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140 NavigationDestination input
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired cate-
gory and press to confirm.
An input menu, e.g. “Airport” will ap-
pear.

Select an entry (
page 124) and then
activate the list.Activating the list

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “List” and press
to confirm.
The list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired entry
and press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 141).
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141 Navigation
Destination input
With this function, you can display up to 12
destinations you last selected.
1Destination selected last

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Last destinati-
ons...” in the main destination input
menu and press to confirm.
The list “Last destinations...” will ap-
pear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired des-
tination and press to confirm.

Then calculate the route.First select the calculation mode and then
calculate your route.
Selecting calculation mode
COMAND calculates the route either as
the Fast route 1 or Short route 2 where-
by traffic routes 3, 4 and 5 can be in-
cluded or avoided (with several
selections).
Selecting the last destinations
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Calculating a route

142 NavigationDestination inputSelecting a route mode P
1Route calculated for optimum driving
time
2Route calculated for optimum driving
route
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired route
mode and press to confirm.Including P or avoiding Q traffic rou-
tes, several selections are available
3Calculate the route with/without free-
ways
4Calculate the route with/without ferry
connections, car trains
5Calculate the route with/without toll
roads
6COMAND calculates the route with the
selected settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired type
of road and press the button.Calculating the route

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “OK” and press
to confirm.
As soon as calculation begins, you will
see a corresponding message and hear
the voice output “The route is being
calculated”.
iToll roads appear in green on the map.
iIn the event that no reasonable alterna-
te route for that destination exists,
COMAND will calculate the route inclu-
ding 3 to 5 even if these selections
are to be avoided.

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
aArrow indicating the direction to the
destination (as the crow flies)
bDistance to the destination (as the
crow flies)The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
Position c now indicates the driving di-
rection.
You will e.g. hear the voice output “Please,
make the next right turn”.
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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
3Displays route list
4Displays location map
5Displays current destination
6Requests route mode
7Activates route map
8Displays stop-over

Turn the right-hand rrotary/push-
button v to highlight 3 to 8 and
press to confirm.
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 infor-
mation. The message “Off Road: dest.
info not up-to-date” appears underne-
ath.

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 “Des-
tination 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 destina-
tion input menu.

150 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying current destination
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the selection menu “Des-
tination Info” to highlight “Current Des-
tination” 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 “Des-
tination Info” to highlight “Options”
and press to confirm.
You will see the settings for the current
route.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)