navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2007 W211 Comand Manual

106 Navigation*
Important notes
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If 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. 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:
Continue route guidance manually
in the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Route guidance with GPS
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GPS (Global Positioning System) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
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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
Route guidance after vehicle trans-
port
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The navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer (
page 105).
Trip interruption during route guid-
ance
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Trip interruption means parking the ve-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.
Trip continuation means trip continua-
tion with COMAND switched ON.

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Navigation main menu
Press 5.
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 149),
Destination entry
Provides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 114),
Last destinations
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 148),
POIs
(Points of Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 152). 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 132).
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This menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 132), 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 106).
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Destination memory and Last destinations
can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

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Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 113).
Mode soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (
page 109).
Setting soft key
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(
page 109).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the Mode s o f t k e y i n t h e N a v i g a t i o n
main menu (
page 108).
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 110).
Balance / Fader (page 110).
Volume (page 110).
Press the Setting soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 108).
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*
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#, $, %, &, 8 or 70to
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.

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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 108).
Press the Home soft key.
A message
No home address stored a p p e a r s
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.
ok
ok
Entering a home address


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Destination entry
Press '.
The Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 128) appears.
The system accesses one of the following
menus after entering of a destination city
(
page 116):
For larger cities with more than 15
streets:
Enter Street menu.
For smaller cities with up to 15 streets:
Select Street menu (
page 119).
If no streets are registered for the se-
lected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:
Select City Center menu (
page 118).
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 112).
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

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Destination entry
Selecting the city center referring to
the street selected
The system distinguishes between streets
with the same name in a city by specifying
the center. After selecting a street, a list of
city centers may appear.
The status bar shows how many times the
system found the same street name within
a given city.
Use% or & to select a center and
press'.The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears.
The following soft keys are available to
continue narrowing the destination after
entering the street:Map soft key
Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map
(
page 123).
Intrsct. soft key
An intersection with the destination
street can be entered (
page 121).
Hse. no. soft key
A house number on the destination
street can be entered (
page 122).
POIs soft key
A POI on or near the destination street
can be entered (
page 153).
The following soft keys can also be select-
ed:
Mode soft key
For setting the route mode
(
page 109).
Save soft key
Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory (
page 150).
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting street
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Only the entry of either an intersecting
road or a house number is possible.

123 Navigation*
Destination entry
Use$ or & to select the sym-
bol and press'.
The house number list appears. Now a
house number range can be selected.
Selecting a house number range

Use % or &0to select the desired
range of house numbers. The
Page soft
keys allow scrolling through the list
page by page.
Press'.
The Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 128) appears.
Calling up the map display
Press6;
or
Press the Map soft key if it appears in a
menu.
The map appears in full-screen display.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.Selectable soft keys
Coord. soft key
Allows entering a destination via geo
coordinates (
page 125).
Symbol soft key
P r ov i d e s a c c e s s t o s e t t i n g t h e s y m b o l s
display (
page 143)
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The symbol can only be selected if
the system recognized the house num-
ber.
ok
ok
E ntering a d estina tion usin g the map
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If no soft key is selected within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key dis-
plays will disappear.


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Destination entry
Memory soft key
The current map location is stored
(
page 126).
Display soft key
You can select which POIs will appear
as symbols on the map (
page 143).
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
more detailed map.
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
map that shows a wider area. Moving the map and selecting a desti-
nation
Move the cursor using#, $, %,
&, 8 or 7 to select the desired
destination.
Release the button.
If the system finds a street name at the
location the cursor is pointing to, the
corresponding street name is shown in
the status bar.
In this example:
WATER ST Start route guidance to the selected
destination
Press '.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears if route guidance has not yet
been activated.
Press '.
Route calculation begins.
If route guidance is already active, you
will be prompted to confirm that you
wish to accept the new destination.
Press# to select Yes.
Press'.
Route calculation begins.
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The soft keys Coord., Memory and Display
are visible only if the map has been
called up using6.
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The destination selection will be lost
when pressing the
Back soft key.
The system reverses to the details of
the previously entered destination.

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Destination entry
Press'.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.
Press'.
Route calculation begins.You can store the current vehicle position
or a location selected via the map as an en-
try in the
Last Destinations memory. Therein
such entries are marked with
(
page 148).
If you wish to store such entries for later
retrieval or repeat usage, you can store
them in the standard destination memory
(
page 149).
Storing current vehicle position
Press6.
Press any soft key if the soft key dis-
plays are hidden.
The soft key displays appear.1Symbol = current vehicle location
Press the Memory soft key.
The system stores the current vehicle
position.
While storage takes place, the
Memory
soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
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Route guidance is only possible to co-
ordinates within the digital map range.
Storing map location