Texting via Command

[colinicky]

So we have a 2015 B200 with Command which we purchased 2 weeks ago . I have managed to work out how to get it to read my text messages to me but is there a way to reply to them via voice only ? sequence so far is "Read out all new messages " listen to message then use command "Reply to message" but after that I cannot get it to recognise anything other than "Cancel "
I am using a Samsung Galaxy 6 if that makes any difference .
Thanks
Colin

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Best if you just wait until you get to your destination Colin, then reply.

 

[colinicky]

Best if you just wait until you get to your destination Colin, then reply.

If I have to punch in each letter then I would agree or pull over & do it but just wondered if it could be done by voice like everything else is. After all the phone itself will do it plus sometimes my next planned stop is about 500 miles away !

 

[PobodY]

It might be that it's disabled with the vehicle is in motion (like text entry in COMAND)?

 

[colinicky]

It might be that it's disabled with the vehicle is in motion (like text entry in COMAND)?

to be fair I did try all this while stationary in my driveway The stupid thing is that I can actually select one letter at a time to type a text via the screen while in motion ! I did it while the wife was driving before anybody shoots me

 

[renault12ts]

*comand*

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Thought it's a capital 'C'? ^^^ :fail

 

[whitenemesis]

More correctly, all capitals ....

 

[Deleted member 65149]

COckpit MANagement and Data system

 

[Deleted member 113659]

I thought it was "I 'COMAND' you to obey me!"

 

[renault12ts]

More correctly, all capitals ....

Thought it's a capital 'C'? ^^^ :fail

I typed all capitals but it reverted to lower case. I'll try again...COMAND.

 

[Spin_bowler]

COckpit MANagement and Data system

As this thread seems to have moved to full pedant mode, let me correct you.

COckpit Managemement And Navigation Device is actually the (nearly) acronym.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

As this thread seems to have moved to full pedant mode, let me correct you. COckpit Managemement And Navigation Device is actually the (nearly) acronym.

That certainly seems to be the most popular version, but how can it be correct? Just look at the German translations and you'll see that you can't make the acronym COMAND out of the German version.

cockpit management and data = Cockpit-Management und Daten

cockpit management and navigation device = Cockpit-Management und Navigationsgerät

Ultra pedant?

(Sorry if translations are incorrect. Blame Google)

 

[Spin_bowler]

That certainly seems to be the most popular version, but how can it be correct? Just look at the German translations and you'll see that you can't make the acronym COMAND out of the German version.

cockpit management and data = Cockpit-Management und Daten

cockpit management and navigation device = Cockpit-Management und Navigationsgerät

Ultra pedant?

(Sorry if translations are incorrect. Blame Google)

Ultra pedant? No, just wrong.

I'm pretty certain that German wasn't the first language that the MB marketing team thought of when coming up with names for the products that have a global reach.

By your reckoning airscarf and speedtronic would be luftschal and GeschwindigkeitTronic, respectively.

Still, hardly worth a lengthy debate.

 

[sunnydude959]

Germans do love the word 'tronic' though.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Ultra pedant? No, just wrong. I'm pretty certain that German wasn't the first language that the MB marketing team thought of when coming up with names for the products that have a global reach. By your reckoning airscarf and speedtronic would be luftschal and GeschwindigkeitTronic, respectively. Still, hardly worth a lengthy debate.

You could well be right, and I have to admire your confidence. I was basing my reasoning on other well known German motoring abbreviations such as BMW and VW. I've seen many occurrences of both deciphered versions of COMAND on t'Internet, but unable to locate anything on any of Mercedes' own websites or in my COMAND manual. Perhaps they're happy with both expansions so leave it unsaid. So without a definitive answer, rather than a so far unsubstantiated and rather arrogant "you're wrong" response, I'll leave it at two possible options.

 

[Jocky]

The official internal Daimler abbreviation dictionary lists it as "Cockpit Management and Data Systems". I'm not a pedant, I'm just quoting the book.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

The official internal Daimler abbreviation dictionary lists it as "Cockpit Management and Data Systems". I'm not a pedant, I'm just quoting the book.

Spin_bowler will probably still insist that he's right and that Daimler-Benz are wrong!

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Worked on my old W220 doesn't on my W211.

 

[Spin_bowler]

Spin_bowler will probably still insist that he's right and that Daimler-Benz are wrong!

Or simply refer you to his earlier post pointing out that it's not worth debate.

However, as you insist on poking the bear I might as well bite and respectfully point out if the official dictionary referred to in the post above is correct then the etymology of the acronym is not the nonsensical reason you put up.

The conviction of my translation was (and I will freely admit that I may well have mis-remembered) based upon reading it in the book pack that came with my W220 that I owned ten years ago which was, I think the first MB model to have COMAND.

It is also, of course, quite possible that the acronym has changed to suit Mercedes over the years as navigation has become more of a common commodity in cars of all sizes and a generic reference to 'management' & 'data' is more appealing as a marketing tool than navigation device. This may explain the range of different answers to what COMAND stands for online.

My only reason for posting in the first place was a little side-swipe at the unpleasant pedantry which is sadly too often a feature on this forum. You've not disappointed me.