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100 Telephone*Telephone operationTransmitting number sequences Answering machines or other devices
could possibly be controlled through num
-
ber sequences (e.g. remote query func
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tions).
While connected, press one of the ap
-
propriate number keys
"
- !
for
each digit.
You can also transmit the
characters
2
and
$
(#).
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101 Telephone*
Phone book
Phone book
The phone book contains all entries of the
cell phone memory. On the COMAND control unit
Press the
soft key in the Telephone
main menu
( page
92)
.
The Phone Book menu appears. The
first list entry is highlighted automati
-
cally.
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
28)
.
Press
j or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display.
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.
iIf a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.Opening the phone bookiIf no numbers are stored in the phone
book, the
soft key is shaded out
and without function.
Phone Book menu
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 mul
-
tifunction display.
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102 Telephone*Phone bookThe following options are now available:
Switching between number and name
display
Selecting a phone book entry and es
-
tablishing a connection
( page
102)
Deleting a phone book entry ( page
103)
Switching between number and name
display
Open the phone book from COMAND ( page
101)
.
Press the
123
soft key.
The phone book switches to number
display. The status bar shows the name
of the highlighted entry;
or
Press the
ABC
soft key.
The phone book switches to name dis
-
play. The status bar shows the number
of the highlighted entry.
On the COMAND control unit
Open the phone book
( page
101)
.
The list of phone book entries stored
on your cell phone appears.
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.
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 selected number.
Selecting a phone book entry and es
-
tablishing a connection
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103 Telephone*
Phone book
On the multifunction steering wheel
Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display
( page
28)
.
Press
j or k repeatedly until
the desired entry is shown in the multi
-
function display.
Press
s
.
The telephone initiates the connection
with the selected number.
Select the phone book entry to be de
-
leted from COMAND
( page
102)
.
Press the
Delete
soft key.
The delete prompt is displayed.
Use
to select the menu item
Yes
.
Press
.
The entry is deleted.Deleting a phone book entry
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104 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
92)
.
Press the
SMS
soft key.
The folder SMS inbox appears.
The SMS inbox shows the list of received
messages. The list is sorted chronological
-
ly, the last message received is displayed
at the top of the list.The corresponding date and time appears
in the status bar when the selected mes
-
sage 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 inboxiIf no SMS messages have been re
-
ceived the
SMS
soft key is without func
-
tion and therefore shaded out.
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105 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox offers the following op
-
tions:
Switching between subject and sender.
Reading a message
( page
105)
.
Deleting a message
( page
106)
.
Switching between subject and sender The incoming SMS can be displayed by the
sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox ( page
104)
you can either see the
Subject
soft key or the
Sender
soft key.
Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
text(s) 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
104)
,
use
or
to select a message.
Press
.
The message text appears.
To scroll through the message text,
press
or
as required.
Switching between subject and senderYou can either see the
Sender
soft key or
the
Subject
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 the
number and the name are stored in the
phone book
( page
101)
.
Reading a message
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