light MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2005 W203 Comand Manual

117 Navigation
Route guidance
The navigation displays are only visible
while route guidance is active.
To switch to the navigation display from
another display, e.g. from CD operation: 
Press b or c.
Two examples are shown below:
Display example 1:The road you are currently driving on is
shown on the status bar, in this case
EAST I-90
. The indication
571 mi
is the
distance to the next driving maneuver.
If the GPS position display (
page 130) is
active, the GPS data are shown instead of
the street name.Important map symbols:

Current vehicle location and direction
of travel y
If the map orientation
Heading Up
(page 130) is chosen, the arrow will
always point upward.

The remaining route section is
highlighted in blue color.
Navigation displays
iUsing the control system, the display
unit can be changed between km or
miles (see your vehicle’s Operator’s
Manual). 
When the display unit is set to
miles, the COMAND will indicate
distances in miles (mi) or feet (ft).

When the display unit is set to km,
the COMAND will indicate
distances in kilometers (km) or
meters (m).
iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.

125 Navigation
During route guidance
This function allows you to select an
intermediate destination while route
guidance is active. A stopover destination
may be a gas station or a restaurant or any
other place. When the route to the
stopover destination is calculated, the
system calculates the route from the
stopover destination to the main
destination.
Entering a stopover destination
Activate the soft key display
(page 121).

Press the
Stopovr
soft key.
The map is displayed in full view.
or
The Stopover still active menu will
appear (
page 127) if a stopover
already exists.Available soft keys
After pressing a softkey on the left side, a
corresponding list (
page 126) or, if a POI
is close by, the map will appear with one
POI spotlighted (
page 141).

soft key:
Shows a list of restaurants or the map
with one restaurant spotlighted.

soft key:
Shows a list of filling stations or the
map with one filling station spotlighted.

soft key:
Shows a list of parking facilities or the
map with one parking facility
spotlighted.

soft key:
Shows a list of ATMs or the map with
one ATM spotlighted.

soft key:
Shows a list of hospitals or the map
with one hospital spotlighted.
If you press this soft key the following
warning message will appear:
Stopover function

126 NavigationDuring route guidance
More
soft key:
If you press this soft key, the
Navigation main menu (
page 96) will
appear.
Enter
stopover
will appear
on the status bar.
You can now enter an stopover
destination by

selecting one from the destination
memory (
page 135)

typing one in the Enter street menu
(page 100)

selecting one in the
Last
destinations
memory
(
page 134)

selecting a Point of interest
(page 138)

entering a POI by phone number
(page 142)

selecting one in the
Today’s
plan
memory (
page 144)

Press a soft key, e.g. .
One of the following displays will
appear
a list with restaurants (see below)

the map with one restaurant
spotlighted if the POI is close by.
Select a POI on the map
(page 141).
The arrows indicate the direction of the
destination. The distances indicated are
straight line distances to the destination.Selecting a POI in a list

Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.

Use the
Page
soft keys to scroll page-
wise through the list (if available).

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.

After you have selected a destination,
press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 115).

Press E.
The system calculates the route to the
selected stopover destination. After
that, the route to the main destination
is also calculated from the stopover
destination.

141 Navigation
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press c.
The full view of the map will appear.
Your current position and the special
destinations are indicated by symbols.

Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.

If required, move the map pushing the
joystick to H, h, g, G,F or
f.

Press the
POIs
soft key.
One of the POI is spotlighted. The name
belonging to it is shown on the status
bar.

Use the
Next
or
Prev.
soft key
to select the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the POI selected are shown.

Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 115).
Selecting a POI on the mapiYou can define which symbols will be
shown on the map (
page 129).

142 NavigationPOIs (Points of Interest)If a phone number is associated with a POI,
the number can be used to select a
destination and making a call. The
database uses phone numbers in the USA
and Canada.
Activating the Navigation main menu
(page 96).

Push the joystick to G to select menu
item
Phone number
.

Press E.
The
Enter POI phone number menu will
appear.

Use the number keys 1 through 0
to enter the phone number.
or

Push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the numbers. After each
selection, press E.

Push the joystick to F or f to
select numbers diagonally.
When the number is complete, the (
field is highlighted.

Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 115).
Entering a POI by phone numberiThe menu always appears with the “1”
prefix in first line.
iNumbers not available for entry are
greyed out.
iMultiple matches to a phone number
can occur if several businesses share a
number, or if a central number is used
to cover multiple locations. In these
cases, you will see a list to choose
among them.

154 ServiceSMS*
Press the
Detail
soft key.
The list entry will appear in full in a
window.
Line-by-line scrolling through the SMS
Received list:

Push the joystick to g or G
to highlight the desired message.
Back to the Service main menu:

Press the
Back
soft key.

In the SMS Received (
page 153) list,
push the joystick to g or G to
highlight the desired message.

Press E.
The message is displayed. In the status
bar, the name or the phone number of
the sender will appear.Line-by-line scrolling through the message
text:

Push the joystick to g or G.
Back to the SMS Received list:

Press the
Back
soft key.
Reading SMS message received

160 System settingsSystem settings

System settings
Press C.

In the Service main menu
(page 152), press the
System
soft
key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
select the time zone and daylight
savings time settings

select the language (
page 161)

switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 162)

adjust display settings (
page 163)

reset all settings to the factory settings
(page 164)You can select the applicable time zone
and daylight saving time settings.

In the System settings menu, press the Time
soft key.
The available time zones are shown.

Push the joystick to g or G to
select the time zone.

Press E.
You can now select the daylight saving
time settings.
Activating the System settings
menu
Selecting the time zone

161 System settings
System settings

Push the joystick to g or G to
select the desired entry.Daylight Savings Time
:
Changes from summer to winter time
automatically.
Standard Time
:
No time conversion is made. The
change to winter time must be made
manually.

Press E.
The System settings menu will appear.
The setting is saved.The language affects the menu text
displays and the voice output during route
guidance.

In the System settings menu
(page 160), press the
Lang.
soft
key.
The languages list will appear.
Option
Symbol
Time change selected
_
Time change not
selected
-
Selecting the language

163 System settings
System settings

In the System settings menu, press the Display
soft key.You can use the following functions:

set the display dimming characteristics

adjust the display brightness
Setting the display dimming
characteristics

Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.Day modeThe display is continuously set to
daylight design.Night modeThe display is continuously set to night-
time design.AutomaticThe display changes depending on the
ambient light sensor in the vehicle.

Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
settings menu will appear.
Adjusting the display brightness

Press the
Bright.
soft key.

Push the joystick to H or h
direction to adjust the brightness.
Making display settingsOption
Symbol
Display mode selected
_
Display mode not
selected
-

164 System settingsSystem settingsor
Press the
Bright
. soft key longer than
2 seconds.
The display brightness changes
gradually. When the slider reaches the
end of the left or right border, it starts
moving into the opposite direction.

Release the
Bright.
soft key.
Confirming the setting

Press the
Back
soft key.
or

Press E.
The brightness setting is applied.

In the System settings menu, press the Reset
soft key.
The Reset inquiry menu will appear.
No

is highlighted.If you do not wish to reset to the factory
settings

Press the
Back
soft key or press E.
The System settings menu will appear.
Accepting the factory settings

Push the joystick to H or h
direction to select
Yes
.

Press E.
The message
All data has been
reset.
COMAND will now
restart. will appear.
Resetting all settings to the factory
settingsiAll your personal data, e.g. Last desti-
nation entries or Radio main menu pre-
set entries, will be deleted.
iThe factory settings are:
Time - Atlantic Time
Language - Instrument cluster
Verification tone - On
Notification tone - On
Display setting - Automatic