Set time MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

86 Telephone
Activating the mobile phone
Prerequisites for the mobile phone
For making calls using COMAND via the
Bluetooth
® interface, you will need a Blue-
tooth-enabled mobile phone.
i Not all mobile phones available on the mar-
ket are comparably suitable. Further information
on suitable mobile phones and connecting Blue-
tooth-enabled mobile phones to COMAND is
available via the Internet at www.mbusa.com.
Activating Bluetooth®
Before you begin activation of your mobile
phone connection via the Bluetooth® inter-
face please ensure it is compatible with
Bluetooth
® handsfree profile 1.0
(
mobile phone operating guide)
Switch on the mobile phone and enter
the PIN, if applicable (
mobile phone
operating guide).
Activate Bluetooth® connection on the
mobile phone (
mobile phone operat-
ing guide).
i On certain mobile phones, not only do you
have to activate the Bluetooth® function but the
device must also be made “visible” for other de-
vices.
Each Bluetooth
® device has a Bluetooth® device
name. It is recommended to give the device a
personal name, by which you can clearly recog-
nize your mobile phone.
i If the Bluetooth function on the
COMAND is switched off, the message “Blue-
tooth not activated in system settings.” appears.
Activate Bluetooth® connection on
COMAND (
page 169).
Registering a mobile phone
(authorizing)
When you use your mobile phone in con-
junction with COMAND for the first time,
you must register (authorize) it.
It is possible to register several mobile
phones. The connection is always estab-
lished to the mobile phone that was acti-
vated last. When you authorize a new
mobile phone, it is activated automatically.
You can switch between the authorized
mobile phones (
page 88).Searching for a mobile phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List” K “Update”.
COMAND searches for suitable Blue-
tooth
® phones within range and enters
them in the phone list.
i The duration of the search procedure de-
pends on the number and type of Bluetooth®
phones. The search may take a few minutes.
When first entering the device list and be-
fore running an update, the black
dotRindicates the active phone (found
and authorized).
After running an update:
Phone icons 3 indicate if a phone is found
(black) or not (grey).
Activating the mobile phone
Mobile phone with Bluetooth® inter-
face

88 Telephone
Activating the mobile phone
COMAND’s Bluetooth® device name is
“MB Bluetooth”.
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List” K “Update” K
“Options”
K “External Authorization”.
Start Bluetooth® search procedure on
the mobile phone (
mobile phone op-
erating guide).
Select COMAND (“MB Bluetooth”) from
the device list on your mobile phone.
When prompted to do so, enter the
passcode on the mobile phone and on
COMAND.
Displaying details on a mobile phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List”.
Select the mobile phone from the list.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen for the device is dis-
played.
To close details screen: Rotate ymz,
slide qmr or omp or press n.Deregistering (de-authorizing) a mobile
phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List”.
Select the authorized mobile phone.
Select “Options” K “De-Authorize”.
You will be asked whether the device
should really be de-authorized.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, the authorization of
the device is withdrawn.
i If the authorization of a device, which had
been authorized in the past, has been withdrawn
and it is no longer found in the search, the device
list no longer includes this device.
Activating another mobile phone
If you have authorized several mobile
phones, you can switch between the indi-
vidual mobile phones.
When you authorize a new mobile phone, it
is activated automatically. Only one mobile
phone is active at a time.
Select “Phone” K “Phone List”.
Select the mobile phone from the list.
Press n.
The selected mobile phone is activated
if the selected mobile is within recep-
tion range and its Bluetooth
® function
is switched on. Any previously activat-
ed phone is deactivated.
Receiving business cards
You can import business cards (vCards)
into the address book from external Blue-
tooth
® devices. Please note the following:

Bluetooth® must be activated
(
page 169)
i If the “Bluetooth” function on the
COMAND is switched off, the message “Blue-
tooth not activated in system settings.” appears.

