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AND
CO MAND navigati onsystem *(introduct ion)
Th edig ital map s generated by th emap
so ftware bec omeoutdated inthesa me
way as co nvent ional road maps .Op timu m
ro ute guidan ce can only beprovi dedby
th en aviga tion syst em in conjun ction wi th
the mostup -to-d atema p software.
In fo rm ation about new map software ver-
si ons can beobtai nedfrom a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre.
Yo uca n update th emap software yourself
us ing aDVD. No
tes about han dling DVDs
! Only ho lddiscs bythe edge.
! Handl edis cs ca refully to prevent re ad
pr ob lems. !
Avoi dgettin g scratch es,fi nge rprints
an d dust on dis cs.
! Useac om merciall y-avai lable clea ning
cloth to cle andiscs. Donot wipe them
with acircul armo tion, but onl yin
st raigh tline sfrom the centre out-
wards.
! Plac e discs back in their ca sesa fter
use.
! Prote ctdisc sfrom heat and dir ect sun-
ligh t. Up
dating proc ess
Th eupd ating pro cess has the following
ph ases:
! Load the DVD into th esingle DVD drive
or the DVD cha nger*(de pend ing
on the ve rsion fitted inyour vehi cle)
! Upd ating proc ess
i Theu pdating process can take between
10 and 60 minut es, depending on the siz eof the
map softwa re. If theradio was switched on be-
fore you start edthe updat ingprocess, you can
still adj ustth evo lume . You can also use
COMA ND tooperateth eau toma tic air cond itio n-
ing andto cancel the process .Ot he r fun ctions
are not operational. CO
MAND navig ationsyst em*
(intro duction) Safety
notes G
Risk of accide nt For
safety reas ons,only entera new desti-
nat ion when the vehic le is stationary. You
ma yot he rwis ebe dist racted fr omthetraf fic
con ditions, ca usean ac cidentand injure
you rselfand ot hers.
CO MA ND calcul 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 must alw aysobserve
ap plicab le ro adandtraffic controls an dre g-
ul ations during your jour ney. Road an dtraf-
fi c controls and regulations always have
pr iority over the navigati oncomm ands gen-
er ated by the system. Map software
Up
datin gthe map software 216_R
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