light MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

104 Navigation*Important notesSafety InstructionsWarning
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For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.Do not watch display screen or operate but
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tons while the vehicle is in motion - let navi
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gation announcements guide you. Stop at a
safe location before using buttons or mak
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ing corrections.Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given. Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate
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ly 14 m) every second.
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec
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ommendation on how to best reach your se
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lected destination.During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care
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fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in
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structions.
Warning
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The Navigation DVD module contains a

Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe
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ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali
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fied personnel.

130 Navigation*Route guidanceThe circle
shows the current vehicle lo
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cation. The arrow in the circle designates
the current driving direction.

The remaining route is highlighted in color.
Display example 2On the right-hand side of the display the
symbol for the next driving maneuver is in
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dicated (here left turn).

On the very right is a distance bar. The
dark blue part of the bar and the informa
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tion 700ft, in this example, indicate the
distance to the next driving maneuver.If available, the street following the driving
maneuver with its name is shown in the top
status bar (here
CHESTNUT
RIDGE
RD).
The destination is marked with a flag
on
the map, any stop-over destination is
marked with a flag

.
Changing map scaleThe currently selected map scale is shown
in the left-hand corner of the bottom status
bar
.
iWhen the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).

When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo
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meters (km) and meters (m). iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.
s
iThe display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).

When the display unit is set to miles,
COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).

When the display unit is set to km,
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo
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meters (km) and meters (m).

133 Navigation*
Route guidance
Before the vehicle reaches a partially digi
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tized area, COMAND notifies you of this
with the following announcements:
“Be prepared to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid
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ed.”

“In 700
feet you will enter an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”

“You are about to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid
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ed.”
Route guidance within a partially digi
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tized areaIf you start route guidance in this type of
area, you will hear the following announce
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ment: “You are currently in an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provided.”Route guidance is provided by means of a
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination. COMAND will
not generate automatic navigation an
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nouncements.
If you try to call up or repeat an announce
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ment manually,
( page
129)
you will hear
the announcement “You are currently in an
area where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.“.During route guidance, the display is divid
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ed. On the right-hand side you will see the
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination.On the left-hand side of the display you will
see the map with the suggested route. The
suggested route is highlighted blue. How
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ever, it may not be possible to follow the
suggested route because, for example, the
road is closed or not open for car traffic.If, during route guidance, COMAND leads
you back into a fully digitized area, route
guidance will simply continue in the usual
manner.
iThe indicated distance can be seen
here by way of example. In reality, it
may be different.
iWhen you call up the info menu to this
type of destination,
( page
136)
the
following data shown there may differ
from the actual situation:
Estimated time of arrival

Remaining driving time to the desti
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nation

Remaining distance to the destina
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tion

134 Navigation*Route guidanceRoute guidance to an off-road destina
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tion
COMAND can guide you to destinations
within the area covered by the digital map,
even if a destination is not located at a
road known to the system.These destinations are shown as off-road
destinations, which you can enter using
the map, for example.In these cases, COMAND guides you for as
long as possible with navigation announce
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ments and displays on roads known to the
system.Shortly before you reach the last known
point in the digitized road network, you will
hear the announcement “The destination is
nearby. Follow the arrow on the display”.You will then see an arrow that indicates
the direction to the off-road destination.
When the off-road destination is close to
the road,
Area of dest. reached
appears
in addition below the arrow.
When you leave the last known point in the
digitized road network, direction arrows
showing the compass heading to the desti
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nation guide you. You will also see the
Di-
rection to destination
display.
Route guidance from an off-road loca
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tion to a destinationIf there is no road available on map at cur
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rent position of the car, vehicle is off road.COMAND is also able to guide you to a des
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tination from such a location.At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Road
message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com
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pass heading to the actual destination.The route is highlighted blue from the near
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est road known to the system. As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con
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tinues in the usual way.
Off-road and off-mapWarning
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The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
not be capable of traversing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver’s sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their ap
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propriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consider
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ation by the COMAND system.

135 Navigation*
Route guidance
Route guidance from an off-map loca
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tion to a destinationIf the vehicle position is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi
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cle is in an off-map location.COMAND is also able to guide you to a des
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tination from such a location.At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Map
message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com
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pass heading to the actual destination.The route is highlighted blue from the near
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est road known to the system. As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con
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tinues in the usual way.
Off-road during route guidanceThe road layout may differ from the data on
the digital map, due to road construction
measures, for example.In such cases, the system cannot allocate
the vehicle’s position to the digital map
and the vehicle is therefore in an off-road
position.The
Off Road
message and an arrow show
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ing the compass heading to the destina
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tion appear on the display.As soon as the system can allocate the ve
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hicle position’s to the map again, route
guidance continues in the usual way.

137 Navigation*
During route guidance
1Estimated time of arrival2Remaining driving time in hours and
minutes3Remaining journey (distance)
Points 1, 2 and 3 refer to the stop
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over destination. You'll only see the de
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tails for the final destination when you
arrive at your stopover and the system
has calculated the route to the main
destination.
Selectable soft keys:
Route
soft key

Provides access to the display of the
route on the map
( page
137)
.

Mode
soft key

Provides access to the route mode set
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ting for certain road types to be avoid
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ed
( page
109)
.

In the Info menu
( page
136)
, press
the
Route
soft key.
The map appears. The route remaining
is highlighted in blue color. The destination is marked with a flag , any stop-over destination is marked with a flag

. The current vehicle posi
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tion is identified with the
symbol.

Depending on the distance to the des
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tination, it may take some time before
the route display appears.
iThe estimated time of arrival does not
refer to the time zone of destination,
but always refers to the time zone of
the vehicle's current location. For a
correct calculation, make sure that the
system clock is set correctly ( page
164)
.
Displaying the route on the map
s

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
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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
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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).

165 System
System settings
Setting the time The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat
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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
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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
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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
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tion is available.