display MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class 2004 W203 Comand Manual

170 NavigationRoute guidanceOnce the route has been calculated, the
symbol display will appear.
If you now are at the maneuver point, you
will also hear a voice output, e.g. “Please
turn right”.During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:

Symbol display

Map display

Mix of map and symbol display
(page 175)
Voice output
During the trip, apart from visual informati-
on (symbol or map displays), COMAND
also provides all of the necessary route in-
formation via voice output.
COMAND gives you spoken recommenda-
tions

when route guidance begins

after the route has been calculated

before and during a change in the dri-
ving direction

on reaching the destination or a way
point
Beginning route guidance
Warning
G
Voice output is intended to direct you while
driving without diverting your attention from
the road and driving. Please always use this
feature instead of consulting the symbol or
map display for directions while driving
which may cause you to divert your attenti-
on from driving and increase your risk of ac-
cident.

174 NavigationRoute guidance1Activates map display2Return to symbol display
3Last scale selected
Altering the map scale (
page 176)
4Actual vehicle location
5Name of the street you will turn ontoYou can select one of the two possibilities:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
or

Press l.
The map will appear in the scale last se-
lected.
Changing to map display
iCOMAND will remove the menu bar (ex-
cept for 3) after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

175 Navigation
Route guidance
If the function Mix is switched on, the sym-
bol display is activated automatically from
the map display before making a maneu-
ver. After you have made the maneuver,
the map will appear again.
Switching the mix function on
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the symbol dis-
play and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in red.
Switching the mix function off

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the map or sym-
bol display and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in black again.Map display before a maneuver, mix func-
tion is switched on
-As the vehicle approaches the maneuver
point (e.g. U-turn), COMAND will activate
the symbol display.
After you have made the U-turn, the map
will appear again.
Mix of map and symbol display

177 Navigation
Route guidance
You can either select the map north or po-
sition it with the driving direction pointing
up.North-up: Map is displayed facing north 1Selecting map orientation
North arrow ! or compass needle <
(black tipping pointing to the north)
2Symbol for current vehicle locationSelecting driving direction pointing up
Heading-up: Map is displayed facing driving
direction pointing up
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
Symbol 2 points in the driving direc-
tion, the compass needle will appear.To return to North-up

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The north arrow will appear again.
Selecting map orientation
Map orienta-
tion
Characteristics
North-up
North arrow always
points to the top
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location is
turning on the map
Heading-up
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location al-
ways points to the top
The compass needle is
turning, the black point
always points north

180 NavigationRoute guidanceCancel the calculation 
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Cancel”.Deleting way point

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Stop” in the symbol or
map display and press to confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear, “De-
lete stop-over...” is highlighted.
If the menu bar is not visible in the
map:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The menu bar will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Delete stop-
over...”.
The way point has been deleted.
If you do not want to delete the way point

Press *.iIt is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (
page 185).

183 Navigation
Route guidance
Detour in route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Detour in Route List” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The message “The route list is being
calculated” will appear.
Then the route list will appear.
Route list1Street cannot be blocked off
2Symbol “+”: street contains several
sections which can be blocked off
3Blocked street will appear in redDisplaying an entry in full in a window

Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.

184 NavigationRoute guidanceCalling detailed route list Detailed route list4Symbol “-” - sections of a road are dis-
played
Press +.
The detailed route list will appear.Blocking off several streets/street sec-
tions

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
With each turn, you will block another
section.
The road name will appear in red.
Undoing street block

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The street name will appear in black
again.
Switching back to the route list

Press ,.
The symbol “+” appears in front of the
street section.
The blocking function is still active.Canceling blocking function, do not recal-
culate the route

Press *.
The traffic jam menu will appear.
Ending the blocking function, re-calcula-
ting the route with the blocks selected

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
COMAND re-calculates the route in the
previously selected calculation mode.
A corresponding message will appear.
Then the symbol display will appear
again and COMAND will continue route
guidance.

185 Navigation
Route guidance
1Deletes a way point
2Cancels a detour (traffic jam ahead)
3Cancels a detour (street sections blo-
cked in the route list)
4Resets all functions

Press r.
A selection menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
COMAND will re-calculate the route
using the previously selected calculati-
on mode.
You will see the corresponding infor-
mation.
The corresponding information will appear
on the display.
Resetting functions
iIf you have not selected any way point
(page 178) or detour (
page 181)
menu fields 1 to 4 are shaded out
and cannot be selected.

186 NavigationRoute guidanceIf you deviate from a recommended route,
the COMAND automatically calculates a
new route from the current vehicle locati-
on to the requested destination.If applicable, the message “NEW ROUTE”
will appear along with an arrow outline in-
dicating the driving direction.
After the new calculation has been suc-
cessfully completed, COMAND continues
route guidance.
The arrow indicating the driving direction
will appear as usual.If the symbol display is active, the map
showing the current vehicle location relati-
ve to the route will appear after 5 seconds.
COMAND automatically changes back to
the symbol display if a known road is used
again.Deviating from the calculated route
Driving on a non-digitized road

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.