navigation MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2003 R230 Comand Manual

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Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have any tire changes done by an authori-
zed Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measure-
ments taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See “Calibration” (
page 181).

116 NavigationQuick reference

Quick reference
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FM
AMTEL
CDSVCNAVVOL-RPT
MAP
ABCJKLTUV
GHI
PQRS
DEFMNO
WXYZ
2
1
3
5
4
6
8
7
9
0
DEL
BACK
PWR1
4
3
7
8
9
15
2
11
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1314
Z+Z-DETR
INFO
MUT
DISP
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117 Navigation
Quick reference
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
122
3
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
If a list is displayed:
Removing a window
133,
158
148
4
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
133,
158
5
Route guidance active:
Switching between map
and symbol display
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Activating location map
156
149
6
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
163
7
CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CDiPay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
45
8
Route guidance active:
Displaying estimated
time of arrival and cur-
rent distance to destina-
tion
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Displaying last
destination driven
147
147
If a list is displayed:
Displaying a long list ent-
ry in full in a window
138
Function
Page
9
Muting current route in-
structions or
Switching off voice out-
put for the duration of
the current route
guidance
153
153
10
Ejecting navigation CD
119
11
Entering destination via
the map
12
Displaying a long list
entry in full in a window
138
13
Switch back to the pre-
vious menu
14
When entering informati-
on:
Deleting last character
or complete entry
124
Function
Page

118 NavigationQuick reference
Function
Page
15
Turn to
Highlight menu field, list
entry or character
Alter the map scale
Press to
Confirm entry/selection,
start function or activate
submenu
Activate map scale se-
lector
133
133
16
Turn to
During voice output:
Lower (left)/raise (right)
the volume
Press to
Repeat current route in-
structions
17
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
System settings
184
187
18
Color screenFunction
Page

119 Navigation
Quick reference

Press q.
COMAND ejects the inserted
navigation CD.

Remove the CD.

Insert another navigation CD, e.g. a re-
gional version, with the label facing up.
The illustrated message will appear.
COMAND loads the program stored on
the navigation CD.
Changing the navigation CD
!Do not interrupt the loading process. Do
not eject the navigation CD until the loa-
ding process has been completed.
iIf you do not remove an ejected CD, it
will be automatically retrieved by the CD
drive after 10 seconds.
The CD drive can
read navigation CDs, or

playback audio CDs.

120 NavigationDestination input

Destination input

Menu overview
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121 Navigation
Destination input
Function
Page
1
Main destination input
menu
Entering a destinati-
on address

Retrieving a destina-
tion from the destina-
tion memory

Selecting a destinati-
on via the map

Entering Points of In-
terest

Selecting the last 12
destinations
123
174
131
137
141
2
Main address menu
Entering a destination
address
123
3
Main destination
memory menu
Selecting destination
from the destination
memory
174
4
“Destination via map”
menu
Setting destination via
location on map
Setting destination via
coordinates
131
135
5
“Settings” menu
Entering vehicle location
Calibrating tires
180
181
6
“Points of Interest”
menu
Setting destination via
Point of Interest listing
137
7
Activating list of last
12 destinations for a re-
calculation
141
Function
Page

122 NavigationDestination inputMain destination input menu
Press b.
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used: Route guidance has been switched off

the main destination input menu
Route guidance has been switched on

the symbol display with an arrow in-
dicating your driving direction
(page 144)
or

the map with the symbol of current
vehicle location (
page 144)
or

the location map (
page 149).Changing over to another system, for
e.g. radio

Press c.
Switching the navigation system on
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iThe following message will appear when
COMAND is preparing for navigation
startup: “Navigation being activated.
Please obey all traffic rules.” Then, one
of the 3 displays will appear.
!Potential fault messages during prepa-
ration of navigation startup
“Navigation cannot be activated. An
error has occurred”.

“CD-Reading error. Please use ano-
ther CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation CD.

“No CD available. Please insert
NAVI-CD type DX only”.
Insert a current DX-coded navigati-
on CD. Using other navigation CDs
might lead to malfunctions.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the message “Navigation being acti-
vated. Please obey all traffic rules”.

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Destination input
Select one of the following possibilities to
enter a destination:
Entering a destination address

Selecting destination via the map
(page 131)

Entering Points of Interest
(page 137)

Selecting last destinations
(page 141)

Selecting from destination memory
(page 174)
Main address menu1Info/status line
2Selecting city/suburb or selecting des-
tination that has been entered at last
3Selecting a street
4Selecting a city center (
page 130)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address”.
The main address menu will appear.
Switch back to the main destination input
menu

Press *.
Entering destination address
iIf you have previously entered a city/
suburb, you can highlight 3 and 4.

124 NavigationDestination inputSelecting city/suburb“City/Suburb Entry” input menu 5Input line, selected characters (invers)
or last city selected
6Character set
7The character selected appears magni-
fied
8Moves the insertion point one position
to the right
9Activates the city list

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main address menu
and confirm and confirm “City/Sub-
urb”.
The input menu “City/Suburb” will ap-
pear.
To adopt the city last selected:

Activate the city list.
To select another city:

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v until the desired letter in
character set 6 is highlighted.
The character selected appears magni-
fied 7.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to enter the character in in-
put line 5.
COMAND supplements the new entry
with additional letters so that the
stored name of a city/suburb will ap-
pear.

Enter other characters until the desired
city name appears in 5.
Correcting the entry

Last character entered
Press r briefly.

All of the characters entered
Press r longer than 2 seconds.
iFor quicker input, COMAND will offer
available characters from the character
set 6 based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the navi-
gation CD.