2003 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class navigation

143 Navigation
Destination input
7Calculation method
8Destination
Cancel route calculation
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Cancel” and press to
confirm.
The main destination input menu will
appear.During the calculation, the symbol display
will appear after a few seconds.
9Calculation of route
10Arrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
11Distance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position 12 now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.
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144 NavigationRoute guidance
Route guidanceRoute guidance principles

145 Navigation
Route guidance
Function
Page
1
Name of the street onto
which you should turn orDistance to destination orName of the route
(e.g. I-695) and direction
of travel to follow (e.g.
North)
154
155
155
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or

Destination direction


Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route


Destination flag
154
168
170
3
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
149
4
Other display types

Distance bar to the
next maneuver


Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
154
155


“OFF MAP” - vehicle
is located outside of
the digitized map
area


“OFF ROAD” - vehicle
is located on a road
which is not digitized


“DEST AREA” - vehic-
le is approaching the
destination, the des-
tination area is not di-
gitized


“CALC. ROUTE” - a
route is being calcu-
lated
143


“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated


“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
170
Function
Page
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
156
6
Marking a way point
160
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
157
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
156
9
Selecting
map orientation
159
10
Current map scale
158
11
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
151
12
Destination flagFunction
Page

146 NavigationRoute guidanceAfter the destination is selected and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
will guide you to the destination using both
pictorial displays and voice outputs.
During route guidance, you can select the
following 3 screen displays:

Symbol display
Always appears after a route has been
calculated


Map display
Activate the map with menu field 5,
switch back to symbol display with
menu field 8


Mix
Before the vehicle makes a turn,
COMAND switches automatically from
the map to the symbol display.
Once the turn has been completed, the
map is displayed again.
iIn the map display, menu fields 6, 8, 9
are removed after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to display the menu fields again.
iThe map appears automatically after 5
seconds if the vehicle is located on a
road which is not digitized (message
OFF ROAD).
If COMAND recognizes a stored road,
the symbol display is called up again.

147 Navigation
Route guidance
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route informa-
tion.
Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.
“Destination Info” selection menu 1Estimated time of arrival at destination
2Current distance to destination
3Display route list
4Display location map
5Display current destination
6Request route mode
7Activate route map
8Display stop-over

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 to 8 and press to con-
firm.
Route guidance is switched off
The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.
Requesting destination and route in-
formation
iIf the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in gray
and display the last available informati-
on. The message “Off Road: dest. info
not up-to-date” appears underneath.

148 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 and press to confirm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.Displaying the entry in full in a window

Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
Displaying the next/previous page (if ar-
rows are filled)
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight ;/: and press to confirm.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
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iThe route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(page 142), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.

149 Navigation
Route guidance
Activating the location map
If route guidance is active
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Location map” and
press to confirm.
The location map faces north (North-
up).
1Geographic longitude and latitude for
your current location
2Number of satellites received
3Scale used the last time the location
map was activated
4Current vehicle location in the center of
the screen
5Name of the street the vehicle is
currently travelling onAltering the map scale (
page 158).
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
If route guidance is switched off

Press l.
The location map will appear.

Press l again to activate the main
destination input menu.iIf the location map appears after
COMAND has been switched on,
pressb to activate the main desti-
nation input menu.

150 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying current destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Current Destination”
and press to confirm.
You will see the current destination.
Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press *.Requesting route mode
1Settings for route calculation mode

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v in the selection menu “Destination
Info” to highlight “Options” and press
to confirm.
The settings for the current route are
displayed. Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play
After 15 seconds, COMAND will return au-
tomatically to the symbol or map display.
or

Press *.
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iSelecting calculation mode
(page 141)
Selecting a detour during destination
guidance (
page 163)
Marking a way point (
page 160)