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X
Select the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con-
firming with the controller each time.
X To complete the search: slide 5the con-
troller repeatedly until the character bar dis-
appears.
or X To select 0054: turn and press the controller.
The contacts in the address book are dis-
played.
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
Information about character entry (Y page 30).
Using the touchpad X
Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To switch to the menu bar: glide down.
X Select Search Search.
X Draw the letter on the touchpad surface.
The first contact with the selected first char-
acter is highlighted in the address book.
Further information on handwriting recogni-
tion on the touchpad (Y page 26).
X Draw additional letters on the touchpad sur-
face one after another.
X To complete the search and return to the
phone book: press the touchpad.
X To select and call the contact: glide up or
down and press. Adding a new contact
You can enter address data directly into the
address book. If you store telephone numbers in the phone book of the multimedia system, these
are also saved in the address book. If you store
a navigation destination, the multimedia system creates an address book entry that includes the
complete navigable address data.
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select New
New: turn and press the controller.
The surname and first name input lines are
displayed.
X Enter characters using the controller
(Y page 30) or the touchpad (Y page 26).X
To save the surname and first name: select
0054.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To add a desired entry (e.g. Add E-Mail
Add E-Mail
Address Address): turn and press the controller.
Depending on the type of entry, the corre-
sponding input menu appears.
X Enter characters using the controller
(Y page 30) or the touchpad (Y page 26).
X To finish and save an entry: select 0054. Displaying contact details
X
Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
The entries can be categorized as follows:
\ Business details
0088 Home details
i An address book entry can contain the fol-
lowing information:
R name
R first name
R company
R up to five telephone numbers
R two email addresses
R Internet address
R two addresses
R two navigation addresses (transferred from
navigation( Ypage 58))
R geo-coordinates Address book
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Adding information to a contact
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To add a desired entry (e.g. Add E-Mail
Add E-Mail
Address
Address): turn and press the controller.
Depending on the type of entry, the corre-
sponding input menu appears.
X Enter characters using the controller
(Y page 30) or the touchpad (Y page 26).
X To finish and save an entry: select 0054.
A maximum of five telephone numbers can be
saved for one contact. Starting route guidance to an address
or geo-coordinates
If an address with a ZIP code is saved, the
address can be used for route guidance. If the
ZIP code cannot be assigned to an exact
address, you can adjust the destination subse-
quently using the controller.
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To select an address: turn and press the con-
troller.
or
X To select an entry with geo-coordinates: turn
and press the controller.
The navigation menu is displayed.
X To select Start
Start Route RouteGuidance
Guidance: slide 6
and press the controller.
The route to the destination address is calcu- lated and route guidance starts. Making a call
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To select a telephone number: turn and press
the controller.
The number is dialed. Further information
about the functions during a call (Y page 98). Sending text messages
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To highlight the telephone number: turn the
controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Send Text Message
Send Text Message: turn and
press the controller.
The entry fields for a text message are dis-
played (Y page 116).
Observe the requirements for the message func-
tion (Y page 113). Sending an e-mail
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Select an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To select an e-mail address: turn and press
the controller.
The entry fields for an e-mail are displayed
(Y page 117).
Observe the requirements for the message func-
tion (Y page 113). Displaying sub-entry information
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Select an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Details
Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The display is shown in full. 106
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Editing a contact
X
Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Edit
Edit: turn and press the controller.
The entry field for the selected entry is dis-
played.
Information about character entry (Y page 30).Changing the category of an entry
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Select an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Change Category
Change Category: turn and press
the controller.
X To select a category: turn the controller and
press to confirm. Storing the phone number as a speed
dial number
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Select an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To highlight the desired telephone number:
turn the controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Speed Dial Speed Dial: turn and press the
controller. X
To select Assign
Assign Speed
SpeedDial
DialPreset
Preset: turn
and press the controller.
X To select a memory position for the speed
dial: turn and press the controller.
The phone number has been saved as a speed
dial. Voice tags
Introduction You can enter voice tags via the Voice Control
System (see the separate operating instruc-
tions). Once you have assigned a voice tag to an
address book entry, you can call up this entry
with a voice command and dial a phone number, for example. You can add one voice tag per
address book entry.
Adding a voice tag X
Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Search for an address book entry with or with-
out a voice tag ¦(Ypage 104).
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Voice VoiceTag
Tag: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Add
Add: turn and press the controller.
Subsequent operation is voice-controlled.
The Voice Control System guides you through the dialogs.
Deleting a voice tag X
Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Search for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Y page 104).
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Voice VoiceTag
Tag: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Delete
Delete: turn and press the control-
ler.
X To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
The voice tag is deleted.
Listening to a voice tag X
Search for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Y page 104).
X To select G: slide 9the controller. Address book
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X
To select Voice
VoiceTag
Tag: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Listen
Listen: turn and press the control-
ler.
