display MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class 2012 X204 Comand Manual

X
Sel ect Yes wh
enthe prompt forstar ting the
navi gation system issho wn. The window
for star ting thenavi gation system appe ars
(Y page 54). X
Sel ect Start .
or
X Sel ect No to
store thedow nloaded
de stina tioninthe destina tionmemo ryfor
la ter use. i
The destina tionaddre sse sare
dow nloaded inthe same orderas they are
sent. Ifyo uow ns everal Mercedes- Benz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destin ation
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
register edfor your mbrace account. Rout
eguida nce General
notes G
WARN
ING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takinginto accoun tthe
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop and right- of-way signs
R Lane mergin g
R Parkin gor stoppin gprohibited areas
R Other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincor rectnavigation
comm andsifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not corr espond withtheactual road/traffic
situation .For example, ifthe traff icroutin g
has been changed orthe direct ionofaone-
way road hasbeen revers ed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtrafficrules and
regulations duringyourjourn ey.Road and
traff icrules andregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generat edbythe system.
Route guidance beginsoncear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 54).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destination by
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
inform ation,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access, Rout
eguidance
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e.g.
roads closed tothr ough trafficand non-
resident s.
R roads thathave timerestrictions (e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holidays) are
avoided forroute guidance. Change
ofdir ection
Introd uction Changes
ofdirect ionhave three phases:
R preparation phase
R announ cementphase
R change-of- directionphase
Prepar ationphase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection. Basedonthe example
displa ybelow, thechange ofdirection is
announced withthePrepare toturn right message.
Youseethefull-screen map. Example
display:prepa ration phase
: Next road
; Point atwhi chthe change ofdirectio n
takes place(light bluedot)
= Current vehicl eposi tion (the tipofthe
triangle indicatesthe vehicl e’sdirectio n
of travel)
? Current road
Displa y? depe ndsonthe setting selected
for "Informati oninmap" (Ypag e87). Ann
ounc ement phase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
directio n.Based onthe exampl edisp lay
belo w,the change ofdirectio nisannounced
with thePlease turn right in 900 ft.
and
follow the message.
The announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersect ion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:announcement phase
: Next road
; Point atwhich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right displa ys)
= Graphi crepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Change ofdirect ion(turn righthere)
A Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
B Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn 68
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guidanceNavigat ion

right announcement
ismade 90ft.before
the change ofdirection. Thedispla yis split
into twohalves, asinthe announcement
phase. Example
display:change-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel
; Graphi crepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
= Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
Onc ethe change ofdirect ioniscomplet ed,
COMAND automaticallyswitch esback tofull-
screen display. Examp
leof ad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Lane
recomm endations
Overview On
multilane roads,COMAND candisplay
lane recom mendat ionsforthe nextchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B, based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
B Recommended lane(dark blue)
C Possible lane(light blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel Route
guidance
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane B
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane C
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lane. Gray Gray
Cancel
ingorcontinuing route
guidance
Cancel ingroute guidance X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Cancel Route Guidance and
press
W toconfirm .
Continuing routeguidance X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . X
Select Continue RouteGuidance and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND calculates theroute. Destination
orarea ofdestination
reached
When youreach yourdestination, COMAND
displa ysacheck eredflagand route guidance
is automatically ended.
For certain pointsofinterest (airports or
freeway intersections),youwillsee the
message: Areaofdest. reached in
addition tothe check eredflag. Navigat
ionannouncements
Repeating navigation announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcemen tsare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving. 70
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Please
alwaysuse this feature instead of
cons ulting themap display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident .
i Audible navigation announcementsare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannounc ement,you can
call upthe curren tannounc ementatany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off:press theBbutton during
an announc ement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructio nshave been muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i COMAND automatically switchesthe
navigation announcementsback onwhen:
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine.
Reducing volumeduring anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement. X
Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ct+ inthe map view with the menu
show nand adjus tthe volume usingthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected.
i The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm . Route
guidance
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X
To del ete the bloc ke ds ection: select
Del ete while
themess ageisshown and
pres sW tocon firm.
COMA NDcalc ulates therout ewitho utthe
block . Selecting
analterna tiveroute
With the"Alternativ erout e"func tion,rout es
oth erthan theorigin alone canbecalc ulated.
