MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2007 R171 Comand Manual

130 Navigation*
Destination entry
You can store the current vehicle position
or a location selected via the map as an en-
try in the Last Destinations memory.
Therein such entries are marked with
(
page 151).
If you wish to store such entries for later
retrieval or repeat usage, you can save
them in the Destination memory
(
page 152).
Storing current vehicle position
1Symbol = current position
Press5.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Press the Memory soft key.
The system stores the current vehicle
position.
While storage takes place, the Memory
soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
Storing a location selected via the map
Press5.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Move the map and select a location
(
page 127).
.
Press the Memory soft key.
The system stores the selected loca-
tion.
While storage takes place, the Memory
soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
Storing map locations

131 Navigation*
Route guidance

Route guidance
You can start route guidance when the
destination input is complete and
Start Route Guidance is displayed at the bot-
tom of the main area.
Besides starting route guidance the follow-
ing soft keys are available:
Map soft key
Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map
(
page 127),
Mode soft key
For setting the route mode
(
page 113),
Save soft key
Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory (
page 153),
POIs soft key
A POI on or near the destination can be
entered (
page 156).
To start route guidance, press '.
The route is calculated and route guid-
ance begins.
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Depending on the distance to the destina-
tion, route calculation can take some time.
While the route is being calculated,
Reading
Navi DVD...Please Wait
and an arrow point-
ing towards the destination are displayed.
Once route calculation is complete, route
guidance begins.
Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps may not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area.
The system will calculate a new route dur-
ing active route guidance if the driver fails
to follow the route guidance.
During recalculation,
NEW RTE is displayed.
The arrow is not solid.
Starting route guidance menu
Route calculation
Route re-calculation

132 Navigation*
Route guidance
After route calculation, the system assists
r o u t e g u i d a n c e u s i n g p i c t o r i a l d i s p l a y s a n d
navigation announcements.
Repeating a current navigation an-
nouncement
If a navigation announcement is not readily
understood, it can be repeated at any time.
Press 9.
The current navigation announcement
is repeated.
Switching navigation announcements
ON/OFF
Switching OFF:
During a navigation announcement,
press (.
For a short period of time, the message
Voice announcements muted is displayed.
Further route guidance takes place
only via the symbols in the display.
If a new route guidance cycle is started,
the announcements are automatically
switched ON again.
Switching ON manually:
Press 9.The navigation displays are visible only
with activated route guidance.
To switch to the navigation display
from another display, e.g. from CD
mode, press4 or 5.
Two display examples are shown below.
Display example 1
Navigation announcements
WarningG
Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting
your attention from the road and driving.
Please always use this feature instead of
consulting the map display for directions.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.
Navigation displays

133 Navigation*
Route guidance
The road currently travelled on is indicated
in the status bar at the bottom, in this ex-
ample
I-80 E (Interstate 80 East).
The information 1.2 mi on the very right in-
dicates the distance to the next driving ma-
neuver.
The circle shows the current vehicle lo-
cation. The arrow in the circle designates
the current driving direction.
The remaining route is highlighted in color. Display example 2
On the right-hand side of the display the
symbol for the next driving maneuver is in-
dicated (here left turn).On the very right is shown a distance bar.
The dark blue part of the bar and the infor-
mation 700ft, in this example, indicate the
distance to the next driving maneuver.
If available, the street following the driving
m a n e u v e r w i t h i t s n a m e i s s h o w n i n t h e t o p
status bar (here
CHESTNUT RIDGE RD).
The destination is marked with a flag on
the map, any stop-over destination is
marked with a flag .
Changing map scalei
The display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo-
meters (km) and meters (m).
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The colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.
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134 Navigation*
Route guidance
The currently selected map scale is shown
in the left-hand corner of the bottom status
bar .
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Press the or soft key.
Depending on your selection, the map
will zoom in and display greater detail
or zoom out and show a wider area.
The m ap sc ale bar in t he stat us ba r will
show the map scale currently selected.
Map orientation
During route guidance, a symbol will ap-
pear on the left of the bottom status bar if
map display is switched ON:
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is always
pointing up;
or
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving direc-
tion is always pointing up.
Map orientation can be set (
page 148).Changing map display
The map display can be switched between
split-screen mode and full-screen mode
manually or automatically.
Split-screen mode
The map is shown on the left, while in-
formation concerning the next driving
maneuver is shown on the right.
Full-screen mode
The map covers the entire screen.
Switching manually:
Press5.
Each time 5 is pressed, the system
alternates between split-screen and
full-screen display mode.
Switching automatically:
See “Automatic map toggling”
(
page 149).
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The display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo-
meters (km) and meters (m).
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If no soft key is selected within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key display
will disappear.