You hear the voice tag. Changing the display and sorting cri-
teria for contacts
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To show the menu bar: slide 6the control-
ler.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Display and Sorting
Display and Sorting: turn and
press the controller.
You have the following options:
R Last Name, First Name
Last Name, First Name (default setting)
The contacts are sorted by surname and dis-
played with a comma.
R Last Name First Name
Last Name First Name
The contacts are sorted by surname and dis-
played without a comma.
R First Name Last Name First Name Last Name
The contacts are sorted by first name and dis-
played without a comma.
X To select the required option: turn and press
the controller.
The contacts are sorted and displayed
according to the selection. Automatically importing contacts
from the phone
Depending on the mobile phone used, you can
set whether the contacts should be called up
automatically after the mobile phone is connec-
ted to the multimedia system.
X Connect a mobile phone (Y page 92).
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To show the menu bar: slide 6the control-
ler. X
To select Options
Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Automatically Import Con‐
Automatically Import Con‐
tacts from Phone tacts from Phone: turn and press the con-
troller.
You can allow 0073or deactivate 0053the auto-
matic download. Saving a contact
Saved contacts are indicated in the phone book
by different symbols (Y page 101).
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Save Save: turn and press the controller.
The contact has now been saved.
i If the saved address book entry contains a
phone number, the entry is also displayed in
the phone book.
Saving or editing the contact data in the mul-
timedia system does not change the contacts on the mobile phone. If automatic download-
ing of phone contacts is activated, the multi-
media system displays the copy ¥with the
changed data. To add additional data, such as additional phone numbers or e-mail
addresses, select this contact. In this way,
you avoid creating additional copies of the
mobile phone entry. Deleting a name
X Call up the address book (Y page 104).
X Search for a contact (Y page 104).
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Delete Entry
Delete Entry: turn and press the
controller.
X To select Yes Yes: turn and press the controller.
The contact is deleted. 108
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Importing contacts
Information and requirements Contacts can be imported as vCards (vcf files). A
vCard is an electronic business card. A memory
card, USB device or a Bluetooth ®
connection
can be used for importing.
i Up to 2000 entries can be imported into the
address book. A message notifies you when
the maximum number is reached. In order to
be able to then import new contacts, you have to delete existing contacts (Y page 108).Source Requirements
Memory card The SD card is inserted. It
contains importable contact
details. USB device The USB device is inserted
into the USB port. It contains
importable contact details. Bluetooth
®
connection If the sending of vCards is
supported via Bluetooth ®
,
vCards can be received on
mobile phones or netbooks,
for example.
Bluetooth ®
must be activa-
ted in the multimedia system
and on the respective device;
see the manufacturer's oper-
ating instructions. i
If automatic calling up of the contacts is
deactivated (Y page 108), theImport
Import from from
Phone
Phone option is available.
Importing from the memory card or USB device Contacts imported from the memory card or
from a USB device are identified by the 00BB
symbol.
The following conditions must be fulfilled in
order to import vCards:
R vCards (vcf files) may be located in the main
directory or in folders. The multimedia system
allows for a targeted selection of the corre-
sponding directories.
R vCards must have the file extension "vcf". i
The multimedia system supports vCards in
versions 2.1 and 3.0.
X To switch to the menu bar in the telephone
menu or the address book: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Options
Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Download Contacts Download Contacts: turn and
press the controller.
X To select From Memory Card
From Memory Card orFrom USB
From USB
device
device : turn and press the controller.
Receiving vCards via Bluetooth ® Multimedia system
X To switch to the menu bar in the telephone
menu or the address book: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Download Contacts
Download Contacts: turn and
press the controller.
X To select From
FromBluetooth
Bluetooth Device
Device: turn and
press the controller.
If the multimedia system is connected to a
mobile phone, the connection is terminated.
vCards can now be received by a device (PC,
mobile phone) via Bluetooth ®
.
External device
X Start the data transfer; see the manufactur-
er's operating instructions.
The number of vCards received is displayed in
the multimedia system.
Multimedia system
X To cancel the transfer: press the controller.
If a mobile phone was connected, the con-
nection to the mobile phone is established
again. Address book
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Received vCards are identified by the
00BA
symbol in the address book.
i If you switch to another main function, e.g.
navigation, while receiving vCards, the recep-
tion of vCards will be terminated. Deleting imported contacts
X To change to the menu bar when in the
address book or the telephone menu: slide
6 the controller.
X To select Options Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
X To select Delete Contacts
Delete Contacts: turn and press
the controller.
X Select one of the following options:
R Internal Contacts
Internal Contacts
R Imported from Storage Device
Imported from Storage Device
R Imported from Bluetooth Devices
Imported from Bluetooth Devices
R Downloaded from Phone
Downloaded from Phone
Turn and press the controller.
