display MERCEDES-BENZ B-Class 2015 W246 Comand Manual

To switch between the active call and the call
on hold (call waiting):
X Select call on hold 0044and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The previous call on hold is activated.
X To end the active call: select0071in the
telephone basic menu and press 0098to con-
firm.
or X Press the 0076button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The call on hold is activated.
To interconnect the call on hold and the active call to create a conference call:
X Select Conference
Conference and press0098to con-
firm. To call other participants:
X Select symbol 0043and press 0098to confirm.
You can now switch between the new par-
ticipant and the conference call or add the
participant to the conference call. Switching between a new participant and the
conference call:
X Select Conference Call
Conference Call and press0098to
confirm.
You will change to a conference call. The
new participant is placed on hold.
Adding a new participant to the conference
call:
X Select Conference Conference and press0098to con-
firm. Using the phone book
Introduction
The phone book displays the names and
phone numbers of all address book entries
saved in the COMAND address book. If an
address book entry does not have a tele-
phone number, it does not appear in the
phone book.
The phone book of the mobile phone is auto- matically downloaded to COMAND after con-
nection.
In the telephone book, you can:
R save phone numbers (Y page 139)
R search for entries (Y page 137)
R delete entries (Y page 138)
R import contacts (Y page 152)
R delete contacts (Y page 153)
R receive vCards (Y page 153)
i The stored phone book and the vCards
remain in COMAND even if you use 136
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COMAND with another mobile phone. The
entries can be viewed without a mobile
phone. For this reason, you should delete
any phone book entries before handing
over or selling the vehicle. Calling up the phone book
Opening the phone book X
Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Name Namein the telephone basic menu by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
If the phone book contains entries, they will
be displayed in alphabetical order. The
character bar at the bottom of the display is
active.
The character bar is used for fast selection of an entry.
Enter the character using the character bar(Y page 33). i
You can also call up the phone book using
the multifunction steering wheel; see the
separate vehicle Operator's Manual.
Closing the phone book X
Select the 0039symbol in the character bar
by sliding 00640052and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press the 003Dbutton. Symbol overview Sym-
bol Explanation
00D8
Address book entry that has been
entered or changed via COMAND
Imported contact that has been
saved in the phone or address book 0094
Address book entry with voice tag
These entries have also been
assigned a voice tag. Voice tags are available in vehicles with the Voice
Control System (see the separate
operating instructions). 00D7
Contact that has been imported
from a mobile phone that supports
PBAP 00BB
Entry that has been imported from
the memory card or USB device 00BA
Entry imported via the Bluetooth
®
interface Searching for a phone book entry
Using the character bar You determine the first letter of the entry you
are looking for with the first character you
enter.
X Select a character by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The first entry in the list that starts with the
letter selected is highlighted. If there are
similar entries, the next different character
is shown. For example, with entries such as
Christel Christel andChristine
Christine , the beginnings
of the names are similar. In this case, you
will be offered a choice between E Eand I
I. Using the phone book
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X
Select the characters of the entry you are
searching for one by one and press 0098to
confirm.
When the selection is clear, COMAND
switches automatically to the selection list.
X To complete the search: slide00520097the
COMAND controller repeatedly or press
and hold 0098until the character bar disap-
pears.
The selection list appears.
Information about character entry
(Y page 33)
Using the number keypad You determine the first letter of the entry you
are looking for with the first character you
enter.
X Press the appropriate number keys as
many times as necessary and one after the
other.
Further information on character entry using
the number keypad (direct entry) (Y page 35).
Directly from the list You can switch to the list at any time during
character entry.
X Slide 00520097the COMAND controller repeat-
edly or press and hold 0098until the charac-
ter bar disappears.
or X Select 0054and press 0098to confirm.
X To select an entry: turn00790052007A the
COMAND controller until the desired entry is highlighted and press 0098to confirm.
To select a phone number: the0043symbol
indicates that an entry contains more than
one phone number.
X Select a phone book entry with the 0043
symbol and press 0098to confirm.
