2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Light

Symbol
overview Icon Explanation
Æ
Address
bookentrythat has been entered orchanged viaCOMAND
Imported contactthat hasbeen saved inthe phone oraddress book \
Address
bookentrywithvoice tag
i These entrieshave alsobeen assigned avoice tag.Voice tagsareavaila ble
in vehicles withtheVoice Control System (seetheseparate operating
instruc tions). Ã
Contact
thathasbeen imported fromamobile phone thatsupports PBAP ¯
Ent
rythat hasbeen imported fromthememory cardorUSB device ®
Ent
ryimported viathe Bluetooth ®
interf ace Searching
foraphone book entry
Using thecharact erbar You
determine thefirst letter ofthe entr yyou
are looking forwith thefirst character you
enter.
X Select acharacter byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The first entryint he list that starts withthe
letter selected ishighlighted. Ifthere are
similar entries,thenext different character
is shown. Forexample, withentriessuch as
Christel and
Christine ,t
he beginnings
of the names aresimilar. Inthis case, you
will beoffered achoice between E and
I .
X Select thecharacters ofthe entr yyou are
searching forone byone andpress Wto
conf irm.
When theselection isclear, COMAND
switches automatically tothe selection list.
X To complete thesearch: switchfromthe
phone bookwiththecharacter bartothe
selection list(Ypage 127).
The lastlistentr yisa utomatically
highlighted. Using
thenumber keypad Altern
atively, youcan also enter digits using
the number keypad(directentry)
(Y page 29).
Dele ting charact ers X
To delete anindividual character:select
the 2 symbol byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wbriefly.
or
X Briefly pressthe2 button
Each timeacharacter isdeleted, theentr y
most closely resembling theremaining
characters isshown atthe top ofthe list.
X To delete anentry: selectthe2
symbol byturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wuntil theentr yis
deleted.
or
X Press andhold the2 button untilthe
entire entryisd eleted.
Changing thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar X
Select Bandpress W.
X Select thedesired language. 126
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Cha
nging thec haracter setofthe
cha racter bar X
Sel ect p andpres sW toconfirm .
The charac ters et changes eachtimeyou
make thisselect ion.
Selecting anentry directly fromthelist You
canswitch tothe listatany time during
charact erent ry.
X Slide VZtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly orpress andhold Wuntil the
charact erbar disappears.
or
X Select ¬andpress Wtocon firm.
X To select anentry :turn cVd the
COMAND controller untilthedesired entry
is highlighted andpress Wtocon firm.
To select aphone number: theGicon
indi cates thatanentry contains morethan
one phone numbe r.
X Select aphone book entry withtheGicon
and press Wtoconfirm.
The sub-entries appear. TheGicon
changes toI. Phone
bookentry withsevera lentries
X Select asub-entry byturning cVdand
press Wtoconfirm. X
To return tothe phone bookusingthe
characte rbar: sele ct& inthe lista nd
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the% backbutton. Di
splayi ngdetails foranentry
X Select anentry inthe sele ction listb y
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo ltot he right ofthe
en tryb ysliding VY theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tDet ails and
pressW toconfirm .
The detailed viewa ppears .
X To close thed etail ed view: slideXVY
rep eatedly untilth ee ntry ishigh lighted
again orpres sthe % backbutton. De
leti nganentry fromthephone
boo k
If the entry contains onlyphone numbers ,it
is del eted from thephone bookandaddress
book.
If there isadd itiona ldata includ edalong with
the phone number, e.g.anaviga ble
destina tion,theentry isdel eted from the
phone bookbutretained inthe add ress book.
X Select anentry inthe sele ction listb y
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo ltot he right ofthe
en tryb ysliding VY theC OMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tDel ete and
pressW toconfirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe entr y
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,t
he entr yisd eleted in
accordance withtherules described above.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. Using
thephone book
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Using
calllists Intr
oduct ion
COMAND displayslistsofcalls receiv ed
(includin gmissed calls) andmade during
phone operation .Call list sarenota vail able
unle ssam obilephone isconnected to
COMAND.
COMAND supports thePBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e.How COMAND processescall lists
depe ndsonthe model ofthe mobil ephone
connected:
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
The calllists are dow nload edautomatical ly
from themobil ephone byCOMAND as
soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected to
COMAND.
