Traffic MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2008 R230 Comand Manual

132 Navigation
Navigation main menu
The COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Including or avoiding traffic routes
In the Navigation main menu
(
page 130), press the
Mode soft key.
The
Mode menu will appear. Selectable traffic routes
Minimize Freeways:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing freeways.
Min. Ferry/Auto-Train:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing ferry connections
or railfreight.
Minimize Toll Roads:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing toll roads.
Minimize Tunnels:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing tunnels.
Use g or G to select a traffic route.
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 Navigation
main menu will appear.
Setting the route mode
OptionSymbol
OnQ
Off q

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Navigation
Route guidance
If the destination is within a partially
digitized area
COMAND guides you through fully digitized
areas for as long as possible. Route
guidance is conducted in the usual
manner, i.e. with
navigation announce-
ments and route guidance displays.
Before the vehicle reaches a partially
digitized area, COMAND notifies you of
this with the following announcements:
“Be prepared to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
“In 700 feet you will enter an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
Partially digitized areas
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The digital map may contain areas that
are only partially digitized although
they are within a digitized region.
WarningG
Due to incomplete di gitization, the route
shown on the map may differ from the actual
road/traffic situation.
If you follow the route shown on the map, for
example, it is possible that you could drive
the wrong way down a one-way street, that
a street cannot be driven on or that the road
is of questionable quality.
When using route guidan ce on a unverified
road in a partially digitized area, you must
therefore be sure to observe all relevant
traffic regulations an d the course of the
road.
Drive carefully and keep in mind that all re-
levant traffic regulations and the course of
the road always take priority over the route
shown on the map.
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The indicated distance can be seen
here by way of example. In reality, it
may be different.

156 Navigation
Route guidance
“You are about to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
Route guidance within a partially
digitized area
If you start route guidance in this type of
area, you will hear the following
announcements:
“You are currently in an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
“Please follow the arrow on the
display.” Route guidance is provided by means of a
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination. COMAND will
not generate automatic navigation
announcements.
If you try to repeat the current voice
instruction manually, (
page 151) you will
hear the announcement “You are currently
in an area where turn by turn guidance
cannot be provided.”.
During route guidance, the display is
divided. On the right-hand side you will see
the direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination.
On the left-hand side of the display you will
see the map with the suggested route. The
suggested route is highlighted blue.
However, it may not be possible to follow
the suggested route because, for example,
the road is closed or not open for car
traffic. 1
Current vehicle location and direction
of travel y
2 Arrow indicates the direction of the
destination and the distance to
destination
If, during route guidance, COMAND leads
you back into a fully digitalized area, route
guidance will simply continue in the usual
manner.
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When you call up the route info to this
type of destination, (
page 160) the
following data shown there may differ
from the actual situation:
Estimated time of arrival
Distance to the destination

160 Navigation
During route guidance

During route guidance
During route guidance you can use the soft
keys to activate additional menus and
displays and make settings.
The soft key displays will automatically
disappear after a few seconds.
During route guidance, press any soft
key.
The soft key displays will appear. Available soft keys
Info soft key:
Brings you to the Info menu.
St-over soft key:
Brings you to the stopover destination
function (
page 165).
Detour soft key:
Brings you to the Traffic Jam function
(
page 163).
Memory soft key:
Brings you to the save current location
function (
page 167).
Display soft key:
Brings you to the Display menu
(
page 167).
Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section.
Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section.
Coord. soft key:
Brings you to the destination
coordinates input (
page 149).
Display the soft keys.
Press the Info soft key.
The Info menu will appear.
1 Your destination with estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance
2 A stopover destination, if entered
(
page 165)
Displaying the soft keys
Info menu

163
Navigation
During route guidance
Deleting the active via route
Press
g to select option Delete
Active Via
.
Press E.
The system deletes the via route and
recalculates the route to the
destination. Changing the active via route
Press
g to select option Change
Active Via
.
Press E.
The list for selecting another via route
appears.
Use G or g to select the desired via
route.
Press E.
The system recalculates the route. The detour function blocks a route section
ahead. If possible, the system will
calculate a detour. You can adjust the
length of the route section to be blocked.
Switching on
Activate the soft key display (page 160).
Press the Detour soft key.i
If you enter a new destination, the sys-
tem will automatically delete any active
via route.
Selecting a detour
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If the system does not allow you to
block a route section, the message
No
Detour Possible
is displayed.
Traffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND. The detour
function may also be possible if the
vehicle is traveling on a road that does
not appear on the DVD.
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If you have already placed a block on a
route section,
Detour appears written
in black. A menu will appear instead of
the map (
page 164).

164 Navigation
During route guidance
You can now enter the length of the route
section to be blocked.
Press the More soft key until the
desired length is set.
Press the Less soft key to reduce the
length of the traffic jam.
Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section. Switching off
Activate the soft key display by
pressing any soft key (
page 160).
Press the Detour soft key.
Press
g to select Delete Detour.
Press E.
The blocked route section is deleted.
The system calculates the new route. Changing the blocked route section
Activate the soft key display
(
page 160).
Press the Detour soft key.
Use
G to select item Reset Detour.
Press E.
You can now change the length of the
route section to be blocked.
Press the More soft key until the
desired length is set.
Press the Less soft key to reduce the
length of the blocked route section.
Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.
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The route directly in front of the current
position can be blocked in the range of
0 to 6.2 miles.

204 Service
Address book
Press g or G to select an entry
which allows route guidance
(navigation).
Press E.
The system changes to the navigation
system and calculates the route.
You will find more information in
chapter “Navigation”.
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The route is calculat ed with or without
traffic routes selected for the
destination (
page 132).

214 System settings
System settings

System settings
Press C.
In the Service main menu, press the
System soft key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
set date and time
switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 217)
adjust display settings (page 217)
activate and deactivate the Voice
control system* help window
(
page 219)
start Voice control system*
individualization (
page 219)
reset system settings (page 220) Setting date
Activating the System settings
menu Setting the date/time
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Exact settings of date, time and current
time zone allow you:
correct navigation for
routes with time
-dependent traffic
guidance
correct calculation of the expected
time of arrival
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If time/date information is transmitted
by the GPS, you cannot set the date.
A satellite symbol is displayed on the
status bar if the system uses GPS data.