135 Navigation*
Route guidance
.
Route guidance ends when the selected
destination is reached.
In navigation mode, press 4.
A prompt as to whether or not route
guidance is to be cancelled appears.
Use #7to select the menu item Yes.
Press '.
Route guidance is cancelled. After a
short time, the Navigation main menu
appears.
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Depending on the map display setting
(
page 148), in the full-screen mode
the status bar will be display:
the estimated time of arrival/re-
maining distance to the destination
or stopover destination
the position display
Destination reached
Cancelling route guidance
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Route guidance can be continued again
in the Navigation main menu
(
page 112).
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 digitization, the route
s h o w n o n t h e m a p m a y d i f f e r f r o m t h e a c t u a l
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 or
that a street cannot be driven on.
When using route guidance in a partially dig-
itized area, you must therefore be sure to
observe all relevant traffic regulations and
the course of the road.
All relevant traffic regulations and the
course of the road always take priority over
the route shown on the map.

136 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 guid-
ance is conducted in the usual manner, i.e.
with navigation announcements and route
guidance displays.
Before the vehicle reaches a partially digi-
tized area, COMAND notifies you of this
with the following announcements:
“Be prepared to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid-
ed.”
“In 700 feet you will enter an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
“You are about to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid-
ed.”
Route guidance within a partially digi-
tized area
If you start route guidance in this type of
area, you will hear the following announce-
ment: “You are currently in an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provided.”Route guidance is provided by means of a
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination. COMAND will
not generate automatic navigation an-
nouncements.
If you try to call up or repeat an announce-
ment manually, (
page 132) 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 divid-
ed. On the right-hand side you will see the
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination.
O n t h e l e f t - h a n d s i d e o f t h e d i s p l a y y o u w i l l
see the map with the suggested route. The
suggested route is highlighted blue. How-
ever, it may not be possible to follow the
suggested route because, for example, the
road is closed or not open for car traffic.
If, during route guidance, COMAND leads
you back into a fully digitized area, route
guidance will simply continue in the usual
manner.
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The indicated distance can be seen
here by way of example. In reality, it
may be different.
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When you call up the info menu to this
type of destination, (
page 139) the
following data shown there may differ
from the actual situation:
Estimated time of arrival
Remaining driving time to the desti-
nation
Remaining distance to the destina-
tion

137 Navigation*
Route guidance
Route guidance to an off-road destina-
tionCOMAND can guide you to destinations
within the area covered by the digital map,
even if a destination is not located at a
road known to the system.
These destinations are shown as off-road
destinations, which you can enter using
the map, for example.
I n t h e s e c a s e s , C O M A N D g u i d e s y o u f o r a s
long as possible with navigation announce-
ments and displays on roads known to the
system.
Shortly before you reach the last known
point in the digitized road network, you will
hear the announcement “The destination is
nearby. Follow the arrow on the display”.
You will then see an arrow that indicates
the direction to the off-road destination.
When the off-road destination is close to
the road,
Area of dest. reached a p p e a r s i n a d -
dition below the arrow.When you leave the last known point in the
digitized road network, direction arrows
showing the compass heading to the desti-
nation guide you. You will also see the
Di-
rection to destination
display.
Route guidance from an off-road loca-
tion to a destination
If there is no road available on map at cur-
rent position of the car, vehicle is off road.
C O M A N D i s a l s o a b l e t o g u i d e y o u t o a d e s -
tination from such a location.
At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Road message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com-
pass heading to the actual destination.
The route is highlighted blue from the near-
est road known to the system.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con-
tinues in the usual way.
Off-road and off-map
WarningG
The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
n o t b e c a p a b l e o f t r a v e r s i n g t h r o u g h w i t h o u t
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver’s sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their ap-
propriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consider-
ation by the COMAND system.

138 Navigation*
Route guidance
Route guidance from an off-map loca-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle position is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi-
cle is in an off-map location.
C O M A N D i s a l s o a b l e t o g u i d e y o u t o a d e s -
tination from such a location.
At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Map message and a direction ar-
row. The direction arrow shows the com-
pass heading to the actual destination.
The route is highlighted blue from the near-
est road known to the system.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con-
tinues in the usual way.Off-road during route guidance
The road layout may differ from the data on
the digital map, due to road construction
measures, for example.
In such cases, the system cannot allocate
the vehicle’s position to the digital map
and the vehicle is therefore in an off-road
position.
The Off Road message and an arrow show-
ing the compass heading to the destina-
tion appear on the display.
As soon as the system can allocate the ve-
hicle position’s to the map again, route
guidance continues in the usual way.

139 Navigation*
During route guidance

During route guidance
Using the soft keys, diverse menus or dis-
plays can be requested and settings ad-
justed during route guidance.
COMAND automatically hides the soft key
displays, when not activated, after a cer-
tain period of time.
Press any soft key while route guidance
is active.
The soft key displays appear.Selectable soft keys
Info soft key
Provides access to the Info menu
(
page 139),
Detour soft key
Provides access to the Detour function
(
page 141),
St-over soft key
Provides access to the stop-over func-
tion (
page 143),
Symbol soft key
Pr o v id e s a c c e s s t o s e t t in g t h e s y m bo l s
display (
page 147),
Memory soft key
Stores the current position
(
page 130),
Display soft key
Provides access to the Display menu
(
page 146),
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
more detailed map,
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
map that shows a wider area.
If the soft key displays are shown
(
page 139), press the Info soft key.
The Info menu appears. It shows the
main destination and a stop-over
destination that may have been en-
tered.
Showing soft key displays
Info menu
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