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79 Telephone
Telephone operation
If the phone memory has been downloa-
ded to COMAND, the menu fields “Phone
Book”, “Last Calls” and “Calls” will be avai-
lable.
If the memory was not downloaded, the
menu fields will be dimmed out.
Outgoing calls (
page 82).
Use one of these ways:

When the telephone is connected to
the coiled cord, press a on the
COMAND control unit.
or

When the telephone is in portable mo-
de, press # on the phone.Accepting the call at the multifunction
steering wheel
1
CALLThe system detects an incoming call,
the phone rings
2Reception quality
The more bars appear, the stronger the
signal of the cellular networkAccepting a call

Press K.
Audio source is automatically muted.
Ending a call

Press L.
The main telephone display appears.
Switching telephone operation off
Incoming call
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iYou can also accept a call, if another
display, e.g. navigation, is shown on the
multifunction display.iCommunication between the multifunti-
on display and the COMAND screen:
If different systems appear, the changes
made to COMAND will have no effect on
the driver information display.
Press the COMAND key a to
switch to the telephone functions.

80 TelephoneTelephone operationAccepting a call using COMAND
1“Call”
The system detects an incoming call,
the phone rings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “Send” but-
ton.
The display will change to the
call menu. An active audio source will
be muted.
Call menu2“00:01:21 h”
The call time appears
3Name or phone number Switching the microphone for the
hands-free telephone off

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the “Mute” button and
press to confirm.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v again to cancel muting.
Volume set for hands-free operation
Raising the volume:

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
Lowering the volume:

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
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iNo telephone menu is shown on the
screen 
first press a

then you can accept or refuse the
call.
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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

92 TelephoneTelephone operationThe telephone is switched on.
Press E or H repeatedly until the
corresponding telephone menu 1 ap-
pears in the display.
The telephone is ready for operation.

Press K.
The redial memory appears with the
last number dialed.

Press F or G.
This allows you to page forward or
backward through the redial memory.
The number selected will appear in the
display with the corresponding memo-
ry location.

Press K when the desired number
or name appears in the display 2.
Dialing will begin 3. When the dialing
has been completed, the name 4 is
displayed if the name has been stored
in the phone book, otherwise you will
continue to see the phone number.
The display is maintained for the dura-
tion of the call.

Press L to end the call.
The telephone display 1 appears.
iIf you do not wish to place a call, press
L. The telephone display 1 ap-
pears.
iPress E or H to display the next
or previous system.

95 Telephone
Telephone operation
Speed-dialing (only with COMAND)
For all memory locations
You can enter up to 2 digits.
The main telephone menu is displayed.
Use the number keys, e.g. 1 and 4
to enter the memory location number.Begin dialing
Use one of these ways:

Press the last number key for more
than 2 seconds.
or

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the “Send” but-
ton.
The phone number or name will appear
in the menu. The telephone will dial the
phone number that has been stored in
this memory location.
When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.
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If you enter “1” and confirm this memory lo-
cation using one of the described ways in
“Begin dialing”, the emergency number
9-1-1 (default input) will be dialed.
The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a cri-
minal offense.
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96 TelephoneTelephone operation
Ending a call (
page 94).Quick-dialing for the first 10 memory
locations
The main telephone menu is displayed.

Press 2 to 0 longer than 2 seconds.
The phone number or name will appear
in the menu. The telephone will dial the
phone number that has been stored in
this memory location.
When the call is initiated, the call time
will appear.

Ending a call (
page 94).
iIf the memory location called is free, the
message “Memory location not alloca-
ted” will appear.
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Warning
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If you press “1” the emergency number
9-1-1 (default input) will be dialed.
The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a cri-
minal offense.