95 Telephone
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

99 Telephone
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.

105 Telephone
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

123 Navigation
Introduction
A checked entry indicates an active
blocked area.
i You can block several areas for the route
calculation and activate or de-activate them by
setting or removing the check mark.
Displaying and changing an existing
block area
To select the area you want to dis-
play or change: Slide qmr.
Select “Display/Change”.
The map display appears with the block
area marked red.
Rotate ymz until the desired size of
the block area is set.
Slide qmr, omp or wmx to shift the
block area to the desired region.
To confirm the area and exit map
display: Press n.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).
Defining a new Block area
Select “Avoid New Area”.
The map display appears with a default
new block area in red.
Rotate ymz until the desired size of
the new block area is set.
Slide qmr, omp or wmx to shift the
new block area to the desired region.
To confirm the area and exit map
display: Press n.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).
Deleting a block area
To select the area you want to de-
lete: Slide qmr.
Select “Options” K“Delete”.
You will be prompted to confirm that
you wish to delete the block area.
Select “Yes” or “No”.If you select “Yes” COMAND deletes
the entry. A message will be displayed.
Information on map
You can have map information displayed at
the bottom edge of the screen during route
guidance.
To set: Display menu system if applica-
ble (
page 119).
Select “Navi” K “Information On Map”.
A dotR indicates the current setting.
Select “Arrival Time / Distance” or
“Current Street” or “Geo-coordinates”
or “None”.
To exit menu: Slide omp.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).

124 Navigation
Introduction
Time of arrival/distance to destination
Map with display activated for time of arriv-
al/distance
1Symbol for destination
2Distance to the destination
3Symbol for estimated time of arrival
4Estimated time of arrival
i This display can only be seen during route
guidance. In the “Move map” function you will
see other data depending on the crosshairs posi-
tion, for example a street name if the digital map
supports this data.
Current street
Map with road display activated
1Road name or road number, e.g. for
highways
Geo-coordinates display
Map with geo-coordinates display activated
1Current height above sea level (round-
ed off to 50 m)
2Coordinates display of the current vehi-
cle location (latitude)
3Coordinates display of the current vehi-
cle location (longitude)
4Number of GPS satellites currently be-
ing used
i Adequate GPS reception must be available
for all displays. The altitude display 1 may differ
from reality because the navigation system cal-
culates it using the GPS signals.
i In the “Move map” function the displays 1
and 4 are not displayed. The geo-coordinate
position of the crosshairs is displayed.
“None” menu option
Map with display switched off
1Currently set map orientation
i In the “Move map” function you will see oth-
er data depending on the crosshairs position, for
example a road name if the digital map supports
this data.

149 Navigation
Route guidance
Preparation phase
COMAND prepares you for the next driving
maneuver. Based on the example display
shown below, the announcement is made
using “Prepare to turn right”. The display is
not split and displays the map over the en-
tire width.
1Point at which the driving maneuver
takes place (light-blue dot)
2Next road to be taken
3Current vehicle location, the tip of the
triangle points in the vehicle’s direction
of travel
4Road currently being driven downi Depending on the selected basic setting in
“Information on map” (
page 123) in 4 you
will see

Information on “Arrival Time / Distance”

Road currently being driven down

Geo-coordinate display
If the menu item “None” is selected, the display
is hidden.
Announcement phase
COMAND announces the imminent driving
maneuver. Based on the example display
shown below, the announcement is made
900 ft. ahead of the driving maneuver us-
ing “Please turn right in 900 ft. and follow
the ’road name’.”.
i The announced distance to the maneuver
depends on the class of road and its speed limit.
The display is now split in two. The normal
map display is shown in the left-hand half.
In the right-hand half is either an enlarged
detail of the area around the junction
(junction zoom) or a 3D image generated
for the course of the road with the route for
the next driving maneuver drawn in
(
page 150).The example illustrated below shows the
junction zoom in the right-hand half.
1Next road to be taken
2Point at which the driving maneuver
takes place (light-blue dot, shown in
the left-hand and the right-hand dis-
play)
3Visual distance indicator to the driving
maneuver
4Driving maneuver (turn right here)
5Distance information to the driving ma-
neuver
6Route (highlighted in blue, shown in the
left-hand and right-hand display)
i The solid part of the visual distance indicator
3 reduces from bottom to top as the an-
nounced driving maneuver gets closer.

156 Navigation
Route guidance
i When calculating the estimated time of ar-
rival, COMAND uses the time set on the CO-
MAND as its basis. For this reason, the time on
COMAND must be set correctly (
page 165).
The calculation of the estimated time of arrival
does not specifically take into consideration
whether it is summer time or standard time at
the destination. It is not taken into consideration
whether or not the destination is in a different
time zone.
The distance to the destination, the estimated
time of arrival and the estimated remaining jour-
ney time 1, 5 are not displayed until the route
calculation is complete.
To close destination information:
Slide omp.
or
Press the í button.

163 System settings
Opening System menu .............. 164
Menu overview ........................... 164
Display settings .......................... 164
Time settings .............................. 165
Read-out settings ....................... 166
Voice control settings ............... 167
Bluetooth
® settings ................... 169
Reset ............................................ 171
Setting the system language .... 171
Tele Aid* ...................................... 172