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Navigation (NAV) 134Memory control buttonPrevious destinations
The previous destinations are stored and can be 
loaded directly as a navigation destination.Fig. 140  Navigation: select previous destinations–Press the Memory c o n t r o l  b ut t o n  i n  t h e  n a v i g a t i o n  m e n u .
– Select Previous destinations. You will see a list of the 
most recently entered destinations. This list is updated 
automatically.
– Select your desired entry.
– Select Start route guidance.Tips
There may be entries which cannot be displayed fully in the 
display because they contain too many letters and are too long. If 
you select one of these entries using the control knob, a second 
window will open up after a few seconds. You will be given addi-
tional information about the selected entry in this window.
The list of previous destinations can be deleted in the Setup 
Navigation menu 
page 156.
To p   c a t e g o r i e sFig. 141  Navigation: Top categories–Press the Memory control button in the navigation menu. 
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Navigation (NAV) 136
– I f  y o u  w a n t  t h e  a d d r e s s  t o  a p p e a r  i n  t h e  To p  D e s t i n a t i o n s  
list page 133 in einem Zieleingabemenü, select 
Display as top destination page 133, fig.138 and press 
the control knob. A check 
 appears after the option.
– Select Save entry.
Using Store in directory you can assign an entry in your directory to 
a destination 
page 119.
A Name must first be entered in the directory data fields. After the 
name has been entered, the remaining data fields can be selected.
I f yo u wa n t  t o  as s i g n  a  d e s t i n a t i o n  to  a n  e n t r y a l re a d y s to re d  in  y o ur  
directory, you must first enter the destination. Then select the entry 
to be assigned using Store in directory and save it. The destination 
entered is assigned to this entry. If you already have a destination 
assigned to an directory entry, the new destination will overwrite 
the old destination.
Addresses saved as top destinations are displayed in the destina-
tion input menu and can be selected there 
page 133.
Tips
R o u t e  p l a n s  (ro u t e  w it h  s t o p o v e r s )  c a n  b e  s t o re d  u s i n g  t h e  Store 
route function 
page 137.
Administration of the directory data is handled through the 
 button 
page 98.
Load from directoryFig. 143 Navigation: Load from directory–Press the Memory control button in the navigation menu.
– Select Load from directory page 134, fig.140.
– Select your desired destination from the list, or
– Select Find entry fig.143.
– Enter the name you are looking for using the speller or 
select one from the list.
– Select Start route guidance.You can also edit an existing address. The current address will then 
be replaced.
NAME 
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NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Route control buttonRoute with/without stopoverFig. 145  Navigation: Route with stopoverFig. 146  Navigation: Route plan
Only the type of route guidance which is not active at the 
time is shown in the display as available.
–Press the Route control button in the navigation menu.
– If you would like to visit stopovers on the way to your 
final destination, select Route with stopover fig.146 
and enter your driving route with stopover and destina-
tion addresses into the Route plan page 121.
– If you want the Navigation System to take you to your 
final destination without stopovers, select Route without 
stopover and enter the address of your destination 
page 119.The system operates with the type of route guidance you selected 
until it is changed. For example, if you have selected Route with  
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Navigation (NAV) 142Av o id   ro u t eYou can select this function once calculated route guidance 
is active.
–Press the Route control button in the navigation menu.
– Select Avoid route from here page 139, fig.145.
– By rotating and pressing the control knob, select the 
section on the presently calculated route from the 
vehicle position.
– By pressing the control knob, you confirm the section 
you wish to avoid.The Navigation System will calculate an alternative route for the 
section of the route you wish to avoid.
If you stop route guidance and restart it, the blocked out section 
entered is cancelled and has to be reset if required.
Tips
If the Avoid route from here fun ction is  greyed out or the Na vig a-
tion System does not calculate an alternate route, local conditions 
are making this impossible.
If the recommended detour route is not followed, the system 
automatically calculates a new route from the current position 
without given further consideration to the previously closed 
section.
Map control buttonGeneral
There are various displays for maps and information 
with different options possible.Fig. 149  Navigation: Map display with an IPD areaPossible map displays are:
Map and information display during route guidance with inac-
tive side menu 
page 143.
Map display with active side menu 
page 144
If light grey lines 
fig.149 are shown on the map display, this 
means that IPD sections/areas are being shown. IPD means “in-
progress-data”, i.e data collection is incomplete and consequently 
they cannot be included for route guidance. These IPD 
sections/areas are on the Navigation DVD and are represented on  
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NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP the map by light grey lines 
f i g .1 4 9 . Th e r e  i s  n o  r o u t e  g u i d a n c e  f o r  
IPD sections, instead you are guided by directional arrows 
fig.149. These directional arrows point in the compass direc-
tion/a direct line to the destination.
I f  y o u  s h o u l d  b e  s t a r t i n g  y o u r  r o u t e  g u i d a n c e  i n  a n  I P D  a r e a ,  y o u  w i l l  
initially be guided by directional arrows. As soon as you leave the 
IPD area, route guidance will start  . In 
page 142, fig.149 an 
example is shown of a directional arrow   in an IPD area.
If your destination should lie in an IPD area, the Navigation System 
will guid e you up to the  star t of the IPD area. In the IPD area you will 
be guided by directional arrows.
If your route guidance includes an IPD area, you will be advised of 
this by a voice message when route guidance starts (“It is possible 
that there a re un fore seen tra ffic reg ulations on the way to the des ti-
nation.”).
