2003 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK-Class CABRIOLET voice

155 Navigation
Route guidance
1Distance to destination
2Arrow indicating driving direction
3Name of the road you are currently dri-
ving on
4Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point1Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2Part of the street, not to be followed
3Name of the street you should drive on
4Distance graph to turning-pointBefore you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued rou-
te, e.g.


“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)


“Bear left after 250 feet”


“Please bear left”
Please note the following difference in
voice output
Following the course of the road
Driving through an intersectioniAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
Situation
Example of voice
output
Making a turn
onto a street
...turn left/right.
Driving through

an intersection ...bear left/right.

161 Navigation
Route guidance
Starting route guidance
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Start
Guidance…”.You will now see the information corres-
ponding to route calculation and hear the
voice output: “The route to your intermedi-
ate destination is being calculated”.
The previously selected route mode will be
maintained.
After you reach the way point, you will con-
tinue to follow the route to the original in-
put destination.
iAfter you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and
“House No...” may appear in black, indi-
cating that it is possible to select them.
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169 Navigation
Route guidance
The car is parked for longer than 2 hours
and the remaining distance to the destina-
tion is more than 0.3 miles.Inquiry menuAfter COMAND has been switched on
again, the inquiry menu shown above ap-
pears.Recalculating and continuing the active
route guidance

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Yes”.
You will hear the voice output “The rou-
te is being recalculated”.
Recalculating and continuing the active
route guidance

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
The destination input menu will appear.
Interrupt route guidance during a
journey
iThe inquiry menu can also appear if the
current stop-over is entered.
If the journey is interrupted for less than
2 hours, active route guidance will be
continued automatically. You will hear
the voice output “The route is being re-
calculated”.
iIf the remaining distance to the route is
less than 0.3 miles, route guidance
ends and the main destination input
menu will appear.
The message “Manual route exclusions
have been reset” will appear, if

you have selected a detour and the
COMAND was switched off for lon-
ger than 30 minutes during active
route guidance.
Manually entered traffic jams are dele-
ted.

Press * to remove the message.

170 NavigationRoute guidanceWhen you reach the destination, you will
see the destination flag. You will hear the
voice output “You have reached your des-
tination”.Then the main destination input menu ap-
pears and you can now enter another des-
tination.Arriving at destination
iYou will also hear voice outputs and see
display messages when you approach
and arrive at way points.

171 Navigation
Route guidance
During route guidance (you see either sym-
bol or map display) you can select another
COMAND system by pressing the corres-
ponding key.
The main menu of the selected audio sour-
ce will appear and you will e.g. hear the
radio.
Route guidance and the navigation’s voice
output remain active.
The voice output is added to the audio
playback.
You can individually adjust the volume le-
vels for voice output and audio playback
(page 64).

Press c.
The main radio menu will appear.
The station last tuned to will begin to
play.

Selecting a station (
page 30).
Returning to navigation system

Press b.During route guidance, you can operate an
audio source that is active in the back-
ground. Although the options are limited,
you can operate the audio source without
having to fully switch to the corresponding
system.
1A window is shown in the symbol or
map display, providing details about
the active audio source
Activating audio system
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Activating audio functions

184Info Services/System settingsInfo Services*
Info Services*In chapter “Info Services/System set-
tings” you will find detailed information on
the following topics:

Requesting and displaying Info Services


Adjusting the brightness


Selecting the language for the menu
text displays and the voice output


Setting the date and time


Selecting beep tones


Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)


Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings


Switching an auxiliary audio source on
and offIf you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading the chapter “At a glance”
(
page 6).
When you subscribe to Info Services, you
can download information directly to your
COMAND. You can select from news, wea-
ther, sports, stocks, and calendar remin-
ders.
To personalize your selections visit


www.MBUSA.com or call


1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Main service menu1New information service is requested
from Response Center
2Shows date and time of the message
3The main settings menu will appear
(
page 187)
iThis function is not available in some
countries.
Requesting and displaying
Info ServicesiBefore you can use Info Services, Tele
Aid must be activated at the Response
Center and Info Services selected.

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Info Services/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
system settings menu and press to
confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3Page forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired language
and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the xx language” and loads the se-
lected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

Selecting the language

200Info Services/System settingsAuxiliary audio source
Auxiliary audio sourceThe auxiliary audio source (e.g. tape recor-
der) will be installed in the glove compart-
ment of your vehicle and connected to the
socket available for this purpose. You will
require a separate connecting cable for
this.COMAND will play back voice outputs du-
ring route guidance even if the auxiliary au-
dio source has been switched on.
It is possible to use the telephone while the
auxiliary audio source is in operation.
1Adjusting sound settings (
page 63)
ConnectingiMercedes-Benz recommends that any
auxiliary audio unit is installed and con-
nected by an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center.
iRefer to the seperate operating in-
structions for information on how to
operate the auxiliary audio source (e.g.
CD changer).
Switching auxiliary audio source on
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