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Tex
tmessag e(SMS ) Infor
mation andrequiremen ts
The function scan be used ifth eB luet ooth®
mobil ephon esuppor tstheM AP(Mess age
Acc essPro file) Bluet ooth®
prof ile.
When them obilephon eisc onnec ted, the3 0
mos trecen ttext messages whichare
curren tlystor edon the phone areloaded to
the COMAND 'stex tm essage inboxand
displayed.
i COMAND maynotload allthe most
recen ttext messages:
This ispossible inexc eption alcases, such
as with certainmobile phones, orwhen
ther earealot oftex tm essages inthe
phone's inbox.
If the above conditions arefulfilled, new
incom ingtextm essages appearinthe
COMAND textm essage inbox.Inaddition, a
ton esounds andthe/ iconappears. The
symbol disappears onceyou have readthe
tex tm essage. Theú mailsymbol is
displayed whenthetextm essage memory is
full. Thesymbol disappears onceyou delete
at least onetextm essage. Displaying
thetext message (SMS)
inbox
Overview X
Press the% function button .
X Select TextMessage in
the telephon e
basic menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The textm essage inboxappears. Text
message (SMS)inbox
The short ened textorsender ofthe select ed
tex tm essage (depending onthe settings) as
well asthe date andtime atwhich the
select edtextm essage wasreceived are
displayed atthe top and inthe middle. The
0 symbol appears ifat extm essage has
not yetbeen read.
Read ingatext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctat ext messa geinthet extm essage
inbo xbyturning cVd theC OMA ND
co ntroller andpressW toconfirm .
The text mes sage appears .
X To scr ollthrough thed ispla yorselect
ph one num bersinat extmess age:turn
cVd theC OMA NDcontroller .
The display scrolls upordown linebyline ,
or skips tothen exto rp reviou stelep hone
number andautomatical lyhigh lights it.
X To return tothe list:press Wand select
Back .
Lis tenin gtoat extmes sage You
cansetthel ang uage (Ypage 45)and the
spe edofthe read-aloud functio n
(Y page 42) .
X Pre ssW whileat extmes sage isbe ing
di spl ayed ,select ReadAloud and
press
W toconfi rm.
CO MAND readsoutthe text message. Text
message (SMS)
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To can celthe read- aloudfun ction:pre ss
the 8 button.
or
X Pre ssW,s elect Cancel Read-Alou d Fun
ction and
pressW toconfi rm.
Sw itchin gthe display Yo
uc an switch betwe endispl aying the text
mes sage send eror the text message conte nt.
The send erdispl aysho wsthe send erofthe
text message .Ift he send erisstor edinthe
CO MAND phone book, the nam eisd ispl ay ed .
The text displ aysho wsthe first few words of
at ext mes sage .
X Sel ect atext mes sage inthe text message
inb oxby turning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller.
X To switcht othe tex tdisplay :sel ect the
li st symbo ltot he right ofthe text message
by slid ing VY theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect DisplayText and
pressW to
confi rm.
The viewc hange s.
X To switcht othe sende rdisplay :sel ect
the list symbo ltot he right ofthe text
mes sage byslid ing VY theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect DisplaySender and
pressW to
confi rm.
The viewc hange s.
Di spl aying detai lsand phonenumb ers CO
MAND canalso sho was hortene dsend er
di spl ayinfull.
X Sel ect atext mes sage inthe text message
inb oxby turning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller.
X Sel ect the list symbo ltot he rightofthe text
mes sage byslid ing VY theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm. X
Sel ect Details and
pressW toconfi rm.
The detai ledd ispl ay appe ars.
X To clos et he deta iled view :sl id eXVY the
CO MAND controller.
Retu rning tothe teleph oneb asic menu X
Press the% backbutton. Managi
ngtext messag es
Cal lingat extmes sage (SMS)send er X
Pres sW theC OMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctCal lS ender and
pres sW to
con firm.
The telepho nemak esthec alltothes ender.
Using phone num bers inthet ext You
canusenum bers that are red and
unde rlinedintext mes sages (SMS).
i Itis poss iblethat ah ighl ight ednum erical
sequen cemay notc ont ain atelephone
number.
X Select ausable number whenthetext
message isdisplay ed. :
Usable numerical sequence
X Press Wthe COMAND controller and
select Use .
X Select Call .
