navigation system MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class COUPE 2011 C207 Comand Manual

COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Introd
uction Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenteradestin ation
when thevehicle isstat ionary. Whenthe
vehicle isin motion ,ap assen gershoul dent er
th edest ination.Stud yma nua land select
rou tebefor edri vin g.
Bea rin mi nd tha tat asp ee dof jus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond.
COMA NDcalc ulate sth erout etothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way-signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges G
WARNING
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofaone-way roadhasbeen
reversed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtraffic rulesand regulations
duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generated bythe system. G
WARNING
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system The
navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestored.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactiv eabove avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe 50
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ionsystem

fact
that certain menuitemsaregray edout
and cannot besele cted.
The followi ngentries arenot possi ble,for
examp le:
R entering thedesti nation cityand street
R entering adesti nation viathe map
R entering inthe vicini tyof acity orvia a
name search
R edi ting entries
R dire ctentry using the numbe rkeypad
Other entries arestill possible, suchas
ent ering pointsof int erest inthe vicin ityofthe
destin ationorcurren tposition. Switching
tonavigation mode
X Press theØ functionbutton .
or
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, youwillsee themap either
with orwithout themenu shown. Map
showing themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Stat usbar
; Main functionbar
= Current vehicleposition
? Navigation menubar Map
without themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Current vehicleposition
; Map orientat ionselected
= Map scale selected
"Route guidance active"meansthatyouhave
enter edadestination andthat COMAND has
calculated theroute. Thedisplay showsthe
route, changes ofdirection andlane
recomm endations. Navigation
announc ementsguide youtoyour
destination .
"Rou teguidance inactive"meansthatno
destination hasbeen enteredand that no
route hasbeen calculated. Showing/
hidingthemenu
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressWtoconf irm.
The map canbeseen inthe full-screen
display .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller when themap isshown infull-
screen . Introdu
ction
51Navigation system Z

Basi
cse ttin gs Route
mode
Se ttin groute typeandroute options Yo
ucan select the followi ng rou tetyp es:
R Sho rt Rou
te :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest possible(minimized)
distance withouttakingtrafficreports into
consideration.
R Dynamic Route :s
ame routetype asFas t Rou
te .
In addit ion,COMA NDtakesany
tr aff icrepo rts rec eive dwit hreg ard tothe
rout eint oacc oun tdurin groute guidance.
The navigation systemcanhelp youavoid
a traffic jam,forexample, byrecalculating
the route.
R Dynamic RouteOnlyAfter Request :
same routetypeasDynamic Route .
Aft er
recalculating theroute, COMAND asksyou
whether youwish toadopt thenew route
or whether youwould prefer tocont inue
along theoriginal route.
R Eco Route :
the Eco Route (economic
route) isavariant ofthe Fast Route route
type. COMAND willattempt tominimize the
journey distance atthe expense ofaslightly
increased journeytime.
R Fast Route :C
OMAND calculatesaroute
with theshortest (minimized) journeytime
without takingtrafficreports into
consideration.
i Onvery long routes, theEco Route more
or less corresponds tothe Fast Route route
type.
Select theroute options AvoidHighways ,
Avoid Toll Roads ,
Avoid Tunnels ,
Avoid Ferries and
Avoid AutoTrains .Y
ou can
select morethanoneroute option.
X To call upthe rout emode menu: press
the Ø functionbutton .
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm. X
Select Mode and
press Wtoconf irm. Route
modemenu(startofmenu)
: Toselect theroute type
; Toset route options Route
modemenu(endofmenu)
X Select aroute typeandpress Wtoconf irm.
Af illed circle indic ates thecurr entsetting.
X Selec tthe route option(s) andpress Wto
confirm .
The route options areswitched onO oroff
ª, depending onthe previous status.
i Ifyou change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceisactive
(the route hasbeen calculated), COMAND
will calculate anew route.
If you change theroute typeand/or the
route options whileroute guidanceis
inactive (nodestination hasbeen entered
yet), COMAND usesthenew settin gfor the
next route guidance.
i The route calculated may,forexample,
include ferryconnections, evenifthe 52
Basic
settingsNavigat ionsystem

Add
ressentry menu
Depe nding on the sequence inwh ich you
enter theaddre ssand onthe data sta tus of
the digital map ,som emenu items may notbe
ava ilab leat allor may notyetb eavailable.
Ex ample: afteryouhave entered thestate/
provin ce,the No. ,
Center ,
Interse ction ,
Save and
Start menu
itemsarenot yet
available; theZIP menu
itemwillnotbe
available unlessthedigital mapcontains zip
codes.
Selecting astate/ province X
Sel ect State/Prov in
the addre ssentry
menu byturning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
Am enu with theavailable listsappears:
R Last States/ Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinc es(Canada ) X
To select alist :turn cVd theCOMAN D
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
The select edlist shows theavailable
ent ries. Ex
ample: listoflast states/pr ovinces
X To select astate/ province :tur ncVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
The addre ssentry menu appe arsag ain. The
sta te/p rovince selecte dha snow been
ente red.
En teri ngthe city X
Sel ect City in
the addre ssentry menu by
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo uwi llsee thecity list either with the
cha racter bar(option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:city listwith chara cterbar
X En ter NEW YORK .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact erscan befound inthe "Ent ering
charact ersinnavigation mode(enterin ga
city)" section (Ypage 30). Option
2:city listasselec tionlist 54
Destination
entryNavigation system

