2004 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class ESP

149 Navigation
Destination input
Activating the map from the main des-
tination input menu“Destination via Map” menu
Setting the map center
1To the previous destination
2To the current vehicle location
3Activates the “City/Suburb Entry” in-
put menu and selects the correspon-
ding city center after input
4Activates the coordinate destination in-
put menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Destination via Map...”
(Destn via Map) in the main destination
input menu and press to confirm.
The selection menu “Destination via
Map” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1, 2, 3 or 4 and
press to confirm.
1 and 2 The map with the crosshairs
will appear
3 The “City/Suburb Entry”
menu will appear
(
page 142)

Enter the city in the input menu and
confirm it.
Then, the map with the crosshairs
will appear. The crosshairs are cen-
tered on the city center.
4 The “Coordinate destination” input
menu will appear (
page 153).
Selecting a destination via the map

151 Navigation
Destination input
Altering the map scale
9Current map scale
aScale selector
bNew map scale (filled arrow)
cSquare indicates map section which is
recalculated Activating the scale selector a.

Press + or ,.
or

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
iAs you move the crosshairs towards the
edge of the screen using the number
keys, an adjacent section of the map is
activated. It may take a few seconds to
point to each new map.
Adjacent map sections overlap some-
what so that destinations at the edge of
the map can be marked as well.
iA division mark corresponds to an avai-
lable scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.

156 NavigationDestination input
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 or 2 and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.
7Point of Interest entry with distance to
destination in miles (as the crow flies)
8Symbol for long entry
9Complete entry in a windowDisplay the entry in full in a window 9

Press u.

Press u again to remove 9.
Selecting the desired destination

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the entry in the selec-
tion list and press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).
iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
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157 Navigation
Destination input
In the surrounding area of another city“City/Area” input menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Select City...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The input menu “City/Area” will ap-
pear.

Select the city and activate the city list
(page 143).

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired destination
in the city list and press to confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired category
and press to confirm.
A corresponding list will appear.

Select the desired destination.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).Regional destinations

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Regional...” in the
Points of Interest menu and press to
confirm.
The list “Select Category” will appear.
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iIf several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.
iNot all Points of Interest may be listed
on the CD.

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.

176 NavigationRoute guidanceActivating the scale selector
Press + or ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The scale bar will appear.
1Current map scale
2Scale selector
3New map scale
Zooming in for more detailed map

Press +.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The map will appear automatically.Zooming out for less detailed map

Press ,.
or

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The map will appear automatically.
Altering the map scaleiA division mark corresponds to an avai-
lable scale. You can select 13 different
scales ranging from 0.05 miles/inch to
500 miles/inch.

184 NavigationRoute guidanceCalling detailed route list Detailed route list4Symbol “-” - sections of a road are dis-
played
Press +.
The detailed route list will appear.Blocking off several streets/street sec-
tions

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
With each turn, you will block another
section.
The road name will appear in red.
Undoing street block

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The street name will appear in black
again.
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.

185 Navigation
Route guidance
1Deletes 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.
You will see the corresponding infor-
mation.
The corresponding information will appear
on the display.
Resetting functions
iIf you have not selected any way point
(page 178) or detour (
page 181)
menu fields 1 to 4 are shaded out
and cannot be selected.