2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class COMAND

Changing the category of a telephone
number data field X
Display details for an address book entry
(Y page 145).
X Select the telephone number data field.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Change Category
Change Category and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select a number category, e.g. Home
Home.
X Select a telephone category, e.g. Mobile
Mobile
Phone Phone .
X If desired, select Preferred
Preferredand press00A1
to confirm.
Depending on the previous status, switch
the option on 0073or off 0053. The phone
number is displayed as the first number in
the phone book and can be dialed
immediately.
X Select Save
Save and press 00A1to confirm.
The new category is stored. Calling a number stored in an entry
Conditions The mobile phone must be connected via the
Bluetooth ®
interface (Y page 122).
Dials a number X
Display details for an address book entry
(Y page 145).
X Select the phone number data field by
turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller.
X Press 00A1the COMAND controller to
confirm.
or
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
data field by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller. X
Press 00A1the COMAND controller to
confirm.
X Select Call
Call and press 00A1to confirm.
The telephone makes the call. The display
switches to telephone mode. Storing the phone number as a speed
dial number
X Display details for an address book entry
(Y page 145).
X Select the phone number data field by
turning 0082005B0083the COMAND controller.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
data field by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Speed Dial Speed Dial and press00A1to
confirm.
You can now store the number in one of the
ten speed dial presets (Y page 138). Starting route guidance to an entry
Address book entry with navigable data This function is available as soon as you have
stored a destination in the destination
memory (Y
page 99).
X Search for an address book entry with the
0051 symbol and select it from the list
(Y page 144).
X Display details for an address book entry
(Y page 145).
X Select the address data field by turning
0082005B0083 the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
Route guidance begins.
or
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Navigate Navigate and press00A1to confirm.
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Address book entry without navigable
data Route guidance can also be started for an
address book entry without the 0051symbol. If
the address data or designations do not
match the digital map, COMAND prompts you
to re-enter the address.
X Enter the destination address (Y page 57).
X Start route guidance
The navigable address is automatically
added to the address book entry.
i This will provide you with an address book
entry that is suitable for navigation. The
next time the navigation is started, the
address data in the navigation, rather than
the postal address, is used if you have
changed address in the address entry
menu. Therefore, make sure that the
destination address is the desired
destination when starting navigation from
the address book. Voice tags
Introduction You can enter voice tags via the Voice Control
System (see the separate operating
instructions). Once you have assigned a voice
tag to an address book entry, you can call up
this entry with a voice command and dial a
phone number, for example. You can add one
voice tag per address book entry.
Adding or changing a voice tag X
Search for an address book entry with or
without a voice tag ( ¦) (Ypage 144).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm. X
Select Voice Name
Voice Name and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select Add AddorChange
Change and press 00A1to
confirm.
Subsequent operation is voice-controlled.
The Voice Control System guides you
through the dialogs.
Deleting a voice tag X
Search for an address book entry with a
voice tag (Y page 144).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Voice Name Voice Name and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select Delete
Delete and press 00A1to confirm.
A deletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo
No and press the 008Bbutton
to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, COMAND deletes the
voice tag.
If you select No No, the process will be
canceled.
Listening to a voice tag X
Search for an address book entry with a
voice tag (Y page 144).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Voice Name Voice Name and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select Listen
Listen and press 00A1to confirm.
You hear the voice tag. Importing phone book entries
This function allows you to store phone book
entries from the mobile phone in the address
book. Using the address book
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The following can be used as a source:
R
the mobile phone
R the memory card
R the USB device
R the Bluetooth ®
Interface
Imported phone book entries are indicated in
the phone book by different symbols
(Y page 133).
X Search for an entry in the phone book on
the mobile phone 0034(Ypage 133).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 005B009Fthe COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
X Select Save Entry
Save Entry and press00A1to
confirm.
The Data saved.
Data saved. message appears. The
phone book entry is now saved as an
address book entry.
