MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owners Manual

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AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (route guida nce)
Ex planation ofthel ane
rec ommenda tions
! Recomm ende dlane 6
In th islane, youwi llbe ableto com-
pl et eth ene xttw ochan geso fdi re ction
without ch anging lane.
! Possible lane 7
In this lane, youwi llonl ybe able to
comp lete the nex tcha ngeo fdi re cti on
wi thout ch anging lane.
! Lane notrecommend ed8
Yo u wil lnot be ableto com plet e the
next change of dire ction if youst ay in
this la ne.
La ne rec ommendations display
During th echangeof dire ction, there may
be additional lanes which ar ed isplayed di f-
fe re nt ly. Th
e co lours used in thelane reco mmen da-
tion display va rydepe nding on wheth er
day or ni ghtd esign is sw itch ed on.
1Mainde stinat ion <
2 Intermediate stop =(onlyvisi bl e if an
int erme diat e stop hasb eene nter ed)
3 Rou te(highligh tedin blue)
4 Cur rent position of the ve hicle; the tri-
an gle po ints inthe vehicle 'sdirect ion
of tr avel
5 RDS-TM Cstat us in dica tor – for an ex-
planation, see ( =page 176)
6 Setmap ori entati on – for an explan a-
tion and settings ,see (
=page 139)
7 Setsc ale – for an explan ation and set-
ting s,see (
=page 138) Display Meaning
Wi
th lower
bou ndary li ne
(lane 6or7 ) Lane
adde d due
to the ch ange of
direc tion Wi
tho utlower
bo un dary line
(lane 8) La
ne continu es
throug hcha ngeof
direc tion Day design Night
design Recomme
nded
la ne 6 = dark blue Reco
mmended
la ne 6 = light blue Po
ssible lane 7 =
li ght bl ue Po
ssible la ne7 =
dark grey Lane
not recom-
mended 8= grey La
ne not re com-
mended 8=grey Ex
ample ofadi splay without
cha nges ofdire ction
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COM
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CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
Wh en yo urea chyour destinat ion, youwi ll
se ea displ ayto this effe ct and route guid-
an ce is automatically ended.
1 Destinatio n onthemap
2 Cheque redflag
Fo rce rtai nspe cial de stinat ions (air portsor
mo torw ayintersection s),yo u wil lsee the
me ssage "Area of dest. reached" in addi-
tion to che quered flag 2. Rout
egu idance toan of f-road des
tina tion
COMA NDcanguide yo uto destinat ions
which are withi nthe area cove redb ythe
digit alma p, but wh ich are not th emselves
re co rded on th emap.
Th ese destin ations are known asoff-road
de stinat ions, wh ich yo u can enterus ing
the map ,fo rexam ple.
In these cases, COMA ND guides yo ufo ras
lo ng aspos sibl ewi th nav igat ionan nou nce-
me nts and displays on roads known to the
syst em. Thesecti on of the ro utefrom the
last known po int on the map to theof f-road
desti nation isindi cated with a dash edline.
It si mplysh ows the directio n to the off-
roa ddesti nation without taki ngaccount of
an yo bsta cles in the way. 1
Curre ntposition of theve hicle; the tri-
an gle points in the veh icle 's dire ction
of travel
2 Off-roa dse ction of th eroute
3 Off-roa d de stinat ion
Sh ortly befo reyoure ac hth e la stknown
poi nton th ema p,you will see th eme ssag e
""Ar eaofdest.re ached"" andt he dire ction
ar ro w. The ar row sh ows theco mpass
he ading tothede stinat ion. Des
tina tion ordes tina tion area
reached
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oadan d off-map
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172 COM
AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (route guida nce)
Rout egu idance from an off-road loca- tion
toades tina tion
If the vehicle po sition iswithin the area
co vered by th edig ital ma p,but th emap
do es not con tain any informat ion about
tha tloc ation, the vehicle is inan off-road
lo ca tio n.
COMA NDis also ableto guid eyo uto a des-
tination even from such alocation.
At the start of the route guidan ce, you will
see the "Offro ad" message and an arrow.
Th earro wsh ows thec om pass heading to
the actua ldesti nation.
Th eroute is high lighted bluefrom th enear-
est roa dknown to the syste m.
As soon asthevehicl eis ba ck on aroad
kn own to thesyst em, ro ute guid ance co n-
tin uesin the usual way.
