The new Mercedes-Benz SLK: Passion meets efficiency - Daimler

• map and functional software updates plus other features and servicesavailable via the internet, and additional map updates available fromdealers on SD memory cards.Page 45The Becker ® MAP PILOT is fitted into the glove compartment, and can be easilyremoved at any time. Updating the map material via a PC and the internettherefore presents no problems.It is also possible to order a pre-installation kit for the Becker ® MAP PILOTex factory, without the unit itself.COMAND Online - onboard internet accessOn request Mercedes-Benz will equip the new SLK with a COMAND Onlinehead unit using the voice-operated control system LINGUATRONIC. The controland information interface for this unit is a high-resolution TFT colour displaywith a 17.8 cm screen diagonal capable of representing 800 x 480 pixels.The COMAND Online multimedia system offers internet access for the firsttime. Customers can either surf freely on the internet when at a standstill or toa Mercedes-Benz online service while driving; the latter’s pages can be calledup particularly quickly and it is simple to operate. The integral servicesplanned include Google Local Search and further online services fromother suppliers such as the weather. It is also possible to send individualdestinations and routes to the vehicle via Google Maps. More Mercedes-Benzonline services will be introduced gradually and then all customers will be ableto use them.The high-resolution colour display measures 17.8 cm. Photos can be shown onthe large screen and turned over manually, as in a slide show. Where the audioequipment is concerned, too, new types of representation bring a fresh lookand more convenient operation. The new Cover Flow function, for instance,sorts the title images of the music albums stored in a carousel-like form, so thatthe SLK driver can easily leaf through their music collection – even if it israther on the large side: the memory for compressed audio files (mp3, wma andaac formats) now comprises as much as 10 GB. As an option COMAND Onlineis available with a 6-disc DVD changer.Daimler Communications, 70546 Stuttgart/GermanyMercedes-Benz – A Daimler Brand