Mercedes-Benz Audio 50 - Manuals

5 Introduction Operating safety Operating safety Accident hazard G In order to avoid distraction which could lead to an accident, system settings should be entered with the vehicle at a standstill and the system should be operated by the driver only when traffic conditions permit. Bear in mind that ...

7 At a glance Radio operating elements CD operating elements Cassette operating elements Telephone operating elements Multifunction steering wheel

10 At a glance Cassette operating elements Cassette operating elements

12 At a glance CD operating elements CD operating elements

14 At a glance Telephone operating elements Telephone operating elements

16 At a glance Multifunction steering wheel Multifunction steering wheel Function Page 1 Multifunction display 2 Adjusting volume ç Quieter æ Louder Settings menu 2020 Function Page 3 Making calls: í Accepting callStarting callRedial function ì Terminating call 626663 67 4 Changing menu in multi-fun...

18 Introduction Menu system Menu system The Audio 50 is easy to use thanks to its menu system. Each of the main functions, i.e. audio (radio, CD and cassette mode), telephone* and service, has its own main menu. Main menus 왘 Audio: Press the a button ( 컄 Page 26). 왘 Telephone: Press the t button ( 컄...

19 Introduction Menu system Menu functions and submenus In the menus, it is possible to switch func-tions on and off and open other submenus using the soft keys. Example: FM main menu: 앫 The Scan soft key switches the scan search on or off. 앫 The Memory soft key opens the Mem- ory submenu. In some s...

20 Introduction General operation General operation Switching on/off Switching on 왘 Turn the key in the steering lock to po-sition 1 or 2. or 왘 Press the K button. In both cases, the system defaults to the mode last used before the unit was switched off. The operating mode’s main menu is displayed. ...

21 Introduction General operation The system automatically stores the volume settings on switching off. After switching on again, the volume may be quieter than when switched off. It is quieter if: 앫 the system was switched off for more than 15 minutes 앫 or if the volume was set to a value out-side ...

22 Introduction General operation Bass and Treble Different bass and treble settings are pos-sible for all operating modes. The system automatically stores each setting. Adjusting bass and treble: 왘 Press k . The Tone menu is displayed. 왘 By pressing c or d select either the Bass or the Treble funct...

25 Audio Audio main menu Radio mode Cassette Mode CD Mode Multifunction steering wheel

26 Audio Audio main menu Audio main menu In the Audio main menu you can switch be-tween the following audio sources: 앫 Radio (FM, AM, WB wavebands) 앫 Cassette (tape) 앫 CD In addition, you can also switch the mute function on or off. Calling up Audio main menu 왘 On the Audio 50, press a . The Audio m...

27 Audio Radio mode Radio mode Switching to radio mode 왘 Call up the FM, AM or WB main menu ( 컄 Page 27). The system automatically switches to radio mode. FM or AM main menu 왘 Call up the Audio main menu ( 컄 Page 26). 왘 Press the AM or FM soft key. The FM main menu with the last select-ed station is...

28 Audio Radio mode Selecting using frequency list The frequency list contains all the recep-tion frequencies of the respective wave-band, regardless of the stations that currently can be received. Only one list entry can be seen at a time, showing the currently selected frequency 왘 Switch on the de...

29 Audio Radio mode 왘 On the multifunction steering wheel, press j or k . The search proceeds upward or down-ward and stops at the next receivable station. Selecting using station presets The FM and the AM waveband each have ten available presets.You can access the presets using the num-ber buttons ...

30 Audio Radio mode 왘 By pressing c , d , or r select a preset. 왘 Press p . The system tunes to the preset station. After a short time, the main menu of the respective waveband is displayed. Selecting using the scan search The scan search is available in the FM and AM waveband.The scan search plays ...

31 Audio Radio mode Selecting using manual frequency entry Manual frequency entry is available in the FM and AM wavebands. Entry example: 97.9 MHz in the FM wave-band: 왘 Switch on the FM waveband ( 컄 Page 27). 왘 Press Q . The frequency entry screen is dis-played. This gives the frequency range of th...

32 Audio Radio mode Manuel storing using Memory menu: 왘 Tune to the station to be stored ( 컄 Page 27). 왘 Press the Memory soft key. The Memory menu is displayed. 왘 By pressing c , d , or r select a preset. 왘 Press p for more than 2 seconds. The system stores the station. After a short time, the main...

