display MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2004 R230 Comand Manual
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Destination input
This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking faci-
lities or shopping centers.“Points of Interest” selection menu
Select a Point of Interest
1Around the current area of vehicle loca-
tion
2Around the previous destination area
3In the surrounding area of another city
4As regional destination, e.g. airport
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Points of Interest” in
the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The selection menu “Points of Interest”
will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 to 4 and press to
confirm.
1, 2, 4 A Category list will appear
3 The input menu “City/Area”
will appear (
page 157)Around the current area of vehicle loca-
tion or previous destination area
Category list5Display previous page, if :
6Display next page, if ;
Entering Points of Interest
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Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 or 2 and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.
7Point of Interest entry with distance to
destination in miles (as the crow flies)
8Symbol for long entry
9Complete entry in a windowDisplay the entry in full in a window 9
Press u.
Press u again to remove 9.
Selecting the desired destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the entry in the selec-
tion list and press to confirm.
Then calculate the route (
page 159).
iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
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Destination input
This function allows you to display up to 12
destinations you last selected.
1Destination selected last
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Last destinations...” in
the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The list “Last destinations...” will ap-
pear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
and press to confirm.
Then calculate the route.First select the calculation mode and then
calculate your route.
Selecting calculation mode
COMAND calculates the route either as
the Fast Route 1 or Short Route 2 whe-
reby traffic routes 3, 4 and 5 can be in-
cluded or avoided (with several
selections).
Selecting the last destinations
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Calculating a route
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Destination input
7Calculation method
8Destination
Cancel route calculation
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Cancel” and press to
confirm.
The main destination input menu will
appear.During the calculation, the symbol display
will appear after a few seconds.
9Calculation of route
aArrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
bDistance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position c now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.
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Route guidance
Function
Page
1
Name of the street onto
which you should turn orDistance to destination orName of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)
172
173
173
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or
Destination direction
Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route
Destination flag
172
186
188
3
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
167
4
Other display types
Distance bar to the
next maneuver
Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
172
173
“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area
“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized
“DEST AREA” - vehic-
le is approaching the
destination, the des-
tination area is not di-
gitized
“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calcu-
lated
161
“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated
“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
188
Function
Page
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
6
Marking a way point
178
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
175
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
9
Selecting
map orientation
177
a
Current map scale
176
b
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
169
c
Destination flagFunction
Page
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164 NavigationRoute guidanceAfter the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated
Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8
Mix
As the vehicle approaches a maneuver
point, COMAND switches automatical-
ly from the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.
iIn the map display, menu fields 6, 8,
9 are removed after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to display the menu fields again.
iThe map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).
If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.
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Route guidance
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route informa-
tion.
Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.
“Destination Info” selection menu 1Estimated time of arrival at destination
2Current distance to destination
3Displays route list
4Displays location map
5Displays current destination
6Requests route mode
7Activates route map
8Displays stop-over
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 to 8 and press to
confirm.
Route guidance is switched off
The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.
Requesting destination and route in-
formation
iIf the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in
gray and display the last available infor-
mation. The message “Off Road: dest.
info not up-to-date” appears underne-
ath.
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166 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 and press to con-
firm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.Displaying the entry in full in a window
Press u.
Press u again to remove the window.
Displaying the next/previous page (if ar-
rows are filled)
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight ;/: and press to confirm.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
Press * twice.
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iThe route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(page 160), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.
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168 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying current destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Current Destination”
and press to confirm.
You will see the current destination.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
Press *.Requesting route mode
1Settings for route calculation mode
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Options” and press
to confirm.
The settings for the current route are
displayed. Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
After 15 seconds, COMAND will return au-
tomatically to the symbol or map display.
or
Press *.
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iSelecting calculation mode
(page 159)
Selecting a detour during destination
guidance (
page 181)
Marking a way point (
page 178)
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Route guidance
Activating the route map
1Current vehicle location
2Route displayed as blue line
3Destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Route Map” and
press to confirm.
The route map faces north (North-up)
and shows the general view for the
whole route.
The map scale selected depends on the
route.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
Press *.Displaying a stop-over
You can display this information if you
have previously selected a way point
(
page 178).
1Way point
Place, type of stop-over and name
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Stop” and press to
confirm.