MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2004 R230 Comand Manual

162 NavigationRoute guidance

Route guidanceRoute guidance principles

163 Navigation
Route guidance
Function
Page
1
Name of the street onto
which you should turn orDistance to destination orName of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)
172
173
173
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or
Destination direction

Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route

Destination flag
172
186
188
3
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
167
4
Other display types
Distance bar to the
next maneuver

Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
172
173

“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area

“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized

“DEST AREA” - vehic-
le is approaching the
destination, the des-
tination area is not di-
gitized

“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calcu-
lated
161

“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated

“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
188
Function
Page
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
6
Marking a way point
178
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
175
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
9
Selecting
map orientation
177
a
Current map scale
176
b
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
169
c
Destination flagFunction
Page

164 NavigationRoute guidanceAfter the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:
Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated

Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8

Mix
As the vehicle approaches a maneuver
point, COMAND switches automatical-
ly from the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.
iIn the map display, menu fields 6, 8,
9 are removed after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to display the menu fields again.
iThe map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).
If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.

165 Navigation
Route guidance
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route informa-
tion.
Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.
“Destination Info” selection menu 1Estimated time of arrival at destination
2Current distance to destination
3Displays route list
4Displays location map
5Displays current destination
6Requests route mode
7Activates route map
8Displays stop-over

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 to 8 and press to
confirm.
Route guidance is switched off
The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.
Requesting destination and route in-
formation
iIf the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in
gray and display the last available infor-
mation. The message “Off Road: dest.
info not up-to-date” appears underne-
ath.

166 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 and press to con-
firm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.Displaying the entry in full in a window

Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
Displaying the next/previous page (if ar-
rows are filled)
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight ;/: and press to confirm.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
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iThe route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(page 160), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.

167 Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the location map
If route guidance is active
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Location map” and
press to confirm.
The location map faces north (North-
up).
1Geographic longitude and latitude for
your current location
2Number of satellites received
3Scale used the last time the location
map was activated
4Current vehicle location in the center of
the screen
5Name of the street the vehicle is
currently travelling onAltering the map scale (
page 176).
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
If route guidance is switched off

Press l.
The location map will appear.

Press l again to activate the main
destination input menu.iIf the location map appears after
COMAND has been switched on,
pressb to activate the main destina-
tion input menu.

168 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying current destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Current Destination”
and press to confirm.
You will see the current destination.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press *.Requesting route mode
1Settings for route calculation mode

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Options” and press
to confirm.
The settings for the current route are
displayed. Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
After 15 seconds, COMAND will return au-
tomatically to the symbol or map display.
or

Press *.
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iSelecting calculation mode
(page 159)
Selecting a detour during destination
guidance (
page 181)
Marking a way point (
page 178)

169 Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the route map
1Current vehicle location
2Route displayed as blue line
3Destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Route Map” and
press to confirm.
The route map faces north (North-up)
and shows the general view for the
whole route.
The map scale selected depends on the
route.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press *.Displaying a stop-over
You can display this information if you
have previously selected a way point
(
page 178).
1Way point
Place, type of stop-over and name

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Stop” and press to
confirm.

170 NavigationRoute guidanceOnce the route has been calculated, the
symbol display will appear.
If you now are at the maneuver point, you
will also hear a voice output, e.g. “Please
turn right”.During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:

Symbol display

Map display

Mix of map and symbol display
(page 175)
Voice output
During the trip, apart from visual informati-
on (symbol or map displays), COMAND
also provides all of the necessary route in-
formation via voice output.
COMAND gives you spoken recommenda-
tions

when route guidance begins

after the route has been calculated

before and during a change in the dri-
ving direction

on reaching the destination or a way
point
Beginning route guidance
Warning
G
Voice output is intended to direct you while
driving without diverting your attention from
the road and driving. Please always use this
feature instead of consulting the symbol or
map display for directions while driving
which may cause you to divert your attenti-
on from driving and increase your risk of ac-
cident.

171 Navigation
Route guidance
If an audio source is switched on, e.g. the
radio, the voice output will be mixed with
that of the audio source.
You can individually set the audio volume
differential between voice output/audio
source (
page 64). COMAND mutes navi-
gation voice outputs during telephone/
Tele Aid operation.
Repeating current voice output

Press the left-hand rotary/push-button
v briefly.
Muting current voice output

Press Ö briefly during a voice out-
put. You will hear the next announce-
ment normally.Switching the voice output off for the
duration of the current route guidance

Press Ö longer than 2 seconds du-
ring a voice output.
You will see the message “Voice output
is muted”.
Switching the voice output on again
The current route guidance has been com-
pleted.
Voice output will automatically switch on
again.
During a voice output

Press the left-hand rotary/push-button
v.Altering the voice output volume
At the COMAND control unit

Turn the left-hand rotary/push-button
v during a voice output.
COMAND will accept this setting for
following voice outputs.
At the multifunctional steering wheel
You can alter the volume with the steering
wheel keys during a voice output as well.
To raise the volume

Press J.
To lower the volume

Press I.