2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Control

96 Telephone
COMAND phone book
Select the phone book entry
(
page 104).
Select “Options” K “Add Phone No.”.
Select a number category, e. g.
“Home”.
Select a phone category, e. g.
“Mobile Phone”.
Select “Save”.
If five numbers are saved for the entry
in the selected number category, you
will be prompted to confirm whether
you wish to overwrite one of the exist-
ing numbers.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes” a selection list
appears containing the existing five
numbers.
Select the number to be overwritten.
The input menu appears with the data
field for entering the new phone num-
ber appears.
To enter digits: Select all the digits
one after the other in the predictive
speller or using the number keypad.
To move the cursor in the data field:
Select Y or Z.
To delete individual digits: Select
õ and briefly press n.
or
Press the î button next to the
COMAND controller.
The digit to the left of the cursor is de-
leted.
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 entry has
been deleted.
To save entry: Select B.
Adding phone number to a phone
book 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

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.

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.

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

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