The 0034symbol is replaced by the ¥
symbol. Importing contacts
Information and requirements You can import contacts (vCards) from the
memory card and a USB device into the
address book, or receive vCards via
Bluetooth ®
.
i Up to 2500 entries can be imported into
the address book. A message notifies you
when the maximum number is reached.
You then have to delete existing entries in
order to import new entries (Y page 144).
Depending on the source of the contact data,
different requirements apply: Source Conditions
memory card The SD memory card is
inserted (Y
page 195). It
contains importable
contact details. USB device The USB device is inserted
into the USB port
(Y
page 195). It contains
importable contact details. Requirements for receiving vCards via
Bluetooth
®
You can receive vCards from devices (e.g.
from a PC) that support the sending of vCards
via Bluetooth ®
.
It is not necessary to authorize the device in
COMAND to do so.
Please bear the following in mind:
R Bluetooth ®
must be activated in COMAND
and on the Bluetooth ®
device, see the
operating instructions for the device.
R the Bluetooth ®
device must be able to send
vCards via Bluetooth ®
(see operating
instructions for the device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device in the vehicle must
be switched on.
Importing from the memory card or USB
device Entries imported from the memory card or
from a USB device have the
00BBsymbol.
The following conditions must be fulfilled in
order to import vCards:
R vCards (vcf files) may be located in the main
directory or in folders. COMAND allows you
to select the relevant folders directly.
R vCards must have the file extension ".vcf".
i One vcf file may contain several vCards.
COMAND supports vCards in versions 2.1
and 3.0.
X Select Address Book
Address Book in the address book
or, if the telephone basic menu is shown, 148
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select
Phone
Phone by sliding 005B0064and turning
0082005B0083 the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
X Select Download Contacts
Download Contacts and press00A1
to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select From The Memory Card From The Memory Card orFrom From
USB device
USB device in the menu by turning 0082005B0083
the COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
X Select Add
AddorOverwrite
Overwrite and press00A1to
confirm.
Add Add imports the entries from the memory
card or USB device into the address book.
Overwrite Overwrite imports the entries from the
memory card or USB device and overwrites
all entries in the address book with the
00BB symbol. The previous entries are then
no longer available.
After the contact data has been imported
successfully, you will see a message to this
effect. The address book or the respective
telephone basic menu is displayed.
i You can select Overwrite Overwriteif the address
book already contains corresponding
entries. A message notifies you when the
address book is full.
Receiving vCards via Bluetooth ®X
Select Address Book Address Book in the address book
or, if the telephone basic menu is shown,
select Phone Phone by sliding 005B0064and turning 0082005B0083
the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Import Contacts
Import Contacts and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select Receive
Receive Contacts
Contacts From
FromPhone
Phone in
the menu by turning 0082005B0083the COMAND
controller and press 00A1to confirm.
This interrupts the Bluetooth ®
connection
between COMAND and your active mobile
phone. COMAND is, however, ready to
receive vCards from another Bluetooth ®
device (PC, mobile phone).
X Start the data transfer on the external
Bluetooth ®
device (see the operating
instructions for the device).
The number of vCards received is
displayed.
X To end reception: press00A1or the 0041
back button.
COMAND then reconnects to the mobile
phone.
Received vCards are identified by the 00BA
symbol in the address book.
i If you switch to another main function,
e.g. navigation, while receiving vCards, the
reception of vCards will be terminated.
Deleting contacts X
Select Address Book Address Book in the address book
or, if the telephone basic menu is shown,
select Phone Phone by sliding 005B0064and turning
0082005B0083 the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Delete Contacts
Delete Contacts and press00A1to
confirm.
X Select one of the following options:
R
Internal Contacts Internal Contacts
R Contacts From Storage Device
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R
Received Business Cards
Received Business Cards
R Delete All
Delete All
A prompt corresponding to your selection
appears.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 00A1to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the contacts are deleted
according to your selection.
