MERCEDES-BENZ S550 2007 W221 Owner's Manual

190 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (route guidance)1Current vehicle position; the triangle in-
dicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
2Off-road section of the route
3Off-road destination
4Direction arrow, shows compass head-
ing to destination
On the off-road section of the route, direc-
tion arrows showing the compass heading
to the destination guide you. You will also
see the “Direction to destination” display.Route guidance from an off-road loca-
tion to a destination
If there is no road available on map at cur-
rent position of the car, vehicle is off road.
COMAND is also able to guide you to a des-
tination from such a location.
At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the “Off Road” message and a direc-
tion arrow. The direction arrow shows the
compass heading to the actual destina-
tion.
The route is highlighted blue from the near-
est road known to the system.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con-
tinues in the usual way.
Route guidance from an off-map loca-
tion to a destination
If the vehicle position is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi-
cle is in an off-map location.
COMAND is also able to guide you to a des-
tination from such a location.At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the “Off Map” message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com-
pass heading to the actual destination.
The route is highlighted blue from the near-
est road known to the system.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con-
tinues in the usual way.
Off-road during route guidance
The road layout may differ from the data on
the digital map, due to road construction
measures, for example.
In such cases, the system cannot allocate
the vehicle’s position to the digital map
and the vehicle is therefore in an off-road
position.
The “Off Road” message and an arrow
showing the compass heading to the desti-
nation appear on the display.
As soon as the system can allocate the ve-
hicle position’s to the map again, route
guidance continues in the usual way.

191 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (route guidance)
Navigation announcements
Route guidance is already active.

Calling up a current announcement:
Select “Navi”
6.
or

Press P favorite button if the button
has been programmed with this func-
tion.

Canceling navigation message:
Briefly press F shortcut button dur-
ing an announcement.

Switching off navigation messages:
Press and hold F during an an-
nouncement until the announcement is
switched off.
You will see the message “The driving
instructions have been muted.” for a
short while.

Switching navigation announce-
ments back on manually:
Select “Navi”
6.

Adjusting volume of the messages:
adjust the volume during an automatic
announcement (
page 89).
or

Call up an announcement manually us-
ing “Navi”
6 and adjust the vol-
ume (
page 89).
Warning!
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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.
Consulting the symbols or map display for
directions may cause you to divert your at-
tention from driving and increase your risk
of an accident.i
If Russian or Chinese is set as the system
language, the navigation announcements are in
English. You will find how to set the system lan-
guage on (
page 216).
Navigation announcements are muted during
telephone calls. You can, however, call up a cur-
rent announcement at any time. You can also
call up a current announcement at any time if
you have missed an announcement.
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You will find the button programming on
(
page 216).
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The announcements remain switched off
even if you start a new route guidance or if
COMAND is switched off/on with theo but-
ton.
If you switch COMAND off by removing the
SmartKey from the starter switch and then
switch the ignition back on after more than
3 minutes, the announcements are automatical-
ly switched back on.

192 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (during route guidance)Cancel route guidance
Select “Destination”
“Cancel Route
Guidance” in map view with the menu
system displayed (
page 148).
Continuing cancelled route guidance
Select “Destination”
“Continue
Route Guidance” in map view with the
menu system displayed (
page 148).
COMAND calculates the route.
Route browser
Select “Route”
“Route Browser” in
map view with the menu system dis-
played (
page 148).
The route browser appears.
1Highlighted route section
2Current vehicle position; the triangle in-
dicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
3Information about the highlighted route
section

Displaying next or previous route
section: Select “Next” or “Previous”.

Increasing or reducing size of the
map: Select; or :.

Closing route browser:
Select “Back”.
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The route browser shows an overview of the
route. You can use the route browser to move
along the route section by section and view infor-
mation about and details of each section of the
route.
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The information 3 about the marked route
section shows the street name and the length of
the route section. Marked route section 1 is al-
ways highlighted in white and outlined in red.

