2006 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class display

180 Navigation*
During route guidance
Display the soft keys.
Press the Info soft key.
The Info menu will appear.
Info menu
Available soft keys
Compass soft key:
Displays direction of travel, altitude
and steering angle of the vehicle
(
page 171).
Rte list soft key:
Shows a list of the route.
Mode soft key:
Brings you to the route mode selection
menu (
page 154).
Details soft key:
See all information about the
destination.
Displaying the route list
Press the Rte list soft key.
The list of the remaining roads/route
sections appears.
The road currently travelled on is at the
top of the list.
Push the joystick to G or g to scroll
through the list.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Info menui
If a stopover destination has been
entered:
The estimated time of arrival and the
remaining distance to the stopover
destination are displayed.
When the stopover destination is
reached, the system indicates
estimated time of arrival and remaining
distance to the main destination.
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Depending on the distance to the
destination, it may take a few moments
before the route list is completed.
The list will only be complete when the
route is completely calculated.

181 Navigation*
During route guidance
The detour function blocks a route section
ahead. If possible, the system will
calculate a detour. You can adjust the
length of the route section to be blocked.
Switching on
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Detour soft key.You can now enter the length of the route
section to be blocked.
Press one of the left distance soft keys.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.Selecting a detour
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If the system does not allow you to
block a route section, the message
Complete detour not possible
is displayed.
Traffic jams are identified by the driver,
not by the COMAND.
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If you have already placed a block on a
route section, the Detour menu will
appear instead of the map
(
page 182).

182 Navigation*
During route guidance
Switching off (remove detour)
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Detour soft key.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select
Remove detour.
Press E.
The blocked route section is deleted.
The system calculates the new route.
Changing the blocked route section
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Detour soft key.
Use g or G to select item Change
detour
.
Press E.
You can now change the length of the
route section to be blocked.
Press one of the left distance soft keys.
The system calculates a new route
around the blocked route section.

183 Navigation*
During route guidance
This function allows you to select an
intermediate destination while route
guidance is active. A stopover destination
may be a gas station or a restaurant or any
other place. When the route to the
stopover destination is calculated, the
system calculates the route from the
stopover destination to the main
destination.
Entering a stopover destination
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Stopovr soft key.
The map is displayed in full view.
or
The Stopover still active menu will
appear (
page 185) if a stopover
already exists.Available soft keys
After pressing a softkey on the left side, a
corresponding list (
page 184) or, if a POI
is close by, the map will appear with one
POI spotlighted (
page 199).
 soft key:
Shows a list of Mercedes-Benz Centers
near your location.
 soft key:
Shows a list of filling stations or the
map with one filling station spotlighted.
 soft key:
Shows a list of parking facilities or the
map with one parking facility
spotlighted.
 soft key:
Shows a list of restaurants or the map
with one restaurant highlighted.
 soft key:
Shows a list of hospitals or the map
with one hospital spotlighted.
If you press this soft key the following
warning message will appear:
Stopover function

184 Navigation*
During route guidance
More soft key:
If you press this soft key, the
Navigation main menu (
page 152)
will appear.
Enter stopover will
appear on the status bar.
You can now enter an stopover
destination by
selecting one from the destination
memory (
page 193)
typing one in the Enter street menu
(
page 156)
selecting one in the Last
destinations
memory
(
page 192)
selecting a Point of interest
(
page 196)
entering a POI by phone number
(
page 200)
selecting one in the Today’s
plan
memory (page 202)
Press a soft key, e.g. .
One of the following displays will
appear
a list with restaurants (see below)
the map with one restaurant
spotlighted if the POI is close by.
Select a POI on the map
(
page 199).
The arrows indicate the direction of the
destination. The distances indicated are
straight line distances to the destination.Selecting a POI in a list
Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.
Use the Page soft keys to scroll page-
wise through the list (if available).
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.
After you have selected a destination,
press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 173).
Press E.
The system calculates the route to the
selected stopover destination. After
that, the route to the main destination
is also calculated from the stopover
destination.

185 Navigation*
During route guidance
Deleting or replacing a stopover
destination
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Stopovr soft key.
The menu for deleting or changing a
stopover destination will appear.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select
Delete active stopover.
Press E.
The stopover destination last input is
deleted. The system calculates the
route to the main destination.or
Push the joystick to g or G to
select
Change active stopover.
Press E.
The stopover destination is deleted and
you can enter a new stopover
destination (
page 183).
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If no stopover destination has been
entered, the full view map appears
instead of the menu. You can now
enter a stopover destination
(
page 183).

186 Navigation*
During route guidance
The system can save the current position
as a destination in the
Last
destinations
memory (page 192).
Press any soft key to activate the soft
key display. Press the
Memory soft key.
The current location is saved.
Activate the soft key display
(
page 179).
Press the Display soft key.
The Settings menu will appear.
Settings menu
You can now use the soft keys to
activate other menus.
Icons soft key:
Brings you to the POI Icons display
settings (
page 187).
View soft key:
Brings you to the map orientation
settings (
page 188).
GPS soft key:
Brings you to the GPS display
settings (
page 188).
Automap soft key:
Brings you to the Split screen
settings (
page 189).
Trail soft key:
Brings you to the Trail settings
(
page 190).
Saving the current location
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Such destinations are marked in the
Last destinations memory with _
(
page 192).
If a destination is to be saved for later
or repeated use, the current location
can be stored in the standard
destination memory (
page 193).
Defining route guidance displays

187 Navigation*
During route guidance
Setting POI Icons displays
You can set which POIs are shown as
symbols on the map.
In the Settings menu, press the Icons
soft key.
The available options are displayed.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select an option.
Press E.
The option is activated _.
Standard option:
The map shows the default
symbols.
Personal option:
You can determine the symbols
which are displayed. The following
section explains the further
operation.
None option:
No symbols are shown on the map.Setting personal symbol display
After selecting the Personal option,
press the
Change soft key.
The list of available symbols is
displayed.
Push the joystick to 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.
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You will see the symbols only if the map
scale is in the zoomed in scales.
Altering the map scale (
page 177).
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The Change soft key becomes
available if the
Personal option is
chosen.
MeaningSymbol
Selected Q
Unselected q