navigation MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class 2003 C215 Comand Manual

155 Navigation
Route guidance
1Distance to destination
2Arrow indicating driving direction
3Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point
4Name of the road you are currently dri-
ving on1Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2Part of the street, not to be followed
3Distance graph to turning-pointBefore you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued rou-
te, e.g.

“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)

“Bear left after 250 feet”

“Please bear left”
Please note the following difference in
voice output
Following the course of the road
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Map
Stop
Mix
0.1 mi
RECTOR ST0.3 mi
1
2
4
3
Driving through an intersectioniAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
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SPREIN BROOK PKYS
Map
Stop
Mix
SPRAIN BROOK PKY
1
2
3
Situation
Example of voice
output
Making a turn
onto a street
...turn left/right.
Driving through

an intersection ...bear left/right.

156 NavigationRoute guidance1Activating map display
You 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.2Return to symbol display
Back to the symbol display

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 2.
Changing to map display
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Map
Stop
Mix
BATTERY PL
1
HUDSON RIVER
P
P
P
P
P
P
Stop
Scale
1
0.2 mi
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2
SMITH ST
Stop
Scale
iCOMAND will remove the menu bar af-
ter 5 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

157 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.
-Symbol display before a maneuver, mix
function is switched on
Before a maneuver off e.g. a 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
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0.4 mi
Map
Stop
MixBROADWAY

158 NavigationRoute guidanceActivate the scale selector
While the left menu bar is displayed,
turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Scale” and press to
confirm.
The scale selector will appear.
or

Press % or /.
The scale selector will appear and apart
from the current scale _, will show the
next larger or next smaller scale ?. 1Scale selector
Current map scale _
New map scale ?
Zooming in for more detailed map

Press % within 5 seconds or turn the
right-hand rotary/push-button v to
the left.

Press the right turning knob/push but-
ton v or wait 5 seconds to call the
map with the new scale.Zooming out for less detailed map

Press / within 5 seconds or turn the
right-hand rotary/push-button v to
the right.

Press the right turning knob/push but-
ton v or wait 5 seconds to call the
map with the new scale.
Altering the map scaleiA division mark corresponds to an avai-
lable scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.
95
PARKER RIVE
R
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0.5 mi
0.05mi 5 mi 500 mi
1
JEWETT ST
95
PARKER RIVE
R
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0.5 mi
0.05mi 5 mi 500 mi
1
JEWETT ST
95
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0.2 mi
JEWETT ST

159 Navigation
Route guidance
You can either select the map in north-up
orientation or position it with the driving di-
rection pointing up.North-up
!
: Map is displayed facing north
1Selecting map orientation
Compass needle < - call map with
Heading-up display
North arrow ! - call map with North-
up display
2Symbol for current vehicle locationSelecting driving direction pointing up
Heading-up
<
: Map is displayed facing dri-
ving direction pointing up

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight < and press to con-
firm.
The map will appear with Heading-up
display. The tip of symbol 2 will al-
ways points to the top.To return to North-up

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight ! and press to con-
firm.
The north arrow will appear again.
Selecting map orientation
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SMITH ST
Stop
Scale
0.5 mi
1
2
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SMITH ST
Stop
Scale
0.05 mi
1
2
Map orienta-
tion
Characteristics
North-up
North arrow always
points to the top
Symbol 2 is turning on
the map
Heading-up
The tip of symbol 2 al-
ways points to the top,
the map turns under-
neath 2
The compass needle is
turning, the black point
always points north

160 NavigationRoute guidanceYou can store a way point during route
guidance.
1Activates “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 123)
4Activates the main destination memory
menu (
page 173)
5Activates the “Points of Interest” selec-
tion menu (page 137)
6Activates the “Coordinate Destination”
input menu (page 135)

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
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MADISON ST
Icons
Scale Stop
0.1 mi
1
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NAVI Way PointGas Stations...
Parking...
Hospitals...
Shopping Center...
Delete Stop
over...Destn Entry
Points of InterestCoord. Dest. Destn Memo.
2
4
5
6
3

161 Navigation
Route guidance
Starting route guidance
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Start
Guidance…”.You will now see the information corres-
ponding to route calculation and hear the
voice output: “The route to your intermedi-
ate destination is being calculated”.
The previously selected route mode will be
maintained.
After you reach the way point, you will con-
tinue to follow the route to the original in-
put destination.
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.

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 *.
iAfter you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and “House
No...” may appear in black, indicating
that it is possible to select them.
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NAVI Destination EntryStart Guidance...
Intersection...
House No...
iIf the menu bar is not visible in the map:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The menu bar will appear.
iIt is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (
page 166).

162 NavigationRoute guidanceMain detour menu
1It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List not activated:
“Cancel” cannot be selected

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List activated:
“Cancel” is highlighted
3It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (
page 164)

Press ) at any time.
The main detour menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
^
Selecting a detour
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NAVI Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam Ahead...
Cancel Traffic Jam...
Cancel Detour... Detour in Route List...
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iTraffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
I f y o u s w i t c h o f f C O M A N D f o r m o r e t h a n
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.

163 Navigation
Route guidance
Traffic jam ahead
If a traffic jam lies ahead, you can block the
route sections following the next intersec-
tion/the next turn-off.Traffic jam menu1Length of the blocked route section in
miles

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Traffic Jam Ahead...” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The traffic jam menu will appear.Entering the length of the blocked route
section
Increasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
Decreasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
Calculating detour

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The route will be re-calculated. An in-
formation menu will appear.
Then COMAND continues route
guidance.
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NAVI Traffic JamRoute section to detour:0.3 mi
1
iCOMAND suggests reasonable route
sections.
Minimum/maximum length of detour is
governed by the logical grouping of rou-
te sections. If additional detour seg-
ments are required after the original
detour, they must be requested indivi-
dually.
iYou can also select “Traffic Jam Ahead”
during the course of a detour. The cur-
rent detour will then be cancelled.

164 NavigationRoute 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
Displaying an entry in full in a window
Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
iCOMAND will delete an existing detour
if you
enter a new detour

switch off the system for more than
30 minutes while a detour is activa-
ted
After you have switched the COMAND
on again you will see the message “Ma-
nual route exclusions being reset”.
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NAVI Traffic Jam
4081 E OLYMPIC B
399 S HILL
250 S GRAND AVE
630 W 5TH
3589 S FIGUEROA 200 N STATE
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1.0 MI
2.4 MI
1.8 MI
0.5 MI
1.6 MI 1.2 MI