COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. General
information Introd
uction
In the telephon efunc tion,telephon yvia
Bluetoot h®
int erface isavailable ifa
Bluetoot h®
-c apable mobile phoneis
con nected.
Using theBluetoot h®
int erface andasuitable
mobile phone, youcan useCOMAND ’shands-
free feature todownload electronicbusiness
cards (vCards).
More detailed information onsuitable mobile
phones andoncon nectingBluetoot h®
-
capable mobilephones toCOMAND canbe
found onthe Internet athtt p://
www.mbusa- mobile.com.Or call the
Mercedes- BenzCust ome rAssistance Center
under
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(USA), orCustomer Relations under
1-80 0-387-01 00(Canad a). Importa
ntsafety notes G
WARNING
A driver's attentiontothe road must always
be his/her primary focuswhendriving. For
your safety andthesafety ofothers, we
recommend thatyoupull over toasafe
location andstop before placing ortaking a
telephone call.Ifyou choose touse themobile
phone whiledriving, pleaseusethehandsfree
device andonly usethemobile phonewhen
weather, road,andtraffic conditions permit. Some
jurisdictions prohibitthedriver from
using acellula rmobile phone whiledriving a
vehicle.
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(approximately 50km/ h),your vehicle is
coverin gadistance of44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second. G
WARNING
You andothers maydamage yourhealth due
to excessive electromagneticradiation. By
using anexter nalanten na,the possible health
risks ofelectrom agneticfields,whichare
under discussion amongthescient ific
communit y,should belargely prevent ed. Call
disconnec tionwhile thevehicle is
in motion
Ac allmay bedisc onnected if:
R there isins ufficie ntnetwo rkcover age in
cer tain areas .
R you mov efrom onetrans mitter/ rec eive r
area (cell)int oano ther and nochann elsare
fr ee.
R you useaSI M car dwhic his no tcompatible
with thenetwork available.
R you areusing amobile phonewith
"Twincard" andthemobile phonewiththe
second SIMcard isalready loggedintothe
network . Operat
ingoptions
You canoperate thetelephone by:
R the = and; button orthe 9button
on COMAND
R the 6 or~ button andthenumber
keypad onCOMAND
R pressing the6 or~ button onthe
multifunct ionsteerin gwheel
R by speaking usingtheVoice Control
System 94
General
informationTelephone
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
101Teleph one Z
Imp
orting cont acts
Cond itions You
canimpo rtco ntact stothe address book
from anexter nalBluetooth ®
device oran SD
memory card.
The Bluetooth ®
device needstobe inside the
vehicle andhastobe switched on,activated,
and authorized. Itmust beable totrans mit
cont acts and/or vCardsviaBluetooth ®
.
i Around 900entriescan bestored inthe
address book.When themaximum number
has been reached, youcan delete existing
entr ies(Ypage 110),and then import new
ones.
Import ingcontacts X
Start thedata exchan geon the exter nal
device (seetheexter naldevice's operating
instr uctions).
or
X Insert anSD memory card.
X Select Address Book in
the address book
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Download Contacts and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select FromMobile Phone ,
From The Memory
Card or
Receive Business Card(s) and
press 9tocon firm.
The contact sare import ed. Deleting
contacts X
With theaddress bookshown, select
Address Book and
press the9button to
con firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Delete Contacts and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select oneofthe following options:
R Interna lContact s R
From Mobile Phone R
From TheMemory Card R
Receive dBusines sCards R
Delete All Ap
rompt correspo ndingtoyou rselection
appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
the contact sare deleted
accor dingtoyour select ion.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. 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. Operat
ingthe telephone usingthemult ifunction steeringwheel
113Telephone Z
Accept
ingacall
When thetelep hone isrea dyfor use ,you can
accep tacallat any time .When acall is
incoming, youseethename ortelephone
number inthe multifunction display.
X Press the6 button onthe multifunction
steering wheel. Rejecting
orending acall
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 113), 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 repeatedly
until thedesired entryis highlighted.
The saved names aredisplay ed
alphabetically .
i Ifyou press andhold the& or*
button forlonger thanonesecond, the
multifunct iondisplay willskip from thefifth
entr yto the first entryfound under the
following letter.Release thebutton tostop. :
Mode
; Call er's name
X To mak eacall: press the6 button on
the multifunct ionsteerin gwheel.
i Ifthere areseveral numbers forthis
name, youseealist ofsub-ent ries.
X Press the6 button again.
The Connecting call... message
appears inthe multifunct iondisplay along
with thenumber beingdialed andthe
name, ifit is stored inthe phone book.
The phone number dialedisstored inthe
appropriate calllist.
X To exit without connectingacall: press
the ~ button onthe multifunctio n
steeri ngwhe el. Redial
ing
X Press theV orU button tosel ect the
TEL dis
pla y.
X Press the6 button.
You seethelast call dialed .
X To scroll throug hthe listo fdialed calls:
press the& or* buttonrepeat edly
unt ilthe desire dent ryisshown .
X To ma keacall: press the6 button. 114
Oper
ating thetelep hone using themu ltifunct ionsteer ingwheelTelep hone
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(Ca nada). Registering
Registering SatRadio Switching
toSatRadio mode:
X From another mainfunction: select
Audio using
the9:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Audio and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
i Ifradio mode wasthelast active mode,
you only need toselect Audio .
X When inaudio mode: selectAudio using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SatRadio and
press the9button
to confirm.
The satellite radiomainmenu appears
showing theweather channel. Youcannot
select anyother stations.
