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180 Service
Address book
Adding a note
You can add a note to an address book
entry.
Activate the detail view (page 178)
of the desired address book entry.
Press the Note soft key.
NewLine soft key:
Inserts a line feed in text.
Keypad soft key:
Brings you to the input via selection
menu (
page 179).
Enter the data using the 12-keys
keyboard ( 1 - # ) or the selection
menu, then finish data input.
Spoken name for an address book entry
If your car is equipped with the Voice
control system*, you can
add a spoken name to the address
book entry
play back the spoken name
delete a spoken name
Using the Voice control system*, you can
then have a number dialed by saying the
corresponding name (refer to Voice
control System Operation Guide). Adding
Activate the detail view (page 178)
of the desired address book entry.
Press the New soft key.
The system asks you to speak the
name twice.
Speak the name after each request.
After the second time the name is
stored.
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You cannot add a spoken name to a
mobile phone internal memory entry in
the address book.
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Address book
If the address book entry offers
appropriate data, it may be used in other
system modes such as telephone and
navigation.
Press
H, h , g or G to select the
desired entry (
page 177).
Press E.
or
In the detail view (page 178), press
E longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 201).
The selection menu appears.
Selections appearing will depend on
the data available for a given entry. Using an address book entry to dial a
number
You can have a phone number dialed which
is saved in the address book.
Press
g or G to select a phone
number.
Press E.
Dialing will begin. You can then make
your telephone call.
You will find more information in
chapter “Telephone”. Starting route guidance to an address
book entry
You can transfer an address to the
navigation system and start route
guidance.
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Using an address book entry
in other system modes
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This function is only available for
addresses which are saved in the
navigation system’s destination
memory (
page 155). The COMAND
saves addresses not only in the
destination memory, but at the same
time in the address book.
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Service
Entering data

Entering data
Sometimes you need to enter data such as
names or phone numbers.
E.g.:
New phone book entry
New address book entry
The following input types are possible:
Via selection menu
Via 12-button keypad (page 195) The selection menu is displayed
automatically when you press the
corresponding button in a menu in which
this kind of data in
put is possible. The
following display may appear if you create
a new entry in the phone book. You can enter upper-case and lower-case
letters including special characters and
numbers.
The following shift fields can be used to
change the type of the characters:
= Upper case
= Lower case
= Special characters
Shifting Keys
Press h, H , g , G or F to
select the shift field .
Press E.
Input via selection menu
ABC
abc
. . .
abc
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Entering data
Inserting a character
Move the cursor to the desired
position.
Enter the character as described at
“Entering characters” (
page 194).
Closing the selection menu
Press the Back soft key.
or
Press the Keypad soft key.
or
Use h, H , g , G or F to select
the ( field.
Press E.
In all cases, the system enters the data. You can enter upper-case and lower-case
letters including special characters and
numbers.
Entering characters
Press
* or1 - 0 to enter
characters.
Press a key once or several times in
quick succession. After you pressed the key the first time,
the character is displayed at the
bottom of the screen.
You can see which characters you can
enter with that key.
Each continuing depression of the key
displays the next character.If required, press key
#.
This key shifts from lower to upper
case.
Wait until the displayed character
disappears.
The character is entered.
Input via 12-button keypad
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E.g.: Key 5
Press 1 x = J
Press 2 x = K
Press 3 x = L
Press 4 x = 5
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198 System settings
System settings

System settings
Press C.
In the Service main menu, press the
System soft key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
set date and time
switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 201)
adjust display settings (page 201)
activate and deactivate the Voice
control system* help window
(
page 203)
start Voice control system*
individualization (
page 203)
reset system settings (page 204) Setting date
Activating the System settings
menu Setting the date/time
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Exact settings of date, time and current
time zone allow you:
correct navigation for
routes with time-dependent traffic
guidance
correct calculation of the expected
time of arrival
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If time/date information is transmitted
by the GPS, you cannot set the date.
A satellite symbol is displayed on the
status bar if the system uses GPS data.
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System settings
System settings
In the System menu, press the Time
soft key.
The Date/Time menu for setting date
and time will appear.
Country soft key:
Can only be selected if you use the GPS.
You can select the country (
page 200) .
Press H or h to select day, month
or year.
Press g or G .
Depending on the selection, you set
the day, the month or the year.
Press the Back soft key.
or
Press E.
The setting is saved.
Setting the time
In the System settings menu, press the
Time soft key.
Press H or h to select hours or
minutes.
Press g or G .
Depending on the selection, you set
the hour or the minute. Setting the hour:
Each time the button is pressed, the
time is adjusted in increments of
1hour.
Setting the minute:
With GPS reception:
Each time the button is pressed, the
time is adjusted in increments of
30 minutes.
Without GPS reception:
Each time the button is pressed, the
time is adjusted in increments of
1 minute.
Press the Back soft key.
or
Press E.
The setting is saved.
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Time settings are not automatically
changed to daylight saving time.
Change the clock manually.
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200 System settings
System settings
Setting date and time format
Press the Format soft key.
The Format menu for selecting the time
and date display formats will appear.
Press g or G to select a format for
date and time.
Press E.
The format setting is applied.
Press the Back soft key.
or
Wait a few seconds.
The Date/Time menu will automatically
appear.
Selecting the country
You can only use this function if you use
the GPS.
Press the Country soft key.
The country list will appear.
Press g or G to select a country.
If a country has multiple time zones,
e.g. Canada and USA, you can select
the applicable time zone and, if
applicable, daylig ht saving time
settings.
Press E.
The settings are applied.OptionSymbol
Format selected_
Format not selected-
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202 System settings
System settings
Adjusting the display brightness
In the Display menu, press the
Bright. soft key.
Press h or H to adjust the
brightness.
or
Press the Bright. soft key longer than
2 seconds.
The display brightness changes
gradually.
Release the Bright. soft key.
Press the Back soft key.
or
Press E.
The brightness setting is applied.
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
In the Display menu, press the Mode
soft key.
Press G or g to select an entry.
Day Mode
The display is continuously set to
daylight design.
Night Mode
The display is continuously set to night-
time design.
Automatic
The display changes depending on the
ambient light sensor in the vehicle.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
settings menu will appear.
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