MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class 2015 R131 Owner's Manual

Selecting the search position
X
After a search term has been entered and
confirmed, a menu appears.
COMAND searches for available POIs for
the search term entered:
R near the current vehicle position
R along the calculated route
If a destination has previously been
entered, the function is available.
R near the destination
If a destination has previously been
entered, the function is available.
R near an address
X After selecting Near Destination
Near Destination, enter
an address and confirm.
The search results are displayed. Example: search results Using search results X
Select an entry in the list of search results
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
A menu appears.
X To show the detailed view: confirm
Details Details by pressing 0098the COMAND con-
troller.
The address of the selected entry is dis-
played.
X To use a search result as the destina-
tion: select Navigate to Navigate to by turning00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
You then switch to navigation mode and
can start route calculation (Y page 327).
You then switch to navigation mode and
can start route calculation.
i The search result is stored in the
"Last destinations" memory at the same
time (Y page 364). You can take the desti-
nation from this memory and save it per-
manently in the destination memory
(Y page 361).
X To call up a destination: selectCall Callwith
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
You then switch to the telephone function
and make the call (Y page 387).
You then switch to the telephone function
and make the call.
i If there is no phone number available, the
menu item cannot be selected. Online and Internet functions
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X
To import a destination: selectImport
Import
with the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
You can choose whether you want to save
the POI as a personal POI on the SD mem-
ory card or in the address book.
i If there is no SD memory card in the slot,
the Save As Personal POI
Save As Personal POI menu item
cannot be selected.
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 445).
X To save as a personal POI: confirmSave
Save
As Personal POI As Personal POI by pressing0098the
COMAND controller.
The entry is saved as a personal POI on the
SD memory card.
i You can use a personal POI in navigation
mode for route calculation (Y page 342).
If the personal POI is saved on the SD mem-
ory, you can also use it for route calculation
in another vehicle.
X To save to the address book: select
Save to Address Book
Save to Address Book by turning00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
The entry is stored in the address book.
Popular searches This function allows you to search using pre-
defined search criteria.
X Bring Popular Searches
Popular Searches in the Local
Search menu to the front by turning 00790052007A(the COMAND controller and press
0098to
confirm.
A menu displays the available search crite-
ria. Example: popular searches
X Select the search criteria and press 0098to
confirm.
X Proceed as described in the "Selecting the
search position" section (Y page 419). If
the vehicle is stationary, the search results
can be supplemented manually, e.g. "Hotel
Adler".
Search History This function offers you the previous search
queries.
X Bring Search History Search History in the Local search
menu to the front by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The previous search queries are shown
with the most recent at the top. 420
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X
Select the search criteria and press 0098to
confirm.
X Proceed as described in the "Selecting the
search position" section (Y page 419). If
the vehicle is stationary, the search results
can be supplemented manually, e.g. "Hotel
Adler". Destination/route download
Introduction You can send destinations and routes from
Google™ maps to the server and download
these via this function. You can use the des-
tinations and routes for route guidance and
save them for further use.
In order to use the download destination/
route function, the mbrace system must be:
R activated
R set up
R and activated for COMAND and Internet
access services.
For information on the mbrace system, see
the separate vehicle Operator's Manual.
Sending destinations to the server X
Call up the website for Google™ Maps on
the Internet.
X Enter a destination.
X Click "More" at the destination.
X Click "Send".
X Click "Send to vehicle". X
Select Mercedes-Benz as the vehicle
brand.
X Enter the mbrace e-mail address or the
vehicle identification number.
X Enter the vehicle identification number.
X Click "Send".
The destination is sent to the server.
i The availability of the destination/route
download function is country-dependent.
Downloading destinations from the
server Proceed as follows to use destinations/
routes that have been sent to the server:
X Select the 00A7symbol in the main function
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Mercedes-Benz Apps Mercedes-Benz Apps panel to
the front by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
The Mercedes-Benz Apps menu is dis-
played. X
Bring the Dest./Route Dest./Route Download Downloadpanel to
the front and press 0098to confirm.
i With
Exit
Exit, you quit the destination/route
download.
With Options Options, you set the options for the
destination/route download (Y page 424).
X Confirm the Dest./Route Download
Dest./Route Download
panel by pressing 0098.
Available routes and destinations are
shown in the list. Online and Internet functions
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You can save up to 20 routes and 50 desti-
nations for your vehicle on the server and dis- play these in the list. If you send further routesor destinations to the server, the existing
entries are deleted from the list.
i The routes/destinations sent from Goo-
gle™ maps to the server are automatically
deleted from there after seven days.
Using destinations Calling up the menu
X Select an entry in the list by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
A menu appears.
Displaying details
X Confirm Details Details in the menu by pressing
0098 the COMAND controller.
The route or destination is displayed.
