2008 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Phone

158 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*From the Bluetooth
® headset to the
hands-free system
On most Bluetooth
® headsets, you press
the PTT button on the headset twice quick-
ly to transfer the call (see headset operat-
ing instructions).
From the hands-free system to the mo-
bile phone

If the mobile phone has a folding up-
per section: Flip upper section open.

Take mobile phone out of cradle.
The “No telephone inserted” message
appears on the COMAND display. Sub-
sequent operation is only possible us-
ing the mobile phone.From the mobile phone to the
hands-free system

Insert mobile phone into cradle.
Once the call has been transferred to
the hands-free feature, all the functions
will be available to you which are de-
scribed in the “Functions during a sin-
gle-call connection” section
(page 155).
COMAND phone book
The COMAND phone book contains both
the COMAND address book entries and
mobile phone entries that have at least
one telephone number.
The COMAND address book entries are
permanently available even when a mobile
phone is not inserted in the cradle.
When the mobile phone is inserted in the
cradle, COMAND will read the phone book
entries in the mobile phone and compares
them with the COMAND address book en-
tries.

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COMAND telephone*
If any of the telephone numbers of a phone
book entry in the mobile phone are the
same as an address book entry, COMAND
will only display the address book entry.
If the entries are not the same, the CO-
MAND phone book will show the phone
book entry in the mobile phone.
Calling up the COMAND phone book
Select “Telephone”
“Name”.
The COMAND phone book appears.
Illustration: a phone book with name dis-
play and smart speller activated1Category symbol
2Upper entry from address book (with-
out category symbol)
3Symbol + for several telephone num-
bers (subentries) under the main entry
4Symbol for summarized entries
from the mobile phone with the same
name but different telephone numbers
5Smart speller
6Voice entry symbol
7To close the phone bookEntries with category symbol 1 come
from the mobile phone. The following cate-
gory symbols are possible:


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category or for
unknown category or for phone entries
that are saved on the SIM card of a
GSM mobile phone
Entries without a category symbol or with
the symbol come from the COMAND
address book.
Entries with the symbol contain a voice
entry. Voice entries can be added to the
address book (
page 167). This function
is available in vehicles with Voice Control.

160 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*Switching between the smart speller
and the list
Switching from the smart speller to
the list: Slide mq repeatedly or press
n until the smart speller is hidden.
or

Rotate ymz or slide omp and
select?.
The smart speller is hidden.
Illustration: list of phone book entries with
name display and hidden smart speller1Back to smart speller
2To switch phone book display (“123” or
“ABC”)
3Symbol + for several telephone num-
bers (subentries) under the main entry,
subentry list is closed
4To call up options
5Symbol / for open subentry list
6List of phone book entries
7Subentry list with category symbols
and telephone numbers

Switching from the list to the smart
speller: Select “Back” from the list.
or

Press back button L in the center
console (
page 88).

Changing phone book display in the
list: Select “123” or “ABC”.
The screen changes to telephone num-
ber or name display.
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The following options are available under
“Options” menu item 4:


Displaying details about an entry
(page 162)


Creating a new entry in the address book
(page 162)


Deleting an entry (
page 164)


Saving a phone book entry from mobile
phone in the address book (
page 164)


Adding a telephone number to an address
book entry (
page 166)

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COMAND telephone*
Closing the COMAND phone book
In the smart speller, select “Back”.
or

Press back button L in the center
console (
page 88).
Selecting an entry in the COMAND
phone book
Selecting entries using the smart speller

Switch from the list to the smart speller
if necessary.

Changing smart speller language:
Select !.

Select desired language.

Changing smart speller character
set: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, you
will change to letters with special char-
acters or to numbers with special char-
acters.

Entering characters: Select the char-
acters of the entry you are searching
for one by one.

Deleting individual characters: Se-
lect ) and briefly press n.
Each time you enter or delete a charac-
ter, the closest match will be displayed
at the top of the list.

Deleting an entire entry: Select )
and press and hold n until the entry is
deleted.

Canceling search: Switch from the
smart speller to the list.
The entry at the top of the list is auto-
matically highlighted.Selecting using the list

If necessary, switch from the smart
speller to the list.

Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries

Select an entry with the + symbol and
press n.
The + symbol changes to / and the
subentries are displayed.

Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.

162 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*Displaying details of an entry
COMAND can also show a shortened entry
in its entirety. For entries featuring suben-
tries, the detailed view is only available for
the subentries and not for the main entry.
Select entry (
page 161).

