MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2011 W251 Comand Manual

Add
ingaph one num bertoan address
book entry X
Call upacall listand selectan entry
(Y page 107).
X Se lec tOpt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect SaveEnt ry and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
i Sav eEnt ry is
sho wningra yif the
sel ecte dlist entry hasal rea dybeen saved .
X Sel ect Add and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the num ber,e.g .
Hom e ,
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the phone ,e.g .
Mob ile Pho
ne ,
and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Save .
The search menu foraddre ssbook entri es
ap pe ars.
X Sea rch forthe desired entry (Ypage 104) .
X Pre ssthe 9button whenyouha ve fini she d
sea rchi ng.
CO MAND storesthe data ifther ear efew er
tha nfive numb ersassign edtothe entryyou
are searc hingforinthe selec tednumb er
cat egory.
You willsee amess agetothis effect .
If five numb ersare stored forthe entryyou
are searc hingfor,a prom ptwill appear
askin gwhet heryou wish toover writeone
of the exis tingnumb ers.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press the9butt on
to con firm .
If you selec tYes ,
a selec tionlistwith the
five existingnumb ersisdisplayed.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed.
X Selec tthe numb erto be over written from
the listusing the9: buttons and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
COMA NDover writesthe selec tednumb er
with thenew data. Deleting
calllists
i The stored calllistsremain inCOMA ND,
even ifyou useCOMA NDwith another
mobile phone.For this reason ,delet ethe
call listsbefor esellin gor transf errin g
owner shipofyour vehic le.
X Selec tCall Lists in
the telep honebasic
men uusing the:=; buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDele teCall Lists and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
Aq uery appear sask ing ifall call listsare to
be delet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No and
pressthe9 button
to confirm .
If you selectYes ,
th ecall listsare delet ed.
If you selectNo ,
th epro ces swill be
can celed. Using
thead dress book Int
rod uction G
Wa
rning!
Pleas edev oteyour attentio nfirst and
for emost tothe traffic situat ionyou arein.
Bef ore your journey, please familiar ize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMA NDwhen roadandtraffic
con dition sperm ityou todo so. Oth erwise you
could beinvolved inan acc ident inwhich you
or oth ers could beinjured.
The address bookorgan izesandstores
ent ries fromd ifferen tsources (mobile phone,
SD memory card,COMAND telephone book,
navigation system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Address bookentriesare not deleted
when themobile phoneisremoved. Forthis
reason, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 43). Using
theaddress book
109Telephone Z

Callin
gup thead dress book
X Pre ssthe% function button.
You seethete lepho nebasic menuor the
addre ssbook ifit was open previously.
X Ifth ete lepho nebasic menuis sho wn, pres s
th e9=; buttons toselec t
Pho ne and
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect AddressBoo k fr
om themen uand
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm . Add
ressbook withaddr essbook entry ¥ and
nav igable data¤
i Anaddre ssbook entry is made upofa
surn ame, afir st nam eand aco mpan ynam e
and may contain uptofivete lepho ne
num bers foreach private and busin ess
addre ss.
X To browse thead dress book: pressth e
= or; button.
X To close thead dress book: pressth e
% button. Sear
ching foranaddress book entry
X Call uptheaddre ssbook (Ypage 110).
X Sel ect Search in
theaddre ssbook using
th e:=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
If th ere aremor eth an eigh ten tries, the
sear chmen uand thech arac terb arappear . Sea
rchmen uwit hch arac terbar
: Icon ¥ for addre ssbook entry
; Icon ¤ for comple teaddre ssdat afrom
th enav igat ion
= Icon ¦ forvoic etag
? Charac terb ar
Ad dition alico ns,suc has ¦ forvoic e
rec ogn ition ,are desc ribedin the"Ic on
ove rview" section(Ypage 104).
X Procee das descr ibedunder "Search ingfor
a phone bookentry" (Ypage 104). Creat
inganew entryin the address
book
You canenteraddress datadirect lyin the
address book.Ifyou storetelephon e
numbers inthe COMAND phonebook,these
are also saved inthe address book.Ifyou
stor eanavigat iondestin ation, COMAND
creat esan address bookentrywhich includes
the complet enavigable addressdata.
X Call upthe address book(Ypage 110).
X Select New in
the address bookusing
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm.
An input menu withdata fields appears. 110
Using
thead dress bookTeleph one

Input
menu withdata fields
: Selected datafieldwithcursor
; Cha racter bar
i IfCOMAND isnot equi pped withahard
disk, youcan only editdata fieldswith
telepho nenumbers.
X Ent ercharacters andsave theentry.
Proceed asdescribe dunder "Entering
characters" inthe "Entering characters in
the addre ssand phone books" section
(Y page 23). De
leting anaddr essbookentry
X Opt ion 1:select Delete in
the address
book using the:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
X Opt ion2:search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
con firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option used,aprompt
will appear.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the entrywill bedeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. i
Delet ingamobile phonebookentryonly
deletes theentryinthe address book,not
on the mobile phone. Displaying
detailsabout anadd ress
book entry
Selecting anentry X
Search foranaddress bookentryand
select itin the listusing the9:
button s(Y page 110).
or
X Select anaddress bookentryby browsing
(Y page 110).
X In both cases, pressthe9button .
The detailed viewappears. Det
ailed display forhome details
: Togo back tothe previous menu
; Select eddata field
= Icon @forhome details
? Tocall upoption s
A Icon \forbusiness details
X Select adata fieldusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X To close thedeta iledview: select Back and
press the9button tocon firm. Using
theadd ress book
111Telephone Z

Showing
thedetails ofan add ress book
entry X
Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Details and
press the9button to
conf irm.
The display isshown infull.
X To close thedetailed view:pressthe
=, ;, %or9 button. Changing
anadd ress book entry
Changing anentry X
Option 1:search foranaddress bookentry
and select itfrom thelistusing the
9: buttons(Ypage 110).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Change and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Option 2:call upthe detailed viewforan
address bookentry(Y page 111).
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Change Entry and
press the9
button toconf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option, theinput menu
cont aining datafields appears.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
Changing thecategory ofatelephone
number datafield X
Display thedetailed viewforanaddress
book entry(Y page 111)andhighlight the
telephone numberdatafield.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm. X
Select Change Category and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select anumber category, e.g.Home .
X Select atelephone category,e.g.Mobile Phone .
X Select Preferred if
desired andpress the
9 button toconf irm.
Depending onthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª.T hephone
number isdispla yedasthe first number in
the phone bookandcanbediale d
immediately.
X Select Save and
press the9button to
confirm .
The new category isstored. Calling
anumber storedinan entry
Co nditio ns The
mobi lephone mustbeconnected viathe
Blue tooth ®
interface .
Option 1 X
Displ aythe detai ledview foranadd ress
book entry (Ypag e111).
X Select thetelep hone numbe rdata field
usin gth e9: buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
The callismade. Thedispl ayswit ches to
te lepho nemod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Dis play thedet ailed viewforanaddre ss
book entry.
X Sel ect thete lepho nenum berdatafiel d
usin gth e9: buttons .
X Sel ect Opt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Call and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
The callis ma de. 11
2 Us
ingthe addres sbo okTel epho ne

Opt
ion 3 X
Select anaddress bookentryinthe list
using the9: buttons.
X Press the6 button .
The callismade. Sta
rting rout eguidance toan entry
Opt ion 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)with the ¤icon andselec tit
from thelist.
X Displ aythe detai ledview foranadd ress
book entry (Ypag e112).
X Select theaddress data fieldu sing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)withthe¤icon andselect it
from thelist.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Navigate and
press the9button
to confirm.
Once theaddress dataiscomplete andifit
matches thedigital map,route guidance
starts.
Subseque ntoperation willdepend onhow
complete theaddress dataitems areand
whether theycorrespond withthedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspond, forexample, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can verbally
call upthis ent ryand dialaphon enum ber,for
exam ple.You canadd onevoic etag per
addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ icon)
(Y page 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAdd or
Cha nge and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emthen guides you
thr ough thedialogs.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. Using
theadd ress book
113Telephone Z

List
ening toav oice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctLis ten and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
You hear thevoic etag . Imp
orting conta cts
Condit ions You
canimpo rtcon tactsto theaddre ssbook
fr om anext ern alBluet ooth®
devic eor an SD
mem orycard.
The Bluet ooth®
devic enee dstobe inside the
veh icle and hastobe swit chedon ,act ivat ed,
and auth orized. Itmust beable totrans mit
con tactsand/ orvCard sviaBluet ooth®
.
Imp orting conta cts X
Start the data exchang eon the extern al
devic e(see theextern aldevic e'soperat ing
inst ruct ions ).
or
X Insert anSD memo rycard .
X Selec tAddr essBook in
the address book
using the:=; buttons and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDown load Contacts and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
Am enu appears. X
Select FromMobile Phone ,
From The Memory
Card or
Receive Business Card(s) and
press the9button to
con firm.
The contact sare import ed.
Deleting contacts X
With theaddress bookshown, select
Address Book and
press the9button to
con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Delete Contacts and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select oneofthe following options:
R Interna lContact s R
From Mobile Phone R
From TheMemory Card R
Receive dBusines sCards R
Delete All Ap
rompt correspo ndingtoyou rselection
appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the contact sare deleted
accor dingtoyour select ion.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. 114
Using
theadd ress bookTelephone

