ECU MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class 2012 W212 Comand Manual

Point
ofinter estsearch nearthecurrent position
(example)
i The point ofinter estsearch iscanc eled
when 50points ofinter esthave been
found.
COMAND searcheswithinaradius of
approximately 60mi.
If COMAND failstofind apoint ofinter est
within thisradius, itexten dsits search
range toapproximately 125mi.
If COMAND findsonepoint ofinter est
within thisradius, itfinishes thesearch.
Onc ethe search iscompleted, thepoint of
inter estlistisdisplay ed. Point
ofinterest list
Introdu ction The
point ofinter estlistdisplay sthe search
results forthe selection made. Point
ofinter estlist(example) An
entrycont ains thefollowing information:
R an arrow thatshows thelinear direction to
the point ofinter est
R the linear distanc eto the point ofinter est
R the name ofthe point ofinter est
i The arrow andlinear distanc eto the
destinat ionare not visible ifyou have
ent ered apoint ofinter estwithin aspecific
city.
The arrow isalso notshown whenapoint
of inter estinthe vicinit yof the destinat ion
has been entered.
Dependin gon the point ofinter est
selected, COMAND usesdifferent
referen cepoints indetermin ingthe linear
distanc eto the destinat ion:
R vicinit yof curren tposition: thelinear
distanc eis the distanc eof the point of
inter estfrom thecurren tvehicle
position.
R vicinit yof destinat ion:thelinear distanc e
is the distanc efrom thedestinat ion
ent ered tothe point ofinter est.
Selecting apoint ofint eres t The
exam plehas been selectedin thepoin t
of interes tcate gor yBAR &RES TAURANT .
X Sel ect thepoin tof intere stinthepoin tof
int ere stlist byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
co ntroll erand pres sW toconfirm .
The comple teaddre ssofthepoin tof
int erest selectedisshown . Enter
ingapoint ofint eres t
69Navi gatio n Z

Exam
ple: rou te1
The routeissho wninthe mapwi th ada rkblue
li ne.
Ro ute s1t o3a recalcu lated withthecurrent
settings forthe route typeandroute options
(Y pag e52). Route4is the economic route
(eco route) . Rou
te4( example: ecoroute)
The eco route isshown onthe alternat ive
route mapwithagreen line.
Opt ion 2 X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Calculat eAlternat iveRoutes and
press Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,the
func tion isswitched onO oroff ª. Function
isactivat ed:alternat iveroutes
are calculated directlyafter thedestin ation
is ent ered.
Menu functions X
To select thenext orprevious
alter native route:select Next or
Previous and
press Wtocon firm.
X To star trout eguidance usingthe
selected alternative route:select Start and
press Wtocon firm.
COMAND startsroute guidance onthe
chosen alternativeroute. Displaying
destinationinform ation
You candisplay destinationinformation for
the destin ation, forboth waypoints andfor
the inter mediate stop,ifthey arepart ofthe
route.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Destinat ionInformat ion and
press Wtocon firm.
Dest ination information isdisplayed. Ex
ample: destinationinform ation Rout
eguidance
83Navigation Z

Exam
ple: rou tedispl aystop ped
: Road nam eand citydispl aywhen rou te
di spl ayhasbe en stop ped
; Distance ofthe cros shairfrom current
veh iclepo sitio n
X To gettoth ecur rent vehicle position:
pres sW tocon firm thesymbo lfor the
cur ren tvehicle position .
X To change themap scale: selectScale and
press Wtocon firm.
The scale barappears.
X Turn cVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Recording
therout e
Notes If
you have activated COMAND andtheSD
memory cardhasbeen insert ed,you should
not take itout ofthe slot.
When yourecor daroute, COMAND usesso-
called support pointsand displays theroute
as aseries oflines. Ifthe route isthen
calculated, COMANDattemptstoalign the
recor dedroute withthedigital map.
The support pointsof the route maynotbeon
a digitized road.
This isoften thecase forroutes thathave
been calculated usingmapdata from other
sources. Calling
upthe Rout esmenu X
Inser tthe SDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Record Routes .
Sta
rting/ending recording X
To star trecord ing:select Start Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Durin gthe recor ding, therecor dedroute is
shown behind thecurren tvehicle position
with gray strokes (symbol fortire tracks). X
To end record ing:select Stop Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing Rout
eguida nce
85Navigation Z

