2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class steering

29 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
You can use the functions in the “Tel”
menu to operate your mobile phone.
Switch on COMAND;
Select the “Tel” menu.
Mobile phone status

If the mobile phone is switched on and
authorized, the message “Phone Rea-
dy” appears in the multifunction dis-
play.

If the mobile phone is not authorized or
authorized but switched off, the mes-
sage “Ready for Bluetooth Telephony…”
appears in the multifunction display.

If the mobile phone is authorized but
locked it is not possible to dial and the
message “No Service” appears in the
multifunction display.
Accepting a call
If someone calls you while you are in the
Tel menu, the following message appears
in the multi-function display:
Press s to answer a call.
You can also take a call if you have not se-
lected the “Tel” menu.
Rejecting or ending a call
Press t
You can also not take or end a call if you
have not selected the “Tel” menu.
Tel menu
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.

30 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Dialling a number from the phone book
If your mobile phone is able to receive
calls, you can search for and dial a number
from the phone book in COMAND at any
time.
i You can enter new numbers in the phone
book using COMAND (
page 105)..
Select the “Tel” menu.
The multi-function display shows
“Phone ready”.
Press %, $ or # to call up the
phone book.
Press % or $ to select the name
you are searching for.
The stored names are displayed in al-
phabetical order.
If only one telephone number is stored
for a name: press
s or # to
start dialling.
The message “Connecting call” and the
selected number appear in the multi-
function display. The name also ap-
pears, provided it is stored in the phone
book. The selected number is stored in
the “Calls Dialed” list in COMAND
(
page 97).If a call is connected, the phone book
entry appears in the multi-function dis-
play.
or
If there is more than one number for
a particular name: press
s or
# to display the numbers.
Press % or $ to select the num-
ber you want to dial.
Press s or # to start dialling.
The message Connecting call and the
selected number appear in the multi-
function display. The name also ap-
pears, provided it is stored in the phone
book. The selected number is stored in
the “Calls Dialed” list in COMAND.
If a call is connected, the phone book
entry appears in the multi-function dis-
play.
i To exit the phone book without making acall,
press the t button. “Phone ready” appears
in the multifunction display.
i If you press and hold the % or $ but-
ton for more than one second, the on-board
computer scrolls through the names rapidly. Af-
ter four seconds, the rapid scroll speeds up. The
rapid scroll stops when you release the button or
reach the end of the list.
Redialing
The on-board computer saves the most re-
cently dialled names and numbers from
the mobile phone. This means that you do
not have to search through the entire
phone book.
Select the “Tel” menu.
The multi-function display shows
“Phone ready”.
Press s to go to the most recently
dialled number or name in the “Calls Di-
aled” menu.
Press % or $ to select the num-
ber or name you are looking for.
Press s or # to start dialling.

35 At a glance
Basic functions of COMAND
i The COMAND components can be found on
(
page 14). Operating examples can be found
on (
page 31).
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. for volume setting the æ, ç
buttons, (
page 23).
Press the rotary/push button x.
or
Press the display cover button
The cover opens up and the
COMAND display folds out. A warning
message appears. COMAND opens the
last active menu.
i When COMAND is switched off, playback of
the current audio or video source is also
switched off.
To switch on/off: Press V.
The sound from the active audio or
video source is switched on or off.
i When the sound is switched off, the symbol
X appears in the status line.
If you change the audio or video source or alter
the volume, the sound is automatically switched
on again.
i Announcements from the navigation system
can still be heard with the sound switched off.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off
Press V during the announcement.
i The navigation announcements are
switched on again after restarting route guid-
ance or after switching COMAND off/on using
x.
To set: Turn the rotary/push button
x.
The volume of the selected audio or
video source changes.
Volume of navigation announcements
You can set the volume for navigation an-
nouncements independently of the volume
for the active audio or video source.
During a navigation announcement:
Turn the rotary/push button x.
Setting volume for phone calls
The volume for hands-free operation can
be set during an active phone call.
Turn the rotary/push button x.
Basic functions of COMAND
Switching COMAND on/off
Mute
Setting the volume

40 Audio
Radio
i Information on the COMAND control system
and how to operate it can be found on
(

page 14) and (
page 31).
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $ or % but-
tons, for selecting a station or a menu or scroll-
ing through lists (

page 23).
From the COMAND control unit
Press the X function button.
i Press the button repeatedly to switch wave-
band in the sequence FM, AM, WB (

page 42)
and SatRadio* mode (

page 45). Pressing
again will switch back to FM radio mode.
From the COMAND controller
From another main function
Select “Audio” K “Audio” K “FM / AM
Radio” in the display.
i If radio mode was active last, you only need
to select “Audio”.
Within the audio function
Select “Audio” K “FM / AM Radio”.The radio display appears. The last se-
lected station in the last selected wave-
band is heard.
Display with Audio menu
1Main function line
2Audio menu
3Current audio mode
i You can switch to the various audio modes
in the audio menu:
FM / AM radio mode
SatRadio* mode (
page 45)
CD-/DVD audio/MP3 mode (“Disc” and
“Memory Card” are described together in
this guide), (

page 60)
Music Register (
page 67)
Aux mode (
page 71)Radio display
1Display/selection window with station
or frequency
2Memory preset number
3Name or frequency of selected station
4Sound settings
5WB (Weather band)
6AM radio
7FM radio
8Stored station list
9Radio functions
Radio
Switching to the radio

