input MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2004 W203 Comand Manual

160 NavigationDestination inputSelecting a route mode P
1Route calculated for optimum driving
time
2Route calculated for optimum driving
route
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired route mode
and press to confirm.Including P or avoiding Q traffic rou-
tes, several selections are available
3Calculates the route with/without free-
ways
4Calculates the route with/without ferry
connections, car trains
5Calculates the route with/without toll
roads
6COMAND calculates the route with the
selected settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired type of road
and press the button.Calculating the route

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

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “OK” and press to con-
firm.
As soon as calculation begins, you will
see a corresponding message and hear
the voice output “The route is being
calculated”.
iToll roads appear in green on the map.
iIn the event that no reasonable alterna-
te route for that destination exists,
COMAND will calculate the route inclu-
ding 3 to 5 even if these selections
are to be avoided.

161 Navigation
Destination input
7Calculation method
8Destination
Cancel route calculation
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Cancel” and press to
confirm.
The main destination input menu will
appear.During the calculation, the symbol display
will appear after a few seconds.
9Calculation of route
aArrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
bDistance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position c now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.
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167 Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the location map
If route guidance is active
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Location map” and
press to confirm.
The location map faces north (North-
up).
1Geographic longitude and latitude for
your current location
2Number of satellites received
3Scale used the last time the location
map was activated
4Current vehicle location in the center of
the screen
5Name of the street the vehicle is
currently travelling onAltering the map scale (
page 176).
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
If route guidance is switched off

Press l.
The location map will appear.

Press l again to activate the main
destination input menu.iIf the location map appears after
COMAND has been switched on,
pressb to activate the main destina-
tion input menu.

178 NavigationRoute guidanceYou can store a way point during route
guidance.
1Activate “Way Point” menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear.
“Way Point” menu2Select a category
3Activates the main address menu
(
page 141)
4Activates the “Points of Interest” selec-
tion menu (
page 155)
5Activates the main destination memory
menu (
page 192)
6Activates the “Coordinate Destination”
input menu (
page 153)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 2 to 6 and press to
confirm.

Select the desired way point.

Start route guidance.
Marking a way point

187 Navigation
Route guidance
The car is parked for longer than 2 hours
and the remaining distance to the destina-
tion is more than 0.3 miles.Inquiry menuAfter COMAND has been switched on
again, the inquiry menu shown above ap-
pears.Recalculating and continuing the active
route guidance

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Yes”.
You will hear the voice output “The rou-
te is being recalculated”.
Canceling active route guidance

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
The destination input menu will appear.
Interrupting route guidance during a
journey
iThe inquiry menu can also appear if the
current stop-over is entered.
If the journey is interrupted for less than
2 hours, active route guidance will be
continued automatically. You will hear
the voice output “The route is being re-
calculated”.
iIf the remaining distance to the route is
less than 0.3 miles, route guidance ends
and the main destination input menu
will appear.
The message “Manual route exclusions
have been reset” will appear, if
you have selected a detour and the
COMAND was switched off for lon-
ger than 30 minutes during active
route guidance.
Manually entered traffic jams are dele-
ted.

Press * to remove the message.

188 NavigationRoute guidanceWhen you reach the destination, you will
see the destination flag. You will hear the
voice output “You have reached your des-
tination”.Then the main destination input menu ap-
pears and you can now enter another des-
tination.Arriving at destination
iYou will also hear voice outputs and see
display messages when you approach
and arrive at way points.

191 Navigation
Route guidance

While the map or symbol display is ac-
tive, press b.
A query will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Yes”.
The main destination input menu will
appear.Continuing route guidance

Press *.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “No” and press
to confirm.
The map or the symbol display will ap-
pear.
Canceling route guidance

192 NavigationDestination memory

Destination memoryYou can save frequently used destinations
in the destination memory.Main destination memory menu1Info/status line
2Retrieves destination from the destina-
tion memory for destination input
3Sorts destination memory
4Deletes destination in the destination
memory
5Saves the current destination
6Saves current vehicle location with a
name

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Destination memory”
in the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The main destination memory menu
will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Display destina-
tions...” in the main destination memo-
ry menu.
After the message “Compiling sorted
destination list”, the destination me-
mory will appear.
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Retrieving a destination from the
destination memory
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Destination memory

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).When you have entered or reached the cur-
rent destination, you can save the destina-
tion in the destination memory.
Input menu1Name entered
2Saving the destination without entering
a name In the selection menu “Destination Entry”
(
page 146)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save” is highlighted and press
to confirm.
In the main destination memory menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save current destination...” is
highlighted and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.
iDisplaying longer entries
(page 183).
Saving the current destination
iIf all memory locations are used, the
message “Destination memory is full”
will appear. Press the right-hand rotary/
push-button v to remove the message.
The main destination memory menu will
appear.
Deleting a destination in destination
memory (
page 197).

194 NavigationDestination memorySaving with a name
You can enter a name for the current des-
tination.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired character
and press to confirm.
The letter you have selected appears in
the input line.

Enter the other letters until the name is
complete.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
The destination memory will activate.
The current destination has been saved
with a name and appears in red.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to move the entry to the desired
point in the list and press to confirm.
Saving after destination has been ente-
red:
The main destination entry menu will
appear, “Start Guidance...” is highligh-
ted.
Saving on arrival at destination:
The main destination entry menu will
appear.3Starting route guidance

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 3.
Route guidance begins.
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