X To call up a POI: confirm the entry by
pressing 0098.
i You can use the function if:
R a mobile phone is connected
(Y page 381)
R the destination address contains a tele-
phone number
Using as the destination
X Select Navigate
Navigate to toin the menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
You then switch to navigation mode and
can start route calculation (Y page 327).
i A route can only be stored as a personal
POI on an SD memory card or taken directly
for route calculation (Y page 422).
Calling up the destination X Select Call
Call in the menu by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
You then switch to the telephone function
and make the call (Y page 387). Importing a destination/route
When importing, you can choose whether you
want to save the destination as a personal POI
on an SD memory card or in the address book.
You can only save routes as personal POIs to an SD memory card, but not in the address
book.
X Select Import
Import in the menu with the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
i If there is no SD memory card in the slot,
the As AsPersonal
Personal POI
POImenu item is grayed
out.
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 445).
X To save as a personal POI: confirmAs
As
Personal POI
Personal POI by pressing0098the
COMAND controller.
The entry is saved as a personal POI on the SD memory card.
i You can use a personal POI in navigation
mode for route calculation (Y page 342).
You can also use a personal POI in another
vehicle for route calculation.
X To save to the address book: selectTo To
Address Book
Address Book by turning00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The entry is stored in the address book.
Deleting a destination/route from the
server X Select an entry in the list by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select Delete Delete and press 0098to confirm.
A query appears asking whether the desti-
nation or the route should be deleted.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm. 422
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Options
Introduction You can select options for the following
Mercedes-Benz Apps on COMAND:
R Local Search (Y page 423)
R Destination download (Y page 424)
You can reset the selected options to the
default settings (Y page 425).
Calling up the options menu X
Select the 00A7symbol in the main function
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Mercedes-Benz Apps
Mercedes-Benz Apps panel to
the front by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Options
Options by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm. Selecting options for the Local Search Setting the search radius
X
Select Local Search Local Search in the Options menu
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The menu shows the current settings.
X Confirm the entry after Search radius:
Search radius:
by pressing 0098.
The 003Bdot indicates the currently selected
search radius.
X Select an entry by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The selected setting is accepted.
X To exit the menu: selectBack Backby turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm. Online and Internet functions
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Selecting a service provider
X
Select Local Search
Local Search in the Options menu
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The menu shows the current settings.
X Select the entry after Service
Service provider:
provider:
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The 003Bdot indicates the currently selected
service provider.
i If the entry is grayed out, you cannot
select the service provider.
X Select an entry and press 0098to confirm.
The selected service provider is accepted.
X To exit the menu: selectBack
Back by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Deleting/saving searches
X Select the Delete
Delete all
allsearches
searches entry by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears, asking whether you
really wish to delete the search.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
Setting options for destination/route
download Setting the type of import
You can choose between manual and auto-
matic importing. X
Select the entry after Import:
Import: by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The 003Bdot indicates the current setting.
X Select Manual Manual orAutomatic
Automatic and press0098
to confirm.
The setting is accepted.
X To exit the menu: selectBack Backby turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Deleting/saving POIs after they have
been imported to the server X Select the entry after Import & Delete: Import & Delete:
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The 003Bdot indicates the current setting.
X Select Yes
YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
The setting is accepted.
Yes Yes deletes the POIs after importing to the
server.
No No does not delete the POIs on the server.
X To exit the menu: selectBack
Backby turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
i Routes and destinations are automati-
cally deleted on the server after seven
days.
Conditions of use You can review the terms of use for the
COMAND Mercedes-Benz Apps and Goo-
gle™.
X Select Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions in the
options menu by sliding 009700520064the COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm
(Y page 423).
X Select Mercedes-Benz Apps Mercedes-Benz Apps orGoogle
Google
and press 0098to confirm.
The respective start page appears.
X Select Continue
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Resetting adjustments
With the reset function, all Mercedes-Benz
Apps settings are reset to the factory set-
tings.
X Select the 00A7symbol in the main function
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Mercedes-Benz Apps
Mercedes-Benz Apps panel to
the front by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Options
Options by sliding 00520064and turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
X Select Reset
Reset and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you
really wish to reset.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo
No and press 0098to confirm. Other services
Mercedes-Benz Mobile Website For individual Mercedes-Benz Apps, it may be
necessary to pay license fees before using.
Use is then limited to a certain period of time. License fees must be paid again for use
beyond this time period.
The COMAND functions include the
Mercedes-Benz Mobile Website as a prede-
fined favorite. X
Select the 00A7icon in the main function bar
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Mercedes-Benz Mobile Web‐
Mercedes-Benz Mobile Web‐
site site panel to the front by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The Mercedes-Benz home page appears.
i You cannot delete the
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz
Mobile Website Mobile Website panel.
