2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Screen

94 Telephone
COMAND phone book
Displaying details on an entry
COMAND can also fully display an abbrevi-
ated entry.
Select entry.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen appears.
To close details screen: Slide omp
repeatedly until the entry is highlighted
again.
Select entry (page 93).
Press n.
or
Press thew button on the COMAND
control unit.
If the entry contains subentries, a list
appears.
Select the desired subentry.
Press n again.
or
Press thew button on the
COMAND control unit.
i When a new entry is added through the
COMAND phone book, it is saved to the address
book.
Select “Options” K “New Entry” in the
COMAND phone book.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
The input menu with the data fields ap-
pears.
1Cursor
2Data field
3Predictive speller
4Selected phone category
Switching data field
Slide mq until the predictive speller is
not highlighted.
Then slide qmr to select desired field
and press n.
or
Select [ or ] in the speller.
The input menu indicates the selected
data field.
Initiating call to an entry
Creating a new 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

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

107 Telephone
Address book
Searching
Searching via search speller
Switch if necessary from the list to the
search speller.
To change the search speller lan-
guage: Select !.
To switch search speller character
set: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, this
switches it to letters with special char-
acters or numbers with special charac-
ters.
To enter characters: Select the char-
acters for the required entry one after
another.
To delete an individual character:
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
After entering each character or after
each deletion of a character, the clos-
est matching entry is given at the top of
the list.
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 entire en-
try has been deleted.
To end search: Switch from the search
speller to the list.
The top list entry is highlighted auto-
matically.
Back to the address book: Switch if
necessary from the list to the search
speller and in the search speller select
A.
Searching via list
If necessary, switch from the search
speller to the list (
page 106).
Rotate ymz for so long or slide qmr
until the desired entry in the list is high-
lighted.
Search for the required entry
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Delete”.
A delete prompt appears.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be deleted or retained on
the basis of the selection.
Switch from the search speller to the
list (
page 106).
or
Select an address book entry in the ad-
dress book (
page 104).
Press n.
The details screen appears.
Deleting entry
Displaying details for an address
book entry

108 Telephone
Address book
Details screen for private data
1Back to the previous menu
2Selected data field
3k symbol for private data
4Calls up options
5l symbol for business data
Selecting another data field
Rotate ymz or slide qmr.
Displaying abbreviated content in full
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The complete display appears.
To close complete display: Slide
omp or press n.
Closing details screen
Select “Back”.
Changing an address book entry
Search for an address book entry
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Change Entry”.
or
Display details for an address book en-
try.
Select “Options” K “Change Entry”.
The input menu with the data fields ap-
pears.
Continue from the step “Switching data
field” in the “Creating a new address
book entry” section (
page 105).
Changing category of a
phone number data field
Display the details for an entry and
highlight the phone number data field
(
page 107).
Select “Options” K “Change Catego-
ry”.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
If necessary select “Preferred”.
Depending on the previous status, the
option will be switched on D or off C.
The phone number is displayed in the
phone book as the first number and
can be dialed immediately.
Select “Save”.
The new category is saved.
Changing entry

119 Navigation
Introduction
Displaying/hiding menu system
To hide: Slide qm and when the menu
item “Full Screen” is displayed press
n.
The menu system is hidden. This dis-
plays the map in full screen mode.
To display: In full-screen map mode
press n.
or
Press the function button z.
Setting the map scale
i You can only set the map scale when the
menu system is hidden (map in full-screen
mode).
Rotate ymz until the required map
scale is set.
The map scale 3 is displayed as soon
as you start rotating ymz. Rotating
clockwise makes the map smaller, ro-
tating anticlockwise enlarges it.1Currently set map scale as number,
here 1 mi (1 inch on the map corre-
sponds to 1 mi)
2Indicator on the map scale pointing to
the currently selected map scale
3Map scale
Saving current vehicle location as des-
tination in the last destinations
To display menu system if applica-
ble: Press n.
To save: Select “Position” K “Save Ve-
hicle Position”.
COMAND saves the current vehicle lo-
cation as a destination in the last desti-
nations memory (
page 162). A
window appears containing a corre-
sponding message.
To exit menu: Slide omp or press the
í button.
Scrolling the map
i You can only scroll the map when the menu
system is hidden.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).
Slide qmr, omp or wmx.
Crosshairs will appear on the map.
1Current vehicle location
2Crosshairs
3Information on crosshairs position
4Set map scale
i The display 3 may for example be a road if
corresponding data is available in the digital map
and “Current Street” is activated. Or it displays
the geo-coordinate position of the crosshairs if
“Geo-coordinates” display is activated.
(
page 124).

123 Navigation
Introduction
A checked entry indicates an active
blocked area.
i You can block several areas for the route
calculation and activate or de-activate them by
setting or removing the check mark.
Displaying and changing an existing
block area
To select the area you want to dis-
play or change: Slide qmr.
Select “Display/Change”.
The map display appears with the block
area marked red.
Rotate ymz until the desired size of
the block area is set.
Slide qmr, omp or wmx to shift the
block area to the desired region.
To confirm the area and exit map
display: Press n.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).
Defining a new Block area
Select “Avoid New Area”.
The map display appears with a default
new block area in red.
Rotate ymz until the desired size of
the new block area is set.
Slide qmr, omp or wmx to shift the
new block area to the desired region.
To confirm the area and exit map
display: Press n.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).
Deleting a block area
To select the area you want to de-
lete: Slide qmr.
Select “Options” K“Delete”.
You will be prompted to confirm that
you wish to delete the block area.
Select “Yes” or “No”.If you select “Yes” COMAND deletes
the entry. A message will be displayed.
Information on map
You can have map information displayed at
the bottom edge of the screen during route
guidance.
To set: Display menu system if applica-
ble (
page 119).
Select “Navi” K “Information On Map”.
A dotR indicates the current setting.
Select “Arrival Time / Distance” or
“Current Street” or “Geo-coordinates”
or “None”.
To exit menu: Slide omp.
Hide menu system if applicable
(
page 119).

125 Navigation
Introduction
Highway information
When driving on highways, you can have
the next gas stations, service areas, etc. as
well as the distance to them displayed in
the right-hand half of the screen.
To set: Display menu system if applica-
ble (
page 119).
Select “Navi” K “Highway Informati-
on”.
Depending on the previous status, the
function will be switched off C or on D.
Example display: Function on
1Information type: Rest area
2Name of rest area
3Distance from the current vehicle loca-
tion
i If the digital map does not supply any data,
only a stylized road without highway information
is displayed in the right-hand half of the screen.