2005 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Page 44

120 NavigationNavigation main menuThe COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Including or avoiding traffic routes
In the Navigation main menu
(page 118), press the
Mode
soft key.
The Mode
menu will appear.Selectable traffic routes

Minimize Freeways
:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing freeways.

Min. Ferry/Auto-Train
:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing ferry connections
or railfreight.

Minimize Toll Roads
:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing toll roads.

Minimize Tunnels
:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing tunnels.

Use g or G to select a traffic route.

Press E.
Switches the option on or off. You can
switch on more than one option.

Press the
Back
soft key to confirm.
The setting is saved. The Navigation
main menu will appear.
Setting the route mode
Option
Symbol
On
Q
Off
q

121 Navigation
Navigation main menu
You can set the following for the navigation
announcements:
Bass and treble control (
page 121)

Balance/fader (
page 121)

Volume (
page 122)

In the Navigation main menu
(page 118), press the
Setting
soft
key.
The Settings menu will appear.
The announcement
Navigation Is
Not Active
is made.Adjusting bass and treble

In the Settings menu, press the
Bass

or
Treble
soft key.

Press H or h.
You adjust bass or treble.

Press E or the
Back
soft key.
or

Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu appears.
Adjusting balance and fader

In the Settings menu, press the Bal/Fad
soft key.
Cross-hairs are displayed. The vertical
line indicates the fader setting. The
horizontal line indicates the balance
setting.

Press H or h.
Move the cross-hairs horizontally and
adjust the balance.
or

Press g or G.
Move the cross-hairs vertically and
adjust the fader.
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements
iBalance defines the sound center
left/right
Fader defines the sound center
front/backiUse F and f to move the cross-
hairs diagonally.

123 Navigation
Navigation main menu

Press the
Memory
soft key.
A window appears with the
message
Position Saved as
MemPt
.
The system saves the current position
as a destination in the
Last
Destinations
memory
(
page 155).
iSuch destinations are marked in
the
Last Destinations
memory
with _.
You can save up to 20 such
destinations. For permanent storage
you can save the destination in the
regular Destination memory
(
page 156).

124 NavigationDestination input

Destination input
Activating the Navigation main menu
(page 118).

Press g or G to select the menu
item
Destination
Entry
.

Press E.
Either of the following appears:
the
Select
Region
list, if no
destination has been entered
previously

the Destination Entry menu
(page 125)
Select Region list
Selecting the region
Press g or G to select a region.

Press E.
If not more than 12 destinations are
available for the selected region, you
can now select the destination
(page 127).
If more than 12 destinations are
available, the main Destination Entry
menu appears.
If you have selected another region, the
destination last input is deleted. The
destination in the region which comes
first in the alphabet is displayed.
Activating the Destination Entry
menu
iYou can also select a region by
pressing the
Region
soft key in the
Destination Entry menu.

125 Navigation
Destination input
Entering destination address
If destinations have been entered already,
the Destination Entry menu will appear.Destination Entry menu The most recently entered destination is
shown in the upper area.

You can now accept the destination
shown (
page 126) or enter another
(
page 126).
Available soft keys:

Map
soft key:
Brings you to the destination input
directly above the map (
page 135).

Region
soft key:
Brings you to the region selection
(
page 124).

Street
soft key:
Brings you to the destination road input
(
page 129).

CityCtr
soft key:
Brings you to the district (center)
selection (page 128).

POIs
soft key:
Entering Points of Interest
(
page 160).

List
soft key:
Brings you to a list of streets beginning
with the previously input letters.

Delete
soft key:
The character last entered or the
character last accepted by the system
is deleted.

Back
soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
iThe currently set region is identifed by
the region code in the status bar.
iIf you press the
Street
, CityCtr
or
POIs
soft key, the soft key function
refers to the place indicated.

126 NavigationDestination inputAccepting the displayed destination 
In the Destination Entry menu, press
E longer than 2 seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 201).
or

Select the ( symbol in the
Destination Entry menu. Press H,
h, g, G to do so.

Press E.Entering another destination address

Press h, H, g and G to select
the characters. After each selection,
press E.
Press F and f to select characters
diagonally.
or

Press one of the number keys 2 to
9 as often as needed.
A window will appear at the bottom of
the menu showing the available
characters.

Press the
Delete
soft key if
necessary.
The character last entered or the
character last accepted by the system
is deleted.
iYou can only select admissible
characters. The character selected
appears magnified. If your input is
unambiguous, the system will
complete it.
iFor quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the
navigation DVD. The character
selected appears magnified. The
system will accept the entry if the input
matches the name of a city stored on
the navigation DVD.

127 Navigation
Destination input

Press E longer than 2 seconds to
confirm.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 201).
or

Select the ( symbol in the
Destination Entry menu. Press H,
h, g, G to do so.

Press E.
The city list will appear. You can now
accept the city entered or select
another.Selecting a city

Use g or G to select the desired
city.

Press E.
After you have selected a city one of
the following menus will appear: 
For larger cities with more than 15
streets: Enter Street input menu
(page 129).

For smaller cities with up to 15
streets: Select Street menu
(page 130)

If no streets are available for the
selected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:
Select CityCtr menu (
page 128)
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iIn some cases, the system may
distinguish cities of the same name by
area selection (
page 128).
iPressing the
Back
soft key will abort
the selection process.
iIf several options of a city are available,
another menu will appear where you
must make and confirm your desired
selection.

128 NavigationDestination inputSelecting the area of the destination
Towns of the same name are distinguished
by the area in which they are located. After
you have entered the place, a list of areas
may appear. The status bar indicates the
number of areas available, for example: Town
found
[number]
.

Press G or g to select an area.

Press E.

You can now enter a street
(page 129).Selecting a city center
After you have entered the city, you can
select a center (district).

Press the
CityCtr
soft key.

Press g or G to select a center.

Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(page 139).In addition to the center selection you can
use the following soft keys to determine
your destination:

Map
soft key:
Brings you to the destination input
directly above the map (
page 135).

POIs
soft key:
Entering Points of Interest
(
page 160).