2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class Comand Manual

112 Telephone*Phone bookThe phone book contains all entries of the
cell phone memory. On the COMAND control unit
Press the soft key in the Telephone
main menu (
page 102).
The Phone Book menu appears. The
first list entry is highlighted automati-
cally.On the multifunction steering wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 26).

Pressj or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display.An example for the Phone Book menu is
shown above. It shows a list of the phone
book entries whose names start with the
letter
B. Displayed in the status bar is the
number of the highlighted name, in this ex-
ample 18005551212.
iIf a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.Opening the phone book
iIf no numbers are stored in the phone
book, the soft key is shaded out
and without function.
Phone Book menu

113 Telephone*
Phone book
The following options are now available:
Switching between number and name
display

Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection (
page 114)

Adding a voice entry to a phone book
entry (
page 115)
This option is only available for vehicles
with voice control system*

Deleting a phone book entry
(page 115)
Switching between number and name
display

Open the phone book from COMAND
(page 112).

Press the
123
soft key.
The phone book switches to number
display. The status bar shows the name
of the highlighted entry;
or

Press the
ABC
soft key.
The phone book switches to name dis-
play. The status bar shows the number
of the highlighted entry.
iVarious icons may be assigned to the
phone numbers, depending on the en-
try made on the telephone:
Home number
Work number
Fax number
Main number
Mobile number
Pager number
In the instrument cluster the name of
the category assigned to the phone
number, e.g.
Home
, appears in the multi-
function display.

114 Telephone*Phone bookOn the COMAND control unit
Open the phone book (
page 112).
The list of phone book entries stored
on your cell phone appears.
Changing initials:

Press or  once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down.
At the end of the list of letters is the
category
Other
. This category combines
all entries without a name, or entries
whose names start with a special char-
acter (e.g.
* or
#).Selecting an entry:

If necessary, change the initial.

Select an entry using  or .
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel-
erates.
Establishing a connection:

Press0.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.On the multifunction steering wheel

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 26).

Pressj or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi-
function display.

Presss
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing a connection

115 Telephone*
Phone book
If your vehicle is equipped with voice con-
trol system* you can assign up to 20 voice
entries to each phone book entry.
Via voice control system* you can dial a
number by speaking the name entered.
(Voice control system Operator’s manu-
al).

Select a phone book entry
(page 114).

Press the
New
soft key,
The voice control system* prompts you
to speak a name.

Speak the name.
The voice control system* prompts you
to speak the name again.

Repeat the name.
The name is stored.

Select the phone book entry to be de-
leted from COMAND (
page 114).

Press the
Delete
soft key.
The delete prompt is displayed.

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The entry is deleted.
Adding a voice entry to a phone book
entry
Deleting a phone book entry

116 Telephone*SMS (Mail)SMS messages can be received if your ve-
hicle is equipped with a telephone and
SMS messaging is available from your car-
rier.
Received messages are saved in the folder
SMS inbox.

Open the Telephone main menu
(page 102).

Press the
SMS
soft key.
The folder SMS inbox appears.
iIncoming new messages are indicated
by the symbol in the status bar.
Symbol appears in the status bar if
the SMS memory is full.
In addition, a corresponding message
is displayed when the folder is opened.
SMS inbox
iIf no SMS messages have been re-
ceived the
SMS
soft key is without func-
tion and therefore shaded out.

117 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox shows the list of received
messages. The list is sorted chronological-
ly, the last message received is displayed
at the top of the list.
The corresponding date and time appears
in the status bar when the selected mes-
sage has been received.
Use or  to select another mes-
sage.The SMS inbox offers the following op-
tions:

Switching between subject and sender.

Reading a message (
page 118).

Deleting a message (
page 118).
Switching between subject and sender
The incoming SMS can be displayed by the
sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox
(
page 116) you can either see the
Subject
soft key or the
Sender
soft key.

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
text(s) appears;
or

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).
iThe symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
iThe sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.
The sender’s name only appears if the
number and the name are stored in the
phone book (
page 112).

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In the SMS inbox (
page 116),
use or  to select a message.

Press.
The message text appears.

To scroll through the message text,
press or  as required.Switching between subject and sender
You can either see the
Sender
soft key or
the
Subject
soft key.

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears;
or

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The message text appears.

To return to the SMS inbox, press the
back soft key.

In the SMS inbox (
page 116),
use or to select the message
to be deleted.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The message is now deleted.

Press the
Back
soft key or.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.
Reading a message
Deleting a message Exiting from the SMS menu

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Important notes
Navigation main menu
Destination entry
Route guidance
During route guidance
Last destinations and destination memory
POIs (Points of Interest)
Navigation*