2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Address Book

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

109 Telephone
Address book
i The mobile phone must be connected via
the Bluetooth® interface.
Display the details for an entry and
highlight the phone number data field
(
page 107).
Press n.
The phone initiates the call. The display
switches to the phone mode display.
or
Select “Options” K “Call”.
The phone initiates the call.
i You can use this function as soon as you
have saved a destination in the destination mem-
ory (
page 159). COMAND then also saves the
destination in the address book with the com-
plete address data that support navigation.
Search for an address book entry with
the Q symbol (
page 106).
Display the details for an entry and
highlight the address data field
(
page 107).
Press n.
i Pressing n only functions if the address
data field contains complete data that support
navigation. This is indicated by the Q symbol.
or
Select “Options” K “Navigate”.
i “Navigate” can only be selected if the ad-
dress data field contains complete data that sup-
port navigation. This is indicated by the Q
symbol.
1Address that supports navigation
2Opens Enter Destination menu
The Enter Destination menu appears,
the selector bar is located at the menu
item “Start” (
page 135).
Start the route calculation.
Initiating a phone call to an entryStarting navigation to an entry

110 Telephone
Address book
i Voice tags can be entered via Voice Control
System.
Adding or changing voice tag
i You can add one voice tag per address book
entry.
Search for an address book entry with-
out or with a voice tag (m display)
(
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Add” or “Change”.
The process continues by voice com-
mands. The Voice Control System
guides you through the dialogs
(
page 176).
Deleting voice tag
Search for an address book entry with
a voice tag (
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Delete”.
A delete prompt appears.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
COMAND will delete or retain the voice
tag on the basis of the selection.
Listening to voice tag
Search for an address book entry with
a voice tag (
page 106).
Select “Options” K “Voice Name” K
“Listen”.
You will hear the voice tag.You can import vCards from a PCMCIA
card into the address book.
i If there are no vCards stored on the PCMCIA
memory card, “Import External Data” is greyed
out.
Push the PCMCIA memory card into
the slot (
page 57).
The end with the contacts must be
pointing towards the slot.
From the Phone main menu:
Select “Phone” K “Import External Da-
ta”
K “Memory Card” on COMAND.
or from within the Address Book function
Select “Address Book” K “Import Ex-
ternal Data”
K “Memory Card” on CO-
MAND.
Press n.
The data import is started.
Voice tagsImporting vCards from a PCMCIA
card

145 Navigation
POI input
i If “ALL TYPES” is selected in the list, the POI
list contains all the POIs in all subcategories of
the “RESTAURANT” main category that are locat-
ed in the search radius. The list item “OTHER” at
the end of the list contains all the POIs not as-
signed to any subcategory in the “RESTAURANT”
main category that are located in the search ra-
dius.
The selected main category contains no
subcategories:
Selecting it immediately opens the POI list.
The POI list then contains the available
POIs for the main category that are located
in the search radius.
POI list
As an example, the illustration below
shows the POI list for the main category of
“RESTAURANT”, “BREWPUB” subcategory
in the vicinity of the location.1Direction of destination
2Air-line distance to the destination
3Point of interest
4Selected category or subcategoryi The display 1 only appears if you have en-
tered a POI search in the vicinity of the current
position.
The display
2 is not displayed if you have en-
tered a POI within a particular city and have only
entered the state/province and the city.
Depending on the POI category selected,
COMAND uses different reference points when
determining the distance to the destination:

In the vicinity of the location: The distance to
the POI from the current vehicle location.

Local area of destination: The distance to
the POI from the destination entered.
Selecting a POI
Select the desired POI.
The full address of the selected POI is
displayed.
i If the selected POI has a telephone book en-
try, you can make a call to the POI.
1POI with address
2Initiates a call, if available
3Starts route calculation
4Cancels selection
To cancel selection: Press the í
button.
or
Select “Back”.
The POI list appears.


