navigation MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2003 R230 Comand Manual

155 Navigation
Route guidance
1Distance to destination
2Driving instruction arrow
3Name of the road you are currently dri-
ving on
4Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point1Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2Part of the street, not to be followed
3Name of the street you should drive on
4Distance graph to turning-pointBefore you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued rou-
te, e.g.

“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)

“Bear left after 250 feet”

“Please bear left”
Please note the following difference in
voice output
Following the course of the road
Driving through an intersectioniAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
Situation
Example of voice
output
Making a turn
onto a street
...turn left/right.
Driving through

an intersection ...bear left/right.

156 NavigationRoute guidance1Activates map display2Last scale selected
Altering the map scale (
page 158)
3Return to symbol display
4Actual vehicle location
5Name of the street onto you will turn
ontoYou can select one of the two possibilities

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
The map will appear in the scale last se-
lected.
or

Press l.
Changing to map display
iCOMAND will remove the menu bar (ex-
cept for 3) after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

157 Navigation
Route guidance
If the function Mix is switched on, the sym-
bol display is activated automatically from
the map display before making a maneu-
ver. After you have made the maneuver,
the map will appear again.
Switching the mix function on
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Mix” in the sym-
bol display and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in red.
Switching the mix function off

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Mix” in the map
or symbol display and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in black again.Map display before making a maneuver,
mix function is switched on
-As the maneuver, e.g. a U-turn, approa-
ches, COMAND will activate the symbol
display.
After you have made the U-turn, the map
will appear again.
Mix of map and symbol display

158 NavigationRoute guidanceActivating the scale selector
Press + or ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 1 and press to
confirm.
The scale selector will appear.
1Current map scale
2Scale selector
3New map scale
Zooming in for more detailed map

Press +.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
The map will appear automatically.Zooming out for less detailed map

Press ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
The map will appear automatically.
Altering the map scaleiA division mark corresponds to an avai-
lable scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.

159 Navigation
Route guidance
You can either select the map in north-up
orientation or position it with the driving di-
rection pointing up.North-up: Map is displayed facing north 1Selecting map orientation
North arrow ! or compass needle <
(black tipping pointing to the north)
2Symbol for current vehicle locationSelecting driving direction pointing up
Heading-up: Map is displayed facing driving
direction pointing up
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 1 and press to
confirm.
Symbol 2 points in the driving direc-
tion, the compass needle will appear.To return to North-up

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 1 and press to
confirm.
The north arrow will appear again.
Selecting map orientation
Map orienta-
tion
Characteristics
North-up
North arrow always
points to the top
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location is
turning on the map
Heading-up
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location al-
ways points to the top
The compass needle is
turning, the black point
always points north

160 NavigationRoute guidanceYou can store a way point during route
guidance.
1Activates “Way Point” menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 1 and press to
confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear.
“Way point” menu2Select a category
3Activates the main address menu
(
page 123)
4Activates the “Points of Interest” selec-
tion menu (
page 137)
5Activates the main destination memory
menu (
page 174)
6Activates the Coordinate destination
input menu (
page 135)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 2 to 6 and
press to confirm.

Select the desired way point.

Start route guidance.
Marking a way point

161 Navigation
Route guidance
Starting route guidance
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Start
Guidance…”.You will now see the information corres-
ponding to route calculation and hear the
voice output: “The route to your intermedi-
ate destination is being calculated”.
The previously selected route mode will be
maintained.
After you reach the way point, you will con-
tinue to follow the route to the original in-
put destination.
iAfter you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and “House
number...” may appear in black, indica-
ting that it is possible to select them.
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162 NavigationRoute guidanceCanceling the calculation 
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Cancel”.Deleting way point

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Stop” in the
symbol or map display and press to
confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear, “De-
lete stop-over...” is highlighted.
Menu bar is not visible in the map:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The menu bar will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Delete stop-
over...”.
The way point has been deleted.
If you do not want to delete the way point

Press *.iIt is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (
page 167).

163 Navigation
Route guidance
Main detour menu
1It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated
3It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (
page 165)
Explanation corresponding 2

Detour has not yet been selected
You cannot select “Cancel”

Detour has been selected
“Cancel” is highlighted

Press ) while any menu is on the
screen during route guidance.
The main detour menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired
menu field and press the button.
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Selecting a detour
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iTraffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
If you switch off COMAND for more than
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.

164 NavigationRoute guidanceTraffic jam ahead
If a traffic jam lies ahead, you can block the
route sections following the next turn.Traffic jam menu1Length of the blocked route section in
miles

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Traffic Jam
Ahead...” in the main detour menu and
press to confirm.
The traffic jam menu will appear.Entering the length of the blocked route
section
Increasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
Decreasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
Calculating detour

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The route will be re-calculated. An in-
formation menu will appear.
After that COMAND continues route
guidance.
iCOMAND suggests reasonable route
sections.
Minimum/maximum length of detour is
governed by the logical grouping of rou-
te sections. If additional detour seg-
ments are required after the original
detour, they must be requested indivi-
dually.
iYou can also select “Traffic Jam Ahead”
during the course of a detour. The cur-
rent detour will then be cancelled.