193 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (during route guidance)
Displaying route information
Select “Route”
“Route Info” in map
view with the menu system displayed
(page 148).
The route information appears.
Example display with main destination and
stopover1Distance to the destination
2Symbol = for stopover
3Abbreviation for province (CDN) or
state (USA)
4Town/city
5Street
6Symbol < for main destination
7Estimated driving time to the destina-
tion
8Estimated arrival time

Closing route info: Slide omp or
press back button L in the center
console (
page 80).
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COMAND uses the time set in COMAND as
the basis for calculating the estimated arrival
time. The clock must be set correctly in
COMAND (
page 213). The calculation of the
estimated arrival time does not additionally take
into account whether Daylight Saving Time or
standard time is applicable at the destination. If
the destination is in a different time zone, arrival
time display 8
is in local time. This is indicated
by “LT” in the display.
The following data cannot be seen until the route
calculation has been completed:


Distance to destination
1


Estimated arrival time
8


Estimated remaining travel time
7
If the destination is located within a partially dig-
itized area, the following data may differ from the
facts:

Distance to destination
1


Estimated arrival time
8


Estimated remaining travel time
7

194 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (during route guidance)Detour function
Select “Route”
“Detour” in map view
with the menu system displayed
(page 148).
The detour function display appears.

Setting length of the blockage:
Select “More” or “Less” until the de-
sired length is set.1Blocked route section
2Current vehicle position; the triangle in-
dicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
3Information about the blocked route
section

Starting route calculation:
Select “Start”, see also (
page 171).

Deleting blockage: Select “Navi”

“Route”
“Detour”
“Delete”.

Select “Back”.
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The detour function blocks a section of the
route ahead of you. You can set the length of the
blockage. If possible, COMAND calculates a de-
tour route.
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The Detour function may direct you to
off-road routes. See Off-road and Off-map for ad-
ditional routes and cautions (
page 189).
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Blocked route section 1 is always highlight-
ed in red/white. The information about blocked
route section 3 shows which section of the
route is blocked and the length of the blocked
section.

195 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (destination memory)
COMAND navigation system (destination memory)
Saving a destination in the destination memory
Saving after the address has been en-
tered
Select “Save” after entering the ad-
dress (
page 153).
You can now select save options.
Saving during route guidance

Select “Destination”
“Save Destina-
tion” during route guidance.
You can now select save options.Saving a destination from the list of last
destinations

Select “Navi”
“Destination”

“From Last Destinations”.
The list of last destinations appears.

Select desired destination.
The address of the destination is dis-
played.

Select “Save”.
You can now select save options.
Selecting save options
Saving a destination without a name

Select “Save Without Name”.
COMAND saves the destination in the
destination memory and uses the ad-
dress as the destination name.
or

Select “Save as ’My Address’.”

Select desired category, e.g. “Home”.
COMAND saves the destination in the
destination memory as your own ad-
dress.
Saving a destination with a name

Select “Save new entry”.

Select desired category, e.g. “Home”.
The input menu appears with the data
fields and the input characters.
1Selected data field with input mark
(cursor)
2Input characters
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This function also saves the destination in
the address book. There COMAND creates an
address book entry containing complete, naviga-
ble address data. You can then select this entry
in the address book and start navigation to the
address.


196 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (destination memory)
Entering data: Proceed as described
in the “Changing the data field” operat-
ing step in the “Creating a new address
book entry” section (
page 203).
Assigning a destination to an address
book entry

Select “Assign Address Book Entry”.

Select desired category, e.g. “Home”.
The menu appears for searching for an
address book entry.

Select desired address book entry. Pro-
ceed as described in the “Searching for
an address book entry” section
(page 204).
If the selected address book entry does
not yet contain any navigable address
data, COMAND saves the data.
If the selected address book entry al-
ready contains navigable address data,
you will see a question asking you if the
previous data should be overwritten.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, COMAND saves the
data.Deleting a destination from the destina-
tion memory
Select “Navi”
“Destination”

“From Memory”.
Depending on the number of entries in
the destination memory, you will see
the destination memory list with or
without input characters.
Example illustration: destination memory
list without input characters
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This function assigns the complete, naviga-
ble address data to an already existing address
book entry. You can then select this entry in the
address book and start navigation to the address
from there.


