MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual
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100 Telephone
Call lists
If five numbers are saved for the re-
quired entry, you will be prompted to 
confirm whether you wish to overwrite 
one of the existing numbers.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” a selection list ap-
pears containing the existing five num-
bers.
Select the number to be overwritten.
COMAND overwrites the selected num-
ber with the new data.
Deleting call lists
i The saved call lists are retained in COMAND 
even if you use the COMAND with another mo-
bile phone. For this reason you should delete any 
call lists before handing over or selling the vehi-
cle.
In the phone main menu (page 92) 
select “Call Lists”.
Select “Delete Call Lists”.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, the call list will be 
deleted. 
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101 Telephone
Making calls
Rejecting or accepting calls
To reject: Select “Reject”.
or
Press W on the COMAND control 
unit’s keypad or thet button on 
the multifunction steering wheel.
To accept: Select “Accept”.
or
Press w on the COMAND control 
unit’s keypad or thes button on 
the multifunction steering wheel.
After accepting the call, you will conduct 
the conversation over the hands-free sys-
tem. The call volume can be adjusted 
(
page 35). Please see the “Functions 
during a single call” section for other func-
tions (
page 102).
i You can also accept a call as described 
above if COMAND is displaying a screen for an-
other main application. After accepting the call, 
the display switches to the phone display. Once 
the call is over, the display for the previous main 
application will appear again.
Entering phone number via the 
COMAND control unit
Open the phone main menu 
(
page 92).
Enter all the digits on the numeric key-
pad one after the other.
To delete individual digits: 
Briefly press the 
ä button.
To delete entire phone numbers: 
Press and hold 
ä until the number 
has been deleted.
To initiate call: Press thew button.
or
Press thes button on the multi-
function steering wheel.
Entering phone number from the 
COMAND controller
Open the phone main menu 
(
page 92).
To enter digits: Select all the digits 
one after the other.
To delete individual digits: Select 
õ and briefly press n.or
Press the î button next to the 
COMAND controller.
To delete entire phone numbers: Se-
lect õ and press and hold n until 
the phone number has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î until the entry has 
been deleted.
To initiate call: Select w on the right 
in the speller.
Redialing
Open the phone main menu 
(
page 92).
Select G.
or
Press thew button on the COMAND 
control unit when the phone main 
menu is displayed.
The dialed calls list appears. The call di-
aled last will be at the top of the list.
Making calls
Incoming call
Initiating an outgoing call 
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102 Telephone
Making calls
To select call: Rotate ymz or slide 
qmr.
To initiate call: Press n.
Initiating a call to a call list entry or 
COMAND phone book entry
Open the call list and select an entry 
(
page 97).
or
Open the COMAND phone book and 
select an entry (
page 104).
To initiate call: Press n.Phone mode with a single call
1Other party
2Symbol for active phone connection
3Switches the hands-free microphone 
off or on
4Sends DTMF tones (not possible with 
all mobile phones)
5Device name of the connected mobile 
phone
6Terminates callSwitching hands-free microphone on or 
off
Open the phone main menu 
(
page 92).
To switch off: Select “Mic Off”.
When the microphone is switched off 
the symbol > appears in the main ar-
ea. 
To switch on: Select “Mic On”.
The symbol > disappears
Sending DTMF tones
i This function is not possible with all mobile 
phones.
Answering machines or other devices can 
be controlled via DTMF tones, e. g. for re-
mote query functions. 
To transmit individual characters: 
During a call select the required char-
acters using the COMAND controller.
or
Press the corresponding button on the 
COMAND control unit keypad.
Every selected character is transmitted 
immediately.
Functions during a single call 
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103 Telephone
Making calls
Transmitting phone book entry as a 
sequence of characters: Select 
“Name”.
Select the desired phone book entry.
The entry is transmitted immediately as 
a sequence of characters.
To switch back to call display: Select 
“Back”.
Ending an active call
Switch display to phone mode if neces-
sary (
page 92).
To terminate call: Select 4.
or
Press W on the COMAND control unit 
or thet button on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
Call waiting
i The call waiting function must be supported 
and activated by the phone provider.
If you are conducting a single call and you 
receive another, the second call number is 
entered into the received calls list and a 
signal tone will sound.
You can accept the waiting call with the 
mobile phone. The previous call is put on 
hold. You then have two calls, the accept-
ed call is the active call. 
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104 Telephone
Address book
C
The entries of the address book can be 
used for making phone calls and naviga-
tion destination entries.
i You should delete your personal data before 
selling your vehicle, using the Reset function 
(
page 171).
From another main function
Select “Phone” K “Phone” K 
“Address Book”.
i If the address book was the last function 
open in the phone function, you only need to se-
lect “Phone”.
Within the phone function
Select “Phone” K “Address Book”.
The address book main display ap-
pears.
Address book with address book entry i 
and data that support navigation Q
i An address book entry may contain up to 
five phone numbers and both a private and busi-
ness address. 
Rotate ymz or slide omp if the dis-
play/selection window is active.
Address book
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey please familiarize your-
self with the address book functions.
Only use the COMAND when road and traffic 
conditions permit you to do so. Otherwise 
you could be involved in an accident in 
which you or others could be injured.
