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115 Navigation
Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have your tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measure-
ments taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See calibration (
page 181).

117 Navigation
Quick reference
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
122
3
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
133,
158
4
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
133,
158
5
Route guidance active:
Switches between map
and symbol display
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Activates location map
156
149
6
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
163
7
CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CDiPay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
45
8
Route guidance active:
Displays estimated time
of arrival and current dis-
tance to destination
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Displays last
destination driven
147
147
Function
Page
9
Muting current route in-
structions or
Switching off voice out-
put for the duration of
the current route
guidance
153
153
10
Ejecting navigation CD
119
11
Entering destination via
the map
131
12
Displaying and removing
a long list entry in full in
a window
138
13
Switching back to the
previous menu
14
When entering informati-
on:
Deletes last character or
complete entry
124
Function
Page

118 NavigationQuick reference
Function
Page
15
Turn to
Highlight menu field, list
entry or character
Alter the map scale
Press to
Confirm entry/selection,
starting function or acti-
vating submenu
Activate map scale bar
133
133
16
Turn to
During voice output:
Lower (left)/raise (right)
the volume
Press to
Repeat current route in-
structions
17
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
System settings
184
187
18
Color screenFunction
Page

121 Navigation
Destination input
Function
Page
1
Main destination input
menu

Entering a destinati-
on address


Retrieving a destina-
tion from the destina-
tion memory


Selecting a destinati-
on via the map


Entering Points of In-
terest


Selecting the last 12
destinations
123
174
131
137
141
2
Main address menu
Entering a destination
address
123
3
Main destination
memory menu
Selecting destination
from the destination
memory
174
4
“Destination via map”
menu
Setting destination via
location on map
Setting destination via
coordinates
131
135
5
“Settings” menu
Entering vehicle location
Calibrating tires
180
181
6
“Points of Interest”
menu
Setting destination via
Point of Interest listing
137
7
Activating list of last
12 destinations for a re-
calculation
141
Function
Page

122 NavigationDestination inputMain destination input menu
Press b.
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used:Route guidance has been switched off


the main destination input menu or


the location map (
page 149).
Route guidance has been switched on


the symbol display with an arrow in-
dicating your driving direction
(page 144) or


the map with the symbol indicating
current vehicle location
(page 144)
Route guidance has been switched on,
COMAND has been switched off for
more than 2 hours


an inquiry menu (
page 169)Changing over to another system, for
e.g. radio

Press c.
Switching the navigation system on
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when COMAND is preparing for naviga-
tion startup: “Navigation being activa-
ted. Please obey all traffic rules.”. Then,
one of the 3 displays will appear.
!Potential fault messages during prepa-
ration of navigation startup:

“Navigation cannot be activated. An
error has occurred”.


“CD-Reading error. Please use ano-
ther CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation CD.


“No CD available. Please insert
NAVI-CD type DX only”.
Insert a current DX-coded navigati-
on CD. Using other navigation CDs
might lead to malfunctions.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the message “Navigation being ac-
tivated. Please obey all traffic rules”.

123 Navigation
Destination input
Select one of the following possibilities to
enter a destination:

Entering a destination address


Selecting destination via the map
(page 131)


Entering Points of Interest
(page 137)


Selecting last destinations
(page 141)


Selecting from destination memory
(page 174)
Main address menu1Info/status line
2Selecting city/suburb or selecting des-
tination that has been entered at last
3Selecting a street
4Selecting a city center (
page 130)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address”.
The main address menu will appear.
Switching back to the main destination in-
put menu

Press *.
Entering destination address
iIf you have previously entered a city/
suburb, you can highlight 3 and 4.

125 Navigation
Destination input
Activating the city listCity list10Selected city is highlighted
11Display the previous page, if :
12Display the next page, if ;If the input menu “City/Suburb Entry” is
displayed

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight menu field 9 with and
press to confirm.
The city list will appear.
You can now do the following in the city
list:


Confirm the city/suburb that has alrea-
dy been highlighted


Select another city/suburb
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v until the desired city/
suburb is highlighted.


Display the previous/next page
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight one of the ar-
rows 11 or 12.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Confirming the city

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
A selection menu will appear.iIf several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.

126 NavigationDestination input13City previously selected
14Selecting a street
15Selecting a city center (
page 130)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to activate the input menu
“Street”.Entering a street
“Street Entry” input menu16Input line with letters that have already
been entered
17Character set
18Zoom
19Move the insertion point one position
to the right
20Activate the street list

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired cha-
racter in the character set 17.
The zoom 18 enlarges the highlighted
character.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to enter the character in in-
put line 16.
COMAND supplements the new entry
with additional letters so that a saved
street name will appear.

Enter other characters until the desired
street name appears in 16.
Correcting the entry (
page 124).
iFor quicker input, COMAND will offer
available characters from the character
set 17 based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the navi-
gation CD.

127 Navigation
Destination input
Activating the street listStreet list21Street previously selected
22Display the previous page, if :
23Display the next page, if ;If the input menu “Street Entry” is display-
ed

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight menu field 20 with and
press to confirm.
The street list appears.
Here you can, as in the city list
(page 125), select another street or
display the previous/next page.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
This will confirm city/suburb and street
of the desired destination. The selec-
tion menu “Destination Entry” appears.
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iIf several options of a street are availab-
le, another menu will appear where you
must make and confirm your desired
selection.

128 NavigationDestination input“Destination Entry” selection menu1Adding an intersection
2Adding a house number
3Selecting a destination via the map
(
page 131)
4Saving a destination address in the
destination memory (
page 175)
5Confirming the destination and the cal-
culating route (
page 141)You have now selected the destination and
can define your destination address more
precisely in the following manner:


Adding an intersection


Adding a house number


Selecting it via the map (
page 131)


Selecting a city center, if you do not
want to select a street (
page 130)
or
Confirm the destination and calculate the
route (
page 141)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “OK” in the menu
“Destination Entry”.Adding an intersection
If the menu “Destination Entry” is display-
ed

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to confirm.
A list of roads intersecting with the pre-
viously input street will appear.
Continue destination input
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2
3
4
5
iIn order to do so, “House no.” must be
shown in black.