2008 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class display

94 Telephone*Telephone operationSelecting an entry from the list of di
-
aled calls COMAND automatically creates a list of di
-
aled calls. This list can contain 10 entries
max. The list is sorted chronologically, the
last dialed call is displayed at the top of the
list. On the COMAND control unitOpening the list: 
Press the
Dialed
# soft key in the Tele
-
phone main menu
( page
89)
.
The list appears.
Switching between number and names: 
Press the
123
soft key.
This switches the list to number dis
-
play.If a name in the phonebook is stored
with the number of the highlighted call
it is shown in the status bar.

Press the
ABC
soft key.
This switches the list to name display.

The number in the phone book that be
-
longs to the highlighted name is shown
in the status bar.
Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection: 
Use

or

to select the desired
entry.

Press
0
.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
On the multifunction steering wheel Opening the list: 
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
25)
.

Press
s once.
The last dialed call is displayed on the
multifunction display.
Dialed callsiIf no calls have been placed yet the Dialed
# soft is shaded out and with
-
out function.
iIf you press
s twice, the telephone
will immediately establish a connection
with the phone number dialed last.

95 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Selecting a list entry and establishing the
connection: 
Press
j or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown on the mul
-
tifunction display.

Press
s
.
The telephone initiates the call to the
selected number.
On the cellular phone, telephone numbers
can be stored in a speed dial memory
( Telephone Operation Guide).

You can retrieve the entries of the speed
dial memory via COMAND.
Open the Telephone main menu ( page
89)
.

Press a number key between
3
and
!
and hold it for more than approx.

2 seconds.The telephone establishes the connec
-
tion with the stored number.
The call is activated the moment the other
party answers the call. The call display ap
-
pears. The duration of the call is displayed
in the status bar.On the multifunction steering wheel a call
screen is displayed if the multifunction dis
-
play in the instrument cluster is switched
to Telephone main display
( page
26)
.
The following functions are available dur
-
ing a call:
Ending the active call
( page
95)

Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF
( page
96)

Transmitting number sequences ( page
96)
Ending the active call On the COMAND control unit
Press
/
.
Speed dial
Active call

96 Telephone*Telephone operationOn the multifunction steering wheel
Press
t
.
Switching the hands-free microphone
ON/OFF The soft key
Mic
Off
shows the status of
the microphone.
Microphone OFF: soft key = Microphone ON: soft key = 
Press the
Mic
Off
soft key.
This switches the microphone OFF or
ON. The display of the soft key changes
accordingly.

The other party cannot hear you if the
microphone is switched OFF; however,
you can hear the other party.
Transmitting number sequences Answering machines or other devices
could possibly be controlled through num
-
ber sequences (e.g. remote query func
-
tions). 
With an open connection, press one of
the appropriate number keys
"
- !

for each digit.
You can also transmit the
characters
2
and
$
(#).
The phone book contains all entries of the
cellular phone memory.
iIf a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.

97 Telephone*
Phone book


Phone book
On the COMAND control unit
Press the
soft key in the Telephone
main menu
( page
89)
.
The Phone Book menu appears on the
display. The first list entry is highlighted
automatically.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
26)
.

Press
j or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display; scroll up or down
as required.
Phone Book menu An example for the Phone Book menu is
shown above. It shows a list of the phone
book entries whose names start with the
letter
B. Displayed in the status bar is the
number of the highlighted name, in this ex
-
ample
18005551212
.
The following options are now available:
Switching between number and
name
( page
98)
.

Selecting a phone book entry and est
-
sablishing a connection
( page
98)
.
Opening the phone bookiIf no numbers are stored in the phone
book, the soft key
is shaded out
and without function.
iVarious icons may be assigned to the
phone numbers, depending on the en
-
try made on the telephone:
Home number

Work number

Fax number

Main number

Mobile number

Pager number
In the instrument cluster the name of
the category assigned to the phone
number, e.g.
Home
, appears in the multi
-
function display.


98 Telephone*Phone book
Adding spoken names to a phone book
entry
( page
99)
. This option is only
available for vehicles with voice control
system*.

Deleting a phone book entry ( page
99)
.
Switching between number and name
Open the phone book from COMAND ( page
97)
.

Press the
123
soft key.
This switches the display to number
display. The name of the highlighted
entry is shown in the status bar;
or
Press the
ABC
soft key.
This switches the display to name dis
-
play. The number of the highlighted en
-
try is shown in the status bar.
On the COMAND control unit
Open the phone book
( page
97)
.
A list of phone book entries appears,
beginning with a specific first letter (ini
-
tial).
Changing initials
Press

or

once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down. At the end of the list of letters is the
category
Other
. This category com
-
bines all entries without a name, or en
-
tries whose names start with a special
character (e.g.
* or
#).
Selecting an entry
If necessary, change the initial letter ( page
98)
.

Select an entry using

or

.
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel
-
erates.
Establishing a connection
Press
0
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the appropriate number.
On the multifunction steering wheel 
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
89)
.

Press
j or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi
-
function display.
Selecting a phone book entry and es
-
tablishing a connection

99 Telephone*
Phone book

Press
s
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
If your vehicle is equipped with voice con
-
trol system* you can add up to 20 spoken
names to each phone book entry. Via the voice control system* you can dial
a number by speaking the name.

( Voice control system* Operator's man
-
ual). 
Select a phone book entry
( page
98)
.

Press the
New
soft key.
The voice control system* prompts you
to speak a name.

Speak the name.The voice control system* prompts you
to speak the name again.

Repeat the name.The name is stored.

Select the phone book entry to be de
-
leted from COMAND
( page
98)
.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
The delete prompt is displayed.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The entry is deleted.
Adding spoken names to a phone
book entry
Deleting a phone book entry

100 Telephone*SMS (Mail)SMS messages can be received if your ve
-
hicle is equipped with a telephone and
SMS messaging is available from your car
-
rier.Received messages are saved in the folder
SMS inbox.
Open the Telephone main menu ( page
89)
.

Press the
SMS
soft key.
The folder SMS inbox appears.
The SMS inbox shows the list of re
-
ceived messages. The list is sorted
chronologically, the last message re
-
ceived is displayed at the top of the list.The corresponding date and time ap
-
pears in the status bar when the select
-
ed message has been received.

Use

or

to select another mes
-
sage.
iIncoming new messages are indicated
by the
symbol in the status bar.

Symbol
appears in the status bar if
the SMS memory is full.In addition, a corresponding message
is displayed when the folder is opened.SMS inbox
iIf no SMS messages have been re
-
ceived the
SMS
soft key is without func
-
tion and therefore shaded out.

101 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox offers the following op
-
tions:
Switching between subject and sender.

Reading a message
( page
101)
.

Deleting a message
( page
102)
.
Switching between subject and sender The SMS messages can be displayed with
the sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox ( page
100)
you can either see the
Subject
soft key or the
Sender
soft key.

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
texts appears;
or

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).

In the SMS inbox
( page
100)
,
use

or

to select a message.

Press

.
The message text appears.

To scroll through the message text,
press

or

as required.
Switching between content and sender You can either see the
Sender
soft key or
the
Contents
soft key.

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears.
or
iThe
symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
iThe sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.The sender’s name only appears if, in
addition, the number and the name are
stored in the phone book
( page
97)
.
Reading a message