MERCEDES-BENZ S550 2007 W221 Owner's Manual

130 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*Illustration: a phone book with name dis-
play and smart speller activated1Category symbol
2Upper entry from address book (with-
out category symbol)
3Symbol + for several telephone num-
bers (subentries) under the main entry
4Symbol for summarized entries
from the mobile phone with the same
name but different telephone numbers
5Smart speller
6Voice entry symbol
7To close the phone bookEntries with category symbol 1 come
from the mobile phone. The following cate-
gory symbols are possible:


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category or for
unknown category or for phone entries
that are saved on the SIM card of a
GSM mobile phone
Entries without a category symbol or with
the symbol come from the COMAND
address book.
Entries with the symbol contain a voice
entry. Voice entries can be added to the
address book (
page 210). This function
is available in vehicles with Voice Control*.Switching between the smart speller
and the list

Switching from the smart speller to
the list: Slide mq repeatedly or press
n until the smart speller is hidden.
or

Rotate ymz or slide omp and
select?.
The smart speller is hidden.


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Illustration: list of phone book entries with
name display and hidden smart speller1Back to smart speller
2To switch phone book display (“123” or
“ABC”)
3Symbol + for several telephone num-
bers (subentries) under the main entry,
subentry list is closed
4To call up options
5Symbol / for open subentry list
6List of phone book entries
7Subentry list with category symbols
and telephone numbers

Switching from the list to the smart
speller: Select “Back” from the list.
or

Press back button L in the center
console (
page 80).

Changing phone book display in the
list: Select “123” or “ABC”.
The screen changes to telephone num-
ber or name display.Closing the COMAND phone book

In the smart speller, select “Back”.
or

Press back button L in the center
console (
page 80).
Selecting an entry in the COMAND
phone book
Selecting entries using the smart speller

Switch from the list to the smart speller
if necessary.

Changing smart speller language:
Select !.

Select desired language.
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The following options are available under
“Options” menu item 4:


Displaying details about an entry
(page 132)


Creating a new entry in the address book
(page 133)


Deleting an entry (
page 134)


Saving a phone book entry from mobile
phone in the address book (
page 134)


Adding a telephone number to an address
book entry (
page 136)


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Changing smart speller character
set: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, you
will change to letters with special char-
acters or to numbers with special char-
acters.

Entering characters: Select the char-
acters of the entry you are searching
for one by one.

Deleting individual characters: Se-
lect ) and briefly press n.
Each time you enter or delete a charac-
ter, the closest match will be displayed
at the top of the list.

Deleting an entire entry: Select )
and press and hold n until the entry is
deleted.

Canceling search: Switch from the
smart speller to the list.
The entry at the top of the list is auto-
matically highlighted.Selecting using the list

If necessary, switch from the smart
speller to the list.

Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries

Select an entry with the + symbol and
press n.
The + symbol changes to / and the
subentries are displayed.

Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
Displaying details of an entry
COMAND can also show a shortened entry
in its entirety. For entries featuring suben-
tries, the detailed view is only available for
the subentries and not for the main entry.

Select entry (
page 131).

Select “Options”
“Details”.
The detailed view appears.

Closing detailed view: Slide qmr or
omp or press n or back button L
in the center console (
page 80).
Starting to dial the number of an entry

Select entry (
page 131).

Press n.
or

Press s on the telephone keypad.
A list appears if the entry contains sub-
entries.
Select desired subentry.

Press n again.
or

Press s on the telephone key-
pad.


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Assigning a New Entry in the Address
Book
Select “Options”
“New Entry” in the
COMAND phone book list.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields.1Data field
2Input mark (cursor)
3Input characters

Changing data field: Slide qmr re-
peatedly until desired data field is high-
lighted.
or

Select [ or ] repeatedly until de-
sired data field is highlighted.

Entering data into a field: Select all
characters one by one from the input
characters line 3.

Toggling upper and lower case for
the input characters: Select & or
(.

