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X
Hide the menu to show the map in full
screen mode (Y page 61).
X Press 0098the COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The current position of the vehicle is saved
as a personal POI on the SD memory card
in the Not Classified
Not Classified category.
i The crosshair position is saved in the
scrolling map function (Y page 108).
Option 2:
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position
Position in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save Position As Personal Save Position As Personal
POI
POI orSave Crosshair Pos. as Per‐
Save Crosshair Pos. as Per‐
sonal POI
sonal POI ("Move map" function active)
and press 0098to confirm.
The list of personal categories appears.
X Select a category and press 0098to confirm.
X Name for the personal point of interest.
Character entry (Y page 34).
Option 3
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 64).
X Select Save Savefrom the address entry menu
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save As Personal POI
Save As Personal POI and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select a category.
X Enter the name.
The current address is saved as a personal
point of interest on the SD memory card. Importing personal POIs via the online
function
You can import personal POIs (destinations,
routes) via the online function (Y page 163).
When importing, you can choose whether to
write files to the SD memory card or to file
them in the address book. The imported per-
sonal POIs have their own icon and are filed
in the COMAND Online COMAND Online category. Selecting as the destination
X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select From Personal POIs
From Personal POIs and press
0098 to confirm.
The categories of personal POIs appear. Personal POIs
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Selection Explanation
Not Classi‐
Not Classi‐
fied fied Standard entry for per-
sonal points of interest.
COMAND COMAND
Online Online Personal POIs which you
have imported via the
online function
(Y
page 163). Coffee Coffee
Shops Shops Symbol and category that
you have created yourself
(Y
page 83). In the example, the
Coffee Shops Coffee Shopscategory
is selected.
The personal points of interest for this cate-
gory are shown. X
Select a personal POI and press 0098to con-
firm.
X To rename a personal POI: select
Rename
Rename and press 0098to confirm.
X To change the category: selectChange Change
Category
Category and press0098to confirm. X
To change to the map: selectMap
Mapand
press 0098to confirm.
The position of the personal point of inter-
est is shown in the map.
i A symbol is displayed according to the
"Displaying personal POIs on the map" set-
ting (Y page 82).
X To start route calculation: selectStart Start
and press 0098to confirm.
If route guidance has been activated, a
prompt will appear asking whether you
wish to accept the personal point of inter-
est as the destination.
If route guidance has not been activated,
route calculation for the personal point of
interest will start immediately.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the personal POI is
accepted as the destination.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed.
X To make a call: selectCall
Calland press 0098
to confirm. COMAND switches to tele-
phone mode (Y page 133).
i Call Call is available if the personal POI has a
telephone number and a mobile phone is
connected to COMAND (Y page 126).
X To delete a personal POI: selectDelete Delete
and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish
to delete the point of interest.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the personal POI is
deleted.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed. Search & Send
Notes
i To use Search & Send, your vehicle needs
to be equipped with mbrace, a navigation
system and a valid mbrace subscription. 86
Search & SendNavigation

Search & Send is a service assisting you in
entering destinations for the navigation sys-
tem. This mbrace service can send a destina-
tion address directly from the Google
Maps ®
website to the navigation system of
your vehicle. Selecting and sending a destination
address
Please also refer to the notes about address
entry online: maps.google.com.
X Call up the maps.google.com website and
enter the destination address in the
address entry field.
X Click the corresponding button to send the
destination address to the e-mail address
registered with mbrace.
X Enter the e-mail address you specified
when setting up your mbrace account into
the corresponding field in the "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send". Calling up destination addresses
X
Press the 00D9mbrace information button.
Downloading of the destination address to
the navigation system of your vehicle
begins.
i If you have sent more than one destina-
tion address to your vehicle's navigation
system, you will need to call up the infor- mation individually for every address to be
downloaded.
X
Select Yes Yeswhen the prompt for starting the
navigation system is shown. The window
for starting the navigation system appears
(Y page 69).
X Select Start Start.
or
X Select No Noto store the downloaded desti-
nation in the destination memory for later
use.
i The destination addresses are down-
loaded in the same order as they are sent.
If you own several Mercedes-Benz vehicles
equipped with mbrace and a valid sub-
scriber account: each destination address
can be downloaded by each vehicle. This
requires each vehicle to be registered with
an e-mail address in your mbrace account. Route guidance
Important notes
COMAND calculates the route to the destina-
tion without taking account of the following,
for example:
R traffic lights
R stop and yield signs
R merging lanes
R parking or stopping in a no parking/no
stopping zone
R other road and traffic rules and regulations
R narrow bridges Route guidance
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COMAND may give differing navigation com-
mands if the actual street/traffic situation
does not correspond with the digital map's
data. For example, if the road layout or the
direction of a one-way street has been
changed.
For this reason, you must always observe
road and traffic rules and regulations during
your journey. Road and traffic rules and reg-
ulations always have priority over the sys-
tem's driving recommendations.
Route guidance begins once a route has been
calculated (Y page 69).
COMAND guides you to your destination by
means of navigation announcements in the
form of audible navigation announcements
and route guidance displays.
