2004 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class navigation

160 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
3Calculates the route with/without free-
ways
4Calculates the route with/without ferry
connections, car trains
5Calculates 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 con-
firm.
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.

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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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162 NavigationRoute guidance

Route guidanceRoute guidance principles

163 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)
172
173
173
2
Arrow indicating driving
direction or
Destination direction

Symbol for new cal-
culation of the route

Destination flag
172
186
188
3
Name of the street on
which you are travelling
167
4
Other display types
Distance bar to the
next maneuver

Distance to the next
maneuver in miles
172
173

“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
161

“NEW ROUTE” - an
existing route is
being recalculated

“NO ROUTE” - the
COMAND is unable
to calculate a route
188
Function
Page
5
Activating the map
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
6
Marking a way point
178
7
Mixture of map and sym-
bol display
175
8
Activating the symbol
display
Route guidance is active:
You can also press l.
174
9
Selecting
map orientation
177
a
Current map scale
176
b
Current vehicle location
with route (blue line)
169
c
Destination flagFunction
Page

164 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
As the vehicle approaches a maneuver
point, COMAND switches automatical-
ly 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.

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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 rotary/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.

166 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 3 and press to con-
firm.
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 160), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.

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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 176).
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.