Select “Options”
“Details”.
The detailed view appears.

Closing detailed view: Slide qmr or
omp or press n or back button L
in the center console (
page 88).Starting to dial the number of an entry

Select entry (
page 161).

Press n.
or

Press s on the telephone keypad.
A list appears if the entry contains sub-
entries.
Select desired subentry.

Press n again.
or

Press s on the telephone key-
pad.Assigning a New Entry in the Address
Book

Select “Options”
“New Entry” in the
COMAND phone book list.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields.
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This function is used to create a new entry in
the address book and to enter the data (first
name, last name and telephone number) manu-
ally.

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COMAND telephone*
1Data field
2Input mark (cursor)
3Input characters
Changing data field: Slide qmr re-
peatedly until desired data field is high-
lighted.
or

Select [ or ] repeatedly until de-
sired data field is highlighted.

Entering data into a field: Select all
characters one by one from the input
characters line 3.

Toggling upper and lower case for
the input characters: Select & or
(.

Changing language for the input
characters: Select !.

Select desired language.

Changing character set for the input
characters: Select #.
Depending on the previous setting, you
will change to letters with special char-
acters or to numbers with special char-
acters.

Displaying special characters as in-
put characters: Select !
“Sym-
bols”.

Returning input characters to nor-
mal characters: Select !
the
desired language.

Moving cursor in the data field:
SelectY or Z.

Deleting individual characters:
Select) and briefly press n.
The character to the left of the cursor is
deleted.

Deleting an entire entry: Select )
and press and hold n until the entry is
deleted.

Saving an entry: Select ?.

Canceling an entry: Select “Back”.
If one of the data fields contains data, a
prompt will appear asking whether you
want to save the entry.
Select “Yes” or “No”.
The entry will either be saved or
not, depending on your selection.

164 Control systemsCOMAND telephone*Deleting an entry
The deletion rules may vary, depending on
the entry selected:

Upper entry selected from the address
book:
the entry is deleted from the COMAND
phone book and also from the address
book, if the address book entry only
contains telephone numbers.


Subentry of an address book entry se-
lected:
the subentry is deleted from the
COMAND phone book and from the ad-
dress book.

Deleting: Select entry (
page 161).

Select “Options”
“Delete”.
A prompt appears asking whether the
entry should be deleted.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
Once “Yes” has been selected, the en-
try will be deleted according to the
rules mentioned above.
Saving a phone book entry from the
mobile phone in the address book
Saving as a new address book entry

Select phone book entry from mobile
phone (
page 161).

Select “Options”
“Save”
“New En-
try”.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields. The data field for the telephone
number is filled in automatically. The
data field for the last name is also filled
when the entry to be saved contains a
name.
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It is not possible to delete a phone book en-
try from the mobile phone using the COMAND
phone book.
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This function is used to save an existing
phone book entry from the mobile phone in the
address book. The following options are avail-
able:


Saving as a new address book entry


Adding a telephone number to an existing
address book entry
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All entries with the following category sym-
bols are phone book entries in the mobile phone.


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category

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COMAND telephone*
1Data field
2Input mark (cursor)
3Input characters
Proceed as described in the “Changing
data field” paragraph in the “Creating
an new address book entry” section
(page 168).Adding a telephone number to an exist-
ing address book entry

Select phone book entry from mobile
phone (
page 161).

Select “Options”
“Save”
“Add”.

Selecting a number category:
Select a category, e.g. “Home”.

Selecting a telephone category:
Select a category, e.g. “Land Line”.

Confirming selection: Select “Save”.
The search menu for address book en-
tries appears.

Search for desired entry using smart
speller function.

After selecting an entry, press n.
If there are fewer than four numbers
assigned to the selected entry in the
selected number category, COMAND
will save the data.
If four numbers are saved for the se-
lected entry, a prompt will appear ask-
ing whether you want to overwrite one
of the existing numbers.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, a selection list will
appear containing the four existing
numbers.
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All entries with the following category sym-
bols are phone book entries in the mobile phone.


= symbol for “Mobile” category


= symbol for “Home” category


= symbol for “Work” category


= symbol for “Fax” category


= symbol for “Pager” category


= symbol for “Main” category
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There is a detailed description of how to
search for an address book entry in the “Search-
ing for an address book entry” section
(
page 170).