MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2008 R230 Comand Manual

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Telephone*
Telephone operation
Use the number keys
1 - 0 to enter
the telephone number.
Deleting the last or several digits:
Press the Delete soft key once or
several times.
Deleting all digits:
Press K.
or
Press and hold the Delete soft key for
more than 2 seconds.
Begin dialing
When you have entered the telephone
number, press k to confirm your
input.
or
In the Telephone menu, press the Send
soft key.
or
Press E. Dialing will begin. If a name is associa-
ted with the phone number saved in the
phone book, the name appears on the
screen. In the status bar, the off-hook
symbol will appear.
COMAND will mute an active audio
source. If the person called answers
the call, the call is active. You talk over
the hands-free set.
Ending a call
Press K.
or
Press the End soft key. Subsequent dialing
Transmitting other dial tones:
During a call you can press the number
keys
1 through 0, # and *.
Redial
In the Telephone menu, press k or
E twice.
The telephone dials the number that
was dialed last.
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If the system is downloading the phone
book at that time (e.g. after inserting
the mobile phone) these tones may be
transmitted with delay.
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If you press k or E just once, the
dialed numbers list is displayed
(
page 112).

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Selecting an entry from the dialed
numbers list
The COMAND automatically generates a
list of the last 10 numbers dialed. The list
is sorted chronologically with the most
recently dialed number at the top of the
list.
Displaying the list
In the Telephone menu (page 108),
press the
Redial soft key.
or
In the Telephone menu (page 108),
press the
Calls soft key.
Press H to display the dialed num-
bers list.
The most recently dialed number is
highlighted. The status bar shows:
the caller’s name if her or his name and
number are stored in the phone book
the message Unknown Name if no entry
is available
You can select the following functions:
Changing the list display
Selecting an entry and begin dialing
Ending a call (page 111) Changing the list display
Press the 123 soft key.
The display changes to names.
or
Press the ABC soft key.
The display changes to numbers.
Selecting an entry and begin dialing
Use g or G to select the desired
entry.
Press k.
or
Press E.
The telephone dials the number.
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Duplicate entries will be shown only
once. This means the list may contain
less than 10 entries.

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Telephone*
Telephone operation
Selecting an entry from the received
calls list
The COMAND automatically generates a
list of the last 10 calls received. The list is
sorted chronologically with the most
recently received call
at the top of the list.
Displaying the list
In the Telephone menu (page 108),
press the
Calls soft key.
The list is displayed and the most
recently received number is
highlighted. The status bar shows:
the caller’s name if her or his name and
number are stored
in the phone book
the message Unknown Name if no entry
is available
the telephone number You can select the following functions:
Changing list display (page 112)
Selecting an entry and begin dialing
(
page 112)
Ending a call (page 111)
Missed calls
If there are one or more missed calls avai-
lable on the mobile phone, a correspon-
ding message will appear.
Press the Back soft key to return to the
Telephone menu.
or
Press a.
or
Press E.
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Duplicate entries will be shown only
once. This means the list may contain
less than 10 entries.

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Telephone operation
Speed-dialing
For all memory locations
At the mobile phone you can save
telephone numbers in the speed-dialing
memory and use them. Refer to the mobile
phone operator’s manual.
You can also use speed-dialing at the
COMAND (only mobile phone memory
locations 1-999).
You can enter up to 3 digits.
Open the Telephone menu
(
page 108).
Memory locations with up to two digits:
Use the number keys 1 to 9 to
enter the memory location number.
Memory locations with three digits:
Use the number keys 1 to 9 to
enter the memory location number
followed by the # key.
Press k.
or
Press E.
The telephone dials the saved number.
Ending a call (
page 111)
Quick-dialing
Quick dialing can be used on memory loca-
tions 1-9.
Open the Telephone menu
(
page 108).
Press one of the number keys 1 - 9
longer than 2 seconds.
The telephone dials the saved number.
Ending a call (
page 111) If the person called or you answer a call,
the call is active. The call indication is
displayed.
Call menu
You talk over the ha
nds-free set. You can
set the volume for the hands-free
operation (
page 109).
The status bar indicates the call time.
Active call

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Telephone*
Telephone operation
The following functions can be used during
a call:
Ending an active call
Switch on/off hands-free microphone
Change sound settings (Balance only),
(
page 110)
Transmitting other dial tones
(
page 111)
Ending an active call
Press
K.
The Telephone menu will appear.
Switching hands-free microphone on/
off (available if microphone is switched
on)
The microphone status is indicated by the
status of the
Mic Off soft key.
Press the Mic Off soft key.
The microphone is switched on or off.
The soft key status changes
accordingly.
When the microphone is off, the other
party cannot hear you. You can still
hear your partner.
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You can use three-way calling if this
feature is offered by your mobile phone
service provider.
Refer to the mobile phone operator’s
manual or contact your mobile phone
service provider for feature availability
and operating instructions.Microphone
statusSymbol
Mic Off
Onwhite
Off black