The route guidance displays can be seen if the
display is switched to navigation mode.
If you do not follow the navigation announce-
ments or if you leave the calculated route,
COMAND automatically calculates a new
route to the destination.
If the digital map contains the corresponding
information, the following applies:
R during route guidance, COMAND tries to
avoid roads with restricted access. Those
roads, for example, that are closed to
through-traffic.
R roads that have time restrictions (e.g.
closed on Sundays and public holidays) are
considered for route guidance on days
when they are open. For this purpose, the
relevant times must be correctly stored in
the database. Displays during route guidance
Change of direction Changes of direction have three phases:
R preparation phase
R announcement phase
R change-of-direction phase Example: preparation phase
0043
Next road
0044 Point at which the change of direction
takes place (light blue dot)
0087 Current vehicle position (the tip of the tri-
angle indicates the vehicle’s direction of
travel)
0085 Current road
Display 0085depends on the setting selected
for "Map information in the display"
(Y page 111).
COMAND prepares you for the upcoming
change of direction. Based on the example
display below, the change of direction is
announced by the Prepare to turn Prepare to turn
right
right message. You see the full-screen map. Example: announcement phase
0043
Next road
0044 Change of direction (turn right here)
0087 Graphic representation of the distance to
the next change of direction
0085 Distance to the next change of direction 88
Route guidanceNavigation

HOV or carpool lanes
0043
HOV symbol on the road sign
0044 HOV symbol on the car pool lane
A route may be calculated taking the use of
HOV or carpool lanes into account. You can
use HOV or carpool lanes depending on the
number of persons in the vehicle as well as
the local and time limitation conditions.
i This information is stored in the map data.
i You can enter the number of people in the
vehicle (Y page 62). In this section, you can
also find more information on HOV or car-
pool lanes.
If the system guides you to or from a carpool
lane, COMAND provides you with visual and
acoustic driving instructions. Navigation announcements
Repeating navigation announcements Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting your
attention from the road and driving. Please
always use this feature instead of consulting
the map display for directions. The symbols
or the map display could distract you from
traffic conditions and driving.
If you have missed an announcement, you can
call up the current announcement at any
time.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller. X
Select RPT
RPT in the navigation system menu
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off: press the0063button dur-
ing an announcement.
You will briefly see the message: The
The
guidance instructions have been guidance instructions have been
muted. muted.
X To switch on: press0098the COMAND con-
troller.
X Select RPT
RPTin the navigation system menu
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
i COMAND automatically switches the nav-
igation announcements back on when:
R you have a new route calculated.
R you switch COMAND on again or start the
engine.
Switching announcements and audio
fadeout on/off X
Select Navi Naviin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Announcements
Announcements and press0098to
confirm.
A menu appears.
You can activate/deactivate the following
functions:
R Announce Street Names Announce Street Names
Street names are announced during
route guidance.
R Audible Info During Phone Call Audible Info During Phone Call
During a phone call, navigation
announcements and traffic reports are
audible in the background.
R Audio Fadeout Audio Fadeout Route guidance
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The volume of an active audio or video
source is automatically reduced during a
navigation announcement.
R Gas on Reserve
Gas on Reserve
Once you have reached reserve fuel
level, you will see a prompt asking
whether you wish to start the search for
a gas station (Y page 76).
X Select the function and press 0098to confirm.
Switch the function on 0073or off 0053.
Setting the volume manually X
Adjust the volume using the 0043control
knob during a navigation announcement.
or
X Select RPT
RPT in the map view with the menu
shown and adjust the volume using the
0043 control knob.
Announce Street Names If the function is switched on, the name of the
street which you are turning into is
announced.
Announcements are not made in the chosen
language in all countries. They are made when
relevant street names for the selected lan-
guage are available in the database.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi
Navi in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Announce
Announce Street StreetNames
Namesand press
0098 to confirm.
The function is switched on 0073or off 0053,
depending on the previous status. Canceling route guidance
Canceling or continuing route guidance X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X To cancel route guidance: selectCancel
Cancel
Route Guidance
Route Guidance and press0098to confirm.
or
X To continue route guidance: selectCon‐ Con‐
tinue Route Guidance
tinue Route Guidance and press0098to
confirm.
COMAND calculates the route.
Destination or area of destination
reached When you reach your destination, COMAND
displays a checkered flag and route guidance
is automatically ended.
If the destination is not in close proximity to
a digitized street, the
Area of destina‐ Area of destina‐
tion reached
tion reached message appears when the
destination is reached. Influencing route guidance
Avoiding a section of the route blocked
by a traffic jam This function blocks a section of the route
ahead of you. You can set the length of the
blocked route section. If possible, COMAND
calculates a detour around the blocked sec-
tion of the route.
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller. 92
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X
Select Route
Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Detour
Detour and press 0098to confirm.
X To block a section of the route: select
Longer
Longer orShorter
Shorter repeatedly and press
0098 to confirm until the desired section has
been selected.
i The total length of the section that can be
blocked is defined by the digital map. The
menu items are available accordingly.
