2005 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class Comand Manual

143 Navigation
Route 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 118).

144 NavigationDuring route guidance

During route guidanceDuring 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 149).

Detour
soft key:
Brings you to the Traffic Jam function
(
page 147).

Memory
soft key:
Brings you to the save current location
function (page 151).

Display
soft key:
Brings you to the Display menu
(
page 151).

Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section.

Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section.

Coord.
soft key
:
Brings you to the destination
coordinates input (
page 137).

Display the soft keys.

Press the
Info
soft key.
The Info menu will appear.
1Your destination with estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance
2A stopover destination, if entered
(
page 149)
Displaying the soft keys
Info menu

145 Navigation
During route guidance
Available 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 120).

Setting
soft key:
Brings you to the audio settings for the
navigation announcements
(
page 121).Displaying the route on the map

In the Info menu (
page 144), 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 144), 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.

146 NavigationDuring route guidanceWith the via function you can influence
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 144), 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 147) or
change (
page 147) the via route.
Selecting a via route
You can select one via route at a time.

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.

147 Navigation
During route guidance
Deleting 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 144).

Press the
Detour
soft key.
iIf you enter a new destination, the sys-
tem will automatically delete any active
via route.
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. The detour
function may also be possible if the
vehicle is traveling on a road that does
not appear on the DVD.
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 148).

148 NavigationDuring route guidanceYou 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 by
pressing any soft key (
page 144).

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 144).

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.
iThe route directly in front of the current
position can be blocked in the range of
0 to 6.2 miles.

149 Navigation
During route guidance
This function allows you to select an
intermediate destination while route
guidance is active. A stopover destination
may be a gas station or a restaurant or any
other place. When the stopover
destination is reached, the system
calculates the route to the main
destination.
Entering a stopover destination
Activate the soft key display
(page 144).

Press the
St-over
soft key.
The map is displayed in full view.Available soft keys

soft key:
Shows a list of Mercedes-Benz Centers
near your location.

soft key:
Shows a list of filling stations around
you.

soft key:
Shows a list of parkings and multi-
storey car parks around you.

soft key:
Shows a list of restaurants around you.

soft key:
Shows a list of hospitals around you.

More
soft key:
If you press this soft key, the
Navigation main menu will appear.
Enter Stopover
will appear on the
status bar.
You can now enter an stopover
destination by

selecting one from the destination
memory (
page 156)

typing one in the Destination Entry
menu (
page 125)

selecting one in the
Last
destinations
memory
(
page 155)

selecting a POI (
page 160)
Stopover function

150 NavigationDuring route guidance
Press a soft key, e.g. .

Press E.
A list of restaurants near your location
is displayed.The arrows left from the entries indicate
the direction of the destination. The
distances indicated are straight line
distances to the destination.

Press G or g to select a destination
from the list.

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.

Name
soft key
:
Brings you to name input of a stopover
destination (
page 193).

Sort
soft key
:
Sorts list entries either by increasing
distance or alphabetically.

After you have selected a destination,
press E.
The Start Route Guidance menu will
appear (
page 139).

Press E.
The system calculates the route to the
selected stopover destination.Deleting or replacing a stopover
destination

Activate the soft key display
(page 144).

Press the
St-over
soft key.
The menu for deleting or changing a
stopover destination will appear.
iPrior to this, a list may be displayed in
which you can select the desired
category, e.g.
Barbecue/Southern
,
pressing G or g.