MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2012 R230 Comand Manual

Exam
ple:enterin gan address The
followin gis ast ep- by-s tepexam pleof
how toentera na ddress. Thedestin ation
address isas follows:
Germany
Berlin
Unst rutst raße 1
You canofcourse enterany count ry,city,
str eet and house number desiredandenter,
for example, yourhome address (My
address).
Calling upthe address entrymenu X
To switch tonavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9butt on.
X Select Destin ation using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm.
X Select Addres sEntry and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The address entrymenu appears. Ifyou
have previously entered adestin ation, this
will beshown inthe display. Addres
sent rymenu
i Some menuitemswillnotbeavailable, or
not beavailable yet,dependin gon the
lett ers entered forthe address orthe digital
map data.
Ex ample:
Aft eryou have entered thestat e/prov ince,
the No. ,
Center ,
Inters ection ,
Save andStart menu
itemsarenot yetavailable; the
ZIP menu
itemisnot available ifthe digital
map does notcontain ZIPcodes.
Selecting astate/ province i
The state/p rovince inwh ich the vehicleis
lo cate dis se lected bydefault.
X Sel ect State/Prov in
the addre ssentry
menu using the =;9 :
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
Am enu with theavailable listsappears:
R Last States/ Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinc es(Canada ) X
To select thelist: press the9
or : button andpress the9button to
con firm.
The listofselect edstat es/prov inces
appears.
X To select thestat e/province: pressthe
9 or: button andpress the9
button tocon firm.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
stat e/prov inceselect edisent ered
automatic ally.
Entering acity i
Enter ing acit ywill delete aprevio usly
ent ered ZIPcode.
X Selec tCity in
the address entrymen u
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9butt ontocon firm .
You willsee thecitylist eith erwith the
char acterbar (optio n1)or as aselect ion
list (option 2).
Opt ion 1:city listwith thechar acter bar
X En ter BERLI N .
Ins truct ions forenterin g
charac terscan befound inthe "Entering
charac tersin navigat ionmode (enteringa
cit y)" sect ion(Ypage 22). Destinat
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Opt
ion 2:city listasselection list :
Select ionmarker
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired cityisselect ed
(MANORVI LLE in
the example).
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press the9
button tocon firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.
MANORVIL LE has
now been entered.
Entering astr eet name i
Enterin gthe name ofastr eet deletes a
previously entered centername.
X Select Street in
the address entrymenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
You willsee thestreet listeither withthe
charact erbar (option 1)or as aselect ion
list (option 2).
Opt ion 1:str eet listwith chara cterbar
X En ter ACCESS BLVD .
Inst ruct ions for
ent ering charact erscan befound inthe "Ent
ering charact ersinnavigation mode
(ent ering acity)" section(Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closely resembling the
charact ersentered
; Character bar
Opt ion 2:str eet listasselection list Str
eet list
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until AEXT, AVENUE is
select ed.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press the9
button tocon firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.A EXT,
AVENUE has
now been entered.
Entering thehouse number i
Enterin gahouse number willdelete a
previously entered intersection.
En terin gan inter sectionwill delete a
previously entered house number. 50
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X
Sel ect No. in
the addre ssentry menu using
the =;9 :buttons and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
Yo uwi llsee thehousenumb erlist either
wi th the characte rbar(opt ion1)or as a
selec tionlist (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:house numberlistwith
char acterbar
X En ter 1 .
In st ruct ions forenterin g
char acters can befoun din the "Entering
char acters innavig ation mode (enteringa
cit y)" sect ion(Ypage 22). :
Entry most closelyresem blingthe
char acters entered sofar
; List
= Charact erbar
Opt ion 2:house numberlistasselection
list House
numberlist
X Press the9 or: buttonrepeat edly
unt il1 is
selec ted. X
Irr espec tiveof the option, press the9
butt ontocon firm your selec tion.
The address entrymen uappears again.1 has
now been entered.
Sta rting routecalcula tion You
cannow have COMA NDcalc ulate the
rout eto the address entered orsave the
address first,e.g. asyour home address (My
address )(Y page 52). Addr
essentrymen uwith destinationaddress
: Des tination address
; Start ing rout ecalc ulation
X In the address entrymen u,con firm Star t by
press ingthe 9butt on.
