length MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT ROADSTER 2015 C197 Comand Manual

Gene
ralInfo rmat ion
Operational Readinessofthe
Navigation SystemaftertheSystem
Software Update Sometimes
theinstall edmap software isno
longer compatib lefollo wing asystem
software update byan authorized Mercede s-
Benz Center. Inthis case, thenaviga tion
system isnot opera tional.
X To update mapsoftware :Proceed as
describ edinthe “Upda teProcess” section
(Y page 53).Usemap software compatib le
with thesystem software .
i Plea senote thatinthis case theupdate
must runthrough righttothe end. Ifyou
cancel beforeh and,thenaviga tionsystem
wil lstill notberead yfor opera tion.
After start-up orinitia lstart-up, thenaviga tion
system mustperform aposi tion finding
opera tion.Asaresul t,you may have todrive
for some timeuntilprecise routeguidance
takes place.
GPS Rece ption The
correct functioning ofthe naviga tion
system isals odepe ndent onthe GPS
reception. Incertain situations, theGPS
reception maybeimpa ired, distorted oreven
imposs ible, e.g. intunnels, multi-storey car
parks ordue tosnow onthe GPS antenna. If
there issnow onthe GPS antenna, youshou ld
remove it.The GPS antenna isat the rear on
the vehicle 'sroof.
Route Guidance afterVehic leTransport After
vehicle transport (e.g.byferry, cartrain
or by towing) COMAND mustdetermine the
vehicle locationagain.
Position findingtakesplaceautomatically
when thevehicle isdriven offagain, evenif
COMAND isswitched off.The actual length of
time mayvaryfrom casetocase. While
thevehicle isdetermin ingitsposition,
route guidance issubject tothe following
restric tions:
R Navigation announcements,route
guidance displaysand display edstreet
names donot match theactual location.
R COMAND doesnotissue anynavigation
announc ements.
R The message OffMapped Road and
a
direction arrowaredisplay edinstead ofthe
route guidance displays.The arrow
indicates thedirection ofthe destination .
i Direct ionarrow accuracy isalso
dependent oncorrec tvehicle position
and/or direction.
Onc ethe position findingoperation hasbeen
complet ed,route guidance takesplaceagain
via navigation announcementsand route
guidance displays.
Interr upting Journey during Rout e
Guida nce i
Aninterruption inthe journ eymeans
parkin gthe vehicle andswitch ingoffthe
vehicle.
The continuation ofthe journ eymeans
switch ingthe vehicle onagain and
con tinuing todrive.
If you interrupt thejourn eyduring route
guidance andcontinue itlater, thefollowing
applies:
R Ifyou continue the journ eywithin 2hours,
COMAND automatically continues route
guidance.
R Ifyou cont inue thejourney after2hours,
route guidance iscanceled. Youwillhave
to cont inue thecanceled routeguidance
again manually (Ypage 89).
Measur ementUnits The
measurement unitsdisplay edin
navigation modeareidentical tothose setin
the instr ument cluster. Introdu
ction
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Junction
ListWithout Predictive Speller :
G symbol foradditional options
X To selec tajuncti on:Rota teymzor slide
qmr .
X To can celse lecti on:Sel ect Back and
pre ssn.
or
X Pre ssthe k button.
X To confi rm selecti on:Pre ssn.
After theconfi rmation,the Enter
Desti nationmenu appe arsag ain. CO MAND
ha sacce ptedthe selecte djuncti onand
ente reditau toma tically in the Enter
Desti nationmenu .
Now youcan startthe routecal cul ation
(Y page 73) .
Starti ngRou teCal culati on i
Route calcul ation can onlybe started
once allthe nece ssaryaddre ssdata has
be en ente red.
X In the Enter Destinationmenu select
Sta rt . 1
Desti nation
2 Star tsrou tecal cul ation and then starts
rou teguidance
If rou teguidance isnot activeyet,the route
cal cul ation issta rted .
If rou teguidance isalrea dyacti ve,youwi llbe
pro mpte dto confi rmthatrou teguidance
sho uld be end ed.
X Sel ect Yes or
No .
If yo usel ect Yes CO
MAND cancelsrou te
gu idance andstarts the routecal cul ation to
the new lyente reddestinati on.
If yo usel ect No CO
MAND resum esthe
acti verou teguidance .
Dur ing the routecal cul ation, anarrow
po ints towards the destinati on,and
und erne aththe mes sage Cal culating Rou
te... ,
for exa mpl e,isdispl ayed .