Deta
ils on traffics ymbo linform ation (examp le)
X To clos ethe detai ledv iew: slide XVY the
COMAN Dcon troller. Read
ingout traff icrep ortson the
rou te
Intr oduct ion The
read- aloud functionisonly available while
rout eguidanc eis act ive. Itreads outtraffic
repor tsaffec tingthe curr entrout e.You can
set the language (Y page 45)and thetext
reader speed(Ypage 42).
You canstartthe textreader function
manually orset itto automat ic.
Sta rting thetext reader funct ion
ma nually X
To switch onnaviga tionmod e:press the
Ø function button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMAN D
con troller.
X Selec tTMC by
turn ingcVd theCOMAN D
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tRead outallmessa geson route and
press Wtocon firm .
COMAN Dreads outthereport sin sequence.
i Ifther eare noreport sfor the route, the
Read out all message
s on route menu
item isshown ingray andcann otbe
select ed. X
To switch offthe read -aloud function:
select Cancel Read-Al
oud Functio
n and
press Wtocon firm orpress the8
button .
COMAND readsthecurren treport aloud
and then exitsthe read-aloud function.
Autom aticread -aloud function X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
X Select ReadTraffic Messages Automat
ically and
press Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Recalculat
ingthe rout edyna mically
The route types Dynamic Route and
Dynamic RouteOnlyAfter Request (Y
page 52)take allrelevant traffic
messages intoaccoun twhen calculating a
route.
If you have setthe route typeDynamic Route ,
COMAND guidesyouonthe updated
route toyour destination.
If you have setthe route typeDynamic Route
OnlyAfter Request ,
a prompt
appea rs.You candecide whether toaccept
the route suggested byCOMAND, orcont inue
with theoriginal route. Tr
affic report s
93Navigat ion Z

Storing
thevehicle position inthe list
of previous destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Save vehicle position and
press
W toconf irm.
COMAND storesthecurrent vehicle
position asadestination inthe listof
previous destinations . Storing
thecrosshair positioninthe
list ofprevious destinations
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map ifyou have
moved themap manua lly.Y ou can store the
crosshair positionasadestinat ioninthe list
of previous destinations.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Savecrosshair position and
press Wtoconf irm. Dele
ting oneofthe previous
destinat ions
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 andpressing Wto
conf irm. X
Select Fromlastdestinations and
press Wtoconf irm.
The listoflast destination sappears.
X Select thedesired destinationandpress
W tocon firm.
The destin ationaddress appears.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe entr y
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Map
operation andsettings Note
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos onthe map does notindicate approval
of, support ofor advertising bythese
companies forthe navigation systemitself. Setting
themap scale
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressW.
X To call upthe scale bar:assoon asyou
turn cVd theCOMAND controller, scale
bar =appea rs.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. 98
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

the
COMAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Destinati onPositionMap and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The cros shairpo sitio nisset tothe relevant
destination. Map
settings
Callin gup the map settings menu X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
confirm.
The map settings menuappears. Setting
themap orientation Map
orientation
: Current maporientation The
followi ngdispla ymodes arepossible :
R 0 North orientation (themap view is
displa yedsothat north isalwa ysup).
R ¤ Orientation inthe direction oftravel (the
map isdispla yedsothat thedirection of
travel isalwa ysup; the orange pointofthe
icon points north).
R ¤ Bird's-eye view(themap isdispla yedso
that thedirection oftravel isalwa ysup; the
map project ionreproduces thecurvature
of the earth andtheorange pointofthe icon
points north).
R ¤ 3D map (themap isdispla yedsothat
the heading isalwa ysup; from ascale of
1k mt hemap displa yselevation; the
orange pointofthe icon points north).
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
confirm .
The map settin gsmenu appears.
X Select MapOrientation and
press Wto
confirm .
A # dot indicates thecurrent setting. Map
orientation menu
X Select North Up ,
Heading Up ,
Bird's- eye
View or
3-D Map by
turning cVdthe 100
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

Map
information inthe display During
routeguidance, youcan have map
informati onshow natthe bottom edgeofthe
displa y.
Showing textinformat ion
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select MapSettings and
press Wto
confirm .
The map settin gsmenu appears.
X Select TextInformation OnMap and
press Wtoconfirm .
A # dot indicates thecurrent setting. X
Select Arrival Time/Distance ,
Current Street ,
Geo-coordinates or
None and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To exit themenu: slideXVY theCOMAND
cont roller.
Arrival time/distance tothe destination Arrival
time/distanc edisplay switched on
: Icon fordestination
; Distanc eto the destination =
Icon forestimated timeofarrival
? Estimated timeofarrival
You canonly seethis displa yduring route
guida nce.While scrolling themap
(Y page 61),youwillsee additional data,e.g.
road names, depending onthe crosshair
position, ifthe digital mapsupports thisdata.
i During routecalculation, orifthe vehicle
is traveling onanon- digitized road,the
linear distance tothe destination isshown.
In this case, thedispla ywill begrayed out.
Road display Road
display active
: Road names ornumbers, e.g.forfreeways
Geo-coo rdinatedisplay Geo-coordinate
displayactive
: Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded)
; Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinates
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinates
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
There mustbesufficient GPSreception forall
displa ystobe shown. Ifthis isnot thecase,
the displa ywill begrayed out.Height
displa y: may varyfrom theactual value,
because thenavigation systemusestheGPS
signals forthe calculation. 102
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