157 Navigation
Destination memory
i There is always an entry in the destination
memory with the name “My Address” at the top
of the list. You can assign your home address, for
example, to this entry. If the “My Address” entry
already contains data that support navigation
(Q symbol), you can select this for route guid-
ance.
Assigning home address for first time
or changing
If necessary switch to navigation mode
and display menu system
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “From Memo-
ry”.
If there are more than 8 entries in the
destination memory, the destination
memory list with predictive speller is
displayed, otherwise the destination
memory list is displayed without
predictive speller (
page 137).
If the list without predictive speller is
displayed, the entry “My Address” is
highlighted automatically.1Entry already contains data that sup-
port navigation Q
2Calls up options
Switching to the destination memory list
without predictive speller
Slide qm repeatedly until the predic-
tive speller disappears.
The entry “My Address” is highlighted
automatically in the list provided you
have not entered any characters in the
predictive speller.
If you have previously entered charac-
ters in the predictive speller:
Rotate ymz or slide qm in the list
until the entry “My Address” is high-
lighted.
or
To assign address for first time:
Press and hold n until the predictive
speller disappears.
The entry “My Address” is highlighted
automatically in the list.
To exit menu: Select “Back”.
How you proceed from here depends
on whether you wish to enter the ad-
dress manually or use an address book
entry that supports navigation as your
home address.
Entering address manually
Switch to the destination memory list
without predictive speller if necessary.
To assign address for first time:
Press n and select “New Entry”.
To change home address: Select
“Options”
K “New Entry”.
In both cases, the Enter Destination
menu appears.
Enter the address. Proceed as de-
scribed for entering a destination in the
“Entering a destination via the ad-
dress” section (
page 126).
Destination memory
Home address


158 Navigation
Destination memory
After entering the address, select
“Save”.
COMAND then saves the entry. A mes-
sage is displayed and then the Enter
Destination menu with the selected ad-
dress. “Start” is highlighted automati-
cally.
Using address book entry as home ad-
dress
Switch to the destination memory list
without predictive speller if necessary
(
page 157).
To assign address for first time:
Press n and select “Assign to Address
Book Entry”.
or
To change home address: Select
“Options”
K “Assign to Address Book
Entry”.
In both cases you will see either the list
or, if there are more than 8 address
book entries, the search menu with
search speller.
Select the desired address book entry.
Proceed as described in the “Searching
for an address book entry” section
(
page 106).
i Under “Assigning a destination to an ad-
dress book entry” on (
page 160) you will find
out how to link address book entries to data that
support navigation.
To confirm selection: Press n.
Address assigned for first time:
COMAND saves the entry. A message is
displayed and then the Enter Destination
menu with the selected address. “Start” is
highlighted automatically.
To change address:
You will be prompted to confirm that you
wish to overwrite the “My Address”.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” COMAND overwrites
the destination. A message is displayed
and then the Enter Destination menu
with the selected address. “Start” is
highlighted automatically.
If you select “No” the list reappears.Selecting home address for route guid-
ance
i If the “My Address” entry already contains
data that support navigation (Q symbol), you
can select this for route guidance.
If the symbol is missing, then first assign a desti-
nation to this entry (
page 157).
If necessary switch to navigation mode
and display menu system
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “From Memo-
ry”.
If there are more than 8 entries in the
destination memory, the destination
memory list with predictive speller is
displayed, otherwise the destination
memory list is displayed without
predictive speller (
page 137).
Destination memory list with
predictive speller: Slide qm repeat-
edly until the list appears without the
speller.
or
Select B
Press n.
Destination memory list without
predictive speller: Press n.

159 Navigation
Destination memory
The Enter Destination menu is dis-
played with the address data for the
home address. “Start” is highlighted
automatically.
Starting route calculation
Press n.
Route guidance begins after the route
has been calculated (
page 148).
i This function also saves the destination to
the address book. COMAND creates an address
book entry there, which contains the complete
address data that support navigation. You can
then select this entry in the address book and
from there start navigation to the address.
After entering the address
After entering the address
(
page 126), select “Save”.
Now you can select memory options.
During route guidance
Display menu system if applicable
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “Save Destina-
tion”.
Now you can select memory options.
Accepting from the last destinations
If necessary switch to navigation mode
and display menu system
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “From Last
Destinations”.
The list of last destinations appears.
To select a destination: Rotate ymz
or slide qmr.
To confirm destination: Press n.
The address of the destination is dis-
played.
Select “Save”.
or
Select destination and then “Options”
K “Save”.
In both cases, you can then select
memory options.
Saving a destination in the destina-
tion memory