MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

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Activating the mobile phone
The following conditions must be met for a
“911” emergency call:

Phone switched on

Mobile phone network available

Valid SIM card in the phone
(not required on all mobile phone net-
works)

Mobile phone connected with
COMAND via Bluetooth®
If you are unable to make an emergency
call, you will have to initiate rescue mea-
sures yourself.
The “911” emergency number is a public
service. Any abuse is punishable by law.
Enter the digits on the COMAND con-
trol unit (
page 101).
Press thew button.
The phone establishes the connection.
Wait until the emergency call centre
answers, then describe the emergency.
“911” emergency call
G Warning
The 911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.

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Submenu overview
Submenu overview
NamePhoneCall lists or
Mic off/on
Displaying COMAND phone bookPhone list
Receive business cards
Import external data
Displaying or deleting call lists
Switching the hands-free microphone
off/on (during a call)

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Submenu overview
Switching to phone mode
Press the function button Y on the
COMAND control unit.
i If you press thew button with the phone
main menu already open, the call list “Calls Di-
aled” appears (
page 97).
or
From another main function
Select “Phone” K “Phone” K
“Phone”.
i If phone mode was active last, you only need
to select “Phone”.
Within the phone function
Select “Phone” K “Phone”.
or
In the phone mode press the í but-
ton repeatedly until the phone main
menu appears.1Phone service status
2Signal strength (if provided by phone)
3Call status
4Displays COMAND phone book
5Displays call list selection
6Speller with characters for entering
phone numbers
7Device name of the connected mobile
phone
Phone main menu

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COMAND phone book
The COMAND phone book is an extract of
entries from the COMAND address book.
All the COMAND address book entries hav-
ing at least one phone number can be
found in the COMAND phone book.
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $, %,
#,
s
or t buttons, for selecting a track or a
menu, scrolling through lists or initiating or end-
ing a call (
page 23).
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Select “Name”.
The COMAND phone book is displayed.
COMAND phone book with search speller
1Address book entry
2Calls up options
3Search speller
4Closes phone book
5m symbol for voice tag
Address book entries may have the symbol
5. An additional voice tag is saved with
these entries.
If an address book entry has the symbol
+ then this has more than one phone
number. You can select these subentries
(
page 93).
To close phone book: In the search
speller select the symbol “Back”.
or
Press í.
Selecting via list
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries
Select an address book entry with the
symbol + from the list and press n.
The symbol + changes into / and
the subentries appear.
1Expanded phone book entry
2Phone book entry with subentries
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
COMAND phone book
Opening COMAND phone book
Selecting an entry

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COMAND phone book
Displaying details on an entry
COMAND can also fully display an abbrevi-
ated entry.
Select entry.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen appears.
To close details screen: Slide omp
repeatedly until the entry is highlighted
again.
Select entry (page 93).
Press n.
or
Press thew button on the COMAND
control unit.
If the entry contains subentries, a list
appears.
Select the desired subentry.
Press n again.
or
Press thew button on the
COMAND control unit.
i When a new entry is added through the
COMAND phone book, it is saved to the address
book.
Select “Options” K “New Entry” in the
COMAND phone book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
The input menu with the data fields ap-
pears.
1Cursor
2Data field
3Predictive speller
4Selected phone category
Switching data field
Slide mq until the predictive speller is
not highlighted.
Then slide qmr to select desired field
and press n.
or
Select [ or ] in the speller.
The input menu indicates the selected
data field.
Initiating call to an entry
Creating a new entry

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COMAND phone book
Entering data into a field
Select all the characters one after the
other in the predictive speller 3.
i The predictive speller provides the charac-
ters corresponding to the selected data field.
To switch predictive speller to up-
per or lower case characters: Select
( or &.
To switch predictive speller charac-
ter set: Select #.
Every time this is selected it switches
the character set.
To change the predictive speller lan-
guage: Select !.
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the re-
quired language is highlighted and
press n.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
Deleting an entry
To delete an individual character:
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.The character to the left of the cursor is
deleted.
To delete an entire entry: Select
õ and press and hold n until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î until the entire en-
try has been deleted.
Cancelling an entry
Select A.
If one of the data fields contains data,
you will be prompted to confirm wheth-
er you wish to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be saved or discarded
on the basis of the selection.
Saving entry
Select B
A corresponding message is displayed.The deletion rules vary according to the en-
try selected:

Phone book entry selected:
The entry is deleted in the COMAND
phone book and the address book if the
address book entry only contains
phone numbers.

Entire address book entry selected:
The entry is deleted in the COMAND
phone book and additionally also in the
address book if the address book entry
only contains phone numbers.

