bluetooth MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON 2011 S212 Comand Manual

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Display ; mayvary, de pe ndi ng on the
mob ilep hone conne cted.
Bar s: disp layt he cur rent signa lstre ngth
of the mob ilep hone netw ork.Ifallb arsa re
fil led, youh aveo ptim um receptio n.
If no bars ares hown, receptio nise ither
very poor orthere isnone atall.
Receiver icon=shows whether acallis
active/being connected ¡ornot ¢. Text
message (SMS)display in
telephone basicmenu
The Text Message menu
itemisavail able if
the Bluetooth ®
telephone supportstheMAP
Bluetooth ®
profile (Message AccessProfile)
and thetext message hasbeen download ed
from theBluetooth ®
telephone. Themenu
item isotherwise grayedoutand isnot
avail able.
The 1mail icon isdispla yedwhen youhave
an unread textmessage. Thesymbol
disapp earsonce youhave readthetext
message. Theú mailsymbol isdispla yed
when thetext message memoryisfull. The
symbol disappearsonce youdelete atleast
one text message.
Further information canbefound inthe "Text
messages (SMS)"section (Ypage 133). Reception
andtransmission volume
Once themobile phonehasbeen authorized,
you can optimize thetransmission and
reception volumesettings. Findinformation
on the optimal settingforyour mobile phone
on the Intern etat
htt p://www .mbusa-mobile.com.O rcall
the Mercedes-Benz CustomerAssistance
Center at1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes
(1-800 -367-637 2)(for theUSA) orCustomer
Rela tions at1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ).
i Incorr ectsettings mayhave asignificant
impact onthe qual ityofcalls. X
Press the% function button.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
by turning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select anauthorized mobilephonefrom
the listbyturning cVd.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entry bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Reception Volume or
Transmission Volume and
press Wto
confirm. :
Scale withindicator showingcurrent
volume
X Select avolume setting byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X To clos ethe setting scale:pressWor
slide XVY. Telephone
operation Inco
ming call
Rejecting oraccepting acall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you see a
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. 120
Tele
phone operationTele
phone

Redi
aling On
COMAND
X Ca llup the telepho nebasic menu
(Y page 119).
X Sel ect °inthe characte rbarand press
W toconfi rm.
or
X Ifthe telepho nebasic menu isdispl ayed,
pre ssthe 6 button inCO MAND.
In both cases, the callsdialed list appea rs.
The most recentlydialed numb erisat the
top.
X To select ac all: turn cVd theCOM AND
controller.
X To conne ctthe call:press Wthe
COM AND controller.
Co nne ctin gac alltoan entry inac all list
or inthe COM AND phone book X
Open acalllista nd select anentry
(Y page 129) .
or
X Ca llup the COMAND phone book and
sel ect anentry (Ypage 126) .
X To conn ectac all:press Wthe COM AND
controlle rorthe 6 button.
Making acallv ia spee ddial The
spee ddiallistc ont ains stored phone
book entries(Ypage 131).
Option 1:
X Hold down oneofthe number keysfor
longer thantwoseconds.
Option 2:
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X Select CallLists by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The speed diallistappears. X
Select Speed DialPreset List by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The speed diallistappears.
X Select thestorage location andpress Wto
conf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option chosen, the
telephone basicmenu appears and
display sthe selected entry.This initiates
dialing. Functions
availableduring acall
Ove rview Tel
epho neoper ationwithasing lecall
: Perso nyou are calling
; Icon foractive telephone connection
= Toswitch hands-fr eemicrophon eon/of f
? Tosend DTMF tones(not possible withall
mobile phones)
A Toend acall
The following functions:
R acceptin gawaiting call
R making afurther call
R call waiting
are availa bleifthey aresupported bythe
network (onlypossible withaGSM network )
and your Bluetooth ®
mobile phone. 122
Telephone
operationTelephone

Switching
thehands- freemicrophone
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X To switch off:select MikeOff and
press
W toconf irm.
If the microphone isswitched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
as hort period.
X To switch on:select MikeOn and
press
W toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Rejecting oraccepting awaitin gcall The
callwaiting function mustbesup ported
by the mobi lephone network providerand be
enab led.Depending onthe mobile phone
used, thesystem behavior differswhen
accept ingacall(option 1and 2).
If yo uh aveac allinp rogre ssand rece ive
ano ther call,an ew windo wappears inthe
di spl ay.Y ou also hear aton e.You canaccept
or rejec tthe call.
X To reject: selectReject and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel. X
To accept: selectAccept and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Option 1:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisended.
The active callwillalso beended ifyou
accept thewaiting callusing theVoice
Control System (seetheseparate
operating instructions).
Option 2:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisput onhold. Youcanthen
switch backandforthbetween bothcalls
(toggling) (Ypage 124).
i The second optionisavaila bleifyour
mobile phonesupports thetoggling
funct ion(via Bluetooth ®
).
Valid forboth options: ifyou accept the
waiting callusing themobile phone, theactive
call isput onhold. Youthen have twocalls.
The callyou have justaccepted isactive.
The COMAND displaychanges. Ifyou
cont inue tooperate functionsonthe mobile
phone, theCOMAND displaymaydiffer from
that ofthe mobile phone.
Making afurther call You
canmake asecond callwhile onthe
phone withsomeone else.Thisaction puts
the previous callonhold. Thefunct ionis
availa bleifyour mobile phonesupports this
funct ionviaBluetooth ®
. :
Symbol formaking asecond call Telephone
operation
123Telephone Z

