MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2013 R131 Owner's Manual

Address entry menu
X
Select Address Entry and press
0039to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears .Ifyou
have previously entered a destination, this
will be shown in the display.
Depending on the sequence in which you
enter the address and on the data status of
the digital map, some menu items may not be
available at all or may not yet be available.
Example: after you enter the state/province,
the Map ,
No. ,
Center ,
Intersection ,
Save and
Start menu items are not available. The
ZIP code menu item is not available unless
the digital map contains ZIP codes.
Entering the state/province, city, street
and number
Selecting astate/province
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select State/Prov in the address entry
menu by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
Am enu with the available lists appears:
R Last States/Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinces (Canada) X
To select alist : turn 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
The list of selected states/provinces
appears.
X To select astate/province: turn003E0012003F the
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
The address entry menu appears again. The
state/province selected has now been
entered.
Entering acity
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select City in the address entry menu by
turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND controller and
press 0039to confirm.
You will see the city list eithe rwith the
character bar (option 1) or as a selection
list (option 2). City list with character bar
Option 1: city list with the character bar
X
Enter NEW YORK .C
haracter entry, using city
input as an example (Y page 301). Navigation
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List of cities as selection list
Option 2: city list as selection list
X Select an entry by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm yours election.
The address entry menu appears again. The
city has now been entered.
Entering a street name
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select Street in the address entry menu
by turning 003E0012003Fand sliding 00380012000Athe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
You will see the street list either with the
character bar (option 1) or as a selection
list (option 2). Street list with character bar
Option 1: street list with character bar
X
Enter BROADWAY . Character entry, using
city input as an example (Y page 301). Street list as selection list
Option 2: street list as selection list
X Select a street by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
If an entry has the 0002symbol, it is
ambiguous. You can select the entry you
want from an additional selection list. X
Select an entry by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm your selection.
The address entry menu appears again. The
street has now been entered.
Enter house number
Entering a house number will delete a
previously entered intersection.
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select No. in the address entry menu by
turning 003E0012003Fand sliding 00380012000Athe 320
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COMAND controller and press
0039to
confirm.
You will see the house number list either
with the characte rbar (option 1) or as a
selectio nlist (option 2). House number list with character bar
Option 1: house number list with character
bar
X Enter 4 and
0 . Character entry, using city
input as an example (Y page 301).House number list as selection list
Option 2: house number list as selection list
X
Select an entry by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm your selection.
The address entry menu appears again. The
house number has now been entered. Entering the ZIP code, center and
intersection
Entering
aZIP code
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select ZIP in the address entry menu by
turning 003E0012003Fand sliding 00380012000Athe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
You will see the ZIP code list either with the
characte rbar (option 1) or as a selection
list (option 2). Lis
tofZ IP codes with character bar
Option 1: ZIP code list with character bar
X Enter a ZIP code. Character entry, using city
input as an example (Y page 301). ZIP code list as selection list
Option 2: ZIP code list as selection list
X
Select the desired zip code by turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller. Navigation
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Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm yours election.
If COMAND is able to assign the ZIP code
unambiguously to a specific address, the
address entry menu appears again. The ZIP
code appears in place of the city's name.
If COMAND cannot assign the ZIP code
unambiguously to a specific address, the
address entry menu also appears again.
The ZIP code is automatically entered. You
can now enter the street for a more precise
location .Only streets in the area covered
by the entered ZIP code are available.
X Start route calculation (Y page 323).
Entering acenter
Entering a center will, for example, delete a
previously entered street.
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select Center in the address entry menu
by turning 003E0012003Fand sliding 00380012000Athe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
You will see the center list either with the
character bar (option 1) or as a selection
list (option 2). City center list with character bar
Option 1: center list with character bar
X
Enter a center. Character entry, using city
input as an example (Y page 301). Center list as selectio
nlist
Option 2: center list as selection list
X Select a center by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm your selection.
The address entry menu appears again. The
center selected has been entered.
X Start route calculation (Y page 323).
Entering an intersection
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X Select Intersection (junction) in the
address entry menu by turning 003E0012003Fand
sliding 00380012000Athe COMAND controller and
press 0039to confirm.
