light MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2008 R171 Comand Manual

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
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ment, your COMAND system’s
equipment may deviate from
some descriptions and illustra
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tions.

This symbol points to instruc
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tions for you to follow.

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


This continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continued on the next
page.
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This symbol tells you where to
look for further information on
this subject.
->
This symbol is used in the glos
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sary. It indicates that the term
immediately following the sym
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bol is also explained in the glos
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sary.
Display
Words appearing on the
COMAND display or the multi
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function display are printed in
the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to haz
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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.

48 AudioSingle CD operation

Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

Do not expose the CDs to heat or direct
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs

Open the Single CD main menu ( page
50)
;
or
Load an audio CD into the COMAND
CD drive.
Safety instructionsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and

operate the audio 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
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ly 14 m) every second.
Warning
G
The CD drive is a Class 1 laser product.
There is a danger of invisible laser radiation
when you open or damage the cover.Do not remove the cover. The CD drive does
not contain any parts serviceable by the us
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er. For safety reasons, have any necessary
service work performed by qualified person
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nel. Tips on caring for your CDs
Switching to Single CD mode

55 Audio
MP3 operation

Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

Do not expose the CDs to heat or direct
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs
Permissible MP3 CDs In MP3 mode COMAND can read CD-R and
CD-RW CDs.Permissible file systemsThe permitted file system is

ISO9660/Joliet for CD-R and CD-RW.Multi session CDsWith multi session CDs, the content of the
first session determines how COMAND
treats the CD.
For example, if the first session contains
data in audio CD format and the second
session contains data in MP3 format,
COMAND will treat the CD as a conven
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tional audio CD.File structureWhen creating a MP3 CD, you can organize
MP3 tracks into folders. A folder can also
contain additional folders.The root directory may have a maximum of
255 entries in total. (folders or tracks)

A CD may have a maximum of 255 folders
in total. A maximum of 255 tracks are per
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missible per folder.Mathematically a maximum of 65025
tracks would result. However, this amount
is usually not reached since MP3 requires
approx. 1 MB storage per minute recorded.
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDsTips on creating MP3 CDs iCDs, software and hardware for writing
audio data to CDs are widely available.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee that
COMAND will be able to play every
user-written CD.
iProblems may be encountered during
playback of user-written CDs with a
storage capacity of more than 700 MB.
These CDs do not meet valid standards
as of this printing.

64 AudioCD changer* operation

Only touch the CD on the edges.

Clean the CD with a dry, lint-free cloth.
Wipe the CD a straight line from the
center. Never wipe the CD in a circular
motion.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or solvents
to clean CDs.

Do not expose the CDs to heat or direct
sunlight.

Do not write or put labels on CDs.

Open the CD changer main menu ( page
69)
;
or
Load an audio CD into the CD changer ( page
65)
.
The CD changer is located in the glove box
and can play audio and MP3 CDs.Permissible MP3 CDsThe CD changer can read CD-R and CD-RW
CDs.Permissible file systemThe permitted file system is Joliet for CD-R
and CD-RW.Permissible MP3 formatsThe CD changer supports the following file
formats:
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3

MPEG2 Audio Layer 3

MPEG 2.5 Audio Layer 3
Safety instructionsWarning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should insert
CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and

operate the audio 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.The CD changer is a Class 1 laser product.
There is a danger of invisible laser radiation
when you open or damage the cover.Do not remove the cover. The CD changer
does not contain any parts serviceable by
the user. For safety reasons, have any nec
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essary service work performed by qualified
personnel.
Tips on caring for your CDsSwitching to CD changer mode
CD changer MP3 CDs

67 Audio
CD changer* operation
Loading options:
Loading a single magazine compart
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ment


Loading all six magazine compart
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ments

Loading a single magazine compart
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ment 
Open the glove box

( Vehicle owner's manual).

Briefly press the button 2 of the emp
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ty magazine compartment to be load
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ed.

Wait until the LED in the button 2
flashes green.This indicates that the CD changer re
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quests a CD.

Insert an audio CD into the CD slot 1
within approx. 15 seconds. Insert the
CD face up.The CD is pulled in. The red LED in the
corresponding magazine compartment
button 2 lights up continuously. The
system starts playing the CD. The loading procedure is completed.
Loading all six magazine compart
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mentsInitial situation: all magazine compart
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ments are empty.The CD changer loads all magazine com
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partments beginning with compartment 1.
Open the glove box

( Vehicle owner's manual).
1CD slot2
Magazine compartment buttons

Press and hold the button of an empty
magazine compartment 2 for more
than 2 seconds.The LEDs of all magazine compartment
buttons 2 briefly light up green sever
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al times.

Wait until the LED in the first magazine
compartment button 2 flashes green.This indicates that the CD changer re
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quests a CD.
iLoading a magazine slot will stop the
playback of a CD in the changer.


68 AudioCD changer* operation
Insert an audio CD into the CD slot 1
within approx. 15 seconds. Insert the
CD face up.The CD is pulled in; the magazine com
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partment is loaded. The red LED in the corresponding mag
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azine compartment button 2 lights up
continuously. The CD changer then requests inser
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tion of the next CD. The LED in the cor
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responding magazine compartment
button 2 flashes green.