47 Audio
Satellite radio*
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $ or % but-
tons, for selecting a channel or a menu or scroll-
ing through lists (

page 23).
Switching on
See “Subscribing to satellite radio” for im-
portant subscription information
(

page 46).
From another main function
Select “Audio” K “Audio” K
“SatRadio”.
i If radio mode was active last, you only need
to select “Audio”.
Within the audio function
Select “Audio” K “SatRadio”.
i No Satellite receiver:
The message “No Satellite Radio”
will appear in
a window.
The message will appear at start up or
when the signal is not available.
After the COMAND acquires the signal, the
Satellite radio display will appear. The sta-
tion last tuned to will begin to play.Satellite radio main menu
1SatRadio main display
2Channel name
3Memory preset number
4Selected category/channel number
5Channel info (short)
6Sound settings
7Category list
8Channel info (detailed)
9Preset channel list
aSatRadio menu
i You can display 5 in full:
Channel info (
page 50)
Satellite radio operation

63 Audio
CD audio/DVD audio and MP3
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $ or % but-
tons, for selecting a track or a menu or scrolling
through lists (

page 23).
Selection via track skip
To skip forwards or backwards to a
track: Rotate ymz.
or
Press G or H.
i ‘Forward track skip’ skips to the next track.
‘Backward track skip’ skips to the beginning of
the current track, if the track has been playing
for more than 8 seconds. If the track has been
playing for less than 8 seconds, it will skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
If the playback option “Random Tracks” is
switched on, the track sequence is random.
Selecting via track list
In CD audio/DVD audio mode: Select
“Track” or “Track List”.
or
In MP3 mode: Press n if the display/
selection window is highlighted.The track list appears. The dotRindi-
cates the current track.
To select a track: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.
Press n.
i In MP3 mode the list displays all tracks in al-
phabetical order.
Display/selection window is high-
lighted: Slide and hold omp until the
desired point is reached.
or
Press and hold G or H on the
control unit until the desired point is
reached.
i The function is only available in MP3 mode.
Switch to MP3 mode (
page 60).
Select “Folder”.
or
Press n if the display/selection win-
dow is highlighted.
The folder list appears.
1Back folder symbol
2Current track
3Track symbol
4Current folder name
Selecting tracks
Fast forward/reverse
Selecting folders

85 Telephone
General information
The telephone function via the Bluetooth®
interface is available in conjunction with a
Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone.
With a suitable mobile phone, you can use
COMAND’s hands-free feature and receive
electronic business cards (vCards) via the
Bluetooth
® interface.
Further information on suitable mobile
phones and connecting Bluetooth-enabled
mobile phones to COMAND is available via
the Internet at www.mbusa.com.Interruptions to the connection may occur
if

there is inadequate GSM network cov-
erage in certain regions

you are switching from one GSM trans-
mitting/receiving station (GSM cell) to
another and there is no voice channel
available in this cell

you are using a SIM card that is not
compatible with the available network.

when using a mobile phone with “Twin-
card”, the mobile phone is simulta-
neously logged into the network with
the second SIM card.
If the mobile phone is connected with
COMAND via the Bluetooth
® interface, you
can operate the phone using the following
devices:

COMAND controller and keypad on the
COMAND control unit

Multifunction steering wheel

Voice ControlThe explanations in this section assume
that the mobile phone is connected to CO-
MAND via the Bluetooth
® interface. Excep-
tions are explicitly described.
Under the following circumstances, the
phone may not yet be useable:

If it is not yet logged into a network.
The phone will try independently to log
into a network. If no network is
available, you will not be able to make
“911” emergency calls.
If you try to make an outgoing call, the
message “No Service” appears briefly.
General information
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface
Interruptions to the connection
while driving
Operating options
Functional restrictions

93 Telephone
COMAND phone book
The COMAND phone book is an extract of
entries from the COMAND address book.
All the COMAND address book entries hav-
ing at least one phone number can be
found in the COMAND phone book.
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).
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Select “Name”.
The COMAND phone book is displayed.
COMAND phone book with search speller
1Address book entry
2Calls up options
3Search speller
4Closes phone book
5m symbol for voice tag
Address book entries may have the symbol
5. An additional voice tag is saved with
these entries.
If an address book entry has the symbol
+ then this has more than one phone
number. You can select these subentries
(
page 93).
To close phone book: In the search
speller select the symbol “Back”.
or
Press í.
Selecting via list
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries
Select an address book entry with the
symbol + from the list and press n.
The symbol + changes into / and
the subentries appear.
1Expanded phone book entry
2Phone book entry with subentries
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
COMAND phone book
Opening COMAND phone book
Selecting an entry