33 Audio Radio mode 왘 Press the WB soft key. The weather band station with the best reception is called up. Changing weather band stations You have the following options for calling up another weather band station: 앫 Calling up stations using station search 앫 Calling up stations using the number but...

34 Audio Cassette Mode Cassette Mode Switching to cassette mode 왘 Open the cassette cover ( 컄 Page 34) and insert a cassette ( 컄 Page 34). or 왘 Call up the Tape main menu ( 컄 Page 35). Opening cassette cover The cassette cover ( 컄 Page 11) must be open in order to insert a cassette. After in-serting...

35 Audio Cassette Mode Side 1 is defined as the cassette side that is facing upwards. 왘 Close the cassette cover ( 컄 Page 34). Ejecting cassette 왘 Press . The cassette cover opens and the Audio 50 ejects the cassette. 왘 Remove the cassette from the slot. 왘 Close the cassette cover ( 컄 Page 34). Tape...

36 Audio Cassette Mode 왘 Press j . This will switch the tape from side 1 to side 2. or 왘 Press k . This will switch the tape from side 2 to side 1. Selecting track You have the following options: 앫 Selecting using track search ( 컄 Page 36) 앫 Selecting using scan search ( 컄 Page 36) Selecting using t...

37 Audio Cassette Mode 왘 Press the Scan soft key again. The scan stops. Fast forward/rewind 왘 Call up the Tape main menu ( 컄 Page 35). 왘 Press X for more than 2 seconds. The cassette winds forward. or 왘 Press for more than 2 seconds. The cassette rewinds. Interrupting fast forward/rewind: 왘 Press on...

38 Audio Cassette Mode The Tape main menu is displayed short-ly after switching off or on. Dolby B NR Noise Reduction Dolby B NR should be switched on for opti-mum playback of cassettes recorded with Dolby B NR. Switching Dolby B NR on/off: 왘 Call up the Tape main menu ( 컄 Page 35). 왘 Press the Dolb...

39 Audio CD Mode CD Mode General information The system may not be able to play some audio CDs with copy protection. CDs should be handled with care in order to prevent malfunction when playing. Avoid leaving fingerprints and dust on the CDs. You must not write on, or attach stickers to CDs. Clean C...

40 Audio CD Mode Opening CD changer* 1 Open button2 Button field 왘 Close the cassette cover on the Audio 50 if it is open ( 컄 Page 34). Otherwise the CD changer* will not open. 왘 Press the open button 1. The button field 2 pivots upwards, the CD changer* opens. Retracting CD changer* 왘 Press the ope...

41 Audio CD Mode Loading CDs into CD changer* In order to insert CDs, you will need to open the CD changer* ( 컄 Page 40). 1 CD slot2 Magazine compartment buttons There is a built-in magazine in the CD changer*. It can hold up to six CDs.The CD changer* has six magazine com-partment buttons 2 for con...

42 Audio CD Mode 1 CD slot2 Magazine compartment buttons 왘 Briefly press the button 2 of the empty magazine compartment that you wish to load. 왘 Wait until the LED in the button 2 flash-es green. This indicates that the CD changer* is requesting the CD. 왘 Push an audio CD into the CD slot 1 within a...

43 Audio CD Mode 왘 Push an audio CD into the CD slot 1 within approx. 15 seconds. The printed side of the CD must face upwards. The CD is retracted; the first magazine compartment is loaded. The LED in the corresponding maga-zine compartment button 2 has a con-tinuous red light. The CD changer* then...

44 Audio CD Mode Ejecting CDs from the CD changer* You have the following options: 앫 Ejecting a single CD ( 컄 Page 44) 앫 Ejecting all CDs ( 컄 Page 45) Ejecting a single CD 1 CD slot2 Magazine compartment buttons 왘 Open the CD changer* ( 컄 Page 40). 왘 Briefly press the corresponding maga-zine compart...

45 Audio CD Mode Ejecting all CDs 왘 Open the CD changer* ( 컄 Page 40). 1 CD slot2 Magazine compartment buttons 왘 Press the button 2 of a full magazine compartment for more than 2 seconds. The button LEDs of all the full magazine compartments briefly light up red 3 times. The CD changer* ejects the C...

