MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2006 W211 Comand Manual

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 guidance
Continues a cancelled route guidance,
Destination memory
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory (page 148),
Destination entry
Provides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 117),
Last destinations
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147),
POIs
(Points of 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 menu
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If route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 134).
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This 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).
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Destination memory and Last destinations
can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

111 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 115).
Mode soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (
page 111).
Setting soft key
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(
page 111).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the Mode soft key in the Navigation
main menu (
page 110).
The Setting Mode menu for 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 112).
Balance / Fader (page 112).
Volume (page 112).
Press the Setting soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 110).
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
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Empty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements


112 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Setting 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-
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The lines can be moved simultaneously
using  and .

113 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Press the  or  key to select the
desired setting.
Press or the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
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The solid circle . shows the current
setting.

114 Navigation*
Destination entry
Entering 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 data
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For 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.

115 Navigation*
Destination entry
Deleting a character
Press the Delete soft key, if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys-
tem is deleted.
Confirming the data entry
After entering all the characters data entry
must be confirmed.
Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the entry;
or
Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press.One frequently used destination address
can be established as the Home address.
Call up the Navigation main menu
(
page 110).
Press the Home soft key.
A message
No home address stored appears
or if a home address has already been
established, the home address ap-
pears.
To start route guidance to the estab-
lished home address press.
or
To enter or change the home address,
press the
Change soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap-
pears.i
Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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The symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized data entry.
Entering a home address
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116 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable menu items
Destination memory
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (page 148) only if
destinations have alreday been stored.
Destination entry
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(
page 117).
Last destinations
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147) only if the sys-
tem has already stored destinations.
POIs
You 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
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The 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
Use or  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 cityi
Do not confuse the button with the
symbol in the main screen.
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119 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selecting a city
Use or  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.
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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).
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The selection is cancelled if the Back
soft key is pressed.
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting city