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Opera
tingthetelephone usingthe
mult ifunction steeringwheel Telephone
menu
Introd uction You
canoperate thetelephon eusing the
function sin the "Tele phone" menu,provided
you have connected itto the Mercedes-Benz
hands-free system.
The displa yin the "Tele phone" menudepends
on the status ofthe telephone.
X Switch onthe telephone andCOMAND.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL displa
y.
Telephone isready toreceive calls Bluetooth
®
interface telephony: whetherthe
network provider's nameisdispla yed
depends onthe telephone connected. Acc
epting acall
You may accep tacallat any time provided
the telepho neisrea dytorece ivecalls.Whe n
a cal lis incom ing,yousee thename or
tele pho nenumb erinthe multifunction
di spl ay.
X Pre ssthe 6 button onthe multifunction
stee ring wheel . Reje
cting orendin gac all
X Press the~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Cal
linganumbe rfrom theCOM AND
phone book
You may select and diala numbe rfrom the
COMAND phonebookatany time, provid ed
you rmobile phone isready toreceive calls. i
Ifyou have imported contacts
(Y page 114), youcan select thephone
book entriesofthe mobile phonebyusing
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
X Press theV orU button toselect the
TEL display
.
X Press the& or* button toopen the
phone bookinthe multifunct iondisplay .
X Press the& or* button untilthe
desired entryhas been highlighted.
The stored names aredisplay ed
alphabe tically.
i Ifyou press andhold the& or*
button forlonger thanonesecond, the
multifunct iondisplay willskip from thefifth
entr yto the first entryfound forthe next
letter. Skipping stopsassoon asyou
release thebutton again. :
Operating mode
; Name ofthe participant
X To connec tacall:press the6 button
on the multifunctio nstee ring wheel.
i Ifthe rearese ver alnum bers for this
nam e,youse ealist of sub-e ntri es.
X Pre ssthe 6 button again.
Th eCon nectingCal l... mes
sage
ap pe arsin the multifu nctio ndisplay along
with thenumb erbeing dialed andthe
name ,if it is stored inthe phon ebook .
The phon enumb erdialed isstored inthe
appropr iatecalllist.
X To exit withou tconnect ingacall: press
the ~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Operating
thetelephone usingthe multifunc tionsteering wheel
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To
conn ectexter naldevices tothe Media
Int erface, yourequire device-spec ificadapter
cables whichareincluded inthe Media
Int erface scopeofdelivery.
i Stow the individual partsinasecure
location.
Use only genuine Mercedes- Benz
conn ectin gcables.
You canconn ectthe following datacarriers
to COMAND viathe Media Interface:
R iPod ®
R USB devices (USBsticks,USB hard drives)
i iPod ®
is aregistered trademark ofApple
Inc .,Cupertino, California,USA.
Supp orted iPod®
varia nts The
following areexamples ofsupported
iPod ®
variants:
R iPod ®
mini
R iPod ®
nano
R iPod ®
classic
R iPod ®
touch
Supp orted USBdevices The
following USBdevices aresupported:
R USB sticks(flash memory)
R USB hard drives requiring astart up/
permanen tcurren tof max. 800mA(itmay
be necess arytoconn ectaseparate power
supply)
R cert ainMP3 players
i The Media Interface supports USB
storage mediaof"USB Device Subclass 6".
Infor mation concernin gUSB Device
Subclass 6isavail able from theequip ment
manufacturer.
For further detailsandalist ofsupported
devices, pleasecontactanauthorized
Mercedes-Benz Centerorvisit http://
www .mercedes-be nz.com/conne ctand proceed
asdescribed under"Media
Interf ace". Conne
ctinganexternal device
i Donot leave extern aldevices inthe
vehicle, asatextreme temperatures (e.g.in
direct sunlight orextremely lowoutside
temperatures) theycannot beguara nteed
to function correctly(see theoperating
instruct ionsforthe respective device).
Mercedes-Benz doesnottake
responsibili tyfor any damage toextern al
devices.
Never connectmore thanonedevice ata
time. Youwillotherwise notbeable toplay
back fromtheextern aldevice. :
Four-pin socketfor3.5 mm stereo jack,
e.g. forMP3 players(audio and video)
; iPod socket ,to conn ectaniPod ®
= USB socket ,to conn ectaUSBdevice
? Examp leof device (iPod ®
)
X Co nnect theexter naldevice with suita ble
socke t:, ;or=.
CO MAND activate sthe device .
If yo uremo veade vice ,the No Device Connected message
appears.
i Aconn ected iPod®
or MP3 playershould
not besimultaneously operatedviathe
Media Interface andtheremote control
(e.g. Bluetooth ®
remote control)asthis
may produce unpredictable results.144
Media
Interface modeAudio
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i
Using individu alization, youcan fine-tune
voice controltoyour ownvoice andthus
improve voicerecognition. Theprocess of
individu alization isdescribed inchapter
“System Settings” (Ypage 38).
i Ifyou useindividu alization, itmay impai r
recognition ofother users. Switch off
individu alization ifit makes recognition of
other users worse. Phone
G
Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibitthedriver from
using acellul artelephone whiledriving.
Whether ornot prohibited bylaw, forsafety
reasons, thedriver should notuse thecellul ar
telephone whilethevehicle isin motion. Stop
the vehicle inasafe location beforeplacing or
answering acall.
If you nonetheless choosetouse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
feature andbesure topay attent iontothe
traffic situation atall times. Usethemobile
phone onlywhen road,weather andtraffic
conditions permit.Otherwise, youmay notbe
able toobserve trafficconditions andcould
endanger yourselfand othe rs.
Bea rin mind thatat aspe edofjus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond. Oper
ation
You canusevoicecon trol to:
R place acall byusin gyour voiceto inp uta
phon enum ber
R store nam esand num bers intheaddre ss
book
R dial anum berfrom theaddre ssbook
R dial anum berfrom thecall list“Lat est
calls ”
R list en tothephon ebook R
ret riev eand man ageyour voicemail and
rec orde dann oun cem entservices
R redi al
Voic econ trol rec ogn izeswhet her:
R your phoneis swit ched on
R your phoneis con nectedvia Bluet ooth®
R thecar phon eis reg istered withthe
rele vantmobile phone network
R itis possible todial
If it is not possible todial, voice controlissues
a message tothis effect .
i You canstilloperate yourphone usingthe
keypad. Command
s
“Phone” Use
the“Phone” commandto select the
phone application. Usethiscomman difyou
wish thedigits enteredtobe shown onthe
display .
“Help Phone” Voice
controlhas anexten sivehelp funct ion.
Using the“Help Phone” comman d,you can
have allthe essent ialcomman dsfor the
phone readout.
“Dial number” You
canusethe“Dial number” commandto
dial aphone number.
The digits 0to9a nd the word“Pl us”ar e
pe rmi tted .
“Pl us”rep laces theinte rnational dialing cod e,
e.g .“00” .
Say thephone num berin the form ofa
conti nuousstri ngofind ividu aldigits or as
bl ocks ofdigits, e.g.three tofive digits.
Voice controlrepeats thedigits itrecogniz es
after each block ofdigits (withapause of
about halfasecond between eachblock of
digits) andwaits foryou tocont inue speaking. Phone
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