MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2006 W251 Comand Manual

149 Navigation*
Important notes
COMAND calculates the route with the
help of data that is stored on the navigati-
on DVD.
Only use Mercedes-Benz navigation DVDs.
Using other navigation DVDs or CDs will
cause malfunctions and/or damage.
Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.
As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps do not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area. Loading/ejecting a DVD
DVDs are loaded and ejected at the DVD
Navigation slot. The DVD Navigation slot is
located behind the display unit.
Open the display unit to get access to
the DVD Navigation slot as described in
“Starting an update” (
page 206).
Navigation DVD!
GPS (Global Positioning System) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
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 conditi-
on
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There are two l buttons. One is on
the display unit. The other is located
left of the DVD NAVIGATION slot
behind the display (
page 205).

150 Navigation*
Important notes
If your vehicle has been transported (e.g.
by a car, train or ferry) the system may
make navigation announcements which do
not correspond to the vehicle’s position.
The system needs to redetermine its
position.
Determining the location after the
vehicle has been transported
The system will need some time to
determine its location after the car has
been transported. The time required for
the system to do so varies from case to
case.
Switch the COMAND on.
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 152).
The navigation DVD needs to be in the
DVD NAVIGATION slot (
page 205).
Drive and press c.
Drive until the position or the road
indicated correspond to the real
circumstances. The system is now
correctly adjusted.
Route guidance after the vehicle has
been transported

151 Navigation*
Important notes
The following applies if you interrupt your
trip and continue later on:
Trip is continued within 2 hours:
The system will automatically resume
route guidance.
Trip is continued after more than
2 hours:
Press E and confirm Continue
route guidance
in the
Navigation main menu
(
page 152).
Trip interruption during route
guidance
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Trip interruption means the vehicle is
parked and COMAND is switched off.
Trip continuation means the vehicle is
moving and COMAND is switched on
again.

152 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Navigation main menu
Press b.
The Navigation main menu or the
current navigation screen (e.g. map
screen) will appear.
Navigation main menu
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a menu item.
Press E.
or
Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the function of
the selected soft key appears.Selectable Menu Items
Continue route guidance:
Resumes interrupted or aborted route
guidance.
Activating the Navigation main
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If route guidance is active, a message
appears instead asking you whether
you wish to cancel route guidance
(
page 178).
If route guidance has been interrupted
for more than 2 hours, the entry
Continue route guidance will be
on top of the list.
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This menu item appears if you:
have aborted route guidance
(
page 178)
have interrupted your journey and
continue it after more than 2 hours

153 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Destination memory
You can select destinations from the
Destination Memory (page 194).
Enter destination
Activates the Enter street menu
(
page 156).
Last destinations
You can select last destinations from
the
Last destinations memory
(
page 192).
Points of interest:
Brings you to the
Select point
category
menu (page 196).
POIs are e.g. gas stations, parking
facilities or airports.
Phone number:
You can select a POI by phone number.
Brings you to the
Enter POI phone
number
menu (page 200).
Today’s Plan:
You can select destinations from the
Today’s Plan list one after the other or
sort destinations as Bestway or Round
trip (
page 202).Available soft keys
Home soft key:
You can edit the home address and
start route guidance (
page 169).
Mode soft key:
You can edit the routing mode for the
next route guidance (
page 154).
Compass soft key:
You can display direction of travel,
altitude and steering angle of the
vehicle (
page 171).

154 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
The COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Minimizing traffic routes
Press the Mode soft key
in the Navigation main menu
(
page 152)
in the Start route guidance menu
(
page 173)
in the Info menu (page 180).
The
Edit routing mode menu will
appear.Selectable traffic routes
Minimize freeways:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing freeways.
Minimize toll roads:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing toll roads.
Minimize ferries:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing ferry connections.
Minimize tunnels:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing tunnels.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a routing mode.
Press E.
Switches the option on or off. You can
switch on more than one option.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
The setting is saved. The previous
navigation screen will appear.
Setting the routing mode
OptionSymbol
OnQ
Off q

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Navigation main menu
Press c.
The full view of the map appears. You
will see the vehicle’s current position.
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
Press the Memory soft key.
The system saves the current position
as a destination in the
Last
destinations
memory
(
page 192).
Saving current locationi
Such destinations are marked in
the
Last destinations memory
with _.
For permanent storage you can save
the destination in the regular
Destination memory (
page 193).

156 Navigation*
Destination input

Destination input
Activating the Navigation main menu
(
page 152).
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the menu item
Enter
destination
.
Press E.
The Enter street menu will appear.
Enter street menu
You can use the following functions
entering a street name or accepting a
street name if already available
(
page 158).
changing the state/province
(
page 157).
or
entering a city (page 163).Available soft keys:
State soft key:
Brings you to the Select state/province
menu (
page 157).
City soft key:
Brings you to the Enter city menu
(
page 163).
List soft key:
Brings you to a list of streets beginning
with the previously input letters.
Delete soft key:
The character last entered is deleted.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
Activating the Enter street menu
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The currently set state is identifed by
the state code in the middle of the
screen.
If the vehicle location is in Canada, this
soft key appears as
Province.

157 Navigation*
Destination input
Press the State soft key
in the Enter street menu
(
page 156)
in the Enter city menu (page 163).
The Select state/province menu will
appear.
Select state/province menu
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a state.
Press E.
The Enter street menu will reappear
and shows the new state code in the
middle of the screen.
Toggling between State and Province
list
You can toggle between states in the USA
and provinces in Canada.
Push the joystick to H or h.
State of Hawaii
When on the mainland, you cannot choose
destinations in Hawaii, because these are
in a database separate from the USA/
Canada. Similarly, when in Hawaii, you cannot choose mainland destinations. The
message
You must change the state
or province in order to use that
destination
will appear in this case, if
such a destination is selected from the last
destinations memory (
page 192), the
destination memory (
page 194) or as
home address (
page 169).
Choose another state or province.
The warning message
This selec-
tion will restart the system.
Last destinations may not be
available, and today’s plan
will be erased. Do you wish to
continue?
will appear.
Push the joystick to H to select Yes.
Press E to restart.
Selecting the state/province
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Use the State list for selecting states in
the USA and the Province list for
selecting provinces in Canada.
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If you have already calculated a route,
you can toggle to the Last list, which
contains up to 5 last selected states or
provinces.
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After such a restart, Today’s Plan
entries are all deleted. Destinations in
the previous area (for example in Last
Destinations) are kept so that you can
access and delete them.

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Destination input
Entering a street
In the Enter street menu (page 156)
push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the characters. After each
selection, press E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select characters diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 1 to
9 and 0 to enter digits.
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered by the
system is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.
Confirming a street (menu)
Press E longer than 2 seconds.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the
joystick to h, H, g or G to do
so.
Press E.
Entering destination address
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If you enter the first character, the
State and City soft keys disappear.
The status bar shows the number of
current matches.
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out characters are not available
and cannot be selected.
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If there is only one match for the
entered street name, the ( symbol is
highlighted automatically.