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117
Navigation
Important notes
The following applies if you interrupt your
trip and continue later on:
Trip is continued within 2 hours:
The system will automatically resume
route guidance.
Trip is continued after more than
2 hours:
Press
E to confirm Continue
Route Guidance
in the
Navigation main menu
(
page 118).
Trip interruption during route
guidance
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Trip interruption means the vehicle is
parked and COMAND is switched off.
Trip continuation means the vehicle is
moving and COMAND is switched on
again.
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120 Navigation
Navigation main menu
The COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Including or avoiding traffic routes
In the Navigation main menu
(
page 118), press the
Mode soft key.
The
Mode menu will appear. Selectable traffic routes
Minimize Freeways:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing freeways.
Min. Ferry/Auto-Train:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing ferry connections
or railfreight.
Minimize Toll Roads:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing toll roads.
Minimize Tunnels:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing tunnels.
Use g or G to select a traffic route.
Press E.
Switches the option on or off. You can
switch on more than one option.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
The setting is saved. The Navigation
main menu will appear.
Setting the route mode
OptionSymbol
OnQ
Off q
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126 Navigation
Destination input
Accepting the displayed destination
In the Destination Entry menu, press
E longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 201).
or
Select the ( symbol in the
Destination Entry menu. Press H,
h , g , G to do so.
Press E. Entering another destination address
Press
h, H , g and G to select
the characters. After each selection,
press E.
Press F and f to select characters
diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 2 to
9 as often as needed.
A window will appear at the bottom of
the menu showing the available
characters.
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered or the
character last acce pted by the system
is deleted.
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You can only select admissible
characters. The character selected
appears magnified. If your input is
unambiguous, the system will
complete it.
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified. The
system will accept the entry if the input
matches the name of a city stored on
the navigation DVD.
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129
Navigation
Destination input
Entering a street
The system will display one of the following
menus after you have entered the city:
In the case of cities with more than 15
streets: Enter Street menu
(
page 129).
In the case of cities with up to 15
streets: Select Street menu
(
page 130)
If no streets are available for the
destination: Select CityCtr list
(
page 128)
The respective menu is indicated on the
status bar.
In addition to the street selection, you can
use the following soft keys to determine
your destination:
Map soft key:
Brings you to the destination input
directly above the map (
page 135).
CityCtr soft key:
Brings you to the district (center)
selection (
page 128).
POIs soft key:
Brings you to the Points of Interest
selection menu (
page 160).
Press h, H , g and G to select
the characters. After each selection,
press E.
Press F and f to select characters
diagonally.
or
Press one of the number keys 2 to
9 as often as needed.
Press the Delete soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered or the
character last accepted by the system
is deleted.
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For quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the streets stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified. The
system will accept the entry if the input
matches the name of a street stored on
the navigation DVD.
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Do not confuse the Delete soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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140 Navigation
Route guidance
Muting current voice instructions
Press J.
The current announcement is stopped.
You will hear the next navigation
announcement normally.
Switching voice instructions On/Off
Switching off
During a navigation announcement
press J for 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 201).
The message
Voice Announcements
Muted
will appear briefly. Further route
guidance takes place using only the
symbols in the display. If a new route
guidance cycle is started, the
announcements are automatically
switched on again.
Switching on again
Press j. The navigation displays are only visible
while route guidance is active.
To switch to the navigation display from
another display, e.g.
from CD operation:
Press b or c .
Two examples are shown below:
Display example 1: The road you are currently driving on is
shown on the status bar, in this case
I-90.
The indication
120 mi is the distance to
the next driving maneuver.
If the GPS position display (
page 154) is
active, the GPS data are shown instead of
the street name.
Navigation displays
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Using the multifunction steering wheel
buttons, the display unit can be
changed between km or miles (see
your vehicle’s Operator’s Manual).
When the display unit is set to
miles, the COMAND will indicate
distances in miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km,
the COMAND will indicate
distances in kilometers (km) or
meters (m).
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146 Navigation
During route guidance
With the via function you can influence
how the route is calculated.