The telephone makesthecall. 134
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You canusethe"New entry" or"Add no."
func tionstos ave this telep honenumber or
to add itto an exis tinge ntry.
Stor ingthes ender asan ew address
book entry This
function isnot possible ifthe sender’s
telep honenumbe risa lrea dystored inthe
address book.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller while the
text message isbeing displayed.
X Select SaveNumber and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select New entry and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Storing asa
new entry inthe address book"section
(Y page 130).
Storing atext mes sage senderinan
exist ingaddress book entry X
Pres sW theC OMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctSav eN umber and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctAdd PhoneNo. and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Proc eedfrom thes tep" Sele ctan um ber
cat egor y"inthe" Add ingtelepho ne
num bers toan existing phon ebook entry"
sec tion(Ypage 128).
Deleting atext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctat extm essage inthet extm essage
inbo xbyturning cVd theC OMA ND
co ntro ller .
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe text
message bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,t
he tex tm essage is
deleted. If
you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted.
i This delete function isnot supported by
all mobile phones. TheDeletio n Procedu
reFailed message
appears. Using
theaddress book Introd
uction G
WARN
ING
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
con ditions permityoutodo so. Other wiseyou
could beinvolved inan acciden tinw hich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areentered fromdifferent
sources (mobilephone,memory card,USB
device, COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Num berofcontacts inthe addr ess
book: theaddress bookcanstore atotal of
4000 contacts. 1500 entriesare reserved
in the address bookformobile phone
cont acts and1500 forcont acts youcreate
in COMAND orimport fromother sources.
The remaining 1000entriesare assigned
by COMAND asnecessary.
i Display ofmobile phonecontacts:
cont acts downloaded fromthemobile
phone remain inthe address bookevenif
the mobile phoneisdisconnec tedfrom
COMAND. Thismeans thatcontacts which
have previously beenavaila blecan be
displa yedassoon asthe mobile phoneis
reconn ected.Thecont acts aredownloaded
again sothat anynew contacts thathave
been added tothe mobile phonecanbe
displa yed. Using
theaddress book
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When
anew mobile phoneiscon nect edto
COMAND ,allthe contact sfrom the
previous mobilephonearedeleted fromthe
address book.
If am obile phone isnot (yet) connect edto
COMAND ,the con tact sfrom that mobile
phone willnot(yet) beshown inthe address
book.
Address bookentries remain storedwhen
the mobile phoneisdisconn ected.
Therefor e,you should deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset function before selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 47). Calling
upthe address book
Option 1:
X Press the% function button .
You seethetelephon ebasic menu orthe
address bookifit was open previously.
X When thetelephon ebasic menu is
displayed, pressthe% function button
again.
Option 2:
X With thetelephon ebasic menu shown,
select Phone by
sliding VZtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Address Book from
themenu and
press Wtocon firm. Address
bookwithaddress bookentry¥ and
navigable data¤
i Anaddress bookentrycan contain the
following information :surn ame, first nam e, co
mpan y,two addr esses, geo- coord inat es
and uptofivet eleph onen um ber s.
X To browse inthea ddress book: turn
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler.
X To close thea ddress book: pressthe
% button. Sea
rching foranaddress book entry
X Call upthea ddr ess book (Ypage 136).
X Se lec tSea rch in
thea ddr ess book by
slidi ngVÆ andturnin gcVd theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
If th ere aremor ethane ightentrie s,the
sear chmen uand thec harac terb arappear . Sea
rchm enuw ithc harac terb ar
: ¥Sym bolforaddre ssbook entry
; ¤Sym bolforcomple teaddre ssdat a
fr om then avigat ionsyst em
= Charac terb ar
? d Sym bolforphon ebook entryf romt he
mob ilephon e
A Entryw ithv oic etag
Ad dition alsymb olsare desc ribedint he
"Symbol overview" section(Ypage 126).
X Proceed asdescribed under"Searching for
ap hone book entry"(Y page 126). 136
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Crea
tingan ewentryinthea ddress
book
You canentera ddress datadirect lyint ot he
address book.Ifyou storetelephon e
numbers inthe COMAND phonebook,these
are also saved inthe address book.Ifyou
stor ean avigat iondestin ation, COMAND
creat esan address bookentrywhich includes
the complet enavigable addressdata.
X Call upthe address book(Ypage 136).
X Select New in
the address bookbysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller and press Wtocon firm.
