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165 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 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.
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167 Navigation
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.
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172 NavigationRoute guidanceExample of a traffic situation with voice
output
1“Prepare to turn right” (advance notice)
2“Turn right after 250 feet”
3“Please, turn next right”
Manual recall of the current voice instruc-
tion
Press left-hand rotary/push-button v.Advance notice of right turn
4Name of the street you are to turn onto
5Arrow indicating driving direction
6Name of the street you are travelling on
7Distance in miles to right turn Just before a right turn
8Name of the street you will to turn onto
9Right-turn arrow
aName of the street you are now driving
on
bDistance graph to turning point, redu-
ces as you approach the intersectionTurning onto a street
iAs you approach a junction or inter-
change (e.g. I-695), COMAND will advi-
se you the direction of travel to follow
(e.g. North) as well as the name of the
route.
iIn special situations, e.g. when turning
quickly several times in succession, the-
re may be deviations in the accuracy of
the voice instructions.
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181 Navigation
Route guidance
Main detour menu
1It is possible to block route sections
ahead
2Ends the detour function, the previous
route is calculated
Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List not activated:
“Cancel” cannot be selected
Traffic Jam Ahead/Detour in Route
List activated:
“Cancel” is highlighted
3It is possible to block route sections in
the route list (
page 183)
Press ) at any time.
The main detour menu will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired menu field
and press to confirm.
^
Selecting a detour
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iTraffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
If you switch off COMAND for more than
30 minutes during active route
guidance, all manually entered traffic
jams are deleted.
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202Info Services*/System settingsInfo Services*
Info Services*In chapter “Info Services/System set-
tings” you will find detailed information on
the following topics:
Requesting and displaying Info Services
Adjusting the brightness
Selecting the language for the menu
text displays and the voice output
Setting the date and time
Selecting beep tones
Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings
Switching an auxiliary audio source on
and offIf you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading the chapter “At a glance”
(
page 6).
When you subscribe to Info Services, you
can download information directly to your
COMAND. You can select from news, wea-
ther, sports, stocks, and calendar remin-
ders.
To personalize your selections, visit
www.MBUSA.com or call
1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Main service menu1New information service is requested
from Response Center
2Shows date and time of the message
3The main settings menu will appear
(
page 205)
iThis function is not available in some
countries.
Requesting and displaying
Info ServicesiBefore you can use Info Services, Tele
Aid must be activated at the Response
Center and Info Services selected.
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Info Services*/System settings
System settings
System settings
6Displays the new message
7Switches back to the main menu
There is more than one message
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move to the next page.
Activating the main service menu
Press *.
Switching back to e.g. radio main menu
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
Main system settings menu1Date and time
You can select the time format
(
page 214)
2Adjusts the brightness
3Activates “Settings” menu
4Switches an auxiliary audio source on
(page 218)
5Country setting, with a time zone
(page 210)
Press (.
The main service menu will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “System Settings” and
press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Activating the main settings menu
iYou will see information 5 if the clock
has been set to GPS reception and if a
country, e.g. USA and a time zone was
selected.
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206Info Services*/System settingsSystem settings1Previous settings
2Current settings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.Darkening screen
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the left.
The triangle 2 will move to the left.
Brightening screen
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to the right.
The triangle 2 will move to the right.
Confirming new settings
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Settings menu 1Selecting the language
Navigation CD must be inserted
2Setting date and time (
page 208)
3Switching beep tones on and off
(
page 215)
4Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
(page 216)
5Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings (
page 217)
Adjusting the brightness
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Activating settings menu
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208Info Services*/System settingsSystem settingsYou can select the following languages
“Adopt from Instrument Cluster”
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster
“Deutsch”
“English” (metric)
Distance measured in km,
speed in km/h
“English” (imperial)
Distance measured in yards and miles,
speed in miles per hour (mph)
“Español”
“Français”
“Italiano”
“Nederlands”COMAND is equipped with an integrated
clock, which it shows in the main system
settings menu.
Automatically
COMAND automatically sets date and time
if the GPS time is received.
However, you can make the following ad-
justments:
Set the time in increments of 30 minu-
tes (
page 209)
Set the time by selecting a country and
the time zone (
page 210)Manually
You must always set the clock manually
(
page 213), if
COMAND does not receive a GPS time
the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery
the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Setting date and timeiThe clock displays e.g. the estimated
time of arrival at the destination during
route guidance.
