2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

96 Telephone
COMAND phone book
Select the phone book entry
(
page 104).
Select “Options” K “Add Phone No.”.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
If five numbers are saved for the entry
in the selected number category, you
will be prompted to confirm whether
you wish to overwrite one of the exist-
ing numbers.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” a selection list
appears containing the existing five
numbers.
Select the number to be overwritten.
The input menu appears with the data
field for entering the new phone num-
ber appears.
To enter digits: Select all the digits
one after the other in the predictive
speller or using the number keypad.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
To delete individual digits: Select
õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
The digit to the left of the cursor is de-
leted.
To delete an entire entry: Select
õ and press and hold n until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î until the entry has
been deleted.
To save entry: Select B.
Adding phone number to a phone
book entry

97 Telephone
Call lists
COMAND displays the calls received (in-
cluding missed calls) or made during
phone mode in their own lists.
i The particular menu item can only be select-
ed if calls have already been received or made
from COMAND.
The display of missed calls in the COMAND dis-
play is not possible with all mobile phones.
i The instrument cluster control system
displays a list of the last dialed calls.
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $, %,
#,
s
or t buttons, for selecting a track or a
menu, scrolling through lists or initiating or end-
ing a call (
page 23).
Calling up the list
In the phone main menu select “Call
Lists”.
Select “Calls Received” or “Calls Di-
aled”.
The appropriate list appears.
or
In the phone main menu
press
w.A list of the last dialed calls appears.
List of incoming calls
1List of calls received
2Date/time of the highlighted entry
3List entry options menu
i If there is a symbol in front of the phone
number or the name, then you have missed this
call.
To select a list entry: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr.
i You can call the selected list entry
(
page 102).
To close list: Select “Back”.
Displaying details on a list entry
COMAND can also fully display an abbrevi-
ated list entry.
Select the list entry.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen appears.
Back to the list: Slide omp repeatedly
until the list is highlighted.
Call lists

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Call lists
Saving unsaved list entry
Unsaved list entries are displayed by
means of the phone numbers.
Saved list entries are displayed as the
name. They are either saved in the address
book or in the COMAND phone book.
Saving in the address book as a new
entry
Select the list entry.
Select “Options” K“Save”K “New
Entry”.
i “Save” has no function if the selected list
entry has already been saved to the address
book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
An input menu with data fields will ap-
pear. The data field for the phone num-
ber is completed automatically. The
data field for the last name is also com-
pleted if the entry to be saved contains
a name.1Cursor
2Data field
3Speller
4Data field for phone number is com-
pleted automatically
5Phone category
6Number category
To switch data field: Slide qm until
the last name line is highlighted.
Press n.
or
Select [ or ] and press n.
The selected data field is highlighted.
To enter data into a field: Select all
the characters one after the other in
the speller 3.
Number categoryDisplay
(phone and ad-
dress book)
“Not Classified” G
“Home”k
“Work”l
Phone category
“Not Classified”G
“Mobile Phone”O
“Car”n
“Pager”<

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Call lists
i The speller provides the characters corre-
sponding to the selected data field.
To switch predictive speller to up-
per or lower case characters: Select
( or &.
To switch predictive speller charac-
ter set: Select #.
Every time this is selected it switches
the character set (digits, lower case let-
ters).
To change the predictive speller lan-
guage: Select !.
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the re-
quired language is highlighted and
press n.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
To delete an individual character:
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
The character to the left of the cursor is
deleted.
To delete an entire entry: Select
õ and press and hold n until the
entire entry has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î next to the
COMAND controller until the entry has
been deleted.
To save entry: Select B
A corresponding message is displayed.
To cancel entry: Select “Back”.
If one of the data fields contains data,
you will be prompted to confirm wheth-
er you wish to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be saved or discarded
on the basis of the selection.Adding a phone number from the call list
to an existing address book entry
Select the list entry (page 97).
Select “Options” K “Save”K“Add
Phone No.”.
i “Save” has no function if the selected list
entry is already saved in the address book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
The search menu for address book en-
tries appears.
Search for the required entry.
i Please see the “Searching for an address
book entry” section (
page 106) for a detailed
description on searching for an address book en-
try.
Press n after completing the search.
If there are fewer than five numbers
saved for the required entry in the se-
lected number category, COMAND
saves the data.
A corresponding message is displayed.