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The phone book contains all entries
of the internal memory of the mobile
phone (TDMA/CDMA and GSM mobile
phone)
of the address book (page 192) if it
contains any telephone numbers
Displaying the phone book
In the Telephone menu (page 108),
press the Z soft key.
The phone book will appear. The first entry found is at the top of the list
and highlighted. All entries are marked
with symbols which
indicate the phone number category.
Entries marked with symbols have been
imported into the phone book from the in-
ternal memory of the mobile phone.
Usable phone number categories:
Symbol : Cell number
Symbol : Private number
Symbol : Business number
And additional categories:
Symbol : Fax number
Symbol : Pager number
Symbol : Main number
Phone book
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GSM mobile phone:
COMAND also reads entries from SIM
card.
Phone book
entryStatus bar shows
A phone numberUnknown Name
A name for a
phone numberThe phone number
Several numbersSeveral Numbers
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Address book entries with more than
one phone number are marked with the
Main number symbol.

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Telephone*
Telephone operation
You can select the following functions:
Changing the phone book display at
the COMAND
Selecting a phone book entry and
dialing the number (
page 117)
Entering and saving a new phone book
entry* (
page 118)
Deleting a phone book entry
(
page 120)
Changing the phone book display
Open the phone book (page 116).
Press the 123 soft key.
The display changes to numbers. The
status bar displays the name of the
marked entry.
or
Press the ABC soft key.
The display changes to names. The
status bar displays the number of the
marked entry. Selecting a phone book entry and
dialing the number
Open the phone book (page 116).
The list of phone book entries with
names starting with a certain letter is
displayed.
Changing the initial letters
With H and h
Press H or h one or several times.
With every push of the button the
display changes to the next possible
letter. At the end of the letter list
follows the category
Other.
Category
Other:
Here, all entries without names or with
names starting with a special character
(e.g. * or #) are put together. With the number keys
The number keys are labelled with the let-
ters which can be selected.
Press, e.g.
4.
The system displays a window above
the status bar which shows the letters
G, H and I. After that, the address book
list with the letter
G is displayed.
To select, e.g. the letter H, press 4
twice in quick succession.
Selecting an entry
Change the initial letter if required.
Use G or g to select a list entry.
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If you hold one of the buttons, scrolling
is accelerated.
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If you hold one of the buttons, scrolling
is accelerated.

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Begin dialing
Press k.
or
Press E.
If the selected entry is an address book
entry (several phone numbers):
Use g or G to select Cell,
Work or Home.
If the selected entry is a cell phone
entry (several phone numbers):
Use g or G to select one of the
phone number categories,
e.g. (
page 116).
Press k.
or
Press E.
The telephone dials the number. New phone book entry
You can create new phone book entries as
entries
in the internal memory of the mobile
phone
or
in the address book.
Press the New soft key in the phone
book.
A selection menu appears.
Cell Phone:
The new entry is saved in the internal
memory of the mobile phone.
Address Book:
The new entry is saved in the address
book.
Use g or G to select Cell Phone
or
Address Book.
Press E.
Cell Phone:
An input menu (
page 119) appears.
Address Book:
A selection menu appears.

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Telephone*
Telephone operation
Use
g or G to select Home, Cell or
Work.
Press E.
An input menu appears.
Input menu
The Surname field is automatically
marked. Entering a surname, name or number
Use
g or G to select the name or
the number field.
You can input data:
using the selection menu
via the number keys 1 - #
Using the selection menu:
Press the Keypad soft key.
The selection menu appears.
Selection menu
Enter the data using the selection
menu (
page 209).
After input using the selection menu,
the input menu is displayed again. You
can select the next data field and enter
data.
Input via the number keys 1 - # :
Use buttons 1 - # to enter the data
(
page 211).
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If you have select the Cell Phone
entry, the input menu displays the
surname and number field.

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Saving the entry
In the Input menu, press the OK soft
key.
If you have not assigned a name, the
system will save the entry in the
Other
category, otherwise under the name
you have assigned.
Cell Phone
The message Transmitting Data
to Telephone is displayed.
If transmission is succesful, the
message
Data Has Been Saved will
appear and the phone book is
displayed again.
Otherwise the message
Error
Occured While Saving Data
will
appear.
Press E to confirm.
The phone book is displayed again.
Address Book
If transmission is succesful, the
message
Data Has Been Saved will
appear and the phone book is
displayed again.
Otherwise the message
Error
Occured While Saving Data
will
appear.
Press E to confirm.
The phone book is displayed again. Deleting a phone book entry
Select a phone book entry at the
COMAND (
page 116).
Press the Delete soft key.
The delete dialogue will appear.
Press E to confirm with Yes.
The message is deleted.
If you do not wish to delete the message
Press h to highlight No and then
press E.
or
Press the Back soft key.
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If you select an address book entry, the
Delete soft key is greyed out. The
selected entry must be deleted from
within the address book (
page 202).