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173 Navigation
Route guidance
1Distance to destination
2Arrow indicating driving direction
3Name of the road you are currently dri-
ving on
4Distance in miles to the next maneuver
point1Name of the street onto which you are
to drive
2Part of the street, not to be followed
3Name of the street you should drive on
4Distance graph to turning-pointBefore you drive through an intersection,
you will be informed of the continued rou-
te, e.g.

“Prepare to bear left soon” (advance
notice)

“Bear left after 250 feet”

“Please bear left”
Please note the following difference in
voice output
Following the course of the road
Driving through an intersectioniAs 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.
Situation
Example of voice
output
Making a turn
onto a street
...turn left/right.
Driving
through

an intersection
...bear left/right.

174 NavigationRoute guidance1Activates map display2Return to symbol display
3Last scale selected
Altering the map scale (
page 176)
4Actual vehicle location
5Name of the street you will turn ontoYou can select one of the two possibilities:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
or

Press l.
The map will appear in the scale last se-
lected.
Changing to map display
iCOMAND will remove the menu bar (ex-
cept for 3) after 6 seconds.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to recall the menu bar to
the screen.

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.

192 NavigationDestination memory

Destination memoryYou can save frequently used destinations
in the destination memory.Main destination memory menu1Info/status line
2Retrieves destination from the destina-
tion memory for destination input
3Sorts destination memory
4Deletes destination in the destination
memory
5Saves the current destination
6Saves current vehicle location with a
name

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Destination memory”
in the main destination input menu and
press to confirm.
The main destination memory menu
will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Display destina-
tions...” in the main destination memo-
ry menu.
After the message “Compiling sorted
destination list”, the destination me-
mory will appear.
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Destination memory

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired entry and
press to confirm.

Then calculate the route (
page 159).When you have entered or reached the cur-
rent destination, you can save the destina-
tion in the destination memory.
Input menu1Name entered
2Saving the destination without entering
a name In the selection menu “Destination Entry”
(
page 146)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save” is highlighted and press
to confirm.
In the main destination memory menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v until “Save current destination...” is
highlighted and press to confirm.
An input menu will appear.
iDisplaying longer entries
(page 183).
Saving the current destination
iIf all memory locations are used, the
message “Destination memory is full”
will appear. Press the right-hand rotary/
push-button v to remove the message.
The main destination memory menu will
appear.
Deleting a destination in destination
memory (
page 197).

194 NavigationDestination memorySaving with a name
You can enter a name for the current des-
tination.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired character
and press to confirm.
The letter you have selected appears in
the input line.

Enter the other letters until the name is
complete.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
The destination memory will activate.
The current destination has been saved
with a name and appears in red.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to move the entry to the desired
point in the list and press to confirm.
Saving after destination has been ente-
red:
The main destination entry menu will
appear, “Start Guidance...” is highligh-
ted.
Saving on arrival at destination:
The main destination entry menu will
appear.3Starting route guidance

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 3.
Route guidance begins.
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Destination memory
Saving without a name
If you do not wish to enter a name,
COMAND will save the destination with
city and street name.
While you are in the input menu, turn
the right-hand rotary/push-button v
to highlight “Save without names” and
press to confirm.
The destination memory will appear.With this function, you can save the cur-
rent vehicle location in the destination me-
mory. Enter a name so you will be able to
retrieve it at a later date.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Save current locati-
on...” in the main destination memory
menu and press to confirm.
The input menu “Save Location” will
appear.

Enter a name.

Then activate the destination memory
and save the position in the desired
memory location, see “Saving with a
name”.
The main destination input menu will
appear.
Saving the current vehicle location

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Info Services*/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight “Settings” in the main
system settings menu and press to
confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3Page forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button
v to highlight the desired language
and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the [name of language] language”
and loads the selected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

Selecting the language