2005 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Comand Manual

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105 Navigation*
Important notes
Navigation main menu
Destination entry
Route guidance
During route guidance
Last destinations and destination memory
POIs (Points of Interest)

106 Navigation*Important notesSafety InstructionsWarning
G
For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.
Do not watch display screen or operate but-
tons while the vehicle is in motion - let navi-
gation announcements guide you. Stop at a
safe location before using buttons or mak-
ing corrections.
Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec-
ommendation on how to best reach your se-
lected destination.
During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in-
structions.
Warning
G
The Navigation DVD module contains a
Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.
Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe-
ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali-
fied personnel.

107 Navigation*
Important notes
COMAND calculates the route with the
help of data that is stored on the naviga-
tion DVD.
Only use Mercedes-Benz navigation DVDs
designed for the E-Class (211) COMAND
system. No other CDs or DVDs will work.
Using other navigation CDs or DVDs might
lead to malfunctions.
Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.
As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps do not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area.The DVD is loaded into (and ejected from)
the navigation module.
The navigation module is mounted on the
left-hand side of the trunk.
1Ejecting DVDs
2DVD slotLoading

Insert the DVD into the DVD slot 2
with the label facing up.
The navigation computer pulls the DVD
in.
Ejecting

Press and wait until the navigation
computer ejects the DVD.
Navigation DVD
Loading/ejecting the DVD
iYour Navigation DVD drive has been
designed to play DVDs which corre-
spond to the IEC 60908 standard.
If you insert thicker data carriers, e.g.
ones that have data on both sides (one
side with DVD data, the other side with
audio data), they cannot be ejected
and will damage the drive.

108 Navigation*Important notesThe navigation DVD covers the continental
U.S., Hawaii and Canada.
Contact your Mercedes-Benz Center or the
Customer Assistance Center in the U.S. at
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372)
or in Canada at 1-800-387-0100 for other
DVDs that may be available.
Change the navigation DVD
(page 107).
TIf your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position.
COMAND may issue navigation announce-
ments not suited to your actual position. Moving the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation.
While determining the exact position ,
route guidance is subject to the following
restrictions:

COMAND does not output navigation
announcements.

The display
OFF
ROAD
and an arrow indi-
cating the direction of the destination
appear instead of the detailed naviga-
tion displays.
Once the system is correctly repositioned,
route guidance continues with navigation
announcements and detailed navigation
displays.
Travelling abroadRoute guidance with GPSiGPS (G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem) sig-
nals received make it possible to deter-
mine the current vehicle position.
iDeviations from the actual position
may occur 
if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e. g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s condi-
tion
Route guidance after vehicle trans-
port
iThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer (
page 107).

109 Navigation*
Important notes
The following instructions have to be fol-
lowed when interrupting a trip during route
guidance, and later continuation:
Continuation of the trip within 2 hours
after interruption:
The system automatically resumes
route guidance.

Continuation of the trip between
2 and 12 hours after interruption: 
Continue route guidance manually
in the Navigation main menu
(page 110).

Continuation of the trip more than 12
hours after interruption:
Route guidance must be restarted.
Select the destination from the
Last
destinations
memory (
page 147),
or

Re-enter the destination
(page 117).
Some menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.
Example: Menu to select a streetYou can select a list item using or .
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page
soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti-
vated.
Trip interruption during route guid-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.
Trip continuation means trip continua-
tion with COMAND switched ON.
Selection lists

110 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press .
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.

Use or  to select a menu item
and press;
or

Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items

Continue route guidanceContinues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memoryDestinations can be selected from the Destination memory
(page 148),

Destination entryProvides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 117),

Last destinationsYou can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 147),

POIs(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 151). POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi-
tals, etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 134).
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 134), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or

if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 109).
iDestination memory
and
Last destinations

can only selected only if destinations
are already stored in the system.

111 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home
soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 115).

Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (page 111).

Setting
soft key
Provides access to settings adjusting
the acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume, balance
and fader)
(
page 111).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.

Press the
Mode
soft key in the Navigation
main menu (page 110).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.

Use or  to select an option.

Press .
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:

Bass / Treble (
page 112).

Balance / Fader (
page 112).

Volume (
page 112).

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (page 110).
The Setting menu appears.
Avoiding certain road types
iEmpty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements