steering MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2006 R171 Comand Manual

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Satellite Radio* operating elements . . 20
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 22
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 24
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the
multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching COMAND ON/OFF . . . . . 32
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Calling up the
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching to Radio mode . . . . . . . . 42
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 43
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 49
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 51
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 52
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 57
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 58
Tips on caring for your
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 59
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 61
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 62
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 70
Switching to
CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 75

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Satellite Radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

26 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
FunctionPage
1 Multifunction display
2 Volume setting:
æ Volume up
ç Volume down
32
32
3 Making calls:
s
Answering calls
Starting connection
Redialing
t
Ending or refusing calls
106
112
108
106
4 Radio mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
44
44
FunctionPage
4 Single CD, MP3 and CD
changer* mode:
j Next track
k Previous track
78
78
4Satellite radio* mode:
j Next station
k Previous station
92
92
4Telephone* mode:
j Next list entry
k Previous list entry
111
111
5 Multifunction display
menu change:
è forward
ÿ back
27
27

27 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can switch the multifunction display to
the respective operating mode if you wish
to operate the system using the buttons on
the multifunction steering wheel.
On the multifunction steering wheel,
pressè or ÿ repeatedly until
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*,
Satellite radio* or Telephone* display
appears in the multifunction display of
the instrument cluster.Radio operation
1Waveband and position in Preset menu
2Station frequency
Single CD operation
1Single CD operation
2Current trackMP3 operation
1MP3 operation
2Current track
CD changer* operation
1Current CD
2Current track
Selecting the multifunction display

28 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Satellite radio* operation
1SAT and position in Preset menu
2Channel nameTelephone* operation
If a telephone has been installed, either the
main display or a list appears.
Telephone main display:
1Telephone operation
2Telephone network informationIn the list screen, instead of the telephone
network information, either a phone book
entry or one of the last 10 outgoing calls
will be displayed.
In order to close the list display,
presst
.
This switches to the telephone main
display.

32 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Switching ON
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2,
or
Press.
COMAND switches on the last active
system and displays the corresponding
menu.Switching OFF
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0 and remove it,
or
Press.
Different volume settings are possible for
Navigation* or Telephone*.
i
The system can be operated as follows:
from COMAND itself, or
from the multifunction steering
wheel
This operating manual describes oper-
ation from COMAND and from the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
Unless otherwise specified, the de-
scriptions and the displays illustrated
relate to the COMAND control unit.
Switching COMAND ON/OFF
i
Without the key in position 1 or 2 of the
steering lock, the system automatically
switches OFF again after approx. 30
minutes of inactivity.
i
If a telephone call is in progress (hands-
free) you cannot switch the COMAND
OFF,  is disabled.
Volume

33 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
A common volume setting is provided for
Radio, Single CD, MP3, CD changer*, AUX
and Satellite radio* operating modes.
When setting the volume, the system auto-
matically stores the setting for the current-
ly active operating mode. The volume of
navigation announcements can be
changed only during an actual announce-
ment.
Setting the volume
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit,
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheelThe volume changes up or down, de-
pending on the direction of rotation or
which button was pressed.
The system stores the volume settings
when the device is switched OFF.
After switching the system back on again,
the volume may be lower than at the time
when the system was switched OFF.
This could be the case if
the system was switched OFF for more
than 15 minutes, and
the volume had been set to a value in a
certain range at the time the device
was switched OFF.Automatic volume control
The automatic volume control adjusts the
volume depending on
the vehicle’s speed (only in vehicles
without sound-system*),
or on
the interior ambient noises of the vehi-
cle (only in vehicles with sound-sys-
tem*)
other parameters (e.g. windows open
or closed)

41 Audio
Audio main menu
Switching the mute function ON:
Press .
The system is switched to mute.
Switching the mute function OFF:
Press again;
or
Turn the rotary control located on
the COMAND control unit;
or
Pressæ or ç on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
The audio source heard is the one se-
lected before the mute function was
activated.
Mute functioni
The mute function is still activated if
COMAND is switched OFF and then ON
again.
The mute function switches OFF if an-
other audio source is selected.
The audio is briefly muted shortly after
the opening or closing of the retract-
able hardtop has begun.

44 Audio
Radio operation
Tuning via station search
On COMAND control unit
Switch to the desired FM or AM wave-
band (
page 42).
Press or .
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play;
or
Press or .
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.On multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Radio display
(
page 27).
Pressj.
The next receivable ascending frequen-
cy is tuned in and begins to play;
or
Pressk.
The next receivable descending fre-
quency is tuned in and begins to play.
Tuning via station presets
Ten presets each are available for FM and
AM. The presets are accessed using the
number keypad, or via the Presets menu.Accessing via number keypad:
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 42).
Press one of the number keys
 - .
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu:
Switch to the desired waveband
(
page 42).
Press the Presets soft key.
The Presets menu appears.

48 Audio
Radio operation
Seven channels are available on the
Weather Band.
Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the
WB soft key in the Radio main
menu (
page 42).
Each time you press the
WB soft key the
system will tune to the strongest re-
ceivable station.Tuning via station search
On the COMAND control unit
Switch to the WB waveband by press-
ing the
WB soft key in the Radio main
menu (
page 42).
The system will tune to the strongest
receivable station.
Press or.
The search begins descending or as-
cending.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to Audio display
(
page 27).
Pressj ork.
The search stops at the next receivable
station.
Tuning via station presets
The seven strongest channels are sort-
ed in preset 1 to 7 each time you press
the WB soft key. They are accessed us-
ing the number keypad.
Tuning to a station on Weather Band