MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class 2008 R171 Comand Manual

111 Navigation*
Important notes

Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption: Route guidance must be restarted.
Select the destination from the Last destinations
memory
( page
151)
,
or
Re-enter the destination ( page
115)
.
Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.Example: Menu to select a street
You can select a list item using

or

.
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page
soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti
-
vated.
Selection lists

112 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press

.
The Navigation main menu appears if
no route guidance is active.
aa
Use

or

to select a menu item
and press

;
or

Press one of the soft keys.The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance
:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory
:
Destinations can be selected from the Destination memory
( page
153)
,

Destination entry
:
Provides access to the Destination en
-
try menu
( page
115)
,

Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
151)
, or of such that
have been saved as current locations ( page
130)
.

POIs
:
(Points
of Interest)

Provides access to POIs input ( page
155)
. POIs include gas sta
-
tions, airports, rest areas, hospitals,
etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid
-
ance is to be cancelled
( page
135)
.
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted
( page
135)
, and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in
-
terruption
( page
110)
.
iDestination memory
( page
152)
and
Last destinations
( page
151)

can be selected only if destinations are
already stored in the system.

113 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home
soft key

Provides access to the input of a home
address
( page
116)
,

Mode
soft key

Provides access to the route mode set
-
ting for certain road types to be avoid
-
ed
( page
113)
,

Setting
soft key

Provides access to adjusting the
acoustics of navigation announce
-
ments (treble, bass, volume and bal
-
ance)
( page
113)
.
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
112)
.
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.

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
114)

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Navi
-
gation main menu
( page
112)
.
The Setting Mode menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square
= option OFF

Solid square
= option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for

navigation announcements

114 Navigation*Navigation main menuSetting 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.
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
113)
,
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.

115 Navigation*
Destination entry


Destination entry
Entering charactersFor 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.
1Character display
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.


116 Navigation*Destination entry
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

.
.One frequently used destination address
can be established as the home address.
Open the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.

Press the
Home
soft key.
A message
No home address stored

appears;
or
If a home address has already been es
-
tablished, the home address appears.
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.Entering a home address
ok
ok

117 Navigation*
Destination entry

Start route guidance to an established
home address
( page
131)
;
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.
Selectable menu items
Destination memory
:
You can select destinations from the Destination memory
( page
152)
,
only if destinations have already been
stored.

Destination entry
:
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
,

Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
151)
, 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
155)
.

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

.


118 Navigation*Destination entry
Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “
Moving
the map and selecting a destination
”
( page
127)
.

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

.

Open the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.

Use

or

to select the
Destination
entry
menu item.

Press

.
The Destination entry menu appears.The destination displayed last can now
be adopted
( page
120)
, or another
location can be entered
( page
120)
.

Open the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city ( page
119)
, the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:Selectable soft keys
Map
soft key

Provides access to destination input di
-
rectly via road map
( page
127)
,

Region
soft key

Provides access to the region input ( page
119)
,
Destination entry menu
Entering a destination

119 Navigation*
Destination entry

Street
soft key

Provides access to the input of the des
-
tination street
( page
122)
,

CityCtr
soft key

Provides access to the input of a city
section (center)
( page
121)
,

POIs
soft key

Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest)
( page
155)
,

List
soft key

Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list
( page
120)
.
In the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
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.

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
118)
represents the starting point.
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
155)
.
Selecting the region
Entering a city


120 Navigation*Destination entryEnter city
(USA)
appears in the status
bar. The characters in parenthesis indicate
the selected region ( page
119)
.
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
115)
.
After entering the city a selection list of
cities appears indicated by
Select
city
displayed in the status bar. Now
continue with selecting a city.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a city.

Press the
List
soft key.
A selection list appears indicated by Select city
displayed in the status
bar. Now continue with selecting a city.
Selecting a city
Use

or

to select the destina
-
tion city.

The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press

.
After selecting the desired city, one of
the following menus appears: 
For larger cities with more than 15
streets:

Enter Street menu
( page
122)
.

For smaller cities with up to
15
streets:

Select Street menu
( page
123)
.

If no streets are registered for the
selected city:

Select City Center menu ( page
121)
.
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
iDo not confuse the

button with the
symbol in the main screen.
ok
iThe selection is cancelled if the
Back

soft key is pressed.