X
Sel ect symbo l: byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe ; button onCOMAND.
X Enter thephone num ber:
R ma nua lly( Ypa ge121)
R us ing the phone book (Ypage 125)
R from thecalllists (Y page 129)
R us ing speeddial (Y page 122)
Cal lwaiting Yo
uc an switch back and forth betwe encalls
wi th thisfun ctio n.The functio nisa vail able if
your mobile phonesupports thetoggling
function (viaBluetooth ®
).
You canusethefunction ifyou areanswering
as econd callormaking asecond call.
Switching betweenthe active calland the
call onhold :
Active call
; Callonh old
X Confirm symbol;bypressing W.
or
X Press the; button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The previous callonhold isactivated. Ends
anactive call
X Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Confe rence call You
canintercon nectcalls (active andon
hold) onthe mobile phone. Thispermits
several partiestohear oneanother andspeak
with oneanother.
You canalso make afurther callinCOMAND
(Y page 123).
Sending DTMFtones This
function isnot supported byallmobile
phones.
Answering machinesorother devices canbe
cont rolled byDTMF tones, e.g.forremote
query function s.
X Ifyou woul dlike tolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,forexample,
select thecorresponding number.
X To transmit individual characters: once
ac onn ection hasbeen established tothe
answering machine,selectthedesired
characters inthe character barand press
W toconfirm.
or
X Press thecorresponding keyonthe
COMAND numberkeypad.
Every character selectedwillbe
transmitt edimmediately .
X To send aphone book entry asaD TMF
sequence :select Name by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentry and
press Wtoconfirm.
The entry issent asaD TMF character
string. 124
Telephone
operationTelephone

Symbol
overview Icon Explanation
Æ
Address
bookentrythat has been entered orchanged viaCOMAND
Imported contactthat hasbeen saved inthe phone oraddress book \
Address
bookentrywithvoice tag
i These entrieshave alsobeen assigned avoice tag.Voice tagsareavaila ble
in vehicles withtheVoice Control System (seetheseparate operating
instruc tions). Ã
Contact
thathasbeen imported fromamobile phone thatsupports PBAP ¯
Ent
rythat hasbeen imported fromthememory cardorUSB device ®
Ent
ryimported viathe Bluetooth ®
interf ace Searching
foraphone book entry
Using thecharact erbar You
determine thefirst letter ofthe entr yyou
are looking forwith thefirst character you
enter.
X Select acharacter byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The first entryint he list that starts withthe
letter selected ishighlighted. Ifthere are
similar entries,thenext different character
is shown. Forexample, withentriessuch as
Christel and
Christine ,t
he beginnings
of the names aresimilar. Inthis case, you
will beoffered achoice between E and
I .
X Select thecharacters ofthe entr yyou are
searching forone byone andpress Wto
conf irm.
When theselection isclear, COMAND
switches automatically tothe selection list.
X To complete thesearch: switchfromthe
phone bookwiththecharacter bartothe
selection list(Ypage 127).
The lastlistentr yisa utomatically
highlighted. Using
thenumber keypad Altern
atively, youcan also enter digits using
the number keypad(directentry)
(Y page 29).
Dele ting charact ers X
To delete anindividual character:select
the 2 symbol byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wbriefly.
or
X Briefly pressthe2 button
Each timeacharacter isdeleted, theentr y
most closely resembling theremaining
characters isshown atthe top ofthe list.
X To delete anentry: selectthe2
symbol byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wuntil theentr yis
deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
entire entryisd eleted.
Changing thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar X
Select Bandpress W.
X Select thedesired language. 126
Using
thephone bookTelephone

