2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

164 COM
AND
COM AND navigat ionsystem* (special destination ent ry)
During th echaracter sele ction pro cedu re
described bel ow, list entry
1always
sh ows the special desti nation tha tmo st
clo selyma tche sth ecurr ent inp utstr ing.
COMAND autom atica llya ddspl au sible
cha racte rs
3 tocha racters 2already en-
tere d by theuser.
6 To se lect a character: slide om por
turn ym z.
6 Toconfirm the character selec tion:
press n.
6 To delet eind ividual character s:se-
lect )inthe bottom line and press n.
6 Todelete an entire ent ry:select )in
the bottom line and press andh old n
un til the entire entr yhasbeen del eted.
6 To ac cept the first list entry: press
and hold nuntil the speci alde stina-
tion li stis displ ayed without input cha r-
ac ters. 6
Tocancel an ent ry:sele ct"Back" in
the bo ttom line and press n.
or
6 Press theL back button.
Th einpu tch arac ters 4 disappe ar ifCO-
MA ND isab leto uniquely assign th echa r-
acters entered to one spec iald estin ation.
Th elist ofspeciald estina tions issh own
without th e input cha racter s. Her eyou can
ma keanother selec tion.
It is also po ssible to changeto th espe cial
de stinatio nlist withou tin put characters
manua llya tany time du ring charact erin-
put.
6 To chan gemanuall yto the special
de stination listwithou tinp utchar-
acter s:slide qm .
or
6 Select ? inthe second to botto mline
an d press n. Special
destination list without input
chara cters
6 Toselec ta desti nation: slide qm ror
turn ymz .
6 Tocancel the select ion: select "Back"
an dpre ssn.
or
6 Press theL back button.
6 Toconf irm thes elec tion: press n.
6 Tostar t route calcul at ion: select
"St art",see also (
=page 154).
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COM
AND
CO MA ND navigat ion system* (special destination entry) List
optio ns
Opt ions incategor yand spec ial
dest ination lists
If yo uen tera special destinat ion in thevi-
cinity of theve hicl e’s cur rent position, cat-
eg oriesa nd special destinat ions are
in itially available within a20 km radius of
the vehicle ’scurrent pos ition.
Th e sa meapplies if yo uenter a special
de stination with ina given town and have
pr evi ously en tered more tha nth eco un try
an d the town.
If yo u expa ndthe list ,the sear chradiu sin-
creases to150 km. This gi vesyo uac cess
to all cat egories and speci alde stinat ions
within a radius of 150 km.
i It is no tpos sible toexpand the list if you
ha ve ent ered a spe cial dest ination within a giv en
to wn (
=page 160).
6 To expand the list: select "Options" 
"E xpand search" inone of the list s.
Th e list isexpa nded. Opt
ions onl yin special desti nation lists
6 Todisp layde tailsa bout the selec t-
ed entry: select"Options" "Details" .
The deta iledview appears.
6 Toclos e the detailed display: select
"OK" .
i Ifth ecr osshair is shown on thema p, you
ca nen ter special des tinations in thevici nit yof
th ecr os shair.
If the cros shair is not show n on th emap, youc an
ent erspecial destinati ons inthevici nit yof the
ve hicle’ scu rre nt po sition.
6 Select "Guide" inmap viewwith the
me nu syste mdisp layed (=
page137).
Yo uwi llse es pecial desti nation icons
on the map, dep ending on wh ethe r
sp ecial dest inat ions are availabl eand
wh ich ma pscale is set. Th escale at
wh ich the ic onsaredispl ayed on the
map varies accord ing to the icon.
Yo u ca nse lect the ic onsCOMA NDis to
di splay (
=page 140).
Th e special destinatio nclos est to the
centr eof the scree nis au tom atically
mar ked. If
there areno special desti nations
ava ilab le,the "Bac k"me nuitem is auto-
mat icallyhighlighted and you cannot
se lect othe rme nuitem s.
1 Info rm ation ab ou t th em arke dspecial
de stinat ion
2 Marke dsp ecial destinat ion
6 Toselect asp ecia lde stin ation: se-
le ct "Ne xt"or"Previo us" .
6 To dis playdetails abo utthe selec-
ti on: select "Details" . Entering
aspecial des tina tion using
the map
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166 COM
AND
COM AND navigat ionsystem* (special destination ent ry)
6 Tostar troute ca lcul at ion: select
"St art",se ealso (=
page 154).
A pr om ptappears ask ing wh ethe r the
sp eciald estina tion shou ld be used as
the destinat ion.
