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139 Navigation
Destination input
No stopover destination available yet
Select a category.
A stopover destination exists
To change: Select “Change Stopover”.
Select a category.
Select another stopover destination
Selecting a predefined category
COMAND first searches for destinations
along the route within the selected catego-
ry. COMAND then searches for destina-
tions in the vicinity of the vehicle’s
location.
If COMAND is unable to find any destina-
tions, a message to that effect will be dis-
played.
Select “OK”.
If necessary, select another category.
If COMAND finds destinations, a list is
displayed in the right-hand part of the
screen.Here you will find the stopover destina-
tions in the selected category, sorted
by increasing distance from the current
vehicle location.
The list shows:

Name

Information on the location of the
stopover destination in relation to
the direction of travel and the

Current distance to the stopover
destination.
To choose a destination: Rotate ymz
or slide qmr.
To select a destination: Press n.
The Enter Destination menu appears
and displays the address of the desti-
nation.
To cancel selection: Select “Back”.
To start route calculation: Select
“Start”, see also (
page 135).Entering another destination as stop-
over destination
If necessary switch to navigation mode
and display menu system
(
page 118).
Select “Destination” K “Stopover”.
To enter: Select “OTHER”.
Choose from:

“Address Entry”

“From Memory”

“From Last Destinations”

“From POIs”
Select a menu item.
The rest of the destination entry will vary
depending on the selection made:
For the “Address Entry” option see:
Entering a destination via the address
(
page 126).
For the “From Memory” option see:
Entering a destination from the desti-
nation memory (
page 135).


140 Navigation
Destination input
For the “From Last Destinations” option
see:
Entering destination from the last des-
tinations (
page 137).
For the “From POIs” option see:
Entering a POI (page 141).
To start route calculation: After en-
tering the destination select “Start”,
see also (
page 135).
Deleting stopover destination
An existing stopover destination can be de-
leted.
Switch to navigation mode if neces-
sary.
Select “Destination” K “Stopover” K
“Delete Stopover”.
COMAND deletes the stopover destina-
tion and recalculates the route to the
main destination.

155 Navigation
Route guidance
i You can have other routes calculated for the
original route guidance using the “Alternative
Route” function.
In the map display with the menu sys-
tem displayed (
page 119) select
“Route”
K “Alternative Route”.
The display is split into two halves. On
the left is the map, which displays one
or more alternative routes between the
start and the destination. The current
route is highlighted in dark blue, other
alternative routes are light blue.
The right side of the display shows in-
formation on the active alternative
route, e.g. length of the segment and
the estimated time of arrival.
To select next or previous alterna-
tive route: Select “Next” or “Previous”.
The selected route is now highlighted
in dark blue.
To return to the original route guid-
ance: Select “Back”.
To start route guidance with the se-
lected alternative route guidance:
Select “Start”.
i The route browser provides an overview of
the route. You can move along the route seg-
ment by segment using the route browser and
view information and details about the route seg-
ments.
In the map display with the menu sys-
tem displayed (
page 119) select
“Route”
K “Route Browser”.
The route browser is in the display.
The top of the display shows informa-
tion on the highlighted route segment,
e. g. the road and the segment of the
road to be driven.
The highlighted route segment is iden-
tified on the map by its white color and
red edge.
To display next or previous route
segment: Select “Next” or “Previous”.
To enlarge or reduce the map
display: Select ; or :.
To close route browser: Select
“Back”.
In the map display with the menu sys-
tem displayed (
page 119) select
“Route”
K “Destination Information”.
The destination information is given in
the display.
Example display with main destination and
stopover destination
1Distance/estimated time of arrival/es-
timated journey time to the stopover
destination
2Stopover destination=
3State and City
4Main destination <
5Distance/estimated time of arrival/es-
timated journey time to the main desti-
nation
Alternative routeRoute browserDisplaying destination information

184 Voice Control
Navigation
You can use voice control to:

enter a state

enter a province

enter a city

enter a district (center)

enter a street

enter a house number

enter an entire address

enter a zip code

find address

enter a point of interest

select one of your previous destina-
tions

call up route information

store a destination

display the map

enlarge/reduce the size of the map

listen to the destination memory

start and stop route guidance

switch the guidance instructions on
and off
To select the navigation application
press the ! button on the multi-
function steering wheel.
Give the “Navigation” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the navigation commands
explained below.
You cannot start the route guidance until
all the necessary address data has been
entered.
“Help navigation”/“Help”
Using the “Help navigation” command, you
can have all the essential commands for
the navigation system read out.
i If voice control fails to recognize your entry,
it is advisable to spell the name of the town and
street. Spell names of towns and streets when
abroad.
The system guides you completely through
the dialog to route guidance. As soon as a
valid address is entered (at least the town),
you can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start the route guidance.
“Enter state”/“Enter province”
You can use the “Enter state”/“Enter pro-
vince” command to change the state or
province setting of the navigation system.
Example of dialog:
sEnter state
tPlease enter the name of the state.
uThe system shows a numbered list
of possible state names on the dis-
play. If there is only one entry on
the list, voice control asks if it is
correct.
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
Operation
Commands
Entering an address

189 Voice Control
Navigation
“Find address”
You can use the “Find address” command
to select a previously saved address and
start route guidance.
Example of dialog:
sFind address
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
of saved addresses in the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
tStarting route guidance
“Start route guidance”
You can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start route guidance once a
valid destination has been entered.
sStart route guidance
tStarting route guidance
“Route information”
You can use the “Route information” com-
mand to have the following information on
your currently planned route read out:

Distance to destination

Remaining driving time

Expected arrival time
“Guidance instructions on”
When you use the “Guidance instructions
on” command, voice control repeats the
last driving tip. If the driving tip output has
been switched off up to this point, it is now
switched on again.
“Guidance instruction off ”
You can use this command to switch off
the route guidance voice output.
“Cancel route guidance”
You can use this command to stop route
guidance.
Example of dialog:
sCancel route guidance
tAre you sure you want to cancel
route guidance?
sYes
tCancelling route guidance
Voice control cancels route guidance.
or
sNo
tContinuing route guidance.
The dialog with voice control is terminated.
Route guidance remains activated.
“Zoom in/out"
You can use these commands to zoom the
map display one step in or out.
“Zoom in/out completely”
You can use these commands to set the
map display directly to the smallest or larg-
est scale.