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Old 10-17-2005, 12:17 PM
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Scroll FM Presets From Steering Wheel

hello all. i have a question. on the radio, is there any way to scroll only the Presets from the steering wheel controls instead of all stations?
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hello all. i have a question. on the radio, is there any way to scroll only the Presets from the steering wheel controls instead of all stations?
Yes, use the up and down arrows on the wheel with the multi-function display set to "Radio" (see p. 157 of your manual).
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Sosh and jamesp have you tried this? We have tried to do this before with no success. Last nite my wife and I looked at page 157 and it says nothing about going through the presets.
Greg are you sure about this?
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Sosh and jamesp have you tried this? We have tried to do this before with no success. Last nite my wife and I looked at page 157 and it says nothing about going through the presets.
Greg are you sure about this?
Yes. It's on page 157 of my manual, but they may have changed later ones. It's in the section Controls in Detail/Control System/AUDIO menu. The Audio menu is the one after the Standard Display. You have to be set to that menu screen for the arrow buttons to work, but it works with rthe adio, Sat and CD.
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OK, sorry to say I just tried this as Greg suggested and it did not work. At least on my ML the scan only goes from station without regard to the presets.
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OK, sorry to say I just tried this as Greg suggested and it did not work. At least on my ML the scan only goes from station without regard to the presets.
I'm sorry--you're right. I somehow was not thinking of presets, just changing stations. It would be much better if it worked on presets,
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Greg, my wife says to tell you "I told you so."

It does seem rather ridiculous that you can't go through the presets from the steering wheel button. My 1995 Aurora could handle that.
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Greg, my wife says to tell you "I told you so."
Well, we all know that the wife is always right! This knowledge make for a long and happy life.
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no it doesn't work but thanks anyways

i do not know why they would not make this an option but oh well. thanks everyone for your help.
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this has been really well-noted in the new E-Class as well.
lots of owners complaining here (including my loud mouth grandmother with her new E500 - she brings it OFTEN)

it has something to do with the new Benz software.

you can scroll presets on my 2003 CLK, but not the new bodystyle either.
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In the sportcoupe you can configure it from the menu; if you want presets or stations.

In this new car I cannot do that. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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