navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class 2012 W218 Comand Manual

Delet
inganinterme diat est op If
an inte rm ediat est op has already been
en tered ,you can dele teit.
X To swit chon navig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show theme nu:pre ssW theCOM AND
co ntro ller .
X Se lec tDes tination in
thenav igat ion
syst emmen ubar byturn ing cVd the
COM ANDc ontroller andpressing Wto
conf irm.
X Select Stopover and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Delete Stopover and
press Wto
conf irm.
COMAND deletestheinter mediate stop
and recalculates theroute tothe main
destinat ion. Entering
waypoints
Introdu ction You
canmap theroute yourself byenter ing
up totwo wayp oints. Thesequence ofthe
wayp oints canbechanged atany time.
i Aninter mediate stopisalwa ysbetween
the current position ofthe vehicle andthe
first wayp oint.
Creating waypoints X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconf irm.
X Select Intermediate Destinations and
press Wtoconf irm.
The destinat ionisenter edinthe menu. Waypoint
menuwithout waypoints
X Confirm thesymbol forwayp oint1by
pressin gW the COMAND controller. X
Confirm Set by
pressin gW the COMAND
con troller.
X En ter the waypoint viaone ofthe following
option s. Selection Step
Addres
sEntry X
En ter a
destin ationby
address
(Y page 54). From
Memory X
Select a
destin ationfrom
the destin ation
memor y
(Y page 60). From
Last Destin
ations X
Select a
destin ationfrom
the listoflast
destin ations
(Y page 61). 64
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X
To chang ethe seque nceof the
wa ypo ints: select Swap in
the waypoint
menu byturning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
The entri esaresw appe d.
X To del ete waypo ints: select the symbo l
for waypoint 1or 2in the waypoint menu
by turning cVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Delete and
pressW toconfi rm.
i Youcan delete awa ypoint directl yaf ter
entry using thismenu item.
Ac ceptin gwa ypo ints forthe route X
Sel ect Start in
the waypoint menu by
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The routeiscal cul ate dwi th the ente red
wa ypoints.
i Con t. is
displ ayed instea dof Sta rt wh
en
Cal culate AlternativeRoutes is
acti vated inthe navigati on menu
(Y page 82) ,op tio n2 . In
the exampl e,there areboth waypoints 1
and 2. Enterin
gap oint ofint eres t Callin
gup thepoint sof int eres tmenu
Poin tsof int eres tare prede fineddestina tions
withi ncate gor ies, e.g.ag asstatio nint he
AUTOMOTIVE category. You
canlook forpoints ofinterest :
R in the vicinity ofthe destination
R near thecurrent vehicleposition
R in the vicinity ofanother city
R using itsname
R using aphone number
You canalso select points ofinterest inthe
map thatareavaila bleonthe map view
shown.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Destination in
the navigation
system menubarbyturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select From POIs and
press Wtoconfirm .
Am enu appears. Point
sof inter estmenu ("Search byname"
select ed) 66
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Point
ofinterest listwith charact erbar If
you have selected SearchByName in
the
point ofinterest menu(Ypage 66)and then
defined theposition forthe search
(Y page 67),thepoint ofinterest listwith
character barappears.
Depending onyour selection, youcan select
all availa blepoints ofinterest onthe digital
map orthe points ofinterest inthe vicinity of
the selected position. Search
byname inthe vicinity ofthe destination
(example)
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Searching fora
phone bookentry"section (Ypage 126).
i IfCOMAND canassign thecharacters
entered toone entryunambiguou sly,the
address entryappears automatically.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconf irm. Selec
tingapoint ofint eres tusing the
map
You canselect points ofinter estthat are
available inthe selected (visible)sectionof
the map.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller. X
Select Guide in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If points ofinter estare available:
Depen dingonthe map scale selected,
point ofinter esticons appear onthe map.
The scale atwhich theicons aredisplayed
on the map varies accordin gto the icon.
You canselect theicons thatCOMAND will
display (Ypage 101).
If no points ofinter estare available, youwill
see amessage tothis effec t.
i You also seethis message ifyou have
selected theNo Symbols menu
itemunder
"Map display" (Ypage 101).
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller. Point
ofinter estonthe map
The point ofinter estishighlighted onthe
map; youwillsee infor mation onthe upper
edge ofthe display.
X To select apoint ofint erest :selec t
Nex t or
Pre vious and
pres sW tocon firm.
X To show details fortheselecti on:selec t
Det ails and
pres sW tocon firm.
X To chan getothema p:slide ZVthe
COMA NDcontroller .