If you select No
No, the process will be
canceled.
Switching importing of contacts on/off You can choose whether contacts are
automatically downloaded when a mobile
phone is connected to COMAND, or whether
the automatic download is suppressed.
Connecting a mobile phone (Y page 122)
X Select Phone
Phone in the telephone basic menu
by sliding 005B0064and turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Import Contacts from Import Contacts from Phone> Phone> and press 00A1to confirm.
You can allow 0073or suppress 0053the
automatic download. Proceed as follows if you do not want to save
sensitive contacts in the address book:
X
Connect the mobile phone to COMAND.
Contacts are automatically downloaded to
the address book.
X Delete sensitive contacts in the address
book.
X Switch off the Import Contacts from
Import Contacts from
function0053.
The next time you connect your mobile
phone to COMAND, no more contacts will
be downloaded, not even newly-added
contacts.
Switching the display of contact details
(privacy) on/off The
Hide Data Hide Data setting allows you to decide
whether telephone and address book data is
visible on the screen. You can therefore, for
example, prevent a passenger from seeing
the name of a caller.
Activating the function has the following
effects:
R The mobile phone's phone book and
address book data are hidden. They can
therefore not be used to make calls, send
text messages or to navigate.
You still have access to the phone book and
address book stored on COMAND.
R During incoming calls, the caller's name is
not displayed if there is an address book
entry for the number that is calling.
R During outgoing calls where the number is
entered manually, the recipient's name is
not displayed, even if there is an address
book entry for the entered number.
R The call list is hidden.
R Redialing is not possible.
R The received text messages list is hidden.
There is still a notification for incoming text
messages. For this to be the case, the
connected mobile phone must support the
MAP profile. However, it is not possible
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the phone number or have access to the
message. Connecting a mobile phone (Y
page 122)
X Select Phone
Phone in the telephone basic menu
by sliding 005B0064and turning 0082005B0083the
COMAND controller and press 00A1to
confirm.
A menu appears.
X To hide data: selectHide Data: Hide Data: Phone> Phone> and press 00A1to confirm.
You can allow access to address data 0053or
you can prevent access 0073. Using the address book
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Your COMAND equipment
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General notes .................................... 154
Establishing/ending the connection 154
Google™ local search .......................155
Destination/route download ...........158
Weather ............................................. 161
Options .............................................. 166
Other services ................................... 170
Internet .............................................. 171 153Online and Internet functions

Your COMAND equipment
These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your COMAND
system may not be equipped with all the
features described. General notes
Conditions for access
To use COMAND Mercedes-Benz Apps and
Internet access, the following conditions
must be fulfilled:
R mbrace is activated and operational
R mbrace is activated for COMAND
Mercedes-Benz Apps and Internet access
Priority of connections: an emergency call
has the highest priority. When a service call,
e.g. a breakdown service call or the MB Info
Call, is active, an emergency call can still be
initiated.
A service call, on the other hand, has priority
over a current Internet connection. For this
reason, you cannot connect to the Internet
during a service call.
i The availability of individual COMAND
Mercedes-Benz Apps may vary depending
on the country.
i The terms of use are shown when
COMAND is used for the first time and then
once a year thereafter. Only read and
accept the terms of use when the vehicle
is stationary.
i Internet pages cannot be shown while the
vehicle is in motion. Establishing/ending the connection
Establishing the connection
Preconditions for establishing a connection
can be found under "General notes"
(Y page 154).
X 1st option: select the00A7icon in the main
function bar by sliding 00A0005Band turning
0082005B the COMAND controller and press
00A1 to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Turn 0082005B or slide 009E005Bthe COMAND
controller until the Mercedes-Benz Apps
Mercedes-Benz Apps
panel or a favorite is brought to the front, if
these have been previously created
(Y page 177).
X Option 2: enter a web address
(Y page 171). 154
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theconnectionOnline and Internet functions