ignore.
The current channel will continue playing.
Editing music and sports alerts
XTo select Alert for Artist, Track &SportsEvent: turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XSelect Manage Music AlertsorManageSports Alerts.
A list of set alerts appears.
Switching music and sports alerts
on/off
XSwitch ActivateMusicAlertsonO or off
ª.
XSwitch Activate Sports AlertsonO or
off ª.
Tagging music tracks
If the channel supports this function, you are
able to transfer the music track currently playing
to an Apple
®device. You can then purchase it in
the iTunes®store.
XTo select Optionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Tag This Track: turn and press
the controller.
A message about saving this music track on
the Apple
®device appears.
Displaying information
XTo select Informationin the radio menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
Information on the currently received pro-
gram is displayed.
If available, the following information is dis-
played:
Rthe channel logo
Rthe channel abbreviation
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Rthe artist of the track that is currently being
played
Rthe track that is currently being played
Rthe category
Ror the composer
XTo return to the radio menu:selectInfor‐
mationby sliding 6and pressing the con-
troller.
Displaying service information
The satellite radio provider's customer service
center is available by phone at any time to
answer any general questions or questions on
the versions available.
XTo select Optionsin the menu bar: turn and
press the controller.
XTo select Service: turn and press the con-
troller.
The Sirius XM
®ID of your satellite receiver
and the telephone number of the provider
appear.
XTo return to the radio menu: press the%
button.
Channel list updates
During reception of a new channel list, the
Updating Channels...message is shown.
The channel last selected is switched to mute
until the update has been completed. Satellite
radio mode is not available during this process. Once the update has been completed, the sat-
ellite radio menu appears. The channel previ-
ously selected will be played if it is still available.
Sound settings
Information on sound settings (Ypage 157).
Satellite radio135
Radio

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating medi amode
General notes
There are severa lways to activat emedia sour-
ce susin gth emultimedia system.
The relevant section sof th eOperator's Manual
describe th esimples tway to activat e amedia
source.
Thi ssection describes all option sfo ractivatin g
media sources.
Connections for externa lmedi asour-
ces
The followin gexternal media sources can be
used :
RApple®devices (e.g. iPhon e®)
RUSBdevices (e.g. US Bstick, MP3 player)
Two US Bports are located in th estowag e
spac eunder th earmrest.
RCD
RDV Dvideo
RSD cards
RDevices wit hBluetoot h®connection
Activating medi ausing th ebutton
XPress th eÕ button.
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XPress th eÕ buttonagain .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tmedia sources: turn th econtroller
until th edesire dmedia sourc eis in th ecenter.
Press th econtroller .
Dependin gon th evehicle equipment ,th efol-
lowing media sources will be available :
RDisc
RMemory Card
RMediaInterfac e 1
RMediaInterfac e 2
RBluetoothAudi o
Switching on automatically
Whenan external media sourc eis connected,
CD an dSD memor ycar dfunction sare automat -
ically switched on by th emultimedia system.
Whe nusin gwit hUS Bdevices, switch to th e
respective media menu.
If playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
iIf media playback is active in th emultimedia
system, it is interrupted. The media men uof
th enewly connecte ddevic eappears (except
when usin gwit hUSB/iPo d
®). If another func-
tion ,suc has navigation ,is bein goperated,
th edisplay doe sno tchange.
Activating medi ausing th emain func-
tion ba r
XTo showthemain function bar in media mode:
slid e5 thecontroller .
XTo selectMedi a:press th econtroller .
A men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
If th emedia sourc econtain smusic or video
files, these will be played. The correspondin g
media men uis shown .
136Activating media mode
Media