You canmov eth emap andselec tthe map
section. Entering
apoint ofint eres t
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X
To del ete acate gory: select Delete and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe
category shouldbedeleted.
i Ifyou delete acategory, allpoints of
interest ofthis category arealso deleted.
X Select Yes and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
the category willbe
deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled.
Managing personalpointsofinterest X
Select Manage Personal POIs in
the
menu andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select NotClassified ,
COMAND or
your
own category andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select apersonal pointofinterest and
press Wtoconfirm .
The personal pointofinterest isdispla yed.
The following functionsaredescribed inthe
"Select asdestination" section
(Y page 75):
R renaming
R changing thecategory
R deleting Saving
personal pointsofinterest
There arethree waysto save personal points
of interest .You must insert anSD memory
card todo so. The No Memory Card message
otherwise appears.
i Personal pointsofinterest androutes are
written tothe memory cardinadata format
based uponopenformat GPX(GPS
Exchange Format).Geodataissaved inthis
format. Option
1
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Hide themenu (Ypage 51)todispla ythe
map infull screen mode.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The current position ofthe vehicle issaved
as apersonal pointofinterest onthe SD
memory cardinthe "Unclassified"
category.
i The crosshair positionissaved while
scrolling themap (Ypage 61).
Option 2
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 61).
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select SavePosition AsPersonal POI or
Save Crosshair Pos.As Personal
POI ("Move
map"function
active) andpress Wtoconfirm .
The listofpersonal categories appears.
X Select acategory andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Name forthe personal pointofinterest .
Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31).
Option 3
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Select Save from
theaddress entrymenu
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select SaveAsPersonal POI and
press
W toconfirm .
X Select acategory.
X Ent erthe name.
The current address issaved asapersonal
point ofinterest onthe SDmemory card. 74
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pointsofinterestNavigat ion

Selec
tingasthe destination
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Destination in
the navigation
system menubarbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select FromPersonal POIs and
press
W toconf irm.
Al ist with thecategorie sfor perso nal
point sof interest appears. X
Selec tan ent ryand press Wtocon firm . Selection Expla
nation Not
Clas
sified St
andard entryfor
perso nalpoint sof
int erest . COMA
ND This
function isnot
available inthe USA and
Canada. Coff
ee Shop
s Ico
nand category that
you have created yourself
(Y page 73). In
the exam ple,theCoff eeShop s cat
egory
has been selected.
The perso nalpoint sof interest forthis
cat egory areshown . X
Selec tapersonal pointofinterest and
press Wtocon firm. X
To renam eapers onal point ofinter est:
select Rename and
press Wtocon firm.
X To change thecategor y:select Change Catego
ry and
press Wtocon firm.
X To change tothe map:select Map and
press Wtocon firm.
The position ofthe person alpoint of
int erest isshown inthe map.
i Anicon isdisplayed accordingtothe
"Displaying personalpoint sof interest on
the map" setting(Ypage 72).
X To star trout ecalculat ion:select Start and
press Wtocon firm.
If route guidance hasbeen activated, a
prompt willappear askingwhether you
wish toaccept theperson alpoint of
int erest asthe destin ation. Personal
pointsofinter est
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If
route guidance hasnotbeen activated,
route calculationforthe personal pointof
interest willstart immedi ately.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm.
If you select Yes ,
the personal pointof
interest isaccepted asthe destination.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled.
X To make acall :select Call and
press W
to confirm. COMAND switchesto
telepho nemode (Ypage 122).
i This menu itemisavai lableifthe personal
point ofinterest hasatelepho nenumber
and ifamobil ephone isconnect edto
COMAND (Ypage 116).
X To delete apersonal pointofinterest:
select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete thepoint ofinteres t.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the personal pointof
inter estisdeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Search
&Send Not
es
i Touse Sear ch&S end, your vehicle needs
to be equipped withmbrace, anavigation
system andavalid mbrace subscript ion.
Searc h&S end isaservic eassistin gyou in
ent ering destin ations forthe navigation
system. Thismbrace servicecan send a
destin ationaddress directlyfrom theGoogle
Maps ®
website tothe navigation systemof
your vehicle. Selecting
andsending adesti nation
ad dress
i Please observetheno teson ent erin gan
addre sson thema ps.google. com
websit e.
X Call upthema ps.google. comwebsit eand
dest inationaddre ssintheaddre ssent ry
field .
X Click thecor respon ding buttontosen dth e
dest inationaddre sstothee-m ailaddre ss
regi stered withmbrace.
