2014 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class transmission

Bluetooth
®
technology is a standard for
short-range wireless data transmissions up to
approximately 10 meters. You can use
Bluetooth ®
to connect your mobile phone to
COMAND, to use the hands-free system,
establish an Internet connection, listen to
music using Bluetooth ®
Audio or to exchange
vCards, for example.
Bluetooth ®
is a registered trademark of
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc. Activating/deactivating Bluetooth
®
X Press the 00D4button.
The Vehicle menu appears.
X To select System Settings
System Settings : slide005200C5,
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
X To select Activate Bluetooth
Activate Bluetooth: turn and
press the controller.
This switches Bluetooth ®
on 0073 or off 0053. Setting the system language
This function allows you to determine the
language for the menu displays and the
navigation messages. The selected language
affects the characters available for entry.
i The navigation announcements are not
available in all languages. If a language is
not available, the navigation
announcements will be in English.
i When you set the system language, the
language of the Voice Control System will
change accordingly. If it is not supported
by the Voice Control System, English will be
selected.
X Press the 00D4button.
The Vehicle menu appears.
X To select System Settings
System Settings : slide005200C5,
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears. X
To select Language Language : turn and press the
controller.
The list of languages appears. The 003Bdot
indicates the current setting.
X Select the desired language.
COMAND loads the selected language and
sets it. Assigning a favorites button
X Press the 00D4button.
The system menu appears.
X To select System Settings System Settings : slide005200C5
and press the controller.
A menu appears.
X To select Favorite Functions
Favorite Functions: turn and
press the controller.
A menu appears.
X To select Assign Function Assign Function : press the
controller.
The list of predefined functions appears.
X To select the desired function, e.g.
Entertainment Entertainment: turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
X Select the desired function, e.g. Play Play
More Like This
More Like This .
A menu with the prompt Please select
Please select
a favorites button:
a favorites button: appears.
X To select the desired button, e.g. 0083:
turn and press the controller.
A message appears stating that the button
has been assigned the selected function.
i A message appears for certain functions,
e.g. Assign station or media source Assign station or media source.
This explains how you can save the desired
station directly using the favorites function
menu in three steps.
i If you are in the favorite functions menu,
you can assign a desired favorites button
by pressing and holding the relevant
number key, e.g. 0089, on the telephone
keypad (Y page 22) until you hear a tone. Assigning a favorites button
45System settings

Your COMAND equipment
................122
General notes .................................... 122
Telephony via the Bluetooth ®
inter-
face .................................................... 123
Reception and transmission volume 130
Using the telephone .........................130
Using the phone book ......................134
Using call lists ................................... 138
Using the speed dial list ...................141
Messages (text messages and e-
mails) ................................................. 142
Using the address book ...................148 121Telephone

is displayed as soon as the message memory is full. The symbol disappears once you delete
at least one message. Reception and transmission volume
Once the mobile phone has been authorized,
you can optimize the transmission and
reception volume settings. Find out more
about the optimum settings for your mobile
phone online at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com . Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372)
(USA) or Customer Relations at
1-800-387-010 0(Canada). X
To call up the basic telephone menu: press
the 002B button one or more times.
X To switch to the menu bar: slide 00520064the
controller.
X To select Connect Device
Connect Device: turn the
controller and press to confirm.
The telephone list appears.
X To select an authorized mobile phone from
the list: turn the controller.
X To select the list symbol to the right of the
entry: slide 00520096the controller and press to
confirm.
X To select Reception Volume
Reception Volume or
Transmission Transmission Volume
Volume: turn the controller
and press to confirm. X
To select a volume setting: turn the
controller.
X To close the setting scale: press or slide
009500520096 the controller.
i Incorrect settings may have an impact on
the quality of calls. Using the telephone
Incoming call
Accepting a call X
To select Accept Accept: press the controller.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
i You can also accept the call by voice
command using the Voice Control System
(see the separate operating instructions).
Once you have accepted the call, you can use
hands-free mode.
The call volume can be adjusted (Y page 23).
Other functions during a call (Y page 132).
If the phone number of the caller is
transferred, it appears in the display.
If there is an entry for the caller in the phone
book, you will also see the name.
If the phone number is not transferred,
Unknown
Unknown appears in the display. 130
Using the telephoneTelephone

