navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2008 W211 Comand Manual

106 Navigation*Important notesTIf 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 GPSiGPS (
Global
Positioning
System) 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
105)
.
Trip interruption during route guid
-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve
-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.Trip continuation means trip continua
-
tion with COMAND switched ON.

108 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
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 menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid
-
ance is to be cancelled
( page
132)
.
iThis 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)
.
iDestination memory
and
Last
destinations
can only selected only if
destinations are already stored in the
system.

109 Navigation*
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
soft key in the Naviga
-
tion 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 Navi
-
gation main menu
( page
108)
.
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square
= option OFF

Solid square
= option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for

navigation announcements

112 Navigation*Destination entryEntering charactersFor 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
3
- "
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.

113 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 entryAfter 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
ap
-
pears or if a home address has already
been established, the home address
appears.

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.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last character) with the Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe
symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized data entry.
ok
ok
Entering a home address


119 Navigation*
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

120 Navigation*Destination entrySelecting the city center referring to
the street selectedThe 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
iOnly 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

to 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
Press
%
;
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

Provides access to setting the symbols
display
( page
143)
iThe
symbol can only be selected if
the system recognized the house num
-
ber.
ok
ok
Entering a destination using the map
iIf no soft key is selected within

approx. 8 seconds, the soft key dis
-
plays will disappear.


124 Navigation*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

, 
, ,
, (
or
+
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.
iThe soft keys
Coord.
, Memory
and
Dis
-
play
are visible only if the map has
been called up using
%
.
iThe destination selection will be lost
when pressing the
Back
soft key.

The system reverses to the details of
the previously entered destination.

126 Navigation*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
Press
%
.

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.
iRoute guidance is only possible to co
-
ordinates within the digital map range.
Storing map location