X To switch onnaviga tionmod e:press the
g func tion button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tAlte rnativeRoute and
press W
to con firm .
You seetheselec tedrout e.The display now
shows asplit -screen view. Onthe left-han d
side, oneormor ealter native rout esare
shown fromstart todest ination. The
curr entrout eis highligh teddark blue; other
alter native rout esappear lightblue.
X To select thenext orprevious
alt erna tiveroute:selec tNext or
Prev ious and
press Wtocon firm .
X To select theorigina lrou te:selec tBack a
cor respo ndingnumb eroftim esand press
W tocon firm .
X To sta rtrou teguid ance using the
selected alterna tiveroute:selec tStar t and
press Wtocon firm .
COMA NDcalc ulates thealter native rout e. Displa
yingdestinationinfor mation
You have entered adest ination(Y page 51)
or apoint ofint erest (Ypage 61)and possibly
an interme diate stop (Ypage 59). X
To switch onnavig ation mod e:press the
g func tion button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tDest inationInformation and
press Wtocon firm .
Des tination inform ation isdisplayed. Des
tination inform ation (exam ple)
: Dist ance,est imat edtim eof arriv aland
est imat edremain ingdrivin gtim eto
int erme diate stop
; Inter mediat est op P
= State and city
? Des tination O
A Dist anceto dest ination, estimat edtim eof
arriv aland estimat edremain ingdrivin g
tim e
X To close thedest inationinfor mation:
slide XVY theCOMA NDcon troller orpress
the k backbutton. Rou
teoverv iew
You canusetherout eover view tomov ealong
the rout esect ionbysect ionand view
inf orm ation anddetails abouteachsectionof
the rout e. 72
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You
have entered adest ination(Y page 51)
or apoint ofint erest (Ypage 61)and possibly
an interme diate stop(Y page 59).
X To switch onnaviga tionmod e:press the
g func tion button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturn ingcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tRout eBrow ser and
press Wto
con firm .
At the top ofthe display, youwillsee
inf ormat ionabout thehighlight edrout e
sect ion,forexam plethe dist anceto be drive n
on the road androad design ation.The
highlighted routesection ismarked inwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Ifthe first orlast route section is
highlighted, youcannot selectPrevious or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map :select N
or M and press Wtoconfirm .
X To close theroute overview: select
Back and
press Wtoconfirm . Off-r
oadand off-ma p
Import antsafety note G
WARNING
The COMAND navigation systemmaydirect
you tooff-road routesthatyour vehicle may
not becapable oftraversing throughwithout
damaging yourtires, wheels orvehicle. Itis
the driver's soleresponsibility todetermine
the suitabili tyof the route. Off-roadroutes
may beofvarying condition sand their
appropriateness foruse may beaffected by various
factorssuchastime ofday, time of
year andimmediate weathercondition sthat
cannot bejudged ortaken intoconsideration
by the COMAND system.
Route guidance toadestination thatis
not onadigitized road COMAND
canguide youtodestinations
which arewithin thearea covered bythe
digital map,butwhich arenot themselves
recorded onthe map.
These destinations areknown asoff-r oad
destinations, whichyoucan enter using the
map, forexample. Inthese cases, COMAND
guides youforaslong aspossible with
navigation announcemen tsand displa yson
roads known tothe system. Route
guidance toan off-road destination
(example)
: Off-r oaddestination
; Off-r oadroute section (dashed blue)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Off-r oad(nostreet names available)
Short lybefore reaching thelast known point
on the map, youwillhear theannouncemen t:
You will enter anarea with unreliable
mapdata inxxmiles .
If the vehicle reaches anarea which isnot part
of the digital map,thedispla yappea rsas a
split-screen view.Onthe right-hand side,an
arrow appearswhich points tooff-r oad
destination :.Youwill hear the Rout
eguidance
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Icon Descr
iption Tr
affic rep ortsin thema pdis pla y List
of
tr af fic
rep orts Tr
affic
rep orts Gree
n
lin ewit h
arr ows Un
impe ded
tr aff icflo w No
delays
On lyappear son theside oftheroad
(dir ection oftravel) onwhic htraff ic
flo wisunim peded (Not
availab le) (Not
availab le) Red
line
wit h
arr ows Warn
ing
mes sage In
cid enton road
Ap pear son theside ofther oad
affect ed(direction oftravel) (Not
availa ble) (Not
availa ble) Displaying
real-timetraffic repor ts
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Traffic by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
If the dialog fieldshows theNoTraffic Messages message,
thismeans that:
R no traffic reports havebeen received yet.
