
press
0098
R using the 0061or0076 button and using
the telephone keypad on COMAND
R using the 0061or0076 button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel
R using the Voice Control System (see the
separate Voice Control System operating
instructions)
Unless stated otherwise, the descriptions and illustrations in this section refer to COMAND. Function restrictions
The telephone is not ready for use in the fol-
lowing situations:
R The telephone automatically tries to log on
to a network. If no network is available, you may not be able to make a " 911" emer-
gency call. If you attempt to make an out-
going call, the No Service
No Service message will
appear for a short while. "911" emergency call
The 911 emergency call 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.
R a valid and operational SIM card 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
Enter the number on COMAND
(Y page 132).
X Press 0061.
The telephone makes the connection.
X Wait until the emergency call center
answers and describe the emergency sit-
uation. Telephony via the Bluetooth
®
inter-
face Prerequisites
For telephony via COMAND's Bluetooth ®
interface, a Bluetooth ®
-capable mobile
phone is required.
On COMAND
X Activate the Bluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Y page 45).
On the mobile phone 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 oper-
ating instructions).
The battery of the mobile phone should
always be kept sufficiently charged in order to prevent malfunctions.
In preparation for telephoning via the Blue-
tooth ®
interface, you should check the fol-
lowing items on your mobile phone (see the
mobile phone operating instructions):
R Hands-Free Profile
The mobile phone must support Hands-
Free Profile 1.0 or above.
R Bluetooth ®
visibility
On certain mobile phones, the device itself
must be made "visible" to other devices, as
well as activating the Bluetooth ®
function
(see the mobile phone operating instruc-
tions). Telephony via the Bluetooth
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X
Select Reception Volume
Reception Volume orTransmis‐
Transmis‐
sion Volume
sion Volume and press0098to confirm.
X Select a volume setting by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller.
X To close the setting scale: press0098or
slide 009500520096 .
i Incorrect settings may have an impact on
the quality of calls. Using the telephone
Incoming call
Accepting a call Example: incoming call
X To accept: confirmAccept
Accept by pressing 0098.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
i You can also accept the call by voice com-
mand 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 30).
Other functions during a call (Y page 133)
If the phone number of the caller is transfer-
red, it appears in the display.
If an entry for the caller exists in the phone
book, you will also see the name.
If the phone number is not transferred or the
"Hide data" function is activated, Unknown Unknown
appears in the display. i
You can also accept a call as described
above when another main function is
switched on in COMAND. Once you have
accepted the call, the display switches to
the telephone display. After the call is fin-
ished, you see the display of the previous
main application again.
The display does not switch to telephone
mode if you:
R press the 0038back button next to the
COMAND controller and then
R accept the call using the 0061button on
the multifunction steering wheel
Rejecting a call X
To reject: selectReject Reject by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
or
X Press the 0076button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel. Making a call
Using the number keypad X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Enter the digits using the number keypad.
X To connect the call: press the0061but-
ton on COMAND or on the multifunction
steering wheel.
Using the telephone basic menu X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Select the digits one by one by turning 00790052007A
and sliding 009700520064the COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm. 132
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Switching the microphone on/off
This function is also available during an active
phone call.
X Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X To switch off: selectMic
MicOff
Offand press 0098
to confirm.
If the microphone is switched off, the dis-
play shows the 004Dicon, and the The
The
microphone microphone is
isoff
off message appears for
a short period.
X To switch on: selectMic on Mic on and press 0098
to confirm.
The 004Dsymbol disappears. You will briefly
see the The
The microphone microphone is
ison
onmessage.
Sending DTMF tones This function is not supported by all mobile
phones.
Answering machines or other devices can be
controlled by DTMF tones, e.g. for remote
query functions.
X If you would like to listen to the messages
on your answering machine, for example,
dial the corresponding number.
X To transmit individual characters: once
a connection has been established to the
answering machine, select the desired characters in the character bar, pressing
0098
to confirm each of them.
or
X Press the corresponding key on the
COMAND number keypad.
Every character selected will be transmit-
ted immediately.
X To send a phone book entry as a DTMF
sequence: selectName
Name by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select the desired phone book entry and
press 0098to confirm.
The entry is sent as a DTMF character
string.
X To return to the call display: selectBack Back
and press 0098to confirm.
i You can also send DTMF tones using the
Voice Control system; see the separate
operating instructions. Calls with several participants
Rejecting or accepting a waiting call The mobile phone network provider must sup-
port and activate the call-waiting function.
Depending on the mobile phone used, the
system behavior differs when accepting a
call.
If you have a call in progress and receive
another call, a new window appears in the
display. You also hear a tone. You can accept or reject the call.
X To reject: selectReject Reject and press 0098to
confirm.
or
X Press the 0076button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
X To accept: selectAccept
Accept and press 0098to
confirm.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel. 134
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The system behavior after accepting the
incoming call depends on your mobile phone.