You will see the intersection list eithe rwith
the character bar (option 1) or as a
selection list (option 2). 322
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Intersection list with character bar
0002
List entry most closely resembling the
characters entered so far
0003 List
0027 Character bar
Option 1: intersection list with character bar
X Enter an intersection. Character entry,
using city input as an example
(Y page 301). Intersection list as selection list
Option 2: intersection list as selection list
X Select an intersection by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm yours election.
The address entry menu appears again. The
intersection selected has been entered.
X Start route calculation (Y page 323).Starting route calculation
Address entry menu with destination address
0002
Destination address
0003 To start route calculation
You can now have COMAND calculate the
route for the address specified or save the
address first, e.g. as your home address (My
Address) (Y page 324).
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 318).
X In the address entry menu, confirm Start by pressing
0039.
If no other route has been calculated, route
calculation starts immediately (option 1). If
another route has already been calculated
(route guidance is active), a prompt
appears (option 2).
i The Continue menu item is displayed
instead of Start if
Calculate Alternative Routes is activated in the
navigation menu (option 2) (Y page 347).
Option 1 –no route guidance active: route
calculatio nstarts. While route calculatio nis
in progress, an arrow will indicate the
direction to your destination. Below this, you
will see a message, e.g. Calculating Fast
Route .
Once the route has been calculated, route
guidance begins.
If the vehicle is not on a digitized road, the
following is displayed:
R the linear distance to the destination
R the direction to the destination
R the Off Mapped Road message Navigation
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Option 2 – route guidance is already
active:
if route guidance is already active, a
prompt will appear asking whether you wish
to terminate the currently active route
guidance.
X Select Yes or
No and press
0039to confirm.
If you select Yes , COMAND will stop route
guidance and start route calculation for the
new destination.
If you select No , COMAND will continue
with the active route guidance.
i Route calculation takes a certain amount
of time. The time depends on the distance
from the destination, for example.
COMAND calculates the route using the
digital map data.
The calculated route can differ from the
ideal route, for example because of
incomplete map data. Please also refer to
the notes about the digital map
(Y page 372).
Entering and saving your home address
You can either enter your home address for
the first time (option 1) or edit a previously
stored home address (option 2).
X Option 1: enter the address, e.g. a city,
street and house number (Y page 319).
X Once you have entered the address, select
Save in the address entry menu by turning
003E0012003F and sliding 00380012000Athe COMAND
controller and press 0039to confirm.
X Select Save as "My Address" and press
0039 to confirm.
COMAND stores your home address under
the My Address entry in the destination
memory.
X Option 2: proceed as described under
"Option 1".
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe
current home address should be
overwritten. X
Select Yes and press
0039to confirm.
After selecting Yes , the
Saving Procedure Successful message
appears.
Selecting adestination from the
destination memory (e.g. My address) Introduction
The destination memory always contains an
entry named "My address". You may wish to
assign your home address to this entry, for
example (Y
page 324), and selec titfor route
guidance. This entry is always located at the
top of the list in the destination memory.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm.
X Select From Memory and press
0039to
confirm.
You will see the destination memory list
either with the character bar (option 1) or
as a selection list (option 2).
Option 1: destination memoryl ist with
character bar 0002
Character entered by the user
0003 Characters automatically added by the
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0027
List entry most closely resembling the
characters entered so far
0026 To switch to the selection list
0024 To delete an entry
0025 Characters not currently available
0016 Character bar
0017 Currently selected character
0018 To cancel an entry
0019 Characters currently available
X Enter a destination, e.g. "My address".
Character entry, using city input as an
example (Y page 301).
Option 2: destination memory list as
selection list Destination memory list
X
Select My Address by turning
003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0039to
confirm yours election.
The address entry menu appears again.
"My address" has been entered.
X To start route calculation: selectStart and press
0039to confirm.
Entering adestination from the list of
last destinations X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller. X
Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm. X
Select From Last Destinations and
press 0039to confirm.
X Select the desired destination by turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
The address entry menu appears again. The
destination address selected has been
entered.
X To start route calculation: selectStart and press
0039to confirm.
Once the route has been calculated, route
guidance begins (Y page 323).
i “Las tDestinations” memory
(Y page 361).