R no traffic reports areavaila ble.
X To cancel thesearch: selectCancel and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To close thereport window: selectOK and
press Wtoconf irm.
If traffic reports exist,alist isshown.
The cont entofthe listvaries depending on
whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
List when routeguidance isnot active The
listshows allthe roads, areasorregions
for which reports areavaila ble. A
traffic report mayrefer toan area ora
region, e.g.ifvisibility isimpaired duetofog.
X To read atraffic report :select aroad,
area orregion byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
List when routeguidance isactive The
first listshows theroads, areasand
regions thatliealong theroute andforwhich
traffic reports areavaila ble. Tr
affic repor ts
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Exam
ple displ ay
: Road conce rned
; Icon forreport type,e.g .traf ficflow
mes sage
X Sel ect Next or
Pre vious by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller and pressW to
confi rminord erto conti nuehighl ighti ng
traf ficicons.
X To chang ethe map scale :sel ect Map by
sl id ing ZV theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now zoom inor outof the map.
X To sho wthe detai ledv iew: select
Detai ls and
press Wtocon firm . Ex
ample display: traffic iconinformat ion
X To close thedet ailed view: slideXVY the
COMAN Dcon troller. Hav
ingtraff icrep ortson therou te
rea dout
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 theread-
aloud speed (Ypage 40).
You canstartthe read-aloud function
manually orset itto automatic.
Star ting theread- aloud function
manua lly X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Traffic by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND readsoutthereports insequence.
i Ifthere arenoreports forthe route, the
Read out all messages on route menu
item isshown ingray andcannot be
selected.
X To switch offthe read- aloud function:
select Cancel read-aloud function and
press Wtoconfirm orpress the8
button.
COMAND readsthecurrent reportaloud
and then exits theread-aloud function.
Automat icread- aloud function X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton. Tr
affic report s
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auto
maticall yhigh light edinthes election
list.
If no home address hasbeen storedyet, you
can now assign anaddress bookentry.Ifa
home address alreadyexists,itis displayed
and youcan alter it.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofent ering thehome
address forthe first time. Youcanthen
save thehome address withoutstarting
route guidance.
X To enter thehome address forthe first
tim e:select Assign toAddress Book Entry and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
con firm.
X To change thehome address: select
Change and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Assign toAddress BookEntry and
press Wtocon firm.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofchangin gthe home
address byent ering anaddress. Youcan
then save thehome address without
start ingroute guidance.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
con firm.
In both cases, youwillsee theaddress book
either withthecharact erbar oras a
select ionlist.
X To select anadd ress book entry:
proceed asdescribed inthe "Searchin gfor
an address bookentry" sect ion
(Y page 112).
X To confirm theselection: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
If no home address hasbeen stored,
COMAND savestheentry.You willsee a
message andthen theaddress menuwith
the select edaddress. Start is
highlighted
automatic ally.
If ahome address hasalready beenstored,
you willsee aprompt askingyouwhether the
MyAddress ent
ryshould be
overwrit ten.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND overwritesthe
destin ation. Youwillsee amessage and
then theaddress menuwiththeselect ed
address. Start is
highlighted
automatic ally.
If you select No ,
the listwill appear again.
Selecting thehome address forrout e
guida nce X
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Select inga
destin ationfromthedestin ationmemory"
sect ion(Ypage 57). Stor
ingadesti nation inthe
dest inationmem ory
Not es This
function also stores thedest inationin
th eaddre ssbook .
When theaddre ssbook isfull, nodest inations
can besaved inthedest inationmem ory.You
must first delet eaddre ssbook entries
(Y page 113).
Aft erdest inationentr y X
The dest inationhas been entered andis
shown intheaddre ssent rymen u
(Y page 54).
X Sele ctSav e by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
You cannowselec tstora geoptio ns
(Y page 82) .
Du ringrou tegui danc e X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contr oller. Dest
inationmemo ry
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