2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class eco

Symbol
overview Icon Explanation
Æ
Address
bookentrythat hasbeen entered orchanged viaCOMAND
Imported contactthat hasbeen saved inthe phone oraddress book \
Address
bookentrywith voice 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 phonethatsupports PBAP ¯
Ent
rythat hasbeen imported fromthememory cardorUSB device ®
Ent
ryimported viathe Bluetooth ®
interf ace Searching
foraphone bookentry
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 entryin the listthat starts withthe
letter selected ishighlighted. Ifthere are
similar entries,thenext different character
is shown. Forexample, withentriessuch as
Christel and
Christine ,
the 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 yis automatically
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 entryis deleted.
Changing thelanguage ofthe charact er
bar X
Select Bandpress W.
X Select thedesired language. 126
Using
thephone bookTelephone

Cha
nging thecha racter 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 bookentry 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 bookusin gthe
characte rbar: select& inthe listand
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X Press the% backbutton. Di
splayi ngdetails foranentry
X Select anentry inthe sele ction listby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo lto therig ht ofthe
en try by slid ing VY theCOMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec tDet ails and
pressW toconfirm .
The detailed viewappe ars.
X To close thedet ailed view: slideXVY
rep eatedly untilth een tryi shighlig hted
agai norpress the% 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 listby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelists ymbo lto therig ht ofthe
en try by slid ing VY theCOMA 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 ,
the entr yis deleted in
accordance withtherules described above.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Using
thephone book
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Crea
tinganew entryintheph one
book
X Slid eZV theCOMA NDcontroll er
repe atedly inthephon ebook untilth e
selec tionlist appears.
X Selec tthe list symbol onthe right inthe
selection listbysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select New entry and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile ,
and press Wtoconfirm . X
Select Cont. and
press Wtoconfirm .
The input menu withdata fields appea rs. :
Selected datafieldwithcursor
; Character bar
X Ent ercharacters andsave theentr y.
Proceed asdescribed undercharacter
entr yin the "Ataglance" section
(Y page 28). i
The entryis created inthe phone book
and inthe address book. Adding
telephone numberstoan
existing phonebookentry
X Select anentr yin the selection listby
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select AddPhone No. and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select Continue and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND storesthedata ifthere arefewer
than fivenumbers assigned tothe entr yyou
are searching forinthe selected number
category.
If five numbers arestored forthe entr yin
the selected numbercategory, aprompt
will appea rasking whether youwish to
overwrite oneofthe existing numbers.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm.
If you select Yes ,
a selection listwill appea r
cont aining thefive existing numbers.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
X Select thenumber tobe overwritten by
turning cVdtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm.
An input menu appears.The data fieldfor
entering thenew phone number is
highlig hted.
X Ent ercharacters andsave theentry.
Proceed asdescribed undercharacter
entry inthe "Ataglance" section
(Y page 28). 128
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thephone bookTelephone

Disp
laying detailsab out alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showasho rten ed list entry
in full.
X Sel ect alist entry by turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll er.
X Sel ect thelist symb olto therigh tofthe
entr yby sliding 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 asanew entry inthe address
book X
Open acall listand select anentr y
(Y page 129).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Save is
shown ingray ifthe selected list
entr yhas already beensaved inthe address
book.
X Select New Entry and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile Phone ,
and 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
Using
calllistsTelephone

