Searching for a mobile phone
Empty Bluetooth
®
telephone list Conditions for searching
Bluetooth
®
telephone list after search is comple-
ted
X Press the 002Bfunction button on
COMAND.
X Select Connect Dev.
Connect Dev. from the telephone
basic menu by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm. X
Select Search Search for forPhone
Phone from
fromVehicle
Vehicle
and press the 0098button to confirm.
A message appears.
X Select Start Search
Start Search and press the0098
button to confirm.
The Searching for Bluetooth Searching for Bluetooth
Phones...
Phones... message appears. COMAND
looks for Bluetooth ®
telephones within
range and adds them to the Bluetooth ®
tel-
ephones list.
If a new phone is found, it appears in the list with the 00D3symbol.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth ®
telephones within
range and their characteristics.
Symbols in the Bluetooth ®
phone list Sym-
bol Explanation
00D3
New mobile phone in range, but
not yet authorized
0068
Authorized mobile phone
0036
Currently connected mobile
phone
00DC
Mobile phone in range and
authorized
00DC
(gray)
Mobile phone not in range, but
already authorized
The Bluetooth
®
telephone 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 (Y page 130). If COMAND
does not find your mobile phone, external
authorization may be necessary
(Y page 129).
i If you call up the telephone list again, the
unauthorized devices are removed from the Telephony via the Bluetooth
®
interface 127Telephone Z
list. In this case, start a new search to
update the Bluetooth ®
telephone list.
Authorizing (registering) a mobile
phone Passkey entry
Telephone basic menu
Option 1: using the passkey (access code)
X Select the mobile phone using the 00D3
symbol in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The input menu for the passkey appears.
The passkey is any one to sixteen-digit num-
ber combination which you can choose your- self. You must enter the same number com-
bination in COMAND and in the Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobile phone (see the mobile phone
operating instructions).
i Some mobile phones require a passkey
with four or more digits. i
If you want to reauthorize a mobile phone
following deauthorization, you can select a different passkey.
i Mercedes-Benz recommends de-authori-
zation in COMAND and on the mobile
phone (Y page 130). Subsequent authori-
zation may otherwise fail.
X To enter the passkey in COMAND: press
the number keys one after the other.
or X Select the digits in the digit bar one by one
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
0054 is highlighted after the first number
has been entered.
X In both cases, select 0054and press 0098to
confirm.
X To enter the passkey on the mobile
phone: if the Bluetooth ®
connection is suc-
cessful, you will be requested to enter the
passkey (access code, passcode; see the
mobile phone operating instructions).
X Enter the same passkey in the mobile
phone as the one already entered in
COMAND.
The Connecting Bluetooth Pro‐ Connecting Bluetooth Pro‐
files...
files... message appears.
The Authorization successful
Authorization successful mes-
sage appears once authorization is com-
pleted.
The mobile phone is connected to COMAND
(authorized). You can now make phone calls
using the COMAND hands-free system.
i After entering the passkey, you may also
need to enter a confirmation in your mobile
phone to connect calls. Please check your
mobile phone display. On some mobile
phones, this confirmation can be saved. In
this case, you do not need to enter it again.
If the COMAND display shows the Author‐ Author‐
ization failed
ization failed message, you may have
exceeded the prescribed time period.
Repeat the procedure. 128
Telephony via the Bluetooth ®
interfaceTelephone
X
Select the mobile phone in the Bluetooth ®
telephone list by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
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 003Bdot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
i You can only switch to another authorized
mobile phone if you are not currently mak- ing a call.
De-authorizing (de-registering) a mobile phone Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC recommends de-
authorization in COMAND and on the mobile
phone. Subsequent authorization may other-
wise fail.
X Press the 002Bfunction button on
COMAND.
X Select Connect Device
Connect Device from the tele-
phone basic menu by sliding 00520064and turn-
ing 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The Bluetooth ®
telephone list appears
(Y page 127).
X Select the desired mobile phone in the
Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
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.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to deauthorize this device.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No.
If you select Yes
Yes , the device will be deleted
from the Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. i
Before re-authorizing the mobile phone,
you should also delete the device name MB
MB
Bluetooth
Bluetooth from your mobile phone's Blue-
tooth ®
list. Displaying connection details
X Press the 002Bfunction button on
COMAND.