Entering adestination usin gthe map Calling up the map
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigatio
nsystem
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm. Navigation
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0002
Curren tvehicle position
0003 Crosshair
0027 Details of the crosshair position
0026 Map scale selected
X Select Using Map and press
0039to confirm.
You see the map with the crosshair.
Display 0027depends on the settings selected
in "Map information in the display"
(Y page 365). You can see the current street
name if the digital map contains the
necessary data, You can see the coordinates
of the crosshair if the geo-coordinate display
is switched on and the GPS signal is strong
enough.
Moving the map and selecting the
destination
X To scroll the map: slide003600120037, 00380012000Aor
00340012003D the COMAND controller.
X To set the map scale: as soon as you turn
003E0012003F the COMAND controller, the scale bar
appears.
X Turn 003E0012003F until the desired scale is set.
Turning clockwise zooms out from the map;
turning counter-clockwise zooms in. X
To select adestination: press0039the
COMAND controller once or several times.
If COMAND is unable to assign a unique
address, you will see either the address
entry menu with the destination address or
a selectio nlist.
X Selec tadestination by turning 003E0012003Fthe
COMAND controller and press 0039to
confirm.
If the destination is within the limits of the
digital map, COMAND attempts to assign
the destination to the map.
If the destination can be assigned, you will
see the address entry menu with the
address of the destination. If not, you will
see the Destination From Map entry.
X To start route calculation: selectStart and press
0039to confirm.
Entering adestination usin ggeo-
coordinates X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm. 326
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X
Select Using Geo-Coordinates and
press 0039to confirm.
An entry menu appears.
You can now enter the latitude and longitude
coordinates.
X To change a value: turn003E0012003F the
COMAND controller.
X To move the mark within the line: slide
003600120037 the COMAND controller.
X To move the mark between the lines:
slide 00380012000A the COMAND controller.
X To confirm the value: press0039the
COMAND controller.
i If the selected position is outside the
digital map, COMAND uses the nearest
digitized road for route calculation. You will
see the The coordinates are off the
map message. If the selected position is
located ove rabody of water, you will see
the message: The destination is in a body of water. Please select
another destination.
Intermediate stop
Entering an intermediate stop
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm. Intermediate stop categories
Option 1: the route does not have an
intermediate stop.
X
Select Stopover and press
0039to confirm.
X Select a category; see option 2.
Option 2: the route already has an
intermediate stop.
X Select Change Stopover and press
0039to
confirm. Example: search results for the chosen category
COFFEE SHOP
0002
Highlighted stopover, curren tdistance
fro mv ehicle position and name of
stopover
X To select acategory: select a category by
turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND controller and
press 0039to confirm.
COMAND first searches in the selected
category for destinations along the route.
If there are no destinations available there,
COMAND searches for destinations within
a radius of 60 miles(100 km) of the vehicle
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If COMAND finds destinations, a list
appears on the right-hand side of the
display.
The stopovers along the route are displayed
at the top of the list, sorted by increasing
distance from the vehicle's current position.
Below this, you will see the stopovers that
COMAND finds in the vicinity of the vehicle's
current position.
i For stopovers that are not located along
the calculated route, the lineard istance is
shown.
X Select an intermediate stop by turning
003E0012003F the COMAND controller and press
0039 to confirm.
The address entry menu appears, showing
the destination address.
X To start route calculation: selectStart and press
0039to confirm.
If COMAND does not fin dany destinations,
you will see a message to this effect.
X Confirm OK by pressing
0039.
X Select a different category.
Deleting astopover
If a stopove rhas already been entered, you
can delete it.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm.
X Select Stopover and press
0039to confirm.
X Select Delete Stopover and press
0039to
confirm.
COMAND deletes the intermediate stop
and recalculates the route to the main
destination. Entering waypoints Introduction
You can map the route yourself by entering
up to two waypoints
.The sequence of the
waypoints can be changed at any time.
i An intermediate stop is always between
the current position of the vehicle and the
first waypoint.
Creating waypoints
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
0014 function button.
X To show the menu: press0039the COMAND
controller.
X Select Dest. in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 003E0012003Fthe COMAND
controller and pressing 0039to confirm. Waypoint menu without waypoints
X
Select Waypoints and press
0039to confirm.
The destination is entered in the menu.
X Confirm the symbol for waypoint 1by
pressing 0039the COMAND controller. 328
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