key MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

150 Navigation*Last destinations and destination memoryStarting route guidance to a destina
-
tion stored in the destination memory 
Select a destination.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

if you want to start route
guidance, otherwise press the
Back
soft
key.
Deleting a destination from the destina
-
tion memory 
Select a destination
( page
149)
.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete entry prompt appears.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The system deletes the entry from the
destination memory.
Storing a destination 
In the Start Route Guidance menu ( page
128)
, press the
Save
soft key;
or
Select a destination from the
Last

destinations
memory
( page
148)

and press the
Save
soft key.
The system automatically shows a de
-
fault name (the city if applicable) as
Destination name; however a different
name can be entered.
Storing under the default name 
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
The system will store the address un
-
der the default name.
Storing under a different name
Press the
Delete
soft key to delete the
default name.
Upper and lower case characters, accent
-
ed characters, special characters and
numbers can be entered.To select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift sym
-
bols on the display are available:
= upper case

= lower case

= special characters
ok
iThe name must have at least one char
-
acter.iSymbol “
” represents a space.
ABCabc...

151 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory

If necessary, use

, 
or

to se
-
lect one of the shift fields.

Press

.
The characters are shifted.

Use

, 
, 
, 
, (
or
+
to
select the characters. Press

after
each selection.

If necessary, press the
Delete
soft key
to delete the character last entered.

Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
The system will store the address.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last character) with the Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
ok

152 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)Via Navigation main menu
Call up the Navigation main menu ( page
108)
.
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use

to select the
POIs
menu item.

Press

.
The POIs main menu appears ( page
153)
.
Via the mapA POI shown on the map can be selected ( page
156)
.
Via Destination entry menu
Open the Destination entry menu ( page
115)
.
A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;orIf a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:

A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo
-
cation can be selected.
Enter the desired details of a desti
-
nation
( page
115)
.

Press the
POIs
soft key.

Proceed as described in the “
Se
-
lecting POI in the local area of the current position
” section under
“Selecting a POI category
”
( page
153)
.
Entering POIsiPOIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, hospitals,
etc.

153 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
POIs main menu Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current
position

Selecting a POI in the local area ( page
153)
.

Select
city

Selecting a POI in any city to be
selected
( page
154)
.

Global
destinations

A POI from global categories can be se
-
lected
( page
154)
. The selection is
restricted to the region entered last;
however, the region selection can be
changed.

In the POIs main menu,
( page
153)

select the
Current position
menu
item.

Press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press

.
If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate
-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.If you have selected any other catego
-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

154 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)Selecting a POI
Use

or

to select a POI. The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling through
the list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

In the POIs main menu,
( page
153)
,
select the
Select
city
menu item.

Enter a city as described in the Destina
-
tion entry section
( page
115)
.
.
After entering the city, press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.

Proceed with “
Selecting a POI catego
-
ry” ( page
153)
and “
Selecting a POI
”
( page
154)
.

In the POIs main menu
( page
153)
,
select the
Global destinations
menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
I
Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

155 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region 
Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears. Please see “Se
-
lecting the region
” ( page
115)
.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.

Press

.
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered
( page
155)
or a POI can
be selected from a list
( page
155)
.
Entering POI names I
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city
( page
116)
.
The entry can be bypassed if the POI
name is not known.
Press and hold

for more than
approx. 2 seconds.
After entering the POI name, or after
bypassing the entry, a POI can be se
-
lected.
Selecting a POI 
Use

or

to select a POI. The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling through
the list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis
-
tance), and the direction to the POI.


156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.

3 seconds, or when pressing the
De-
tails
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

Press
%
or
In the Destination entry menu ( page
115)
, press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use

, 
, 
, 
, +
,
or
(
to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col
-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected
( page
143)
.
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi

(500 m).To change the map scale (
 page
130).

157 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to se
-
lect the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
You are prompted to confirm the se
-
lected POI as the destination.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

164 SystemSystem settings
Press

.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time
soft key

For setting the date and time.

Lang.
soft key

For setting the language
( page
166)
.

Tones
soft key

For switching confirmation beeps

and acoustic signals ON and OFF ( page
167)
.

Display
soft key

For changing the display settings ( page
167)
.

VC tips
soft key

To call up the Voice control settings* ( page
168)
.

Reset
soft key

For reversing COMAND to the factory
settings
( page
171)
.

In the System menu, press the
Time

soft key.
The Date/Time settings menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time

165 System
System settings
Setting the time The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat
-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.

This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use

or

to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.Setting the minutes:

With GPS reception, each time you
press

or

changes the time in in
-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.Setting the hours:

Each time you press

or

, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date 
Use

or

to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere is no automatic change from day
-
light saving time to standard time.

This has to be changed manually.When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.