Mercedes-Benz Command - Telephony

Profile), the 1 menu item is available. Fur-
ther information on text messages and e-mail
(
Y page 137).
If you have an unread text message or e-mail,
the 0 mail symbol is displayed at the top
in the status bar. The symbol disappears once
you have read the text message or e-mail. The
ú symbol is displayed as soon as the mes-
sage memory on the mobile phone or SIM
card is full. The symbol disappears once you
delete at least one message.
Connecting/disconnecting a mobile
phone
Prerequisites
For telephony via the Bluetooth
®
interface,
you require a Bluetooth
®
-capable mobile
phone. The mobile phone must support
Hands-Free Profile 1.0 or above.
On COMAND
X
Activate Bluetooth
®
(Y page 44).
On the mobile phone
X
Switch on the mobile phone and enter the
PIN when prompted to do so (see the man-
ufacturer's operating instructions).
X
Activate Bluetooth
®
and, if necessary,
Bluetooth
®
visibility for other devices (see
the manufacturer's operating instructions).
This visibility is for restricted periods of
time on some mobile phones (see the man-
ufacturer's operating instructions).
X
Set the Bluetooth
®
device name for the
mobile phone if necessary.
The Bluetooth
®
device names for all of one
manufacturer's products might be identical.
To make it possible to clearly identify your
mobile phone, change the device name (see
the manufacturer's operating instructions).
The name can be freely selected.
If the mobile phone supports the PBAP
(Phone Book Access Profile) and MAP
(Message Access Profile) Bluetooth
®
pro-
files, the following information will be trans-
mitted after you connect:
R
Phone book
R
Call lists
R
Messages
Further information on allowing or suppress-
ing the automatic download of the phone
book (
Y page 132).
The battery of the mobile phone should
always be kept sufficiently charged in order to
prevent malfunctions.
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Not all mobile phones available on the
market are equally suitable. You can obtain
more detailed information about suitable
mobile phones and about the connection
between the mobile phone and COMAND
on the Internet at
www.mercedes-benz-mobile.com.
You can also obtain more information by
calling.
In the USA, you can get in touch with the
Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Cen-
ter on 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372).
In C
anada, you can get in touch with the
Customer Relations Center on
1-800-387-0100.
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Some displays (e.g. the signal strength)
depend on the supported version of the
Hands-Free Profile.
Procedure and general information
Searching for and authorizing (connect-
ing) a mobile phone
Before using your mobile phone with
COMAND for the first time, you will need to
search for the phone (
Y page 115) and then
authorize it (
Y page 116). Depending on the
mobile phone, authorization either takes
place by means of Secure Simple Pairing or by
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Connecting/disconnecting a mobile phone
Telephone