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Navigation
During route guidance
Setting personal symbol display
After selecting the Personal option,
press the
Change soft key.
The list of available personal symbols is
displayed.
Press G or g to select a list entry.
Press E.
The symbol is activated or deactivated
depending on its previous state. You
may also activate more than one
symbol.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
The settings are saved.
Setting map view
You can select the follwing map
orientations:
2D North Up
Map is displayed facing north
2D Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
Bird’s-Eye View
The map is shown in three dimensions
with sky and horizon.
In the Display menu (page 151),
press the
View soft key.
The available options are shown. Changing map view
Press
G or g to select the
deactivated option.
Press E.
The orientation is changed.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
MeaningSymbol
Selected Q
Unselected q
OptionSymbol
On_
Off -
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During route guidance
Switching the GPS info setting on/off
When the GPS info setting is active, the
following data are displayed on the status
bar:
your current position in the form of
coordinates
the number of satellites currently
received
the height above the sea level
In the Display menu (page 151),
press the
GPS soft key.
The options
On and Off are displayed.
The symbol _ indicates the present
setting.
Use button G or g to select the
option with the symbol -.
Press button E.
Depending on the previous setting, the
GPS is switched on or off.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
Automatic map toggling
The system automatically switches to split
view whenever it announces a driving
maneuver.
When the driving maneuver is completed,
the system reverts to the full view.i
A symbol is shown on the bottom left
side of the status bar.
North symbol Y:
Map is displayed facing north
Compass symbol <:
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
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Navigation
Last destinations and destination memory
Last destinations and destination memory
The Last destinations memory
automatically saves last destinations to
which you have started route guidance.
The memory can save a maximum of 50
destinations.
You can save your current position as a
destination in the memory (
page 122).
Such destinations are marked with _.
Activating the last destination memory
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 118).
Press G to select menu item Last
Destinations.
Press E.
The last destinations list is displayed.
The most recent destination is at the
top of the list. Selecting a destination from the last
destinations memory
Activate the last destinations list.
Press
G or g to select an entry.
Use the
Page soft keys to scroll page-
wise through the list. Now you can
start route guidance to the selected
entry (
page 156)
delete the selected entry (page 156)
save the selected entry in the
destination memory and at the same
time in the address book
To do this, press the Save soft key.
Further operation is explained in
chapter “Save destination in the
destination memory” (
page 156)
view details on the selected entry (if
available)
Press the Details soft key.
Last destinations memory
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POIs (Points of Interest)
POIs (Points of Interest)
This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking
facilities, shopping centers and many
more.
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 118).
Press G to select menu item POIs.
Press E.
The
POIs main menu will appear
(
page 161).
or
Press c.
You can now select a POI visible on the
map (
page 164).
or
In the Destination Entry menu
(
page 124) or on the map, with the
soft keys displayed, press the
POIs
soft key.
If you have not entered a location in the
Destination Entry menu prior to
pressing the
POIs soft key:
The system uses the location last
entered, e.g.:
NEW YORK CITY. You
can select a POI near that location.
If no location has ever been entered,
the system naturally cannot use one. In
this case, you can select a special
destination near your position.
If you have entered a location in the
Destination Entry menu prior to
pressing the
POIs soft key:
You can select a POI near that location.
In either case, proceed as described in
paragraph “Selecting a POI around
your current location” at “Selecting a
POI category” (
page 161).
Entering POIs
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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Press G or g to select a POI.
The list also shows the straight-line
distance to and the direction of the
Point of Interest.
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the POI are shown.
Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(
page 139).
Press c.
or
In the Destination Entry menu
(
page 124), press the Map soft key.
The full view of the map will appear.
Your current position and the special
destinations are indicated by symbols.If required, move the map pressing
H , h , g , G ,F and f.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
Selecting a POI on the map
i
You will see the symbols only if the map
scale is 0.05 mi/inch, 0.1 mi/inch,
0.2 mi/inch or 0.5 mi/inch
(
page 141).
i
You can define which symbols will be
shown on the map (
page 152).
i
If the system does not find any POI, the
message
No POIs Found will appear.
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Service
SMS (Mail)
SMS (Mail)
With the SMS Inbox Folder you can receive
SMS messages provided that SMS
messaging is available from your mobile
phone service provider.
Activate the Service main menu
(
page 168).
Press the SMS soft key.
The Inbox will appear. The message
Now Downloading... will appear in
the status bar while new SMS are
reading in, e.g. afte r the telephone is
switched on (
page 92). The message
Empty appears
during download process - the
status bar displays
Now
downloading...
if no SMS messages are stored on
the mobile phone* - the status bar
displays
No message
Otherwise the Inbox is sorted in
chronological order, the most recent
message is at the top of the list. The
status bar shows date and time of the
message.
i
The functions described here apply if
your vehicle is equipped with mobile
phone cradle* and a Mercedes-Benz
specified mobile phone*.
i
If you have received new SMS
messages, n is displayed on the
status bar. Additionally, a message
received tone is played.
Long/combined SMS which contains
more than 160 characters are not
supported. Only the first 160
characters from a combined SMS will
be downloaded.
i
If another system is active (e.g. radio),
a window appears when SMS mail is
coming in. The message New
message(s) will appear. Press E to
confirm.
SMS Inbox
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SMS (Mail)
One line is provided for each message.
Symbol = = Message unread
Symbol z = SMS message
Scrolling through the SMS Inbox:
If enough messages are shown in the
list, press the
Page V or Page v
soft key.
In the SMS Inbox, you can:
switch between subject and sender
read a message (page 171)
delete a message (page 175) Switching between subject and sender
In the SMS Inbox (page 169), press
the
Subject soft key.
The first characters of the message
text are displayed.
Press the Display soft key if an
entry is abbreviated as
....
or
In the SMS Inbox, press the Sender
soft key.
The senders of the messages are
displayed.
Press the Display soft key if an
entry is abbreviated as
....
Back to the Service main menu:
Press the Back soft key.
i
If a sender is already saved in the
phone book, the name is shown in the
inbox
when you read the message
(
page 171).
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SMS (Mail)
In the SMS Inbox Folder (page 169),
press g or G to select a message.
Press E.
Text display
Scrolling through the message text:
If the message is long enough, press
the
Page V or Page v soft keys.
Line-by-line scrolling through the message
text:
Press g or G . Switching between text and sender
Press the Sender soft key.
Sender display
The sender is displayed. If the name of
the sender is saved in the phone book,
the name is displayed. If not, the phone
number is displayed.
Returning to text display
Press the Text soft key.
If the name of the sender is saved in
the phone book, the name is displayed.
If not, the phone nu mber is displayed.
Reading SMS message received
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