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178 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory
To select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift
fields on the display are available:
= upper case
= lower case
= special characters
Use,  or to select one of
the shift fields.
Press.
Use, , , ,  or  to
select the characters. Press  after
each selection.
If necessary, press the Delete soft key
to delete the character last entered.
Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or
Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press .
The system will save the entry.
ABC
abc
...
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Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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179 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

POIs (Points of Interest)
Via Navigation main menu
Open the Navigation main menu
(
page 127).
The Navigation main menu appears.
Use to select the POIs menu item.
Press .
The POIs main menu appears
(
page 180).
Via the map
A POI shown on the map can be selected
(
page 184).
Via Destination entry menu
Open the Destination entry menu
(
page 135).A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;
or
If a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:
A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo-
cation can be selected.
Entering POIs
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POIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, or hospitals,
etc.


180 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Enter the desired details of a destina-
tion (
page 135).
Press the POIs soft key.
Proceed as described under “Selecting
a POI category” (
page 181) and “Se-
lecting a POI“ (
page 181).
POIs main menu Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current position:
Selecting a POI in the local area;
Select city:
Selecting a POI in any city to be select-
ed (
page 182);
Global destinations:
A POI from global categories can be se-
lected (
page 182).
The selection is restricted to the region
entered last; however, the region selec-
tion can be changed.
In the POIs main menu, select the
Current position menu item.
Press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

181 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI category
Use or  to select a category.
The
Page soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
Press .If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.
If you have selected any other catego-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting a POI
Use or  to select a POI.
The
Page soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
Press the Details soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details soft key again.
Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 152) appears.

182 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
In the POIs main menu (page 180),
select the
Select city menu item.
Enter a city (page 137).
After entering the city, press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Proceed with “Selecting a POI catego-
ry“ (
page 181) and “Selecting a POI“
(
page 181).
In the POIs main menu (page 180),
select the
Global destinations menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
The following options are now available:
Selecting another region (page 183)
Selecting a POI category (page 183)
Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

183 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting another region
Press the Region soft key.
The region list appears.
Please see “Selecting the region”
(
page 136).
Selecting a POI category
Use or  to select a category.
Press .
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered, or a POI can be selected
from a list.Entering POI names
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city (
page 137).
After entering the name, the list of POIs
referring to the entry appears.Selecting a POI
Use or  to select a POI.
The
Page soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.


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POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the Details soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details soft key again.
Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 152) appears.
Press ;
or
In the Destination entry menu
(
page 135), press the Map soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.i
The list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis-
tance), and the direction to the POI.
Selecting a POI using the map
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The POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected (
page 168).
POI symbols are indicated only if the
map scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1
mi (100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To change the map scale (
page 155).

185 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
If required, use, , , , 
or  to move the map.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Press the Symbol soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.Press the Prev. or Next soft key to select
the desired POI.
Press the Details soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details soft key again.
Press .
You are prompted to confirm the se-
lected POI as the destination.
Use to select the menu item Yes.
Press.
The Start Route Guidance menu
(
page 152) appears.

193 System
System settings
The following options are now available:
Setting the time
Setting the date
Setting the date/time format
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances:
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and
correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.
Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
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There is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.

195 System
System settings
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (page 192),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);
All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.
Use or  to select an entry.
Press.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu, press the
(
page 192) Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Setting the languageSwitching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF