2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Owner's Manual

0002
Active party
0003 Party on hold
0026 To interconnect parties by creating a
conference connection
X To interconnect parties by creating a
conference connection: select
Conference 0026
by turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
Sending DTMF tones
This functio nis not supported by all mobile
phones.
Answering machines or other devices can be
controlled by DTMF tones, e.g. for remote
query functions.
If you would like to listen to the messages on
your answering machine, for example, select
the corresponding number.
X Select DTMF from the telephone basic menu
during a conversation. 0002
To transmit individual characters using
the character bar
0003 To transmit a phone book entry as a
character string
X To transmit individual characters: once
a connection has been established to the
answer phone, select the desired
characters in the character bar and press
0021 to confirm.
or
X To send a phone book entry as a DTMF
sequence: selectName by turning
0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select the desired phone book entry and
press 0021to confirm.
The entry is sent as a DTMF character
string.
X To switch back to the call display: select
0006.
i You can also send DTMF tones by
pressing the corresponding button on the
telephone keypad or using the Voice
Control System (see the separate
operating instructions). Using the phone book and address
book
The COMAND phone book is an extract of
those entries from the address book which
contain at least one telephone number. 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.
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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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0031001C0032
the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Address book: select Data/Connectionsin the telephone basic menu by sliding
001C0006
and turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Address Book and press
0021to
confirm.
X To switch from the character bar to the
list: slide 002A001Cthe COMAND controller until
the character bar is hidden.
or
X Select 0003.
X To call a contact: select by sliding002A001C0006
or turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller
and press 0021to confirm.
i The phone book is also available via the
on-board computer (Y page 384).
Calling up contacts using the character
bar
X Phone book: select Name in the telephone
basic menu by sliding 001C0006and turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Address book: select Data/Connectionsin the telephone basic menu by sliding
001C0006
and turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Address Book and press
0021to
confirm.
X To select a character: select by sliding
002A001C0006 or003C001C003D the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm. Repeatt his procedure
until COMAND automatically switches over
to the list.
You determine the first letter of the entry
you are looking for with the first character
you enter. If there are similar entries, the
next character which is different will be
displayed and offered for selection. i
You can also use the telephone number
keypad to enter characters.
Creating new contacts/changing
contacts i
In certain countries, this function stops
being available from a vehicle speed of
more than approximately 3 mph (5 km/h).
As soon as the speed falls below
approximately 2mph (3 km/h), the
function becomes available again.
i You can enter address data directly into
the address book. If you store contacts in
the phone book, these are also saved in the
address book.
i Automatically imported contacts cannot
be edited. They have to be saved first
before being copied to the COMAND
address book. X
Call up the contact (Y page 209)10
.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select New Entry or
Change and press
0021 to confirm.
The input menu with data fields appears.
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Entry mark (cursor)
0003 Data field
0026 Two-line character bar
001D To select the language
0001 To select the character set
002D/0003 To select uppercase and
lowercase letters
0001 Back
0004 To delete your selection
0003 To confirm your selection
0025 Prese tphone category
X Enter the respective data in the data fields.
X To enter data in the data field: select the
respective characters from character bar
0026.
X To move the cursor in the data field:
select the respective characters from
character bar 0026.
X To change data fields: slide002A001Cthe
COMAND controller until the character bar
is hidden.
X Slide 002A001C0006 the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
or
X Press 0006in the character bar. X
To cancel data entry: select the0001
symbol in character bar 0026and press 0021to
confirm.
If one of the data fields contains data, a
prompt will appeara sking whether you
wish to store the entry.
X To save data entry: select the0003
symbol in character bar 0026and press 0021to
confirm.
The entry is created in the phone book and
in the address book.
Deleting contacts X
To delete a group of contacts: select
Data/Connections in the telephone basic
menu by sliding 001C0006and turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Delete Contacts and press
0021to
confirm.
You can select and delete the following types
of contact here:
R Internal Contacts R
Imported from memory card R
Imported via Bluetooth R
Delete All X
Confirm the selection by pressing 0021.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe data
should be deleted.
X Select Yes and press
0021to confirm. Telephone
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X
To delete an individual contact: select
the entry ( Ypage 209).
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Delete and press
0021to confirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe data
should be deleted.
X Select Yes and press
0021to confirm.
i Automatically imported contacts cannot
be deleted (Y page 208).
Calling anumber stored in an entry Using the phone book
X
Select Name in the telephone basic menu
by sliding 001C003Dand turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controlle rand press 0021to
confirm.
