Mobile phone system, operating instructions - GF82.70-P-0007-07LE
MODEL 216, 221 up to 31.5.09 with CODE (389) Mobile phone preinstallation with universal interface, USA/Canada with CODE (386) Preinstallation for telephone "Handy", UPCI system
MODEL 216 except CODE (498) Japan version as of Model Year 2010 /AEJ 09
MODEL 221 except CODE (498) Japan version as of Model Year 2010 /AEJ 09 MOPF
These operating instructions consist of the following subfunctions:
- Establishing a telephone connection - making a call
- Establishing a telephone connection - receiving a call
- Handsfree mode
- Private mode
- Terminating/aborting/rejecting a call
- Toggling
- Accepting a call waiting call and simultaneously ending all existing calls
- Short Message Service (SMS)
- "Voice mail" (with code 389) Mobile phone preinstallation with universal interface USA/Canada)
- Communication via rear handset (A34/16)
(with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
- Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter (A34/1)
(with code (379) Telephone module with Bluetooth SAP)
The rapid pace of technical development and the variety of mobile phones on offer with their various technology standards can lead to problems in terms of compatibility with some of the control functions described in the following.
Establishing a telephone connection - making a call
The "Establishing a telephone connection - making a call" subfunction consists of the following subfunctions:
- Dialing using keypad on mobile phone
- Dialing using the center console button group (S148)
- Dial using the multifunction steering wheel
- Dialing by pressing the "Send button"
- Dialing using the voice control system (VCS [SBS])
- Dialing using Human-Machine Interface (MMS)
Dialing using keypad on mobile phone
Handsfree mode is active if the mobile phone keypad is used for dialing. Telephone numbers can be selected from the mobile phone telephone book.
Dialing using the center console button group
The telephone menu must be activated on the COMAND controller unit (A40/3). The number entered is dialed by pressing the "Send" button. Handsfree mode is active if the center console button group is used for dialing.
Dial using the multifunction steering wheel
The mobile phone telephone book is selected using the menu on the instrument cluster (A1) display. The name of the person to be called is selected by scrolling forward and back using the scroll forward/back button (S110s1). The OK button (S110s6) or the Accept/terminate phone call button (S111s3) can be used to activate the call on the steering wheel.
Dialing by pressing the "Send button"
The call list of "Dialed numbers" can be displayed and numbers dialed from it.
Dialing using VCS [SBS]
The VCS [SBS] is activated by pressing the VCS [SBS] on button (S111s4). An acoustic signal is emitted after activation has taken place.
Voice commands are e.g.:
- Help/Telephone help
- Enter PIN
- Dial number
- Dial name
- Redial
- Store name
- Read telephone book
- Delete telephone book
- Delete name
Dialing using MMS
The MMS telephone function can be selected via the "Tel" menu or via the Telephone/Navigation quick select button (A40/9s5) on the front central operating unit (A40/9).
Here, the user has the following options for dialing a telephone number:
- Entering the telephone number using the front central operating unit
- Searching the phone book using the "Name" menu item. The entries in the mobile phone's telephone book and on the subscriber identification module (SIM) card can be seen in the address book provided the mobile phone is plugged in
- Searching in the call lists ("Accepted", "Dialed") using the "Call lists" menu entry
The name of the person who you wish to call can be selected in the address book and the call lists by scrolling up and down.
The call is activated using the "SEND" function.
Establishing a telephone connection - receiving a call
Incoming calls are indicated acoustically using the vehicle speaker system. At the same time the volume of the currently active audio source (e.g. the radio) is lowered. The audio source is not muted until the user accepts the call.
Incoming calls are also shown graphically:
Up to 31.5.09:
- Call recognition is output on the COMAND display (A40/8) and the multifunction display (A1p13).
As of 1.6.09
- Call recognition is output on the COMAND display (without code (867) SPLITVIEW) or the SPLITVIEW display (A40/10) (with code (867) SPLITVIEW) and the multifunction display.
The call can be answered using the front central operating unit, using the buttons on the mobile phone and using the Accept/terminate phone call button or using the center console button group.
Handsfree mode
Accepting a call by:
- Selecting the appropriate option using the front central operating unit
- Pressing the Accept/terminate phone call button
- Pressing the Accept phone call button on the mobile phone
- Pressing the Accept phone call button on the rear handset (with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
- Pressing the Accept phone call button on the center console button group
- Pressing the VCS ON button
- Removal of rear handset from rear handset cradle (A34/13)
Up to 31.5.09:
- The mobile phone remains inserted in the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) cell phone holder.
Voice input in handsfree mode takes place by means of the handsfree system microphone group (A67/b1), which is connected to the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) control unit by means of a direct line in vehicles without code (813) Voice control system (VCS [SBS]). In vehicles with code (813) Voice control system (VCS [SBS]) the microphone signals are processed first in the voice control system (VCS [SBS]) control unit (N41/3). Voice output takes place over the speaker system installed in the vehicle.
As of 1.6.09
- Voice input takes place by means of the handsfree system microphone group via a direct line to the COMAND controller unit. Voice output takes place over the speaker system installed in the vehicle.
Private mode
When in "private mode" the user can make a telephone call without other vehicle occupants being able to hear the conversation.
