2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class Comand Manual

Unless
statedotherwise, thedescriptions and
illu strations inthis section refertoCOMAND. Functio
nrestrictions
The telephone isnot ready foruse inthe
followi ngsituations:
R ifthe mobile phoneisnot logged intoa
mobile phonenetwork thetelephone
automaticall ytries tolog ontoanetwork.
If no network isavail able,you willnotbe
able tomake a"911" emergency call.Ifyou
attempt tomake anoutgoing call,theNo Service message
willappea rfor ashort
while. 911
emergency call G
WARNIN
G
The 911 emergenc ycall system isapublic
service. Usingitwithout duecause isa
criminal offense.
The following conditionsmust befulfilled in
order tomake a911 emergenc ycall:
R the mobile phonemustbeswitched on.
R anetwork mustbeavaila ble.
R avalid andoperational SIMcard must be
insert edinthe mobile phone.
R the mobile phonemustbeconn ected to
COMAND viathe Bluetooth ®
inter face.
If you cann otmake anemergenc ycall, you
must arrange rescuemeasures yourself.
X En ter numbers onCOMAND.
X Press the6 button .
The telephone makestheconn ection .
X Wait untiltheemergenc ycall cent er
answers anddescribe theemergenc y
situation. Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ce Conditions
Mobile phone For
telephony viaCOMAND' sBluetooth ®
interf ace,aBluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phone isrequired.
i Not allmobile phones availableonthe
market areequall ysuitable. Formore
informat iononsuitable mobilephones and
on conn ectin gBluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones toCOMAND, visit
htt p://www.mbusa- mobile.comorcall
the Mercedes-B enzCustomer Assistance
Center under
1-8 00-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372 )
(US) orCustomer Relationsunder
1-8 00-387- 0100 (Canada) .
The battery ofthe mobile phoneshould be
kept sufficient lycharged inorder toprevent
malfunct ions.
In preparation fortelephoning viathe
Bluetooth ®
interf ace,youshould checkthe
following itemsonyour mobile phone(seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions):
X Hands- FreeProfile
The mobile phonemustsupport Hands-
Free Profile 1.0orabove.
i Some display s(e.g. thesignal strength)
depend onthe supported versionofthe
Hands- FreeProfile.
X Bluetooth ®
visibility
On cert ainmobile phones, thedevice itself
must bemade "visible" forother devices,
as well asactivatin gthe Bluetooth ®
funct ion(see themobile phoneoperating
instr uctions).
X Bluetooth ®
device name
Every Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown
Bluetooth ®
device name.Thisdevice name
is freely definable, butcan beidentical for
all devices fromthesame manufacturer .It Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interfa ce95Telephone Z

is
the refore recomm endedthat youchan ge
this name sothat youcan easily recogn ize
your mobile phone(see themobile phone
operat inginst ruct ions ).
X Swit chon the mobile phone(see themobile
phone operating instructions).
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
function sand, where
necessary, Bluetooth®
visibil ityon the
mobile phone(seethemobile phone
operating instructions).
COMAND X
Act ivate theBluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Ypage 40). Conne
ctingamobile phone
Gener alinfor mation Bef
ore usin gyour mobilephon ewith
COMA NDforthefir st tim e,you willneedto
con nectit.
When youauth orizeanew mobi lephon e,itis
con nectedautom atically.
Conn ecting com prises:
R sear ching for aBluet ooth®
-c apable mobile
phon e
R auth orizing theBluet ooth®
-c apable mobile
phon e
You canconnectupto ten mobile phones.
Search ingforam obile phone X
Pres sth e% function butt onon
COMA ND.
X Sele ctPho ne in
thete lepho nebasic menu
usin gth e:=; buttonsand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctBlu etooth Phones and
pres sth e
9 butt ontocon firm. X
Sele ctUpd ate and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
COMA NDsear chesfor Bluet ooth®
te lepho neswith inran geand adds them to
th eBluet ooth®
telepho nelist.