46 Audio CD Mode You will hear the CD listened to last. If the CD listened to last is no longer available, the unit plays the next avail-able audio CD. This may be the CD in the Audio 50 or a CD in the CD changer*. If no audio CD is available, the system does not switch to CD mode. The message No CD...

47 Audio CD Mode Selecting by directly entering the CD number 왘 Call up the CD main menu ( 컄 Page 45). 왘 A selection by directly entering a num-ber is possible using the buttons ! - 6 . Selection example: CD No. 3 in the CD changer* 왘 Press 3 . Selection example: CD in the Audio 50 (CD No. 0) 왘 Pres...

48 Audio CD Mode Selecting using track skip Track skip on the Audio 50: 왘 Call up the CD main menu ( 컄 Page 45). 왘 For forward skipping, press X . or 왘 For backward skipping, press . Track skip on the multifunction steering wheel: 왘 Switch the multifunction display in the instrument cluster to the A...

49 Audio CD Mode Entry example: Track 1 왘 Press ! . Entry example: Track 15 왘 Press ! and 5 in quick succession. 왘 Wait approx. 2 seconds after entering the number. You will hear the selected track. The CD main menu is displayed. Selecting using the scan search The scan search starts playing each tr...

50 Audio CD Mode Playback options The following options are available: 앫 Normal sequence ( 컄 Page 50) 앫 Repeat track ( 컄 Page 50) 앫 Repeat CD ( 컄 Page 51) 앫 Track mix ( 컄 Page 51) 앫 CD mix ( 컄 Page 51) Activating playback options Example: Repeat track option 왘 Call up the CD main menu ( 컄 Page 45). ...

51 Audio CD Mode 앫 Repeat CD The CD currently playing is repeated until this function is switched off. 앫 Track mix You will hear the tracks in random or-der (e.g. track 3, 8, 5 etc.). If two or more CDs are available, the last track of one CD is followed by the next CD. The CDs change in the normal ...

52 Audio Multifunction steering wheel Multifunction steering wheel For controlling functions using the multi-function steering wheel, the multifunction display in the instrument cluster must be switched to the Audio screen. Switching multifunction display 왘 On the multifunction steering wheel, press...

55 Telephone* General information General information If you vehicle is fitted with a cell phone mount, you can insert certain cell phones into the adapter. Further information can be obtained from your Mercedes-Benz ser-vice station. 앫 If the message Enter Unlock Code is displayed, enter the unlock...

57 Telephone* Operation Operation Switching on telephone 왘 Switch on the Audio 50 ( 컄 Page 20). or 왘 On the Audio 50, briefly press . This calls up the Telephone main menu. or 왘 On the Audio 50, press for longer than 3 seconds. or 왘 On the multifunction steering wheel, press í . or 왘 Switch on the c...

58 Telephone* Operation “911” emergency calls The “911” emergency call will also func-tion if the telephone is blocked by the un-lock code. Making emergency call (unlock code not entered yet) You can make an emergency call from the cell phone or from the Audio 50. Calling from the cell phone ( 컄 Tel...

59 Telephone* Operation Unlock code entry The unlock code protects the telephone from unauthorized users. You can activate the unlock code on the telephone ( 컄 Telephone operating manual). Memorize the unlock code.If the unlock code has been activated, the telephone functions will only be available ...

60 Telephone* Operation The system automatically switches to tele-phone mode: 앫 with an incoming call 앫 if you initiate an outgoing call 앫 if the cell phone is inserted into the telephone adapter* and you initiate an outgoing call on the cell phone Missed or unanswered calls When you call up the Tel...

61 Telephone* Operation From the Telephone main menu you have the following options 앫 viewing outgoing calls ( 컄 Page 64). 앫 viewing incoming calls ( 컄 Page 63). 앫 Initiating redial function!( 컄 Page 61). 앫 entering a phone number ( 컄 Page 62). 앫 calling up the telephone book ( 컄 Page 68) Initiating...

62 Telephone* Operation Accepting call On the Audio 50: 왘 Press J . On the multifunction steering wheel: 왘 Press í . Once you have accepted, the call is ac-tive. You will conduct the call over the hands-free system. The volume of the call can be adjusted ( 컄 Page 20). Other operating functions can b...