If no oth errout ehas been calculated, route
calc ulation start simmed iately(Option1).If
anot herrout ehas already beencalculated
(rout eguidanc eis act ive), aprom pt
appears (option2).
Opt ion1–n orou teguid ance active: route
calc ulatio nstarts. Wh ile rou tecal culatio nis
in progr ess,anarrow willindic atethe
direc tiontoyour destination. Below this,you
will see themess ageCalc ulatingRoute ,
for exam ple.
Onc ethe rout ehas been calculated, route
guidanc ebegin s.Ifthe vehic leistravelin gon
a non -digit izedroad, thelinear distanceto the
dest inationisshown .Int his case, thedispla y
will begrayed out.
Option 2–route guidance isalready
active: ifroute guidanceisalready active,a
prompt willappea rasking whether youwish Des
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to
term inatethe curre ntly activerou te
gu idanc e.
X Sel ect Yes or
No and
pressthe 9button
to conf irm.
If yo use lect Yes ,
CO MAND willsto prou te
gu idanc eand startrou tecal culatio nfor the
new destination .
If you select No ,
COMAND willcont inue
with theactive routeguidance.
i Route calculation takesacert ainamount
of time. Thetime depends onthe distance
from thedestination ,for example.
COMAND calculates theroute using the
digital mapdata.
The calculated routemaydiffer fromthe
ideal route, e.g.due toroadwork or
incomplet emap data.
Entering andsaving yourhome address Entering
yourhome address forthe first
time
X En ter the address asadestination ,e.g. in
the form ofacity, street andhouse number
(Y page 49).
X Aft erenter ingthe address inthe address
entr ymenu, selectSave using
the
=;9: buttonsand press
the 9button toconf irm.
X Select Saveas"My Address" and
press
the 9button toconf irm.
COMAND storesyourhome address asMy Address in
the destination memory.
Changing aprev iousl yentered home
add ress
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering your
home address forthe first time".
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe
current homeaddress shouldbe
overwritten . X
Select Yes and
press the9button to
confirm .
Aft erselecting Yes ,
the Saving Procedure
Successful message
appea rs.
Entering aZIPcode i
Enterin gaZIP code will delet ea
pre viously entered city.
X Se lec tZIP in
theaddr essentrymen uusin g
th e=;9 :buttons and
pre ssthe9 buttonto confirm .
You willsee theZIP code list either withth e
ch arac terb ar(opt ion1)or as aselec tion
list (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:ZIP code listwith character bar
X En tera ZIP code. Inst ruc tions for enterin g
ch arac ters can befoun din the"En terin g
ch arac ters innav igat ionmod e(en terin ga
cit y)" sec tion(Ypage 22). :
Digit sent ered bythe user
; Digit sautomatic allyadded bythe system
= List entrymost closely resemblin gthe
charac tersentered sofar
? Toswitc hto the listwithout thecharac ter
bar
A Todelete theentireent ry:press andhold;
to delete thelast charac ter:press briefly
B Available characters
C Select edcharac ter
D Unavailable characters
E Character bar 52
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F
Tocanc elan ent ry
G List
X Complete theentryand callupthe listasa
selection list(Ypage 24).
Option 2:ZIP code listasselection list ZIP
code list
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired ZIPcode hasbeen
selected.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconf irmyour selection .
If COMAND isable toassign theZIPcode
unambiguously toaspecific address, the
address entrymenu appears again.TheZIP
code appears inplace ofthe city's name.
If COMAND cannotassign theZIPcode
unambiguously toaspecific address, the
address entrymenu alsoappears again.
The ZIPcode isautomatically entered. You
can now enterthe street foramore precise
location. Onlystreet sin the area covered
by the entered ZIPcode areavailab le.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 51).