6 Select "Yes"or "No" .
If you select "Yes" ,ro ute calculation
begi ns. If yo uselect "No",yo ucan se-
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COM
AND
CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
COMA NDguide syo u to yo urdesti nation
by means of nav igation comm ands inthe
form of audibl enav igation announc ements
an d route guida ncedispl ays.
i Therou teguidan ce display sca no nlybe
seen ifth e displa yisswitch edtonavigation
mode.
If ,fo r any rea son, you do not follow the
nav igation command sor ifyo ul eave the
ca lcula tedrou te, COMAN Dau tom atical ly
calcu late sa new routeto th ede stination.
If the map data contains the re levant info r-
mat ion, COM AND tri estoavoid roa dsthat
onl yha ve limi ted acce ss,e.g. ro adsclos ed
to thro ugh tr affic an d non-resident s.
Road sth at have time restrict ions (e.g.
clos edon Sunda ysandpubl ichol iday s)are
not considere dfo r route guida nce, if the
digi talm ap cont ains the re levant informa-
tion. Ch
ange so fdirecti onhave three ph ases:
! Prepar ationphase
! Announcement ph ase
! Manoe uvre phase Prepar
ation phase
COMA NDprepares you fort he upc oming
cha nge of direction. Based on the examp le
displ aybelow, the change of dire ction
is an nou nced with the "Prepa reto tur n left"
message. Thedisp layisnot split and
sh ows th ema po verthe fu llwi dth. CO
MAND navig ationsyst em*
(r ou te gui dance) Route gui
dance G
Risk of accide nt COMA
NDcalcul ates the routeto th ede sti-
na tion with out ta king acco un to fth ef ollo w-
in g, fore xample:
! Traffic li ghts
! Stop andgive waysigns
! Parking or stoppi ngproh ibited signs
! Lanenar rowi ng
! Other roa dand traf fic controls and reg-
ulatio ns
COMAND ma ygive inco rrec tn avigat ion
co mmands ifthe reality does not corre-
spond to the data in th edi gital map.For
ex ample ,if the traffic ro uti ng has been
chang edor the direction of aone-way road
ha sbe en re versed.
For this re ason, you mustalways observe
ap plicab leroad andtraf fic con trol san dre g-
ul ations during your jour ney. Ro adand traf-
fi c co ntrol san dre gul ations alwa yshave
prior ity over thena viga tion com mands gen-
erated bythesyst em. Exam
ples of display san d audible
messag es fora ch ang eof dir ecti on 216_R
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168 COM
AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (route guida nce)
1 Point atwh ich the cha nge of direction
takes pl ace (light blue dot)
2 Curr entca r pos itio n; the tri anglepo ints
in theve hicle's direct ion of trav el
3 Route (highligh tedin blue) An
nounce ment phase
COMAND announc esthe imminent change
of direc tion .Ba sed on th e example displ ay
below, the change of dire ction is an-
nounc ed 200 metres be fore the changeof
direction with the "Please take the second
turning le ft"message.
Th edi splay isnow splitinto tw osect ors. In
the left ha lf,yo u see th enor malmap view.
In th eright half,th er eis either anenlarged
vi ew ofthearea surro unding the junc tion
(c ros singzoom )or simp lyasy mbol for the
next chan ge of directi on.
Th efo llowing example illust ration shows
the cross ing zoom in the right ha lf.1
Nextroad
2 Chang eof dire ction (tur nleft here)
3 Grap hica lrep rese ntation of th edis-
ta nc et ot he chan ge of dir ection
4 Point atwhi chthe cha nge ofdire ction
ta ke s place (lightblue dot,sh own in
both the le ftan d right disp lays)
5 Distanc eto the next chan ge of dir ec-
tion
6 Cur rent ve hicle position; th etri an gle
po ints in the ve hicle's di rection of tr av-
el (on both th eleft an d rig htdisp lays)
7 Route(hig hlight ed in blue ; on both the
le ft an d right displa ys)
8 Road yo uar ecu rre ntly dri vingalong or
geo- coor dinate sif the geo-coordi nate
displ ayissw itchedon (
=page 140)
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COM
AND
CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
i The filled-in se ction of distanc egraphic 3
gets sh orterthe ne areryouget to th eannou nced
change ofdire ction. Manoeuvre phase
CO
MA ND annou nces the imminent change
of dire ction. Based on the ex ampled ispl ay
be low, thec hangeof dire ction is an-
nou nced 40 metres be fore the chan ge of
di re ction with the "Nowtur nleft" messa ge.
The disp lay isalso split into twohal ves,as
for the announcement pha se.
i Once th emanoeuvre is comp lete d,
COMA NDautoma tica lly switch es ba cktothe
non-s plit sc reen.
1 Grap hica l representation of the dis-
tance to the next cha ngeof dire ction
2 Distanc eto the next cha nge of direc-
tion On
multi -lan e ro ads, COMA ND candis play
la ne recom mendations for the next ch ange
of di rection. The re levant dat amu stbe
av ailable inthedigital map.Thisis curre nt-
ly onl yavailable forGe rman mo torw ays
an d airpor ts.
