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128 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Last destinations:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 174), or of such that
have been saved as current locations
(
page 150).
POIs:
(P
oints of Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 179). 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 133),
Mode soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (
page 128),
Setting soft key
Provides access to adjusting the
acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume and bal-
ance) (
page 129).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 127).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.
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Destination memory (page 176) and
Last destinations
(page 174) can be
selected only if destinations are al-
ready stored in the system.
Avoiding certain road types

129 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 130)
Press the Setting soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 127).
The Setting Mode menu appears.Setting bass, treble or balance
In the Setting Mode mode menu press
the
Bass, Treble or Balance 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.
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Empty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements

130 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Adjusting 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 129),
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.
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The solid circle shows the current
setting.

131 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  -  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 data
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For 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.
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Symbol “ ” represents a space.
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Use to enter a space.


132 Navigation*
Destination entry
1Character 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.
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Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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The symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the entry.
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133 Navigation*
Destination entry
One frequently used destination address
can be established as the home address.
Open the Navigation main menu
(
page 127).
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 152);
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

134 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable menu items
Destination memory:
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (page 176), only if
destinations have already been stored.
Destination entry:
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(
page 135),
Last destinations:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 174), 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 179).
Current location
Provides 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 147).
Or, to store the selected destination as
home address, press .

135 Navigation*
Destination entry
Open the Navigation main menu
(
page 127).
Use or  to select the
Destination entry menu item.
Press .
The Destination entry menu appears.The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 137), or another
location can be entered (
page 137).
Open the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city
(
page 137), the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:
Destination entry menuEntering a destination

136 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selectable soft keys
Map soft key
Provides access to destination input di-
rectly via road map (
page 146),
Region soft key
Provides access to the region input
(
page 136),
Street soft key
Provides access to the input of the des-
tination street (
page 140),
CityCtr soft key
Provides access to the input of a city
section (center) (
page 139),
POIs soft key
Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest) (
page 179),
List soft key
Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list (
page 138).In the Destination entry menu
(
page 135) 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.
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The 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 179).
Selecting the region

137 Navigation*
Destination entry
Use or  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 135)
represents the starting point.Enter city (USA) appears in the status bar.
The characters in parenthesis indicate the
selected region (
page 136).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 131).
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
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Do not confuse the button with the
symbol in the main screen.
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