Opera
tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel Telephone
menu
Introd uction You
canoperate thetelephon eusing the
function sin the "Tele phone" menu,provided
you have connected itto the Mercedes-Benz
hands-free system.
The displa yin the "Tele phone" menudepends
on the status ofthe telephone.
X Switch onthe telephone andCOMAND.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL displa
y.
Telephone isready toreceive calls Bluetooth
®
interface telephony: whetherthe
network provider's nameisdispla yed
depends onthe telephone connected. Acc
epting acall
You may accep tacallat any time provided
the telepho neisrea dytorece ivecalls.Whe n
a cal lis incom ing,yousee thename or
tele pho nenumb erinthe multifunction
di spl ay.
X Pre ssthe 6 button onthe multifunction
stee ring wheel . Reje
cting orendin gac all
X Press the~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Cal
linganumbe rfrom theCOM AND
phone book
You may select and diala numbe rfrom the
COMAND phonebookatany time, provid ed
you rmobile phone isready toreceive calls. i
Ifyou have imported contacts
(Y page 114), youcan select thephone
book entriesofthe mobile phonebyusing
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL display
.
X Press the& or* button toopen the
phone bookinthe multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the& or* button untilthe
desired entryhas been highlighted.
The stored names aredisplay ed
alphabe tically.
i Ifyou press andhold the& or*
button forlonger thanonesecond, the
multifunct iondisplay willskip from thefifth
entr yto the first entryfound forthe next
letter. Skipping stopsassoon asyou
release thebutton again. :
Operating mode
; Name ofthe participant
X To connec tacall:press the6 button
on the multifunctio nstee ring wheel.
i Ifthe rearese ver alnum bers for this
nam e,youse ealist of sub-e ntri es.
X Pre ssthe 6 button again.
Th eCon nectingCal l... mes
sage
ap pe arsin the multifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,if it is stored inthe phon ebook .
The phon enumb erdialed isstored inthe
appropr iatecalllist.
X To exit withou tconnect ingacall: press
the ~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Operating
thetelephone usingthe multifunc tionsteering wheel
115Tele phone Z

Redi
als
X Pre ssthe V orU button tosel ect the
TEL di
spl ay.
X Pre ssthe 6 button.
Yo usee thelast cal ldi aled.
X To scrol lin the list of cal lsmad e:pre ssthe
& or* button untilthe desirede ntry
is displ ayed .
X To make acal l:pre ssthe 6 button. 11
6 Ope
ratin gthe telepho neusing the multi function ste ering wheelTel epho ne

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Vehi
cle equi pmen t
i Thisma nua lde scri besal lthe standa rd
and optio nal equipme ntofyour veh icle
wh ich wasava ilab leat the time of
pu rcha se.Country -specificd iffe ren ces are
possible .Bear inmind thatyour vehicle
may notfeature allfunc tionsdescribed
here. Thisalso refers tosafety- related
systems andfunc tions. Rad
iomode General
information
i Portable electronicdevices inthe vehicle
may seriously impairradiorecept ion. Switching
onrad iomode
Opt ion 1 X
Press the$ function button .
The radio display appears.
Rad iomode: youwillhear thelast station
played onthe last waveband.
i Repeatedly pressingthe$ function
button switchesthrough thewavebands in
the order FM,AM, WB(Ypage 119)and
SatRadio. Pressingthe button againtakes
you back toFM radio mode.
Opt ion 2 X
Select Audio in
the main functionbarusing
the 9=; buttonsand press the
9 button tocon 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 using
the9 button and
press the9button tocon firm.
The audio menu appears. :
Main function bar
; Current audiooperatin gmode
= Audio menu
X Select Radio (radio
mode) usingthe
9: buttonsand press the9button
to con firm. Radio
display
: Display window withstationselect ion
; Preset position ofthe select edstat ion
= Name ofthe select edstat ion
? Frequenc yof the select edstat ion
A Sound settings
B Waveband submenu(FM,AM,WB)
C Todisplay radiotext(FM and AMdigita l
only )
D Memo ryfuncti ons
E Radio functi ons 118
Radio
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