Th efo llowing exampledi splays are for
ro ute guidan ceon the A81 motorway to
the Stutt gartmo torwayinter section, th en
on theA8 towa rds Mu nich .A cha ngeof di-
re ction is required atpoints 1and 2.
COMA NDdisplays la nereco mm endatio ns
6 ,7 and 8based on the next two
cha nges ofdire ction. 1
Point of th enext chan ge of dir ection
2 Point of th ech an ge of dir ection after
next
3 Nextchan ge of direction, turn rig ht
he re
4 Grap hica l representati onof the dis-
tanc eto th enext ch ange of direction
5 Dist ance to the next ch ange of direc-
tion
6 Recomm ende dlane
7 Pos sibl elane
8 Lane not recom mende d.
9 Curre ntposition of theve hicle; the tri-
an gle points in the veh icle 's dire ction
of travel
i Thei nstrum entcl us teral so display slane
recom mendations. Only therecom mended lanes
are displayed here.
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AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (route guida nce)
Ex planation ofthel ane
rec ommenda tions
! Recomm ende dlane 6
In th islane, youwi llbe ableto com-
pl et eth ene xttw ochan geso fdi re ction
without ch anging lane.
! Possible lane 7
In this lane, youwi llonl ybe able to
comp lete the nex tcha ngeo fdi re cti on
wi thout ch anging lane.
! Lane notrecommend ed8
Yo u wil lnot be ableto com plet e the
next change of dire ction if youst ay in
this la ne.
La ne rec ommendations display
During th echangeof dire ction, there may
be additional lanes which ar ed isplayed di f-
fe re nt ly. Th
e co lours used in thelane reco mmen da-
tion display va rydepe nding on wheth er
day or ni ghtd esign is sw itch ed on.
1Mainde stinat ion <
2 Intermediate stop =(onlyvisi bl e if an
int erme diat e stop hasb eene nter ed)
3 Rou te(highligh tedin blue)
4 Cur rent position of the ve hicle; the tri-
an gle po ints inthe vehicle 'sdirect ion
of tr avel
5 RDS-TM Cstat us in dica tor – for an ex-
planation, see ( =page 176)
6 Setmap ori entati on – for an explan a-
tion and settings ,see (
=page 139)
7 Setsc ale – for an explan ation and set-
ting s,see (
=page 138) Display Meaning
Wi
th lower
bou ndary li ne
(lane 6or7 ) Lane
adde d due
to the ch ange of
direc tion Wi
tho utlower
bo un dary line
(lane 8) La
ne continu es
throug hcha ngeof
direc tion Day design Night
design Recomme
nded
la ne 6 = dark blue Reco
mmended
la ne 6 = light blue Po
ssible lane 7 =
li ght bl ue Po
ssible la ne7 =
dark grey Lane
not recom-
mended 8= grey La
ne not re com-
mended 8=grey Ex
ample ofadi splay without
cha nges ofdire ction
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COM
AND
CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
Wh en yo urea chyour destinat ion, youwi ll
se ea displ ayto this effe ct and route guid-
an ce is automatically ended.
1 Destinatio n onthemap
2 Cheque redflag
Fo rce rtai nspe cial de stinat ions (air portsor
mo torw ayintersection s),yo u wil lsee the
me ssage "Area of dest. reached" in addi-
tion to che quered flag 2. Rout
egu idance toan of f-road des
tina tion
COMA NDcanguide yo uto destinat ions
which are withi nthe area cove redb ythe
digit alma p, but wh ich are not th emselves
re co rded on th emap.
Th ese destin ations are known asoff-road
de stinat ions, wh ich yo u can enterus ing
the map ,fo rexam ple.
In these cases, COMA ND guides yo ufo ras
lo ng aspos sibl ewi th nav igat ionan nou nce-
me nts and displays on roads known to the
syst em. Thesecti on of the ro utefrom the
last known po int on the map to theof f-road
desti nation isindi cated with a dash edline.
It si mplysh ows the directio n to the off-
roa ddesti nation without taki ngaccount of
an yo bsta cles in the way. 1
Curre ntposition of theve hicle; the tri-
an gle points in the veh icle 's dire ction
of travel
2 Off-roa dse ction of th eroute
3 Off-roa d de stinat ion
Sh ortly befo reyoure ac hth e la stknown
poi nton th ema p,you will see th eme ssag e
""Ar eaofdest.re ached"" andt he dire ction
ar ro w. The ar row sh ows theco mpass
he ading tothede stinat ion. Des
tina tion ordes tina tion area
reached
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