197 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (destination memory)
Example illustration: destination memory
list with input characters1Input characters
Select desired destination. Proceed as
described for destination entry in the
“Entering a destination from the desti-
nation memory” section (
page 172).

Select “Delete” after selecting the des-
tination to be deleted.
A prompt appears asking whether you
want to delete the destination.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, COMAND deletes
the destination.
Own address
Assigning your address for the first
time or changing your own address
Assigning and/or changing your own ad-
dress
Select “Navi”
“Destination”

“From Memory”.
Depending on the number of entries in
the destination memory, you will see
the destination memory list with or
without input characters.
Example illustration: destination memory
list without input charactersIn the destination memory list without in-
put characters, the “My Address” entry is
automatically highlighted.
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If the navigable address data of the destina-
tion to be deleted has also been assigned to an
address book entry, COMAND deletes the data
there as well. If the corresponding address book
entry does not contain any further data, such as
telephone numbers, COMAND deletes the entire
address book entry.
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The destination memory always contains an
entry called “My Address”. You can save your
home address, for example, under this entry.


198 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (destination memory)Example illustration: destination memory
list with input characters1Input characters
In the destination memory list with input
characters 1, the input characters are au-
tomatically activated.
Destination memory list without in-
put characters: Press n immediately.
or

Destination memory list with input
characters: Slide qm repeatedly until
the input characters disappear.
The list entry “My Address” is automat-
ically highlighted as long as you have
not entered any characters using the
input characters.
If you have entered characters
from the list of input characters:
Rotate ymz or slide qm repeatedly
until the list entry “My Address” is
highlighted.

Press n.
Further operation depends on whether
you want to enter the address manually
or use an address book entry as your
own address.Entering an address manually

If you want to assign your own ad-
dress for the first time: Select “Save
new entry”.
or

If you want to change your own ad-
dress: Select “Change”
“Save new
entry”.
In both cases, the address input menu
appears.

Enter the address. Proceed as de-
scribed for destination entry in the “En-
tering a destination by address”
section (
page 153).

Select “Save” after entering the ad-
dress.
Your address is saved.


199 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (destination memory)
Using the address book entry as your
own address
If you want to assign your own ad-
dress for the first time:
Select “Assign Address Book Entry”.
or

If you want to change your own ad-
dress: Select “Change”
“Assign Ad-
dress Book Entry”.
In both cases, the menu appears for
searching for an address book entry.

Select desired address book entry. Pro-
ceed as described in the “Searching for
an address book entry” section
(page 204).
Once the address data is complete and
if it matches the digital map data,
COMAND saves the entry as your own
address in the destination memory.
If address data is still missing or if it
cannot be found on the digital map, a
message appears indicating that the
address is incomplete.

Closing message: Select “OK”.
Depending on which data is missing or
cannot be found on the digital map, you
must now either:


Select a state (USA) or province (CDN)


or enter a town/city


or enter a street


or enter a house number

Selecting a state (USA) or province
(CDN): Select desired state (USA) or
province (CDN) from the list.

Entering a town: Proceed as de-
scribed for destination entry in the “En-
tering a town or city” section
(page 159).

Entering a street: Proceed as de-
scribed for destination entry in the “En-
tering a street” section (
page 161).

Entering a house number: Proceed
as described for destination entry in
the “Entering a house number” section
(page 166).
If all data is available and matches the
digital map data, you can save the ad-
dress.

Saving: Select “Save”.
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In the address book entry, the town/city
and street must be spelled in the same way as
the destination entry so that the data matches
the digital map data.
In order for the state (USA) or province (CDN) to
match the map data, you may either enter the
entire name or the abbreviation in the address
book.
Examples:


Florida or FL


Colorado or CO


Alberta or AB


Ontario or ON