R Blue tooth ®
telep hone withoutPBAP
Blue tooth ®
profil e:
COMAND createsthecall lists from calls
dia led and receive d(inclu dingmisse dcalls)
as soon asthe mobil ephone isconnected
with COMAND.
i For Blue tooth ®
telep hones withoutthe
PBAP Bluetooth ®
profil e,the call lists in
COMAND arenot synchronized withthose
on you rmobile phone. Thesecallsmayor
may notbelisted onyour mobile phone,
depending onthe model.
i Ifno mobile phoneisconn ected, thenthe
Call Lists menu
itemisgrayed outand
cann otbe selected. Ifyou conn ectamobile
phone otherthantheprevious oneto
COMAND, thepreviously availablecall lists
and their entrieswill bedeleted
automatically. Theyarestill availa bleonthe
mobile phoneitself.
i The respect ivemenu itemcanonly be
selected ifcalls have already beenmade or
received inCOMAND.
Displaying missedcallsinthe COMAND
display isnot supported byallmobile
phones. Opening
thecall listand selec tingan
entry
X Press the% functionbutton .
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
cVdandpress Wto
con firm.
The correspondin glist appears. List
ofselect edphone numbers (example)
: Toclose thelist
; Date/ time(ifavailable), symbols(if
assigned) andtelephon enumber ofthe
ent ryhighlighted
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Inthis
case, thelistwill only show phone
numbers.
X Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller .
X To dial aphone number :press W.
X To close thelist: select Back and
press
W tocon firm orpress the% button . Using
calllists
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Disp
laying detailsa bout alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showas horten ed list entry
in full.
X Sel ect alist entryb yturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll er.
X Sel ect thel ist symb olto ther igh tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The detailed displayappea rs.
X To go back tothe list: slide XVY
repeatedly untilthelistishighlighted. Storing
aphone number whichhas
not yetbeen stored
Introduction For
incoming callsfrom aperson whoisnot
in the address book,COMAND displaysthe
phone number inthe call list. You cansave
this entry.
Storing asan ew entry inthe address
book X
Open acalllist and select anentr y
(Y page 129).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Save is
shown ingray ifthe selected list
entr yhasalready beensaved inthe address
book.
X Select New Entry and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile Phone ,a
nd press Wtoconfirm . Num
bercategory Display
(phone
book andaddr ess
book) Not
Classified No
symbol Home ¸
Work ·
Phone
category Display
(phone
book andaddr ess
book) Not
classified ;
Mobile
Phone Ï
Car ´
Pager ¨
X
Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
An input menu withdata fields isshown.
The data fieldforthe telephone numberis
filled inautomatically . :
Data fieldwithcursor
; Telephone numberandsymbol forthe
phone category (automatically entered)
= Character bar
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31). 130
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X
Sel ect the list symbo ltot he right ofthe
entry bysliding VY theCOMAND
control lera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Speed dial by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
Am enu appears. Speed
dialmenu
X Confirm Assign SpeedDialPreset by
pressing W.
The speed diallistappears. Theselect ed
phone bookentryislisted asthe first entry.
The nextavail ablespee ddialp rese tis
highlighted. X
Select thespeed dialpreset byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The phone bookentryiss aved inthe speed
dial preset. Option
2
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu; see
(Y page 119)
X Select CallLists by
sliding VÆand
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Select Speed DialPreset List and
press Wtoconfirm .
The speed diallistappea rs.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Confirm Assign SpeedDialPreset by
pressing W.
X Proceed asdescribed underoption 1. Making
acall via speed dial
Ad escript ioncan befound inthe "Making a
call" section(Ypage 122). Deleting
aspee ddialnum ber
X To delet easpeed dialnum ber: selec t
Dele teSpee dDial Pres et in
the
"Speed dial"menubyturn ing cVd the
COMAN Dcontroller andpress Wto
conf irm.
The speed dialnumber isdeleted.
X To delete allspeed dialnumbers: select
Delete AllSpeed DialPresets in
the
"Speed dial"menu byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
You willbeasked whether youwant to
cont inue.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,a
llspeed dialnumbers will
be deleted fromthespeed diallist.
If you select No ,t
he process willbeaborted. 132
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Tex
tmessag e(SMS ) Infor
mation andrequiremen ts
The function scan be used ifth eB luet ooth®
mobil ephon esuppor tstheM AP(Mess age
Acc essPro file) Bluet ooth®
prof ile.
When them obilephon eisc onnec ted, the3 0
mos trecen ttext messages whichare
curren tlystor edon the phone areloaded to
the COMAND 'stex tm essage inboxand
displayed.
i COMAND maynotload allthe most
recen ttext messages:
This ispossible inexc eption alcases, such
as with certainmobile phones, orwhen
ther earealot oftex tm essages inthe
phone's inbox.
If the above conditions arefulfilled, new
incom ingtextm essages appearinthe
COMAND textm essage inbox.Inaddition, a
ton esounds andthe/ iconappears. The
symbol disappears onceyou have readthe
tex tm essage. Theú mailsymbol is
displayed whenthetextm essage memory is
full. Thesymbol disappears onceyou delete
at least onetextm essage. Displaying
thetext message (SMS)
inbox
Overview X
Press the% function button .
