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Navigation (NAV)129
General operation
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CAR, SETUP
– Confirm by rotating and pressing the control knob the 
third map menu item (destination flag) page 128, 
fig.133.
–Select Set as destination page 128, fig.134.
– Geben Sie ggf. Enter stopovers for route guidance with 
stopovers page 139.
–Select Start route guidance page 129.If you enter a city in the destination input menu first, before you 
press the control button with the Map function, the system jumps 
to the center of the city entered on the map display.
Selection “Detail info”
If additional detailed information is available for the selected point 
on the map, you can display it by selecting the Detail info function.
If the Detail info function is greyed out, no details are available on 
the navigation DVD.
Selection “Set as stopover”
When you have activated Route with stopover, you can also select 
the stopovers from the map.
If you have not activated Route with stopover, this function cannot 
be selected (greyed out).
Selection “Save to directory”
The selected map position can also be imported into the directory. 
You can assign this position to an existing directory entry or open a 
new entry. With a new entry, first input a name using the speller. 
Then you can input additional data on the entry. If you activate 
Display as top destination, this entry is displayed in the destination 
input menu 
page 117, fig.121 
page 133.
Tips
Th e  d e s t i n a t i o n  e n t r y  f r o m  t h e  m a p  i s  a l s o  a v a i l a b l e  t o  y o u  i n  t h e  
city submenu and street submenu.
Yo u  c a n  a l s o  s e t  a  m a p  p o i n t  w h i c h  i s  not l o c a t e d  o n  a  s t r e e t  ( e .g . 
by means of the geo-coordinates) using the crosshairs. In this case, 
the system tries to navigate as close as possible to this destination 
using digitized streets.
Start route guidanceFig. 135  Navigation: Start route guidance– Enter all the necessary information for route guidance. 
You can use the different options that have been 
described page 117. 
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Navigation (NAV) 130
– Select Start route guidance page 129, fig.135, the 
route is calculated and the map display is shown auto-
matically.
– Select one of the routes suggested in the single destina-
tion mode page 130 on the map display by rotating 
and pressing the control knob.
– In the route plan map display, confirm the route 
suggested page 132 by rotating and pressing the 
control knob.After calculating route guidance, the Navigation System switches 
a ut o ma t i c a l ly  to  ma p  d i s p l a y  m o d e . The  ro u t e  g u id a n c e  i s  s h o w n  in  
simplified form in the instrument cluster display 
page 113. You 
are additionally receive navigation voice prompts page 112.
When you have entered a final destination 
page 119 and started 
route guidance, you are offered up to three different routes to reach 
your destination 
page 119.
When you have entered a route plan and started route guidance, 
you are shown the route with the different stopovers and various 
information in the overview 
page 132.
Entered destinations can be saved 
page 135 and 
page 137.
Route criteria 
page 141 can be changed at anytime during guid-
ance, and the route will be recalculated.
If you do not complete route guidance you started, this route guid-
a n c e  wi l l  b e  c o n t i n u e d  t he  n e x t  t i m e  t h e  v e h i c l e  i s  s t a r t e d . Th is  a l s o  
applies to destinations entered which cannot be reached because of 
local conditions (e.g. lake or tourist attraction). If you would like to 
terminate this route guidance, select Cancel route guidance 
page 132
Tips
Calculated destinations can also be changed in the map display by 
moving the crosshairs 
page 149
Single destination information before route guidanceFig. 136  Navigation: Example of map display after route has been calculatedWhen you have entered the destination data page 117 
and the road network allows, you are offered up to three 
different routes to choose from.
– Select one of the optional routes by rotating the control 
knob. 
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Navigation (NAV) 132Route plan information before starting Route guidanceFig. 137  Navigation: Example of route plan map overview– Press the control knob to start the route guidance 
desired with the stopovers you set.If you are navigating with stopovers, no alternate routes are calcu-
lated. The calculated route shown matches the route criteria 
selected 
page 141.
The following information can be found on the map display before 
starting the route.
