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Disp
laying details
X Press the% function buttono n
COM AND.
X Se lec tPho ne in
thet eleph oneb asicm enu
by sliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Bluetoo th Phones and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetoot h®
telephon eslist.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Details and
press Wtocon firm.
The following information concern ingthe
select edmobile phoneisshown:
R Bluetoot h®
name
R Bluetoot h®
address
R availabili tystat us(shown afteranew
search)
R authoriz ationstatus
X To close thedeta iledview: turncVd or
slide XVY theCOMAND controller. De-register
ing(de-au thorizing) a
mobile phone
i Mercedes- BenzUSA,LLC recom mends
de-author izationonboth COMAND andon
the mobile phone. Subsequent
authoriz ationmayother wisefail.
X Press the% function button on
COMAND .
X Select Phone in
the telephon ebasic menu
by sliding VÆandturningcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Bluetoo th Phones and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetoot h®
telephon eslist. X
Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtode-authorize thisdevice.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,t
he device willbedeleted
from theBluetooth ®
telephones list.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled.
i Before re-authoriz ingthe mobile phone,
you should alsodelete thedevice nameMB Bluetooth from
yourmobile phone's
Bluetooth ®
list. Telephone
basicmenu (Bluetooth ®
interfa ce)
X Press the% functionbutton .
If the mobile phoneisready foruse, the
following displayappears: Telephone
basicmenu (Bluetooth ®
interf ace)
: Telephone status
; Signal strengthofmobile phonenetwork
Ä
= Receiver icon¢or¡
? Todisplay calllists
A Character bar
B Bluetooth ®
name ofthe current ly
conn ected mobile phone
C Todisplay theCOMAND phonebook Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
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i
Display ; mayvary, de pe ndi ng on the
mob ilep hone conne cted.
Bar s: disp layt he cur rent signa lstre ngth
of the mob ilep hone netw ork.Ifallb arsa re
fil led, youh aveo ptim um receptio n.
If no bars ares hown, receptio nise ither
very poor orthere isnone atall.
Receiver icon=shows whether acallis
active/being connected ¡ornot ¢. Text
message (SMS)display in
telephone basicmenu
The Text Message menu
itemisavail able if
the Bluetooth ®
telephone supportstheMAP
Bluetooth ®
profile (Message AccessProfile)
and thetext message hasbeen download ed
from theBluetooth ®
telephone. Themenu
item isotherwise grayedoutand isnot
avail able.
The 1mail icon isdispla yedwhen youhave
an unread textmessage. Thesymbol
disapp earsonce youhave readthetext
message. Theú mailsymbol isdispla yed
when thetext message memoryisfull. The
symbol disappearsonce youdelete atleast
one text message.
Further information canbefound inthe "Text
messages (SMS)"section (Ypage 133). Reception
andtransmission volume
Once themobile phonehasbeen authorized,
you can optimize thetransmission and
reception volumesettings. Findinformation
on the optimal settingforyour mobile phone
on the Intern etat
htt p://www .mbusa-mobile.com.O rcall
the Mercedes-Benz CustomerAssistance
Center at1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes
(1-800 -367-637 2)(for theUSA) orCustomer
Rela tions at1-80 0-38 7-0100(for Canada ).
i Incorr ectsettings mayhave asignificant
impact onthe qual ityofcalls. X
Press the% function button.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
by turning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm.
X Select Bluetooth Phones and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select anauthorized mobilephonefrom
the listbyturning cVd.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entry bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Reception Volume or
Transmission Volume and
press Wto
confirm. :
Scale withindicator showingcurrent
volume
X Select avolume setting byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X To clos ethe setting scale:pressWor
slide XVY. Telephone
operation Inco
ming call
Rejecting oraccepting acall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you see a
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. 120
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X
To reje ct:select Reject by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe ~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifu nctio nstee ring wheel.
X To acce pt: conf irm Acc ept by
pre ssing
W.
or
X Pre ssthe 6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifu nctio nstee ring wheel. Mu
ltifu ncti ondisp lay( exam ple)
i Youc an also acc eptthe call byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(see theseparate operating instructions).
