2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class phone

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“Find entry”
You can use the “Find entry” command to
open any address book entry.
Example of dialog:
sFind entry
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
in the display.
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
The system opens the first entry on
the list.
If the selected entry contains at
least one phone number or an ad-
dress, voice control asks whether
you want to dial the number or nav-
igate to the stored address.“Spell entry”
You can use the “Spell entry” command to
open any address book entry by spelling
the name.
Say the letters in the form of a continuous
string of letters (five to seven letters).
A list of possible entries will appear in the
display and you can choose the one you re-
quire.
Example of dialog:
sSpell entry
tPlease spell the name.
sS-M-I-T-H
uThe system shows a numbered list
in the display.
tPlease select a line number.
sNumber four
tNumber four accepted
The system opens the fourth entry
on the list.
If the selected entry contains at
least one phone number or an ad-
dress, voice control asks whether
you want to dial the number or
navigate to the stored address.i You can use the “Next page” or “Previous
page” commands to scroll through the list. You
can use the “Correction” command to spell the
name again.

200 Voice Control
Command list
In the Command list section, you will find
all the main commands for operating voice
control. The commands available to you
depend on the vehicle’s equipment.
i Some functions have several voice com-
mands to facilitate operation. These are grouped
together between the separator lines in the list
and can be used interchangeably.
Command list
General commands

Yes

Correct

Okay

Cancel

No

Pause

Address book

MP3

CD changer

CD

Navigation

Route guidance

Nav

DVD video

DVD audio

Radio

Satellite radio / Sirius*

Phone

Messages

Video

Correction

Wrong

Incorrect

Help

Help functions

Help devices

Help voice control [system]

Help voice control/voice control help

General help

0 - 9

Letters of the alphabet

Continue

Go forward

Next page

Previous page

Go back

Back

Help radio

Help phone/help telephone

Help address book

Help CD changer

Help DVD

Help DVD changer

Help DVD audio

Help DVD audio changer

Help MP3

Help MP3 changer

Help navigation

Help route guidance

Help nav

201 Voice Control
Command list
Phone commands

Phone

Telephone on/phone on

Save

Save PIN/PIN code

Save name

Save number

Save phone number

Dial PIN

Dial PIN code

Dial PIN number

Dial number

Dial phone number

Confirm

Confirm PIN

Confirm PIN code

Confirm PIN number

Confirm number

Confirm phone number

Enter PIN

Enter PIN code

Enter PIN number

List phone book

Read out phone book

Redial

Redial last number

Redial last phone number

Correction

Incorrect

Wrong PIN

Wrong PIN code

Wrong PIN number

Wrong number

Wrong phone number

Delete

Delete PIN

Delete PIN code

Delete PIN number

Delete name

Delete phone number

203 Voice Control
Command list

Cancel route guidance/navigation/
nav/destination guidance

Exit route guidance/navigation/nav/
destination guidance

Stop route guidance/navigation/
nav/destination guidance

Terminate route guidance/naviga-
tion/nav/destination guidance

Next gas station

Next Mercedes-Benz Service

Next workshop

Next MB service

Next hospital

Next car park

Next restaurant
Address book commands

Address book

List address book

Read out/play address book

Delete address book

Spell entry

Spell name

Find entry

Delete name

List destination memory

Read out/play destination memory



car

car phone

landline

landline phone

landline phone

mobile

mobile phone

mobile phone

work

home

Work

Office

Company/business

Car

Car phone

Landline

Landline phone

Landline phone

Mobile

Mobile phone

Work car

Work car phone

Car phone work/office/business/
company

Work/office/business/company/
landline

Work/office/business/company/
landline telephone/phone

Landline telephone/phone work/of-
fice/business/company

204 Voice Control
Command list

Work/office/business/company/
mobile

Work/office/business/company/
phone

Mobile phone work/office/business/
company

Home

Home car

Home car phone

Car phone home

Home landline

Home landline telephone/phone

Landline telephone/phone home

Home mobile

Home mobile phone

Mobile phone home

Dial name

Save name

Save number

Save telephone/phone number

Accept

Accept PIN

Accept name

Accept phone number

Okay

Finished

<1> - <6>

Select 1 - select 6

Number 1 - number 6
Audio and video commands

Audio
Radio

Radio on

87 7 megahertz - 107 9 megahertz

87 point 7 to 107 point 9

87 point 7 megahertz to 107 point 9
megahertz

Frequency 87 7 - frequency 107 9

Frequency 87 point 7 - frequency 107
point 9

Frequency 87 point 7 megahertz - fre-
quency 107 point 9 megahertz

FM

AM

Weatherband

Next station

Other station

Station search

Station

Delete station

211 Voice Control
Troubleshooting
Voice control has a comprehensive help
function to assist the user.
The voice control help function provides:

general information about how best to
operate voice control

a list of the possible commands
“Help voice control”
You can use the “Help voice control” com-
mand to obtain information about how
best to operate voice control.
“Help”
If you press the ! button and say the
command “Help”, you will receive help for
the application currently selected.
If you select the “Help” command during a
voice dialog, for example after the “Dial
number” command, you will receive help
explaining how the dialog continues.
You can also request the help function for
a specific system, for example with the
“Help phone” command.
If you have activated the help window, you
will see a selection of the possible com-
mands on the display (
page 167).
Help function

213 Technical terminology
AAC
(A
dvanced Audio Coding)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses. Based on
the MPEG2 standard.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per unit time.
Bluetooth
®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
Writeable ->CD-ROM.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
CD which can be read, written and de-
leted.CD text
CD text is an extension of an audio CD,
which contains text information such
as title, artist and name of the individu-
al pieces of music.
->COMAND displays
this information on the corresponding
screens if the selected audio CD con-
tains this information.
COMAND control system
(Co
ckpit Management and Data
System)
Central information and operating unit
for various vehicle functions, such as
radio, DVD changer and other equip-
ment, such as telephone, navigation
system.
Dolby Digital
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.
DTMF
(D
ual Tone Multi-Frequency)
DTMF tones control answering machi-
nes or other devices, e. g. for remote
queries.
DTS
(D
igital Theater Sound)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format
for storing large data volumes, e.g.
films.
DVD+R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD+RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
DVD-R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD-RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
Geo-coordinates
Indicate the geographical position of a
location on the earth's surface.

214 Technical terminology
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.
Gracenote Media Database
Media database that is stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive.
Gracenote
® music recognition techno-
logy
Music recognition software that is
stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive. If
the selected audio CD does not contain
any
->CD text, ->COMAND can
recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Kilobyte
Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.
LOGIC7
®
Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7
® cre-
ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.
MLP
(M
eridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
Multisession
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
Music Register
Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.
Notebook
Portable personal computer (PC).
NTSC
(N
ational Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.