Entering acenter X
Sele ctCen ter in
theaddre ssent rymen u
usin gth e=;9 :buttonsand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
You willsee thecen terlist eith erwith the
char acterbar (opt ion1)or as aselec tion
list (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:center listwith characterbar X
En ter acen ter.In st ruct ions forenterin g
char acters can befoun din the "Entering
char acters innavi gatio nmode (enterin ga
city)" section (Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closely resembling the
charact ersenter edsofar
; List
= Character bar
X Complete theentr yand callupthe listasa
selection list(Ypage 24).
Option 2:center listasselection list X
Select acent erusing the9:
button s.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconf irmyour selection.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
cent erselected hasbeen entered.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 51). Destination
entry
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Ent
erin gan inters ection name En
terin gan inters ect ion will delet ea
prev iously entered house number.
X Sel ect Intersection in
theaddre ssentry
men uusin gth e=;9 :
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
You willsee theint ers ect ion listeither with
th ech arac terbar (opt ion1)or as a
selec tionlist (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:inter section listwith character
bar
X En ter anintersec tion.In st ruct ions for
ent erin gchar acters can befoun din the
"En tering char acters innavig ation mode
(ent eringacit y)" sect ion(Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closelyresem blingthe
char acters entered sofar
; List
= Charact erbar
X Complet ethe entryand callupthe listasa
selec tionlist(Ypage 24).
Opt ion2:inter section listasselection list X
Selec tan intersec tionusing the
9: buttons.
X Irr espec tiveof the option, press the9
butt ontocon firm your selec tion.
The address entrymen uappears again.The
int ersec tionselec tedhas been entered.
X Start rout ecalc ulation (Ypage 51). Selecting
adesti nation from the
dest inationmem ory(e.g. Myaddress)
Intr odu ction The
dest inationmem oryalways contain san
ent rynam ed"My addres s".You may wish to
assign yourhomeaddres sto this ent ry,for
exam ple,and selec titf or route guidance. This
entr yis alwa yslocated atthe top ofthe listin
the destination memory.
X To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destination in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select FromMemory and
press the9
button toconf irm.
You willsee thedestination memorylist
either withthecharact erbar (option 1)or
as aselection list(option 2).
Option 1:destinat ionmemor ylist with
char acter bar X
Selec tadestination byent ering charac ters
in navigat ionmode (entering acit y)
(Y page 23),e.g.theMyAddres s ent
ry. 54
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:
Charac tere ntere dby the user
; Characte rsautoma tically ad de dby the
sy stem
= Listentry thatmos tclo selyma tche sthe
cur rent inputstri ng
? Toswitch tothe selecti onlist
A Todelete an entry
B Characte rsnot currentl yavail able
C Cha racters currently available
D Cha racter bar
E Currently selected chara cter
F Tocancel anentry
G Destination memorylist
Option 2:destin ationmemory listas
sel ection list Destination
memorylist
X Press the: or9 button repeatedly
until thedesi redentry, e.g.MyAddress ,
is
sele cted. X
Irrespe ctiveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yoursele ction.
The address entry menu appears again.
"My address" hasbeen entered.
X To start route calculation :sele ctStart and
press the9button toconfirm.
Once theroute hasbeen calculated,route
gui dance begins(Ypag e65). Sel
ecting adesti nation from thelist of
last dest inations
X To switch tonav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sth e9 butt on.
X Sele ctDes tination in
thenav igat ion
men ubar usin gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctFro mLas tDes tinations and
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
If th edest inationmem orycontain smor e
th an eight entries ,you willsee thelist of
prev ious destinationswith thec haracter
bar. Otherwise, thelistwill beshown asa
selection list. "Last
destinations" list
: Last destination
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired destination hasbeen
selected. Des
tination entry
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X
Irrespective ofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yourselection.
The address entry menu appears again.The
destination address selected hasbeen
entered.
i Further information on"Las t
destinations" memorycanbefound on
(Y page 80). Enterin
gad esti nation usin gthe map
Call ingupthe map X
To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Destin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Using Map and
press the9button
to confirm.
You seethemap withthecrossha ir. Map
withcrossha ir
: Current vehicleposi tion
; Cros shair
= Detail sof the crossha irposi tion
? Map scalesele cted
Displ ay= dep ends onthe settings selected
in "Informa tiononmap" (Ypag e84). The
current streetnamecanbeshow n,provi ded
the digital map contains thenecessa rydata ,
or the coordi natesofthe crossha irifthe geo- coordi
natedisplayis swi tched onand the
GPS signa lis strong enough.