Repeat the last step until all six maga
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zine compartments are loaded.The system plays the sixth CD. The
LEDs in all magazine compartment but
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tons 2 light up red continuously.The loading procedure is completed.
The following options are available:
Ejecting one CD

Ejecting all CDs
( page
69)
Ejecting one CD 1CD slot2
Magazine compartment buttons

Open the glove box

( Vehicle owner's manual).

Briefly press the appropriate magazine
compartment button 2.The button LED 2 flashes red. The CD
changer ejects the CD.

Within 15 seconds, remove the CD
from the slot 1.
iIf, for example, only compartments 1
through 4 are to be loaded instead of
all six compartments, simply do not in
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sert the a fifth CD into the slot 1. The
CD changer attempts to load the fifth
CD, yet aborts the loading procedure.
The system automatically plays the last
(fourth) CD.Ejecting CDs

96 Telephone*Telephone operation
Press
s twice.
The telephone establishes the connec
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tion with the number dialed last.
In both cases the telephone initiates the
call. The call is activated the moment the
other party answers the call. Communica
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tion is conducted via the hands-free sys
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tem.

The volume can be adjusted (
 page
31).

For other user functions, see “Active call” ( page
99)
.
After switching to telephone operation,
COMAND can display the number of
missed calls in the status bar.
COMAND automatically creates a list of
accepted and missed calls. This list can
contain 10 entries max.The accepted and missed calls list can be
opened, an entry selected, and the call re
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turned.
Selecting an entry from the list of ac
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cepted and missed calls. Opening of list: 
Press the
Recvd.#
soft key in the Tele
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phone main menu
( page
92)
.
The list appears with the last call high
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lighted.

The list is sorted chronologically, the
last accepted or missed call is dis
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played at the top of the list.
iWhen pressing
s only once, the di
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aled calls list appears in the multifunc
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tion display
( page
97)
.
Accepted and missed calls
iIf no calls have been received yet the Recvd.#
soft key is shaded out and
without function.

97 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Switching list displays: 
Press the
123
soft key.
The list switches to number display.If a name in the phone book is stored
with the number of the highlighted call
it is shown in the status bar;
or
Press the
ABC
soft key.
The list switches to name display.The number in the phone book that be
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longs to the highlighted name is shown
in the status bar.
Selecting a list entry and establishing
the connection: 
Use

or

to select the desired
entry.

Press
0
.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
Selecting an entry from the list of di
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aled calls COMAND automatically creates a list of di
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aled calls. This list can contain 10 entries
max. The list is sorted chronologically, the
last dialed call is displayed at the top of the
list. On the COMAND control unitOpening the list: 
Press the
Dialed
# soft key in the Tele
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phone main menu
( page
92)
.
The list appears.
iThe list shows up to ten calls you re
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ceived last. It is a combined listing of
both accepted and missed calls. The
list does not show or specify which
calls were accepted and which ones
were missed.
Dialed callsiIf no calls have been placed yet the Dialed
# soft key is shaded out and
without function.


98 Telephone*Telephone operationSwitching between number and name dis
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play: 
Press the
123
soft key.
The list switches to number display.

If for a highlighted number a name is
stored in the phonebook, the name is
shown in the status bar.

Press the
ABC
soft key.
The list switches to name display.

The number in the phone book that be
-
longs to the highlighted name is shown
in the status bar.
Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection: 
Use

or

to select the desired
entry.

Press
0
.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
On the multifunction steering wheel Opening the list: 
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
27)
.

Press
s once.
The last dialed call is displayed on the
multifunction display.
Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection: 
Press
j or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown on the mul
-
tifunction display.

Press
s
.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
On the cell phone a maximum of 10 tele
-
phone numbers can be stored in a speed
dial memory (
 Telephone Operation
Guide).

You can retrieve the entries of the speed
dial memory via COMAND. 
Open the Telephone main menu ( page
92)
.
iIf you press
s twice, the telephone
will immediately establish a connection
with the phone number dialed last.
Speed dial

101 Telephone*
Phone book


Phone book
The phone book contains all entries of the
cell phone memory. On the COMAND control unit
Press the
soft key in the Telephone
main menu
( page
92)
.
The Phone Book menu appears. The
first list entry is highlighted automati
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cally.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
28)
.

Press
j or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display.
An example for the Phone Book menu is
shown above. It shows a list of the phone
book entries whose names start with the
letter
B. Displayed in the status bar is the
number of the highlighted name, in this ex
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ample 18005551212.
iIf a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.Opening the phone bookiIf no numbers are stored in the phone
book, the
soft key is shaded out
and without function.
Phone Book menu
iVarious icons may be assigned to the
phone numbers, depending on the en
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try made on the telephone:
Home number

Work number

Fax number

Main number

Mobile number

Pager number
In the instrument cluster the name of
the category assigned to the phone
number, e.g.
Home
, appears in the mul
-
tifunction display.