2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class phone

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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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
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You canusethe"New entry" or"Add no."
func tionsto save thistelep honenumb eror
to add itto an exis tingent ry.
Stor ingthesender asanew address
book entry This
function isnot possible ifthe sender’s
telep honenumbe risalrea dystored inthe
address book.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller while the
text message isbeing displayed.
X Select SaveNumber and
press Wto
confirm.
X Select New entry and
press Wtoconfirm.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Storing asa
new entry inthe address book"section
(Y page 130).
Storing atext mes sage senderinan
exist ingaddress book entry X
Pres sW theCOMA NDcontroller while the
te xt mes sage isbein gdisplayed .
X Sele ctSav eNum ber and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Sele ctAdd PhoneNo. and
pres sW to
con firm.
X Proc eedfrom thest ep "Sele ctanum ber
cat egor y"inthe"Add ingtelepho ne
num bers toan existing phon ebook entry"
sec tion(Ypage 128).
Deleting atext mes sage (SMS) X
Sele ctate xt mes sage inthete xt mes sage
inbo xbytur ning cVd theCOMA ND
co ntro ller .
X Se lec tthe list symbol tothe right ofthe text
message bysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
the textm essage is
deleted. If
you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i This delete function isnot supported by
all mobile phones. TheDeletio n Procedu
reFailed message
appears. Using
theaddress book Introd
uction G
WARN
ING
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
con ditions permityoutodo so. Other wiseyou
could beinvolved inan acciden tinw hich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areentered fromdifferent
sources (mobilephone,memory card,USB
device, COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Num berofcontacts inthe addr ess
book: theaddress bookcanstore atotal of
4000 contacts. 1500 entriesare reserved
in the address bookformobile phone
cont acts and1500 forcont acts youcreate
in COMAND orimport fromother sources.
The remaining 1000entriesare assigned
by COMAND asnecessary.
i Display ofmobile phonecontacts:
cont acts downloaded fromthemobile
phone remain inthe address bookevenif
the mobile phoneisdisconnec tedfrom
COMAND. Thismeans thatcontacts which
have previously beenavaila blecan be
displa yedassoon asthe mobile phoneis
reconn ected.Thecont acts aredownloaded
again sothat anynew contacts thathave
been added tothe mobile phonecanbe
displa yed. Using
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When
anew mobile phoneiscon nect edto
COMAND ,all the contact sfrom the
previous mobilephonearedeleted fromthe
address book.
If amobile phoneisnot (yet) connect edto
COMAND ,the contact sfrom thatmobile
phone willnot(yet) beshown inthe address
book.
Address bookentries remain storedwhen
the mobile phoneisdisconn ected.
Therefor e,you should deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset function before selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 47). Calling
upthe address book
Option 1:
X Press the% function button .
You seethetelephon ebasic menu orthe
address bookifit was open previously.
X When thetelephon ebasic menu is
displayed, pressthe% function button
again.
Option 2:
X With thetelephon ebasic menu shown,
select Phone by
sliding VZtheCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Address Book from
themenu and
press Wtocon firm. Address
bookwithaddress bookentry¥ and
navigable data¤
i Anaddress bookentrycan contain the
following information :surn ame, first nam e, co
mpan y,two addr esses, geo- coord inat es
and uptofivete leph onenum bers.
X To browse inthead dress book: turn
cVd theCOMA NDcontrol ler.
X To close thead dress book: pressthe
% button. Sea
rching foranaddress book entry
X Call uptheaddr essbook (Ypage 136).
X Se lec tSea rch in
theaddr essbook by
slidi ngVÆ andturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntrol ler and pressW toconfirm .
If th ere aremor eth an eigh ten tries, the
sear chmen uand thech arac terb arappear . Sea
rchmen uwit hch arac terbar
: ¥Sym bolforaddre ssbook entry
; ¤Sym bolforcomple teaddre ssdat a
fr om thenav igat ionsyst em
= Charac terb ar
? d Sym bolforphon ebook entryfrom the
mob ilephon e
A Entry wit hvoic etag
Ad dition alsymb olsare desc ribedint he
"Symbol overview" section(Ypage 126).
X Proceed asdescribed under"Searching for
a phone bookentry"(Y page 126). 136
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Crea
tinganew entryinthead dress
book
You canentera ddress datadirect lyint othe
address book.Ifyou storetelephon e
numbers inthe COMAND phonebook,these
are also saved inthe address book.Ifyou
stor eanavigat iondestin ation, COMAND
creat esan address bookentrywhich includes
the complet enavigable addressdata.
X Call upthe address book(Ypage 136).
X Select New in
the address bookbysliding
VÆ andturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller and press Wtocon firm.
