2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Comand Manual

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Audio Telephone
Navigation
Index Info Services and
system settings Route guidance1Name of the street onto which you should turn or
distance from destination
2Arrow indicating the driving direction,
other symbols are also possible: arrow indicating
the direction to the destination, symbol for new
calculation of a route or destination flag
3Name of the street on which you are travelling
4The following may be displayed:
• Distance bar to turn-off
• Distance to the next turn in miles
• Messages:
“OFF MAP” – the vehicle is located outside of the
digitized map area
“OFF ROAD” – the vehicle is located on a road
which is not digitized
“DEST AREA” – the vehicle is approaching the
destination, the destination area is not digitized
“CALC. ROUTE” - a route is being calculated
“NEW ROUTE” - an existing route is being
recalculated
“NO ROUTE” - system is unable to calculate a route
5Activates the map
6Selects the destination and route information
screen, page 176
7Marking a way point, page 1938Mixture of map and symbol display, page 190
9Activates the symbol display
10Selecting map orientation:
North orientation (North-up) or direction of travel at
the top (Heading-up), page 192
11Current map scale
12Symbol for the current vehicle location with respect
to route
13Destination flag
Route guidance is visual with screen displays and
acoustic with voice outputs.
You can select the following screen displays during
route guidance:
• Symbol display - always appears after a route has
been calculated
• Map display - activate the map with menu field (5),
switch back with menu field (9)
• Mix - before the vehicle makes a turn the COMAND
switches automatically to the symbol display, and
the map is displayed again once the turn has been
completed
In the map display, menu fields (6), (7), (9) and (10) are
removed after 15 seconds. Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to display the menu field again.

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Index Info Services and
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Route guidance
Requesting destination and route information
After the route has been calculated, it is possible to
request destination and route information.
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the “Info”
menu field in the symbol display or on the map and
press to confirm.1Estimated time of arrival
2Distance from destination
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the menu
field and press it to confirm:
3Displays the route list, page 177
4Displays the location map, page 179
5Displays current destination, page 180
6Requests the route mode, page 181
7Activates the route map, page 182
8Displays stop-over, page 183
Route guidance is switched off:
The last destination driven to will appear in line (1).
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Index Info Services and
system settings Route guidanceDisplaying the route list
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight menu field
(3) and press to confirm. The following message will
appear: “Compiling Route List...”.
The route list contains a list of streets which will be
travelled or which still lie ahead.Press
to display long entries in full in a window.
Press again to remove the window from the
screen.
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to move to the next/
previous page, move the cursor past the upper/lower
scrolling symbol.
Press
twice to return to the symbol display or the
map.
Notes:
The route list is updated during the trip, the display
will indicate the streets which remain to be travelled.
If a longer route is calculated to avoid sections of the
freeway (page 170), these freeways may still appear on
the route list. As the vehicle approaches the freeway, it
will be deleted from the list.
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Route guidance
Activating the route map
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to menu field “Route
map” (page 176) and press to confirm.
The route map shows the general view for the whole
route.9Current vehicle position
10Route displayed as a blue line
11Destination
The map scale selected depends on the route. The route
map faces north.
Press
twice to return to the symbol display or the
map.
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Activating the location map
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to menu field “Location
map” (page 176) and press to confirm.
The position map faces north.12Number of satellites received
13Geographical latitude and longitude for your
current position
14Scale of the last activation of the position map,
Altering the map scale, page 191
15Current vehicle position in the center of the screen
16Name of the street you are currently travelling on
Press
twice to return to the symbol display or the
map.

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Index Info Services and
system settings
Route guidance
Displaying the current destination
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the menu
field “Current destination” in the menu (page 176) and
press it to confirm.Press
to return to symbol display or the map.
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Introduction
Audio Telephone
Navigation
Index Info Services and
system settings Route guidanceRequesting the route mode
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to menu field “Options”
(page 176) and press to confirm.17Indicates settings for the route calculation mode
selected for the current route
Selecting the route calculation mode, page 171
Selecting a detour during route guidance, page 196
Marking a way point, page 193
Press
to return to the symbol display or the map.
The screen will return to this display automatically
after 15 seconds.
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Index Info Services and
system settings
Route guidance
Activating the route map
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to menu field “Route
map” (page 176) and press to confirm.
The route map shows the general view for the whole
route.18Current vehicle position
19Route displayed as a blue line
20Destination
The map scale selected depends on the route. The route
map faces north.
Press
to return to the symbol display or the map.
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