The durat ionofthesear chdepen dson the
num berofBluet ooth®
telepho neswith in
ran geand their char acteris tics. Ex
ample ofdisplay: Bluetooth®
tel epho nelist
: Curre ntly con nected# and auth orized
mobi lephon eL
; Dev icenotw ithin rangebut prev iously
author ized(Lappears ingray)
= Newly detected mobile phonewithin
rang ebut not yetauthor ized(noicon yet)
The Bluet ooth®
telep honelist shows all
mobile phoneswithin rangeand allprev iously
author izedmobile phones,whet herornot
the yare inrang e.
i Ifthe Bluet ooth®
telep honelist isalready
full, youwillberequest edtode-aut horizea
mobile phone(Y page 98).If COMA ND
does notfindyour mobile phone,ext ern al
author ization (Ypage 97)may be
nec essary.
i When called upagain, thetelep honelist
may nolong ershow allmobile phones
because, forexam ple,amobile phonehas
been removedfromthe vehic lein the
mean time.In this case, start anew searc h
to update theBluet ooth®
telep honelist . 96
Telep hony viatheBlu etoot h®
inter faceTelep hone

Aut
horizing (regist ering) amobile
ph one X
Sele ctas yet unaut horizedmobi lephon e
= intheBluet ooth®
telepho nelist usin g
th e9: buttons.
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAut horize and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
The passc odeentrymen uappears . The
passc odeisany oneto six teen- digit
num bercom binatio nwhich youcan
determine yourself.Youmust enter thesame
number combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
-capable mobilephone(seethe
operating instructionsofthe Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephone).
i Some mobile phones requiretheinput of
a four-digit passcode orlonger character
strings.
If you want tore-authorize amobile phone
following <0004000500270001001500140008000F00120009001E000100140009000F000E
0035> youcan select a
different passcode.
X To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys inturn.
¬ ishigh lighted after thefirst numbe r
has beenentere d.
or
X Sel ect the digits using the =;
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The n,sel ect ¬. X
To confi rm anentry inCO MA ND: press
the 9button.
X Now enterthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone.
To enter inthe mobile phone:ifthe
Bluetooth ®
conn ection issuccessful, youwill
be prompted bythe mobile phonetoenter the
passcode (seethemobile phoneoperating
instruct ions).
X Ent erthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone asalready entered inCOMAND.
i Afterenterin gthe passcode, youmay also
need toenter aconfirm ationinyour mobile
phone toconn ectcalls. Check thedispla y
of your mobile phone.
If the COMAND displayshows the
Authorization Procedure Unsuccessful message,
youmay have
exceeded theprescribed timeperiod.
Repea tthe procedure.
The mobile phoneisconn ected toCOMAND
(authorized). Youcannow make phone calls
using theCOMAND hands-free system. External
authorizat ion
If COMAND doesnotdetect yourmobile
phone, thismay bedue toparticular security
settin gson your mobile phone. Inthis case,
check whether yourmobile phonecanfind
COMAND. TheBluetooth ®
device nameof
COMAND isMB Bluetooth .
Observe thefollowing: somemobile phones
require thatyoureconn ecttoCOMAND after
you have entered thepasscode (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions).The
mobile phonecanotherwise notbe
authorized.
X Press the% functionbutton.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm . Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
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X
Sel ect Bluetooth Phones and
pressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Update and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect ExternalAuthorization and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Start theBluetoo th®
sea rch onthe mob ile
pho ne(seethe mob ile pho neope rating
instr uctions) .
X Sel ect COMAND (MB Bluetooth )
on the
mob ile pho ne.
X Enter thepassco deon the mob ile pho ne
wh en req uested toand then inputitin
CO MAND. Auto
matic reconnecti on
CO MAND alwa yssea rche sfor the last
connecte dmob ile pho ne.