Using
calllists Intr
oduct ion
COMAND displayslistsofcalls receiv ed
(includin gmissed calls) andmade during
phone operation .Call list sarenota vail able
unle ssam obilephone isconnected to
COMAND.
COMAND supports thePBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e.How COMAND processescall lists
depe ndsonthe model ofthe mobil ephone
connected:
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
The calllists are dow nload edautomatical ly
from themobil ephone byCOMAND as
soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected to
COMAND.
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withoutPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
COMAND createsthecall lists from calls
dia led and receive d(inclu dingmisse dcalls)
as soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected
with COMAND.
i For Blue tooth ®
telep hones withoutthe
PBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e,the call lists in
COMAND arenot synchronized withthose
on you rmobile phone. Thesecallsmayor
may notbelisted onyour mobile phone,
depending onthe model.
i Ifno mobile phoneisconn ected, thenthe
Call Lists menu
itemisgrayed outand
cann otbe selected. Ifyou conn ectamobile
phone otherthantheprevious oneto
COMAND, thepreviously availablecall lists
and their entrieswill bedeleted
automatically. Theyarestill availa bleonthe
mobile phoneitself.
i The respect ivemenu itemcanonly be
selected ifcalls have already beenmade or
received inCOMAND.
Displaying missedcallsinthe COMAND
display isnot supported byallmobile
phones. Opening
thecall listand selec tingan
entry
X Press the% functionbutton .
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
cVdandpress Wto
con firm.
The correspondin glist appears. List
ofselect edphone numbers (example)
: Toclose thelist
; Date/ time(ifavailable), symbols(if
assigned) andtelephon enumber ofthe
ent ryhighlighted
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Inthis
case, thelistwill only show phone
numbers.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller .
X To dial aphone number :press W.
X To close thelist: select Back and
press
W tocon firm orpress the% button . Using
calllists
129Telephone Z

Add
ingaphone num bertoan address
book entry X
Open acalllist and selectan entry
(Y page 129).
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Save is
shown ingray ifthe selected list
entr yhasalready beensaved.
X Select AddPhone No. and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile Phone ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save .
The search menuforaddress bookentries
appea rs.
X Search forthe desired entry.Proceed as
described under"Searching foraphone
book entry"(Y page 126).
X Press Wwhen youhave finished searching.
COMAND storesthedata ifthere arefewer
than fivenumbers assigned tothe entr yyou
are searching forinthe selected number
category.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .
If five numbers arestored forthe entr yyou
are searching for,aprompt willappea r
asking whether youwish tooverwrite one
of the existing numbers.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,as
election listwith the
five existing numbers isdispla yed.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted.
X Select thenumber tobe overwritten inthe
list byturning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND overwrites theselected number
with thenew data. Dele
ting calllists
This funct ionisavaila blewhen COMAND
creates andmanages thecall lists.
This isthe case ifyou useaBluetooth ®
telephone withoutthesupport ofthe PBAP
Bluetooth ®
profile.
i Ifyou delete thecall lists from themobile
phone (separate mobilephoneoperating
instruct ions),COMAND updatesthecall list
displa ythe next time itconn ects. Thecall
lists areempty inthe case described.
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete CallLists and
press W
to confirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete allcall lists.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,t
he call lists aredeleted.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. Using
thespeed diallist Storing
aphone book entry inthe
speed diallist
You canassign tenspeed dialpresets (0–9 )
to the spee dd iallist. Th ere aret wo optio ns
av ailabl ef or thisp urpo se.
Opti on1:
X Sea rchforaphone book entry inthe phone
bo ok (Ypage 126) .
X Ifan entry hass everal ph one num bers,
se lect the desired num berb yturning
cVd theC OMA NDcontroller . Usin
gthe speed dial list
131Tele
pho ne Z

match
thedigitalmap, COMAND promptsyou
to re-enter theaddress.
i Itis best then tostore thenew address
under theaddress book entry. Thiswill
provid eyou with anadd ress book entry that
is sui table fornaviga tion.
X Enter thedestina tionaddress (Ypag e54).
X Select Save from
theaddress entry menu
and press Wtoconfirm.
X Assigning adestina tiontoan add ress book
entry (Ypag e96). Voic
etags
Adding orchang ingavoice tag You
canentervoic etagsv iatheV oiceC ont rol
Syst em(see thes epar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can callup
th is ent rywith avoic ec om man dand dial a
phon enum ber, forexam ple.You canadd one
voic etag per addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ symbo l)
(Y page 136).
X Sele ctthel ist symbo ltot he righ tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Add or
Change and
press Wto
confirm .
Subsequent operationisvoice-con trolled.
The Voice Control System guidesyou
through thedialo gs.
Dele ting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 136).
X Sele ctthel ist symbo ltot he righ tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . X
Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,C
OMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted.
Listening toav oice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 136).
X Sele ctthel ist symbo ltot he righ tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Listen and
press Wtoconfirm .
You hear thevoice tag. Storing
aphone book entry fromthe
mobile phoneinthe address book
Using thisfunct ionyou can save imported
phone bookentriesinthe address book.
The following canbeused asas ource:
R the mobile phone
R the memory card
R the USB device
R the Bluetooth ®
Int erface
Imported phonebookentriesare indicated in
the phone bookbydifferent icons
(Y page 126). 140
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theaddress bookTelephone

