dibblodocus
Member
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2010
- Messages
- 50
- Car
- W204 C220 CDI Exec SE
OK, so I have COMAND with Linguatronic in a W204 (late 2010 model) Exec SE without telephone pre-wiring (Bluetooth only).
Importing contacts is straightforward enough using the receive vcards function and then firing them at the car from my phone via Bluetoth. It is also easy enough to export contacts from Outlook as vcards and put them on a memory card and transfer via the PCMCIA slot, in fact this is better in a way as it enables you to choose which contacts you want in the car more easily (I set up a category in Outlook called Mercedes and then assigned the contacts I want in the car to this category).
After the import, checking the address book reveals that the names, numbers and addresses from Outlook have all moved across no bother. However, whilst landline numbers categorised in Outlook as ‘business’ or ‘home’ are assigned as ‘work’ or ‘home’ in COMAND, mobile numbers are not. COMAND recognises them as ‘mobile’ numbers, but the subcategory of ‘work’ or ‘home’ is not populated.
Whilst this is not a problem if you want to call one of these mobile numbers using the COMAND controller or steering wheel controls, it is a problem for Linguatronic, which always prompts you for a choice of either ‘work’ or ‘home’. However, because the subcategories have not been assigned during the import from Outlook and all the mobile numbers are ‘unclassified’ Lingutronic simply says ‘no number stored, cancel’.
The other problem relates to imported addresses. Despite all the address fields being populated, COMAND refuses to navigate to them. You have to re-enter the address in navigation mode and then assign the resultant destination it to an address book entry. Why is this? All the relevant information is there already!
Has anyone else encountered these two problems? If so did you find a resolution to them? Software update needed MB?
Thanks all.
Importing contacts is straightforward enough using the receive vcards function and then firing them at the car from my phone via Bluetoth. It is also easy enough to export contacts from Outlook as vcards and put them on a memory card and transfer via the PCMCIA slot, in fact this is better in a way as it enables you to choose which contacts you want in the car more easily (I set up a category in Outlook called Mercedes and then assigned the contacts I want in the car to this category).
After the import, checking the address book reveals that the names, numbers and addresses from Outlook have all moved across no bother. However, whilst landline numbers categorised in Outlook as ‘business’ or ‘home’ are assigned as ‘work’ or ‘home’ in COMAND, mobile numbers are not. COMAND recognises them as ‘mobile’ numbers, but the subcategory of ‘work’ or ‘home’ is not populated.
Whilst this is not a problem if you want to call one of these mobile numbers using the COMAND controller or steering wheel controls, it is a problem for Linguatronic, which always prompts you for a choice of either ‘work’ or ‘home’. However, because the subcategories have not been assigned during the import from Outlook and all the mobile numbers are ‘unclassified’ Lingutronic simply says ‘no number stored, cancel’.
The other problem relates to imported addresses. Despite all the address fields being populated, COMAND refuses to navigate to them. You have to re-enter the address in navigation mode and then assign the resultant destination it to an address book entry. Why is this? All the relevant information is there already!
Has anyone else encountered these two problems? If so did you find a resolution to them? Software update needed MB?
Thanks all.