If no connecti oncan bemad eto the mos t
rece ntlyconnecte dmob ilep hone, thesystem
searches forthe mobile phonewhichwas
conn ected before thatone. Conne
ctinganother mobilephone
If you have authorized severalmobilephones,
you can switch between theindividua l
phones.
i You canonly switch toanother authorized
mobile phoneifno phone callisactive.
X Select themobile phoneinthe Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The selected mobilephoneissearched for
and conn ected ifit is within Bluetooth ®
range andifBluetooth ®
is activated.
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected
at any one time. Thecurrent lyconn ected mobile
phoneisindicated bythe #dot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephone list(Ypage 96). To
display details
X Press the% functionbutton on
COMAND.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Details and
press the9button to
confirm .
The following information concerning the
selected mobilephoneisshown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availa bility
R authorization status
X To close thedetailed display:pressthe
= or; button. Deregis
tering(de-aut horizing) a
mobile phone
Mercedes-Ben zrecomm endsde-
authoriz ationinCOMAND andonthe mobile
phone. Subsequent authorizationmay
other wisefail.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetoot h®
telephon elist using the
9: buttons. 98
Telephony viatheBluet ooth®
interf aceTelephone

X
Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect De-Aut horize and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wishtorevoke authorization forthis
mobile phone.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes ,
the mobile phonewillbe
deleted fromtheBluetooth ®
telephone list.
If you select No ,
the 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: 1
Phone service status
2 Network reception Ä(ifsupported
by the telephone)
3 Receiver icon:¢or¡
4 Todisplay theCOMAND phonebook
5 Todisplay calllists
6 Character bar
7 Bluetooth ®
name ofthe current ly
conn ected mobile phone i
Displays :and ;are shown depending
on the mobile phoneconnected.
Bars ;display thecurrent signalstrength
of the mobile phonenetwork .Ifa llthe bars
are filled, youhave optimum receptio n.If
all the bars areempt y,the reisvery poor
rec eptio nofnone atall.
Receiver icon=shows whether acall is
active/ beingconnected ¡ornot ¢. Reception
andtransmission volume
Once themobile phonehasbeen authorized,
you can optimize thetrans mission and
reception volumesettings. Tofind outabout
the best possible settings foryour mobile
phone, contactanauthorized Mercedes-B enz
Center orvisit htt<0010002D002200220017001700170021000D0005001200030005000400050013
0025B
benz.com/connect .
These settings canalso bechanged while
making acall.
i Incorrect settings may have asignificant
impact onthe quali tyof calls.
X Press the% functionbutton .
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Adjust Volume and
press the9
button toconf irm. Scale
withindicator showingcurrentvolume Reception
andtransmission volume
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X
Sel ect Reception Volume or
Tra nsmission Volume and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X Sel ect avol ume settingusing the
9: buttons.
X To clos ethe scale :pre ssthe 9or=
bu tton. Tel
epho neope ratio n In
co ming call
Reje cting oracc epti ngacall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you seea
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. X
To rejec t:sel ect Rejec t usi
ng the =
bu tton andpres sthe 9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOM AND.
X To acc ept: confirm Accept by
pres sing the
9 button.
or
X Press the6 button onCOM AND.
i You canalso accep tthe call byvoice
command usingtheVoice Control System
(Y page 181).
Once youhave accepted thecall, youcan use
hands-free mode.Thecallvolume canbe
adjusted (Ypage 27).Formore information ,
see the"Function sduring asingle call
conn ection" section (Ypage 101). The
displa yshows thephone number orthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored
in the address book)orshows theCall from
Unknown (phone
number withheld)
message.
i You canalso accept acall using the
6 button whenCOMAND isshowing the
displa yof adifferent mainfunction.Once
you have accepted thecall, thedispla y
switches totelephone mode.Afterthe call
is finished, youseethedispla yof the
previous mainapplication again. Making
acall
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 99)
X En tert he digits usingthenumber keypad.
X To make acall: press the6 button on
COMAND.
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
telep hone basicmen u X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 99).
