MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class 2003 C215 Comand Manual

143 Navigation
Destination input
4Calculation method
5Destination
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.
6Arrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
7Calculation of route
8Distance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position 6 now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.NAVIFast Route to Destination:
NEW YORK
CENTRAL PARK WEST 100
is being calculated
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4
5
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DIRECTION TO DESTN.
Map
Stop
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CALC.
ROUTE
2.9 mi
6
7
8
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3.4 mi
Map
Stop
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BATTERY PARK / STATE ST
0.1 mi

144 NavigationRoute guidance

Route guidanceRoute guidance principles
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Stop
Scale
Symbol display
Map
Activating the symbol display:
Press or confirml8 Activating the map:
Presslor confirm5
86
1
11
13
12
910
0.1 mi
RECTOR ST
Map
Stop
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SOUTH ST
1
2
3
4
567

145 Navigation
Route guidance
Function
Page
1
Name of the street onto
which you should turn orDistance to destination orName of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)
154
155
155
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or
Destination direction

Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route

Destination flag
154
167
169
3
Other display types
Distance bar to the
next maneuver

Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
154
155

“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area

“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized

“DEST AREA” - vehic-
le is approaching the
destination, the des-
tination area is not di-
gitized

“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calcu-
lated
143

“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated

“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
169
Function
Page
4
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
154
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
156
6
Marking a way point
160
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
157
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
156
9
Altering the map scale
158
10
Selecting
map orientation
159
11
Current map scale and
current map orientation
158
12
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
150
13
Destination flagFunction
Page

146 NavigationRoute guidanceAfter the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated

Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8

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Before the vehicle makes a turn,
COMAND switches automatically from
the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.
iIn the map display, the left menu bar is
removed after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to display the menu fields
again.
iThe map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).
You will see the message OFF MAP e.g.
after changing the navigation CD and
selecting a destination from the desti-
nation memory.
If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.

147 Navigation
Route guidance
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route informa-
tion.
Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.
“Destination Info” selection menu 1Estimated time of arrival at destination
and (in brackets) estimated time nee-
ded for the journey to the destination
2Current distance to destination
3Displays route list
4Requests route mode
5Displays location map
6Activates route map
7Displays current destination
8Displays stop-over

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 to 8 and press to
confirm.
Route guidance is switched off
The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.
Requesting destination and route in-
formation
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NAVI Destination InfoETA: 10:42 AM (8 min)
Distance: 1.3 miRoute List
Location Map
Current Destn.
Options
Route map
Stop
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
3
iIf the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in
gray and display the last available infor-
mation. The message “Off Road: dest.
info not up-to-date” appears underne-
ath.

148 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Route List” and press
to confirm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.Displaying an entry in full in a window

Highlight the entry and press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
Displaying the next/previous page (if ar-
rows are filled)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v if ?/= is already highlighted.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight ?/= and press to con-
firm.
The next/previous page will appear.
The corresponding arrow remains high-
lighted.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press *.
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NAVI Route ListSOUTH ST
WEST SIDE HWY/WEST
RECTOR ST
TRINITY PL
THAMES ST
iThe route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(page 142), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.

149 Navigation
Route guidance
Requesting route mode
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Options” and press
to confirm.
The settings for the current route are
displayed. Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * or wait approximately 15
seconds. 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).
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NAVI Route Mode
Short Route

No Freeway, with Toll,
with Ferry

No Blocking

iSelecting calculation mode
(page 141)
Selecting a detour during destination
guidance (
page 162)
Marking a way point (
page 160)

150 NavigationRoute guidance1Geographic longitude and latitude for
your current location
2Number of satellites received
3Scale used the last time the location
map was activated
Altering the map scale (
page 158).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.Activating the route map
1Current vehicle location
2Route displayed as blue line
3Destination
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9ANEW YORK
174°01’38’’W 40°43’34’’N 6 SAT.1
2
TRIMBLE PL
0.5 mi
3
iIf the location map appears after
COMAND has been switched on,
pressb to activate the main destina-
tion input menu.
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25A
25
495
278
78HOBOKEN
NEW YORK
2 mi
1
2
3

151 Navigation
Route guidance

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Route Map” and
press to confirm.
The route map faces north (North-up)
and shows the general view for the
whole route.
The map scale selected depends on the
route.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press *.Displaying current destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Current Destn.” and
press to confirm.
You will see the current destination.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * or wait approximately 15
seconds.
Displaying a stop-over
You can display this information if you
have previously selected a way point
(
page 160).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Stop” and press to
confirm.
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NAVI InformationCurrent Destn:
NEW YORK
Center:
NEW YORK

152 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 157)
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
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Map
Stop
Mix
SOUTH ST
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.