An input menu withdata fields appears. Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
X En ter charac tersandsave theentry.
Procee dasdescr ibed under "Entering
charac ters"int he "Ent ering charac tersin
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31). Deleting
anadd ress book entry
X Opt ion1:select Delete by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. X
Opt ion2:search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller and press Wtocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Irres pectiveofthe option chosen ,aprompt
will appear.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,t
he ent rywill bedeleted.
If you select No ,t
he proces swillbe
canc eled. Displaying
thedeta iledview foran
add ress book entry
Selecting anentr y X
Searc hfor an address bookentryand turn
cVd theCOMAND controller toselect itin
the select ionlist(Ypage 136).
or
X Select anaddress bookentryby browsing
(Y page 136).
X In both cases, pressW.
The detailed viewappears. Det
ailed display forbusiness details
: Return stot he previous menu
; \Symbol forbusiness details
= Calls upoption s Using
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Star
ting route guidance toan add ress X
Select theaddress datafieldbyturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The route tothe destination addressis
calculated androute guidancestarts
(Y page 57).
Calling ateleph onenum ber X
Sele ctthep hon enum ber data fieldby
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
This initiate sdialin gand you can then mak e
your call(Ypage 122).
Showing thed etails ofan address book
entr y X
Sele ctthel ist symbo ltot he righ tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The displa yiss hown infull.
X To close thedetailed display:pressthe
% button. Changing
anadd ress book entry
Changing anentry X
Option 1:search foranaddress bookentry
and turn cVd theCOMAND controller to
select itin the selection list(Ypage 136).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
Am enu appears. X
Select Edit and
press Wtocon firm.
X Opt ion 2:call upthe detailed viewforan
address bookentry(Y page 137).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Edit and
press Wtocon firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option ,the input menu
con tainin gdata fields appears.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
charact ers"inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31).
Changing thecategory ofat elephone
number datafield X
Display thedetailed viewforanaddress
book entry(Y page 137)and highlight the
telephon enumber datafield.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Change Categor y and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select anumber categor y,e.g. Home .
X Select atelephon ecategor y,e.g. Mobile .
X Ifdesired, selectPreferr ed and
press W
to con firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,you
switch theoption onO oroff ª.T he
phone number isdispla yedasthe first 138
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berint he phone bookandcanbe
diale dimmediately.
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
The new category isstored. Calling
anumber storedinan entry
Co nditio ns The
mobi lephone mustbeconnected viathe
Blue tooth ®
interface .
Option 1 X
Displ aydetai lsfor anadd ress book entry
(Y pag e137).
X Select thephone numbe rdata fieldb y
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroll erand
pres sW toconfirm .
The telepho nemak esthec all. The displ ay
swit ches totelepho nemod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Dis play details foranaddre ssbook entry.
X Sel ect thep hon enum ber datafieldb y
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroll er.
X Sel ect thel ist symb olto ther igh tofthe
data fieldbysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Call and
press Wtoconfirm .
The telephone makesthecall. Storing
thephone number asas pee d
dial numb er
X Disp layd etails for anaddre ssboo kentry .
X Sel ect the phone num berd ata fieldb y
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroll er. X
Sel ect thel ist symb olto ther igh tofthe
data fieldbysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Speed Dial and
press Wto
confirm .
You cannow store thenumber inone ofthe
ten speed dialpresets. Star
ting route guidance toan entry
Note This
funct ionisavaila bleassoon asyou have
stored adestination inthe destination
memory (Ypage 95).COMAND alsosaves
destinations inthe address booktogether
with allthe data required forroute guidance.
Option 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136)withtheLicon andselect it
from thelist.
X Display detailsforanaddress bookentry
(Y page 138).
X Select theaddress datafieldbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136)withtheLicon andselect it
from thelist.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Navigate and
press Wtoconfirm .
Irrespect iveofthe option chosen, route
guida ncestarts.
Option 3 Route
guidancecanalso bestarted foran
address bookentrywithout the¤symbol. If
the address dataordesignations donot Using
theaddress book
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Overwrite imports
theentries fromthe
memory cardorUSB device andoverwrites
all entries inthe address bookwiththe
¯ symbol. Theprevious entriesarethen
no longer available.
Aft erthe cont actdata hasbeen imported
successfully ,you will see amessage tothis
effec t.The address bookorthe respect ive
telephon ebasic menu isdisplayed.
i You canselect theOverwri te menu
item
if the address bookalready contains
corr espondin gentries. Amessage notifies
you when theaddress bookisfull.
Receiving vCardsviaBluet ooth® Received
vCardsareidentif iedbythe ®
symbol inthe address book.
i Ifyou switch toanoth ermain function,
e.g. navigation ,while receivin gvCards, the
recept ionofvCards willbeterm inated.
X Select Address Book in
the address book
or, ifthe telephon ebasic menu isshown,
select Phone by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Downloa dContact s and
press W
to con firm.
X Select Receive dBusines sCards in
the
menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
This interrupts theBluetoot h®
con nection
between COMAND andyour active mobile
phone. COMAND is,however, readyto
receive vCardsfromanoth erBluetoot h®
device (PC,mobile phone).
X Start the data transfer onthe external
Bluetoot h®
device (seetheoperatin g
inst ruct ions forthe device).
The number ofvCards received is
displayed. X
To end recept ion:press Worthe %
back button .
COMAND thenrecon nectswith themobile
phone.
Deleting contacts X
Select Address Book in
the address book
or, ifthe telephon ebasic menu isshown,
select Phone by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Delete Contact s and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select oneofthe following options:
R Interna lContact s R
Contact sFrom Storage Device R
Receive dBusines sCards R
Delete All Ap
rompt correspo ndingtoyou rselection
appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,t
he con tact saredeleted
accor dingtoyour select ion.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canc eled. 142
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COMAN
Dfeatures
Thes eOperatin gInstruc tio ns desc ribeall
st andar dand opt ionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Rad
iomode General
information
i Portable electronicdevices inthe vehicle
may seriously impairradiorecept ion. Switching
torad iomode
Opt ion 1 X
Press $thefunc tion button .
The radio display appears. Youwillhear the
last stationplayed onthe last waveband.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switch esbetween theFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressin gthe button again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If radio mode wasthelast mode selected,
it will now beactive.
If anoth eraudio mode isswitch edon, you
can now switch toradio mode inthe audio
menu.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The audio menu appears. Ex
ample: audiomenu
: Current audiooperatin gmode
; Main function bar
= Audio menu
X Select FM/AM Radio by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. Ex
ample: HDRadio display
: Display window withstationsett ings
; Preset position ofthe select edstat ion
= Name ofthe select edstat ion(icon forHD
Radio™ andnumber ofsubprogram)
? Frequenc yofthe select edstat ion
A Sound settings
B FM radio, AMradio orWB radio
C Program information
D Preset functions
E Radio functions 144
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Note
sonH DR adio™
i Thef unctio nsofHD Radio™ include:
R digital transmi ssion inthe same
wa veb and sasa nalogA M/FM .The
analog AM/FMstations remain inthe
same position whenselecting astati on.
R the ability tobro adcas tseveral program
str eams overasingle FMfrequenc y(e.g.
HD 1,HD 2e tc.).
R int erferen ce-free, clear recept ion.
R FM: sound inCD quality; AM:sound as
on analog FMstat ions.
R tex t-based information (e.g.artist ,trac k
name) inthe display.
For furth erinfor mation onHD Radio™, visit
htt p://ww w.hdradio.com.
You candeactivat eHDR adio™ forthe
select edfrequenc yint he radio submenu. X
Select Radio in
the radio display bysliding
VÆ theCOMAND controller andpress W
to con firm.
X Select HDRadio and
press Wtocon firm.
HD Radio™ isdeactivat edifthe ªchec k
box isempty.
You hear theanalog program ofthis
frequenc y.
As soon asyou change toanoth erHD Radio
frequenc y,the HDRadio™ isreact ivated. Switching
wavebands
Opt ion 1 You
canswitch theradio between theFM, AM
and WBwaveband.
X Press the$ function button repeatedly
until thedesired waveband isselect ed.
i Repeatedly pressingthisfunc tion button
switches betweentheFM, AMand WB
wavebands inthat order andthen calls up
SatRadio mode.Pressin gthe button again
takes youback toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select FM ,
AM or
WB in
the radio display by
sliding VÆandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
Waveband submenuisopened. 1
Waveband submenu
The #dot shows thecurren tlyselect ed
waveband.
X Select awaveband andpress Wtocon firm.
You willhear thelast stationplayed onthe
select edwaveband. Rad
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