Once youhave accepted thecall, youcan use
hands-free mode.Thecallvolume canbe
adjusted (Ypage 34).Formore information ,
see the"Function sduring asingle call
conn ection" section (Ypage 122).
The displa yshows thephone number orthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yiss tored in
the address book)orshows theUnknown (phone
number withheld) message.
i You canalso accept acallasdescribed
above whenanother mainfunctionis
switched oninCOMAND. Onceyouhave
accepted thecall, thedispla yswitches to
telephone mode.Afterthe call isfinished,
you seethedispla yofthe previous main
appli cation again.
The displa ydoes notswitch totelephone
mode ifyou:
R hide thewindow withthe% button
next tothe COMAND controller andthen
R accept thecall with the; button on
the multifunction steeringwheel Making
acall
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gthe
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthet elep ho ne basic menu
(Y page 119).
X En tert he digits usingthenumber keypad.
X To conne ctac all: press the6 button
on COM AND oron the multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el.
Ente ring ateleph onenum berusin gthe
telep hone basicmenu X
Call upthet elep ho ne basic menu
(Y page 119).
X Sele ctthed igitsone byoneb yturnin g
cVd andslidin gZVÆ theC OMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm.
X To connect acall: select °inthe
chara cterbarand press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOM AND oron
the multifunctio nstee ring wheel. Tel
eph oneo peratio n
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Redi
aling On
COMAND
X Ca llup the telepho nebasic menu
(Y page 119).
X Sel ect °inthe characte rbarand press
W toconfi rm.
or
X Ifthe telepho nebasic menu isdispl ayed,
pre ssthe 6 button inCO MAND.
In both cases, the callsdialed list appea rs.
The most recentlydialed numb erisat the
top.
X To select ac all: turn cVd theCOM AND
controller.
X To conne ctthe call:press Wthe
COM AND controller.
Co nne ctin gac alltoan entry inac all list
or inthe COM AND phone book X
Open acalllista nd select anentry
(Y page 129) .
or
X Ca llup the COMAND phone book and
sel ect anentry (Ypage 126) .
X To conn ectac all:press Wthe COM AND
controlle rorthe 6 button.
Making acallv ia spee ddial The
spee ddiallistc ont ains stored phone
book entries(Ypage 131).
Option 1:
X Hold down oneofthe number keysfor
longer thantwoseconds.
Option 2:
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X Select CallLists by
sliding VÆand
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The speed diallistappears. X
Select Speed DialPreset List by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconf irm.
The speed diallistappears.
X Select thestorage location andpress Wto
conf irm.
Irrespect iveofthe option chosen, the
telephone basicmenu appears and
display sthe selected entry.This initiates
dialing. Functions
availableduring acall
Ove rview Tel
epho neoper ationwithasing lecall
: Perso nyou are calling
; Icon foractive telephone connection
= Toswitch hands-fr eemicrophon eon/of f
? Tosend DTMF tones(not possible withall
mobile phones)
A Toend acall
The following functions:
R acceptin gawaiting call
R making afurther call
R call waiting
are availa bleifthey aresupported bythe
network (onlypossible withaGSM network )
and your Bluetooth ®
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Switching
thehands- freemicrophone
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 119).
X To switch off:select MikeOff and
press
W toconf irm.
If the microphone isswitched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
as hort period.
X To switch on:select MikeOn and
press
W toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteering wheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Rejecting oraccepting awaitin gcall The
callwaiting function mustbesup ported
by the mobi lephone network providerand be
enab led.Depending onthe mobile phone
used, thesystem behavior differswhen
accept ingacall(option 1and 2).
If yo uh aveac allinp rogre ssand rece ive
ano ther call,an ew windo wappears inthe
di spl ay.Y ou also hear aton e.You canaccept
or rejec tthe call.
X To reject: selectReject and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel. X
To accept: selectAccept and
press Wto
conf irm.
or
X Press the6 button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Option 1:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisended.
The active callwillalso beended ifyou
accept thewaiting callusing theVoice
Control System (seetheseparate
operating instructions).