City
list
X Sel ect anent ryby turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller .
X Irr espec tiveof theopt ion,pres sW to
con firmy our selection .
The address entrymenu appears again.The
city hasnow been entered.
Entering astr eet name X
Select Street in
the address entrymenu
by turnin gcVd andsliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
You willsee thestreet listeither withthe
charact erbar (option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:street listwith chara cterbar
X En ter BROADWAY .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact ersusing cityinput asan example
can befound inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
navigation mode(enterin gac ity)" section
(Y page 30). Opt
ion 2:str eet listasselection list St
reet list
X Selec ta st reet byturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
If an ent ryfeat ures theGicon ,it can not
be uniquely assignedand aselec tionlist
will open ,allowing youtoselec tthe desired
entr y. X
Select anentr yby turning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
confirm yourselection.
The address entrymenu appea rsagain. The
street hasnow been entered.
Entering thehouse number It
is not possible toenter ahouse number until
a street hasbeen entered.
X Select No. in
the address entrymenu by
turning cVdandsliding ZVÆthe Des
tination entry
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Opt
ion 1:intersection listwith chara cter
bar
X En ter aninter section. Instruct ions for
ent ering charact ersusing cityinput asan
example canbefound inthe "Ent ering
charact ersinnavigation mode(entering a
city)" section(Ypage 30). :
List entrymost closely resembling the
charact ersentered sofar
; List
= Character bar
Opt ion2:intersection listasselection list X
Select aninter sectionbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press Wto
con firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
inter sectionselect edhas been entered.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 56). Selecting
adesti nation from the
dest inationmem ory(e.g. Myaddress)
Intr odu ction The
dest inationmem oryalways contain san
ent rynam ed"My addres s".You may wish to
assign yourhomeaddres sto this ent ry,for
exam ple(Ypage 57),and selec tit for rout e
guidan ce.This entryisalways locatedatthe
to pof thelist inthedest inationmem ory.
X To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sW theCOMA ND
con troller .
X Sele ctDes tination in
thenav igat ion
syst emmen ubar byturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres singW to
con firm.
X Sele ctFro mMem ory and
pres sW to
con firm.
You willsee thedest inationmem orylist
eit her with thechar acterbar (opt ion1)or
as aselec tionlist (op tion 2).
Op tion 1:dest inationmem orylistwith
cha racter bar X
En teradestinat ion,e.g. "My address".
Ins truc tionsfor entering charac tersusing
cit yinput asan example canbefound inthe
"Ent ering charac tersinnavigat ionmode
(ent ering acit y)" sect ion(Ypage 30). Destinat
ionentr y
59Navigat ionsystem Z

Ent
erin gan interm edia testop
Intr odu ction When
routeguidan ceisact ive, you can enter
an interm ediat est op. Inte rm ediat est ops can
be pred efineddest inationsfrom thefoll owin g
cat egor iesthat COMA NDoffers forselec tion:
R ATM /CAS HMAC HINE R
Hos pital R
Gas Station R
Par kingLot R
Res taurant Howe
ver,you can also enterd estin ations
other thanthepredefined ones.Todo this
select themenu itemOther .
You canusetheintermediate stopfunctionto
influenc eroute guidance tothe main
destin ation. Whenyouhave reached your
int ermediate stop,COMAND automatically
recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation.
Entering predefined destinations 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 Stopove r and
press Wtocon firm.
Opt ion 1:no interm ediatestop hasbeen
entered yet.
X Select acategor y;see option 2.
Opt ion 2:an interm ediatestop has
alrea dybeen entered .
X Select Change Stopover and
press Wto
con firm. X
To select acatego ry:select acatego ryby
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
press ingWtoconfirm.
COM AND firstsearches inthe selected
catego ryfor desti nations along theroute .
If there arenodesti nations available there,
COM AND searches fordesti nations within
a rad iusof up to100 kmofthe vehi cle
posi tion.
If COM AND finds destinations, alis t
app earson the right-hand sideof the
dis pla y.
The intermed iate stops arelisted accord ing
to increa singdistance fromthecurrent
vehi cleposi tion. They aredispla yedin the
form ofaname andtheir position inrela tion
to the route andyourdire ction oftravel .
i For intermed iate stops thatarenot
loca tedalong thecalcu lated route ,the
line ardis tance isshow n.
If COM AND doesnot find anydesti nations,
you willsee amessa getothis effect.
X Confi rmOK by
press ingW.
X Sele ctadiffe rent catego ry.
X Sele ctthe intermed iate stop byturning
cVd theCOM AND controll erand press ing
W toconfirm.
The address entry menu appears,show ing
the desti nation address.
X To start route calcul ation :sel ect Start and
press Wtoconfirm.
Ente ring anothe rdesti nation asan
int erm edia testop X
To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sW theCOMA ND
con troller .
X Sele ctDes t. in
thenav igat ionsyst em
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres singW tocon firm.
X Sele ctSto pover and
pres sW tocon firm. 62
Destina
tionentryNaviga tion system

