2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class bluetooth

Call disconnection while the vehicle is
in motion
Ac
all may be disconnected if:
R there is insufficient network coverage in
certain areas.
R you move from one transmitter/receiver
area (cell) into another and no channels are
free.
R you use a SIM card which is no tcompatible
with the network available.
R you are using a mobile phone with
"Twincard" and the mobile phone with the
second SIM card is already logged into the
network.
Operating options You can operate the telephone by:
R
using the COMAND controller:
turn 0031001C0032.
slide 003C001C003D or002A001C0006.
press 0021.
R the 0027 or001F button on the telephone
keypad on the center console
R the 0027 or001F button on the
multifunction steering wheel
R using the Voice Control System (see the
separate Voice Control System operating
instructions)
Unless otherwise indicated, the descriptions
and illustrations in this section refer to
COMAND and the telephone keypad. This
also means that to carry out the functions
described here, you must always be in the
Telephone menu. The fastest way to access
the Telephone menu is to press the 0011
function button. Function restrictions You will not be able to use the telephone, will
no longer be able to use the telephone, or you
may have to wait before using it, in the
following situations:
R
when the mobile phone is switched off
R when the "Bluetooth ®
" function is switched
off in COMAND
R when the "Bluetooth ®
" function is switched
off on the mobile phone
R if the mobile phone is not logged into a
mobile phone network
i The telephone automatically tries to log
on to a network .Ifno network is available,
you will not be able to make a " 911"
emergency call. If you attempt to make an
outgoing call, the NO SERVICE message will
appear for a short while.
R if you remove the SmartKey from the
ignition lock during an active conversation
in hands-free mode, the conversation may
be continued for up to 30 minutes. After
that time, it will be interrupted.
You can prevent this interruption by switching
to "private call" ("private mode") on the
mobile phone before deactivating COMAND
(see mobile phone operating instructions).
If you wish to switch off COMAND during an
active conversation in hands-free mode, the
following message will appear: You cannot
shut off COMAND until you have
finished your telephone call
911 emergency call
G
WARNING
The 911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
The following requirements must be fulfilled
for a 911emergency call:
R the mobile phone must be switched on.
R a network must be available. 198
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R
a valid and operational SI Mcard must be
inserted in the mobile phone.
R the mobile phone is connected to COMAND
via Bluetooth ®
.
If you cannot make an emergency call, you
must arrange rescue measures yourself.
X Ente rnumbers using the number keypad
(Y page 204).
X Press the 0027button.
The telephone makes the connection.
X Wait for the emergency call center to
respond and then describe the emergency.
i If no SIM card has been inserted in a GSM
phone or if there is no service available for
a CDM Aphone, the NO SERVICE message
appears in COMAND. In this case, an
emergency call can only be transmitted via
the mobile phone itself and not via
COMAND. Telephony via the Bluetooth
®
interface
Conditions On the mobile phone
For telephony via COMAND's Bluetooth
®
interface, a Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phone is required.
i Not all mobile phones available on the
market are equally suitable. More detailed
information on suitable mobile phones and
on connecting Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phones with COMAND can be found on the
Internet at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com.Orc all
the Mercedes-Ben zCustome rAssistance
Center on
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372)
(for the USA) or Customer Relations on
1-800-387-0100 (for Canada).
The battery of the mobile phone should
always be kept sufficiently charged in order
to prevent malfunctions. In preparation for telephoning via the
Bluetooth
®
interface, you should check the
following items on your mobile phone (see the
mobile phone operating instructions):
X Hands-Free Profile
The mobile phone must support Hands-
Free Profile 1.0 or above.
i Certain displays and functions (e.g. signal
strength display, conference connection)
are available, depending on the supported
version of the Hands-Free Profile.
X Bluetooth ®
visibility
On certain mobile phones, the device itself
must be made "visible" for other devices,
as well as activating the Bluetooth ®
function (see the mobile phone operating
instructions).
X Bluetooth ®
device name
Every Bluetooth ®
device has its own
Bluetooth ®
device name. This device name
is freely definable, but can be identical for
all devices from the same manufacturer. It
is therefore recommended that you change
this name so that you can easily recognize
your mobile phone (see the mobile phone
operating instructions).
X Switch on the mobile phone and enter the
PIN when prompted to do so (see the
mobile phone operating instructions).
X Activate Bluetooth ®
functions and, where
necessary, Bluetooth ®
visibility on the
mobile phone (see the mobile phone
operating instructions).
In COMAND
X Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Y page 151).
Connecting amobile phone General information
Before using your mobile phone with
COMAND for the first time, you will need to
connect it. Telephone
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When you authorize a new mobile phone, it is
connected automatically.
Connecting comprises:
R
searching for a Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phone
R subsequently authorizing it
You can connect up to 15 mobile phones.
Searching for amobile phone
X To call up the telephone menu: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Update and press
0021to confirm.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth ®
telephones within range and adds them to
the Bluetooth ®
telephone list.