Activating media using the number
keypad
XTo selectamedia source :press th ecorre-
sponding number key.
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
XTo ente rth etrack number :press th eg
button.
A men uappears.
XUse th enumber keypad to ente rth etrack
number .
The track is played .
Use th es butto nto sho wthetrack infor-
mation for th etrack that is currentl yplaying.
Activating media using the device list
XIn Medi amode, slid e6 thecontroller .
The media men ubar appears.
XTo select Devices:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The available media source swill be shown.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
XSelectth emedia source .
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
iIn Bluetoot h®audio mode, it is no tpossibl e
to select media via th edevice list .
Audio/video mode
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
The CD/DV Ddrive is aclas s 1laser product.
If you open th ehousing of th eCD/DV Ddrive,
there is aris kof exposure to invisible laser
radiation .This laser radiation could damag e
your retina .There is aris kof injury.
Never open th ehousing .Always hav emain -
tenance and repair wor kcarrie dout at aquali-
fie dspecialis tworkshop .
GWARNING
If you handle adisc while driving, you may be
distracte dfrom th etraffic situation .You could
also lose control of th evehicle. There is aris k
of an accident.
Only handle adisc when th evehicl eis sta-
tionary.
Bear in min dthat at aspee dof only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), th evehicl ecover s a
distanc eof 44 ft (approximately 14 m)per sec-
ond.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD audio, CD-R and CD-RW
RDVD video, DVD-R and DVD-RW (audio for-
mats PCM DTS®and Dolby®Digital)
RSD card
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices
iManufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
iFor DTS patents see
http://patents.dts.com. Manufactured
under license from DTS Licensing Limited.
DTS, the Symbol & DTS and the Symbol
together are registered trademarks, and DTS
Digital Surround is a trademark of DTS, Inc.
©
DTS, Inc. All rights reserved.
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD card
and USB storage media
RHFS and HFS+ for Apple®devices
iWriting access is not possible on NTFS.
Multisession CDs
For multi-session CDs, the content of the first
CD session determines how the multimedia sys-
tem will process the CD. The multimedia system
only plays back one CD session and gives prior-
ity to the first session on the CD.
Audio/video mode137
Media
Z

File structure of a data carrier
When you create adisc wit hcompressed musi c
files, th etrack scan be organize din folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no mor ethan eigh tdirectory levels
(a roo tand seven sub-levels). Files beyon dth e
eighth leve lwill no tbe recognize dby th esys-
tem.
iThe multimedia system support sup to
25,00 0file sfor all of th econnected sources .
Track and file names
When you create adisc wit hcompressed musi c
files, you can assign names to th etrack sand
folders.
You should observ eth efollowin gwhen assign -
ing track names:
Rtrack names must have at least on echaracte r
Rtrack names must have an extension of asup-
porte daudio or vide oformat ,e.g. mp3 ,aac or
m4 v
Rthere must be adot between th etrack nam e
and th eextension
Exampl eof acorrect track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
The multimedia system support sth efollowin g
audio and vide oformats:
Audio for -
mat sMP3 ,WMA ,CDA ,AA Cfor -
mat s(.aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b)
Vide ofor -
mat sDVD-V, MPEG, WMV ,M4V ,
AV Iup to 720p
Copy-protected iTunes®musi cfile swit h
th e.m4p file extension are no tsupported.
Permissible sampling and data rates
The multimedia system support sMP3 and WMA
file sof th efollowin gtype:
FormatDat arate
[kbit/s ]Sampling
rates [kHz]
MP332-320
(fixed and varia-
ble datarates)8-48
WMA5-38 4
(fixed and varia-
ble dat arates)8-48
The multimedia system does no tsupport WMA
file sof th efollowin gtype:
RDRM (Digital Right sManagement) encrypted
file s
RWMA Pro
R5.1surroun dsoun d
iOnly use track swit h a datarat eof at least
12 8kbit/s and asamplin grat eof at least
44.1 kHz. Lowe rrates can caus e anoticeable
deterioration in quality. This is especially th e
cas eif you have activated asurroun dsoun d
function .
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only)
You can select this function for US Bstorag e
device sif th estorag edevice is partitioned. Up
to nin epartition s(primar yor logical, FAT,
FAT32 ,exFA Tand NTFS) are supported.
Selecting an active partition
XSelec t aUSBstorag edevice (Ypage 136).
XTo select Optionsin themedia men ubar:
tur nand press th econtroller.
XSelec tSelect Active Partition.
Notes on copyright
Audio or vide ofile sthat you creat eor reproduce
yourself for playbac kare generally subject to
copyright protection .
In man ycountries ,reproductions, eve nfor pri-
vat euse, are no tpermitte dwithout th eprio r
consen tof th ecopyright holder.
138Audio/video mode
Media