An input menu withdata fields appears. Input
menu withdata fields
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
X En ter charac tersandsave theentry.
Procee das descr ibedunder "Entering
charac ters"in the "Ent ering charac tersin
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31). Deleting
anadd ress book entry
X Opt ion1:select Delete by
sliding VÆand
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. X
Opt ion2:search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136).
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
ent ryby sliding VYtheCOMAND
con troller and press Wtocon firm.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Irres pectiveofthe option chosen ,a prompt
will appear.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
the entrywill bedeleted.
If you select No ,
the proces swill be
canc eled. Displaying
thedeta iledview foran
add ress book entry
Selecting anentr y X
Searc hfor anaddress bookentryand turn
cVd theCOMAND controller toselect itin
the select ionlist(Ypage 136).
or
X Select anaddress bookentryby browsing
(Y page 136).
X In both cases, pressW.
The detailed viewappears. Det
ailed display forbusiness details
: Return sto the previous menu
; \Symbol forbusiness details
= Calls upoption s Using
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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 ctthephon enum berdata fieldby
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm.
This initiate sdialin gand youcan then mak e
your call(Ypage 122).
Showing thedet ails ofan address book
entr y X
Sele ctthelist symbo lto therigh tofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Details and
press Wtoconfirm .
The displa yis shown 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 yby sliding 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 ofatelephone
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 Category and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select anumber category,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
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berint he phone bookandcanbe
diale dimmediately.
X Select Save and
press Wtoconfirm .
The new category isstored. Calling
anumber storedinan entry
Co nditio ns The
mobi lephone mustbeconnected viathe
Blue tooth ®
interface .
Option 1 X
Displ aydetai lsfor anadd ress book entry
(Y pag e137).
X Select thephone numbe rdata fieldby
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroll erand
pres sW toconfirm .
The telepho nemak esthecall. Thedispl ay
swit ches totelepho nemod e.
Opt ion 2 X
Dis play details foranaddre ssbook entry.
X Sel ect thephon enum berdatafiel dby
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroll er.
X Sel ect thelist symb olto therigh tofthe
data fieldbysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Call and
press Wtoconfirm .
The telephone makesthecall. Storing
thephone number asas pee d
dial numb er
X Disp layde tai lsfor anaddre ssboo kentry .
X Sel ect the phone num berd ata fieldby
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroll er. X
Sel ect thelist symb olto therigh tofthe
data fieldbysliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Speed Dial and
press Wto
confirm .
You cannow store thenumber inone ofthe
ten speed dialpresets. Star
ting route guidance toan entry
Note This
funct ionisavaila bleassoon asyou have
stored adestination inthe destination
memory (Ypage 95).COMAND alsosaves
destinations inthe address booktogether
with allthe data required forroute guidance.
Option 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136)withtheLicon andselect it
from thelist.
X Display detailsforanaddress bookentry
(Y page 138).
X Select theaddress datafieldbyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm .
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 136)withtheLicon andselect it
from thelist.
X Select thelistsymbol tothe right ofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Navigate and
press Wtoconfirm .
Irrespect iveofthe option chosen, route
guida ncestarts.
Option 3 Route
guidancecanalso bestarted foran
address bookentrywithout the¤symbol. If
the address dataordesignations donot Using
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match
thedigitalmap, COMAND promptsyou
to re-enter theaddress.
i Itis best then tostore thenew address
under theaddress book entry. Thiswill
provid eyou with anadd ress book entry that
is sui table fornaviga tion.
X Enter thedestina tionaddress (Ypag e54).
X Select Save from
theaddress entry menu
and press Wtoconfirm.
X Assigning adestina tiontoan add ress book
entry (Ypag e96). Voic
etags
Adding orchang ingavoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can callup
th is ent rywith avoic ecom man dand diala
phon enum ber,forexam ple.You canadd one
voic etag per addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ symbo l)
(Y page 136).
X Sele ctthelist symbo lto therigh tofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Add or
Change and
press Wto
confirm .
Subsequent operationisvoice-con trolled.
The Voice Control System guidesyou
through thedialo gs.
Dele ting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 136).
X Sele ctthelist symbo lto therigh tofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . X
Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm .
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
Listening toav oice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 136).
X Sele ctthelist symbo lto therigh tofthe
entr yby sliding VYtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Voice Name and
press Wto
confirm .
X Select Listen and
press Wtoconfirm .
You hear thevoice tag. Storing
aphone bookentry fromthe
mobile phoneinthe address book
Using thisfunct ionyou can save imported
phone bookentriesinthe address book.
The following canbeused asasource:
R the mobile phone
R the memory card
R the USB device
R the Bluetooth ®
Int erface
Imported phonebookentriesare indicated in
the phone bookbydifferent icons
(Y page 126). 140
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