MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2004 R230 Comand Manual

132 NavigationImportant notes
Travelling abroad
If you intend to travel through different re-
gions or abroad, you will need the respec-
tive navigation CD.
Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or
the Customer Assistance Center at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
for available CDs.
Change the navigation CD
(page 137).
!GPS (G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
Deviations from the actual position
may occur

if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e.g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s conditi-
on
If the reception of the GPS signal is un-
available, you will have to manually en-
ter the current vehicle position
(page 198).
If your vehicle has been transported by
a car, train or ferry, COMAND needs
some time to find its exact position.
Moving the vehicle a few yards is typi-
cally enough to remedy this situation.

133 Navigation
Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have your tires changed by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measure-
ments taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See calibration (
page 199).

134 NavigationQuick reference

Quick reference

135 Navigation
Quick reference
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
140
3
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
151,
176
4
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
151,
176
5
Route guidance active:
Switches between map
and symbol display
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Activates location map
174
167
6
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
181
7
CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CDiPay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
45
8
Route guidance active:
Displays estimated time
of arrival and current dis-
tance to destination
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Displays last
destination driven
165
165
Function
Page
9
Muting current route in-
structions or
Switching off voice out-
put for the duration of
the current route
guidance
171
171
a
Ejecting navigation CD
137
b
Entering destination via
the map
149
c
Displaying and removing
a long list entry in full in
a window
156
d
Switching back to the
previous menu
e
When entering informati-
on:
Deletes last character or
complete entry
142
Function
Page

136 NavigationQuick reference
Function
Page
f
Turn to
Highlight menu field, list
entry or character
Alter the map scale
Press to
Confirm entry/selection,
starting function or acti-
vating submenu
Activate map scale bar
151
151
g
Turn to
During voice output:
Lower (left)/raise (right)
the volume
Press to
Repeat current route in-
structions
h
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
System settings
202
205
j
Color screenFunction
Page

137 Navigation
Quick reference

Press q.
COMAND ejects the inserted
navigation CD.

Remove the CD.

Insert another navigation CD, e.g. a re-
gional version, with the label facing up.
The illustrated message will appear.
COMAND loads the program stored on
the navigation CD.
Changing the navigation CD
!Do not interrupt the loading process. Do
not eject the navigation CD until the loa-
ding process has been completed.
iIf you do not remove an ejected CD, it
will be automatically retrieved by the CD
drive after 10 seconds.
The CD drive can
read navigation CDs, or

playback audio CDs.

138 NavigationDestination input

Destination input

Menu overview
1
234
67
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139 Navigation
Destination input
Function
Page
1
Main destination input
menu
Entering a destinati-
on address

Retrieving a destina-
tion from the destina-
tion memory

Selecting a destinati-
on via the map

Entering Points of In-
terest

Selecting the last 12
destinations
141
192
149
155
159
2
Main address menu
Entering a destination
address
141
3
Main destination
memory menu
Selecting destination
from the destination
memory
192
4
“Destination via map”
menu
Setting destination via
location on map
Setting destination via
coordinates
149
153
5
“Settings” menu
Entering vehicle location
Calibrating tires
198
199
6
“Points of Interest”
menu
Setting destination via
Point of Interest listing
155
7
Activating list of last
12 destinations for a re-
calculation
159
Function
Page

140 NavigationDestination inputMain destination input menu
Press b.
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used:Route guidance has been switched off

the main destination input menu or

the location map (
page 167).
Route guidance has been switched on

the symbol display with an arrow in-
dicating your driving direction
(page 162) or

the map with the symbol indicating
current vehicle location
(page 162)
Route guidance has been switched on,
COMAND has been switched off for
more than 2 hours

an inquiry menu (
page 187)Changing over to another system,
e.g. radio

Press c.
Switching the navigation system on
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iThe following message will appear when
COMAND is preparing for navigation
startup: “Navigation being activated.
Please obey all traffic rules.”. Then, one
of the 3 displays will appear.
!Potential fault messages during prepa-
ration of navigation startup:
“Navigation cannot be activated. An
error has occurred”.

“CD-Reading error. Please use ano-
ther CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation CD.

“No CD available. Please insert
NAVI-CD type DX only”.
Insert a current DX-coded navigati-
on CD. Using other navigation CDs
might lead to malfunctions.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the message “Navigation being acti-
vated. Please obey all traffic rules”.

141 Navigation
Destination input
Select one of the following possibilities to
enter a destination:
Entering a destination address

Selecting destination via the map
(page 149)

Entering Points of Interest
(page 155)

Selecting last destinations
(page 159)

Selecting from destination memory
(page 192)
Main address menu1Info/status line
2Selecting city/suburb or selecting des-
tination that has been entered last
3Selecting a street
4Selecting a city center (
page 148)

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address”.
The main address menu will appear.
Switching back to the main destination in-
put menu

Press *.
Entering destination address
iIf you have previously entered a city/
suburb, you can highlight 3 and 4.