2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class Comand Manual

136 NavigationRoute guidanceImportant map symbols:
Current vehicle location and direction
of travel y
If the map orientation
2D Heading Up
(page 148) is chosen, the arrow will
always point upward.

The remaining route section is
highlighted in blue color.
Display example 2:On the right side of the display, the symbol
for the next driving maneuver is indicated
(here: right turn).
On the very right side next to turn symbol
is the distance bar. It indicates the
distance to the next driving maneuver
(here: 300 ft).
The status bar shows the name of the
street after the driving maneuver, if
available, here:
PARK AVE
The destination is marked with a flag $ on
the map, an intermediate destination is
marked with a flag showing the letter
S.
Altering the map scale
The current map scale is indicated on the
left side of the status bar.

Press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.
iUsing the control system, the display
unit can be changed between km or
miles (see your vehicle’s Operator’s
Manual). 
When the display unit is set to
miles, the COMAND will indicate
distances in miles (mi) or feet (ft).

When the display unit is set to km,
the COMAND will indicate
distances in kilometers (km) or
meters (m).
iIf no other action is taken within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key
displays will disappear again.

137 Navigation
Route guidance

Press the + or ) soft key.
The map section is zoomed in or
zoomed out. A bar indicating the map
scale appears on the status bar.
Selecting map orientation
A symbol is shown on the bottom left side
of the status bar.

2D North Up
Y:
Map is displayed facing north
or

2D Heading Up
<:
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing upYou can select the map orientation
(
page 148).
Changing the map display
While route guidance is active, you can
switch between split view and full view.

Split view:
The map is shown on the left side and
information on the next maneuver on
the right.
or

Full view:
Full view of the map

Press c.
The display changes with every push of
the button.When you reach the destination, you will
see the destination flag. Route guidance
ends.
iIf GPS display (
page 149) is active,
information on your current position is
shown on the status bar.
Arriving at destination

138 NavigationRoute guidance
In navigation mode, press b.
The inquiry menu
Cancel
Current
Route Guidance?
will appear.

Press E and confirm with
Yes
.
Route guidance is cancelled. The
Navigation main menu appears after a
brief delay.Continuing route guidance

Press h to select
No
.

Press E.
Cancelling route guidance iYou can continue route guidance from
the Navigation main menu
(page 114).

139 Navigation
During route guidance
During route guidance you can use the soft
keys to activate additional menus and
displays and make settings.
The soft key displays will automatically
disappear after a few seconds.
During route guidance, press any soft
key.
The soft key displays will appear.Available soft keys

Info
soft key:
Brings you to the Info menu.

St-over
soft key:
Brings you to the stopover destination
function (page 144).

Detour
soft key:
Brings you to the Traffic Jam function
(
page 142).

Memory
soft key:
Brings you to the save current location
function (page 146).

Display
soft key:
Brings you to the Display menu
(
page 146).

Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section.

Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section.

Display the soft keys.

Press the
Info
soft key.
The Info menu will appear.
Displaying the soft keys
Info menu

During route guidance

140 NavigationDuring route guidanceAvailable soft keys
Route
soft key:
Brings you to the route display on the
map.

Mode
soft key:
Brings you to the route mode selection
menu (page 116).Displaying the route on the map

In the Info menu (
page 139), press
the
Route
soft key.
The map will appear. The route ahead
is blue-colored.
The destination is marked with a flag $
on the map, a stopover destination is
marked with a flag showing the letter
S.
Displaying the route list

In the Info menu (
page 139), press
the
Route
soft key.
The route appears on the map.

Press the
List
soft key.
The list of the remaining roads/route
sections appears.
The road currently travelled on is at the
top of the list.

Press G or g to scroll through the
list.
Use the
Page
V and
Page
v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
iIf a stopover destination has been
entered:
The estimated time of arrival and the
remaining distance to the destination
are displayed.
When the stopover destination is
reached, the system calculates the
route to the main destination and
indicates estimated time of arrival and
remaining distance.
iDepending on the distance to the
destination, it may take some time
before the route display appears.
iDepending on the distance to the
destination, it may take a few moments
before the route list is completed.
The list will only be complete when the
route is completely calculated. This is
indicated by the word
Destination
in
front of the last list entry.

141 Navigation
During route guidance
With the via function you can influence the
way how the route is calculated.
Example:
You wish to travel from Chicago to New
York. You can use the via function to define
whether the route will lead via Cleveland or
Pittsburgh.
In the Info menu (
page 139), press
the
Route
soft key.
The route is shown on the map.

Press the
Via
soft key.If the via function is not yet active, you may
now select a via route.
If the via function is already active, the
message
Via Already Active
will
appear. You can delete (
page 142) or
change (
page 142) the via route.
Selecting a via route

Press G or g to select a list entry.

Press E.
The system calculates the new route.
Via function (soft key via)iThe
Via
soft key has no function if the
route cannot offer any via routes.
iThe selection list always refers to the
currently active route.
Example:
You have entered a main and a
stopover destination. First, the system
will calculate your route to the stopover
destination, so that route is the active
route.
The selection list only shows possible
via routes to the stopover destination.

142 NavigationDuring route guidanceDeleting the active via route 
Press g to select option
Delete
Active Via
.

Press E.
The system deletes the via route and
recalculates the route to the
destination.Changing the active via route

Press g to select option
Change
Active Via
.

Press E.
The list for selecting another via route
appears.

Use G or g to select the desired via
route.

Press E.
The system recalculates the route.The detour function blocks a route section
ahead. If possible, the system will
calculate a detour. You can adjust the
length of the route section to be blocked.
Switching on

Activate the soft key display
(page 139).

Press the
Detour
soft key.
Selecting a detouriIf the system does not allow you to
block a route section, the message
No
Detour Possible
is displayed.
Traffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
iIf you have already placed a block on a
route section,
Detour
appears written
in black. A menu will appear instead of
the map (
page 143).

143 Navigation
During route guidance
You can now enter the length of the route
section to be blocked.
Press the
More
soft key until the
desired length is set.

Press the
Less
soft key to reduce the
length of the traffic jam.

Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.Switching off

Activate the soft key display
(page 139).

Press the
Detour
soft key.

Press g to select
Delete Detour
.

Press E.
The blocked route section is deleted.
The system calculates the new route.Changing the blocked route section

Activate the soft key display
(page 139).

Press the
Detour
soft key.

Use G to select item
Reset Detour
.

Press E.
You can now change the length of the
route section to be blocked.

Press the
More
soft key until the
desired length is set.

Press the
Less
soft key to reduce the
length of the blocked route section.

Press E.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.