Subentry of an address book entry se-
lected:
The subentry is deleted in the
COMAND phone book and in the ad-
dress book.
To delete: Select entry (page 104).
Select “Options” K “Delete”.
You will be prompted to confirm that
you really want to delete the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
“Yes” option: The entry is deleted ac-
cording to the above rules.
Deleting entry

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COMAND phone book
Select the phone book entry
(
page 104).
Select “Options” K “Add Phone No.”.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
If five numbers are saved for the entry
in the selected number category, you
will be prompted to confirm whether
you wish to overwrite one of the exist-
ing numbers.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” a selection list
appears containing the existing five
numbers.
Select the number to be overwritten.
The input menu appears with the data
field for entering the new phone num-
ber appears.
To enter digits: Select all the digits
one after the other in the predictive
speller or using the number keypad.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
To delete individual digits: Select
õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
The digit to the left of the cursor is de-
leted.
To delete an entire entry: Select
õ and press and hold n until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î until the entry has
been deleted.
To save entry: Select B.
Adding phone number to a phone
book entry

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Call lists
COMAND displays the calls received (in-
cluding missed calls) or made during
phone mode in their own lists.
i The particular menu item can only be select-
ed if calls have already been received or made
from COMAND.
The display of missed calls in the COMAND dis-
play is not possible with all mobile phones.
i The instrument cluster control system
displays a list of the last dialed calls.
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $, %,
#,
s
or t buttons, for selecting a track or a
menu, scrolling through lists or initiating or end-
ing a call (
page 23).
Calling up the list
In the phone main menu select “Call
Lists”.
Select “Calls Received” or “Calls Di-
aled”.
The appropriate list appears.
or
In the phone main menu
press
w.A list of the last dialed calls appears.
List of incoming calls
1List of calls received
2Date/time of the highlighted entry
3List entry options menu
i If there is a symbol in front of the phone
number or the name, then you have missed this
call.
To select a list entry: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr.
i You can call the selected list entry
(
page 102).
To close list: Select “Back”.
Displaying details on a list entry
COMAND can also fully display an abbrevi-
ated list entry.
Select the list entry.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen appears.
Back to the list: Slide omp repeatedly
until the list is highlighted.
Call lists

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Call lists
Saving unsaved list entry
Unsaved list entries are displayed by
means of the phone numbers.
Saved list entries are displayed as the
name. They are either saved in the address
book or in the COMAND phone book.
Saving in the address book as a new
entry
Select the list entry.
Select “Options” K“Save”K “New
Entry”.
i “Save” has no function if the selected list
entry has already been saved to the address
book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
An input menu with data fields will ap-
pear. The data field for the phone num-
ber is completed automatically. The
data field for the last name is also com-
pleted if the entry to be saved contains
a name.1Cursor
2Data field
3Speller
4Data field for phone number is com-
pleted automatically
5Phone category
6Number category
To switch data field: Slide qm until
the last name line is highlighted.
Press n.
or
Select [ or ] and press n.
The selected data field is highlighted.
To enter data into a field: Select all
the characters one after the other in
the speller 3.
Number categoryDisplay
(phone and ad-
dress book)
“Not Classified” G
“Home”k
“Work”l
Phone category
“Not Classified”G
“Mobile Phone”O
“Car”n
“Pager”<

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Call lists
i The speller provides the characters corre-
sponding to the selected data field.
To switch predictive speller to up-
per or lower case characters: Select
( or &.
To switch predictive speller charac-
ter set: Select #.
Every time this is selected it switches
the character set (digits, lower case let-
ters).
To change the predictive speller lan-
guage: Select !.
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the re-
quired language is highlighted and
press n.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
To delete an individual character:
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
The character to the left of the cursor is
deleted.
To delete an entire entry: Select
õ and press and hold n until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î next to the
COMAND controller until the entry has
been deleted.
To save entry: Select B
A corresponding message is displayed.
To cancel entry: Select “Back”.
If one of the data fields contains data,
you will be prompted to confirm wheth-
er you wish to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be saved or discarded
on the basis of the selection.Adding a phone number from the call list
to an existing address book entry
Select the list entry (page 97).
Select “Options” K “Save”K“Add
Phone No.”.
i “Save” has no function if the selected list
entry is already saved in the address book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
The search menu for address book en-
tries appears.
Search for the required entry.
i Please see the “Searching for an address
book entry” section (
page 106) for a detailed
description on searching for an address book en-
try.
Press n after completing the search.
If there are fewer than five numbers
saved for the required entry in the se-
lected number category, COMAND
saves the data.
A corresponding message is displayed.