Your Comand Equipment; General Notes; Interface - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

General notes

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Your COMAND equipment

These operating instructions describe all the
standard and optional equipment for your
COMAND system, as available at the time of
going to print. Country-specific differences
are possible. Please note that your COMAND
system may not be equipped with all the
features described.
General notes
Introduction
COMAND provides telephony via the
®
Bluetooth

interface.

When connecting Bluetooth
phones with PBAP (Phone Book Access
Profile), the contacts are automatically
downloaded to COMAND.
With a suitable mobile phone, you can use the
hands-free system and receive vCards via the
Bluetooth ® interface.
You can use the text message (SMS) function
(receiving and reading) if the mobile phone
supports the MAP (Message Access Profile)
®
Bluetooth profile.
You can obtain more detailed information
about suitable mobile phones and about
connecting Bluetooth
phones to COMAND on the Internet at
http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call
the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) for
the USA or at 1-800-387-0100 for Canada.
Safety notes
G
WARNING
The driver must always concentrate on the
road. For your safety and the safety of others,
we recommend that you pull over to a safe
location and stop before placing or taking a
telephone call. If you choose to use the mobile
®
-capable mobile
®
-capable mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free device and only use the mobile phone
when weather, road and traffic conditions
permit.
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a mobile phone while driving a vehicle.
Bear in mind that at a speed of only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), the vehicle covers
a distance of 44 feet (approximately 14 m) per
second.
G
WARNING
Excessive electromagnetic radiation may
constitute a health hazard to yourself and
others.
There is scientific discussion surrounding the
possible health risks posed by
electromagnetic fields. You can reduce this
risk by using an exterior aerial.
Therefore, only use mobile communication
equipment if it is connected to the exterior
aerial of the vehicle.
Call disconnection while the vehicle is
in motion
A call may be disconnected if:
there is insufficient network coverage in
R
certain areas.
you move from one transmitter/receiver
R
area (cell) into another and no channels are
free.
you use a SIM card which is not compatible
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with the network available.
Operating options
You can operate the telephone by:
using the COMAND controller:
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