all MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2005 R171 Comand Manual

Welcome to COMAND!
Please make yourself familiar with your
COMAND control unit and read the instruc-
tions in this manual before operating the
COMAND system. This will help you derive
a greater benefit from the system. Please
also follow the instructions and warnings
contained in this manual. Ignoring them
could result in damage to the vehicle or
personal injury to you or others.
The asterisk* identifies optional equip-
ment. Depending on model, version and
configuration, your COMAND system
equipment may differ. Therefore, you may
find explanations for optional equipment
not installed in your vehicle. If you have
any questions about the operation of any
equipment, your authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center will be glad to demonstrate
the proper procedures. We continuously strive to improve our
product and ask for your understanding
that we reserve the right to make changes
in design and equipment. Therefore, infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions in
this manual might differ from the equip-
ment installed in your vehicle. As such, the
information, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be rea-
sonably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calling up the Audio main menu . . . 38
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 40
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 41
Tuning to a station on Weather
Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 47
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 49
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 50
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 56Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 57
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 59
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 68
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 69
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 84
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching to Satellite radio mode . . 85
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Calling the Sirius Service Center . . 92Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tips on telephone operation . . . . . . 94
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching the phone ON/OFF . . . . 97
911 emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . . 99
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . 101
Switching to telephone mode . . . 102
Telephone main menu . . . . . . . . . 102
Answering an incoming call . . . . . 104Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . 105
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . 106
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Opening the phone book. . . . . . . . 112
Phone Book menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing a connection . . . . . . 114
Adding a voice entry to a phone
book entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . 115
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . . 118
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tips on the navigation DVD. . . . . . 121
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . . 121
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . . 122
Determination of location after
vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip interruption during route
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Calling up the Navigation main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Avoiding certain road types . . . . . 126
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . . . 127
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering a home address . . . . . . . 131
Destination entry menu. . . . . . . . . 133
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . 133
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Entering a city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting a city . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering a street in the destination
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting a street . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Contents
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 142
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Storing map locations. . . . . . . . . . 148
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting route guidance menu . . . 150
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Navigation announcements . . . . . 151
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 155
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 156
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Displaying the route on the map . 157
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 158
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Defining route guidance displays . 165
Setting symbols display . . . . . . . . 166
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 167
Switching GPS position display ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 169
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 170
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 172
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 174
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 180
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 182
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 186
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 186
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 190
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 190
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 193
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 195
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

7
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support for you, the COMAND opera-
tor. Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time, or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first. Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the audio system and its radio
and CD components.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers. Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
covering the following topics:
Destination entry

Route selection and calculation

Route guidance

Destination memory
Service
This chapter contains information con-
cerning Tele Aid*System
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

8 IntroductionSymbolsThe following symbols are used in this
Operator’s Manual:* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system’s
equipment may deviate from
some descriptions and illustra-
tions.

This symbol points to instruc-
tions for you to follow.

A number of these symbols ap-
pearing in succession indicates
a multiple-step procedure.

This continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continued on the next
page.
page This symbol tells you where to
look for further information on
this subject.
->This symbol is used in the glos-
sary. It indicates that the term
immediately following the sym-
bol is also explained in the glos-
sary.Display
Words appearing on the
COMAND display or the multi-
function display are printed in
the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to haz-
ards that may endanger your health or life,
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you
may find useful.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
Warning
G
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, satellite radio*,
CD changer*, navigation module*, tele-
phone* and voice control system* are inter-
connected. Therefore, when one of the
components is not operational or has not
been removed/ replaced properly, the func-
tion of other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
Warning
G
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain
focused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system's audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio main menu
38
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
3 - "
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
45
47
42
Function
Page
4
, , , 
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
41
47
5

Confirmation
6
1
Mute function
39
Function
Page
7
.
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
30
8
4
Volume adjustment
30
9
- and,
Station search
Manual tuning
42
44

21 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
102
97
97
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
Function
Page
3
3 - "
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
99
101
105
110
4
, , , 
Selection buttons
5

Confirmation
Function
Page
6
0
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
104
110
106
7
/
Ending or refusing a call
104
8
.
Switching COMAND
ON/OFF
30
9
4
Volume adjustment
30

24 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheel
Function
Page
1
Multifunction display
2
Volume setting:
æ Volume up
ç Volume down
30
30
3
Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
104
110
106
104
4
Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
42
42
Function
Page
4
Single CD, MP3 and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
77
77
4
Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
90
90
4
Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
109
109
5
Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
25
25