navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2004 W211 Comand Manual

96 Navigation*Important notes
If your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position. Mov-
ing the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation.
Travelling abroad
The navigation DVD covers the continental
U.S., Hawaii and Canada.
Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or the
Customer Assistance Center in the U.S. at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
or in Canada at 1-800-387-0100 for other
DVDs that may be available.
Change the navigation DVD
(page 95).The system may require some time to find
its exact location after the vehicle was
transported by a car, train or ferry. To rem-
edy the situation, proceed as follows:

Switch COMAND ON.

Call up the Navigation main menu
(page 98).

Resume driving and press .
The display changes to map display.
Continue driving until the displayed po-
sition or the displayed road corre-
sponds to the present location. The
system now is correctly repositioned.
Route guidance after vehicle
transport !GPS (G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
Deviations from the actual position
may occur

if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e. g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s condi-
tion
If the reception of the GPS signal is un-
available, you will have to manually en-
ter the current vehicle position
(
page 96).
Determination of location after
vehicle transportiThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer (
page 95).

97 Navigation*
Important notes
The following instructions have to be fol-
lowed when interrupting a trip during route
guidance, and later continuation:

Continuation of the trip within 2 hours
after interruption:
The system automatically resumes
route guidance.

Continuation of the trip between
2 and 12 hours after interruption: 
Route guidance has to be re-insti-
tuted manually in the Navigation
main menu (
page 98).

Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption:
Route guidance has to be newly start-
ed.
Select the destination from the
Last destinations memory
(page 132),
or

Re-enter the destination
(page 102).Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.
Example: Menu to select a street
You can select a list item using the or
 key.
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the Page soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the soft key is deactivated.
Trip interruption during route guid-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.
Trip continuation means trip continua-
tion with COMAND switched ON.
Selection lists

98 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press .
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use or  to select a menu item.

Press , or press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.Selectable menu items:

Continue route guidance:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory:
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory (
page 135),

Destination entry:
Provides access to the Enter Destina-
tion menu (
page 102),

Last destinations:
Destinations reached previously can be
selected from the Last destinations
destination memory (
page 133).

POIs:
(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 136). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
Selectable soft keys:

Home soft key:
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 102).
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 120).
iThis menu item only appears if:
The route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 120), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption, or

if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 97).
iLast destinations can be selected only
if destinations are already stored in the
system (
page 133).

99 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Mode soft key:
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for the next route guidance cycle
(page 99).

Setting soft key:
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(page 99).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.

Press the Mode soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 98).
The Setting menu for setting road types
to be avoided appears.

Use or  to select an option.

Press .
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the Back soft
key.The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:

Bass / Treble (
page 100).

Balance / Fader (
page 100).

Volume (
page 100).

Press the Setting soft key in the Nav-
igation main menu (
page 98).
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements


101 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Press the  or  key to select the
desired setting.

Press.
The new setting is stored.

Press .
The full-screen display of the map ap-
pears. The vehicle’s current location is
indicated.

Press any soft key.
The soft key display appears.1Symbol = current position

Press the Memory soft key.
The system stores the current position
as a destination in the Last
Destinations memory (
page 132).
While storage takes place, the Memory
soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
iThe solid circle . shows the current
setting.Saving current location
iSuch destinations are marked in the
Last destinations destination mem-
ory with (
page 132).
For permanent storage, the destination
can be stored in the standard destina-
tion memory (page 133).

103 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable menu items:
Destination memory:
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (
page 135),

Destination entry:
accesses the Enter Destination
(page 102) menu,

Last destinations:
You can select the destinations
last reached from the Last
destinations destination memory
(page 133),

POIs:
accesses the POIs input (
page 136).
POIs include gas stations, airports or
hospitals, for example,

Current location
accesses the menu to save the current
location as home address
(page 103).
Saving current location as home
address

Use  or  to select the
Current location menu item.

Press .

To save the displayed address as home
address, press .
otherwise

Press the soft key Map.

Proceed as described under “Destina-
tion input using the map”
(page 114).
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 105), or another
location can be entered (
page 106).
iThis item can only be selected if the
system has already stored destinations
(page 133).
Enter Destination menu


106 Navigation*Destination entryEntering a different city
Use, , or to select the
characters. Press  after each selec-
tion.
Use  and  to select characters
diagonally.Activating the city list
Switching to a list of destinations is possi-
ble at any time while entering a destina-
tion.

Press the List soft key.

A selection list of destinations appears
(page 107)

Press the Delete soft key, if neces-
sary.
The character last entered or the char-
acter last accepted by the system is de-
leted.

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the input.
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol.

Press.
The city list appears. You can select the
city entered and currently highlighted,
or any other city on the city list.
iFor quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the
navigation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied.
The system will accept the entry if the
input matches the name of a city
stored on the navigation DVD.
iDo not confuse the Delete soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the input of
the city name as being definite.
ok
ok

108 Navigation*Destination entryAfter the destination city (
page 105) has
been entered, the associated city center
(section of the city) can be selected.

Press the CityCtr soft key.
.
Enter center is displayed in the sta-
tus bar.Accepting the destination displayed

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds.
Activating city center list

Press the List soft key.
The center list appears. To select a city
center from the list, see (
page 109)
Entering a city center

Use, , or to select the
characters. Press  after each selec-
tion.
Use  and  to select characters
diagonally.
Entering a city center
iFor quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the city centers stored on the
navigation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied.
The system will accept the entry if the
input matches the name of a city cen-
ter stored on the navigation DVD.

109 Navigation*
Destination entry

Press the Delete soft key, if neces-
sary.
The character last entered or the char-
acter last accepted by the system is de-
leted.

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the input,
or

use or  to select the sym-
bol.

Press.
The center list is displayed.
Select center is displayed in the sta-
tus bar.
The center entered or another center
can be selected.
Selecting the city center
.
Useor  to select a city center.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 116) appears.The system accesses one of the following
menus after entering of a destination city
(
page 105):

For larger cities with more than 15
streets:
Enter Street menu (
page 110).

For smaller cities with up to 15 streets:
Select Street menu (
page 110).

If no streets are registered for the se-
lected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:
Select City Center menu (
page 108).
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
iDo not confuse the Delete soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).iThe symbol can only be selected if
the system recognized the input of the
city name as being definite.
ok
ok
Entering a street in the destination
city

110 Navigation*Destination entryEntering a street 
Use, , or  to select the
characters. Press  after each selec-
tion.

Press the Delete soft key, if neces-
sary.
The character last entered, or the char-
acter last accepted by the system is de-
leted.

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the input,
or

useor to select the symbol
The street list is displayed. A street can
now be selected.Activating the street list
You can activate the street list at any time
when entering a street name.

In the Enter Destination menu
(page 103), press the List soft key.

A street list appears (
page 110).
Selecting a street

Use or  to select a street.
iFor quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the street names stored on
the navigation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied.
The system will accept the entry if the
input matches the name of a city cen-
ter stored on the navigation DVD.
iDo not confuse the Delete soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).iThe symbol can only be selected if
the system recognized the input of the
street name as being definite.
ok
ok