Route guidance includes sections of freeway
Estimated freeway kilometers
Route includes sections of road subject to tolls or sticker 
showing the length of the sections
Route includes sections with a ferryRoute includes seasonally closed roads
Route includes roads closed at certain times of day
Estimated distance to destination
Estimated time of arrival at destination
Starting point highlighted
Highlighted stopover 1 on the map
Highlighted stopover 2 on the map
Highlighted stopover 3 on the map
Final destination highlighted on map
Orientation
Scale
Changing/Interrupting route guidance– Press the   function button or press the   
button.
– Select Stop route guidance.
– Change the information if necessary.
– Select Start route guidance.When route guidance is cancelled, the data and settings that have 
already been entered are saved. This allows you, for example, to 
change the route criteria 
page 141 and to recalculate the route.
If you do not complete route guidance you started, this route guid-
ance will be contin ued  the ne xt time the  ve hicle is  star ted . This also 
applies to destinations entered which cannot be reached because of 
local conditions (e.g. lake or tourist attraction). If you would like to 
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Navigation (NAV)137
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Tips
Administration of the directory data is handled through the   
button 
page 98.
Save route
Once calculated, route plans can be saved with the 
route criteria you entered and loaded later as a new 
destination.Fig. 144  Navigation: Route plan– Enter a route plan fig.144.
–Press the Memory co n t ro l  bu t to n  i n  t h e  n a vi g a t i o n  m e n u .
–Select Save route.– Using the speller, enter the name for the route.
– Select OK in the speller. The route plan entered is saved.
A route plan provides the option of setting up to three stopovers in 
addition to a destination 
page 121. You can then drive to each of 
these destinations in turn in the sequence set up.
The route entered will be saved with the final destination and stop-
overs and can be loaded again as a new destination 
page 137.
The route plan can be changed at any time after input is complete. 
Select a destination from the route plan by rotating and pressing 
the control knob. Then you can select Change, Move, Delete o r  Drive 
to now 
page 137.
If you have selected the Drive to now function and you would not 
l i k e  t o  e d i t  t h e  r o u t e ,  r o u t e  g u i d a n c e  i s  i m p o r t e d  a n d  c u r r e n t  v e h i c l e  
location is used as the route guidance starting point after you have 
selected Start route guidance.
If the Save route f u n c t i o n  i s  g r e y e d  o u t ,  t h i s  i n d i c a t e s  t h a t  e i t h e r  t h e  
route memory is full or the Route without stopover function (single 
destination mode) is set. Please delete routes not needed from the 
route memory 
page 138. Or select the Route with stopover func-
tion 
page 139Tips
You can save individual destinations to the directory 
page 135.
Load route–Press the Memory c o n t r o l  b ut to n  i n  t h e  n a v i g a t i o n  m e n u .
NAME 
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Navigation (NAV) 138
– Select Load route page 134, fig.140.
– Select the route that you would like to load from the list.
– Select Start route guidance.After storing several route plans 
page 137, they can be loaded 
with a few operating steps.
A route plan can be changed at any time. Select a destination from 
the route plan by rotating and pressing the control knob. Then you 
can select Change, Move, Delete or Drive to now.
Change
Here you are entering new navigation data for your destination or 
stopover.
Move
Here you are reordering the sequence of your destination and stop-
overs.
Delete
The selected destination or stopover can be deleted. If you delete a 
destination, the system will automatically select a stopover and 
make that your new destination.
Drive to now
You can drive directly to the selected final destination or stopover.
If you do not want to ed it the  saved  route, the route  will b e sa ved in 
the memory when Start route guidance is activated and the current 
vehicle location will be used as the starting point for navigation.
Tips
A function may not be selected (“greyed-out”) if it is not available 
according to the restrictions you have set, or if not permitted by 
local circumstances.Delete route–Press the Memory control button in the navigation menu.
– Select Delete route.
– Select the route to be deleted from the list.
–Confirm Are you sure you want to delete the route? with 
Ye s. The selected route is deleted. 
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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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)175
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Self-helpCategorie
What's wrong if...
Abhilfe
General 
operation
the system does not react to entries?
A system reset-start provides easy immediate help when the Navigation System 
has crashed 
page 20.
you change the main function, but the 
main menu is not displayed?
If you press the function button again, the main menu will be displayed 
page 16.
Radio
you select a radio station on the AM 
band from the memory list and there is 
no reception?
The list of radio stations on the AM band is static and has to be adjusted manually 
to the current reception status 
page 59. This displays the stations, even if these 
stations are not being received.
CD 
MP3
the “Random” function does not start, 
although you have activated “Random”?
The Random function depends on the setting in Repeat 
page 81 or 
page 86.
Name 
(Directory)
only the data field Name c a n  b e  s e l e c t e d  
in the directory and the remaining data 
fields are shown greyed out?
Before all the data fields can be accessed, the name first has to be entered in the 
directory 
page 100.
Navigation
you are not shown the destination entry 
screen with the direct final destination?
The Route with stopover function is active. Select the menu item Route without 
stopover in the Route function 
page 139.
you cannot enter your destination 
address or you cannot find it in the navi-
gation system?
Destination entry is divided into regions. Before entering a street, a city, a special 
destination, a special destination telephone number or map coordinates, the 
appropriate region must be selected first.
you cannot leave the activated map 
page menu?
Press the   button 
page 144.
RETURN 
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Alphabetical index185
General operation
RADIO, CD
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP Navigation - Memory
Delete route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Load from directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Load route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Previous destinations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Route plan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 138
Save route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Store in directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Top categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Navigation - Nav-Info
Destination information  . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Navigation - Route
Avoid section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Route criteria  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
With stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Without stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Navigation - Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . 111
Avoid section of route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Delete Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Delete previous destinations  . . . . . . . 156
Delete route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Destination input .119, 121, 123, 124, 126
Destination input on map . . . . . . . . . . 128
Destination input street/city with special 
characters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Directory destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Entering a navigation destination . . . 117
Entering Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entering single destination  . . . . . . . . 119
Highway info  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Information data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Load destination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Load from directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Load route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Memory control button . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Navigation DVD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Presentation of information . . . . 130, 132
Previous destinations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Region selection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Route criteria  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Route plan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 138, 139
Route plan information before starting 
route guidance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Route with stopover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Route without stopovers . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Save route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Saving destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Search for destination in directory  . . 136
Set position/direction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Single destination before starting route 
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Stopover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Store destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Top categories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Top destination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Turn list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Visual presentation in the instrument 
cluster display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
Visual presentation in the Navigation Sys-
tem display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Voice information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
With stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Without stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation DVD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation System
General information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Notes on traffic safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Nav-Info (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
North orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 153
Notes on traffic safety  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 
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Alphabetical index187
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CAR, SETUP Route
Delete  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
speichern  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
See alsoNavigation - Route  . . . . . . . . 139
See alsoNavigation - Route guidance . . . 
111
Route (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route guidance
SeeNavigation - Route guidance . . . . 111
Route list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Route plan information before starting route 
guidance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Route with stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 139
Route without stopover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Route without stopovers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
SSafety precautions
Name (directory)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Navigation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service  . . . . 67
Activate your Satellite Radio Service . . 68
Category filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Delete stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Satellite station list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setup Radio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sorting stations (Satellite radio)  . . . . . 70
Station info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Station list  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Technical requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SCAN
MP3 track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Scanning a CD track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Station scan (FM/AM range) . . . . . . . . . 64
Screen settings
Brightness  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
SD memory cards  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Seek mode (FM/AM range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selected text  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting route  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Selecting source
SeeAudio source selection . . . . . . . . . . 77
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Set position/direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setting distance unit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setting the language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Settings
Sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Volume  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
See alsoSystem settings  . . . . . . . . . . 170Settings (Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setup
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sound control button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
System settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setup - Display
Brightness in the display  . . . . . . . . . . 174
Switch off display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Setup - General
Function button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setup - Settings
Delete user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Factory settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Setting distance unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setting the menu language  . . . . . . . . 170
Time/Date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setup - Sound
SeeSound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setup CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Close  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Open  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Repeating CD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Repeating current track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82