The following options are available:
R
Normal Track Sequence Normal Track Sequence
The tracks are played in the normal order
(e.g. track 1, 2, 3, etc.).
R Random Medium
Random Medium
All the tracks on the medium are played in
random order.
R Random Track Mix
Random Track Mix
The tracks in the currently active track list
are played in random order. Bluetooth
®
audio mode Connecting Bluetooth
®
audio devices
Prerequisites Bluetooth
®
audio mode requires a
Bluetooth ®
-capable audio device.
Before using Bluetooth ®
audio mode, you
must check your Bluetooth ®
audio device for
the following (see the Bluetooth ®
audio
device's operating instructions):
R Bluetooth ®
audio profile
The Bluetooth ®
audio device must support
the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio
profiles.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
Certain Bluetooth ®
audio devices require
more than simply activating the
Bluetooth ®
function. In addition, your
device must be made "visible" to other
devices.
R Bluetooth ®
device name
This device name is predetermined but can
usually be changed. To make a clear
selection of the Bluetooth ®
device
possible, Mercedes-Benz recommends
that you customize the device name (see
the Bluetooth ®
audio device's operating
instructions). i
A2DP (Advanced AudioDistribution
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data transmission
AVRCP (Audio VideoRemote Control
Profile): Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
data playback.
i The Bluetooth ®
device must be visible for
authorization. After authorization,
COMAND even finds the Bluetooth ®
device
when it is not visible.
COMAND
X Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Y page 45).
General notes Before using your Bluetooth
®
audio device
with COMAND for the first time, you will need
to authorize it.
When you authorize a new Bluetooth ®
audio
device, it is connected automatically.
Connection involves first searching for a
Bluetooth ®
audio device and then authorizing
it.
You can authorize up to fifteen Bluetooth ®
devices.
i If you authorize a mobile phone that
supports Bluetooth ®
audio, the A2DP and
AVRCP Bluetooth ®
audio profiles are
connected automatically.
The mobile phone is then entered:
R in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list
(Y page 124)
R in the Bluetooth ®
device list
(Y page 209)
Mercedes-Benz recommends authorizing a
mobile phone in Bluetooth ®
telephony
(Y page 125). 208
Bluetooth ®
audio modeMedia

(see the Bluetooth
®
audio device's
operating instructions). Switching to Bluetooth
®
audio mode
Basic display 0043
Audio transmission status (depending on
the Bluetooth ®
audio device, also title
name and artist)
0044 Data medium position in the media list
0087 Sound settings
0085 Device list
0083 To stop 00CFor start 00D0playback
0084 Name of the connected Bluetooth ®
audio
device (example)
006B Options menu
Some mobile phones only support two
Bluetooth ®
profiles at the same time (e.g.
Hands-Free Profile for Bluetooth ®
telephony
and Bluetooth ®
audio profile for audio
streaming). If you activate Bluetooth ®
audio
mode and there is already an active Internet
connection, this can cause the connection to
be terminated.
Switching to Bluetooth ®
Audio X
Press the 00FDbutton.
X To select Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio from the
menu: turn and press the controller.
COMAND activates the Bluetooth ®
audio
device. The basic display then appears.
Playback starts. i
If the Bluetooth ®
audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data
is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed. Starting/stopping playback
X To select Start playback 00D0: turn and
press the controller.
Playback starts. 00CFis selected.
X To stop playback: select00CF.
A message appears. 00D0is selected.
X To continue playback: select00D0.
A message appears. 00CFis selected. Starting playback if the Bluetooth
®
audio device has been stopped During the search for mobile phones , the
connection with the Bluetooth
®
audio device
is terminated (Y page 124). In the
Bluetooth ®
audio basic display (Y page 212),
you will see the No Bluetooth Audio No Bluetooth Audio
Device Connected
Device Connected message and the
Connect Last Used Player
Connect Last Used Player menu item
cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth ®
audio device can be reconnected.
X To select Start playback: 00D0: slide
005200C5 and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning. 212
Bluetooth ®
audio modeMedia