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Answ
ering ma chines orothe rdevices canbe
con trolled byDTMF tones, e.g. forremot e
query functions.
X Ifyou would liketolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,for example,
select thecorr espondin gnumber.
X To transmit individu alchar acter s:onc e
a con nection hasbeen established tothe
answer phone,selectdesired
charact ers?and press the9button to
con firm.
or
X Press thecorr espondin gbutton on
COMAND 'snumber keypad.
Ever ycharact erselect edwill be
tran smitt edimmediately.
X To send aphone bookentry asa
sequence ofchar acter s:select Name using
the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentryand
press the9button tocon firm.
The entryisimmediately sentasa
charact erstr ing.
X To retu rntothe call displa y:select
Back again
andpress the9button to
con firm.
i You canalso send DTMF tonesusing
Voice ControlSystem (seetheseparate
operatin ginst ruct ions). Using
thephone book Introd
uction
The phone bookdisplays thenames and
phone numbers ofall ofthe address book
ent ries saved inthe COMAND addressbook.
If an address bookentryhas nophone
number, theentrydoes notappear inthe
phone book.
You canimport contact sor receive vCards. i
Inaddition, youcan also import contact s
from anSD memory cardifthe SDmemory
card contains vCards.
The func tions:
R Import ingcon tact s
R receivin gvCards
R deleting contact s
are described indetail inthe "Address book"
sect ion(Ypage 111).
i The storedphone bookandthevCards
remain inCOMAND ,even ifyou use
COMAND withanoth ermobile phone. They
can also beviewed without amobile phone.
For this reason, deletethephone book
before sellingortran sferr ingownership of
your vehicle. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephon ebasic menu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
If the phone bookcontains entries, these
will bedisplayed alphabetically. Character
bar =isactiv e.
The charact erbar serves toreduce the
number ofent ries needed. :
d Icon foraphone bookentryreceived
from amobile phone
; Tocall upoption s
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Icon
overview Icon Exp
lanation ¥
Ad
dre ssbook entry th at has been entered orchang edvia COMA ND ¦
Ad
dre ssbook entry wit hvoi ce tag
i Thes een tries have alsobeen assigned avoi cetag .Voice tags areavaila ble
in vehicles withtheVoice Control System (seetheseparate operating
instr uctions). d
Contact
imported fromyourmobile phone ¥
with a
paper clip
icon En
try which hasbeen imported fromtheSDmemory card ¥
additional
display BT En
try imported viathe Bluetooth ®
interf ace Searching
foraphone bookentry
With chara cterbar You
determin ethe first letter ofthe entr yyou
are looking forwith thefirst charact eryou
enter .
X Select acharact erusing the=;
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
The first entrywhich startswith the
selected letterishighlighted inthe list. If
there aresimilar entries,thenext charact er
which isdifferent willbedisplay ed.For
example, theentr iesChristel and
Christine begin
withthesame charact er
strin gs.Inthis particular case,youwould
be able tochoose fromtheletters E and
I .
X Select thecharact ersofthe entr yyou are
searching forone byone andpress the
9 button toconf irm.
When theselection isclear, COMAND
switches automatically tothe selection list.
X To complete thesearch: switchfromthe
phone bookwithcharact erbar tothe
selection list(Ypage 105). The
lastlistentr yis automatically
highlighted.
With number pad Alter
natively, youcan also enter digits using
the number keypad(directentry)
(Y page 23).
Dele ting chara cters X
Select 2using the=;
9: buttonsand press the9button
briefly.
or
X Briefly pressthe2 button .
Each timeyouenter ordelete acharact er,
the closest matchwillbedisplay edatthe
top ofthe list.
X To delete anentry: select2using the
=;9: buttonsand press
and hold the9button untiltheentr yhas
been deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
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Cha
nging thelang uage ofthecha racter
bar X
Sel ect B andpres sth e9 button.
X Sel ect thedesir edlang uage.
Cha nging thecha racter setofthe
cha racter bar X
Sel ect p andpres sth e9 buttonto
co nfirm .
The charac ters et changes eachtimeyou
make thisselect ion.
Selecting anentry directly fromthelist When
theselect ionisclear, COMAND
switch esautomatic allytothe list. You can
switch tothe listatany time during charact er
ent ry.
