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Destination input
Press the State soft key
in the Enter street menu
(
page 112)
in the Enter city menu (page 119).
The Select state/province menu will
appear.
Select state/province menu
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a state.
Press E.
The Enter street menu will reappear
and shows the new state code in the
middle of the screen.
Toggling between State and Province
list
You can toggle between states in the USA
and provinces in Canada.
Push the joystick to H or h.
State of Hawaii
When on the mainland, you cannot choose
destinations in Hawaii, because these are
in a database separate from the USA/
Canada. Similarly, when in Hawaii, you cannot choose mainland destinations. The
message
You must change the state
or province in order to use that
destination
will appear in this case, if
such a destination is selected from the last
destinations memory (
page 153), the
destination memory (
page 155) or as
home address (
page 125).
Choose another state or province.
The warning message
This selec-
tion will restart the system.
Last destinations may not be
available, and today’s plan
will be erased. Do you wish to
continue?
will appear.
Push the joystick to H to select Yes.
Press E to restart.
Selecting the state/province
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Use the State list for selecting states in
the USA and the Province list for
selecting provinces in Canada.
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If you have already calculated a route,
you can toggle to the Last list, which
contains up to 5 last selected states or
provinces.
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After such a restart, Today’s Plan
entries are all deleted. Destinations in
the previous area (for example in Last
Destinations) are kept so that you can
access and delete them.

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Entering a street
In the Enter street menu (page 112)
push the joystick to
h, H, g or
G to select the characters. After each
selection, press
E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select characters diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 1 to
9 and 0 to enter digits.
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered by the
system is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.
Confirming a street (menu)
Press E longer than 2 seconds.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the
joystick to
h, H, g or G to do
so.
Press E.
Entering destination address
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If you enter the first character, the
State and City soft keys disappear.
The status bar shows the number of
current matches.
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out characters are not available
and cannot be selected.
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If there is only one match for the
entered street name, the
( symbol is
highlighted automatically.

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Destination input
or
Press the List soft key.
The street list will appear. You can now
select a street.
Selecting a street
Select street list
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a street.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all
information about the street entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back s o f t k e y t o r e t u r n t o t h e
previous menu.
Confirming a street (list)
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Enter house number menu will
appear.
Entering a house number
Enter house number menu
The first line shows the available house
number range.
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You can enter an intersection instead
of the house number. You cannot enter
both.

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Destination input
You can use the following functions
entering the house number
entering any house number by pressing
the
Any # soft key
selecting an intersection to that street
(
page 118).
Press the appropriate number keys
0, 1 to 9.
or
Push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the numbers. After each
selection, press
E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select numbers diagonally.
or
Press the Any # soft key to select the
available address range of the chosen
street.
Confirming a house number
Press E longer than 2 seconds.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the
joystick to
h, H, g or G to do
so.
Press E.
The Select city list (
page 117) will
appear.
or
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available numbers from the number
set based on your selections and the
house numbers stored on the
navigation DVD. The number
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out numbers are not available
and cannot be selected.
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Each option is possible as long as the
entered house number is available
from the information stored on the
DVD.
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If there is only one match for the
entered house number, the
( symbol
is highlighted automatically.

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Destination input
The Start route guidance menu
(
page 129) will appear, if the entered
address information (street name and
house number) is unique in the
selected state or province.
or
Th e Ent er cit y menu will a pp ear if more
than 7 cities share the entered address
information (street name and house
number).
Confirming a city
Select city list
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a city.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all
information about the city entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page (if
available).
Press the Back s o f t k e y t o r e t u r n t o t h e
previous menu.
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Start route guidance menu
(
page 129) will appear.
Entering a cross street
You can enter a cross street with the
previously entered street.
In the Enter house number menu
(
page 115), press the Cross st
soft key.
Push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the characters. After each
selection, press
E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select characters diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 1 to
9 and 0.
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The status bar shows the number of
current matches.

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Destination input
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.
Confirming a cross street (menu)
Press E longer than 2 seconds to
confirm your entry.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the
joystick to
h, H, g or G to do
so.
Press E.
or
Press the List soft key.
The Select cross street list will appear.
You can now select a street.
Selecting a cross street
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a city.
Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all
information about the street entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back soft key to return to the
previous menu.
i
For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out characters are not available
and cannot be selected.

119 Navigation
Destination input
Confirming a cross street (list)
Press E to confirm.
The Start route guidance menu
(
page 129) will appear.
Entering a city
Press the City soft key in the Enter
street menu (
page 112).
Enter city menu
The most recently entered destination is
shown in the upper area.You can now
enter a city name or
accept the city name shown
Available soft keys:
Map soft key:
Brings you to the destination input
directly above the map (
page 123).
State soft key:
Brings you to the state/province
selection (
page 113).
List soft key:
Brings you to a list of cities with the
previously input street.
Delete soft key:
The character last entered or the
character last accepted by the system
is deleted.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
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The currently set state is identifed by
the state code in the middle of the
screen.
If the vehicle location is in Canada, this
soft key appears as
Province.

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In the Enter city menu push the joystick
to
h, H, g or G to select the
characters. After each selection, press
E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select characters diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 1 to
9 and 0.
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered is deleted.
Back to the previous menu
Press the Back soft key.
Confirming a city (menu)
Press E longer than 2 seconds.
or
Select the ( symbol. Push the
joystick to
h, H, g or G to do
so.
Press E.
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If you enter the first character, the Map
and
State soft keys and a city name
already available disappear.
The status bar shows the number of
current matches.
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified.
Greyed out characters are not available
and cannot be selected.
i
If there is only one match for the
entered city name, the
( symbol is
highlighted automatically.

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Destination input
or
Press the List soft key.
The city list will appear. You can now
select a city.
Selecting a city
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a city.Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all
information about the city entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back s o f t k e y t o r e t u r n t o t h e
previous menu.
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Enter street menu will appear. You
can now enter a street.
Enter parking
The Start route guidance menu will appear
after entering a destination address.
Here you can select parking nearby.
Start route guidance menu
Press the Parking soft key.
The Parking lot selection map is
displayed.
or
The message
No parking near the
destination
will appear.

122 Navigation
Destination input
Selecting a parking lot
The map is displayed and shows the
destination and the available parkings lots.
One of the parking lot is spotlighted. The
name belonging to it is shown on the
status bar.
Use the Next or Prev. soft key to
select a parking lot on the map.
Press the Details soft key to see
more information about the parking lot.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).