2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class key

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


102 Telephone*SMS (Mail)
Press the
Contents
soft key
.
The message text appears;

To return to the SMS inbox press the Back
soft key.

In the SMS inbox
( page
100)
,
use

or

to select the message
to be deleted.

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

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The message is now deleted.

Press the
Back
soft key.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.
Deleting a message
Exiting from the SMS menu

107 Navigation*
Important notes

Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption: Route guidance must be restarted.
Select the destination from the Last destinations
memory
( page
148)
,
or
Re-enter the destination ( page
114)
.
Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.Example: Menu to select a street
You can select a list item using

or

.
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page
soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti
-
vated.
Selection lists

108 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press

.
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.

Use

or

to select a menu item
and press

;
or

Press one of the soft keys.The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance

Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory

Destinations can be selected from the Destination memory
( page
149)
,

Destination entry

Provides access to the Destination en
-
try menu
( page
114)
,

Last destinations

You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
148)
,

POIs

(Points
of Interest)

Provides access to POIs input ( page
152)
. POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi
-
tals, etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid
-
ance is to be cancelled
( page
132)
.
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted
( page
132)
, and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in
-
terruption
( page
106)
.
iDestination memory
and
Last
destinations
can only selected only if
destinations are already stored in the
system.

109 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home
soft key

Provides access to the input of a home
address
( page
113)
.

Mode
soft key

Provides access to the route mode set
-
ting for certain road types to be avoid
-
ed
( page
109)
.

Setting
soft key

Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce
-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)

( page
109)
.
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the
Mode
soft key in the Naviga
-
tion main menu
( page
108)
.
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.

Use

or

to select an option.

Press

.
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.
The following acoustics criteria for naviga
-
tion announcements can be adjusted:
Bass / Treble
( page
110)
.

Balance / Fader
( page
110)
.

Volume
( page
110)
.

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Navi
-
gation main menu
( page
108)
.
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square
= option OFF

Solid square
= option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for

navigation announcements