X Press the9 button repeatedly orpress
and hold the9button untilthecharact er
bar disappears.
or
X Select ¬andpress the9button to
con firm.
X To select anentry :press the9
or : repeatedly untilthedesired entry
is highlighted andpress the9button to
con firm.
To select aphone number: ifan entry
contains morethanonephone numbe r,this
is indi cated bythe Gicon.
X Select aphone bookentry withtheGicon
and press the9button toconfirm.
The sub-entries appear. TheGicon
changes toI.
X Select asub -entry using the :9
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X To return tothe phone bookwi th
characte rbar: selectBack in
the listand
press the9button toconfirm.
or
X Press thek button. Di
splayi ngdetails aboutanentry
X Select anentry inthe listusi ng the
9: buttons.
X Select Option s usi
ng the ; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Detail s and
press the9button to
confirm.
The detai ledview appears .
X To clo sethe detaile dview: press the
= or; buttonorthe k back
butt on. Deleting
anentr yfrom theph one
book
If the entrycon sistsexc lusively ofphon e
number s,itis deleted bothfrom thephon e
book andfrom theaddress book.
If ther eis addition aldata included alongwith
the phon enumber ,e.g. anavigable
dest ination, theentryisdelete dfrom the
phon ebook butretained inthe address book.
X Selec tan ent ryinthe listusing the
9: buttons.
X Selec tOptio ns using
the; buttonand
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDelet e and
press the9butt onto
con firm .
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted in
accordance withtherules described above.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Creating
anew entry inthe phone
book
X Press the9 button inthe phone book
repeatedly untiltheselection listappea rs. Using
thephone book
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X
Sel ect Options in
the selecti onlist using
the ; button andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X Sel ect New Ent
ry and
pressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the numb er,e.g.
Hom e ,
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the phone,e.g.
Mob ile Pho
ne ,
and pressthe 9button to
confi rm. X
Sel ect Save and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The inputmenu with data fieldsap pe ars . :
Selected data fieldwith curs or
; Chara cter bar
X Enter characte rsand save the entry .
Pro cee das descri bedund er"Ente ring
cha racte rs"inthe "Ente ringcharacte rsin
the addre ssand phoneboo ks" secti on
(Y page 22).
i The entry iscrea tedinthe phoneboo k
and inthe addre ssboo k. Addi
ngtelepho nenumb erstoan
ex istin gphon ebo ok entry
X Sel ect anentry inthe list using the
9: buttons.
X Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Add PhoneNo. and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the numb er,e.g.
Hom e ,
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the phone,e.g.
Mob ile Pho
ne ,
and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Save and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
CO MAND storesthe data ifthere arefewer
tha nfive numb ersassign edtothe entryyou
are searc hingforinthe selec tednumb er
cat egory.
If five numb ersare stored forthe entryin
the selec tednumb ercat egory, aprom pt 106
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will
appear asking whet heryou wish to
over writeone oftheexis tingnum bers.
X Sele ctYes or
No and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
If you selec tYes ,
a selec tionlist will appear
con tain ingthe five existingnumb ers.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed.
X Selec tthe numb erto be over written using
the 9: buttons and press the9
butt ontocon firm .
An input menuappears. Thedata fieldfor
ent erin gthe new phon enumb eris
highligh ted.
X En ter char acters and save theentry.
Proc eedasdesc ribed under "Entering
char acters" inthe "Entering char acters in
the address andphon ebook s"sect ion
(Y page 22). Using
calllists Intr
odu ction
When telephoningviathe Bluet ooth®
int erf ace, COMA NDdisplays listswith calls
rec eived (including themisse dcalls) orcalls
made.
i The respec tivemen uite mc anonlybe
selec tedifcalls have alread ybeen made or
rec eive din COMA ND.
Dis playin gmis sed calls intheC OMAND
displa yis not supported byallmobile
phones.
These listsremain inCOMAND, evenafter
another mobilephonehasbeen connected. Opening
acall lista nd selecting an
entry
X Press the% function button .
