2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Comand Manual

81 Telephone
Telephone operation
Refusing or ending a call
Use one of the three ways:
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “End” button.
or

Press a.
or

Press *.Accepting an incoming call using the
mobile telephone handset
The telephone is located in the storage
compartment under the armrest. See your
vehicle’s operating instructions.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “Send” but-
ton.

Remove the telephone from its cradle
and conduct your call.
The hands-free operation will switch
off.
Ending a call:

Put the phone back in its cradle.
1 Observe all legal requirementsWarning
G
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving a ve-
hicle. Whether or not prohibited by law, for
safety reasons, the driver should not use the
cellular telephone while the vehicle is in mo-
tion. Stop the vehicle in a safe location be-
fore answering or placing a call. If you
nonetheless choose to use the cellular pho-
ne while driving, please use the hands-free
device and be sure to pay attention to the
traffic situation at all times. Use the cellular
phone
1 only when road, weather and traffic
conditions permit.

82 TelephoneTelephone operationYou can use the following functions:
Dialing a telephone number
(page 82)

Dialing a number from the phone book
(page 85)

Redial (
page 91)

Dialing from calls list (
page 94)

Speed-dialing (only with COMAND)
(page 95)

Dialing a telephone number from
the notebook (
page 97)

Emergency call (
page 106)Dialing a telephone number
Entering a telephone number

Press a.
The main telephone menu will appear.

Use the number keys 1 through 0 to
enter the telephone number.
The menu changes when the first digit
is entered.
Outgoing calls
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83 Telephone
Telephone operation
Correcting input
To correct only the last digit:
Press r briefly.
To correct the whole entry:

Press r longer than 2 seconds.Begin dialing

When the “Send” button is highlighted,
press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm your input.
Dialing will begin. If the phone number
together with a name is stored in the
phone book, the name appears on the
screen.
COMAND will mute an active audio
source.Interrupt dialing
Use one of the three ways:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “End” button.
or

Press a.
or

Press *.
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84 TelephoneTelephone operationConducting a call
When the call is answered, the call time ap-
pears in the screen.Ending a call, use one of the three ways:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “End” button
or call has been finished by the other
party.
or

Press a.
or

Press *.Subsequent dialing
Transmitting other dial tones

During a call you can press the number
keys 1 through 0, u and t.
The numbers dialed will appear in the
menu for 10 seconds after the last key
is pressed (subsequent dialing display).
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iDuring a conversation, you can enter a
telephone number in the notebook or
editing an existing one (
page 97).

85 Telephone
Telephone operation
Dialing a number from the phone book
Dialing using the multifunction steering
wheel
In order to use this feature, the phone
book must have previously been downloa-
ded to the COMAND memory. This is per-
formed automatically each time the
portable phone is connected to the coiled
cord.
The telephone is ready for operation
(page 78).

Press E or H as often as neces-
sary until the telephone operation ap-
pears in the multifunction display.
If ENTER CODE
appears, enter your unlock
code first (page 78).
The message NO ENTRY
appears when the
portable phone has been put into the crad-
le and no entries are stored in the phone
book.

Press F or G.
You are paging the phone book back-
wards or forwards in alphabetical or-
der. Name and memory location
appear.
or

Press F or G longer than 2 se-
conds.
You are scrolling through the phone
book very quickly.
The name that is selected appears in
the display.
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iIf you do not wish to place a call, press
L. The process will be cancelled and
the message
READY
appears again.

86 TelephoneTelephone operation
Press K when the desired name
appears in the display.
The telephone number is dialed. The message
DIALING
appears in the
display. COMAND will mute an active
audio source.
When the call is answered, the call time
appears in the display. The name will
reappear.

Press L to end the call.
The message
READY
will reappear. The
audio source will switch on again.
.
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iPhone numbers are stored in the phone
book according to memory locations. A
memory location starts with “M”.
Memory locations available: M01 - M99

87 Telephone
Telephone operation
Dialing with COMAND
Opening phone book with names
1Input line
2Activating “Phone book” selection
menu (no input in 1) or opening the
phone book page (
page 88)

Enter up to 3 letters by highlighting
them one by one with the right-hand
rotary/push-button v and press to
confirm.
The input appears in 1.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
or

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds after
input of the last letter.
The relevant page of the phone book
will appear.
If the input line is empty:

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until 2 is highlighted and press to
confirm.
The “Phone book” selection menu will
appear.
“Phone book” selection menu 3Opens the first page of the phone book
(names) 
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Read phone
book...”.
The first page of the phone book will
appear.
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88 TelephoneTelephone operationPhone book page (names)4Highlighted entry, sorted alphabetically
5Pages back in the list
6Pages forward in the list

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.
The main telephone menu appears, in-
dicating the selected name.
Begin dialing

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “Send” but-
ton.
The “End” button is highlighted.
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iThe phone book stored in the phone me-
mory is being downloaded.
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