X Select TextMessage in
the telephon e
basic menu byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
The textm essage inboxappears. Text
message (SMS)inbox
The short ened textorsender ofthe select ed
tex tm essage (depending onthe settings) as
well asthe date andtime atwhich the
select edtextm essage wasreceived are
displayed atthe top and inthe middle. The
0 symbol appears ifat extm essage has
not yetbeen read.
Read ingatext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctat ext messa geinthet extm essage
inbo xbyturning cVd theC OMA ND
co ntroller andpressW toconfirm .
The text mes sage appears .
X To scr ollthrough thed ispla yorselect
ph one num bersinat extmess age:turn
cVd theC OMA NDcontroller .
The display scrolls upordown linebyline ,
or skips tothen exto rp reviou stelep hone
number andautomatical lyhigh lights it.
X To return tothe list:press Wand select
Back .
Lis tenin gtoat extmes sage You
cansetthel ang uage (Ypage 45)and the
spe edofthe read-aloud functio n
(Y page 42) .
X Pre ssW whileat extmes sage isbe ing
di spl ayed ,select ReadAloud and
press
W toconfi rm.
CO MAND readsoutthe text message. Text
message (SMS)
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Star
ting route guidance toan add ress X
Select theaddress datafieldbyturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
The route tothe destination addressis
calculated androute guidancestarts
(Y page 57).
Calling ateleph onenum ber X
Sele ctthep hon enum ber data fieldby
tur nin gcVd theC OMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
This initiate sdialin gand you can then mak e
your call(Ypage 122).
Showing thed etails ofan address book
entr y X
Sele ctthel ist symbo ltot he righ tofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The displa yiss hown infull.
X To close thedetailed display:pressthe
% button. Changing
anadd ress book entry
Changing anentry X
Option 1:search foranaddress bookentry
and turn cVd theCOMAND controller to
select itin the selection list(Ypage 136).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr ybysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
Am enu appears. X
Select Edit and
press Wtocon firm.
X Opt ion 2:call upthe detailed viewforan
address bookentry(Y page 137).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Edit and
press Wtocon firm.
Irrespec tiveofthe option ,the input menu
con tainin gdata fields appears.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
charact ers"inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31).
Changing thecategory ofat elephone
number datafield X
Display thedetailed viewforanaddress
book entry(Y page 137)and highlight the
telephon enumber datafield.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Change Categor y and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select anumber categor y,e.g. Home .
X Select atelephon ecategor y,e.g. Mobile .
X Ifdesired, selectPreferr ed and
press W
to con firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,you
switch theoption onO oroff ª.T he
phone number isdispla yedasthe first 138
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The
DVD changer loadsthedisc intothe
selected magazine tray.TheLoading disc
message
appears.
i Itmay take some timeforthe disc tobe
loaded, depending onthe type ofdisc. Ifno
disc isinsert edfor approximately 20
seconds, thedisplay returnstot he
magazine menu.
The DVD changer playsthedisc if:
R ithas been insert edcorrec tly.
R itis ap ermissible typeofdisc. :
Full magazine tray(eject functionis
availa ble)
; Empt ymagazine tray(disc canbe
insert ed)
X To exit themenu: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
or
X Select Back by
sliding VÆandturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconf irm.
X To fill empt ymagaz inetrays: press the
V load/eject button.
The magazine menuappears.
X Select FillEmpty Slots .
You seethePlease Wait... message.
COMAND switchestothe next empty
magazine tray.Youthen seethePlease Insert
Disc. message.
i Never insertadata medium before
COMAND promptsyoutodo so. Never insert
morethanonedisc intoamagazine
tray atat ime.
X Insert adisc into thedisc slotwith the
printed sidefacing upwards.
You seethePlease Wait... message.
Once thedisc isloaded, theDVD changer
switches tothe next empty tray.Yousee
the Please Insert Disc message.
X Repeat thisstep until alltrays areloaded.
The DVD changer willplay thelast disc
loaded ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand
is of ap ermissible type.Thisapplies even
if not alltrays havebeen loaded withadisc.
X To cancel loading: presstheV eject/
load button againorpress the% back
button .
i Ifyou cancel loading withthe% back
button ,the system loadsandplays thelast
CD you insert ed.
Ejecting discsfromtheDVD changer If
you remove onedisc while playinganother
disc, theDVD changer interruptsplayb ack.
Playba ckcont inues oncethedisc hasbeen
eject ed.
X To eject aCD/DVD: presstheV load/
ej ec tb utto n.
The mag azine men uappea rs.T he magazine
tray with thecurrent discishighlighted. :
Ejec tpossible
; Disc type
= Disc name (onlyifstored onthe disc)
? Current disc Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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