2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Telephone

99 Telephone
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.

100 Telephone
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

102 Telephone
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.

104 Telephone
Address book
C
The entries of the address book can be
used for making phone calls and naviga-
tion destination entries.
i You should delete your personal data before
selling your vehicle, using the Reset function
(
page 171).
From another main function
Select “Phone” K “Phone” K
“Address Book”.
i If the address book was the last function
open in the phone function, you only need to se-
lect “Phone”.
Within the phone function
Select “Phone” K “Address Book”.
The address book main display ap-
pears.
Address book with address book entry i
and data that support navigation Q
i An address book entry may contain up to
five phone numbers and both a private and busi-
ness address.
Rotate ymz or slide omp if the dis-
play/selection window is active.
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 COMAND 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 injured.
General information
Opening the address book
Submenu overview for address book
Address bookSearching
Receiving
business cards
Import External
dataSearching for an
address book entry
NewDeleting
Creating a new ad-
dress book entryDeleting an ad-
dress book entry
Selecting entry in the address book

105 Telephone
Address book
i You can create address data directly in the
address book. If you save phone numbers in the
COMAND phone book, these are saved in the ad-
dress book. When you save a navigation destina-
tion, COMAND creates an address book entry
containing the complete address data that sup-
port navigation.
Open the address book (page 104)
and select “New”.
The input menu with the data fields and
the speller appears.
Input menu with data fields
1Selected data field with cursor
2Speller
Switching data field
Slide qm repeatedly until the predic-
tive speller is hidden.
Then slideqmr and press n to select
a data field.
or
Select [ or ] in the speller.
The input menu indicates the selected
data field.
Entering data into a field
Select all the characters one after the
other in the predictive speller 2.
i The predictive speller provides the charac-
ters corresponding 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.
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.
Deleting
To delete an individual character:
Select õ and briefly press n.
or
Press 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 until the entire en-
try has been deleted.
Creating a new address book entry

106 Telephone
Address book
Cancelling an entry
Select A.
If one of the data fields contains new
data, you will be prompted to confirm
whether you wish to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will be saved or discarded
on the basis of the selection.
Saving entry
Select B.
The address book displays the entry.
Open the address book (page 104)
and select “Search”.
If there are more than eight entries, the
search menu with the search speller
appears.
Search menu with search speller
1i symbol for address book entry
2Q symbol for complete address data
from navigation
3m symbol for voice tag
4Search speller
Entries without symbols or with the sym-
bols 1 and 3 are just address book en-
tries. A voice tag has additionally been
saved for entries with the symbol 3. En-
tries with the symbol 2 contain complete address data from the navigation system,
which support navigation and are covered
by the digital map data. You can quickly
start route guidance to this kind of entry
(
page 109).
Switching from search speller to the
list
Slide qm repeatedly or press and hold
n until the search speller is displayed.
or
Select B.
Switching from the list to the search
speller
Select A from the list.
Searching for an address book entry