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Call lists
If five numbers are saved for the re-
quired entry, you will be prompted to
confirm whether you wish to overwrite
one of the existing numbers.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” a selection list ap-
pears containing the existing five num-
bers.
Select the number to be overwritten.
COMAND overwrites the selected num-
ber with the new data.
Deleting call lists
i The saved call lists are retained in COMAND
even if you use the COMAND with another mo-
bile phone. For this reason you should delete any
call lists before handing over or selling the vehi-
cle.
In the phone main menu (page 92)
select “Call Lists”.
Select “Delete Call Lists”.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, the call list will be
deleted.

101 Telephone
Making calls
Rejecting or accepting calls
To reject: Select “Reject”.
or
Press W on the COMAND control
unit’s keypad or thet button on
the multifunction steering wheel.
To accept: Select “Accept”.
or
Press w on the COMAND control
unit’s keypad or thes button on
the multifunction steering wheel.
After accepting the call, you will conduct
the conversation over the hands-free sys-
tem. The call volume can be adjusted
(
page 35). Please see the “Functions
during a single call” section for other func-
tions (
page 102).
i You can also accept a call as described
above if COMAND is displaying a screen for an-
other main application. After accepting the call,
the display switches to the phone display. Once
the call is over, the display for the previous main
application will appear again.
Entering phone number via the
COMAND control unit
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Enter all the digits on the numeric key-
pad one after the other.
To delete individual digits:
Briefly press the
ä button.
To delete entire phone numbers:
Press and hold
ä until the number
has been deleted.
To initiate call: Press thew button.
or
Press thes button on the multi-
function steering wheel.
Entering phone number from the
COMAND controller
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
To enter digits: Select all the digits
one after the other.
To delete individual digits: Select
õ and briefly press n.or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
To delete entire phone numbers: Se-
lect õ and press and hold n until
the phone number has been deleted.
or
Press and hold î until the entry has
been deleted.
To initiate call: Select w on the right
in the speller.
Redialing
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Select G.
or
Press thew button on the COMAND
control unit when the phone main
menu is displayed.
The dialed calls list appears. The call di-
aled last will be at the top of the list.
Making calls
Incoming call
Initiating an outgoing call

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Making calls
To select call: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.
To initiate call: Press n.
Initiating a call to a call list entry or
COMAND phone book entry
Open the call list and select an entry
(
page 97).
or
Open the COMAND phone book and
select an entry (
page 104).
To initiate call: Press n.Phone mode with a single call
1Other party
2Symbol for active phone connection
3Switches the hands-free microphone
off or on
4Sends DTMF tones (not possible with
all mobile phones)
5Device name of the connected mobile
phone
6Terminates callSwitching hands-free microphone on or
off
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
To switch off: Select “Mic Off”.
When the microphone is switched off
the symbol > appears in the main ar-
ea.
To switch on: Select “Mic On”.
The symbol > disappears
Sending DTMF tones
i This function is not possible with all mobile
phones.
Answering machines or other devices can
be controlled via DTMF tones, e. g. for re-
mote query functions.
To transmit individual characters:
During a call select the required char-
acters using the COMAND controller.
or
Press the corresponding button on the
COMAND control unit keypad.
Every selected character is transmitted
immediately.
Functions during a single call

103 Telephone
Making calls
Transmitting phone book entry as a
sequence of characters: Select
“Name”.
Select the desired phone book entry.
The entry is transmitted immediately as
a sequence of characters.
To switch back to call display: Select
“Back”.
Ending an active call
Switch display to phone mode if neces-
sary (
page 92).
To terminate call: Select 4.
or
Press W on the COMAND control unit
or thet button on the multifunc-
tion steering wheel.
Call waiting
i The call waiting function must be supported
and activated by the phone provider.
If you are conducting a single call and you
receive another, the second call number is
entered into the received calls list and a
signal tone will sound.
You can accept the waiting call with the
mobile phone. The previous call is put on
hold. You then have two calls, the accept-
ed call is the active call.