navigation MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2003 W203 Comand Manual

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Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have your tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measure-
ments taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See calibration (
page 181).

116 NavigationQuick reference
Quick reference
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FM
AMTEL
CDSVCNAVVOL-RPT
MAP
ABCJKLTUV
GHI
PQRS
DEFMNO
WXYZ
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1
3
5
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6
8
7
9
0
DEL
BACK
PWR1
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3
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Z+Z-DETR
INFO
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117 Navigation
Quick reference
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
122
3
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
133,
158
4
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
133,
158
5
Route guidance active:
Switches between map
and symbol display
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Activates location map
156
149
6
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
163
7
CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CDiPay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
45
8
Route guidance active:
Displays estimated time
of arrival and current dis-
tance to destination
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Displays last
destination driven
147
147
Function
Page
9
Muting current route in-
structions or
Switching off voice out-
put for the duration of
the current route
guidance
153
153
10
Ejecting navigation CD
119
11
Entering destination via
the map
131
12
Displaying and removing
a long list entry in full in
a window
138
13
Switching back to the
previous menu
14
When entering informati-
on:
Deletes last character or
complete entry
124
Function
Page

118 NavigationQuick reference
Function
Page
15
Turn to
Highlight menu field, list
entry or character
Alter the map scale
Press to
Confirm entry/selection,
starting function or acti-
vating submenu
Activate map scale bar
133
133
16
Turn to
During voice output:
Lower (left)/raise (right)
the volume
Press to
Repeat current route in-
structions
17
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
System settings
184
187
18
Color screenFunction
Page

119 Navigation
Quick reference

Press q.
COMAND ejects the inserted
navigation CD.

Remove the CD.

Insert another navigation CD, e.g. a re-
gional version, with the label facing up.
The illustrated message will appear.
COMAND loads the program stored on
the navigation CD.
Changing the navigation CD
!Do not interrupt the loading process.
Do not eject the navigation CD until the
loading process has been completed.
iIf you do not remove an ejected CD, it
will be automatically retrieved by the
CD drive after 10 seconds.
The CD drive can

read navigation CDs, or


playback audio CDs.

120 NavigationDestination input
Destination input

Menu overview
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121 Navigation
Destination input
Function
Page
1
Main destination input
menu

Entering a destinati-
on address


Retrieving a destina-
tion from the destina-
tion memory


Selecting a destinati-
on via the map


Entering Points of In-
terest


Selecting the last 12
destinations
123
174
131
137
141
2
Main address menu
Entering a destination
address
123
3
Main destination
memory menu
Selecting destination
from the destination
memory
174
4
“Destination via map”
menu
Setting destination via
location on map
Setting destination via
coordinates
131
135
5
“Settings” menu
Entering vehicle location
Calibrating tires
180
181
6
“Points of Interest”
menu
Setting destination via
Point of Interest listing
137
7
Activating list of last
12 destinations for a re-
calculation
141
Function
Page

122 NavigationDestination inputMain destination input menu
Press b.
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used:Route guidance has been switched off


the main destination input menu or


the location map (
page 149).
Route guidance has been switched on


the symbol display with an arrow in-
dicating your driving direction
(page 144) or


the map with the symbol indicating
current vehicle location
(page 144)
Route guidance has been switched on,
COMAND has been switched off for
more than 2 hours


an inquiry menu (
page 169)Changing over to another system, for
e.g. radio

Press c.
Switching the navigation system on
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iThe following message will appear
when COMAND is preparing for naviga-
tion startup: “Navigation being activa-
ted. Please obey all traffic rules.”. Then,
one of the 3 displays will appear.
!Potential fault messages during prepa-
ration of navigation startup:

“Navigation cannot be activated. An
error has occurred”.


“CD-Reading error. Please use ano-
ther CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation CD.


“No CD available. Please insert
NAVI-CD type DX only”.
Insert a current DX-coded navigati-
on CD. Using other navigation CDs
might lead to malfunctions.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the message “Navigation being ac-
tivated. Please obey all traffic rules”.

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Destination input
Select one of the following possibilities to
enter a destination:

Entering a destination address


Selecting destination via the map
(page 131)


Entering Points of Interest
(page 137)


Selecting last destinations
(page 141)


Selecting from destination memory
(page 174)
Main address menu1Info/status line
2Selecting city/suburb or selecting des-
tination that has been entered at last
3Selecting a street
4Selecting a city center (
page 130)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address”.
The main address menu will appear.
Switching back to the main destination in-
put menu

Press *.
Entering destination address
iIf you have previously entered a city/
suburb, you can highlight 3 and 4.

124 NavigationDestination inputSelect city/suburb“City/Suburb Entry” input menu 5Input line, selected characters (invers)
or last city selected
6Character set
7Zoom
8Move the insertion point one position
to the right
9Activate the city list

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main address menu
and confirm and confirm “City/Sub-
urb”.
The input menu “City/Suburb Entry”
will appear.
To adopt the city last selected:

Activate the city list.
To select another city:

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until the desired letter in character
set 6 is highlighted.
The zoom 7 enlarges the currently
highlighted character.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to enter the character in in-
put line 5.
COMAND supplements the new entry
with additional letters so that the
stored name of a city/suburb will ap-
pear.

Enter other characters until the desired
city name appears in 5.
Correcting the entry


Last character entered
Press r briefly.


All of the characters entered
Press r longer than 2 seconds.
iFor quicker input, COMAND will offer
available characters from the character
set 6 based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the navi-
gation CD.