R The mobile phone supports the call waiting
function (via Bluetooth ®
) when:
The previously active call is held. You can
then switch back and forth between both
calls (toggling) (Y page 135).
R The mobile phone does not support the call
waiting function (via Bluetooth ®
) when:
The previously active call is ended.
This is also the case if you accept the wait- ing call using the Voice Control System (see
the separate operating instructions).
The COMAND display changes. If you con-
tinue to operate functions on the mobile
phone, the COMAND display may differ from
that of the mobile phone.
Making a second call If the following requirements are met, you can
make another call while on the phone with
someone else:
R The function has to be supported by the
mobile phone network.
R The mobile phone has to support the con-
nection of a further call via Bluetooth ®
. This
action puts the previous call on hold if the
mobile phone supports this function.
R The appropriate setting has to be activated
on the mobile phone. 0043
Symbol for making a second call X
Select symbol 0043by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND.
X Enter the phone number:
R manually (Y page 132)
R using the phone book (Y page 137)
R using the call lists (Y page 140)
R using speed dial (Y page 133)
Call waiting and conference calls You can switch back and forth between two
calls with the call waiting function. The func-
tion is available if your mobile phone supports
the toggling function (via Bluetooth ®
).
You can interconnect various callers to create
a conference call with the Conference Conferencefunc-
tion.
You can use the function if you are answering a second call or making a second call while
talking to someone else. 0043
Active call
0044 Call on hold
0087 To interconnect the call on hold and the
active call to create a conference call. Using the telephone
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COMAND with another mobile phone. The
entries can be viewed without a mobile
phone. For this reason, you should delete
any phone book entries before handing
over or selling the vehicle. Calling up the phone book
Opening the phone book X
Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Name Namein the telephone basic menu by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
If the phone book contains entries, they will
be displayed in alphabetical order. The
character bar at the bottom of the display is
active.
The character bar is used for fast selection of an entry.
Enter the character using the character bar(Y page 33). i
You can also call up the phone book using
the multifunction steering wheel; see the
separate vehicle Operator's Manual.
Closing the phone book X
Select the 0039symbol in the character bar
by sliding 00640052and turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press the 003Dbutton. Symbol overview Sym-
bol Explanation
00D8
Address book entry that has been
entered or changed via COMAND
Imported contact that has been
saved in the phone or address book 0094
Address book entry with voice tag
These entries have also been
assigned a voice tag. Voice tags are available in vehicles with the Voice
Control System (see the separate
operating instructions). 00D7
Contact that has been imported
from a mobile phone that supports
PBAP 00BB
Entry that has been imported from
the memory card or USB device 00BA
Entry imported via the Bluetooth
®
interface Searching for a phone book entry
Using the character bar You determine the first letter of the entry you
are looking for with the first character you
enter.
X Select a character by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The first entry in the list that starts with the
letter selected is highlighted. If there are
similar entries, the next different character
is shown. For example, with entries such as
Christel Christel andChristine
Christine , the beginnings
of the names are similar. In this case, you
will be offered a choice between E Eand I
I. Using the phone book
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Searching for an address book entry
Search menu with character bar
0043
¥Address book entry
0044 0048 Complete address data from the nav-
igation system
0087 Character bar
0085 0034 Phone book entry on the mobile phone
0083 Entry with voice tag
For more symbols, see the symbol overview
(Y page 137)
X Find entry (Y page 137) Creating a new entry in the address
book
You can enter address data directly into the
address book. If you store telephone num-
bers in the COMAND phone book, these are
also saved in the address book. If you store a navigation destination, COMAND creates an
address book entry which includes the com-
plete navigable address data.
X Call up the address book (Y page 147)
X Select New
New in the address book by sliding
00520064 and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
An input menu with data fields appears. Input menu with data fields
0043
Selected data field with cursor
0044 Character bar
X Enter characters (Y page 33)
X Store the entry (Y page 34) Deleting an address book entry
X Option 1: selectDelete
Delete by sliding 00520064and
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Option 2: search for an address book entry
(Y page 137).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Delete Delete and press 0098to confirm.
Irrespective of the option chosen, a prompt
will appear.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the entry will be deleted.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. 148
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X
Enter the destination address (Y page 63)
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 des-
tination 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 instruc-
tions). 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 (¦) (Y page 148).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Voice Name Voice Name and press0098to con-
firm.
X Select Add
Add orChange
Change and press 0098to con-
firm.
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 148).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Voice Name Voice Name and press0098to con-
firm.
X Select Delete
Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A deletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes
YesorNo
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 can-
celed.
Listening to a voice tag X
Search for an address book entry with a
voice tag (Y page 148).
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Voice Name Voice Name and press0098to con-
firm.
X Select Listen
Listen and press 0098to 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.
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 137). Using the address book
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