key MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2005 R171 Comand Manual

47 Audio
Radio operation

Press one of the number keys
3 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
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 48)Storing manually using the number
keys 3 - "

Tune to the station to be stored
(page 41).

Press a number key between3 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 FM/AM stations

48 AudioRadio operationStoring 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.

Use to select the Reprogram Autostore
header entry.

Press.
The Autostore search starts. After a de-
lay the new preset assignment ap-
pears. The system tunes to the station
stored on preset 1.
To tune-in another station from the
Autostore preset list (
page 43).
iThe 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.

51 Audio
Single CD operation
The COMAND CD drive holds one CD. The
slot for inserting a CD is located above the
display (
page 15).

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.

Press7.
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.
!If a CD is already loaded, it must be
ejected before inserting the new CD.
Inserting a second CD in the slot with
another CD still loaded will cause dam-
age to the CD drive not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
iIf the CD is an MP3 CD, the system
switches to MP3 mode
(page 60).
Ejecting a CD Single CD main menu
iThe
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 50)
The
MP3
soft key instead of the
CD soft
key is visible when a MP3 CD has been
inserted.


54 AudioSingle CD operation1Number of tracks on the CD (12 tracks)
Entry example: Track 1
Press3.
Entry example: Track 12

Press3 and  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.
iEntries beyond the number of available
tracks on the CD are not possible.
iWhen you start the scan search, play-
back option
Normal Sequence
(page 55) is activated automatically.

55 Audio
Single CD operation

Open the Single CD main menu
(page 51).

Press and hold- or,.

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

Normal sequence


Repeat track

Random track
Explanation of the playback options 
Normal sequenceThe 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 trackThe tracks are played in random order
(e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Changing the playback option

In the Single CD main menu
(page 51) 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
COMAND is switched OFF and then ON
again.
Fast forward/reverse Playback options

61 Audio
MP3 operation

Press7.
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
iThe
MP3
soft key will only appear if an
MP3 CD has been loaded.

63 Audio
MP3 operation

In the MP3 main menu (
page 61),
press the
Folder
soft key.
The extended folder list appears.

Press or  to select a folder.

Press.
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.The following options are available:

Selecting via track skip

Selecting via track list (
page 64)

Selecting via direct entry of the track
number (
page 64)

Selecting via scan search (
page 65)
Selecting via track skip On the COMAND control unit

Open the MP3 main menu (
page 61).
Selecting a track iForward skipping:
The next track is played.
iBackward skipping:
If the track has been playing longer
than approx. 10 seconds, the system
skips back to the beginning of the
track.
If less than 10 seconds have played,
the system skips back to the beginning
of the previous track.


65 Audio
MP3 operation
1Number of tracks in the current folder
(10 tracks)
Example entry: Track 1
Press3.
Example entry: Track 10

Press3 and " in quick succession.

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

Scan search plays each track in the
current folder 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

In the MP3 main menu (
page 61)
press the
Scan
soft key.
The scan search starts.
iIt is not possible to enter a number
greater than the number of tracks in
the current folder.
iThe scan search will not function if the
current folder only contains one track.
When you start scan search, playback
option
Normal sequence
(page 66) is
activated automatically.
Therein scan search is restricted to the
current folder.

66 AudioMP3 operationEnding scan search manually 
Press the
Scan
soft key.
The track playing when scan search is
ended remains selected.

Open the MP3 main menu (
page 61).

Press and hold- or,.

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

Normal sequence


Repeat track
(page 67)

Repeat folder
(page 67)

Track Random
(page 67)

Folder Random
(page 67)Explanation of the playback options

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.
Fast forward/reverse
Playback options

67 Audio
MP3 operation

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 RandomThis option is restricted to the tracks in
the current folder. The tracks are
played in random order.

Folder RandomAll tracks on the CD are played in ran-
dom order.Changing the playback option

In the MP3 main menu (
page 61),
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
COMAND is switched OFF and then ON
again.