Further Mercedes-Benz Apps You can call up additional Mercedes-Benz
Apps, such as Facebook, or Google™ serv-
ices, such as Street View or Panoramio, here.
The following examples show how to call up aMercedes-Benz App, for example Facebook,
and generally how to call up Google™ serv-
ices.
To call up Facebook:
X Select the 00A7icon in the main function bar
by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller
and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Mercedes-Benz Apps Mercedes-Benz Apps panel to
the front by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and pressing 0098to confirm.
The Mercedes-Benz Apps menu is dis-
played.
X Select Facebook Facebook by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The Facebook home page appears.
X To call up Google™ services: this is done
through Google™ Local Search
(Y page 420).
i Facebook is a social network. This App
allows you to log in from your vehicle and
use Facebook's many functions.
Google™ Street View allows you to view
streets in 360-degree panoramas.
Google™ Panoramio expands Google Local Search to include photos at the selected
position. Online and Internet functions
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Internet radio
General notes A good Internet connection is required to
transmit audio data efficiently. To ensure the
best-possible reception, your mobile phone
should be connected to the vehicle's exterior antenna via the phone bracket (optional).
Bear in mind that a relatively large volume of
data can be transmitted when using the Inter- net radio. An average 12 8kbit per second
data transfer rate can transfer 56 MB of data
in one hour.
The data transfer rate of a station is displayed while receiving data.
Calling up the Internet radio X
Select the 00A7icon in the main function bar
by sliding 00970052and turning 00790052the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The carousel view appears.
X Bring the Internet Radio Internet Radio panel to the
front by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The Internet radio menu appears.
Searching for stations X
Select Search
Search in the Internet radio menu.
A list with search criteria appears.
X Select criterion and press 0098to confirm.
i For example as a search criterion, you can
set an Internet radio station that is located
close to your navigation destination. Connecting to a station X
Search for a station (Y page 426).
X Select 0065(play) in the Internet radio
menu and press 0098to confirm.
The call is placed.
If the data stream is interrupted, an automatic attempt is made to re-establish the connec-
tion.
Manually re-establishing a connection
X Select 0065(play) again in the Internet
radio menu and press 0098to confirm.
Ending data transfer: X Select 00DB(stop) in the Internet radio
menu and press 0098to confirm.
or X Change to another audio source, for exam-
ple Disc
Disc.
If you change to a main function that is not an
audio source, e.g. navigation, the data con-
nection remains on. You can continue listen-
ing to the set station. Internet
Display restriction Internet pages cannot be shown while the
vehicle is in motion.
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X
Select the 00A7symbol in the main function
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
The carousel view appears.
You can now enter a web address (option 1
(Y page 427)) or select it in the carousel view
(option 2 (Y page 428)).
To select in the carousel view, you must first
create favorites (Y page 432).
Option 1: entering the web address
You can enter the web address using either
the character bar or the number keypad
(Y page 301).
X Call up the carousel view (Y page 426).
X Select www
www by sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
An input menu appears. X
To enter using the character bar: enter
the web address in the input line. Character entry (Y page 299).
As soon as the first letter has been entered
in the input line, a list appears below it. The
list shows web addresses which begin with the letters you have entered and web
addresses which have already been called
up.
The list is empty the first time you call it up. X
To enter characters using the number
pad: press the number keys in rapid suc-
cession.
The character appears when the key is
pressed. The first available letter is high-
lighted. Enter the character using the char- acter bar (Y page 301). X
After entering the web address, select the
0054 symbol by turning 00790052007Aor sliding
009500520096 the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
The website is called up.
X To select a web address in the list: slide
00970052 the COMAND controller in the input
menu with character bar.
The list is activated. Online and Internet functions
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X
Select the web address by turning 00790052007Aor
sliding 009700520064the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
The web address is entered in the input line.
X Press 0098the COMAND controller.
The website is called up. The Establish‐
Establish‐
ing data connection to ing data connection to name>... name>... message appears.
Option 2: selecting favorites
You must create at least one favorite in the
carousel view for this function (Y page 432).X
Call up the carousel view (Y page 426).
X In the carousel view, bring a favorite to the
front by turning 00790052007Aor sliding 009500520096the
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
The website is called up. Navigating the website
Overview
Action Result
X
Turn 00790052007A the
controller. Navigates from one
item that can be
selected (e.g. link,
text field or selec-
tion list) to the next
and highlights the
respective element
on the website.
Slide the controller:
X
Left or right 009500520096
X Up or down 009700520064
X Diagonally 009100520078 Moves the pointer
on the page.
X
Press 0098the con-
troller. Calls up the menu or
opens the selected
item. X
Press the 003D
button. Calls up the previ-
ous page.
X
Press the 0084
button. Closes the Internet
browser. If several
windows are open,
the current window
is closed.428
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