X To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
The contacts are deleted. Closing the address book
X Press the 002Bbutton one or more times. Call lists
Introduction
If your mobile phone supports the PBAP Blue-
tooth ®
profile, the call lists from the mobile
phone are displayed in the multimedia system.
When connecting the mobile phone, you may
have to confirm the connection for the PBAP
Bluetooth ®
profile.
If your mobile phone does not support the PBAP Bluetooth ®
profile, the multimedia system gen-
erates its own call lists. These are not the same
as the call lists in your mobile phone.
The call lists option is not available unless a
mobile phone is connected to the multimedia
system.
If the contact for an incoming call is not saved in the address book, you can use the call list to
save the telephone number. You can save this telephone number as a new contact in the
address book or add it to an existing contact
(Y
page 111).
i If you connect a different mobile phone to
the multimedia system, the call lists from the
new mobile phone are displayed. Opening the call list and selecting an
entry
Example: list of selected phone numbers
0043
Date and time (if available)
0044 Telephone number of the highlighted entry
and symbols (if assigned)
X To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X To select Calls
CallsReceived
Received orCalls
Calls Dialed
Dialed :
turn and press the controller.
The relevant list is displayed.
X To select an entry and make a call: turn and
press the controller.
Closing the call list X To select 0039to the left of the list: slide 8
the controller and press to confirm.
or
X Press the 0038button.
The list is closed. Displaying details from a list entry
Abbreviated list entries can also be shown in full. 110
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X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists
Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X To select Calls
Calls Received Received orCalls
Calls Dialed
Dialed:
turn and press the controller.
The relevant list is displayed.
X To highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Details Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details are displayed.
X To go back to the list: slide 8the controller
repeatedly until the list is highlighted. Saving telephone numbers
Adding new entries to the address book X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X To select Calls
Calls Received
Received orCalls
Calls Dialed
Dialed:
turn and press the controller.
The relevant list is displayed.
X To highlight the desired telephone number:
turn the controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Save Save: turn and press the controller.
X Select New Entry
New Entry.
X Select a number category, e.g. Home
Home.X
Select a telephone category, e.g. Mobile Mobile
Phone Phone.
The selected category is marked with 0036.
If you have marked a number as Preferred Preferred, it
is shown at the top of the list and is highligh-
ted.
X Select Continue
Continue.
The entry field for the name of the new con-
tact is displayed. The entry field for the tele-
phone number is filled in automatically.
X Enter characters using the controller
(Y page 30) or the touchpad (Y page 26).
X To finish and save an entry: select 0054.
The new contact has been created.
Adding information to an address book
entry X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X To select Calls
CallsReceived
Received orCalls
Calls Dialed
Dialed:
turn and press the controller.
The relevant list is displayed.
X To highlight the desired telephone number:
turn the controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Save Save: turn and press the controller.
X Select Add to Contact
Add to Contact.
X Select a number category, e.g. Home
Home.
X Select a telephone category, e.g. Mobile
Mobile
Phone
Phone.
X Select Continue
Continue.
The address book is displayed.
X Search for the desired contact (Y page 104).
X Press the controller when you have finished
searching.
The telephone number has been saved.
A maximum of five telephone numbers can be
saved for one contact.
If five numbers are already stored for the entry
you are searching for, a prompt will appear ask- ing whether you wish to overwrite one of the
existing numbers. Call lists
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Overwriting an entry
X To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
A list of the existing five numbers is displayed.
X To select the number to be overwritten from
the list: turn the controller and press to con-
firm.
The entry is overwritten with the new tele-
phone number.
Canceling the overwriting of an entry X To select No
No: turn and press the controller.
The process is canceled. Deleting call lists
Call lists which are generated and managed by
the multimedia system can be deleted in the
multimedia system.
You cannot delete call lists from the multimedia
system which are displayed on a mobile phone
that supports the PBAP Bluetooth ®
.
X To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists
Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Delete Call Lists Delete Call Lists.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish to
delete all call lists.
X To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
The call lists are deleted.
i If you delete call lists from the mobile phone
(see the manufacturer's operating instruc-
tions), the multimedia system updates the
call list display the next time it connects. Speed dial lists
Setting up
X To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To call up the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Speed Dial Preset List
Speed Dial Preset List.
The speed dial list is displayed. X
To highlight a memory position for the speed
dial: turn the controller.
If you highlight an entry that already exists in
the speed dial list, this is overwritten with the
new entry.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X Select Assign Speed Dial Preset Assign Speed Dial Preset.
The phone book is displayed.
X Search for a contact (Y page 101).
X To select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The phone number has been saved as a speed
dial. Deleting
Deleting a speed dial preset X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To call up the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists
Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Speed Dial Preset List Speed Dial Preset List.
The speed dial list is displayed.
