MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2007 W211 Comand Manual

150 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory
Starting route guidance to a destina-
tion stored in the destination memory
Select a destination.
Press '.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.
Press '0if you want to start route
guidance, otherwise press the
Back soft
key.
D e l e t i n g a d e s t i n a t i o n f r o m t h e d e s t i n a -
tion memory
Select a destination (page 149).
Press the Delete soft key.
A delete entry prompt appears.
Use # to select the menu item Yes.
Press '.
The system deletes the entry from the
destination memory.Storing a destination
In the Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 128), press the Save soft key;
or
Select a destination from the Last
destinations memory (page 148) and
press the
Save soft key.
The system automatically shows a de-
fault name (the city if applicable) as
Destination name; however a different
name can be entered.
Storing under the default name
Press and hold ' for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or
Use$ or & to select the sym-
bol and press '.
The system will store the address un-
der the default name.Storing under a different name
Press the Delete soft key to delete the
default name.
Upper and lower case characters, accent-
ed characters, special characters and
numbers can be entered.
To select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift sym-
bols on the display are available:
 = upper case
 = lower case
 = special characters
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The name must have at least one char-
acter.
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Symbol “ ” represents a space.
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abc
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Last destinations and destination memory
If necessary, use&, # or $0to se-
lect one of the shift fields.
Press'.
The characters are shifted.
Use #, $, %, &, 8 or 7 to
select the characters. Press ' after
each selection.
If necessary, press the Delete soft key
to delete the character last entered.
Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold ' for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or
Use$ or & to select the sym-
bol and press '.
The system will store the address.
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Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).ok

152 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Via Navigation main menu
Call up the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
The Navigation main menu appears.
Use& to select the POIs menu item.
Press '.
The POIs main menu appears
(
page 153).
Via the map
A POI shown on the map can be selected
(
page 156).
Via Destination entry menu
Open the Destination entry menu
(
page 115).A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;
or
If a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:
A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo-
cation can be selected.
Enter the desired details of a desti-
nation (
page 115).
Press the POIs soft key.
Proceed as described in the “Se-
lecting POI in the local area of the
current position” section under
“Selecting a POI category”
(
page 153).
Entering POIs
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POIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, hospitals,
etc.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
POIs main menu
Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current position
Selecting a POI in the local area
(
page 153).
Select city
Selecting a POI in any city to be
selected(
page 154).
Global destinations
A POI from global categories can be se-
lected (
page 154). The selection is
restricted to the region entered last;
however, the region selection can be
changed.
In the POIs main menu, (page 153)
select the
Current position menu item.
Press '.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.Selecting a POI category Use% or & to select a category.
The
Page soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
Press '.
If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.
If you have selected any other catego-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Use% or & t o s e l e c t a PO I . Th e Page
soft keys allow scrolling through the
list page by page.
Press the Details soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details soft key again.
Press '.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.
Press' to start route guidance.
In the POIs main menu, (page 153),
select the
Select city menu item.
Enter a city as described in the Destina-
tion entry section (
page 115).
.
After entering the city, press '.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Proceed with “Selecting a POI catego-
ry” (
page 153) and “Selecting a POI”
(
page 154).
In the POIs main menu (page 153),
select the
Global destinations menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
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Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

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POIs (Points of Interest)
The following options are now available:
Selecting another region
Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region
Press the Region soft key.
The region list appears. Please see “Se-
lecting the region” (
page 115).
Selecting a POI category
Use% or & to select a category.
Press '.
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered (
page 155) or a POI can
be selected from a list (
page 155).Entering POI names
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Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city (
page 116).
The entry can be bypassed if the POI
name is not known.
Press and hold ' for more than
approx. 2 seconds.
After entering the POI name, or after
bypassing the entry, a POI can be se-
lected.Selecting a POI
Use% o r & to select a POI. The Page
soft keys allow scrolling through the
list page by page.
Press the Details soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
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The list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis-
tance), and the direction to the POI.


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POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.
3 seconds, or when pressing the
Details
soft key again.
Press '.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.
Press' to start route guidance.
Press 6
or
In the Destination entry menu
(
page 115), press the Map soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.
I f r e qu i r ed , u s e#, $, %, &, 7,
or 8 to move the map.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the Symbol soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the map
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Th e P O I s y m b o l s t o b e d i s p l a y e d c a n b e
selected (
page 143).
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To change the map scale (
page 130).

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the Prev. o r Next soft key to select
the desired POI.
Press the Details sof t key if you w ant to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details soft key again.
Press '.
You are prompted to confirm the se-
lected POI as the destination.
Use# to select the menu item Yes.
Press'.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.
Press' to start route guidance.

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159 Service
Tele Aid*