X
Sel ect Other and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Addres sEnt ry ,
Fro mMem ory ,
Fro mLas tDes tinations or
Fro mPOI s .
Se
lecti on Ste
p Add
ressEnt ry X
Enter a
de stina tionby
ad dre ss
(Y page 53). Fro
mMem ory X
Sel ect a
de stina tionfrom
the destina tion
memo ry
(Y page 59). Fro
mLas t Des
tinations X
Sel ect a
de stina tionfrom
the list of last
de stina tions
(Y page 60). Fro
mPOI s X
Enter apoi ntof
inter est
(Y page 63). X
To start route calcul atio n:once youha ve
enter edade stina tion, select Start and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
De letin gan interme diatestop If
an inter mediate stop hasal rea dybeen
enter ed,yo ucan delete it.
X To switcho nnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destinat ion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Stopover and
press Wtocon firm. X
Select Delete Stopover and
press Wto
con firm.
COMAND deletestheinter mediate stop
and recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation. Entering
apoint ofint eres t Init
iating point ofint eres tentr y
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 andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select From POIs and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears. Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofthe destina tion
En terin gapoint ofinterest inthe vicin ityof
the destin ationisonly possible whenroute
guidance isactive.
X Select NearDestina tion from
themenu
and press Wtocon firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 64). Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofthe curr entposition
X Select Current Positio
n and
press Wto
con firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 64). Entering
apoint ofint eres t
63Navi gatio nsy ste m Z

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 90).
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 90).
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller. Point
ofinter estonthe map
: Information aboutthehighlighted pointof
inter est
; Highlighted pointofinter est
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 sta rtrou tecalcu lation: selec tSta rt and
pres sW tocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe point
of interest shouldbeused asthe
destination.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
route guidancestarts.
If you select No ,
you can choose anew point
of interest . Search
&Send Not
es
i Touse Sear ch&S end, your vehicle needs
to be equipped withmbrace, anavigation
system andavalid mbrace subscript ion.
"Search &Send" isaservic eassistin gyou in
ent ering destin ations forthe navigation
system. Thismbrace servicecan send a
destin ationaddress directlyfrom theGoogle
Maps ®
or Yahoo LocalMaps®
websites tothe
navigation systemofyour vehicle. Selecting
andsending adesti nation
ad dress
i Obse rvetheno teson ent erin gand
sen ding anaddre ssprov ided onthe
res pec tivewebsit e.Eac hwebsit eoper ates
in adiff eren twayand issubj ecttochang es
and amen dmen ts.
X Ac ces sth eht tp://m aps.google. comor
ht tp://m aps.ya hoo. com websi teand
en tert he destination addressintothe
address entryfield.
X Depending onthe website used,clickthe
corresponding buttontosend the
destination addresstoyour mbrace e-mail
address.
X Ent erthe e-mail address youspecified
when settingup your mbrace account into 68
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&SendNavi gatio nsy ste m

the
corr espo ndi ngfiel din the "Send" dialog
wi ndo w.
X Click "Send". Ca
llin gup ades tinatio naddre ss
X Pre ssthe ï mbrace inform ation button
to sta rtdo wnl oading the destinati on
ad dre ssonto thenavigati on syste mo fyour
vehicle. i
Ifyou have sentmore thanone
destination addresstoyour vehicle's
navigation system,youwillneed tocall up
the inform ationindividuall yfor every
address tobe downloaded.
X Select Yes when
theprompt forstart ingthe
navigation systemisshown. Thewindow
for start ingthe navigation systemappears
(Y page 56). X
Select Start .
or
X Select No to
store thedownloaded
destination inthe destination memoryfor
later use. i
The destination addressesare
downloaded inthe same orderasthey are
sent .Ify ou own several Mercedes-B enz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destination
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
registered foryour mbrace account. Route
guidance General
notes G
WARNIN
G
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destination withouttakinginto account the
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traffic
situation. Forexample, ifthe traffic routing
has been changed orthe direction ofaone-
way road hasbeen reversed. Rout
eguidance
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