2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class phone

Symbol overview
Sym-
bolExplanation
ÆContact that has been entered, edi-
ted or saved on COMAND.
\Contact with voice tag
These contacts have also been
assigned a voice tag. Voice tags are
available in vehicles with the Voice
Control System (see the separate
operating instructions).
ÃContact that was called up from a
mobile phone
¯Contact imported from the SD
memory card or USB device.
®Contact imported via the Blue-
tooth®interface.
Searching for a contact
Using the character bar
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XTo select characters: turn the controller
and press to confirm.
The first contact with the selected first
character is highlighted in the phone book.
If there are similar contacts, the next dif-
ferent character is shown. For example,
with contacts such as Jana
andJohn, the beginnings of the names are identical. The
next different character
A
andOare offered
for selection.
XSelect the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con- firming with the controller each time.
XTo end the search: select ¬.
The contacts in the phone book are dis-
played.
XTo highlight a contact: turn the controller.
XTo call the contact: press the controller.
The Gsymbol indicates that a contact con-
tains more than one phone number.
XTo select a contact with the Gsymbol:
turn the controller and press to confirm.
The phone numbers are displayed. The G
symbol changes to I.
XTo call a telephone number: turn and press
the controller.
Back to the character bar
XPress the %button repeatedly until the
character bar is displayed.
Further information about character entry
(
Ypage 32).
Using the number keypad on the upper
section of the center console
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XFor example, to enter the letter C: press the
l number key briefly three times in suc-
cession.
The character appears the first time the key
is pressed and shows all the available char-
acters. It switches to the next character
each time the key is pressed.
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Using the touchpad
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XDraw the letter on the touchpad surface.
The first contact with the selected first
character is highlighted in the phone book.
Further information on handwriting recog-
nition on the touchpad (
Ypage 27).
XDraw additional letters on the touchpad
surface one after another.
XTo complete the search and return to the
phone book: press the touchpad.
XTo select and call the contact: glide up or
down and press.
Displaying the details of a contact
XCall up the phone book (Ypage 123).
XSearch for and highlight a contact
(
Ypage 124).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The detailed view appears.
Closing the detailed display
XTo select %: slide 8the controller.
Adding a new contact
XCall up the phone book (Ypage 123).
XIn the phone book, slide 5the controller
repeatedly until the character bar disap-
pears.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select New Entry: turn and press the
controller.
XTo select a category for the number, e.g.
Home
: turn the controller and press to con-
firm.
XTo select a telephone category, e.g.
Mobile Phone
: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
If you have marked a number as preferred,
it is shown at the top of the list.
XTo select Continue: turn and press the
controller.
The input menu with data fields is dis-
played.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad or the
touchpad (
Ypage 27) depending on the
vehicle's equipment.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad.
XTo finish and save an entry: select ¬.
The contact is created in the phone book
and in the address book.
Adding information to a contact
A maximum of five telephone numbers can be
saved for one contact.
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XCallup the phone book (Ypage 123).
XSearch for and highlight a contact in the
phone book (
Ypage 124).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Add Phone No.: turn and press
the controller.
XTo select a category for the number, e.g.
Home
: turn the controller and press to con-
firm.
XTo select a telephone category, e.g.
Mobile Phone
: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
If you have marked a number as preferred,
it is shown at the top of the list.
XTo select Continue: turn and press the
controller.
The te lephone number has been save d.
If five numbers are already stored for the con-
tact you are searching for, a prompt will
appear asking whether you wish to overwr ite
one of the existing numbers.
If you wish to overwr ite one of the phone
numbers:
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
A list of the existing five phone numbers is
disp layed.
XTo select the phone number to beoverwr it-
ten from the list: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The entry field for the new phone number is
disp layed.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad or the
touchpad (
Ypage 27) depending on the
veh icle's equipment.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad.
If you donot wish to overwrite any of the
phone numbers:
XTo select No: turn and press the controller.
The process iscanceled.
Automatically importing contacts
from the mobile phone
Depending on the mob ilephone used, you
can set whether the contacts should becalled
up automatical lyafter the mob ilephone is
connected to COMAND.
XTo call up the te lephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Automatically Import Con‐
tacts from Phone: turn and press the
controller.
You can allow Oor deactivate ªthe auto-
mat ic down load.Ifthe function isdeacti-
vated, contacts which have already been
called up willcontinue to be displayed.
If the function isdeactivated, the contacts
can becalled up manually:
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Import Contacts: turn and
press the controller.
The contacts are called up.
Saving a contact
Saved contacts are indicated inthe phone
book bydifferent symbols (
Ypage 124).
XCall up the phone book (Ypage 123).