63 Telephone* Operation Redial function The redial function starts the call to the last phone number dialed. On the Audio 50: 왘 Briefly press the J button twice in quick succession. On the multifunction steering wheel: 왘 Switch the multifunction display in the instrument cluster to the Telephone mai...

64 Telephone* Operation Selecting list entry: 왘 By pressing or select the de- sired entry. 왘 After selecting the desired entry, start the call ( 컄 Page 66). Selecting entry from the Dialed Dialed Dialed Dialed # list The Audio 50 automatically saves a list of the last 10 outgoing calls. The list is ...

66 Telephone* Operation Starting call On the Audio 50: 왘 Enter a phone number ( 컄 Page 62). 왘 Press J . The telephone establishes the connec-tion to the phone number entered or selected. You will hear the ringing tone if the line is not busy.If the person you are calling answers, the call is active....

67 Telephone* Operation Display in the multifunction display: The following functions are available dur-ing a call: 앫 Terminating active call ( 컄 Page 67) 앫 Switching hands-free microphone on/off ( 컄 Page 67) 앫 Sending sequences of digits ( 컄 Page 67) Terminating active call On the Audio 50 왘 Press ...

68 Telephone* Operation Telephone book The telephone book is sorted in alphabeti-cal order and contains the first 500 tele-phone entries. Calling up the telephone book On the Audio 50: 왘 In the Telephone main menu, press the Ph. book soft key. The telephone book is displayed on the Audio 50, with on...

69 Telephone* Operation Switching telephone book display 왘 On the Audio 50, call up the telephone book ( 컄 Page 68). 왘 Press the 123 soft key. This will switch to the number display. The name of the highlighted entry is still given in the status line. or 왘 Press the ABC soft key. This will switch to...

70 Telephone* Operation Selection from the multifunction steering wheel: 왘 Press j or k repeatedly until the desired entry is given in the multi-function display in the instrument clus-ter. After selecting, you can start the call to the selected entry ( 컄 Page 66). Voice tag In vehicles with LINGUAT...

71 Telephone* SMS SMS You can receive, read and delete SMS messages. If a new SMS has been received, an enve-lope symbol appears on the right of the status line. SMS menu 왘 Call up the Telephone main menu ( 컄 Page 60). 왘 Press the SMS soft key. The SMS menu is displayed. Switching between Sender and...

72 Telephone* SMS 왘 Press c or . You can scroll through the text of the message. Deleting message 왘 Select a message ( 컄 Page 71). 왘 Press the Delete soft key. 왘 By pressing select the entry Yes . 왘 Press p . The message is deleted. The SMS menu is displayed. or 왘 By pressing r select the entry No ....

76 Service System menu System menu In the System menu you can make settings that relate to the entire system. Calling up the System menu 왘 Press s . The System menu is displayed. You now have the following options: 앫 Setting the time! ( 컄 Page 76). 앫 Perform Display settings ( 컄 Page 77). 앫 Setting ...

77 Service System menu Display settings Calling up the display settings menu 왘 Call up the Service menu ( 컄 Page 76). 왘 Press the Display soft key. The Display settings menu is displayed. Changing the display design 왘 Call up the Display settings menu ( 컄 Page 77) 왘 By pressing c or d select a desig...

78 Service System menu 왘 Press the Lingua soft key. The Help text screen is displayed. The box next to the Help Text menu item indicates whether the help text is switched on or off. 왘 Press p . This will switch the help text on or off. Setting the language You can set the display language. 왘 Call up...

79 Technical terminology Autostore Enters the best-received stations in the autostore memory, in order of their re-ception quality. Balance Volume adjustment between left and right loudspeakers. Dolby B NR (Dolby B Noise Reduction)Noise reduction system in cassette mode. Fader (Fader control)Volume ...

81 Index AAccepting Call (telephone) 62 Accident hazard 5 , 34 , 39 , 40 , 54 Active call 66 Adjusting Balance 21 Bass 22 Fader 21 Sound functions 22 Treble 22 Volume 20 Adjusting sound functions 22 Adjusting the bass 22 Adjusting the treble 22 Audio 50 switching off 20 switching on 20 Automatic vol...

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