General information
Opening the address book
Submenu overview for address book
Address bookSearching
Receiving 
business cards
Import External 
dataSearching for an 
address book entry
NewDeleting
Creating a new ad-
dress book entryDeleting an ad-
dress book entry
Selecting entry in the address book 
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Address book
i You can create address data directly in the 
address book. If you save phone numbers in the 
COMAND phone book, these are saved in the ad-
dress book. When you save a navigation destina-
tion, COMAND creates an address book entry 
containing the complete address data that sup-
port navigation.
Open the address book (page 104) 
and select “New”.
The input menu with the data fields and 
the speller appears.
Input menu with data fields
1Selected data field with cursor
2Speller
Switching data field
Slide qm repeatedly until the predic-
tive speller is hidden.
Then slideqmr and press n to select 
a data field.
or
Select [ or ] in the speller.
The input menu indicates the selected 
data field.
Entering data into a field
Select all the characters one after the 
other in the predictive speller 2.
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
To delete an individual character: 
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press 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.
Creating a new address book entry 
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Address book
Cancelling an entry
Select A.
If one of the data fields contains new 
data, you will be prompted to confirm 
whether 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.
The address book displays the entry.
Open the address book (page 104) 
and select “Search”.
If there are more than eight entries, the 
search menu with the search speller 
appears.
Search menu with search speller
1i symbol for address book entry
2Q symbol for complete address data 
from navigation
3m symbol for voice tag
4Search speller
Entries without symbols or with the sym-
bols 1 and 3 are just address book en-
tries. A voice tag has additionally been 
saved for entries with the symbol 3. En-
tries with the symbol 2 contain complete address data from the navigation system, 
which support navigation and are covered 
by the digital map data. You can quickly 
start route guidance to this kind of entry 
(
page 109).
Switching from search speller to the 
list
Slide qm repeatedly or press and hold 
n until the search speller is displayed.
or
Select B.
Switching from the list to the search 
speller
Select A from the list.
Searching for an address book entry 
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Address book
Searching
Searching via search speller 
Switch if necessary from the list to the 
search speller.
To change the search speller lan-
guage: Select !.
To switch search speller character 
set: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, this 
switches it to letters with special char-
acters or numbers with special charac-
ters.
To enter characters: Select the char-
acters for the required entry one after 
another.
To delete an individual character: 
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the 
COMAND controller.
After entering each character or after 
each deletion of a character, the clos-
est matching entry is given at the top of 
the list. 
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.
To end search: Switch from the search 
speller to the list.
The top list entry is highlighted auto-
matically.
Back to the address book: Switch if 
necessary from the list to the search 
speller and in the search speller select 
A.
Searching via list 
If necessary, switch from the search 
speller to the list (
page 106).
Rotate ymz for so long or slide qmr 
until the desired entry in the list is high-
lighted.
Search for the required entry 
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Delete”.
A delete prompt appears.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be deleted or retained on 
the basis of the selection.
Switch from the search speller to the 
list (
page 106).
or
Select an address book entry in the ad-
dress book (
page 104).
Press n.
The details screen appears.
Deleting entry
Displaying details for an address 
book entry 
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Address book
Details screen for private data
1Back to the previous menu
2Selected data field
3k symbol for private data
4Calls up options
5l symbol for business data
Selecting another data field
Rotate ymz or slide qmr.
Displaying abbreviated content in full
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The complete display appears.
To close complete display: Slide 
omp or press n.
Closing details screen
Select “Back”.
Changing an address book entry
Search for an address book entry 
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Change Entry”.
or
Display details for an address book en-
try.
Select “Options” K “Change Entry”.
The input menu with the data fields ap-
pears.
Continue from the step “Switching data 
field” in the “Creating a new address 
book entry” section (
page 105).
Changing category of a 
phone number data field
Display the details for an entry and 
highlight the phone number data field 
(
page 107).
Select “Options” K “Change Catego-
ry”.
Select a number category, e. g. 
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g. 
“Mobile Phone”.
If necessary select “Preferred”.
Depending on the previous status, the 
option will be switched on D or off C. 
The phone number is displayed in the 
phone book as the first number and 
can be dialed immediately.
Select “Save”.
The new category is saved.
Changing entry 
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Address book
i The mobile phone must be connected via 
the Bluetooth® interface.
Display the details for an entry and 
highlight the phone number data field 
(
page 107).
Press n.
The phone initiates the call. The display 
switches to the phone mode display.
or
Select “Options” K “Call”.
The phone initiates the call.
i You can use this function as soon as you 
have saved a destination in the destination mem-
ory (
page 159). COMAND then also saves the 
destination in the address book with the com-
plete address data that support navigation.
Search for an address book entry with 
the Q symbol (
page 106).
Display the details for an entry and 
highlight the address data field 
(
page 107).
Press n.
i Pressing n only functions if the address 
data field contains complete data that support 
navigation. This is indicated by the Q symbol.
or
Select “Options” K “Navigate”.
i “Navigate” can only be selected if the ad-
dress data field contains complete data that sup-
port navigation. This is indicated by the Q 
symbol.
1Address that supports navigation
2Opens Enter Destination menu
The Enter Destination menu appears, 
the selector bar is located at the menu 
item “Start” (
page 135).
Start the route calculation.
Initiating a phone call to an entryStarting navigation to an entry