X Select SatRadio (in
the submenu) using
the 9:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Service and
press the9button to
confirm.
The service information screenappears. Service
information screen
1 Provider's phonenumber (SIRIUSXM)
2 SIRIUS IDofyour satellite receiver
= SIRIUS IDofyour traffic tuner
X Cal lthe phone number ofyour satellite
radio provider shownonthe screen.
i You canalso have thesatellite service
activated online.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radi owebsite at
htt p://www .sirius.com (USA)or
htt p://www .siriuscanada. com
(Canad a).
Once theconn ection hasbeen established :
X Follow theinstruct ionsofthe service staff.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes. Ifthe activation iscompleted
successfully ,the NoService message
appea rsinthe displa y,followed bythe
SatRadio mainmenu.
i Ifregistration isnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account. SatRa
diomode
i You canalso usethemultifunction
steering wheeltotune inchannels orscroll
through lists,e.g.bypressing
the ;=9: buttons.122
Satellite
radioAudio
Selec
tingbytrack list X
Select Title or
Track list in
audi oCD/
DVD mode andpress the9button to
conf irm.
or
X Press the9button inMP3 mode whenthe
display /selection windowisactive.
The track listappears. The#dot indicates
the current track.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
i InMP3 mode, thelistshows allthe track s
in alphab eticalorder.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press theU button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
X To complete entry:press the9button .
i Pressin gand holding anumber buttonfor
2s econ dsormore alsocomplet esent ry
and thecorr espondin gtrac kisplay ed.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Switch onaudi oCD/DVD ,MP3 orSD
memory cardmode onCOMAND.
X Use theV orU button onthe
multifunction steeringwheeltoselect the
DISC displa y.
X Press the9 or: button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
You willhear theprevious ornext track. The
skip back function skipstothe beginning of
the current trackifthe track hasbeen
play ingformore thaneight seconds. Ifthe track
hasbeen playingforless than eight
seconds, itskips tothe start ofthe previous
track . Fast
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Selec tingusing COMAND X
With thedispla y/selection windowactive,
press the= or; button repeatedly
until youreach thedesired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached.
Selec tingusing themultifunction
steering wheel X
Press andhold the9 or: button on
the multifunction steeringwheeluntilthe
desired position hasbeen reached. Selec
tingafolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Swit chon MP3 mode (Ypage 129).
X Sele ctFol der usin
gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
or
X Pres sth e9 butt onwhen thedisplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 mode
133Audio Z
ent
ry!”. Thevoice control confirms import ant
comm andstoyou and gives youinstruct ions
in the event ofincor rectentries.
Comma ndTyp es Voice
control distin guishes between the
following typesofcomm and:
R Global commands:
These arecomm andswhich canbecalled
up atany time (e.g.helporphone
comm ands).
R Local comm ands:
These arecomm andswhich areonly
available forthe active application (e.g.
“En terStreet” during navigation ).
Active Applicat ion The
local comm andsrefertothe application
curren tlyshown onthe display andtothe
audio source youarecurren tlylisten ingto.
For example, ifyou arelisten ingtothe radio
while thenavigation application isactive on
the display, youcan operate both
applications usingvoicecontrol.
To operate adifferen tfunc tion usin gvoi ce
co ntrol ,you must first swit chtothat
applic ation usin gth eco rrespo nding
co mm and. Op
era ting Voi ceCont rol Veh
icles withVoiceCont rolButtons on
th eMu lti-Fu nct ion Steer ing Wheel Ex
ampl edisp lay:M-Class
1 A Cancelsvoice control
2 ? Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume
x Mute
i You cancancelthedialog withvoi ce
co ntrol atany time.
Voic eco ntrol isoper ationalaroun dhalf a
min ute afterCOMA NDisswit ched on.
Veh icles withLever forVoiceCont rol Ex
ampl edisp lay:SL-Cla ss
1 Canc elsvoice control
2 Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume Over
view
179VoiceControl Z
Star
ting theDialog X
Switch onthe ignition (seethevehicle
Owner's Manual).
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull thelever toward you
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been started.
X Give acommand.
Interru ptingtheDialog If
alist appears onthe display ,you can use
the “Pause” command tointerr uptthedialog.
You canthen select anentr yusing the
COMAND controlpanel.
To resume thedialog withvoice control,press
the ? button onthe multifunct ionsteering
wheel.
Cancel ingthe Dialog X
Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the A button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push thelever away fromyou.
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been canceled.
or
X Say thecommand “Cancel”(exceptwhen
creating andstoring voicetags,navigation
entr iesorduring individual ization).
or
X Press anybutton onCOMAND.
Adjust ingthe Volume X
Start thedialog.
X Give acommand, e.g.“Help”. X
Press theW orX button.
The volume increases ordecreases during
voice output.
or
X Set thevolume forthe voice output onthe
volume controlfor COMAND.
Display Messages The
audi blehelp funct ioncan be
supplemented byvisual helponthe display
(Y page 38).Ifthe help funct ionisswitched
on, the most important commands thatare
current lypossible appearint he displa ywhen
you start thedialog .
In the address bookandnavigation system,a
selection listisshown inthe displa yif voice
cont rolrequires additional information from
you. 1
Display
Entering Numbers R
Digits from“zero” to“nine” arepermitted.
R Say thephone number ingroups of,e.g.,
three tofive digits.
R Say each individua ldigit clearly.
Spell R
The letters ofthe alpha betand thenumbers
0 to 9are permitted.
R Say theletters ingroups of,e.g., fiveto
seven letters.
R Say each individua lletter clearly. 180
OverviewVoice
Control