X Select CallLists in
the telephon ebasic
menu usingthe:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
the9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
The correspondin glist appears. Ex
ample display: listofcalls received
: List ofincom ingcalls
; Date/ timeandphone number ofthe
select edent ry
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Doingso
displays onlynames orphone numbers
without adate ortime.
X Select anent ryusing the9:
button s.
X To dial aphone number :press the6
button .
X To close thelist: press thek button . Displaying
detailsabout alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showasho rten ed list entry
in full. Using
calllists
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Add
ingaph one num bertoan address
book entry X
Call upacall listand selectan entry
(Y page 107).
X Se lec tOpt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect SaveEnt ry and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
i Sav eEnt ry is
sho wningra yif the
sel ecte dlist entry hasal rea dybeen saved .
X Sel ect Add and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the num ber,e.g .
Hom e ,
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the phone ,e.g .
Mob ile Pho
ne ,
and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Save .
The search menu foraddre ssbook entri es
ap pe ars.
X Sea rch forthe desired entry (Ypage 104) .
X Pre ssthe 9button whenyouha ve fini she d
sea rchi ng.
CO MAND storesthe data ifther ear efew er
tha nfive numb ersassign edtothe entryyou
are searc hingforinthe selec tednumb er
cat egory.
You willsee amess agetothis effect .
If five numb ersare stored forthe entryyou
are searc hingfor,a prom ptwill appear
askin gwhet heryou wish toover writeone
of the exis tingnumb ers.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press the9butt on
to con firm .
If you selec tYes ,
a selec tionlistwith the
five existingnumb ersisdisplayed.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed.
X Selec tthe numb erto be over written from
the listusing the9: buttons and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
COMA NDover writesthe selec tednumb er
with thenew data. Deleting
calllists
i The stored calllistsremain inCOMA ND,
even ifyou useCOMA NDwith another
mobile phone.For this reason ,delet ethe
call listsbefor esellin gor transf errin g
owner shipofyour vehic le.
X Selec tCall Lists in
the telep honebasic
men uusing the:=; buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDele teCall Lists and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
Aq uery appear sask ing ifall call listsare to
be delet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No and
pressthe9 button
to confirm .
If you selectYes ,
th ecall listsare delet ed.
If you selectNo ,
th epro ces swill be
can celed. Using
thead dress book Int
rod uction G
Wa
rning!
Pleas edev oteyour attentio nfirst and
for emost tothe traffic situat ionyou arein.
Bef ore your journey, please familiar ize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMA NDwhen roadandtraffic
con dition sperm ityou todo so. Oth erwise you
could beinvolved inan acc ident inwhich you
or oth ers could beinjured.
The address bookorgan izesandstores
ent ries fromd ifferen tsources (mobile phone,
SD memory card,COMAND telephone book,
navigation system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Address bookentriesare not deleted
when themobile phoneisremoved. Forthis
reason, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 43). Using
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Callin
gup thead dress book
X Pre ssthe% function button.
You seethete lepho nebasic menuor the
addre ssbook ifit was open previously.
X Ifth ete lepho nebasic menuis sho wn, pres s
th e9=; buttons toselec t
Pho ne and
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect AddressBoo k fr
om themen uand
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm . Add
ressbook withaddr essbook entry ¥ and
nav igable data¤
i Anaddre ssbook entry is made upofa
surn ame, afir st nam eand aco mpan ynam e
and may contain uptofivete lepho ne
num bers foreach private and busin ess
addre ss.
X To browse thead dress book: pressth e
= or; button.
X To close thead dress book: pressth e
% button. Sear
ching foranaddress book entry
X Call uptheaddre ssbook (Ypage 110).
X Sel ect Search in
theaddre ssbook using
th e:=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
If th ere aremor eth an eigh ten tries, the
sear chmen uand thech arac terb arappear . Sea
rchmen uwit hch arac terbar
: Icon ¥ for addre ssbook entry
; Icon ¤ for comple teaddre ssdat afrom
th enav igat ion
= Icon ¦ forvoic etag
? Charac terb ar
Ad dition alico ns,suc has ¦ forvoic e
rec ogn ition ,are desc ribedin the"Ic on
ove rview" section(Ypage 104).