Rout egu idance from an off-map lo
ca tio nto a destina tion
If the ve hicle pos itio n is outside the area
co vered by th edig ital ma p,then the veh i-
cle is in an off-ma ploca tion .
COMA NDis also ableto guid eyo uto a des-
tination even from such alocation. At th
e star t of th ero ute guid ance, yo uwill
see the "Off map" messageand an ar row.
Th earr ow shows thecomp ass heading to
th eac tual de stination.
Th eroute is high lighted blue from th enear-
est roa dknown to the system.
As soon as the vehicl eis ba ck on aroad
kn own tothesyste m,routegu idan ce co n-
tinues intheusual way. Off-road during
routegu idance
Due to roa dco nstru ction wo rk,fo rex am-
pl e, therem aybe differ ences be tweent he
data on the digita lma pan d the actual
cou rseof the road.
In such cases, the syst emwillte mp orarily
be una bleto locate the veh iclepositio n on
the digita lmap an dth us considers the ve-
hicle to beinan off-roa dposition.
The "Offro ad" message andan arrow indi-
cating th e compass heading to the dest ina-
tion appear inthedispl ay.
As soon asthe syst emcan assign th eve hi-
cle position to th ema pagai n, route guid-
an ce co ntinue sin the usual way. i
If Rus sian or Chinese is se tas thes ystem
language, the navigation annou ncement sar ein
En glis h.You will find howt o set the sys tem lan-
guage on ( =page 199 ).
i Audibl enav igation announcement sare mut-
ed during ate lephone call.
If yo uh avem issed an annou ncemen t,you
ca n cal lup a curre nt mes sage atanytime.
6 Tocallup the curren tan nounce-
me nt:select "Navi" 6 .
or
6 Press theP prog rammable bu ttonif
the button has been progr amme dw ith
thi sfu nc tion.
i You will find the bu tton program ming on
(= page 199).
6 Tocancel the navigat ion anno unce-
me nt: briefly press the obutton
during th eannou nceme nt. Na
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COM
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CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
6 Toswitch off naviga tion announce-
me nts: press and ho ldthe o button
du ring anannounc ementun tilthe an-
no uncement issw itch ed off.
Yo uwi llbr iefly seet he mess age"The
guidance instruc tions have been mut-
ed" .
i The ann ouncemen ts remain switched
of fe venif yo u start a new rou teguidance or if
COMA NDis swit ched off and on with th eo
bu tton .
If yo usw itch COMAN Doff byremov ing th e key
fr om thei gni tion loc kand then swit ch th e igni-
ti on bac kon afte rmo rethan 3mi nu tes, the mes-
sa ge sar eauto matical lysw itche dba ck on.
6 Toswitch navi gatio nan no un ce-
men tsback onma nually: select
"Navi" 6 .
6 Toadjus t the volume of the an-
nou ncem ents: adjust the vol umedu r-
ing an au tomat icannou ncem ent–s ee
"A djusting the volume " (
= page 68).
or
6 Call up anannounc ement manu ally
using "Navi" 6 andadjust the vol-
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174 COM
AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (du ring route guidance)
6 Select "Destination" "Can celro ute
guidanc e"inmap vieww ith the menu
syst emdisplayed (
=page 137).
6 Select "Destination" "Co ntinue route
guidanc e"inmap vieww ith the menu
syst emdisplayed (=
page 137).
COMAN Dca lcula testhe ro ute.
i The route browser shows an ove rview of the
route. Youcanus eth e route bro wserto mo ve
along the route section by se ction and view infor-
ma tion and details about eac hse ction of the
route. 6
Select "Route" "Route browser"
in ma p view with th eme nusyst em dis-
played ( =page 137).
Th eroute brow serap pe ars.
At the topof thedi sp lay, yo uwi llsee in-
fo rm ation ab out the highl ighted route
se ction, forexample, th eroada nd the
dista nceto be drive no n the roa d.
Th ehi gh lighted rou tesectioni s marked
in white with ared border on th emap.
6 To dis playthe next or previous
rout esect ion: select "Next"or "Previ-
ous" .
6 Toincr ea se orreduce thesize ofthe
map: select ;or: .
6 Toclos ethe route brow ser:se lect
"B ac k".
6 Select "Route" "Route info" inmap
vie wwith the menusyst em displayed
( = page 137).