The sub-entries appear. The 0043symbol
changes to 0045. Phone book entry with several entries
X Select a sub-entry by turning 00790052007Aand
press 0098to confirm.
X To return to the phone book using the
character bar: select0039in the list and
press 0098to confirm.
or
X Press the 003Dbutton. Displaying details for an entry
X Select an entry in the selection list by turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Details
Details and press 0098to confirm.
The detailed view appears.
X To close the detailed display: slide009500520096
repeatedly until the entry is highlighted
again.
or
X Press the 003Dback button. Deleting an entry from the phone
book
If the entry contains only phone numbers, it is deleted from the phone book and address
book.
If it contains additional data, such as a navi-
gable destination, the entry is deleted in the 138
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X
Select Yes
YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, a selection list will appear
containing the five existing numbers.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
X Select the number to be overwritten by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
An input menu appears. The data field for
entering the new phone number is high-
lighted.
X Enter characters (Y page 33)
X Store the entry (Y page 34)Using call lists
Introduction
While the telephone is being used, COMAND
stores individual lists for both incoming and
outgoing calls (including missed calls). Call
lists are not available unless a mobile phone is connected to COMAND.
COMAND supports the PBAP Bluetooth ®
pro-
file. How COMAND processes call lists
depends on the model of the mobile phone
connected:
R Bluetooth ®
telephone with PBAP Blue-
tooth ®
profile:
The call lists are downloaded automatically from the mobile phone by COMAND as
soon as the mobile phone is connected to
COMAND.
R Bluetooth ®
telephone without PBAP Blue-
tooth ®
profile:
COMAND creates the call lists from both
incoming and outgoing calls (including
missed calls) as soon as the mobile phone
is connected to COMAND.
i For Bluetooth ®
telephones without the
PBAP Bluetooth ®
profile, the call lists in
COMAND are not synchronized with those
on your mobile phone. These calls may or may not be listed on your mobile phone,
depending on the model.
i If no mobile phone is connected, then the
Call Lists
Call Lists menu item is grayed out and
cannot be selected. If you connect a mobile phone other than the previous one to
COMAND, the previously available call listsand their entries will be deleted automati-
cally. They are still available on the mobile
phone itself.
i You will only be able to select the respec-
tive menu items once calls have been
received or dialed from COMAND.
Displaying missed calls in the COMAND
display is not supported by all mobile
phones. Opening the call list and selecting an
entry
X Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Call Lists Call Lists in the telephone basic
menu by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
A menu appears.
X Select Calls Received Calls Received orCalls Dialed
Calls Dialed
by turning 00790052007Aand press 0098to confirm.
The corresponding list appears.
i You can also call up the list of dialed calls
by pressing the 0061button when the tele-
phone basic menu is shown. In this case,
the list will only show phone numbers.
X Select an entry by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller.
X To dial a phone number: press0098.
X To close the list: select the0039symbol
and press 0098to confirm.
or X Press the 003Dback button. 140
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Displaying details from a list entry
COMAND can also show a shortened list entry in full.
X Select a list entry by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Details
Details and press 0098to confirm.
The detailed view appears.
X To go back to the list: slide009500520096 repeat-
edly until the list is highlighted. Storing a phone number
New address book entry For incoming calls from a person who is not in
the address book, COMAND displays the
phone number in the call list. You can save
this entry.
X Open a call list and select an entry
(Y page 140).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save Saveand press 0098to confirm.
X Select New
NewEntry
Entry and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a category for the number, e.g. Home
Home,
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a category for the phone, e.g.
Mobile
Mobile , and press 0098to confirm. Number category Display (phone
book and address
book)
Not Classified Not Classified No symbol
Home
Home 00D5
Work
Work 00D4 Telephone cate-
gory Display (phone
book and address
book)
Not Classified Not Classified 0066
Mobile
Mobile 00D3
Car
Car 00CE
Pager
Pager 009D
X
Select Save
Saveand press 0098to confirm.
An input menu with data fields is shown.
The data field for the telephone number is
filled in automatically. 0043
Data field with cursor
0044 Telephone number and symbol for the
phone category (automatically entered)
0087 Character bar
Adding information to an address book
entry For incoming calls from a person who is not in
the address book, COMAND displays the
phone number in the call list. You can save
this entry.
