Connecting a mobile phone
General information
Before using your mobile phone with COMAND for the first time, you will need to connect it.
When you authorize a new mobile phone, it is connected automatically.
Connecting comprises:
• searching for a Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone
• subsequently authorizing it
You can connect up to 15 mobile phones.
Searching for a mobile phone
To call up the telephone menu: press the
function button once or twice.
Select Data/Connections in the
telephone basic menu by sliding
and
turning
the COMAND controller and
press
to confirm.
Select Bluetooth Telephones and press
to confirm.
Select Update and press
to
confirm.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth® telephones within range and adds them to the Bluetooth® telephone list.
The duration of the search depends on the number of Bluetooth® telephones within range and their characteristics.
Example of display: Bluetooth® telephones list
1 Currently connected and
authorized mobile phone
2 Mobile phone not within range but previously authorized (
symbol appears in gray)
3 Newly detected mobile phone in range, not yet authorized
The Bluetooth® telephones list shows all mobile phones within range and all previously authorized mobile phones, whether or not they are in range.
If the Bluetooth® telephones list is already
full, you will be requested to de-authorize a
mobile phone. If COMAND
does not find your mobile phone, external
authorization may be
necessary.
Authorizing (registering) a mobile phone
In the Bluetooth® telephones list, select the
not yet authorized mobile phone 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
mobile
phone.
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®-capable mobile phone (see the operating instructions of the mobile phone).
Some mobile phones require the input of
a four-digit passcode or longer number
combinations.
If you want to reauthorize a mobile phone following de-authorization, you can select a different passcode.
To enter a passcode in COMAND: press
the number keys in sequence.
is available for selection 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.
Now enter the same passcode in the mobile
phone.
To make entries on the mobile phone: if the Bluetooth® connection is successful, you will be requested to enter the passcode (see mobile phone operating instructions).
Enter the same passcode on the mobile
phone that you entered in COMAND.
After entering the passcode, you may also
need to enter a confirmation in your mobile
phone to connect calls. Please check your
mobile phone display.
If the Error during authorization process message appears on the COMAND display, you may have exceeded the allowed time. Repeat the procedure.
The mobile phone is connected to COMAND (authorized). You can now make phone calls using the COMAND hands-free system.
See also:
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