X
Sel ect SIRIUS Service and
pressW to
confi rm.
The window onthe right halfof the displ ay
sho wsthe telephone numb erofthe
pro vider(SIR IUSXM) andtheserialnumb er
of your ser vice module for rece iving traf fic
mes sages .
Reg isteri ngfor the SIRIU SXM traffic
repo rtse rvic e X
Ca llthe trafficrep ort provider'spho ne
numb ersho wnonthe scre en.
i Youcan also have the satel lite ser vice
acti vate donl ine.Todo so, visit theSIRIUS
XM Radio website at
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300200003
000F000DH (USA)or
htt <0010002C00210021001700170017002000130009001200090015001300030001
000E000100040001H .com
(Canada) .
Once theconn ection hasbeen established:
X Follow theinstr uctions ofthe operator.
The activation processmaytake uptoten
minutes.
If registrat ionisnot included when
purchasing thesystem, yourcredit card
details willberequired toactivate your
account . Compass
function
In the compass view,youcan seethecurrent
direction oftravel, thecurrent heightabove
sea level andthecoordinat esofthe vehicle
position, forexample.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Pos. in
the navigation systemmenu
bar bysliding VÆandturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Compass and
press Wtoconf irm. Compass
(example)
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel,
rounded
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s.
X To exit thedisplay: confirmBack by
pressing Worpress the% button . Showing
themap dataversion
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select MapVersion and
press Wto
conf irm.
The map data version number isshown.
Infor mation aboutnewversions ofthe
digital mapcanbeobtained froman
authorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 108
Additional
settingsNavigation

Upd
ating the digit alma p
Intr oduct ion The
digital mapsgeneratedbythe map
soft ware becom eoutdate din the same way
as con vent ional roadmaps. Optimalroute
guidance canonly beprovided by
the navigat ionsystem incon junction with the
most up-to-dat emap software.
Inf ormat ionabout newversion sof the digital
map canbeobtain edfrom anauthoriz ed
Merc edes-B enzCent er.You canhave the
digital mapupdated therewith aDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update processcan takealong time
(over anhour), dependingonthe size ofthe
digit almap. During this time,you willonly
be able toswitc hon radio mode andto
acc ept incomin gcalls. Theupdate willbe
com plete dmor equick lyifthe vehic leis
st ation ary.
If you carryout theupdate withtheengine
switc hedoffand thestart erbatt eryhas
insuf ficient power, COMANDmay
autom atically switc hoff durin gthe proc ess
in order toprot ectthe batt ery. Ifthis
occ urs, restartthe update withtheengine
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Neve rleave theengine runninginan enclos ed
space. Theexhaust gasescontain carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustgasesconstitutes a
health hazard andcould leadtoloss of
con sciousnes sor even death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD intotheDVD changer
(Y page 154).
COMAND checkswhether thedigital map
on the DVD iscompat iblewith the
navigation systemandsystem software.
Ap rompt thenappears asking ifyou want
to install thedata base.Versio nsofthe
data basecurrently installedand the
data basethat isto be install edare
disp layed.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm.
After selecting Yes ,
an activa tioncode
must beentered wheninstall ingadata base
for the first time. Youwillreceive the
activati oncode when youbuy the
naviga tionDVD.
If you sele ctNo ,
the process willbe abo rted.
X Enter theactiva tioncode.
After entering theactivati oncode
correctly, COMAND startsupdating the
digi talmap. Once theupdate isfinishe d,
you willsee amessa ge.
X To confirm themessage :press Wthe
COMAND controller.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
Whil ethe update isrunning, youwillsee a
messa getothis effect andaprogre ssbar. The
naviga tionsystem isnot opera tional untilthe
upd ate iscomple te.
i You cannot ejecttheDVD duringthe
upd ate. Ifyou switch offCOMAND during
the update, theupdate isinterrup ted.It
then continues fromwhere itwa s
interrup tedwhen thesystem isrestarted.
COMAND mayprompt youtochange theDVD
duri ngthe update.
X Press theV load/eject button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. Additio
nalsetting s
109Navigatio n Z

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
seeamessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe COMAND controller.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thedatabase checkedatan authorized Mercedes-B enz
Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. The
DVD isscratc hed.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
asksforan
activation codeduring
the map update. The
digital mapissecured withanactivation code.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 112
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation