2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class Comand Manual

112 NavigationImportant notesIf your vehicle has been transported (e.g.
by a car, train or ferry) the system may
make navigation announcements which do
not correspond to the vehicle’s position.
The system needs to redetermine its
position.
Determining the location after the
vehicle has been transported
The system will need some time to
determine its location after the car has
been transported. The time required for
the system to do so varies from case to
case.

Switch the COMAND on.

Activate the Navigation main menu
(page 114).
The navigation DVD needs to be in the
navigation computer (
page 111).

Drive and press c.
The display will change to the map
display.
Drive until the position or the road
indicated correspond to the real
circumstances. The system is now
correctly adjusted.
Route guidance after the vehicle has
been transported

113 Navigation
Important notes
The following applies if you interrupt your
trip and continue later on:
Trip is continued within 2 hours:
The system will automatically resume
route guidance.

Trip is continued after more than
2 hours: 
Press E and confirm
Continue
Route Guidance
in the
Navigation main menu
(
page 114).
Trip interruption during route
guidanceiTrip interruption means the vehicle is
parked and COMAND is switched off.
Trip continuation means the vehicle is
moving and COMAND is switched on
again.

114 NavigationNavigation main menu
Press b.
The Navigation main menu will appear.

Use G or g to select a menu item.

Press E.
or

Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the function of
the selected soft key appears.Selectable Menu Items

Continue Route Guidance
:
Resumes interrupted or aborted route
guidance.
Activating the Navigation main
menu iIf a navigation submenu is displayed,
you need to press the button twice.
iIf route guidance is active, a message
appears instead asking you whether
you wish to resume route guidance
(page 138).
If route guidance has been interrupted
for more than 2 hours, the entry
Continue Route Guidance
will be
on top of the list.
iThis menu item appears if you:
have aborted route guidance
(page 138) and less than 30
minutes have elapsed since the
guidance process was aborted

have interrupted your journey and
continue it after more than 2 hours

Navigation main menu

115 Navigation
Navigation main menu

Destination
Memory
You can select destinations from the Destination Memory
(page 153).

Destination
Entry
Activates the
Destination
Entry

menu (
page 120).

Last
Destinations
You can select last destinations from
the
Last Destinations
memory
(
page 150).

POIs
:
Brings you to the
POIs
input menu
(
page 155).
POIs are e.g. gas stations, parking
facilities or airports. Available soft keys

Home
soft key:
You can edit the home address and
start route guidance (
page 133).

Mode
soft key:
Brings you to the route mode setting
for the next route guidance
(
page 116).

Setting
soft key:
Here, you can make audio settings for
the navigation announcements (treble,
bass, balance and fader) (
page 117)

116 NavigationNavigation main menuThe COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Including or avoiding traffic routes
In the Navigation main menu
(page 114), press the
Mode
soft key.
The Mode
menu will appear.Selectable traffic routes

Freeways
:
The system calculates the route with/
without freeways.

Ferry/Auto-Train
:
The system calculates the route with/
without ferry connections or railfreight.

Toll Roads
:
The system calculates the route with/
without toll roads.

Tunnels
:
The system calculates the route with/
without tunnels.

Use g or G to select a traffic route.

Press E.
Switches the option on or off. You can
switch on more than one option.

Press the
Back
soft key to confirm.
The setting is saved. The Navigation
main menu will appear.
Setting the route mode
Option
Symbol
On
Q
Off
q

117 Navigation
Navigation main menu
You can set the following for the navigation
announcements:
Bass and treble control (
page 117)

Balance/fader (
page 117)

Volume (
page 118)

In the Navigation main menu
(page 114), press the
Setting
soft
key.
The Settings menu will appear.
The announcement
Navigation Is
Not Active
is made.Adjusting bass and treble

In the Settings menu, press the
Bass

or
Treble
soft key.

Press H or h.
You adjust bass or treble.

Press E or the
Back
soft key.

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu appears.
Adjusting balance and fader

In the Settings menu, press the
Bal/
Fad
soft key.
Cross-hairs are displayed. The vertical
line indicates the fader setting. The
horizontal line indicates the balance
setting.

Press H or h.
Move the cross-hairs horizontally and
adjust the balance.
or

Press g or G.
Move the cross-hairs vertically and
adjust the fader.
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements
iBalance defines the sound center
left/right
Fader defines the sound center
front/backiUse F and f to move the cross-
hairs diagonally.

118 NavigationNavigation main menu
Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu will appear.
Adjusting the volume
The automatic navigation announcements
override the currently active audio source.
You can adjust a volume difference. The
setting will reduce the volume of the
currently active audio source for the
duration of the announcement.

In the Settings menu, press the Nav.Vol.
soft key.

Press button H or h.
H = reduce reduction
h = increase reduction

Press E or the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu will appear.

Press c.
The full view of the map appears. You
will see the vehicle’s current position.

Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.Saving current positioniIf a map submenu is displayed, you
need to press the button twice.

119 Navigation
Navigation main menu

Press the
Memory
soft key.
A window appears with the
message
Position Saved as
MemPt
.
The system saves the current position
as a destination in the
Last
Destinations
memory
(
page 150).
iSuch destinations are marked in
the
Last Destinations
memory
with _.
For permanent storage you can save
the destination in the regular
Destination memory (
page 151).