X
Sea rch foranentry inthe phoneboo kon
the mob ilep hone d (Ypage 126) .
X Sel ect the list symbo ltot he right ofthe
entry bysliding VY theCOMAND
control lera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect SaveEntry and
pressW to
confi rm.
The Saving Proced ure Successful mes
sage appe ars. The phone book entry is
now saved asan addre ssbook entry .
The diconisr eplaced bythe ¥icon. Importing
contacts
Information andrequirem ents You
canimport contacts (vCards) fromthe
memory cardandaUSBdevice intothe
address book,orreceive vCardsvia
Bluetooth ®
.
i Upto2500 entries canbeimported into
the address book.Amessage notifies you
when themaximum numberisreached.
You now have todelete existingentries
(Y page 137)ino rder toimport newentries.
Dependi ngon the source ofthe contact data,
differe ntrequ ireme ntsapply: Source Con
dition s Memory
card The
SDmemory cardmust
be inserted (Ypag e157)
and must contain
importa blecontact data. USB
device The
USB devicemust be
inserted inthe USB port
and must contain
importa blecontact data. Requiremen
tsfor rece ivingvCards via
Bluetoo th®
You canreceive vCards from devices(e.g.
from aPC)whi chsup port thesending of
vCa rds viaBlue tooth ®
. It
is not necessary toauthorize thedevi cein
COMAND todo so.
Plea sebea rthe following inmind:
R Bluetooth ®
must beactivated inCOMAND
and onthe Bluetooth ®
device (see
operating instructionsforthe device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device mustbeable tosend
vCards viaBluetooth ®
(see operating
instruct ionsforthe device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device inthe vehicle must
be switched on.
Import ingfrom thememory cardorUSB
device Ent
ries imported fromthememory cardor
from aUSBdevice havethe¯ symbol.
The following conditionsmust befulfilled in
order toimport vCards:
R vCards (vcffiles) maybelocated inthe main
directory orinfolders. COMAND allowsfor
at argeted selection ofthe corresponding
directories.
R vCards musthavethefileexten sion".vcf".
i Avcffilec an also contai nseveral vCards.
COMAND supportsvCardsinversion s2.1
and 3.0.
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.
X Select Downloa dContact s and
press W
to con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select FromTheMemory Card or
From USB
Device in
the menu byturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Add or
Overwri te and
press Wto
con firm.
Add import
sthe ent ries from thememory
card orUSB device intot he address book. Using
thea ddress book
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In
audio DVD modeonly X
To pause playba ck:swit chon audio DVD
mod e(Ypage 157).
X Se lec tË byslidi ngVÆ andturnin g
cVd theC OMA NDcontrol ler and press
W toconfirm .
The Ë displaychang estoÌ.
X To cont inueplayba ck:sele ctÌ and
pre ssW toconfirm .
Playbac kcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted. TheÌ display changes
to Ë. Stop
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode.
X Switch onaudio DVDmode (Ypage 157).
X To interr uptplayback: selectÉby
sliding VÆandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
The Ë display changes toÌ. É
remains highlighted.
X To continue playback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckcont inues fromthepoint where it
was inter rupted.
X To stop playback: whileplaybackis
inter rupted, selectÉagain andpress
W toconf irm.
or
X Select Éandconf irmbypressing W
twice inrapid succession.
Ì ishighlighted.
X To resta rtplayback: selectÌand
press Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart satthe beginning ofthe
DVD . Selecting
audioCD/DVD/MP3 discs
Selecting viathe media list X
In audio CD/DVDand MP3 mode: select
Media by
sliding VÆorturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The media listappears. The#dot
indicates thecurrent medium beingplayed. Media
listwhen equipped withaDVD changer
: Todisplay allmagazine trays
The media listshows thediscs current ly
availa ble. Media
list Magazine
trays,positions 1to6 :readable
data media areaudio CDs,MP3CDsorMP3
DVD s,audio DVDsand video DVDs. Memory
card,position 7 MUSIC
REGISTER, position8 USB
storage device,position 9 Media
Interface, position 0 Bluetooth
®
audio i
Ifad isc cann otbe read, anentr yappears
next tothe correspon dingmagazine tray.
X To show allmagaz inetrays: press Wthe
COMAND controller when :is
highlighted. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
159Audio Z