Up to 31.5.09:
With the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) control unit, "private mode" is also possible using a Bluetooth headset. "Private mode" is activated by pressing the button on the headset.
Pressing the button (once) again ends the call. Pressing a second time within t = 3 s switches into handsfree mode or from handsfree mode back to "private mode" (this function is dependent on the particular headset).
As of 1.6.09: By removing the mobile phone from the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) cell phone holder (A34/15) or the rear handset from the rear handset cradle (with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest) the telephone call is accepted in "Private mode" (this function depends on the Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface cell phone holder variant).
Terminating/aborting/rejecting a call
The user can terminate the telephone call or reject an incoming call at any time. The user has the following options for terminating or rejecting the connection:
- Pressing the "END" button on the center console button group
- Pressing the Accept/terminate phone call button
- Ending the call using the front central operating unit
- Pressing the appropriate button on mobile phone itself or on the rear handset (with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
Toggling
The user can switch back and forth between telephone calls with two people.
The following controls are available to the user:
- Mobile phone control buttons
- Rear handset control buttons
(with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
- Left multifunction steering wheel button group (S110) or right multifunction steering wheel button group (S111)
- Center console button group
- Front central operating unit
While the user talks to one person on the line, the connection to the other is put on hold.
A conference call, i.e. simultaneous communication with several callers, is also possible. This function can only be operated on the central front operating unit as well as on the control buttons of the mobile phone or the control buttons of the rear handset (with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
Using the front central operating unit, the multifunction steering wheel and the center console button group only the following is possible on vehicles up to 31.5.09 with code (386) Preinstallation for telephone "Cell phone", UPCI [UHI] system:
- End all existing calls
- Reject a call waiting call
Accepting a call waiting call and simultaneously ending all existing calls
If the user is conducting a call or two calls using the toggling function, when another incoming call is received it is displayed in the multifunction display and in the COMAND display or SPLITVIEW display. A third incoming call is not displayed if two calls are already underway.
If the user decides to accept the waiting call, the existing calls are terminated on mobile phones with a Hands Free Profile (HFP) 1.0. On mobile phones with HFP 1.5 the existing call is held.
SMS
In vehicles with code (386) Comfort telephony SMS messages are imported by the COMAND controller unit when it is connected to the mobile phone. The imported messages are placed in the "Inbox" list on the COMAND controller unit.
On receiving a new SMS message, an acoustic signal is output by the COMAND controller unit and a symbol is displayed in the COMAND display or SPLITVIEW display.
Up to 31.5.09 without code (494) USA version, the user can also compose SMS messages and send them via the mobile phone: The parameters for sending SMS messages (such as the service provider no., memory time) are supplied by the COMAND controller unit itself. If there are no parameters stored, then the parameters of the mobile phone are used.
With code (494) USA version, the user is only able to receive SMS messages.
Only those SMS messages that were received while the mobile phone was in the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) cell phone holder are loaded onto the UPCI [UHI] (Universal Portable Cell Phone Interface) control unit and displayed in the COMAND display.
As of 1.6.09 (with code (386) Comfort telephony): It is only possible to compose an SMS message using the mobile phone.
"Voice mail" (with code 389) Mobile phone preinstallation with universal interface USA/Canada)
If absent when a call is received, a "voice mail" will be sent by the provider. The receipt of a voice mail is signaled by a symbol at the top right of the COMAND display.
Communication via rear handset
(with code (856) 2nd handset in rear armrest)
With the rear handset it is possible to operate a mobile phone that is authorized at the COMAND controller unit.
The rear handset makes the following functions possible:
- Making phone calls
- Making calls
- Answering/rejecting/terminating calls
- Making an emergency call
- Redialing
- Calling mailbox
- Menus
- "Last calls"
- Information about calls made or answered
- "Telephone book"
- Speed dial, calls names and telephone numbers
- "Messages"
- Composing, sending or receiving text messages
- "Bluetooth"
- "Settings"
- Individual settings
- "Last calls"
- Making calls
Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter
(with code (379) Telephone module with Bluetooth SAP)
Operation is as for the mobile phone system with code (386) Comfort telephony, with the exception of the following special features:
- Authorize
- "SAP telephone" menu entry
Authorize
The Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter is connected using the "Connect SAP module" entry in the Telephone menu to the COMAND controller unit (authorized).
Proceed as follows to do so:
- Select Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter from a list
- Enter any password into the COMAND controller unit
- Repeat password on Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter
- Enter Personal Identification Number (PIN) of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card into COMAND controller unit (the PIN can be stored depending on the telephone)
If a SIM card is not plugged in to the Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter, the Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter can use a SIM card of a Bluetooth-compatible mobile phone in the vehicle if the mobile phone supports the SIM Access Profile (SAP).
As soon as Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter is connected to the COMAND controller unit, the "Connect SAP module" menu entry is replaced by "Disconnect SAP module".
"SAP telephones" menu entry
The "SAP telephones" menu entry leads to a list of devices which matches the lists for Bluetooth® telephones. Special features of the SAP module unit list are the "Save PIN" and "Ring tones" functions under "Options". In "Ring tones", one of ten ring tones can be selected on the Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter for the telephony via the Bluetooth® mobile telephone adapter.