Hi I have the telephone module. With the speaker or mic above the mirror how do you program my telephone

 

I don't mean to give you a smart-azz answer, but the COMMAND Owners Manual for my 2003 S430 is 112 pages long, and a good bit of that is on the telephone. (That is not the car Owners Manual, which is 410 pages, but just the Telephone/Audio/Navigation manual.)

Properly answering your question would be at least ten or twenty pages of typing. If you don't have the manuals for your car, do some searching for on-line pdf manuals from Mercedes.

 

Hi Wally does it take a SIM card if so where ?

 

As an old and dear friend used to say, "Not being hampered by facts, I can discuss the subject freely!"

I have a Bluetooth adapter in the top of the center console armrest. This adapter pairs with my cellphone, which has an active account with Verizon. The Bluetooth and Voice Control System in the COMMAND System operate my phone, giving me voice control, volume control, auto muting of the AM/FM/CD system, visual indications of the phone condition and operation, etc. There is no "carphone" involved in my set-up. The car interacts with, and operates my existing cellphone.

If you actually have a carphone - that is, a receiver/transmitter built into the car that you want to use as a telephone, I believe that you would need to have a provider that utilizes the same system (analog/digital, same frequencies, same system - and there are several non-compatible cellular phone operating systems in the USA) and you would need to establish (and pay monthly connection fees on) a cellphone account.

Unless your car has a new phone system installed, any cellular system that is built in would be a minimum of ten years old. There have been a lot of changes in USA cellular service and equipment in that ten years.

I suspect that you have part of a system. Open the right side of the armrest, and see if there is a device on a curly cord that looks like a cellphone. If so, that is probably the Bluetooth adapter.

 

I have the same setup as Wally. Also, mine is programmed to the Verizon network. To pair up the console device with the verizon cell phone you must enter a code. I'm not sure if these blue tooth console adapters are cellular dependent e.g., T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T.

Personally I use straightalk from WalMart. $45 per month for unlimited text, talk, and email. The Straightalk pairs up with the Verizon network. Verizon leased their 3G service to WalMart when they converted everything to 4G. I personally don't need a higher speed service and everything works just fine.