General information

Before using your Bluetooth® device with COMAND for the first time, you will need to connect it.

Connecting comprises:
• searching for a Bluetooth® device
• subsequently authorizing it

A maximum of 15 devices can be available for selection from the device list.

More detailed information on suitable mobile phones and on connecting Bluetooth®- capable mobile phones to COMAND can be found on the Internet at http://www.mbusa-mobile.com. Or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center on 1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) (for the USA) or Customer Relations on 1-800-387-0100 (for Canada).

Searching for Bluetooth® devices

Activate Bluetooth®.
Select Vehicle in the main function bar by turning the COMAND controller and press to confirm.
Select System by turning the COMAND controller and press to confirm.
Select Bluetooth by turning the COMAND controller and press to confirm.
Select Search for Bluetooth Devices and press to confirm.
Select Update and press to confirm.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth® devices within range. After a short while, the Bluetooth® device list appears.

Example of display: Bluetooth® device list

1 Currently connected and authorized device ( icon)
2 Device not within range but previously authorized ( appears in gray)
3 Newly detected device in range, not yet authorized

The Bluetooth® device list shows all devices within range and all previously authorized devices, whether or not they are in range.

If the Bluetooth® device list is already full, you will be requested to de-authorize a device. If COMAND does not detect your Bluetooth® device, external authorization may be necessary.

Authorizing a Bluetooth® device (registering)

In the Bluetooth® device list, select not yet authorized device 3 by turning the COMAND controller.
Select Options by sliding the COMAND controller and press to confirm.
Select Authorize and press to confirm.
or
Press to confirm the selected device.
The input menu for the passcode appears.

The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit number combination which you can choose yourself. You must enter the same number combination in COMAND and in the Bluetooth® device to be authorized (see mobile phone operating instructions).

Some mobile phones require a passcode with four or more digits.

If you want to reauthorize a device following de-authorization, you can select a different passcode.

To enter a passcode in COMAND: press the number keys in sequence.
can be selected after the first number has been entered.
or
Select the digits one by one by turning the COMAND controller and press to confirm.

To confirm an entry in COMAND: select using the COMAND controller and press to confirm.
or
Select SEND on the telephone keypad.
Enter the same passcode into the Bluetooth® device (see the operating instructions for the respective device).
The device is authorized.