X To highlight the memory position you want to
delete: turn the controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Delete
DeleteSpeed
SpeedDial
DialPreset
Preset: turn
and press the controller.
X To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
The speed dial preset has been deleted.
Deleting all speed dial presets X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To call up the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Call Lists
Call Lists: turn and press the
controller.
X Select Speed Dial Preset List Speed Dial Preset List.
The speed dial list is displayed.
X To highlight the desired memory position:
turn the controller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Delete All Speed Dial Pre‐
Delete All Speed Dial Pre‐
sets sets: turn and press the controller. 112
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X
To select Yes
Yes: turn and press the controller.
All speed dials are deleted. Messages (text messages and e-
mails) General notes
New messages are identified by the 008Fsym-
bol in the display of the multimedia system and
an audible signal. Once you have read all the
messages, the symbol is no longer displayed.
The multimedia system displays the 100 newest text messages and e-mails.
The ú symbol is displayed when the mobile
phone's message memory is full. The symbol is
no longer displayed if you delete messages on
the mobile phone. Function restrictions
Text messages cannot be written while the vehi- cle is in motion. Requirements
To use the message functions, the connected
mobile phone must support the MAP Bluetooth ®
profile. The prompt for the MAP Bluetooth ®
pro-
file may have to be confirmed on the mobile
phone.
With some mobile phones, some settings still
have to be made after connecting to the multi-
media system (see the manufacturer's operat-
ing instructions). The messages are then dis-
played the next time you connect to the multi-
media system.
An e-mail account must be set up on the mobile
phone for the e-mail function (see the manufac-
turer’s operating instructions).
To read and write e-mails in the multimedia sys- tem, the e-mail account first needs to be con-
figured (Y page 114).
Some mobile phones with the MAP Bluetooth ®
profile:
R only show new text messages
R do not support the deleting or editing of text
messages
R do not support the drafts folder for text mes-
sages R
do not support the sending of text messages
R do not support the e-mail function
R do not send messages when in a locked sta-
tus.
Not all mobile phones available on the market
are equally suitable. Further information about
settings and supported functions of Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobile phones can be found on the
Internet at
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/connect .
Or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (for the USA) or Customer
Relations at 1-800-387-0100 (for Canada). Settings
Calling up the settings menu for mes-
sages X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select 0083: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Settings Settings: turn and press the con-
troller.
The text message settings and the available e-
mail accounts of the connected mobile phone will be displayed.
Configuring the text messages dis-
played X
Call up the settings menu for messages
(Y page 113).
X To highlight Text Message Text Message : turn the control-
ler.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
A menu with the following options is shown:
R All Messages
All Messages
All the messages are displayed.
R New Messages New Messages
Only the messages that are new on the
mobile phone are displayed. You can also Messages (text messages and e-mails)
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display the last 100 text messages using
the
Download Download option in the message menu.
R Off
Off
The messages are not displayed automati-
cally. You can display the 100 newest text
messages from the mobile phone using the
Download Download option in the message menu.
X To select the required option: turn and press
the controller.
Configuring the e-mails displayed X
Call up the settings menu for messages
(Y page 113).
X To highlight an e-mail account: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
A menu with the following options is shown:
R All Messages
All Messages
All the messages are displayed.
R New Messages New Messages
Only the messages that are new on the
mobile phone are displayed. You can also
display the last 100 text messages using
the Download
Download option in the message menu.
R Off Off
The messages are not displayed automati-
cally. You can display the last 100 text
messages using the Download Downloadoption in the
message menu.
Configuring an e-mail account X
Call up the settings menu for messages
(Y page 113).
X To select an e-mail account: turn and press
the controller.
The e-mail account is now configured. E-mails
can now be received and sent in the multi-
media system.
Deactivating the e-mail function X
Call up the settings menu for messages
(Y page 113).
X To select E-Mail Off E-Mail Off: turn and press the
controller.
E-mail reception is deactivated. Changing the displayed name of the e-
mail account Some mobile phones:
R do not support the changing of the displayed
name
R support only the e-mail address of the e-mail
account
X Call up the settings menu for messages
(Y page 113).
X To highlight an e-mail account: turn the con-
troller.
X To select G: slide 9the controller.
X To select Own E-Mail Address
Own E-Mail Address: turn and
press the controller.
The input menu for entering your own e-mail
address is displayed. Downloading messages manually
X To call up the telephone menu: press the
002B button.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select 0083: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
X To select Download Download: turn and press the con-
troller.
Downloading text messages and e-mails
from the phone X Select From the Phone From the Phone.
The messages are downloaded. If you have
selected Automatic Download Automatic Download in the e-mail
settings, manual downloading is not possible.
Updating from the e-mail server by the
mobile phone
X Select From the E-Mail Server From the E-Mail Server .
The e-mails in the mobile phone are updated.
This function is not supported by all mobile
phones. 114
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