Add
ingaph one num bertoan address
book entry X
Open acall listand selectan entry
(Y page 129).
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Save is
shown ingray ifthe selected list
entr yhas already beensaved.
X Select AddPhone No. and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile Phone ,
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select Save .
The search menuforaddress bookentries
appea rs.
X Search forthe desired entry.Proceed as
described under"Searching foraphone
book entry"(Y page 126).
X Press Wwhen youhave finished searching.
COMAND storesthedata ifthere arefewer
than fivenumbers assigned tothe entr yyou
are searching forinthe selected number
category.
You willsee amessage tothis effect .
If five numbers arestored forthe entr yyou
are searching for,aprompt willappea r
asking whether youwish tooverwrite one
of the existing numbers.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
a selection listwith the
five existing numbers isdispla yed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
X Select thenumber tobe overwritten inthe
list byturning cVdtheCOMAND controller
and press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND overwrites theselected number
with thenew data. Dele
ting calllists
This funct ionisavaila blewhen COMAND
creates andmanages thecall lists.
This isthe case ifyou useaBluetooth ®
telephone withoutthesupport ofthe PBAP
Bluetooth ®
profile.
i Ifyou delete thecall lists from themobile
phone (separate mobilephoneoperating
instruct ions),COMAND updatesthecall list
displa ythe next time itconn ects. Thecall
lists areempty inthe case described.
X Select CallLists in
the telephone basic
menu byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete CallLists and
press W
to confirm .
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete allcall lists.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the call lists aredeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Using
thespeed diallist Storing
aphone bookentry inthe
speed diallist
You canassign tenspeed dialpresets (0–9 )
to the spee ddial list. There aretwo optio ns
av ailabl e for thispu rpo se.
Opti on1:
X Sea rchforaph one book entry inthe phone
bo ok (Ypage 126) .
X Ifan entry hasse ver alph one num bers,
se lect the desired num berb ytur ning
cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller . Usin
gth esp eed dial list
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X
Sel ect the list symbo lto the 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 ddia lprese tis
highlighted. X
Select thespeed dialpreset byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
The phone bookentryis saved 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 yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Confirm Assign SpeedDialPreset by
pressing W.
X Proceed asdescribed underoption 1. Making
acall viaspeed 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 Preset in
the
"Speed dial"menuby turn ingcVd 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 ,
all speed dialnumbers will
be deleted fromthespeed diallist.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. 132
Using
thespeed diallistTelephone

Tex
tmessag e(SMS ) Infor
mation andrequiremen ts
The function scan beused ifth eBluet ooth®
mobil ephon esuppor tstheMA P(Mess age
Ac ces sPro file) Bluet ooth®
prof ile.
When themobil ephon eis con nected, the30
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 eare alot 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 ifatex tm essage has
not yetbeen read.
Read ingatext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctate xt mes sage inthete xt mes sage
inbo xbytur ning cVd theCOMA ND
co ntro ller and pressW toconfirm .
The text mes sage appears.
X To scr ollthrough thedi sp lay orselect
ph one num bersin at ext mess age:turn
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller .
The display scrolls upordown linebyline ,
or skips tothenex torp reviou stelep hone
number andautomatical lyhigh lights it.
X To return tothe list:press Wand select
Back .
Lis tenin gto atext mes sage You
cansetthelang uage (Ypage 45)and the
spe edofthe read-aloud functio n
(Y page 42) .
X Pre ssW while atext message isbe ing
di spl ayed ,sel ect ReadAlo ud and
press
W toconfi rm.
CO MAND readsoutthe text message. Text
message (SMS)
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X
To can celthe read- aloudfun ction:pre ss
the 8 button.
or
X Pre ssW, select Cancel Read-Aloud Fun
ction and
pressW toconfi rm.
Sw itchin gthe display Yo
ucan switch betwe endispl aying the text
mes sage send eror the text message conte nt.
The send erdispl aysho wsthe send erofthe
text message .If the send erisstor edinthe
CO MAND phone book, the nam eis displ ayed .
The text displ aysho wsthe first few words of
a text message .
X Sel ect atext message inthe text message
inb oxby turning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller.
X To switchto the textdis play :sel ect the
li st symbo lto the right ofthe text message
by slid ing VY theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect DisplayTex t and
pressW to
confi rm.
The viewcha nge s.
X To switchto the sende rdis play :sel ect
the list symbo lto the right ofthe text
mes sage byslid ing VY theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect DisplaySen der and
pressW to
confi rm.
The viewcha nge s.
Di spl aying detai lsand phonenumb ers CO
MAND canalso sho washo rtene dsend er
di spl ayinfull.
X Sel ect atext message inthe text message
inb oxby turning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller.
X Sel ect the list symbo lto the rightofthe text
mes sage byslid ing VY theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm. X
Sel ect Details and
pressW toconfi rm.
The detai led displ ayappe ars.
X To clos ethe deta iled view :sl id eXVY the
CO MAND controller.
Retu rning tothe teleph oneb asic menu X
Press the% backbutton. Managi
ngtext messag es
Cal lingat ext mes sage (SMS)send er X
Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctCal lSen der and
pres sW to
con firm.
The telepho nemak esthecall tothesen der.
Using phone num bers inthetex t You
canusenum bers that are red and
unde rlinedintext mes sages (SMS).
i Itis poss iblethat ahighl ightednum erical
sequen cemay notc ont ain atelephone
number.
X Select ausable number whenthetext
message isdisplay ed. :
Usable numerical sequence
X Press Wthe COMAND controller and
select Use .
X Select Call .
The telephone makesthecall. 134
Text
message (SMS)Telephone