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Mercedes-Benz Sound 5 Operator's Manual

Mercedes-Benz Sound 5 Operator's Manual

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  • Page 3 Welcome to Sound 5. Please familiarize yourself with your Sound 5 radio and read this Operator’s Manual before using it. This will help you to obtain the maximum pleasure from your system and to avoid endangering yourself and others. The equipment or product description of your...

  • Page 5: Contents

    Contents Index ......4 At a glance..... . . 9 Introduction .

  • Page 6: Index

    Index CD mode Playback time display ... . 30 Adjusting..... . . 15 Switching to .

  • Page 7: Index

    Index Repeat album ....30 Risk of accident ....7 ID3 tags Risk of injury (CD) .
  • Page 8 Index Switching off ....14 Manual mute ....16 Random playback (CD) .

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Operating tronic systems are networked via interfaces. Sound 5 while driving will distract you from Tampering with electronic systems could the traffic situation and as a result you may...

  • Page 10: Operation

    Proper use Always observe the following when using the Canada only: Sound 5 radio: This device complies with RSS-210 of In- the safety notes in this manual dustry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two...
  • Page 11 Vehicle equipment Controls Steering wheel with buttons...

  • Page 12: Controls

    Controls Vehicle equipment This Operator’s Manual describes all features, standard or optional, potentially available for your vehicle at the time of purchase. Please be aware that your vehicle might not be equipped with all features described in this manual. Controls Function Page Function...

  • Page 13: Steering Wheel With Buttons

    Radio mode: & next station * previous station Selects a sound setting: & next sound setting * previous sound set- ting CD mode: & next track * previous track 1. This function is not supported in vehicles equipped with Sound 5.
  • Page 15 Vehicle equipment Radio Steering wheel with buttons...

  • Page 16: Volume

    When you set the volume, the radio saves the This Operator’s Manual describes both oper- setting automatically for whichever operating ation via the Sound 5 radio and also via the mode is currently active. steering wheel buttons. Unless stated other-...

  • Page 17: Adjusting

    Adjusting the sound setting Press the u button. Turn the control knob. Turn the control knob on Sound 5. Press the W or X button on the Press the W or X button on the steering wheel. steering wheel. The setting will change. The new setting...

  • Page 18: Automatic Switching

    Radio Turn the control knob. The settings are reset to medium. Mute Press the W or X button on the steering wheel. To mute: briefly press the 8 button. The setting will change. The new setting is saved as soon as the Treble menu dis- appears.

  • Page 19: Reception Quality

    Steering wheel with buttons In this operating mode, you can only switch Steering wheel with buttons off and adjust the volume of the Sound 5 ra- The instrument cluster display must be dio. switched to the radio or CD function to allow operation using the steering wheel buttons.
  • Page 20 Steering wheel with buttons Adjusting the sound setting Sound setting example: Bass menu Briefly press the u button on the ra- dio. On the steering wheel, press the & or * button repeatedly until the desired Sound menu appears in the instrument cluster display.

  • Page 21: Radio Mode

    Vehicle equipment Radio mode...

  • Page 22: Am Waveband

    Before your journey, please familiarize your- self with the radio functions. Only use the Setting the Weather Band (WB) Sound 5 radio when road and traffic condi- Press the AM button until appears. tions permit you to do so. Otherwise you...

  • Page 23: Scan Mode

    Depending on the instrument cluster set- ing wheel buttons if: ting, the station search stops at the next the Sound 5 radio is either in the FM 1–5 station which can be received, either pre- or FM 6–10 preset group and set in the memory or on the waveband.

  • Page 24: Saving Using Autostore

    Radio mode Ending scan mode Press the SC button again. The station search stops. When AS–Seek disappears, saving is com- Storing a station plete. You can store stations in the FM, AM and WB wavebands manually or using Autostore. Storing manually Five memory presets are available for each waveband.
  • Page 25 Vehicle equipment General information CD mode...
  • Page 26 This variety means that there is no guarantee that the Sound 5 radio will be able to play General information discs that you have copied yourself. There may be playback problems if you play...
  • Page 27 General information We recommend a constant bit rate of at Notes on MP3/WMA operation least 160 kbit/sec for the compression The following points should be taken into ac- of MP3 data. With variable bit rates, the count when using MP3 and WMA CDs: display of the elapsed playback time may Only MP3/WMA files (tracks) that have differ from the time actually elapsed.

  • Page 28: Inserting A Cd

    CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and operate the Sound 5 radio only if permitted To display the full track name, press the by road, weather and traffic conditions.
  • Page 29 The next track is played. eject CDs with the vehicle at a standstill and Skip back: operate the Sound 5 radio only if permitted The current track restarts if it has been by road, weather and traffic conditions. playing for longer than approximately Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph 10 seconds.

  • Page 30: Changing Folders

    CD mode Display with audio CD inserted: The track number chosen is displayed. Display with MP3/WMA CD inserted: Ending scan mode Press the SC button. The track you are currently listening to remains set. Changing folders After the button is released, playback is con- tinued at the current position.

  • Page 31: Track Repeat

    CD mode Switching off random playback Setting playback options Press button 5 again. Random function (random playback) Track repeat You hear the tracks on the current CD in ran- You hear the current track repeatedly until dom order (e.g. 3, 8, 5, etc.). If you change you switch off the function, change the CD, the CD, random playback ends.

  • Page 32: Total Playback Time

    CD mode Repeat album Displaying the number of CD tracks and total playback time This function is only available for MP3/WMA CDs. With audio CD inserted: Press button = twice. You hear the current album repeatedly until you switch off the function, change the CD, or change the album.

  • Page 33: External Audio Source

    Vehicle equipment External audio source...

  • Page 34: Aux Mode

    External audio source (AUX) You can connect an external audio source Risk of accident (AUX) to the Sound 5 radio. The jack needed can be found to the side behind the instru- Due to the different volumes of the external ment cluster.

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