Option 2:ifyou accept thewaiting call,the
active callisput onhold. Youcanthen
switch backandforthbetween bothcalls
(toggling) (Ypage 124).
i The second optionisavaila bleifyour
mobile phonesupports thetoggling
funct ion(via Bluetooth ®
).
Valid forboth options: ifyou accept the
waiting callusing themobile phone, theactive
call isput onhold. Youthen have twocalls.
The callyou have justaccepted isactive.
The COMAND displaychanges. Ifyou
cont inue tooperate functionsonthe mobile
phone, theCOMAND displaymaydiffer from
that ofthe mobile phone.
Making afurther call You
canmake asecond callwhile onthe
phone withsomeone else.Thisaction puts
the previous callonhold. Thefunct ionis
availa bleifyour mobile phonesupports this
funct ionviaBluetooth ®
. :
Symbol formaking asecond call Telephone
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X
Sel ect symbo l: byturni ngcVd the
CO MAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
or
X Pre ssthe ; button onCOMAND.
X Enter thephone num ber:
R ma nua lly( Ypa ge121)
R us ing the phone book (Ypage 125)
R from thecalllists (Y page 129)
R us ing speeddial (Y page 122)
Cal lwaiting Yo
uc an switch back and forth betwe encalls
wi th thisfun ctio n.The functio nisa vail able if
your mobile phonesupports thetoggling
function (viaBluetooth ®
).
You canusethefunction ifyou areanswering
as econd callormaking asecond call.
Switching betweenthe active calland the
call onhold :
Active call
; Callonh old
X Confirm symbol;bypressing W.
or
X Press the; button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The previous callonhold isactivated. Ends
anactive call
X Select ¢inthe telephone basicmenu and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunction steeringwheel.
The callonhold isactivated.
Confe rence call You
canintercon nectcalls (active andon
hold) onthe mobile phone. Thispermits
several partiestohear oneanother andspeak
with oneanother.
You canalso make afurther callinCOMAND
(Y page 123).
Sending DTMFtones This
function isnot supported byallmobile
phones.
Answering machinesorother devices canbe
cont rolled byDTMF tones, e.g.forremote
query function s.
X Ifyou woul dlike tolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,forexample,
select thecorresponding number.
X To transmit individual characters: once
ac onn ection hasbeen established tothe
answering machine,selectthedesired
characters inthe character barand press
W toconfirm.
or
X Press thecorresponding keyonthe
COMAND numberkeypad.
Every character selectedwillbe
transmitt edimmediately .
X To send aphone book entry asaD TMF
sequence :select Name by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentry and
press Wtoconfirm.
The entry issent asaD TMF character
string. 124
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X
To return tothe calldisplay :sel ect
Bac k and
pressW toconfi rm.
i Youc an also send DTMF tonesusing the
Voi ceControl System (see the separate
op era ting instructio ns). Us
ingt he pho nebook In
troduc tion
The phone book displ ayst he nam esand
ph one num bers of allo fthe addre ssbook
entri essaved inthe COMAND addre ssbook.
If an addre ssbook entry does not have a
tel ephone number,itdo es not appe ar inthe
ph one book.
Yo uc an stor etelep hone numbers inthe
ph one book orimp ortconta cts.Thephone
bo ok ofthe mob ilep hone isau toma tically
do wnl oade dt oC OM AND after conne ction.
Yo uc an imp ortconta ctsfrom themem ory
car dand the USB devic einto thephone book,
or rece ivevCards via Bluetoo th®
.
The functio ns:
R imp ortingconta cts
R rece iving vCards
R de leting conta cts
ar ed escri bedind etailint he "Ad dress
bo ok" section(Ypage 141).
i The storedphone bookandthevCards
remain inCOMAND ,even ifyou use
COMAND withanothermobile phone. The
ent ries canbeviewed without amobile
phone. Forthis reason, deletethephone book
before sellingortran sferr ing
owners hipofyour vehicle. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephon ebasic menu
by turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller
and press Wtocon firm.
If the phone bookcontains entries, they will
be displayed inalphabetical order.
Character bar=isactiv e.
The charac terbar isused forfast select ion
of an ent ry. X
To close thephone book:select &in
the charac terbar bysliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
or
X Press the% button. Using
thep hone book
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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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