2003 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Comand Manual

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.
Deleting way point

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Stop” in the symbol or
map display and press to confirm.
The “Way Point” menu will appear, “De-
lete stop-over...” is highlighted.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Delete stop-
over...”.
The way point has been deleted.
If you do not want to delete the way point

Press *.
iAfter you have entered an address, the
menu fields “Intersection…” and “House
No...” may appear in black, indicating
that it is possible to select them.
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NAVI Destination EntryStart Guidance...
Intersection...
House No...
iIf the menu bar is not visible in the map:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The menu bar will appear.
iIt is also possible to delete a way point
in the menu (
page 166).

162 NavigationRoute guidanceMain detour menu
1It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List not activated:
“Cancel” cannot be selected

Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List activated:
“Cancel” is highlighted
3It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (
page 164)

Press ) at any time.
The main detour menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
^
Selecting a detour
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NAVI Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam Ahead...
Cancel Traffic Jam...
Cancel Detour... Detour in Route List...
12
32
iTraffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
I f y o u s w i t c h o f f C O M A N D f o r m o r e t h a n
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.

163 Navigation
Route guidance
Traffic jam ahead
If a traffic jam lies ahead, you can block the
route sections following the next intersec-
tion/the next turn-off.Traffic jam menu1Length of the blocked route section in
miles

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Traffic Jam Ahead...” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The traffic jam menu will appear.Entering the length of the blocked route
section
Increasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
Decreasing the blocked section

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
Calculating detour

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The route will be re-calculated. An in-
formation menu will appear.
Then COMAND continues route
guidance.
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NAVI Traffic JamRoute section to detour:0.3 mi
1
iCOMAND suggests reasonable route
sections.
Minimum/maximum length of detour is
governed by the logical grouping of rou-
te sections. If additional detour seg-
ments are required after the original
detour, they must be requested indivi-
dually.
iYou can also select “Traffic Jam Ahead”
during the course of a detour. The cur-
rent detour will then be cancelled.

164 NavigationRoute guidance
Detour in route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Detour in Route List” in
the main detour menu and press to
confirm.
The message “The route list is being
calculated” will appear.
Then the route list will appear.
Route list1Street cannot be blocked off
2Symbol “+”: street contains several
sections which can be blocked off
Displaying an entry in full in a window
Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
iCOMAND will delete an existing detour
if you
enter a new detour

switch off the system for more than
30 minutes while a detour is activa-
ted
After you have switched the COMAND
on again you will see the message “Ma-
nual route exclusions being reset”.
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NAVI Traffic Jam
4081 E OLYMPIC B
399 S HILL
250 S GRAND AVE
630 W 5TH
3589 S FIGUEROA 200 N STATE
12
1.0 MI
2.4 MI
1.8 MI
0.5 MI
1.6 MI 1.2 MI

165 Navigation
Route guidance
Calling detailed route list Detailed route list3Blocked route section R
4Symbol “-” - sections of a road are dis-
played
Press %.
The detailed route list will appear.Blocking off several streets/street sec-
tions

Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v.
The block function is active, the
symbolR will appear in front of the
entry.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
With each turn, you will block another
section.
Undoing street block

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The symbolR will disappear.
Switching back to the route list

Press /.
The symbol “+” appears in front of the
street section.
The blocking function is still active.Canceling blocking function, do not recal-
culate the route

Press *.
The traffic jam menu will appear.
Ending the blocking function, re-calcula-
ting the route with the blocks selected

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
COMAND re-calculates the route in the
previously selected calculation mode.
A corresponding message will appear.
Then the symbol display will appear
again and COMAND will continue route
guidance.
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NAVI Traffic Jam
4081 E OLYMPIC B
399 S HILL
399 S HILL
399 S HILL 200 N STATE
250 S GRAND AVE
1.0 MI
0.8 MI
1.2 MI
0.4 MI1.2 MI
1.8 MI4
3

166 NavigationRoute guidance1Deletes a way point
2Cancels a detour (traffic jam ahead)
3Cancels a detour (street sections blo-
cked in the route list)
4Resets all functions

Press r.
A selection menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
COMAND will re-calculate the route
using the previously selected calculati-
on mode.
The corresponding information will ap-
pear on the display.
Resetting functions
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NAVIDelete Stop
over
Cancel Traffic Jam Ahead
Cancel Detour in Route List
Delete all
1
2
4
3
iIf you have not selected any way point
(page 160) or detour (
page 162)
menu fields 1 to 4 are shaded out
and cannot be selected.

167 Navigation
Route guidance
If you deviate from a recommended route,
the COMAND automatically calculates a
new route from the current vehicle locati-
on to the requested destination.If applicable, the message “NEW ROUTE”
will appear along with an arrow outline in-
dicating the driving direction.
After the new calculation has been suc-
cessfully completed, COMAND continues
route guidance.
The arrow indicating the driving direction
will appear as usual.If the symbol display is active, the map
showing the current vehicle location relati-
ve to the route will appear after 5 seconds.
COMAND automatically changes back to
the symbol display if a known road is used
again.Deviating from the calculated route
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Map
Stop
Mix
NEW
ROUTE
CANAL ST
Driving on a non-digitized road

168 NavigationRoute guidanceThe 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”.
Canceling 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
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NAVIWould you like to continue
navigation to the
NEW YORK, LA GUARDIA AIRPORT
destination?
Ye s
No
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.