Ro ute guidance begins after the routehas
be en calcul ate d(Y page 64) .
i Route calcul ation take ssom etime .The
length oftime depends on,e.g. distance to
the destination. COMANDcalculates the
route using thedigital mapdata. The
calculated routemaydeviate fromthe
actual roadsituation, e.g.asaresult ofroad
works orincomplete mapdata. Please refer
to the information onthe digital map
(Y page 52). Des
tination Input
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As
soo nasthe vehicle location isfound again,
route guidancecont inues inthe usua l
manner. Navigation
Announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcement sare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consulting themap displa yfor directions.
Consulting thesymbols ormap displa yfor
directions maycause youtodivert your
attent ionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident.
i During anactive telephone call,the
navigation announcement sare
suppressed .
If you have missed anannouncement ,you can
call upthe current announcement atany
time.
X To request currentannounce ment:In
map view withthemenu system
(Y page 58)displa yed,select RPT .
X To switch offnavigation
announce ments:Duringthe
announcement ,press theBbutton.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructions havebeen muted .
X To switch navigation announcements
back onmanually: Inmap view withthe
menu system (Ypage 58)displa yed,select
RPT .
or
X Start anew route calcula tion(Ypage 73).
or
X IfCOMAND isswitched onagai northe
engine isrestarted. X
To set the volume ofthe
announcements: Setthevolume during
the automatic announcemen t(Y page 36).
or
X Call upanannouncemen tmanually by
selec tingRPT in
map view withth emen u
syst emdispl ayed.
X Ad jus tthe volume.
Audio Fadeout The
Audio Fadeout function,ifactivated,
lowers thevolume ofthe current audiosource
when anavigation announcemen tisissued.
As soon asthe navigation announcement has
ended, theaudi osource willbeplay edwith
the previous volume(Ypage 36). Cance
lingRoute Guidance
X In the map displa ywith themenu system
displa yed(Ypage 58)select Destination £
Cancel RouteGuidance .
Resuming RouteGuidance X
Select Destination £
Continue Route
Guidance in
map view withthe
menu system displayed.
COMAND calculatesthe route. Detour
Function
i The Detour function blocksaroute
segment ahead.You can setthe length of
the block. COMAND calculates adetour
route ifpossible.
X Select Route £
Detour in
map view with
the menu system displayed.
X To set the length ofblock: Select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
untilthe
required lengthisset.
The blocked segment ishighlighted inred/
white onthe map. Shown atthe top ofthe
display isthe length ofthe blocked Rout
eGuida nce
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segment
andtheroute segment towhich
the block goes.
X To cance lthe function: SelectBack .
X To start route calculation: SelectStart ,
see also (Ypage 73).
X To delete block:Inmap view withthe
menu system displayed,select Route £
Detour £
Delete .
Alternative
Route
i You canhave other routes calcula tedfor
the original routeguidanceusing the
Alternative Route function
.
X In the map displa ywith themenu system
displa yed(Ypage 58)select Route £
Alternative Route .
The displa yis split intotwohalves. Onthe
left isthe map, which displaysone ormore
alternative routesbetween thestart and
the destination. Thecurrent routeis
highlig htedindark blue, other alternative
routes arelight blue(daymode). Ifthe
displa yis in night mode, therepresentation
is inverse.
The right sideofthe displa yshows
information onthe active alternative route,
e.g. length ofthe segment andthe
estimated timeofarrival.
X To selec tnext orprevious alterna tive
rou te:Sele ctNex t or
Pre vious .
The selec tedrout eis now highlig hted in
dark blue.
X To ret urnto theorigi nalrouteguid ance:
Sele ctBac k .
X To sta rtrou teguid ance withthe
selected alterna tiverou teguid ance:
Sele ctSta rt .
Rou
teBrowser
i The routebrows erprov ides anover view
of therout e.You canmov ealong therout e
segm entbysegm entusin gth erout e brows
erand view inform ationand detai ls
ab ou tthe route segments.
X In the map displa ywith themenu system
displa yed,select Route £
Route Browser .
The route browser isin the displa y.
The topofthe displa yshows information on
the highlighted routesegment, e.g.the
road name ornumber andthesegment
length ofthe road tobe driven.
The highlighted routesegment isidentified
on the map byits white colorandrededge.
X To display nextorprevious route
segment: SelectNext or
Previous .
X To enlarge orreduce themap display:
Select ;or:.
X To close route browser: SelectBack .
Displaying
Destination Information
X In the map displa ywith themenu system
(Y page 58)shown, selectRoute £
Destination Information .
The destination information isgiven inthe
displa y. Example
displaywithmain destination and
stopover destination
1 Distanc e/estimated timeofarrival/
estimated journeytimetothe stopover
destination
2 Stopover destination = 90
Route
GuidanceNavigat ion