Example:
You wish to travel from Chicago to New
York. You can use the via function to define
whether the route will lead via Cleveland or
Pittsburgh.
In the Info menu (page 144), press
the
Route soft key.
The route is shown on the map.
Press the Via soft key. If the via function is not yet active, you may
now select a via route.
If the via function is already active, the
message
Via Already Active will
appear. You can delete (
page 147) or
change (
page 147) the via route.
Selecting a via route
You can select one via route at a time.
Press G or g to select a list entry.
Press E.
The system calculates the new route.
Via function (soft key via)
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The Via soft key has no function if the
route cannot offer any via routes.
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The selection list always refers to the
currently active route.
Example:
You have entered a main and a
stopover destination. First, the system
will calculate your route to the stopover
destination, so that route is the active
route.
The selection list only shows possible
via routes to the stopover destination.
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148 Navigation
During route guidance
You can now enter the length of the route
section to be blocked.
Press the More soft key until the
desired length is set.
Press the Less soft key to reduce the
length of the traffic jam.
Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section. Switching off
Activate the soft key display by
pressing any soft key (
page 144).
Press the Detour soft key.
Press
g to select Delete Detour.
Press E.
The blocked route section is deleted.
The system calculates the new route. Changing the blocked route section
Activate the soft key display
(
page 144).
Press the Detour soft key.
Use
G to select item Reset Detour.
Press E.
You can now change the length of the
route section to be blocked.
Press the More soft key until the
desired length is set.
Press the Less soft key to reduce the
length of the blocked route section.
Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.
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The route directly in front of the current
position can be blocked in the range of
0 to 6.2 miles.
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153
Navigation
During route guidance
Setting personal symbol display
After selecting the Personal option,
press the
Change soft key.
The list of available personal symbols is
displayed.
Press G or g to select a list entry.
Press E.
The symbol is activated or deactivated
depending on its previous state. You
may also activate more than one
symbol.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
The settings are saved.
Setting map view
You can select the follwing map
orientations:
2D North Up
Map is displayed facing north
2D Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
Bird’s-Eye View
The map is shown in three dimensions
with sky and horizon.
In the Display menu (page 151),
press the
View soft key.
The available options are shown. Changing map view
Press
G or g to select the
deactivated option.
Press E.
The orientation is changed.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
MeaningSymbol
Selected Q
Unselected q
OptionSymbol
On_
Off -
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154 Navigation
During route guidance
Switching the GPS info setting on/off
When the GPS info setting is active, the
following data are displayed on the status
bar:
your current position in the form of
coordinates
the number of satellites currently
received
the height above the sea level
In the Display menu (page 151),
press the
GPS soft key.
The options
On and Off are displayed.
The symbol _ indicates the present
setting.
Use button G or g to select the
option with the symbol -.
Press button E.
Depending on the previous setting, the
GPS is switched on or off.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
Automatic map toggling
The system automatically switches to split
view whenever it announces a driving
maneuver.
When the driving maneuver is completed,
the system reverts to the full view.i
A symbol is shown on the bottom left
side of the status bar.
North symbol Y:
Map is displayed facing north
Compass symbol <:
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
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166 Navigation
Software Updates

Software Updates
You can update the system with a new
navigation DVD. The new DVD may include
new maps and/or new device software.
Starting an update
Switch the COMAND on (page 27).
DVDs are loaded and ejected at the
navigation computer. Ejecting
Press
l.
The navigation computer ejects the
DVD.
Loading
Insert the new navigation DVD into the
DVD slot with the label side up.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated Please Wait
will
appear. After that, the COMAND loads the
software on the DVD.
Shortly after that, the progress bar
appears. After some time, the progress
bar reaches 100%.
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated Please Wait
appears after
the system is switched on:
for a short time
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
for a longer time
COMAND was unable to update the
software.
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Updating may take several minutes.
During updating, the operation of
COMAND is restricted. You cannot
switch off the system.
After updating, the car should remain
outside under open sky for 10 minutes
with the ignition on.
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The navigation computer is located on
the left side in the trunk (
page 115).
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If you do not remove the DVD from
the slot within around 15 seconds, the
COMAND will pull the DVD into the
drive.
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