86 Telephone
Activating the mobile phone
Prerequisites for the mobile phone
For making calls using COMAND via the
Bluetooth
® interface, you will need a Blue-
tooth-enabled mobile phone.
i Not all mobile phones available on the mar-
ket are comparably suitable. Further information
on suitable mobile phones and connecting Blue-
tooth-enabled mobile phones to COMAND is
available via the Internet at www.mbusa.com.
Activating Bluetooth®
Before you begin activation of your mobile
phone connection via the Bluetooth® inter-
face please ensure it is compatible with
Bluetooth
® handsfree profile 1.0
(
mobile phone operating guide)
Switch on the mobile phone and enter
the PIN, if applicable (
mobile phone
operating guide).
Activate Bluetooth® connection on the
mobile phone (
mobile phone operat-
ing guide).
i On certain mobile phones, not only do you
have to activate the Bluetooth® function but the
device must also be made “visible” for other de-
vices.
Each Bluetooth
® device has a Bluetooth® device
name. It is recommended to give the device a
personal name, by which you can clearly recog-
nize your mobile phone.
i If the Bluetooth function on the
COMAND is switched off, the message “Blue-
tooth not activated in system settings.” appears.
Activate Bluetooth® connection on
COMAND (
page 169).
Registering a mobile phone
(authorizing)
When you use your mobile phone in con-
junction with COMAND for the first time,
you must register (authorize) it.
It is possible to register several mobile
phones. The connection is always estab-
lished to the mobile phone that was acti-
vated last. When you authorize a new
mobile phone, it is activated automatically.
You can switch between the authorized
mobile phones (
page 88).Searching for a mobile phone
In the phone submenu select “Phone”
K “Phone List” K “Update”.
COMAND searches for suitable Blue-
tooth
® phones within range and enters
them in the phone list.
i The duration of the search procedure de-
pends on the number and type of Bluetooth®
phones. The search may take a few minutes.
When first entering the device list and be-
fore running an update, the black
dotRindicates the active phone (found
and authorized).
After running an update:
Phone icons 3 indicate if a phone is found
(black) or not (grey).
Activating the mobile phone
Mobile phone with Bluetooth® inter-
face
169 System settings
System settings
General information on Bluetooth®
Bluetooth® is a technology for wireless
data communication over short distances
of up to approx. 30 feet. Using Bluetooth
®
you can exchange business cards (vCards),
for example.
Switching Bluetooth® on/off
Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Bluetooth” K “Activate Bluetooth”.
This switches Bluetooth
® on D or
off C.
Connecting Bluetooth® devices
i In order to connect Bluetooth® devices,
Bluetooth® must be activated on the COMAND
and on the particular device. In addition, a Blue-
tooth
® device must be ‘visible’ for COMAND, so
that COMAND can find it and display it. The pro-
cedure for performing this setting is given in the
manual for the Bluetooth
® device.
The following types of devices can be con-
nected to COMAND via Bluetooth®:
Mobile phone
Portable personal computer
Laptop/PDA
You can connect a maximum of 10 devices
to COMAND.
The connection process includes search-
ing for a device and then authorizing it.
Opening the Bluetooth
® device list and
searching for a device
To open the list: Select “System” K
“System Settings”
K “Bluetooth” K
“Bluetooth Device List”.
To start search: Select “Update”.
COMAND starts searching for devices
in the reception range. After a short
time, the device list appears.
i If you open the device list again, the list of
authorized devices appears.
To cancel search: Select “Cancel”.
The device list may contain the following
devices:
All (available) devices found, regardless
of whether they have been authorized
or not.
All authorized devices, regardless of
whether they have been found (are
available) or not.When first entering the device list and be-
fore running an update, the black
dotRindicates the active phone (found
and authorized).
After running an update:
Phone icons 3 indicate if a phone is found
(black) or not (grey).
The check marks 1 indicate if a phone
has been authorized (black) or not (grey).
If a phone is not in the vehicle but has been
authorized previously, the phone symbol
and the check mark are grey 2.
Bluetooth® settings
