cd changer/radio volume question
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cd changer/radio volume question
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Every time I switch from the radio to the cd changer, I get blasted by the volume increase. In my old car stereo system, there was a way to adjust the volumes of the cd changer and the radio in relation to each other. Does the stock Benz system have this? (I assume not, since I did not find it in the manual, but it's worth an ask)
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Beth
Every time I switch from the radio to the cd changer, I get blasted by the volume increase. In my old car stereo system, there was a way to adjust the volumes of the cd changer and the radio in relation to each other. Does the stock Benz system have this? (I assume not, since I did not find it in the manual, but it's worth an ask)
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I believe you can do that in the MB stereo as well... i have never paid much attention to it but I do know that you can have your own settings for treble and bass for radio vs. CD... and i was under the impression that the volume controls for both are independant as well.....
not sure.. i'll wait to see what the others say
not sure.. i'll wait to see what the others say
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GG, on the sedan (and I assume the Coupe too, since they have the same head unit) each audio source (Radio, CD, Tape) is independently adjustable for volume, bass, treble, etc. as Fuzzo says. Your manual also has instructions on how to reset each to the default settings (I recall each source is reset independently, as well).
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i have been playing with my comand unit everyday since i got the car, and i still find i know only a fraction of the things it can do.
hell i still havent really even used to radio yet
i wonder how much simpler the stock headunit is without comand
hell i still havent really even used to radio yet
i wonder how much simpler the stock headunit is without comand
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Thx guys...Bob I guess you answered my question. The radio and CD changer do have independant volume -- wish they had made these relational. Guess I'll fool around with it.
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Following-up... I found this to be a problem mostly when friends use the rotary volume control to adjust the volume without my knowing it (my daughter would sneak out to the garage and listen to the radio. hehe. She's such a cutie.)
Anyway, eventually I ended up marking the top of the volume control knob on the head unit. (I used a short length of white-out type correction tape.)
First, reset the volume to the default, then stick the marker at the 12-o'clock position on the knob. Then adjust the volume for each of the three audio sources using the steering wheel controls. Keep the mark on the knob at the 12-o'clock position, and you should have no future problems. And when your friends play with the volume control, you'll know about it and be able to return it to its "default."
One side benefit. If you turn on the stereo with the car not running, the steering wheel volume controls will not work. So you have to adjust the volume with the knob on the head unit. This is just fine, IF you have marked the knob, so you can return it to the top position when you restart the car, otherwise you WILL get "blasted."
Just some random thoughts.
Anyway, eventually I ended up marking the top of the volume control knob on the head unit. (I used a short length of white-out type correction tape.)
First, reset the volume to the default, then stick the marker at the 12-o'clock position on the knob. Then adjust the volume for each of the three audio sources using the steering wheel controls. Keep the mark on the knob at the 12-o'clock position, and you should have no future problems. And when your friends play with the volume control, you'll know about it and be able to return it to its "default."
One side benefit. If you turn on the stereo with the car not running, the steering wheel volume controls will not work. So you have to adjust the volume with the knob on the head unit. This is just fine, IF you have marked the knob, so you can return it to the top position when you restart the car, otherwise you WILL get "blasted."
Just some random thoughts.
Last edited by MB-BOB; Mar 31, 2002 at 06:15 PM.
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i have a coupe without the COMAND unit. I played around with it, and best I could figure there are independent settings for bass and treble, but not for volume or fade/balance. Anyone else verify/dispute this?
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