The duration of the searc hdepends on the
number of Bluetooth ®
telephones within
range and their characteristics. Example of display: Bluetooth
®
telephones list
0002 Currently connected 002Cand authorized
mobile phone 0017
0003 Mobile phone not within range but
previously authorized ( 0017symbol
appears in gray)
0026 Newly detected mobile phone in range,
not yet authorized 000D The Bluetooth
®
telephones list shows all
mobile phones within range and all previously
authorized mobile phones, whether or not
they are in range.
i If the Bluetooth ®
telephones list is already
full, you will be requested to de-authorize a
mobile phone ( Ypage 202). If COMAND
does not find your mobile phone, external
authorization (Y page 201) may be
necessary.
Authorizing (registering) amobile phone
X In the Bluetooth ®
telephones list, selec tthe
not yet authorized mobile phone by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Authorize and press
0021to confirm.
or
X Press 0021to confirm the selected mobile
phone.
The input menu for the passcode appears. The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit
number combination which you can choose
yourself. You must enter the same number
combination in COMAND and in the
Bluetooth
®
-capable mobile phone (see the
operating instructions of the mobile phone).
i Some mobile phones require the input of
a four-digit passcode or longer number
combinations. 200
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If you want to reauthorize a mobile phone
following de-authorization, you can select a
different passcode.
X
To enter apasscode in COMAND: press
the numbe rkeys in sequence.
0003 is available for selection after the first
number has been entered.
or
X Select the digits one by one by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X To confirm an entry in COMAND: select
0003 using the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
or
X Select SENDon the telephone keypad.
X Now enter the same passcode in the mobile
phone.
To make entries on the mobile phone: if
the Bluetooth ®
connection is successful, you
will be requested to enter the passcode (see
mobile phone operating instructions).
X Enter the same passcode on the mobile
phone that you entered in COMAND.
i After entering the passcode, you may also
need to enter a confirmation in your mobile
phone to connectc alls. Please check your
mobile phone display.
If the Error during authorization process message appears on the
COMAND display, you may have exceeded
the allowed time. Repeat th eprocedure.
The mobile phone is connected to COMAND
(authorized) .You can now make phone calls
using the COMAND hands-free system.
External authorization If COMAND does not detect your mobile
phone, this may be due to particular security
settings on your mobile phone. In this case,
you can test if your mobile phone can find
COMAND. The Bluetooth ®
device name of
COMAND is MB Bluetooth .Observe the following: some mobile phones
require that you reconnect to COMAND after
you have entered the passcode (see the
mobile phone operating instructions). The
mobile phone cannot otherwise be
authorized.
X
Press the 0011function button on the
COMAND controller once or twice.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Update .
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand press
0021 to confirm.
X Select External Authorization and
press 0021to confirm.
X Start the Bluetooth ®
search on the mobile
phone (see the mobile phone operating
instructions).
X Select COMAND (MB Bluetooth ) on the
mobile phone.
i The order in which the passkey is entered
depends on the mobile phone.
X Enter the passkey on the mobile phone
when prompted.
X Confirm the Do you want to authorize
XX? question in COMAND with
Yes .
X Enter the passkey in COMAND.
Connecting another mobile phone If you have authorized more than one mobile
phone, you can switch between the individual
phones.
i
You can only switch to another authorized
phone if you are not currently making a call.
X Select the mobile phone in the Bluetooth ®
telephones list by turning 0031001C0032the Telephone
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COMAND controller and press
0021to
confirm.
The selected mobile phone is searched for
and connected if it is within Bluetooth ®
range and if Bluetooth ®
is activated.
Only one mobile phone can be connected
at any one time. The currently connected
mobile phone is indicated by the 002Cdot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephones list
(Y page 199).
Displaying details X
Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
0021 to confirm.
X Selec tthe desired mobile phone in the
Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Details and press
0021to confirm.
The following information concerning the
selected mobile phone is shown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R equipment class, e.g. telephone,
computer
R availability
R authorization status
X To close the detailed view: turn0031001C0032 or
slide 003C001C003D the COMAND controller.
De-registering (de-authorizing) amobile
phone Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC recommends de-
authorizating in both COMAND and the
mobile phone. Subsequen tauthorization may
otherwise fail. X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
0021 to confirm.
X Selec tthe desired mobile phone in the
Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand press
0021 to confirm.
X Select De-authorize and press
0021to
confirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou
really wish to de-authorize this device.
X Select Yes or
No .
If you select Yes , the device will be deleted
from the Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
If you select No , the process will be aborted.
i Before re-authorizing the mobile phone,
you should also delete the device name MB Bluetooth from your mobile phone's
Bluetooth ®
list.