X Procee das descr ibedunder "Search ingfor
a phone bookentry" (Ypage 104). Creat
inganew entryin the address
book
You canenteraddress datadirect lyin the
address book.Ifyou storetelephon e
numbers inthe COMAND phonebook,these
are also saved inthe address book.Ifyou
stor eanavigat iondestin ation, COMAND
creat esan address bookentrywhich includes
the complet enavigable addressdata.
X Call upthe address book(Ypage 110).
X Select New in
the address bookusing
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm.
An input menu withdata fields appears. 110
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Input
menu withdata fields
: Selected datafieldwithcursor
; Cha racter bar
i IfCOMAND isnot equi pped withahard
disk, youcan only editdata fieldswith
telepho nenumbers.
X Ent ercharacters andsave theentry.
Proceed asdescribe dunder "Entering
characters" inthe "Entering characters in
the addre ssand phone books" section
(Y page 23). De
leting anaddr essbookentry
X Opt ion 1:select Delete in
the address
book using the:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
X Opt ion2:search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
con firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option used,aprompt
will appear.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the entrywill bedeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. i
Delet ingamobile phonebookentryonly
deletes theentryinthe address book,not
on the mobile phone. Displaying
detailsabout anadd ress
book entry
Selecting anentry X
Search foranaddress bookentryand
select itin the listusing the9:
button s(Y page 110).
or
X Select anaddress bookentryby browsing
(Y page 110).
X In both cases, pressthe9button .
The detailed viewappears. Det
ailed display forhome details
: Togo back tothe previous menu
; Select eddata field
= Icon @forhome details
? Tocall upoption s
A Icon \forbusiness details
X Select adata fieldusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To close thedeta iledview: select Back and
press the9button tocon firm. Using
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Showing
thedetails ofan add ress book
entry X
Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Details and
press the9button to
conf irm.
The display isshown infull.
X To close thedetailed view:pressthe
=, ;, %or9 button. Changing
anadd ress book entry
Changing anentry X
Option 1:search foranaddress bookentry
and select itfrom thelistusing the
9: buttons(Ypage 110).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Change and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Option 2:call upthe detailed viewforan
address bookentry(Y page 111).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Change Entry and
press the9
button toconf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option, theinput menu
cont aining datafields appears.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
Changing thecategory ofatelephone
number datafield X
Display thedetailed viewforanaddress
book entry(Y page 111)andhighlight the
telephone numberdatafield.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm. X
Select Change Category and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select anumber category, e.g.Home .
X Select atelephone category,e.g.Mobile Phone .
X Select Preferred if
desired andpress the
9 button toconf irm.
Depending onthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª.T hephone
number isdispla yedasthe first number in
the phone bookandcanbediale d
immediately.
X Select Save and
press the9button to
confirm .
The new category isstored. Calling
anumber storedinan entry
Co nditio ns The
mobi lephone mustbeconnected viathe
Blue tooth ®
interface .
Option 1 X
Displ aythe detai ledview foranadd ress
book entry (Ypag e111).
X Select thetelep hone numbe rdata field
usin gth e9: buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
The callismade. Thedispl ayswit ches to
te lepho nemod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Dis play thedet ailed viewforanaddre ss
book entry.
X Sel ect thete lepho nenum berdatafiel d
usin gth e9: buttons .
X Sel ect Opt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Call and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The callis ma de. 11
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Opt
ion 3 X
Select anaddress bookentryinthe list
using the9: buttons.
X Press the6 button .
The callismade. Sta
rting rout eguidance toan entry
Opt ion 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)with the ¤icon andselec tit
from thelist.
X Displ aythe detai ledview foranadd ress
book entry (Ypag e112).
X Select theaddress data fieldu sing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)withthe¤icon andselect it
from thelist.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Navigate and
press the9button
to confirm.
Once theaddress dataiscomplete andifit
matches thedigital map,route guidance
starts.
Subseque ntoperation willdepend onhow
complete theaddress dataitems areand
whether theycorrespond withthedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspond, forexample, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can verbally
call upthis ent ryand dialaphon enum ber,for
exam ple.You canadd onevoic etag per
addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ icon)
(Y page 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAdd or
Cha nge and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emthen guides you
thr ough thedialogs.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. Using
theadd ress book
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