X To start route calculation: selectStart
Start
and press 0098to confirm.
X To delete the blocked section: select
Delete
Delete while the message is shown and
press 0098to confirm.
COMAND calculates the route without the
block.
Selecting an alternative route With the "Alternative Route" function, routes
other than the original one can be calculated.
Routes 1 to 3 are calculated with the current
settings for the route type and route options
and are shown with a dark blue line
(Y page 62).
Route 4 is the economic route (eco route) and
is shown with a green line.
On the right-hand side, you will see informa-
tion on the currently selected alternative
route, e.g. distance, estimated remaining
driving time and estimated time of arrival.
Route sections used (e.g. highways, tunnels)
are displayed as symbols.
Option 1
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route
Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm. X
Select Alternative Route Alternative Route and press0098
to confirm. Examples for route 1 (above) and route 4 (eco
route)
Option 2:
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi
Navi in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Calculate Alternative Routes Calculate Alternative Routes
and press 0098to confirm.
The function is switched on 0073or off 0053,
depending on the previous status.
Function is activated: alternative routes
are calculated directly after the destination
is entered. Route guidance
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Menu functions
X
To select the next or previous alterna-
tive route: selectNext NextorPrevious
Previous and
press 0098to confirm.
X To start route guidance using the
selected alternative route: selectStart
Start
and press 0098to confirm.
COMAND begins route guidance on the
selected alternative route. Route information
Displaying destination information Example: destination information
The example shows information on distance,
estimated time of arrival and estimated
remaining driving time to the destination 004B
and two way points.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route
Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Destination Information Destination Information and
press 0098to confirm.
Destination information is displayed.
X To call up further destination informa-
tion: turn00790052007A the COMAND controller. X
To close the destination information:
slide 009500520096 the COMAND controller or press
the 003D back button.
i You can display destination information
for the destination, for both way points and
for the intermediate stop, if they are part of
the route.
If a mobile phone is connected to COMAND
and a phone number is included in the des-
tination information, you can call it
(Y page 126).
Route overview You can use the route overview to move along
the active route section by section and view
information and details about each section of
the route.
You can see information relevant to the sec-
tion of the route, such as the length of the
road section you will be driving along and the
road name. The highlighted route section is
marked in white with a red border on the map.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route Routein the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Route Browser
Route Browser and press0098to
confirm.
X To view the next or previous route sec-
tion: select Next NextorPrevious
Previous and press
0098 to confirm.
i If the first or last route section is high-
lighted, you cannot select Previous
Previousor
Next
Next.
X To zoom in or out of the map: select004A
or 0049 and press 0098to confirm.
X To close the route overview: select
Back
Back and press 0098to confirm. 94
Route guidanceNavigation

Calling up the Routes menu
X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select Routes
Routes .
Starting/ending recording X
Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X To start recording : selectStart
Start
Recording
Recording in the Routes menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
During the recording, the recorded route is
shown behind the current vehicle position
with gray strokes (symbol for tire tracks). X
To end recording: selectStop Record‐
Stop Record‐
ing
ing in the Routes menu by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
Displaying and editing the recorded
route X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X Select List
Listin the Routes menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
Previously recorded routes are displayed. X
Select a route and press 0098to confirm.
The map appears with a menu. The
recorded route is shown in the map with a
blue dotted line.
X To view a demonstration of the route
on the map: selectDemo Demoby turning 00790052007A 96
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the COMAND controller and press
0098to
confirm.
The map with the crosshair appears.
X Proceed as described in the "Route dem-
onstration" section (Y page 95).
X To begin route calculation: selectStart Start
in the menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
COMAND attempts to align the recorded
route with the digital map. Changing route names and icons
X
Select Edit Editin the menu by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X To change the route name: select
Rename
Rename and press 0098to confirm.
i The name cannot be changed while the
vehicle is in motion.
X To change the icon: selectChange Icon
Change Icon
and press 0098to confirm.
Observe the further information on managing
categories for personal POIs (Y page 83).
To change direction for route calcula-
tion: you can set the icon for the route to the
starting point or to the destination, thereby
changing the direction for route calculation.
During route calculation, one-way streets or
turn restrictions, for example, are taken into
account. Therefore, the outward and return
routes may differ from each other. X
Select Swap
Swap in the menu by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X To delete a route: selectDelete
Delete in the
menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether the route
should be deleted.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the route will be deleted.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
Scanning the memory The SD memory card is inserted.
X
Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X Select Memory Memory Info
Infoin the Routes menu by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
A message such as Off-road
Off-road Route
RouteMem‐
Mem‐
ory 90% Full. ory 90% Full. is displayed. Off-road and off-map
Notes The navigation system may guide you to off-
road routes that your vehicle cannot drive on
without causing damage to the tires or wheels
or the vehicle itself. It is the driver’s sole
responsibility to determine the suitability of
the route. The condition of the off-road routes
may vary, and their drivability may be affected
by different factors such as time of day, sea-
son and current weather conditions, which
the navigation system cannot judge or take
into account. Route guidance
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