The routeinfo rm ation ap pears. Ex
am pledispl aywith main destination and
in ter me diate stop
1 Distanc eto the de stina tion
2 Intermediate stop
3 Country abbreviation
4 Mainde stinat ion
5 Esti mated driving tim etothe destina-
tion
6 Esti mated tim eof arrival
i COMA NDuses thetime set inCOMA ND
as theba sis for calculating the es timate d arriv al
ti me. Th eclockmu stbe set corre ctlyin
COMAND ( =page 196). The calcul ation of the
es tima tedtime ofarri val does notaddi tion ally
ta ke into account wh ethe rs um mertime or
standard timeis applicabl eat the destination. If
th e destinat ion is in a different time zone, timeof
arrival 6isdisplay edinlocal time . This is indi-
ca tedb y"L T" in thedisplay. CO
MAND na viga tio nsyst em*
(dur ing rout eguidanc e) In
te rrup ting rout eg uida nce Contin
uing inter rupted route
guid ance Route
brow ser Display
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COMAND navigat ionsy stem* (during route gui dance)
Di stan ceto destin ation 1,estimat edtime ofar-
rival 6and estimat edrema ining driv ingtime 5
are not shown until theroute ca lculation is com-
ple te.
6 Toclos ero ute inf o:slide om p.
i Thetraffic jam func tion bloc ksase ction of
th eroute ahead of you.Yo uca nset the le ngth of
th ebloc kage. If pos sible ,COM ANDca lculates a
detour aro undth eb locked sec tion of theroute.
6 Select "Route" "De tour" in map view
with th eme nu syst em displ ayed
(= page 137).
6 Tosetthe leng thofthe bloc kag e:
Select "Longe r"or "Shor ter" repeatedly
un til the de sire dlength is set.
Th e bl ocke dse ction is highlighted in
re d/ whit eon the map. At the top of
th eCOM ANDd isplay, youwi llsee
wh ich section of the ro uteis bloc ked
an d the length of the blocked se ction. 6
To sta rt route ca lcul at ion: select
"Start" ,see also (
=pa ge 154).
6 To delete the blockage: select"Na vi"
 "Ro ute"  "Detou r" "Delete".
6 Select "Back". Tr
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176 COM
AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC)
An RDS -TMC radio stat ion tr ansm its free-
of -cha rge RDS-TMC tra ffic reports inaddi-
tion to th eradi oprogra mme.CO MA ND can
re ce ive th eRD S-TMC tra ffic reports and
take the minto consi deration fordy na mi c
ro ute guida nce. Thena vigatio nsyste mis
thu sab le to, for exa mple,guide youar ound
a traf fic jam.
Th erem aybe dif ferences betwe enthe re-
po rts receiv edandt he actual traf fic sit ua-
tion.
6 Toswitcho n:select the"Dynamic
ro ute" route type 1
.
Pr oceed as described in th e"S elec ting
th ero utet ype" section (
=page 141). 6
Toswitch off:select the"Fastest
ro ute" or"Short ro ute".
Pr oceed as described inthe"Selecti ng
the ro ute type" sectio n (
=pa ge 141).
i COMA ND calculates a new route if you
change the rou tetype setting with rou teguid-
anc eact ive.
If yo uch ange the route type set ting when rou te
guidan ceis inac tive ,COMA ND uses the new set-
ti ng for then extroute guidanc e.
Th eRD S-TM Csta tusindi catorislo ca ted
in the lower right- hand corner of the
COMA NDdisplay.
1 RDS -TMC statusind icator
He re you can se ethe disp lays wh ich ar e
pos sible. 1
AnRDS-T MC radio station can be re-
ce ived
2 Dynam icroute guidanc eis sw itche don
3 Thereis an RDS-TM Ctra ffic report
rega rding slow-moving traff icon the
ro ute (th e letters TMCarei ny ello w)
4 Thereis an RDS- TMCtra ffic report re-
garding atra ffic jamo n the route (the
letter sTMC are in red)
5 Thereare warnings concerning the
rou te(e.g. motorist dri ving against the
tr af fico nthe mo torw ay,an im als on the
ca rria ge wa y) CO
MAND na viga tio nsyst em*
(dyn amicroute guidance with RDS-
TMC) Sw
itch ingdy na mi c rout egui dance
on /o ff 1R
DS-TMC and dyna mic route guidanc earenot
available in al lcou ntrie s. RD
S-TM Cst at us indica tor
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COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC)
COM ANDcan show cer tain traffic inci-
de nts on the map.These displ ayscan be
seen on map scales 50 m(0.05 miles) to
50 km (50 miles ).
6 Toadjust the map scale: turn ym z
un tilth ede sire dscale isse t.
Tu rning cloc kwise enlarges the map,
turning anti-clo ckwis eredu ces the map
sca le.
Example display of a traffic jam on the route
1 Icon conc erning an incide nt on the
ro ute, inthis ex amp le,a traffic jam
2 Sect ion of routeaf fect ed
3 Curr entve hicl eposition and dir ection
of travel
4 Mapsc ale sele cted
i COMA ND use s thecorrespo ndingicons 2
to highligh tth e ent ire se ctionof theroute re gard-
le ss ofhow long thesection that affe cted is.
Icons 2are tothe left or righ tof the rout einth e
direc tion of travel. Th eythereby show whic hside
of the ca rriageway is affec ted by the in cide nt. Mo
repossible icon displays are sh ownbe-
lo w.
1 Traf ficjam on the ro ute (ico nha s red
ou tline)
2 Traf ficjam off the route (ico nha sgr ey
ou tline)
3 Slow-moving traff icon the rou te
(i co nh asred outline)
4 Slow-moving traf ficoff the route
(i co nh asgrey outline)
5 Road clos ureon the rou te
6 Traffic jam
7 Slow-moving traf fic
i Ifyo uh aves witche dof fd ynamic routeguid-
anc e,COMA NDwill also show red ic ons1,3
and 5for incident stoth e side of the road. RDS-TMC
disp lays onthe map
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AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC) Di
spla ying thereport list
6 Select "Navi" "TMC".
COMA NDsearch es for RDS-T MCsta-
ti ons. If no traffic re ports are availabl e,
yo uwi llsee adisplay tothis effect.
6 Toclos e the dis play:Select "OK".
If st ations ar eava ilab le,CO MA ND
se arch es for tra ffic reports .Yo u will
se ea displ ayto th is effect.
6 Tocanc el the search: select
"Canc el".
If there areno traffic reports ,yo uw ill
se ea displ ayto th is effect.
6 Toclos e the dis play:select "OK".
If th erear e tr affic repo rts, yo uwi llsee
a list. Theco nte ntof the list varies de-
pendi ngon whet her route guida nceis
ac tive or not. Li
st when rou teguidan ce isno tac tive
When ro utegu idance isnot active ,the list
sh ows all thero ads, areas or regions for
wh ichr eports areav aila ble.
1 Country design ation (o nlyappears if
th ere are reports from di ffer ent coun-
tri es)
2 Roa dco nce rned
3 Are aor region concer ned
i Areport may al sorela te to an area orregion
rat herth an a road, e.g. impaired visibility due to
fog. 6
To read the repor t:selec ta ro ad , an
ar ea or re gion.
Yo uwil lfi nd an examp leof areport on
( = page 179).
6 Toclose the li st:slide om p.
Li st when rou teguidan ce isac tive
Wh enroutegu idan ceisac tive ,th elist only
sh ows the roa ds, ar easor regions on the
route and for whic hreports areavailab le. Displaying
RDS-TMC traffic reports
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COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC)
1 Todispl ayall reports (including those
not conc erning the rou te)
2 Torea dout th erep orts that affe ct the
ro ute(o nly if therear ere po rtsco ncern-
in g the ro ute)
3 Affect ed roads orarea s/ regio ns(only
sh own ifthe reare repor tsconc erning
th ero ute)
6 Todisp lay all repor ts:select "Display
all messag es".
Yo uwi llsee allro ads orareas orre-
gi ons forwh ichr eports areav ailabl e,
in cluding those th atdo not affe ct the
ro ute. 6
Toread thereport: select a road, or
an area orregion.
You wil lfind an examp leof a repor ton
( = page 179).
6 Toclos e the list: slide om pone or
mor etimes. Pos
sible contents of a message (e
xample)
1 Select iondis play ("M essages on route"
or "Allmessages" )
2 Incid ent icon (e.g.traffic jam)
3 Country design ation (o nlyappears if
there are reports fr omdiffer ent coun-
tr ies)
4 Road the mess agere fers to (a nareaor
region may alsobe displ ayed)
5 Messag e 1 of5for thero ad affected
6 Text of message
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