MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class 2006 W463 Comand Manual

155 Navigation
Destination input
This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking faci-
lities or shopping centers.“Points of Interest” selection menu
Select a Point of Interest
1Around the current area of vehicle loca-
tion
2Around the previous destination area
3In the surrounding area of another city
4As regional destination, e.g. airport
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Special destinations”
in the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The selection menu “Point of Interest”
will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 to 4 and press to
confirm.
1, 2, 4 A Category list will appear
3 The input menu “City/Area”
will appear (
page 157)Around the current area of vehicle loca-
tion or previous destination area
Category list5Display previous page, if :
6Display next page, if ;
Entering Points of Interest
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156 NavigationDestination input
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 or 2 and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.
7Point of Interest entry with distance to
destination in miles (as the crow flies)
8Symbol for long entry
9Complete entry in a windowDisplay the entry in full in a window 9

Press u.

Press u again to remove 9.
Selecting the desired destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the entry in the selec-
tion list and press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).
iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
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157 Navigation
Destination input
In the surrounding area of another city“City/Area” input menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Select City...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The input menu “City/Area” will ap-
pear.

Select the city and activate the city list
(page 143).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
in the city list and press to confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.

Select the desired destination.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).Regional destinations

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Regional...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.
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iIf several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
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158 NavigationDestination input
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
An input menu, e.g. “Airport” will ap-
pear.

Select an entry (
page 142) and then
activate the list.Activating the list

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “List” and press to con-
firm.
The list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).
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Destination input
This function allows you to display up to 12
destinations you last selected.
1Destination selected last

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Last destinations...” in
the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The list “Last destinations...” will ap-
pear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
and press to confirm.

Then calculate the route.First select the calculation mode and then
calculate your route.
Selecting calculation mode
COMAND calculates the route either as
the Fast Route 1 or Short Route 2 whe-
reby traffic routes 3, 4 and 5 can be in-
cluded or avoided (with several
selections).
Selecting the last destinations
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Calculating a route

160 NavigationDestination inputSelecting a route mode P
1Route calculated for optimum driving
time
2Route calculated for optimum driving
route
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired route mode
and press to confirm.Including P or avoiding Q traffic rou-
tes, several selections are available
3Calculates the route with/without free-
ways
4Calculates the route with/without ferry
connections, car trains
5Calculates the route with/without toll
roads
6COMAND calculates the route with the
selected settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired type of road
and press the button.Calculating the route

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “OK” and press to con-
firm.
As soon as calculation begins, you will
see a corresponding message and hear
the voice output “The route is being
calculated”.
iToll roads appear in green on the map.
iIn the event that no reasonable alterna-
te route for that destination exists,
COMAND will calculate the route inclu-
ding 3 to 5 even if these selections
are to be avoided.

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Destination input
7Calculation method
8Destination
Cancel route calculation
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Cancel” and press to
confirm.
The main destination input menu will
appear.During the calculation, the symbol display
will appear after a few seconds.
9Calculation of route
aArrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
bDistance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position c now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.
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162 NavigationRoute guidance

Route guidanceRoute guidance principles

163 Navigation
Route guidance
Function
Page
1
Name of the street onto
which you should turn orDistance to destination orName of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)
172
173
173
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or
Destination direction

Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route

Destination flag
172
186
188
3
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
167
4
Other display types
Distance bar to the
next maneuver

Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
172
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“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area

“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized

“DEST AREA” - vehic-
le is approaching the
destination, the des-
tination area is not di-
gitized

“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calcu-
lated
161

“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated

“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
188
Function
Page
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
6
Marking a way point
178
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
175
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
9
Selecting
map orientation
177
a
Current map scale
176
b
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
169
c
Destination flagFunction
Page

164 NavigationRoute guidanceAfter the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated

Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8

Mix
As the vehicle approaches a maneuver
point, COMAND switches automatical-
ly from the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.
iIn the map display, menu fields 6, 8,
9 are removed after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to display the menu fields again.
iThe map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).
If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.