display MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2005 W211 Comand Manual

108 Navigation*Important notesThe 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 107).
TIf your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position.
COMAND may issue navigation announce-
ments not suited to your actual position. Moving the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation.
While determining the exact position ,
route guidance is subject to the following
restrictions:

COMAND does not output navigation
announcements.

The display
OFF
ROAD
and an arrow indi-
cating the direction of the destination
appear instead of the detailed naviga-
tion displays.
Once the system is correctly repositioned,
route guidance continues with navigation
announcements and detailed navigation
displays.
Travelling abroadRoute guidance with GPSiGPS (G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
iDeviations 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
Route guidance after vehicle trans-
port
iThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer (
page 107).

110 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press .
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.

Use or  to select a menu item
and press;
or

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

Continue route guidanceContinues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memoryDestinations can be selected from the Destination memory
(page 148),

Destination entryProvides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 117),

Last destinationsYou can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147),

POIs(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 151). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
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 134).
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 134), 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 109).
iDestination memory
and
Last destinations

can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

112 Navigation*Navigation main menuSetting bass/treble 
Press the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key in the
Setting menu.

Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass or treble accordingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key,
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
Setting balance and fader

Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key in the Setting
menu.
A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti-
cal line represents the balance setting.
The horizontal line represents the fader
setting.

Press or .
The vertical line moves, adjusting the
balance accordingly,
or

Press or .
The horizontal line moves, adjusting
the fader accordingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key,
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.Adjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.

In the Setting menu (
page 111),
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.
iThe lines can be moved simultaneously
using  and .

114 Navigation*Destination entryEntering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu

Use, , ,, or to
select a character

Press.
The character is entered.
Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad

Use the
-  keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession.After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character. The
character selected appears black.

Wait until the character display disap-
pears, or press.
The character is entered.
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.

116 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable menu items
Destination memoryYou can select destinations from the Destination memory
(page 148) only if
destinations have alreday been stored.

Destination entryYou can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(page 117).

Last destinationsYou can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147) only if the sys-
tem has already stored destinations.

POIsYou can input POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals.

Current location

Provides access to store the current lo-
cation as home address (
page 116)
or select a home address using the
map (
page 116).
Storing current location as home
address

Use  or  to select the Current location
menu item and
press.

To store the displayed address as
home address, press .
Select a home address using the map

Use  or  to select the Current location
menu item and
press.

Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “Moving
the map and selecting a destination”
(page 126).

117 Navigation*
Destination entry

Or, to store the selected destination as
home adress, press.

Call up the Navigation main menu
(page 110).

Use  or  to select the Destination entry
menu item and
press.
The Destination entry menu appears.
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 118), or another
location can be entered (
page 118).

Call up the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city
(
page 118), the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:

Map
soft key
Provides access to destination input di-
rectly via road map (
page 125).

Region
soft key
Provides access to the region input
(
page 117).

Street
soft key
Provides access to input of the destina-
tion street (
page 121).

CityCtr
soft key
Provides access to the input of a city
section (center) (
page 120).

POIs
soft key
Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest) (
page 151).

List
soft key
Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list (
page 119).
In the Destination entry menu
(
page 117) the region currently selected
is indicated by the characters in parenthe-
sis in the status bar.

To change the region press the
Region

soft key.
The region list appears.
Destination entry menu
Entering a destination
iThe
Street
, CityCtr
, and
POIs
soft key
functions refer to the city on display.
If you wish to choose global POIs not
referring to a city (
page 151).
Selecting the region


118 Navigation*Destination entry
Useor  to select a region.

Press .
Selecting a different region deletes the
city last entered. The first city of the
newly selected region appears (in al-
phabetical order).
The Destination entry menu (
page 117)
represents the starting point.
Enter city (USA)
appears in the status bar.
The characters in parenthesis indicate the
selected region.
Accepting the displayed destination

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds.Entering a different city

Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the city
(page 114).
After entering the city a selection list of
cities appears. Now continue with se-
lecting a city.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a city.

Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin-
ue with selecting a city.
Entering a city
iDo not confuse the button with the
symbol in the main screen. ok

119 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selecting a city
Useor  to select the destina-
tion city. The
Page
soft keys allow scroll-
ing through the list page by page.

Press.After selecting the desired city, one of
the following menus appears:

For larger cities with more than 15
streets:
Enter Street menu (
page 121).

For smaller cities with up to
15 streets:
Select Street menu (
page 121).

If no streets are registered for the
selected city:
Select City Center menu
(page 120).
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
.Besides entering a street name
(page 121), the following soft keys are
available for narrowing the destination:

Map
soft key
Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map
(page 125).
iThe selection is cancelled if the
Back

soft key is pressed.
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting city


120 Navigation*Destination entry
CityCtr
soft key
Provides access to the selection of a
section of the city (center)
(
page 120).

POIs
soft key
Provides access to the input of a POI
referring to the destination city
(
page 152).
After the destination city (
page 118) 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 status
bar.
.Accepting the destination displayed 
Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds.
Entering a center

Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the center
(page 114).
After entering the center a selection
list of centers appears. Now continue
with selecting a center.Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a center.

Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin-
ue with selecting a center.
Selecting a city center
.
Useor  to select a city center.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
Entering a city center

121 Navigation*
Destination entry

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 130) appears.
The system accesses one of the following
menus after entering of a destination city
(
page 118):

For larger cities with more than 15
streets:
Enter Street menu.

For smaller cities with up to 15 streets:
Select Street menu (
page 121).

If no streets are registered for the se-
lected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:
Select City Center menu (
page 120).
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.Entering a street

Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the street
(page 114).
After entering the street a selection list
of streets appears. Now continue with
selecting a street.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a street.

Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin-
ue with selecting a street.Selecting a street

Use or  to select a street. The Page
soft keys allow scrolling through
the list page by page.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears;
or
If the street extends through several
city centers, the list of city centers re-
ferring to the street selected appears.
Entering a street in the destination
city