Changing language for the input
characters: Select !.

Select desired language.

Changing character set for the input
characters: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, you
will change to letters with special char-
acters or to numbers with special char-
acters.

Displaying special characters as in-
put characters: Select !
“Sym-
bols”.

Returning input characters to nor-
mal characters: Select !
the
desired language.

Moving cursor in the data field:
SelectY or Z.
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This function is used to create a new entry in
the address book and to enter the data (first
name, last name and telephone number) manu-
ally.


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Deleting individual characters:
Select) and briefly press n.
The character to the left of the cursor is
deleted.

Deleting an entire entry: Select )
and press and hold n until the entry is
deleted.

Saving an entry: Select ?.

Canceling an entry: Select “Back”.
If one of the data fields contains data, a
prompt will appear asking whether you
want to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.

The entry will either be saved or
not, depending on your selection.
Deleting an entryThe deletion rules may vary, depending on
the entry selected:


Upper entry selected from the address
book:
the entry is deleted from the COMAND
phone book and also from the address
book, if the address book entry only
contains telephone numbers.


Subentry of an address book entry se-
lected:
the subentry is deleted from the
COMAND phone book and from the ad-
dress book.

Deleting: Select entry (
page 131).

Select “Options”
“Delete”.
A prompt appears asking whether the
entry should be deleted.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
Once “Yes” has been selected, the en-
try will be deleted according to the
rules mentioned above.Saving a phone book entry from the
mobile phone in the address book
Saving as a new address book entry

Select phone book entry from mobile
phone (
page 131).

Select “Options”
“Save”
“New En-
try”.
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It is not possible to delete a phone book en-
try from the mobile phone using the COMAND
phone book.
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This function is used to save an existing
phone book entry from the mobile phone in the
address book. The following options are avail-
able:


Saving as a new address book entry


Adding a telephone number to an existing
address book entry
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All entries with the following category sym-
bols are phone book entries in the mobile phone.


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category


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Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields. The data field for the telephone
number is filled in automatically. The
data field for the last name is also filled
when the entry to be saved contains a
name.
1Data field
2Input mark (cursor)
3Input characters

Proceed as described in the “Changing
data field” paragraph in the “Assigning
a New Entry in the Address Book” sec-
tion (
page 133).
Adding a telephone number to an exist-
ing address book entry

Select phone book entry from mobile
phone (
page 131).

Select “Options”
“Save”
“Add”.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The search menu for address book en-
tries appears.

Search for desired entry using smart
speller function.

After selecting an entry, press n.
If there are fewer than four numbers
assigned to the selected entry in the
selected number category, COMAND
will save the data.
If four numbers are saved for the se-
lected entry, a prompt will appear ask-
ing whether you want to overwrite one
of the existing numbers.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, a selection list will
appear containing the four existing
numbers.
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All entries with the following category sym-
bols are phone book entries in the mobile phone.


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category
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There is a detailed description of how to
search for an address book entry in the “Search-
ing for an address book entry” section
(
page 204).


136 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*
Select number to be overwritten.
COMAND overwrites the selected num-
ber with the new data.
Adding a telephone number to an ad-
dress book entry

Select address book entry
(page 131).

Select “Options”
“Add Number”.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
If four numbers are saved for the entry
in the selected number category, a
prompt will appear asking whether one
of the existing numbers should be over-
written.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, a selection list
will appear containing the four ex-
isting numbers.

Select number to be overwritten.
The input menu appears with the data
field for entering the new telephone
number.

Entering digits: Select all digits one
by one from the input characters.

Moving cursor in the data field:
SelectY or Z.

Deleting individual digits: Select)
and briefly press n.
The digit to the left of the cursor is de-
leted.

Deleting an entire number:
Select) and press and hold n until
the number is deleted.

Saving entry: Select?.