Movi ngthe map andselecting the
destin ation X
Scroll themap using the =;9
or : button.
X To set the map scale:press theU or
T button.
The scalebar appears .
X Press theU button tozoom outofthe
map.
X Press theT button tozoom inon the
map.
X To selectad estination: pressth e9
butt on.
If th ecr ossh airislocat edouts idethedigit al
map, itis not poss ibletocalc ulate arout e
to this dest ination.You will see theThe crosshair
isoff themap message.
If
the crosshair islocated overabody of
water, youwillsee themessage: The destination is in a body of water.
Please
selectanother destination. X
Select OK and
press the9button to
conf irm.
If the destination iswithin thelimits ofthe
digital map,COMAND attemptsto assign
the destination tothe map.
If the destination canbeassigned, youwill
see theaddress entrymenu withthe
address ofthe destination .Ifn ot, you will
see theentr yDestination FromMap .
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm. 56
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Ent
erin gan interm edia testop
Intr odu ction When
routeguidan ceisact ive, you can enter
an interm ediat est op. Inte rm ediat est ops can
be pred efineddest inationsfrom thefoll owin g
cat egor iesthat COMA NDoffers forselec tion:
R Mer cedes-Ben zSer vice R
Hos pital R
Gas Statio n R
Par kingLot R
Res taurant Howe
ver,you can also enterd estin ations
other thanthepredefined ones.Todo this
select themenu itemOther .
You canusetheintermediate stopfunctionto
influenc eroute guidance tothe main
destin ation. Whenyouhave reached your
int ermediate stop,COMAND automatically
recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation.
Entering predefined destinations X
To switch tonavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Stopove r and
press the9button
to con firm.
Opt ion 1:no interm ediatestop hasbeen
entered yet. Int
ermediate stopcategor ies
X Select acategor y.
Opt ion 2:an interm ediatestop has
alrea dybeen entered .
X Select Change Stopover and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select acategor yusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
COMAND firstsearches inthe select ed
categor yfor destin ations alongtheroute.
If ther eare nodestin ations available there,
COMAND searchesfordestin ations within
a radius of100 kmofthe vehicle position .
If COMAND findsdestin ations, alist
appears onthe right- hand sideofthe
display. Ex
ample ofdisplay with"gas station" categor y
select ed
: Intermediate stophighlighted onthe map
; Current distanceto and name ofthe
int ermediate stop
The listshows intermediate stopdestin ations
On The Route and
Inthe area .Destination
entry
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The
inter mediate stopsarelisted accordin g
to increasin gdistanc efrom thecurren t
vehicle position.
i For inter mediate stopsthatarenot
located alongthecalculated route,the
linear distanc eis shown.
If COMAND doesnotfind anydestinat ions,
you willsee amessage tothis effect .
X Confirm OK by
pressing the9button .
X Select adifferent category.
X Select theinter mediate stopusing the
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
The address entrymenu appears, showing
the destinat ionaddress.
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm.
Entering anotherdestinationasan
interm ediate stop X
To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destinatio n in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Stopover and
press the9button
to conf irm.
X Select Other .
X Select Address Entry ,
From Memory ,
From LastDestinatio ns or
From POIs . Selection Step
Address
Entry X
En ter a
destinat ionby
address
(Y page 48). From
Memory X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the destinat ion
memory
(Y page 54). From
Last Destinatio
ns X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the listoflast
destinat ions
(Y page 55). From
POIs X
En ter apoint of
inter est
(Y page 60). X
To star trout ecalc ulatio n:once youhave
entered adesti nation, select Start and
press the9button toconfirm.
De leting aninte rmediate stop If
an intermed iate stop hasalread ybee n
entered ,you can delete it.
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Sele ctDestin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Sele ctStopov er and
press the9button
to confirm.
X Sele ctDelete Stopover and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
COM AND deletes theintermed iate stop
and recal culatesthe route tothe main
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