Tips
Route guidance is additionally shown by directional arrows in the 
instrument cluster display 
page 113 or 
page 114. In an IPD 
area, the directional arrows in the instrument cluster display point 
in the compass direction/a direct line to the destination.
Map and information displayFig. 150  Navigation: Example of map display with inactive side menu
Fig. 151  Navigation: Example of map display with activated turn list
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Navigation (NAV) 144Th e fi g ure s 
page 143, fig.15 0 a nd 
page 143, fig.151 show you 
the possible types of information in the map display:
Map orientation
Scale
Estimated distance to the next destination/stopover
Estimated time of arrival to the next destination/stopover
Ve hicle s ymbol
Example of selected map contents page 155
Turn list inserted in the Setup menu page 156
The map display modes can be changed page 151.
A crosshair with selection rectangle helps you select your destina-
tion with the aid of the map 
page 148.
Route guidance is additionally shown by directional arrows in the 
instrument cluster display (
page 113 or 
page 114).
Tips
An underpass or a tunnel is shown by broken lines on the map 
display up to a scale of 0.5 mile.
Map display with active side menu
The map display can be changed through the active 
side menu.Fig. 152  Navigation: Map display with active side menu–Press the Map control button in the navigation menu.
– Press the control knob to switch to the side menu 
fig.152.
– Select the desired submenu item by rotating and 
pressing the control knob and make your changes.
– Press the   button, to leave the map side menu.If you have activated the Zoom function 
page 146 or the 
crosshairs 
page 149 in the active side menu, you have to press 
the   button twice in order to leave the map side menu.
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Navigation (NAV)145
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RADIO, CD
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP After you have activated the side menu, you are shown information 
(city/street names and longitude/latitude) for the position you had 
reached at the time of activation.
The following functions can be carried out using the 
active map side menu:
Tips
Settings made in an active side menu are not kept after deactiva-
tion. You can enter permanent settings for the map display using 
Setup Navigation 
page 151.
Map orientation
Inside side menu activation you can switch back and 
forth between direction of travel and North.Fig. 153 Navigation: Map orientation North in the active side menu–Press the Map control button in the navigation menu.
– Press the control knob to switch to the side menu.
– Rotate the control knob to the first map menu item   
fig.153.
– By pressing the control knob, you can switch back and 
forth between orientation North fig.153 and Tr a v e l. 
For the time the side menu is active, the changed setting 
remains.
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FunctionOrientation page 145Scale page 146Map position menu page 148Activation of map crosshairs page 149Presentation of map crosshairs page 149Vehicle symbol
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Navigation (NAV) 146
–Press the   button page 18, to leave the map 
side menu.When you change the map orientation with the side menu active, 
this map orientation remains only for the time the side menu is 
active. After the map side menu is deactivated, the orientation 
entered in Setup becomes active again 
page 153.
When you make the selection North, the map is oriented to the 
North 
page 145, fig.153. The vehicle always remains in the center 
of the display.
When you make the selection Drive, the vehicle symbol is oriented 
pointing upward. The map rotates around the vehicle.
An active map side menu is deactivated again by pressing the 
 button 
page 144.
Zoom mapFig. 154  Navigation: Adjusting zoom with inactive side menu
Fig. 155  Navigation: Adjusting zoom in active side menu
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NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Changing scale with inactive side menu:
–Press the Map control button in the navigation menu.
– Rotate the control knob counterclockwise to zoom into 
the map (smaller scale, display of details), or
– Rotate the control knob clockwise, to zoom out of the 
map (larger scale, more overview). You are shown the 
scale   page 146, fig.154 in the side menu.
Changing scale with inactive side menu:
–Press the Map control button in the navigation menu.
– Press the control knob to switch to the side menu.
– Rotate the control knob to the second menu item.
– Press the control knob to activate the map menu item 
Zoom (white highlight)   page 146, fig.155.
– Rotate the control knob counterclockwise to zoom into 
the map (smaller scale, display of details), or
– Rotate the control knob clockwise, to zoom out of the 
map (larger scale, more overview). You are shown the 
scale   page 146, fig.155 in the side menu.
–Press the   button page 18, to leave the map 
side menu.The scale can be set from 50 m to 600 km.
When you change the scale with the side menu active, this change 
in scale remains only for the time the side menu is active.By pressing the   button once, you leave Zoom mode and 
you can use other map menu items. Pressing the   button 
again deactivates the active side menu.
The scales recommended for driving are:
on freeways 3.5 km
on secondary roads 750 m
in cities 200 mTips
If you have activated automatic intersection zoom 
page 159, the 
map display automatically changes the scale to intersections or 
turn points.
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Navigation (NAV) 148Map position menuFig. 156  Navigation: Map position
Fig. 157  Navigation: Map position menu
–Press the Map control button in the navigation menu.
– Press the control knob to switch to the side menu.
– Rotate the control knob to the third menu item 
fig.156.
– Press the control knob.
– Select Detail info, Set as destination, Set as stopover or 
Save to directory.You can set the point marked at the time by the crosshairs as a desti-
nation or stopover, or save it to the directory. If additional detailed 
information is available for the selected point on the map, you can 
display it using the Detail info function.
You can also specify a new point on the map by moving the 
crosshairs 
page 149. This new point can then be Set as 
destination, Set as stopover or you can Save in directory.
You can use the Set as stopover f u n c t i o n  i f  y o u  h a v e  e n t e r e d  “ R o u t e  
with stopovers” page 139.