MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2004 R230 Comand Manual

172 NavigationRoute guidanceExample of a traffic situation with voice
output
1“Prepare to turn right” (advance notice)
2“Turn right after 250 feet”
3“Please, turn next right”
Manual recall of the current voice instruc-
tion
Press left-hand rotary/push-button v.Advance notice of right turn
4Name of the street you are to turn onto
5Arrow indicating driving direction
6Name of the street you are travelling on
7Distance in miles to right turn Just before a right turn
8Name of the street you will to turn onto
9Right-turn arrow
aName of the street you are now driving
on
bDistance graph to turning point, redu-
ces as you approach the intersectionTurning onto a street
iAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
iIn special situations, e.g. when turning
quickly several times in succession, the-
re may be deviations in the accuracy of
the voice instructions.

173 Navigation
Route guidance
1Distance to destination
2Arrow indicating driving direction
3Name of the road you are currently dri-
ving on
4Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point1Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2Part of the street, not to be followed
3Name of the street you should drive on
4Distance graph to turning-pointBefore you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued rou-
te, e.g.

“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)

“Bear left after 250 feet”

“Please bear left”
Please note the following difference in
voice output
Following the course of the road
Driving through an intersectioniAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
Situation
Example of voice
output
Making a turn
onto a street
...turn left/right.
Driving
through

an intersection
...bear left/right.

174 NavigationRoute guidance1Activates map display2Return to symbol display
3Last scale selected
Altering the map scale (
page 176)
4Actual vehicle location
5Name of the street you will turn ontoYou can select one of the two possibilities:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
or

Press l.
The map will appear in the scale last se-
lected.
Changing to map display
iCOMAND will remove the menu bar (ex-
cept for 3) after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

175 Navigation
Route guidance
If the function Mix is switched on, the sym-
bol display is activated automatically from
the map display before making a maneu-
ver. After you have made the maneuver,
the map will appear again.
Switching the mix function on
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the symbol dis-
play and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in red.
Switching the mix function off

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Mix” in the map or sym-
bol display and press to confirm.
“Mix” appears in black again.Map display before a maneuver, mix func-
tion is switched on
-As the vehicle approaches the maneuver
point (e.g. U-turn), COMAND will activate
the symbol display.
After you have made the U-turn, the map
will appear again.
Mix of map and symbol display

176 NavigationRoute guidanceActivating the scale selector
Press + or ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The scale bar will appear.
1Current map scale
2Scale selector
3New map scale
Zooming in for more detailed map

Press +.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The map will appear automatically.Zooming out for less detailed map

Press ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The map will appear automatically.
Altering the map scaleiA division mark corresponds to an avai-
lable scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.

177 Navigation
Route guidance
You can either select the map north or po-
sition it with the driving direction pointing
up.North-up: Map is displayed facing north 1Selecting map orientation
North arrow ! or compass needle <
(black tipping pointing to the north)
2Symbol for current vehicle locationSelecting driving direction pointing up
Heading-up: Map is displayed facing driving
direction pointing up
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
Symbol 2 points in the driving direc-
tion, the compass needle will appear.To return to North-up

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The north arrow will appear again.
Selecting map orientation
Map orienta-
tion
Characteristics
North-up
North arrow always
points to the top
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location is
turning on the map
Heading-up
The symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle location al-
ways points to the top
The compass needle is
turning, the black point
always points north

178 NavigationRoute guidanceYou can store a way point during route
guidance.
1Activate “Way Point” menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear.
“Way Point” menu2Select a category
3Activates the main address menu
(
page 141)
4Activates the “Points of Interest” selec-
tion menu (
page 155)
5Activates the main destination memory
menu (
page 192)
6Activates the “Coordinate Destination”
input menu (
page 153)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 2 to 6 and press to
confirm.

Select the desired way point.

Start route guidance.
Marking a way point

179 Navigation
Route guidance
Starting route guidance
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Start
Guidance…”.You will now see the information corres-
ponding to route calculation and hear the
voice output: “The route to your intermedi-
ate destination is being calculated”.
The previously selected route mode will be
maintained.
After you reach the way point, you will con-
tinue to follow the route to the original in-
put destination.
iAfter you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and “House
No...” may appear in black, indicating
that it is possible to select them.
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180 NavigationRoute guidanceCancel the calculation 
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Cancel”.Deleting way point

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Stop” in the symbol or
map display and press to confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear, “De-
lete stop-over...” is highlighted.
If the menu bar is not visible in the
map:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The menu bar will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Delete stop-
over...”.
The way point has been deleted.
If you do not want to delete the way point

Press *.iIt is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (
page 185).

181 Navigation
Route guidance
Main detour menu
1It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List not activated:
“Cancel” cannot be selected

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List activated:
“Cancel” is highlighted
3It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (
page 183)

Press ) at any time.
The main detour menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
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Selecting a detour
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iTraffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
If you switch off COMAND for more than
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.