X Open a call list and select an entry
(Y page 140).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save
Save and press 0098to confirm. Using call lists
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Save
Save
is shown in gray if the selected list
entry has already been saved.
X Select Add Phone No.
Add Phone No. and press0098to
confirm.
X Select a category for the number, e.g. Home
Home,
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a category for the phone, e.g.
Mobile
Mobile, and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save
Save.
The search menu for address book entries
appears.
X Search for the desired entry (Y page 137).
X Press 0098when you have finished searching.
COMAND stores the data if there are fewer
than five numbers assigned to the entry you
are searching for in the selected number
category.
You will see a message to this effect.
If five numbers are stored for the entry you are searching for, a prompt will appear ask- ing whether you wish to overwrite one of
the existing numbers.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes Yes, a selection list with the
five existing numbers is displayed.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
X Select the number to be overwritten in the
list by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
COMAND overwrites the selected number
with the new data. Deleting call lists
If you are using a Bluetooth ®
phone that does
not support the PBAP Bluetooth ®
profile, the
call lists are generated and managed by
COMAND. You can delete these call lists in
COMAND.
If you download call lists from a Bluetooth ®
phone that supports the PBAP Bluetooth ®
profile, you cannot delete them from
COMAND. X
Select Call Lists
Call Lists in the telephone basic
menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Delete Call Lists Delete Call Lists and press0098
to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish to delete all call lists.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the call lists are deleted.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
i If you delete these call lists from the
mobile phone (see the separate mobile
phone operating instructions), COMAND
updates the call list display the next time it connects. Using the speed dial list
Storing an entry
You can assign ten speed dial presets (0 – 9) to the speed dial list. There are two options
available for this purpose.
Option 1:
X Search for a phone book entry in the phone
book (Y page 137).
X If an entry has several phone numbers,
select the desired number by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Speed Dial Speed Dial by turning00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
A menu appears. 142
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Speed dial menu
X Select Assign Speed Dial Preset
Assign Speed Dial Preset and
press 0098to confirm.
The speed dial list appears. The selected
phone book entry is listed as the first entry. The next available speed dial preset is high-
lighted. X
Select the speed dial preset by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The phone book entry is saved in the speed
dial preset.
Option 2 X Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Select Call CallLists
Lists by sliding 00520064and turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select Speed Dial Preset List
Speed Dial Preset List and
press 0098to confirm.
The speed dial list appears. X
Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Assign Speed Dial Preset
Assign Speed Dial Preset and
press 0098to confirm.
The speed dial list appears. The selected
phone book entry is listed as the first entry. The next available speed dial preset is high-
lighted. X
Select the speed dial preset by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The phone book entry is saved in the speed
dial preset. Making a call via speed dial
The speed dial list contains stored phone
book entries (Y page 142).
Option 1:
X Hold down one of the number keys for lon-
ger than two seconds.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing.
Option 2: X Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Select Call CallLists
Lists by sliding 00520064and turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The speed dial list appears. Using the speed dial list
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X
Select Speed
Speed Dial
DialPreset
Preset List
Listby turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The speed dial list appears.
X Select preset and press 0098to confirm.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing. Deleting a speed dial number
X To delete a speed dial number: select
Delete Speed Dial Preset
Delete Speed Dial Preset in the
"Speed dial" menu by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The speed dial number is deleted.
X To delete all speed dial numbers: select
Delete All Speed Dial Presets
Delete All Speed Dial Presets in the
"Speed dial" menu by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
You will be asked whether you want to con- tinue.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, all speed dial presets will
be deleted from the speed dial list.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. Text messages
Information and requirements
In order to be able to use the text message
function, the mobile phone has to support the
MAP Bluetooth ®
profile (Message Access
Profile).