XSearch for and highlight a contact from the
mob ilephone d(
Ypage 124).
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XTo selectG: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Save: turn and press the control-
ler.
The contact has now been saved. The con-
tact is identified by the ¥symbol in the
phone book.
iSaved contacts are also displayed in the
address book.
Saving or editing the contact data on
COMAND does not change the contacts on
the mobile phone. If automatic calling up of
phone contacts is activated, COMAND dis-
plays the copy ¥with the changed data.
Deleting a contact
You can delete contacts that have been
added, supplemented, saved or imported in
COMAND.
If there are one or several phone numbers
saved under the contact, the contact is
deleted from the phone book and the address
book.
If there are additional entries under the con-
tact, such as a navigable destination, only the
phone numbers are deleted. The contact is
retained in the address book with the remain-
ing entries.
XCall up the phone book (Ypage 123).
XSearch for and highlight a contact in the
phone book (
Ypage 124).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Delete: turn and press the con-
troller.
A prompt appears asking whether the con-
tact should be deleted.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The phone number is deleted.
or
XTo select No: turn and press the controller.
The process is canceled.
Closing the phone book
XTo select &from the character bar: turn
the controller and press to confirm.
or
XPress the %button.
Address book
Introduction
Always pay attention to traffic conditions.
Familiarize yourself with the address book
functions before beginning your journey.
You can use COMAND when the road and
traffic conditions permit. You could otherwise
become involved in an accident in which you
or others could be injured.
The address book displays all the contacts
from the various sources (mobile phone,
memory card, USB device, COMAND phone
book, navigation).
You can use the contacts to make telephone
calls, navigate and to write messages.
If a mobile phone is connected to COMAND
and automatic calling up is activated
(
Ypage 132), the mobile phone's contacts
are displayed in the address book. If you dis- connect the mobile phone from COMAND,
these contacts are no longer displayed in the
address book.
When you import, save, edit or add contacts,
they will be saved in COMAND. These con-
tacts will remain there even when you con-
nect COMAND to a different mobile phone.
You can view these contacts even without a
mobile phone.
iThe address book can store a total of
5000 contacts.
R2000 entries are reserved for perma-
nently saved contacts.
R3000 entries are reserved for contacts
that you can load from the mobile phone.
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iBefore selling your vehicle, delete the
contacts saved in COMAND using the reset function (
Ypage 51).
Calling up the address book
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 5the
controller.
XTo select Tel: turn the controller and press
to confirm.
XTo select Address Book: turn and press
the controller.
An address book entry can also include a pic-
ture. This is shown to the left of the address
data. Address book entries with pictures can
only be created by importing vCards (vcf
files). Further information on importing
vCards (
Ypage 133). The quality of the pic-
ture depends on the picture's resolution.
XTo browse in the address book: turn the
controller.
Searching for a contact
Using the character bar
XCall up the address book (Ypage 128).
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select Search: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select characters: turn the controller
and press to confirm.
The first contact with the selected first
character is highlighted in the address
book. If there are similar contacts, the next
different character is shown. For example,
with contacts such as Jana
andJohn, the
beginnings of the names are identical. The
next different character A
andOare offered
for selection.
XSelect the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con- firming with the controller each time.
XTo end the search: select ¬.
The contacts in the address book are dis-
played.
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo return to the character bar: press the
% button repeatedly until the character
bar is displayed.
Further information about character entry
(
Ypage 32).
Using the number keypad on the upper
section of the center console
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XFor example, to enter the letter C: press the
l number key briefly three times in suc-
cession.
The character appears the first time the key
is pressed and shows all the available char-
acters. It switches to the next character
each time the key is pressed.
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Using the touchpad
You determine the first letter of the contact
you are looking for with the first character you
enter.
XDraw the letter on the touchpad surface.
The first contact with the selected first
character is highlighted in the address
book.
Further information on handwriting recog-
nition on the touchpad (
Ypage 27).
XDraw additional letters on the touchpad
surface one after another.
XTo complete the search and return to the
address book: press the touchpad.
XTo select and call the contact: glide up or
down and press.
Adding a new contact
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.
XCall up the address book (Ypage 128).
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select New: turn and press the controller.
The surname and first name input lines are
displayed.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad or the
touchpad (
Ypage 27) depending on the
vehicle's equipment.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad.
XTo save the surname and first name: select
¬.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo add a desired entry (e.g. Add E-Mail
Address): turn and press the controller.
Depending on the type of entry, the corre-
sponding input menu appears.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad or the
touchpad (
Ypage 27) depending on the
vehicle's equipment.
XEnter characters using the controller
(
Ypage 32) or the number keypad.
XTo finish and save an entry: select ¬.
Displaying contact details
XCall up the address book (Ypage 128).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
The entries can be categorized as follows:
\ Business details
6 Home details
iAn address book entry can contain the
following information:
Rname
Rfirst name
Rcompany
Rup to five telephone numbers
Rtwo email addresses
RInternet address
Rtwo addresses
Rgeo-coordinates
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Adding information to a contact
Amaximum of fiv etelephon enumber scan be
saved for on econtact .
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 128).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo add th edesired entr y(e.g. AddE-Mail
Addres s): turnand press th econtroller .
Dependin gon th etyp eof entry, th ecorre-
sponding input men uappears.
XEnte rcharacters usin gth econtroller
(
Ypage 32 )or th enumber keypad or th e
touchpad (
Ypage 27)depending on th e
vehicle's equipment.
XEnte rcharacters usin gth econtroller
(
Ypage 32) or th enumber keypad.
XTo finish and sav ean entry: select ¬.
Startingroute guidance to an address
or geo-coor dinates
If an address wit h a ZIPcode is saved, th e
address can be used for rout eguidance .If th e
ZIP code canno tbe assigned to an exact
address ,you can adjust th edestination sub-
sequently usin gth econtroller .
XCall up theaddress book (Ypage 128).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select th eaddress or geo-coordinates:
tur nand press th econtroller .
The navigation men uis displayed.
XTo select Start:slide 6and press th e
controller .
The rout eto th edestination address is cal-
culated and rout eguidance starts.
Making a call
XCall up th eaddr essbook (Ypage 128).
XTo select acontact :tur nand pre ssthecon-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select atelephon enumber :tur nand
pre ssthecontroller .
The number is dialed .Further information
about th efunction sduring acall
(
Ypage 120).
Sending text messages
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 128).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand pre ssthecon-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo highligh tth etelephon enumber :tur nth e
controller .
XTo select G:slide9 thecontroller .
XTo select SendTex tMessag e:tur nand
press th econtroller .
The entr yfields for ate xt message are dis-
played (
Ypage 142).
Observ eth erequirements for th emessage
function (
Ypage 138).
Sending e-mail
XCall up th eaddr essbook (Ypage 128).
XSelectan entry: tur nand pre ssthecontrol -
ler .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select an e-mail address :tur nand pre ss
th econtroller .
The entr yfields for an e-mail are displayed
(
Ypage 142).
Observ eth erequirements for th emessage
function (
Ypage 138).
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Displaying sub-entry information
XCall up theaddress boo k (Ypage 128).
XSelectan entry: turn and press th econtrol-
ler .
The details fo rth econtact are displayed .
XTo highlight thedesire dentry: turn th econ-
troller.
XTo selec tG: slide9 thecontroller .
XTo selectDetail s:turn and press th econ-
troller.
The display is shown in full .
XTo close thedetailed display :press th e
% button.
Editing acontact
XCall up th eaddress boo k (Ypage 128).
XTo select acontact :turn and press th econ-
troller.
The details fo rth econtact are displayed .
XTo highlight thedesire dentry: turn th econ-
troller.
XTo selec tG: slide9 thecontroller .
XTo selectEdi t:turn and press th econtrol-
ler .
The entr yfield fo rth eselecte dentr yis dis -
played .
Further information about characte rentr y
(
Ypage 32).
Changin gth ecategor yof an entry
XCall up th eaddress boo k (Ypage 128).
XSelectan entry: turn and press th econtrol-
ler .
The details fo rth econtact are displayed .
XTo highlight thedesire dentry: turn th econ-
troller.
XTo selec tG: slide9 thecontroller .
XTo selectChange Category:turn and
press th econtroller .
XTo select acategory: turn th econtroller and
press to confirm .
Storing thephone number as aspeed
dial number
XCall up th eaddress boo k (Ypage 128).
XSelectan entry: turn and press th econtrol-
ler .
The details fo rth econtact are displayed .
XTo highlight thedesire dtelephon enumber :
turn th econtroller .
XTo selectG: slide9 thecontroller .
XTo selectSpeed Dia l:turn and press th e
controller .
XTo selectAssign Speed Dia lPreset:
turn and press th econtroller .
XTo select amemor yposition fo rth espeed
dial: turn and press th econtroller .
The phone number has been saved as a
speed dial.
Voice tags
Introduction
You can ente rvoic etags via th eVoice Control
Syste m(se eth eseparat eoperatin ginstruc -
tions). Once you hav eassigned avoic eta gto
an address boo kentry, you can cal lup this
entr ywit h a voic ecommand and dial aphone
number ,fo rexample. You can add on evoic e
ta gper address boo kentry.
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