X Select Connect Dev.
Connect Dev. from the telephone
basic menu by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The Bluetooth ®
telephone list appears.
X Select the desired mobile phone in the
Bluetooth ®
telephones list.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Details Details and press 0098to confirm.
The following information concerning the
selected mobile phone is shown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availability status (shown after a new
search)
R authorization status
X To close the detailed view: turn00790052007A or
slide 009500520096 the COMAND controller. 130
Telephony via the Bluetooth ®
interfaceTelephone
Telephone basic menu (Bluetooth
®
interface)
Basic menu display Telephone basic menu (Bluetooth
®
interface)
0043 Telephone status
0044 Signal strength of mobile phone network
Ä
0087 Receiver icon 0071or0075
0085 To display call lists
0083 Character bar
0084 Bluetooth ®
name of the currently connec-
ted mobile phone
006B To display the COMAND phone book
X Press the 002Bfunction button.
When the connected mobile phone is ready
for use, the telephone basic menu appears.
i Display
0044may vary, depending on the
mobile phone connected.
Bars 0044show the current signal strength of
the mobile phone network. If all bars are
filled, you have optimum reception.
If no bars are shown, reception is either
very poor or there is none at all.
Receiver icon shows whether a call is
active/being connected 0075or not 0071.
Text message display in the telephone
basic menu The
Text Message Text Message menu item is only availa-
ble if the Bluetooth ®
phone supports the MAP
Bluetooth ®
profile ( Message AccessProfile).
The downloading of text messages from the Bluetooth
®
phone must have been comple-
ted. The menu item is otherwise grayed out.
Further information on text messages
(Y page 144).
If you have an unread text message, the 0083
mail symbol is displayed. The symbol disap-
pears once you have read the text message.
The ú mail symbol is displayed as soon as
the text message memory is full. The symbol
disappears once you delete at least one text
message. Reception and transmission volume
Once the mobile phone has been authorized,
you can optimize the transmission and recep-
tion 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 Assis-
tance center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372) (USA) or Customer Rela-
tions at 1-800-387-010 0(Canada). X
Press the 002Bfunction button.
X Select Connect Dev. Connect Dev. in the telephone
basic menu by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007Athe COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
X Select an authorized mobile phone from
the list by turning 00790052007A.
X Select the list symbol to the right of the
entry by sliding 00520096the COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm. Reception and transmission volume
131Telephone Z
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
Using the telephoneTelephone
X
To make a call: select°in the character
bar and press 0098to confirm.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
Redialing X
Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Select °in the character bar and press 0098
to confirm.
or
X If the telephone basic menu is displayed,
press the 0061button on COMAND.
In both cases, the calls dialed list appears.
The most recently dialed number is at the
top.
X To select a call: turn00790052007A the COMAND
controller.
X To connect the call: press0098the
COMAND controller.
Using the call list or COMAND phone
book X
Open a call list and select an entry
(Y page 140).
or
X Call up the COMAND phone book and
select an entry (Y page 137).
X To make a call: press0098the COMAND
controller or the 0061button.
Making a call via speed dial The speed dial list contains stored entries
from the phone book (Y page 142).
Option 1:
X Hold down one of the number keys for lon-
ger than two seconds.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing. Option 2:
X Call up the telephone basic menu
(Y page 131).
X Select Call
Call Lists Lists by sliding 00520064and turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
A menu appears.
X Select Speed
Speed Dial
DialPreset
Preset List
Listby turn-
ing 00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The speed dial list appears.
X Select preset and press 0098to confirm.
The telephone basic menu displays the
selected entry. This initiates dialing. Functions available during a call
Overview Telephone operation with a single call
0043 Person you are calling
0044 Symbol for active telephone connection
0087 To switch the microphone on/off
(Ypage 134)
0085 To send DTMF tones (not possible with all
mobile phones) (Y page 134)
0083 To end a call
Available functions:
R Accepting a waiting call (Y page 134)
R Making a second call (Y page 135)
R Call waiting (Y page 135)
Availability depends on the network (only pos-
sible in the GSM network) and on the Blue-
tooth ®
mobile phone. Using the telephone
133Telephone Z
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
Using the telephoneTelephone
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
135Telephone Z