If the above conditions are met, new incoming
text messages appear in the COMAND text
message inbox. The 008Fsymbol appears in
the status bar. The symbol disappears once
you have read the text message. The ú
mail symbol is displayed if the text message
memory is full. The symbol is no longer dis- played once you delete at least one text mes-
sage.
i COMAND may not load all of the most
recent text messages:
This may occur in exceptional cases, for
example when using certain mobile
phones/brackets and if the mobile phone
inbox holds a large number of text mes-
sages. Displaying the text message inbox
Calling up the inbox Text message inbox
X
Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Txt Msg. Txt Msg. in the telephone basic
menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The text message inbox appears.
Reading a text message X
Call up the text message (SMS) inbox
(Y page 144)
X Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The text message appears. 144
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X
To scroll through the display or select
phone numbers in a text message: turn
00790052007A the COMAND controller.
The display scrolls up or down line by line,
or skips to the next or previous telephone
number and automatically highlights it.
X To return to the list: press0098and select
Back Back.
Text message read-aloud function Settings for the read-aloud function:
R Language (Y page 45)
R Speed (Y page 44)
X Press 0098while a text message is being dis-
played, select Read
ReadAloud
Aloud and press 0098to
confirm.
COMAND reads out the text message.
X To cancel the read-aloud function: press
the 0063 button.
or
X Press 0098, select Cancel Read-Aloud
Cancel Read-Aloud
Function Function and press0098to confirm.
Sender or text display You can switch between displaying the text
message sender or the text message content.
The sender display shows the sender of the
text message. If the sender is stored in the
COMAND phone book, the name is displayed. The text display shows the first few words of
the text message.
X Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller.
X To switch to the text display: select the
list symbol to the right of the text message by sliding 00520096the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Display Display Text
Textand press 0098to con-
firm.
The view changes.
X To switch to the sender display: select
the list symbol to the right of the text mes- sage by sliding
00520096the COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Display Sender Display Sender and press0098to
confirm.
The view changes.
X To return to the telephone basic menu:
press the 003Dbutton.
Displaying details and phone numbers COMAND can also show a shortened sender
display in full.
X Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the text
message by sliding 00520096the COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Details Details and press 0098to confirm.
The detailed view appears.
X To close the detailed view: slide009500520096 the
COMAND controller.
X To return to the telephone basic menu:
press the 003Dbutton. Managing text messages
Calling a text message sender X
Press 0098the COMAND controller while the
text message is being displayed.
X Select Call Sender
Call Sender and press0098to con-
firm.
The telephone makes the call to the sender. Text messages
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Using phone numbers in the text
0043
Usable numerical sequence
Numbers in text messages that are highligh-
ted in red can be used.
X Select a usable number when the text mes-
sage is displayed.
X Press 0098the COMAND controller and
select Use
Use.
X Select Call Call.
The phone makes the call.
i It is possible that a highlighted numerical
sequence may not contain a telephone
number.
i You can use the "New entry" or "Add no."
functions to save this telephone number or to add it to an existing entry.
Storing the sender of a text message in
the address book This function is not available if the sender’s
telephone number is already stored in the
address book.
X Press 0098the COMAND controller while the
text message is being displayed.
X Select Save Number
Save Number and press0098to con-
firm.
X Select New
NewEntry
Entry and press 0098to confirm.
X Store the phone number (Y page 141)Adding the sender of a text message to
an address book entry X
Press 0098the COMAND controller while the
text message is being displayed.
X Select Save Number
Save Number and press0098to con-
firm.
X Select Add Phone No.
Add Phone No. and press0098to
confirm.
X Proceed from the step "Select a number
category" (Y page 139).
Deleting a text message X
Select a text message in the text message
inbox by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the text
message by sliding 00520096the COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Delete Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A deletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes
YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the text message is
deleted.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed.
i This delete function is not supported by all
mobile phones. The Delete failed
Delete failedmes-
sage appears. Using the address book
Introduction
Always pay attention to traffic conditions.
Before starting the journey, familiarize your-
self with the address book functions.
Only use COMAND when the road and traffic
conditions permit. You could otherwise
become involved in an accident in which you
or others could be injured.
The address book organizes and stores
entries that are entered from different sour-
ces (mobile phone, memory card, USB device,
COMAND phone book, navigation system). 146
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