2003 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class Comand Manual

86 Navigation
Quick reference
Inserting
Press to lower the front of the
control panel.
Insert the navigation DVD into the CD/
DVD slot with the label side up. The
DVD is automatically fed into the CD/
DVD player.
The control panel closes automatically
after a few seconds.Ejecting
Press to lower the front of the
control panel.
Press to eject the inserted DVD.
Press to raise the front of the
control panel.
Inserting or ejecting the navigation DVDi
If a navigation DVD is inserted, the nav-
igation DVD symbol is displayed
when in the radio, tape, or CD mode.

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Quick reference
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If the display is in the down position for
more than 20 seconds, 2 successive
beeps are heard. This will continue at 5
second intervals until the display is re-
turned to its normal position. Press
to return the control panel to its
closed position.
!
A lowered control panel can easily be
damaged. As soon as the CD is ejected,
close the control panel.
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If you do not remove an ejected DVD,
the CD/DVD automatically retrieves it
after 10 seconds.
The CD/DVD drive can

Read navigation DVDs or

Playback audio CDs.

88 Navigation
Destination input
Destination input
Menu overview

89 Navigation
Destination input
FunctionPage
1Main navigation menu
2Setup Select menu
3Display Setup menu
4Guidance Setup menu
5Clock Adjustment menu143
6Language/Unit menu142
7System Information
menu140
8Route Select menu
9Avoid Road menu117
FunctionPage
10Change Current Method
menu115
11Delete Stopover menu
12Map screen
13Edit Select menu
14Edit Today’s Plan menu127
15Edit Address Book menu124
16Edit Previous Destina-
tions menu129
17Save Current Position in
Previous Destinations
menu128
FunctionPage
18Find Destination by
menu
19Today’s Plan menu125
20Address Book menu106
21Previous Destination
menu107
22Phone Number menu104
23Point of Interest menu100
24Intersection menu96
25Address menu92

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Destination input
Press .
The navigation start up screen only ap-
pears during the software loading pro-
cess.
After the navigation system boots up, the
disclaimer screen appears.
To accept the statements, press .
The display that appears is dependent
on the last navigation function used.Depending on the last system mode, MCS
calls one of the following displays:
If route guidance has been switched off

The main destination input menu
If route guidance has been switched on

The symbol display with an arrow
indicating your driving direction
or

The map with the symbol of current
vehicle location
or

The location map.
Switching the navigation system on
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Changing over to another system, e.g. radio
Press to switch to radio opera-
tion.
The navigation system continues to run
in the background.
If you switch off the MCS, the naviga-
tion and audio system also switch off.You can search for a destination by:

Address (page 92)

Intersection (page 96)

Point of interest (page 100)

Phone number (page 104)

Recalling stored destinations from your
address book (
page 106)

Selecting previous destinations
(
page 107)

Selecting the destination directly from
the map (
page 108)

Today’s plan (page 125)
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Potential fault messages during naviga-
tion start up:

“MUSIC CD INSERTED PLEASE
REPLACE WITH A NAVIGA-
TION CD”.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation DVD.

“Please insert DVD-ROM”.
Insert a navigation DVD.

“Error reading DVD-ROM.
Please check the disk”.
Check the DVD for damages like
scratches. Replace DVD.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the navigation start up screen.
Entering destination address

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Searching for a destination by address

Press .

Use the joystick to select “INPUT
DESTINATION” and press .The Find Destination by menu appears.
Use the joystick to select “Address”
and press .You can find the address by:

Selecting“Street Name”, if you
want to search for the address by
street name and number.

Selecting“City Name”, if you want
to search for the city name first.

Selecting“Change State”, if you
want to search for the address in a dif-
ferent state.

Selecting“Change Province”, if
you want to search for the address in a
different province.
Use the joystick to select the desired
method and press .
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If you have entered the state or the
province and you know the city name,
use the city name to start your search.
This will save time versus starting a
search using the street name.

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Changing state or province
The input screen appears showing the cur-
rent state or province.
If you want to choose another state or
province, select it with the joystick and
press .
The new state or province is selected.Entering a city name
The input screen appears. If you selected
the city name menu, the current city name
appears.
1Text window
2Keypad
3List button
4Delete button
5Space button
If you want to choose another city, use
the joystick to select the first character
from the keypad 2
2 and press .
The character appears in the text win-
dow 1
1.
To enter more characters, repeat
above step.
If a character is not available, it will au-
tomatically be shaded out.
To correct the last character, use the
joystick to select “Delete”4
4 and
press .
When you have entered the city name,
use the joystick to select “List”3
3and
press .
or
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