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126 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 172), or of such that
have been saved as current locations
(
page 148).

POIs
:
(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 177). POIs include gas sta-
tions, airports, rest areas, hospitals,
etc. Selectable soft keys

Home
soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 131),

Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (page 126),

Setting
soft key
Provides access to adjusting the
acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume and bal-
ance) (page 127).Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.

Press the
Mode
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 125).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.
iDestination memory
(page 174) and
Last destinations
(page 172) can be
selected only if destinations are al-
ready stored in the system.
Avoiding certain road types

127 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Use or  to select an option.

Press .
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.
The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:

Bass/Treble/Balance

Volume (
page 128)

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (page 125).
The Setting Mode menu appears.Setting bass, treble or balance

In the Setting Mode mode menu press
the
Bass
, Treble
or
Bal
ance soft key.

Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass, treble, or the balance accord-
ingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key, or wait for
the screen to change.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
iEmpty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements

128 Navigation*Navigation main menuAdjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu (
page 127),
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.

Press the or  key to select the
desired setting.

Press.
The new setting is stored.
iThe solid circle shows the current
setting.

129 Navigation*
Destination entry

Destination entry
Entering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu

Use, , , ,+ or ( to
select a character.

Press .
The character is entered.Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad

Use the 3 - " keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession:
After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.
iSymbol “ ” represents a space.
iUse" to enter a space.


130 Navigation*Destination entry1Character display
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character.
The selected character appears black.

Wait until the character display disap-
pears, or press.
The character is entered.
Deleting a character

Press the
Delete
soft key if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys-
tem is deleted.Confirming the data entry
After entering all the characters the data
entry must be confirmed.

Press and hold for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press.
.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the entry.
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131 Navigation*
Destination entry
One frequently used destination address
can be established as the home address.
Open the Navigation main menu
(page 125).

Press the
Home
soft key.
A message
No home address stored
ap-
pears;or
If a home address has already been es-
tablished, the home address appears.

Start route guidance to an established
home address (
page 150);
or

Enter or change the home address, us-
ing the
Change
soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap-
pears.
Entering a home address

132 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable menu items
Destination memory
:
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory
(page 174), only if
destinations have already been stored.

Destination entry
:
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(
page 133),

Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 172), only if the sys-
tem has already stored destinations.

POIs
:
You can enter POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals (
page 177).

Current locationProvides access to save the current lo-
cation as home address, or select a
home address using the map.
Saving current location as home
address

Use or  to select the Current location
menu item.

Press .

To save the displayed address as home
address, press .
Selecting a home address using the
map

Use or  to select the Current location
menu item and
press.

Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “Moving
the map and selecting a destination”
(page 145).

Or, to store the selected destination as
home address, press .

133 Navigation*
Destination entry

Open the Navigation main menu
(page 125).

Useor  to select the Destination entry
menu item.

Press .
The Destination entry menu appears.The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 135), or another
location can be entered (
page 135).

Open the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city
(
page 135), the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:
Destination entry menu
Entering a destination

134 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable soft keys
Map
soft key
Provides access to destination input di-
rectly via road map (
page 144),

Region
soft key
Provides access to the region input
(
page 134),

Street
soft key
Provides access to the input of the des-
tination street (
page 138),

CityCtr
soft key
Provides access to the input of a city
section (center) (
page 137),

POIs
soft key
Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest) (
page 177),

List
soft key
Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list (
page 136).In the Destination entry menu
(
page 133) the region currently selected
is indicated by the characters in parenthe-
sis in the status bar.

To change the region press the
Region

soft key.
The region list appears.
iThe
Street
, CityCtr
and
POIs
soft key
functions refer to the city on display.
If you wish to choose global POIs not
referring to a city (
page 177).
Selecting the region

135 Navigation*
Destination entry

Useor  to select a region.
The selected region appears black.

Press .
Selecting a different region deletes the
city last entered. The first city of the
newly selected region appears (in al-
phabetical order).
The Destination entry menu (
page 133)
represents the starting point.
Enter city (USA)
appears in the status bar.
The characters in parenthesis indicate the
selected region (page 134).Accepting the displayed destination

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds.
Entering a different city

Use the keypad menu or the 12 button
keypad to enter the data of the city
(page 129).
After entering the city a selection list of
cities appears indicated by
Select city

displayed in the status bar. Now contin-
ue with selecting a city.
Entering a city
iDo not confuse the button with the
symbol in the main screen. ok