X Call up the contact (Y page 209).
X Contac twith multiple telephone
numbers (with the 0005 symbol):
press
0021.
or
X Press SEND on the telephone keypad.
Al ist of all telephone numbers is opened.
X Selec tthe desired number by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller.
X Press 0021.
or
X Press SEND on the telephone keypad.
The number is dialed.
X Contact with one telephone number
(without the 0005 symbol):
press0021.
or
X Press SEND on the telephone keypad.
The number is dialed.
i You can also use the phone book in the
on-board computer to make a call
(Y page 384). Using the address book
X
Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding 001C0006and
turning 0031001C0032the COMAND controller and
press 0021to confirm.
X Select Address Book and press
0021to
confirm.
X Call contact (Y page 209) and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select the telephone number by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
Starting route guidance to an entry i
This function is available as soon as you
have stored a destination in the destination
memory (Y page 183). COMAND also
stores the destination in the address book
with the complete navigable address data.
In this case, navigation can be started
without any further data input.
If the contact entry contains a postal
address, e.g. as a result of importing a
vCard, the system can also navigate to this
address. If the data is incomplete or
unclear, COMAND asks the user to enter
the relevant address data. After the entry
has been completed and navigation has
been started, COMAND replaces the
existing address with the navigable
address if necessary.
X Search for an address book entry using the
¤ symbol.
X Confirm the entry by pressing 0021.
Telephone numbers and addresses are
displayed.
X Select the address data field.
X Press the COMAND controller.
or
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0021to
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Select Navigate and press
0021to confirm.
X Select Start and press
0021to confirm.
Voice tags i
Voice tags are entered via the Voice
Control System; see the separate operating
instructions for the Voice Control System.
Adding or changing avoice tag
i You can add one voice tag per address
book entry.
X Search for an address book entry with or
without a voice tag ( ¦symbol).
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Voice Name and press
0021to
confirm.
X Select Add or
Change and press
0021to
confirm.
Subsequen toperation is voice-controlled.
The Voice Control System guides you
through the menus.
Deleting avoice tag
X Search for an address book entry with a
voice tag.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
X Select Voice Name and press
0021to
confirm.
X Select Delete and press
0021to confirm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
Listening to avoice tag
X Search for an address book entry with a
voice tag.
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dand turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm. X
Select Voice Name and press
0021to
confirm.
X Select Listen and press
0021to confirm.
You will hear the voice tag. Using call lists
Introduction COMAND displays lists of calls received
(including missed calls) and made during
phone operation.
The respective menu ite
mcan only be
selected if:
R calls have already been made or received
in COMAND.
R the call lists have been imported from the
telephone.
Opening the call list and selecting an
entry X
To call up the telephone menu: press the
0011 function button.
X Select Call Lists in the telephone basic
menu by sliding 001C0006and turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Received or
Calls Dialed and press
0021to confirm.
The corresponding list appears.
i The list of calls made can also be opened
by pressing the SEND button in the menu
or on the telephone keyboard. This is
possible as long as no phone numbers have
been entered in the basic menu. The list of
calls made can also be opened in the on-
board computer. Telephone
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Example display
:list of calls made
0002 To close the list
0003 Telephone number/name if known
0026 To call up options (e.g. save)
X Selec tanentry by sliding 001C0006the COMAND
controller.
X To dial a phone number: press the0027
button.
or
X Press 0021to confirm.
Unanswered incoming calls have the 0003
symbol in front of the name or phone number.
Storing a phone number which has not
ye tb een stored Introduction
For incoming calls from a person who is not
in the address book, COMAND displays the
phone number in the call list
.You can save
this entry.
Storing as anew entr yin the address book
X Open a call list and select an entry
(Y page 213).
X Select Options by sliding
001C003Dthe
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select Save Number and press
0021to
confirm.
X Select New Entry and press
0021to confirm. X
Select a category for the number, e.g.
Home , and press
0021to confirm.
X Select a category for the phone, e.g.
Cellular Phone Number , and press
0021to
confirm. Number category Display (phone
book and address
book)
Unclassified No symbol
Home 000B
Work \
Telephone
category Display (phone
book and address
book)
Unclassified No symbol
Cellular Phone
Number ¢
Pager 001E
Car ^
Landline 0019
Preferred 000A
i
If you have not entered the phone number
in a number and telephone category,
the 002B symbol will appear in the display.
X Select Next (save) and press
0021to
confirm.
An input menu with data fields is shown.
The data field for the telephone number is
filled in automatically. 214
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