navigation MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2005 R171 Comand Manual

176 Navigation*Last destinations and destination memoryTo select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift
fields on the display are available:
= upper case
= lower case
= special characters
Use,  or to select one of
the shift fields.

Press.

Use, , , , + or ( to
select the characters. Press  after
each selection.

If necessary, press the
Delete
soft key
to delete the character last entered.

Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press .
The system will save the entry.
ABCabc...
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
ok

177 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

POIs (Points of Interest)
Via Navigation main menu 
Open the Navigation main menu
(page 125).
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use to select the
POIs
menu item.

Press .
The POIs main menu appears
(page 178).
Via the map
A POI shown on the map can be selected
(
page 182).
Via Destination entry menu

Open the Destination entry menu
(page 133).A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;
or
If a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:
A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo-
cation can be selected.
Entering POIsiPOIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, or hospitals,
etc.


178 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Enter the desired details of a destina-
tion (
page 133).

Press the
POIs
soft key.

Proceed as described under “Selecting
a POI category” (
page 179) and “Se-
lecting a POI“ (
page 179).
POIs main menu Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:

Current position
:
Selecting a POI in the local area;

Select city:Selecting a POI in any city to be select-
ed (
page 180);

Global destinations
:
A POI from global categories can be se-
lected (
page 180).
The selection is restricted to the region
entered last; however, the region selec-
tion can be changed.

In the POIs main menu, select the Current position
menu item.

Press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

179 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI category 
Useor  to select a category.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press .If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.
If you have selected any other catego-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting a POI

Useor  to select a POI.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 150) appears.

180 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
In the POIs main menu (
page 178),
select the
Select city
menu item.

Enter a city (
page 135).

After entering the city, press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.

Proceed with “Selecting a POI catego-
ry“ (
page 179) and “Selecting a POI“
(
page 179).

In the POIs main menu (
page 178),
select the
Global destinations
menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
The following options are now available:

Selecting another region (
page 181)

Selecting a POI category (
page 181)
Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

181 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting another region 
Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears.

Please see “Selecting the region”
(page 134).
Selecting a POI category

Use or  to select a category.

Press .
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered, or a POI can be selected
from a list.Entering POI names

Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city (
page 135).
After entering the name, the list of POIs
referring to the entry appears.Selecting a POI

Use or  to select a POI.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.


182 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 150) appears.

Press %;
or

In the Destination entry menu
(page 133), press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis-
tance), and the direction to the POI.
Selecting a POI using the map
iThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected (
page 166).
POI symbols are indicated only if the
map scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1
mi (100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To change the map scale (
page 153).

183 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

If required, use, , , , +
or ( to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.

Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.

Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to select
the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press .
You are prompted to confirm the se-
lected POI as the destination.

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 150) appears.

191 System
System settings
The following options are now available:
Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances:

correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
iThere is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.

193 System
System settings
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (
page 190),
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:

Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);

All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu, press the
(page 190)
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Setting the language
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF