MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class 2006 W251 Comand Manual
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or
Press the List soft key.
The street list will appear. You can now 
select a street.
Selecting a street
Select street list
Push the joystick to g or G to 
select a street.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all 
information about the street entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys 
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back s o f t  k e y  t o  r e t u r n  t o  t h e  
previous menu.
Confirming a street (list)
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Enter house number menu will 
appear.Entering a house number
Enter house number menu
The first line shows the available house 
number range.
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You can enter an intersection instead 
of the house number. You cannot enter 
both.  
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You can use the following functions
entering the house number
entering any house number by pressing 
the 
Any # soft key
selecting an intersection to that street 
(
page 162).
Press the appropriate number keys 
0, 1 to 9. 
or
Push the joystick to h, H, g or 
G to select the numbers. After each 
selection, press E.
Push the joystick to F or f to 
select numbers diagonally.
or
Press the Any # soft key to select the 
available address range of the chosen 
street.Confirming a house number
Press E longer than 2 seconds.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the 
joystick to h, H, g or G to do 
so.
Press E.
The Select city list (
page 161) will 
appear.
or
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For quicker input, COMAND offers 
available numbers from the number 
set based on your selections and the 
house numbers stored on the 
navigation DVD. The number 
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out numbers are not available 
and cannot be selected.
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Each option is possible as long as the 
entered house number is available 
from the information stored on the 
DVD. 
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If there is only one match for the 
entered house number, the ( symbol 
is highlighted automatically. 
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The Start route guidance menu 
(
page 173) will appear, if the entered 
address information (street name and 
house number) is unique in the 
selected state or province.
or
The Enter city menu will appear if more 
than 7 cities share the entered address 
information (street name and house 
number).
Confirming a city
Select city list
Push the joystick to g or G to 
select a city.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all 
information about the city entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys 
to display the next or previous page (if 
available).
Press the Back s o f t  k e y  t o  r e t u r n  t o  t h e  
previous menu.
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Start route guidance menu 
(
page 173) will appear.
Entering a cross street
You can enter a cross street with the 
previously entered street.
In the Enter house number menu 
(
page 159), press the Cross st 
soft key.
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.
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The status bar shows the number of 
current matches. 
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Press the Delete soft key if 
necessary.
The character last entered is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.Confirming a cross street (menu)
Press E longer than 2 seconds to 
confirm your entry.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the 
joystick to h, H, g or G to do 
so.
Press E.
or
Press the List soft key.
The Select cross street list will appear. 
You can now select a street.Selecting a cross streetPush the joystick to g or G to 
select a city.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all 
information about the street entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys 
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back soft key to return to the 
previous menu.
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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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Confirming a cross street (list)
Press E to confirm.
The Start route guidance menu 
(
page 173) will appear.
Entering a city
Press the City soft key in the Enter 
street menu (
page 156).
Enter city menu
The most recently entered destination is 
shown in the upper area.You can now
enter a city name or 
accept the city name shown
Available soft keys:
Map soft key:
Brings you to the destination input 
directly above the map (
page 167).
State soft key:
Brings you to the state/province 
selection (
page 157).
List soft key:
Brings you to a list of cities with the 
previously input street.
Delete soft key:
The character last entered or the 
character last accepted by the system 
is deleted.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous 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. 
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In the Enter city menu 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.
Press the Delete soft key if 
necessary.
The character last entered is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.
Confirming a city (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.
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If you enter the first character, the Map 
and 
State soft keys and a city name 
already available 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 cities 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 city name, the ( symbol is 
highlighted automatically. 
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or
Press the List soft key.
The city list will appear. You can now 
select a city.
Selecting a city
Push the joystick to g or G to 
select a city.Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all 
information about the city entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys 
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back s o f t  k e y  t o  r e t u r n  t o  t h e  
previous menu.
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Enter street menu will appear. You 
can now enter a street.Enter parking
The Start route guidance menu will appear 
after entering a destination address.
Here you can select parking nearby.
Start route guidance menu
Press the Parking soft key.
The Parking lot selection map is 
displayed.
or
The message 
No parking near the 
destination
 will appear. 
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Selecting a parking lot
The map is displayed and shows the 
destination and the available parkings lots.
One of the parking lot is spotlighted. The 
name belonging to it is shown on the 
status bar.
Use the Next or Prev. soft key to 
select a parking lot on the map.
Press the Details soft key to see 
more information about the parking lot.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will 
appear (
page 173). 
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Selecting a destination using the map
Press c.
Push the joystick to H, h, g, G, 
F, f.
or
Press the Map soft key, e.g. in the Start 
route guidance menu (
page 173).
The map is shown in full view and 
cross-hairs appear.
If soft key displays are hidden:
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.Available soft keys
POIs soft key:
Spotlight a POI if POIs are on the map 
(
page 199).
Memory soft key:
Set a memory point and saved it in the 
Last destinations memory 
(
page 155).
Display soft key:
The Map view display will appear.
(
page 186).
Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section.
Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
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The system automatically places the 
cross-hairs on the current destination 
address.
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c was pressed:
If no soft key is selected within approx. 
8 seconds, the soft key display will 
disappear again. 
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The POIs, Memory and Display soft 
keys are available if the 
Map soft key 
was pressed. 
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Push the joystick to H, h, g, G 
to move the cross-hairs.
Push the joystick to F or f to move 
the cross-hairs diagonally.This allows you to select your destination.
Release the button.
If the system is able to assign a street 
name to the selected location, it is 
displayed on the status bar.
If a street name can not be assigned, 
COMAND increases the zoom by one 
increment each time E is pressed 
until a street name can be selected.
Press E.
The system uses the point at the center 
of the cross-hairs as destination.
The Start route guidance menu will 
appear (
page 173).
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If you press the Back soft key, your 
selection will be discarded. The system 
then uses the data of the previous 
destination.
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If a POI is close to the center of the 
cross-hairs, a selection list will appear. 
You can now select between a POI and 
the address destination.