OPERATION GUIDE FOR BECKER 1432 Overview ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prepare to enjoy the many pleasures of listening to a superb sound system: the Mercedes-Benz AM and FM stereo radio with cassette player. This Operation Guide is designed to give you both a quick reference of basic functions and features and a detailed description of the system's entire range of operation.
RADIO FUNCTIONS BASIC CONTROLS 1 Power Button DISPLAY PANEL 1 Indicator for Tone Control 2 3 Volume Bar Bass Control/Balance Left Button 4 Treble Control/Balance Right Button Mode Button (Selection of Operating Mode) 2 Stereo Indicator 3 Indicator for Tuner Frequency, Antitheft Code and Balance Setting 4 Indicator for Selected 4 Station Recall Button 5 Wave Band Indicator 5 5 6 Indicator for Tuning Sensitivity Setting TUNING 1 Wave Band and Station Recall Buttons 2 Function Control Button 3 Tuning
CASSETTE PLAYER FUNCTIONS BASIC CONTROLS 1 Power Button DISPLAY PANEL 1 Indicator for Tone Control 2 Volume Bar 3 Bass Control/Balance Left Button Treble Control/Balance Right Button Mode Button (Selection of Operating Mode) 2 Indicator for Antitheft Code, Balance Setting and Cassette Functions 3 Indicator for Dolby® B and C Button 4 5 1432.
COMPACT DISC CHANGER FUNCTIONS BASIC CONTROLS 1 Power Button 2 Volume Bar 3 Bass Control/Balance Left Button 4 Treble Control/Balance Right Button 5 Mode Button (Selection of Operating Mode) DISPLAY PANEL 1 Indicator for Tone Control 2 Indicator for CD Function 3 Disc Indicator 4 Track Indicator 5 Random Track Play Indicator CD OPERATION 1 Function Control Button 2 Disc Selection Buttons 3 Forward Music Search/Fast Forward Button 4 Reverse Music Search/Fast Reverse Button 5 Number of Track Display Button
BASIC CONTROLS Power: The sound system will operate with the car's ignition switch in either the PWR on or off position. To operate the radio or the optional CD changer, simply push the power button located at the lower left corner of the radio faceplate. Pushing the power button again will turn the radio off. A tape cassette can be played without using the power button by simply inserting the tape into the cassette port. As soon as the cassette is drawn into position, it will begin to play.
Balance: Left-to-right stereo balance is adjusted using the same buttons that control bass and treble levels. First press the function control button, which is on the right side of the display and marked with a star "*". To shift sound balance to the left speakers, press the bass control button. To shift balance to the right speakers, press the treble control button. Balance can be set to the mid-position by pressing both buttons simultaneously.
Radio Operation Radio Operation The radio is capable of receiving monaural AM broadcasts and monaural and stereo FM broadcasts. A stereo indicator will appear on the radio display whenever an FM stereo signal is received. To select the wave band you wish to hear, simply press any one of the numbered station recall buttons located along the top of the radio faceplate-1 through 6 for FM, 7 through 0 for AM.
playing. The driver, of course, should not v ^ use the direct frequency method when the vehicle is in motion. Continue holding the button until this station is deleted from memory and the frequency of your newly selected station appears on the display. The new frequency will be stored in memory. Manual Tuning: To manually tune through each possible radio broadcast frequency in ascending order, press the right manual tuning button.
Eject: To remove a cassette, push and hold the track selection/eject button until the tape automatically 1-2 disengages and can then be retrieved from the cassette port. Ejecting a cassette switches the system to radio operation. Forward Music Search/Fast Forward: A cassette tape can be automatically advanced to the next selection by pressing the forward music search button once. >>I The radio's display will show MSF and the current track to indicate that music search has been activated.
Compact Disc Operation If the optional dealer-installed CD changer is connected to your system, it can be operated via the same keys that control the radio and cassette player. During this procedure, the display panel will read LOAD M if in CD mode. Once the CD changer cycles through the discs in the magazine, the first CD will play. The same instructions that govern volume, tone and balance in the radio and cassette modes apply to the CD mode as well.
Load 4 appears on the display as the disc is placed into position; the display changes to CD 14 once the disc begins to play. To interrupt one disc and choose another press the appropriate discselector button for the disc desired. The display will read LOAD and the number of the desired disc until the newly selected disc begins playing. Should two horizontal lines appear on the right side of the display, this indicates that an empty compartment in the CD magazine was selected.
Display of Tracks and Playing Time: To determine the number of tracks on the selected disc, press the function control button "*", and then the tape selection button CR. The display will indicate the total number of selections for eight seconds. Similarly, to determine how long a disc has been playing, press the function control button "*", and then the mode button. A three- or fourdigit number will appear in the display - the first one or two indicating minutes, the second two indicating seconds.
High Performance Sound Standard on all S-Class and SL models, as well as the 300E, 300E 4MATICTM and 300 CE*, is a special High Performance Sound System, which has been specifically engineered and equalized for the interiors of these particular models. 1432.
Antitheft System The Mercedes-Benz AM and FM stereo radio with cassette player and CD compatibility is fitted with a built-in system designed to help render it inoperative in case of theft. If the radio or battery is disconnected, the radio will be automatically disabled. To indicate this state, the word CODE will appear on the radio's display. To render the radio operable again, the correct four-digit code must be entered into the radio via its numbered station recall buttons.