Canceling an entry: Select “Back”.
If you have already entered data, a
prompt will appear asking whether the
entry should be saved.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will either be saved or
not, depending on your selection.
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This function is used to add a telephone
number to an existing address book entry. The
telephone number can be entered manually.
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All entries with the symbol or without a
symbol are address book entries.
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“Add Number” does not function if you have
selected the main entry for an address book en-
try with subentries.


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SMS messages (Short Message Service)
SMS functions
The following functions are available:

Receive


Read
The following conditions must be fulfilled
in order to use the functions:


The mobile phone is inserted in the cra-
dle and switched on


The PIN has been entered (only GSM
mobile phones)


The mobile phone is logged into a mo-
bile network


Mobile phone phone book must be
downloaded and available in COMANDInbox
Calling up the SMS inbox

Select “Telephone”
“Telephone”.
The main telephone menu appears.
1Symbol for unread messages in the
SMS inbox

Select “Text Message”.
The SMS inbox appears.1Date and time the highlighted SMS
message was received
2To call up options
3Highlighted SMS message
4Symbol for unread SMS message
5Back to main telephone menu
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The symbol only appears for those mes-
sages which are received while the mobile phone
is inserted in the cradle.
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“Text Message” does not function if the
SMS inbox contains no SMS messages. The SMS
inbox only shows the messages which are re-
ceived while the mobile phone is inserted in the
cradle.

138 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*Selecting an SMS message
Rotate ymz or slide qmr and then
pressn.
Showing abbreviated sender display in
full

Select SMS message
“Options”

“Details”.
The detailed view appears.

Closing detailed view: Slide qmr or
press n.Calling an SMS sender

Select SMS message
“Options”

“Call”.
The telephone connects the call.
Saving SMS sender as new COMAND
address book entry

Selecting an SMS message: in the
SMS inbox, select a message
“Op-
tions”
“Save Number”
“New En-
try”.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Saving: Select “Save”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields. The data field for the telephone
number is filled in automatically.1Data field
2Input mark (cursor)
3Input characters

Proceed as described in the “Changing
data field” paragraph in the “Assigning
a New Entry in the Address Book” sec-
tion (
page 133).
Adding an SMS sender’s telephone num-
ber to an existing address book entry

Selecting an SMS message: in the
SMS inbox, select a message
“Op-
tions”
“Save Number”
“Add”.
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The SMS messages are sorted by the date
and time they were received. The most recent
message is at the top of the list.
If the name and telephone number of the sender
is saved in the address book or phone book of
the mobile phone, you will see the name of the
sender in the SMS inbox. Otherwise, you will see
the telephone number of the sender.

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Proceed as described in the “Selecting
a number category” paragraph in the
“Adding a telephone number to an ex-
isting address book entry” section
(page 135).
Exiting the SMS inbox

Select “Back”.
The main telephone menu appears.
Reading an SMS message

In the SMS inbox, select an SMS mes-
sage and press n.
The SMS message appears.Using data in a text message

Selecting data from the text:
Rotateymz or slide qmr.

Using data: Press n
“Use”.
If you have selected a telephone num-
ber, the telephone connects the call.
If you have selected a navigable ad-
dress, it is transferred to the navigation
system.
Calling an SMS sender

Press n
“Call”.
The telephone connects the call.Saving SMS sender as new address book
entry

Press n
“Save Number”
“New
Entry”.

Proceed as described in the “Selecting
a number category” paragraph in the
“Saving SMS sender as new address
book entry” section (
page 138).
Adding an SMS sender’s telephone num-
ber to an existing address book entry

Press n
“Save Number”
“Add”.

Proceed as described in the “Selecting
a number category” paragraph in the
“Adding a telephone number to an ex-
isting address book entry” section
(page 135).
Closing an SMS message and returning
to SMS inbox

Press n
“Back”.
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If the SMS message contains telephone
numbers or navigable address data, you can se-
lect this data and place a telephone call or trans-
fer the address data to the navigation system.
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This function is not possible with all SMS
senders.
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This function is not possible with all SMS
senders.