2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Address Book

Content
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching to Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . 71
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DVD video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic picture switch-off. . . . . . 74
Notes on storage media . . . . . . . . . 74
Notes on the care of discs . . . . . . . 74
DVD playback conditions . . . . . . . . 75
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 75
Loading DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ejecting DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching to DVD video . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying/hiding control menu . . . 77
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selecting DVD media . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Subtitles and camera angle . . . . . . 82
Interactive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Interruptions to the connection while
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operating options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 85
Activating the mobile phone . . . . . . . . . 86
Mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting transmit and receive
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
“911” emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
COMAND phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening COMAND phone book . . . 93
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Initiating call to an entry . . . . . . . . . 94
Creating a new entry. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Adding phone number to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Call lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Initiating an outgoing call . . . . . . . 101
Functions during a single call . . . . 102
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening the address book . . . . . . 104
Submenu overview for
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selecting entry in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Creating a new address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Searching for an address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Displaying details for an
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Initiating a phone call to an entry . 109
Starting navigation to an entry . . . 109
Voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Content
Emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Voice Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Operating Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Symbols only used in this chapter 176
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Phone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Radio and Satellite Radio* . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
DVD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
External equipment (AUX) . . . . . . . . . 199 Audio aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Command list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
General commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Phone commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Navigation commands . . . . . . . . . 202
Address book commands . . . . . . . 203
Audio and video commands . . . . . 204
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Satellite Radio* (SIRIUS). . . . . . . . 205
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
DVD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Help function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Technical terminology. . . . . . . . . . . 213
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

7
Where to find it
Introduction
This operating guide has been designed to
help you use your COMAND control unit in
all situations. Each chapter has its own col-
or code in order to make it easier to find in-
formation.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of the com-
ponents of COMAND. Then you will find ex-
amples illustrating how to operate
COMAND and information on the basic
functions. If you are operating a COMAND
for the first time or have rented the vehicle,
you should first read this chapter.
Audio
Here you will find all information regarding
the audio function and its radio, SatRadio*,
CD-audio/DVD audio/MP3, music register
and audio aux modes.
Video
Here you will find all information regarding
the video system.
Telephone
The telephone functions are described
here. You will also find information on the
address book.
Navigation
Here you will find detailed information re-
garding the following topics:

Setting options for the map display and
the route calculation

Destination input

POI input

Route guidance

Destination memory
System settings
Here you will find all the important infor-
mation regarding the system settings of
the COMAND.
Furthermore, you will find here basic infor-
mation about TeleAid* (SOS, Roadside as-
sistance and Information calls).
Voice Control
Here you will find information about oper-
ating several COMAND functions via Voice
Control.
Indexes
The technical terminology glossary ex-
plains the most important technical terms.
Content and keyword indexes are intended
to help you find information quickly.
Where to find it

14 At a glance
COMAND control system
COMAND comprises

the COMAND display

the COMAND control unit with DVD
changer

the COMAND controller with the Back
and Clear button
With COMAND you can operate the follow-
ing main functions:

the navigation system

the audio function with the
radio, SatRadio*, disc (CD audio, DVD
audio or MP3 mode),
PCMCIA memory card (MP3 mode),
Music Register and Audio Aux operat-
ing modes

the telephone and the address book
function

DVD video

the system functions
COMAND control systemFunctionPage
1COMAND display15
2Tilting and folding COMAND
display
16
3COMAND control unit with
DVD changer
17
4COMAND controller20
5Clear button (CLR)22
6Back button22
COMAND components

16 At a glance
COMAND control system
Main Function menu items
The table below illustrates the structure of the main functions and the associated menu items.
NaviAudioPhoneVideoSystem
Map DisplayFM / AM RadioPhone(Resumes playback if
DVD video is loaded in
changer)(Main function display
appears)
ModeSatRadio*Address Book
Block AreaDisc
Information On MapMemory Card (MP3 mode)
D Highway InformationMusic Register
Aux

83 Telephone
General information ......................85
Activating the mobile phone ........86
Submenu overview .......................91
COMAND phone book ...................93
Call lists ..........................................97
Making calls ................................ 101
Address book .............................. 104

88 Telephone
Activating the mobile phone
COMAND’s Bluetooth® device name is
“MB Bluetooth”.
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List” K “Update” K
“Options”
K “External Authorization”.
Start Bluetooth® search procedure on
the mobile phone (
mobile phone op-
erating guide).
Select COMAND (“MB Bluetooth”) from
the device list on your mobile phone.
When prompted to do so, enter the
passcode on the mobile phone and on
COMAND.
Displaying details on a mobile phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List”.
Select the mobile phone from the list.
Select “Options” K “Details”.
The details screen for the device is dis-
played.
To close details screen: Rotate ymz,
slide qmr or omp or press n.Deregistering (de-authorizing) a mobile
phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List”.
Select the authorized mobile phone.
Select “Options” K “De-Authorize”.
You will be asked whether the device
should really be de-authorized.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, the authorization of
the device is withdrawn.
i If the authorization of a device, which had
been authorized in the past, has been withdrawn
and it is no longer found in the search, the device
list no longer includes this device.
Activating another mobile phone
If you have authorized several mobile
phones, you can switch between the indi-
vidual mobile phones.
When you authorize a new mobile phone, it
is activated automatically. Only one mobile
phone is active at a time.
Select “Phone” K “Phone List”.
Select the mobile phone from the list.
Press n.
The selected mobile phone is activated
if the selected mobile is within recep-
tion range and its Bluetooth
® function
is switched on. Any previously activat-
ed phone is deactivated.
Receiving business cards
You can import business cards (vCards)
into the address book from external Blue-
tooth
® devices. Please note the following:

Bluetooth® must be activated
(
page 169)
i If the “Bluetooth” function on the
COMAND is switched off, the message “Blue-
tooth not activated in system settings.” appears.

89 Telephone
Activating the mobile phone

The external device can send vCards
via Bluetooth®.

The external device in the vehicle is
switched on and authorized
(
page 86).
If the phone main menu is displayed se-
lect “Phone”
K “Receive Business
Cards”.
or
If the address book is displayed, select
“Address Book”
K “Receive Business
Cards”.
To import: Start the data transfer on
the external device (
operating guide
for the relevant device).
The COMAND imports the data for the
business cards and displays the num-
ber of business cards received.
To end reception: Press n.
or
Press the í button.
i You can also receive business cards via the
PCMCIA memory card. To do this, the business
cards must be stored in the main directory of the
PCMCIA memory card. Load PCMCIA memory
card (
page 110).
i These settings should normally not be
changed as the factory settings are matched to
most mobile phones.
i Changes may result in significant impair-
ments to the transmission quality. These set-
tings may not be changed during an active phone
call.
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List”.
Select an authorized mobile phone
from the list.
Select “Options” K “Reception Volu-
me” or “Transmission Volume”.
i Reception volume and Transmission only ap-
pear for authorized devices.
1Volume bar
To set the volume: Rotate ymz or
slide qmr.
The volume bar moves up or down.
To confirm selection: Press n or
slide om.
Setting transmit and receive volume