Basic telephone menu (Bluetooth ®
interface) X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
If the mobile phone is ready for use, the
following display appears: 202
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Example display
:telephone basic menu
(Bluetooth ®
interface)
0002 Network provider icon
0003 Signal strength of mobile phone network
0016
0026 Receiver icon 0019or003E
0025 To display the COMAND phone book
0023 To display call lists
0024 Character bar with characters for phone
number entry
0014 Bluetooth ®
name of the currently
connected mobile phone
i Displays 0002and 0003are shown, depending
on the mobile phone connected.
Bars 0003display the curren tsignal strength
of the mobile phone network .Ifall bars are
filled, you have optimum reception. If all
bars are empty, there is very poor reception
or none at all.
Receiver icon 0026shows whether a call is
active/being connected 0019or not 003E. Reception and transmission volume
Once the mobile phone has been authorized,
you can optimize the transmission and
receptio nvolume settings. Find information
on the optimal setting for your mobile phone
on the Internet at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center on
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) (forthe USA) or Customer Relations on
1-800-387-010
0(for Canada).
i Incorrect settings may have a significant
impact on the quality of calls.
X Press the 0011function button.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
0021 to confirm.
X Selec tana uthorized mobile phone from
the list by turning 0031001C0032.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Reception Volume or
Transmission Volume and press
0021to
confirm. X
To set the volume on scale: select by
sliding 002A001C0006the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm. Telephone operation
Incoming call Rejecting or accepting
acall
When there is an incoming call, you see a
corresponding window in the display. Telephone
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The address book organizes and stores
entries that are entered from different
sources (mobile phone, SD memory card,
Bluetooth ®
import, COMAND phone book,
navigation). You can use these entries to
make telephone calls and for navigation. You
can create a maximum of 3000 address book
entries.
Importing contacts automatically COMAND automatically imports contacts
from a mobile phone to the phone book.
In this case, the mobile phone must be active
via the Bluetooth ®
interface.
Depending on the mobile phone, this process
may take some time. Depending on the
mobile phone used, only the phone book
entries in the mobile phone or these entries
and the phone book entries from the SIM card
are imported.
Automatically imported contacts in COMAND
can be identified by the 0014/0001symbol.
These are available to you in COMAND only
when the mobile phone is active via the
Bluetooth ®
interface.
Importing contacts manually i
All the manually imported contacts
remain in COMAND even if you use
COMAND with a different mobile phone.
The entries can be viewed without a mobile
phone. Contacts created in COMAND can
also be viewed without a mobile phone. For
this reason, delete the phone book before selling or transferring ownership of your
vehicle.
Existing contact data can be imported from
the memory card manually.
X To import data: load the memory card.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Download Contacts and press
0021
to confirm.
X Select From Memory Card and press
0021to
confirm.
X Select Add or
Overwrite and press
0021to
confirm.
If the data has been imported, the Import successful message is displayed.
If the COMAND phone book memory is full,
this message appears in the display:
Memory full. Contacts could not be
imported completely .
i After the data has been imported,
COMAND has to process it. The entries are
only visible in the address/phone book
when this is completed.
Receiving vCards via Bluetooth ® You can receive vCards from devices that
support the sending of vCards via
Bluetooth
®
.S uch devices include PCs.
This requires the device to be authorized in
COMAND .PCs have to be authorized via the
Bluetooth ®
device list (Y page 151).
Received vCards are imported into the
address book.
Please bear the following in mind: 208
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R
Bluetooth ®
must be activated in COMAND
and on the Bluetooth ®
device ( 0005operating
instructions of the device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device mus tbe able to send
vCards via Bluetooth ®
(0005 operating
instructions of the device).
R the Bluetooth ®
device in the vehicle must
be switched on.
i If you switch to another main function,
e.g. navigation, while receiving vCards, the
reception of vCards will be terminated.
X Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Download Contacts and press
0021
to confirm.
X Select Via Bluetooth and press
0021to
confirm.
This interrupts the Bluetooth ®
connection
between COMAND and your active mobile
phone. In turn, COMAND is ready to receive
vCards from another Bluetooth ®
device.
X Start data transfer on the external
Bluetooth device ( 0005operating instructions
of the device).
The data on the vCards is automatically
transferred to the address book. The
number of vCards received is displayed. X
To cancel reception: press0021.
or
X Press the 0001back button on the center
console.
Calling up contacts/details You can call up contact
swith the list or by
using the character bar. Phone book/address book basic display
0002
List
001A Entry with navigable data
003B Entry with voice tag; see the
separate operating instructions for the
Voice Control System
0015 Address book entry
0014 Mobile phone entry
0001 SIM card entry
001A Entry imported via Bluetooth ®
0012 Entry imported via memory card
0005 Entry with multiple phone numbers
0003 Two-line character bar
001D To change the language of the
characters
0001 To selec tthe character set
0004 To delete your selection
0003 To confirm your selection
0001 Back
Calling up contacts from alist
X Phone book :select Name in the telephone
basic menu by sliding 001C0006and turning Telephone
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