X En tert he required digits.Proceed as
described inthe "Ent ering characters inthe
address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
X To make acall: select °inthe character
bar and press the9button toconfirm .
Redialing X
Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 99). 100
Telephone
operationTelephone

X
Sel ect °inthe characte rbarand pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
or
X While the° iconishighlig hted,press the
6 button onCOMAND.
In both cases, thecalls dialedlist appea rs.
The most recent lydial ednumber isat the
top.
X To selec tacall:press the9 or:
button.
X To make acal l:press the9or6
button.
Co nne ctin gac all toan entry inac all list
or inthe COM AND phone book X
Ca llup acall lista nd select anentry using
the 9: buttons.
or
X Ca llup the COMAND phone book and
sel ect anentry using the 9:
bu ttons.
X To make acal l:pre ssthe 9or6
bu tton. Fu
nctio ns avai labledurin gac all
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 Device nameofthe mobile phone
conn ected
B Toend acall
Switching thehands- freemicroph one
on/off This
funct ionisalso availa bleduring anactive
phone call.
X Call upthe telephone basicmenu
(Y page 99)
X To switch off:select Mikeoff and
press
the 9button toconf irm.
If the microphon eis switched off,the
display showstheQicon andtheThe microphone is off message
appearsfor
a short period.
X To switch on:select Mikeon and
press
the 9button toconf irm.
The Qsymbol disappea rs.You willbriefly
see theThe microphone is on message.
Ending anactive call X
Select ¢andpress the9button to
conf irm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOMAND oron
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
Call waiting i
The "call waiting" functionmust be
supported bythe network provider andbe
enabled.
If you arebusy withasingle calland receive
another call,thetelephone numberofthe call
waiting willbeenter edinthe listofincomin g
calls. Awarning tone soun ds.
Send ingDTM Fton es This
function isno tsuppor tedby allmob ile
phon es. Tel
eph one oper ation
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Answ
ering ma chines orothe rdevices canbe
con trolled byDTMF tones, e.g. forremot e
query functions.
X Ifyou would liketolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,for example,
select thecorr espondin gnumber.
X To transmit individu alchar acter s:onc e
a con nection hasbeen established tothe
answer phone,selectdesired
charact ers?and press the9button to
con firm.
or
X Press thecorr espondin gkey onthe
COMAND numberkeypad.
Ever ycharact erselect edwill be
tran smitt edimmediately.
X To send aphone bookentry asa
sequence ofchar acter s:select Name using
the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentryand
press the9button tocon firm.
The entryisimmediately sentasa
charact erstr ing.
X To retu rntothe call displa y:select
Back again
andpress the9button to
con firm.
i You canalso send DTMF tonesusing the
Voice ControlSystem (Ypage 181). Using
thephone book Introd
uction
The phone bookdisplays thenames and
phone numbers ofall ofthe address book
ent ries saved inthe COMAND addressbook.
If an address bookentrydoes nothave a
telephon enumber, itdoes notappear inthe
phone book.
You canimport contact sordownload vCards.
i Inaddition, youcan also import contacts
from anSD memory cardifthe SDmemory
card contains vCards. The
funct ions:
R importin gcont acts
R receiving vCards
R deleting contacts
are described indetail inthe "Address book"
section (Ypage 110).
i The stored phonebookandthevCards
remain inCOMAND, evenifyou use
COMAND withanother mobilephone. The
entr iescan beviewed without amobile
phone. Forthis reason, deletethephone
book before sellingortrans ferring
ownership ofyour vehicle. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephone basicmenu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
If the phone bookcontains entries,they will
be display edinalphabetical order.
Character bar=isactive.
The charact erbar serves toreduce the
number ofentr iesneeded. :
d symbol foraphone bookentry
received fromthemobile phone
; Tocall upoptions
= Character bar
? Toclose thephone book
A ¦ symbol foravoice tag(Ypage 191) 102
Using
thephone bookTelephone