telephone MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2008 W204 Comand Manual

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

106 Telephone
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

107 Telephone
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

108 Telephone
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

109 Telephone
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

110 Telephone
Address book
i Voice tags can be entered via Voice Control
System.
Adding or changing voice tag
i You can add one voice tag per address book
entry.
Search for an address book entry with-
out or with a voice tag (m display)
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Add” or “Change”.
The process continues by voice com-
mands. The Voice Control System
guides you through the dialogs
(
page 176).
Deleting voice tag
Search for an address book entry with
a voice tag (
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Delete”.
A delete prompt appears.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
COMAND will delete or retain the voice
tag on the basis of the selection.
Listening to voice tag
Search for an address book entry with
a voice tag (
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Listen”.
You will hear the voice tag.You can import vCards from a PCMCIA
card into the address book.
i If there are no vCards stored on the PCMCIA
memory card, “Import External Data” is greyed
out.
Push the PCMCIA memory card into
the slot (
page 57).
The end with the contacts must be
pointing towards the slot.
From the Phone main menu:
Select “Phone” K “Import External Da-
ta”
K “Memory Card” on COMAND.
or from within the Address Book function
Select “Address Book” K “Import Ex-
ternal Data”
K “Memory Card” on CO-
MAND.
Press n.
The data import is started.
Voice tagsImporting vCards from a PCMCIA
card

145 Navigation
POI input
i If “ALL TYPES” is selected in the list, the POI
list contains all the POIs in all subcategories of
the “RESTAURANT” main category that are locat-
ed in the search radius. The list item “OTHER” at
the end of the list contains all the POIs not as-
signed to any subcategory in the “RESTAURANT”
main category that are located in the search ra-
dius.
The selected main category contains no
subcategories:
Selecting it immediately opens the POI list.
The POI list then contains the available
POIs for the main category that are located
in the search radius.
POI list
As an example, the illustration below
shows the POI list for the main category of
“RESTAURANT”, “BREWPUB” subcategory
in the vicinity of the location.1Direction of destination
2Air-line distance to the destination
3Point of interest
4Selected category or subcategoryi The display 1 only appears if you have en-
tered a POI search in the vicinity of the current
position.
The display
2 is not displayed if you have en-
tered a POI within a particular city and have only
entered the state/province and the city.
Depending on the POI category selected,
COMAND uses different reference points when
determining the distance to the destination:

In the vicinity of the location: The distance to
the POI from the current vehicle location.

Local area of destination: The distance to
the POI from the destination entered.
Selecting a POI
Select the desired POI.
The full address of the selected POI is
displayed.
i If the selected POI has a telephone book en-
try, you can make a call to the POI.
1POI with address
2Initiates a call, if available
3Starts route calculation
4Cancels selection
To cancel selection: Press the í
button.
or
Select “Back”.
The POI list appears.


153 Navigation
Route guidance
Route guidance from an off-road posi-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle location is within the area
covered by the digital map, but the map it-
self does not contain any information on
the location, the vehicle is in an off-road
position. COMAND can guide you from
such a position to a destination.
At the start of route guidance you will see
the message “Off Mapped Road”, an arrow
and the distance to the destination. The ar-
row indicates the direction of the actual
destination.
The blue marking for the route on the map
starts from the nearest road known to the
system.
As soon as the vehicle is travelling again on
a road known to the system, route guid-
ance continues in the usual manner.
Route guidance from an off-map posi-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle location is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi-
cle is in an off-map position.
COMAND can guide you from such a posi-
tion to a destination.At the start of route guidance you will see
the message “Off Map”, an arrow and the
distance to the destination. The arrow indi-
cates the direction of the actual destina-
tion.
The blue marking for the route on the map
starts from the nearest road known to the
system.
As soon as the vehicle is travelling again on
a road known to the system, route guid-
ance continues in the usual manner.
Off-road during route guidance
The actual path of the road may deviate
from the data in the digital map due to road
works.
In cases like this, the system is temporarily
not able to locate the vehicle location on
the digital map; the vehicle is thus in an off-
road position.
The display then shows the message “Off
Mapped Road”, an arrow and the distance
to the destination. The arrow indicates the
direction of the actual destination.
As soon as the vehicle location is found
again, route guidance continues in the usu-
al manner.
i During an active telephone call, the naviga-
tion announcements are suppressed.
If you missed an announcement, you can
request a current announcement at any
time.
To request current announcement:
Select “Navi”
K 6.
or
In the map display with the menu sys-
tem displayed (
page 119) select
6.
To switch off navigation announce-
ments: Press
V during the announce-
ment.
Navigation announcements
G Warning
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting
your attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.


179 Voice Control
Phone operation
You can use voice control to:

place a call by using your voice to input
a phone number

store names and numbers in the ad-
dress book

dial a number from the address book

listen to the phone book

retrieve and manage your voice mail
and recorded announcement services

redial
Voice control recognizes whether:

your phone is switched on

your phone is connected via Bluetooth

the car phone is registered with the rel-
evant mobile phone network

it is possible to dial

the PIN has been entered
If it is not possible to dial, voice control is-
sues a message to this effect.
i You can still operate your phone using the
keypad.
Phone operation
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.
Operation

200 Voice Control
Command list
In the Command list section, you will find
all the main commands for operating voice
control. The commands available to you
depend on the vehicle’s equipment.
i Some functions have several voice com-
mands to facilitate operation. These are grouped
together between the separator lines in the list
and can be used interchangeably.
Command list
General commands

Yes

Correct

Okay

Cancel

No

Pause

Address book

MP3

CD changer

CD

Navigation

Route guidance

Nav

DVD video

DVD audio

Radio

Satellite radio / Sirius*

Phone

Messages

Video

Correction

Wrong

Incorrect

Help

Help functions

Help devices

Help voice control [system]

Help voice control/voice control help

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Help radio

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Help CD changer

Help DVD

Help DVD changer

Help DVD audio

Help DVD audio changer

Help MP3

Help MP3 changer

Help navigation

Help route guidance

Help nav