2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Wheel

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

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.

152 Navigation
Route guidance
Once you have reached your destination, a
checkered flag is displayed and route guid-
ance is ended automatically.Route guidance to an off-road destina-
tion
COMAND can also guide you to destina-
tions that are within the area covered by
the digital map, but are not themselves in-
cluded on the map.
Such destinations are off-road destina-
tions, which you can enter, for example, by
entering the destination via the map.
In this case, COMAND guides you on roads
known to the system for as long as possi-
ble using navigation announcements and
route guidance displays.1Off-road destination
2Off-road route segment (dashed line)
3Current vehicle location, tip of the tri-
angle points in the vehicle’s direction
of travel
4Off-road, no road name available
Just before reaching the last known point
on the map, the message “You will enter an
area with unreliable map data in xx miles” is
announced.
When the vehicle is entering the area that
is not covered by the digital map, the
screen is split. On the right half of the
screen an arrow appears that points to the
off-road destination
1 and the system
announces: “Please follow the arrow on the
display”. When the vehicle comes close to
the destination the message “Destination
region reached” is given.
Destination or destination region
reached
Off-road and off-map
G Warning
The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
not be capable of traversing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver’s sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their ap-
propriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consider-
ation by the COMAND system.

177 Voice Control
Overview
The voice control confirms important com-
mands to you and gives you instructions in
the event of incorrect entries.
Command types
Voice control distinguishes between the
following types of command:

Global commands:
These are commands which can be
called up at any time (e.g. help or
phone commands).

Local commands:
These are commands which are only
available for the active application (e.g.
“Enter destination” during navigation).
Active application
The local commands refer to the applica-
tion currently shown on the display and to
the audio source you are currently listen-
ing to.
For example, if you are listening to the ra-
dio while the navigation application is ac-
tive on the display, you can operate both
applications using voice control.To operate a different function using voice
control, you must first switch to that appli-
cation using the corresponding command.
Operation using the multi-function
steering wheel
i You can cancel the dialog with voice control
at any time.
Voice control is operational around half a
minute after COMAND is switched on.
Starting the dialog
Switch on the ignition (see the vehicle
Owner's Manual).
Press the ! button.
An acoustic signal confirms that the di-
alog has been started.
Give a command.
Interrupting the dialog
If a list appears on the display, you can use
the “Pause” command to interrupt the dia-
log. You can then select an entry using the
COMAND controller.
To resume the dialog with voice control,
press the ! button on the multifunction
steering wheel.
1!Activates voice control
2LCancels voice control
3ç Decreases the volume
æ Increases the volume
oMute

180 Voice Control
Phone operation
“Phone”
Use the “Phone” command to select the
phone application. Use this command if
you wish the digits entered to be shown on
the display.
“Help Phone”
Voice control has an extensive help func-
tion. Using the “Help Phone” command,
you can have all the essential commands
for the phone read out (
page 201).
“Enter PIN”
Use the “Enter PIN” command to input the
PIN code (Personal Identification Number)
for your phone. To do this, the phone must
be connected via Bluetooth. When you
have given the command, voice control
prompts you to enter the PIN code.
Say the PIN code in the form of a continu-
ous string of digits or as blocks of digits,
e.g. three to five digits.
Digits 0 to 9 are permitted. Voice control
repeats the digits it recognizes after each
block of digits (with a pause of approxi-mately half a second between each block
of digits) and waits for you to continue
speaking.
Example of dialog:
sEnter PIN
tPlease say the PIN code
sZero one three three
tZero one three three
sOkay
! The card is blocked if you enter the wrong
code three times in a row. Use the PUK (personal
unblocking key) to unblock the card.
You can only enter the unblocking code via
the phone keypad – see the phone operat-
ing instructions.
“Dial number”
You can use the “Dial number” command
to dial a phone number.
The digits 0 - 9 and the word “Plus” are per-
mitted.
“Plus” replaces the international dialing
code, e.g. “00”.
Say the phone number in the form of a con-
tinuous string of digits or as blocks of dig-
its, e.g. three to five digits.Voice control repeats the digits it recogniz-
es after each block of digits (with a pause
of about half a second between each block
of digits) and waits for you to continue
speaking.
Example of dialog:
sDial number
tPlease say the number
sZero one three zero
tZero one three three
sFive zero zero five
tFive zero zero five
sOkay
tDialing number.
i You can also dial the specified number if you
press the s button on the multi-function
steering wheel instead of the concluding com-
mand “Okay”.
Commands

184 Voice Control
Navigation
You can use voice control to:

enter a state

enter a province

enter a city

enter a district (center)

enter a street

enter a house number

enter an entire address

enter a zip code

find address

enter a point of interest

select one of your previous destina-
tions

call up route information

store a destination

display the map

enlarge/reduce the size of the map

listen to the destination memory

start and stop route guidance

switch the guidance instructions on
and off
To select the navigation application
press the ! button on the multi-
function steering wheel.
Give the “Navigation” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the navigation commands
explained below.
You cannot start the route guidance until
all the necessary address data has been
entered.
“Help navigation”/“Help”
Using the “Help navigation” command, you
can have all the essential commands for
the navigation system read out.
i If voice control fails to recognize your entry,
it is advisable to spell the name of the town and
street. Spell names of towns and streets when
abroad.
The system guides you completely through
the dialog to route guidance. As soon as a
valid address is entered (at least the town),
you can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start the route guidance.
“Enter state”/“Enter province”
You can use the “Enter state”/“Enter pro-
vince” command to change the state or
province setting of the navigation system.
Example of dialog:
sEnter state
tPlease enter the name of the state.
uThe system shows a numbered list
of possible state names on the dis-
play. If there is only one entry on
the list, voice control asks if it is
correct.
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
Operation
Commands
Entering an address

191 Voice Control
Address book
“
The address book gives you the option of
storing information about people in the
form of entries.
Using voice control, you can dial a phone
number stored in the address book or start
route guidance for a stored address.
Apart from the speaker-dependent voice
tags stored in the address book, voice con-
trol can recognize all the entries in the
name fields of the address book. Recogni-
tion of the entries in the address book de-pends on the text that was entered. To
make a call you must say the text of the en-
try.
Check the address book entries for the fol-
lowing:

The name entries, e.g. last name and
first name, are in the right fields.

Do not use abbreviations or acronyms.

Avoid unnecessary spaces in names.

Do not use special characters.
You can improve voice recognition by sav-
ing a speaker-dependent voice tag for ad-
dress book entries.
Use a speaker-dependent voice tag:

for names which are difficult to pro-
nounce

to distinguish names which sound sim-
ilar

for names which are not pronounced as
they are written
Voice control can store up to 50 of these
address book entries by means of a speak-
er-dependent voice tag.You can use voice control at any time to:

save a name

select a name

delete a name

list the address book

delete the address book

open the address book

open an entry from the address book

list the phone book

list the destination memory
To open the address book: press the
! button on the multi-function
steering wheel.
Give the “Address book” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the address book com-
mands explained below.
Address book
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the address book functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
Overview
Operation