2005 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class navigation

149 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory
Starting route guidance to a destina-
tion stored in the destination memory 
Select a destination.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press if you want to start route
guidance, otherwise press the
Back
soft
key.
Deleting a destination from the destina-
tion memory

Select a destination (
page 148).

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete entry prompt appears.

Use  to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press .
The system deletes the entry from the
destination memory.Storing a destination

In the Start Route Guidance menu
(page 130), press the
Save
soft key;
or

Select a destination from the
Last

destinations
memory (
page 147) and
press the
Save
soft key.
The system automatically shows a de-
fault name (the city if applicable) as
Destination name; however a different
name can be entered.
Storing under the default name

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press .
The system will store the address un-
der the default name.Storing under a different name

Press the
Delete
soft key to delete the
default name.
Upper and lower case characters, accent-
ed characters, special characters and
numbers can be entered.
To select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift sym-
bols on the display are available:

= upper case

= lower case

= special characters
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iThe name must have at least one char-
acter.iSymbol “ ” represents a space. ABCabc...


150 Navigation*Last destinations and destination memory
If necessary, use,  or to se-
lect one of the shift fields.

Press.
The characters are shifted.

Use , , , ,  or  to
select the characters. Press  after
each selection.

If necessary, press the
Delete
soft key
to delete the character last entered.

Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol and press .
The system will store the address.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
ok

151 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

POIs (Points of Interest)
Via Navigation main menu
Call up the Navigation main menu
(page 110).
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use to select the
POIs
menu item.

Press .
The POIs main menu appears
(page 152).
Via the map
A POI shown on the map can be selected
(
page 155).
Via Destination entry menu

Open the Destination entry menu
(page 117).A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;
or
If a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:
A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo-
cation can be selected.

Enter the desired details of a desti-
nation (
page 117).

Press the
POIs
soft key.

Proceed as described in the “Se-
lecting POI in the local area of the
current position” section under
“Selecting a POI category”
(page 152).
Entering POIsiPOIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, hospitals,
etc.

152 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)POIs main menu
Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current positionSelecting a POI in the local area
(page 152).

Select citySelecting a POI in any city to be
selected(
page 153).

Global destinationsA POI from global categories can be se-
lected (
page 153). The selection is
restricted to the region entered last;
however, the region selection can be
changed.

In the POIs main menu, (
page 152)
select the
Current position
menu item.

Press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.Selecting a POI category

Useor  to select a category.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press .
If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.
If you have selected any other catego-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Useor  t o s e le c t a P OI . T he
Page

soft keys allow scrolling through the
list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.

In the POIs main menu, (
page 152),
select the
Select city
menu item.

Enter a city as described in the Destina-
tion entry section (
page 117).
.
After entering the city, press .
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.

Proceed with “Selecting a POI catego-
ry” (
page 152) and “Selecting a POI”
(
page 153).

In the POIs main menu (
page 152),
select the
Global destinations
menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
I
Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

154 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region

Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears. Please see “Se-
lecting the region” (
page 117).
Selecting a POI category

Use or  to select a category.

Press .
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered (
page 154) or a POI can
be selected from a list (
page 154).Entering POI names
I
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city (
page 118).
The entry can be bypassed if the POI
name is not known.

Press and hold  for more than
approx. 2 seconds.
After entering the POI name, or after
bypassing the entry, a POI can be se-
lected.Selecting a POI

Use or  t o s e le c t a P OI . T he
Page

soft keys allow scrolling through the
list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis-
tance), and the direction to the POI.

155 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.
3 seconds, or when pressing the
Details

soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.

Press 
or

In the Destination entry menu
(page 117), press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use, , , , ,
or  to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected (
page 142).
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To change the map scale (
page 133).


156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to select
the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press .
You are prompted to confirm the se-
lected POI as the destination.

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.