X En tert he e-mail address youspecified
when settingup your mbrace account into
the corresponding fieldinthe "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send". Calling
upadestination address
X Press theï mbrace information button
to start downloadi ngthe destination
address ontothenavigation systemofyour
vehicle. i
Ifyou have sentmore thanone
destination addresstoyour vehicle's
navigation system,youwillneed tocall up
the information individuallyfor every
address tobe downloaded .
X Select Yes when
theprompt forstartin gthe
navigation systemisshown. Thewindow
for startin gthe navigation systemappears
(Y page 57). 76
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X
Sel ect Start .
or
X Sel ect No to
store thedow nloaded
de stina tioninthe destina tionmemo ryfor
la ter use. i
The destina tionaddre sse sare
dow nloaded inthe same orderas they are
sent. Ifyo uow ns everal Mercedes- Benz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destin ation
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
register edfor your mbrace account. Rout
eguida nce General
information G
WARN
ING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takinginto accoun tthe
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop and right- of-way signs R
Lane mergin g
R Parkin gor stoppin gprohibited areas
R Other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincor rectnavigation
comm andsifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not corr espond withtheactual road/traffic
situation .For example, ifthe traff icroutin g
has been changed orthe direct ionofaone-
way road hasbeen revers ed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtrafficrules and
regulations duringyourjourn ey.Road and
traff icrules andregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generat edbythe system.
Route guidance beginsoncear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 57).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destination by
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
inform ation,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents.
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
considered forroute guidance ondays
when theyareopen. Forthis purpose, the
relevant timesmustbecorrec tlystored in
the database. Rout
eguidance
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane B
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lanes. Gray Gray
HOV
orcarpool lanes
Ar oute maybecalculated takingthe use of
HOV orcarpool lanesintoaccount .You can
use HOV orcarpool lanesdepending onthe
number ofpersons inthe vehicle aswell as
the local andtime limitation conditions.
i This inform ationisstored inthe map data.
i You canenter thenumber ofpersons in
the vehicle (Ypage 53).Inthis section ,you
can also findmore inform ationonHOV or
carpool lanes.
When thesystem guidesyouontoor away
from HOVorcarpool lanes,COMAND issues
visual andacoustic drivinginstructions. :
HOV symbol onthe road sign
; HOV symbol onthe carpool lane Announci
ngstreet names
If the funct ionisswitched on,the name ofthe
street whichyouareturnin ginto is
announc ed.
Ann ouncemen tsare not made inthese
languages inall count ries.They aremade
when relevant streetnames forthe selected
language areavaila bleinthe database.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton . 80
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X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contro ller.
X Sel ect Navi in
the mainfunctio nba rby
sl id ing ZV theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Ann ounce Str
eet Nam
es and
press
W toconfi rm.
Dep endingonthe previous sta tus ,the
fu nctio nisswitched onO oroff ª. Cance
lingorcontinuin groute
guidance
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
X To cance lroute guidance: selectCancel Route
Guidance and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X To continue routeguidance: select
Continue RouteGuidance and
press W
to confirm.
COMAND calculatesthe route. Destination
orarea ofdestination
reached
When youreach yourdestination, COMAND
displa ysacheckered flagand route guidance
is automaticall yended.
If the destination isnot inclose proximity to
a digitized street,theArea of destination
reached message
appears
when thedestination isreached. Navigation
announcements
Repeating navigation announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcement sare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consulting themap displa yfor directions.
Consulting thesymbols ormap displa yfor
directions maycause youtodivert your
attent ionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident.
i Audible navigation announcement sare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannouncement ,you can
call upthe current announcement atany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select RPT in
the navigation systemmenu
bar byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/o ff X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannouncement .
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select RPT in
the navigation systemmenu
bar byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
i COMAND automaticall yswitches the
navigation announcement sback onwhen:
R you have anew route calcula ted.
R you switch COMAND backonagai nor
start theengine. Route
guidance
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Reduc
ingvo lume duringan avig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ctRPT on
the map displa ywhe nthe
menu isshown, andsetthe volume withthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected. i
The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To delete theblocke dsection: select
Del ete while
themess ageisshown and
pres sW tocon firm.
COMA NDcalc ulates therout ewitho utthe
block . Selecting
analterna tiveroute
Intr odu ction With
the"Alternativ erout e"func tion,rout es
oth erthan theorigin alone canbecalc ulated.
Opt ion 1 X
To switch onnavig ation mod e:press the
Ø function button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tAlte rnativeRoute and
press W
to con firm .
On the right -handside, youwillsee
inf orm ation onthe curr entlyselec ted
alter native rout e,e.g. distance,est imat ed
remain ingdrivin gtim eand estimat edtim e
of arriv al.Route sections used (e.g.
fre eways, tunnels )are displayed as
symbols . 82
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