Connecting Bluetooth® devices

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

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

Example of display: Bluetooth® device list
Example of display: Bluetooth® device list

1 Currently connected authorized device ( icon) and authorized device ( icon)
2 Device not within range but previously authorized (appears in gray) appears in gray)
3 Newly detected device in range, not yet authorized The Bluetooth® device list shows all devices

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)

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

The passcode is any one to sixteen-digit

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).

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

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

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

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

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