2006 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class navigation

156 Navigation*
Route guidance
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Press the or soft key.
Depending on your selection, the map
will zoom in and display greater detail
or zoom out and show a wider area.
The map scale bar in the status bar will
show the map scale currently selected.
Map orientation
During route guidance, a symbol will ap-
pear on the left of the bottom status bar if
map display is switched ON:
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is always
pointing up;
or
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving direc-
tion is always pointing up.
Map orientation can be set (
page 169).
Changing map display
The map display can be switched between
split-screen mode and full-screen mode
manually or automatically.
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The display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo-
meters (km) and meters (m).
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If no soft key is selected within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key display
will disappear.

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Route guidance
Split-screen mode
The map is shown on the left, while in-
formation concerning the next driving
maneuver is shown on the right.
Full-screen mode
The map covers the entire screen.
Switching manually:
Press.
Each time  is pressed, the system
alternates between split-screen and
full-screen display mode.
Switching automatically:
See “Automatic map toggling”
(
page 171).
.
Route guidance ends when the selected
destination is reached.
In navigation mode, press .
A prompt as to whether or not route
guidance is to be cancelled appears.
Use to select the menu item Yes.
Press .
Route guidance is cancelled. After a
short time, the Navigation main menu
appears.
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Information concerning the current lo-
cation is shown in the status bar if GPS
display (
page 170) and full-screen
display are activated.
Destination reached
Cancelling route guidance
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Route guidance can be continued again
in the Navigation main menu
(
page 127).

158 Navigation*
During route guidance
Using the soft keys, diverse menus or dis-
plays can be requested and settings ad-
justed during route guidance.
COMAND automatically hides the soft key
displays, when not activated, after a cer-
tain period of time.
Press any soft key while route guidance
is active.
The soft key displays appear.Selectable soft keys
Info soft key
Provides access to the Info menu
(
page 159),
Detour soft key
Provides access to the Detour function
(
page 161),
St-over soft key
Provides access to the stop-over func-
tion (
page 163),
Symbol soft key
Provides access to setting the symbols
display (
page 168),
Memory soft key
Stores the current position
(
page 150),
Display soft key
Provides access to the Display menu
(
page 167),
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
more detailed map,
 soft key
The map scale will change to display a
map that shows a wider area.
Showing soft key displays

159 Navigation*
During route guidance
If the soft key displays are shown
(
page 158), press the Info soft key.
The Info menu appears. It shows the
main destination and a stop-over
destination that may have been en-
tered.
1Estimated time of arrival
2Remaining driving time in hours and
minutes
3Remaining journey (distance)1, 2 and 3 refer to the stop-over
destination. You'll only see the details
for the final destination when you arrive
at your stopover and the system has
calculated the route to the main desti-
nation.Selectable soft keys
Route soft key:
Provides access to the display of the
route on the map,
Mode soft key:
Provides access to the setting of the
route mode (
page 128).
In the Info menu, press the Route soft
key.
Info menu
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The estimated time of arrival does not
refer to the time zone of destination,
but always refers to the time zone of
the vehicle's current location. For a
correct calculation, make sure that the
system clock is set correctly
(
page 192).
Displaying the route on the map


160 Navigation*
During route guidance
The map appears. The route remaining
is highlighted in blue.
The destination is marked with a flag
, any stop-over destination is marked
with a flag . The current vehicle posi-
tion is identified with the symbol.
Depending on the distance to the des-
tination, it may take some time before
the route display appears.
In the Info menu (page 159), press
the
Route soft key.
The route appears on the map.
Press the List soft key.The list of road/route sections remain-
ing appears.
The road currently travelled on appears
at the top.Press or  to scroll through the
list.
The
Page soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
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Displaying the route list
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Depending on the distance to the des-
tination, it may take a few moments be-
fore the route list is completed.
The list is completed only when the
route calculation is completed.
Dest. is
displayed before the last list entry.

161 Navigation*
During route guidance
The Detour function blocks a route seg-
ment ahead.
The length of this route segment can be
entered. The system then calculates a de-
tour route if possible.
Show the soft key displays
(
page 158).
.
Detour function is not active:
You can activate the function and set
the length of a route segment to be
blocked;
or
Detour function is already active:
You can change the length of the route
segment to be blocked (
page 162),
or switch OFF the Detour function by
deleting the detour (
page 162).
Activating detour function and setting
length of route segment to be blocked
If the soft key displays are shown
(
page 158), press the Detour soft key.The system gives you a full-screen map
and freezes the map and screen show-
ing the position of the vehicle. You can
now set the distance of the route seg-
ment to be blocked.
Continue to press the More or Less soft
key until the desired route segment to
be blocked is reached.
The length of the route segment
blocked ahead appears in the status
bar. The section of the road that is
blocked appears as a red and white
dotted line on the map.
Detour function
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The Detour soft key display indicates
whether the Detour function is active.
= not active.
= active.


162 Navigation*
During route guidance
1Symbol = current position
Press .
The system calculates a new route
avoiding the blocked road segment.Changing detour
If the soft key displays are shown
(
page 158), press the Detour soft key.
Use to select the Change detour
menu item.
Press.
You can now enter the length of the
road segment to be blocked.
Continue to press the More or Less soft
key until the desired distance for the
route segment to be blocked is set.
Press.
The system calculates a new route
avoiding the blocked segment if possi-
ble.
Deleting detour
Show the soft key displays
(
page 158).
If a Detour is already active, the
Detour
soft key is displayed with no color.
Press the Detour soft key.

163 Navigation*
During route guidance
Use  to select the Delete detour
menu item.
Press.
The blocked road segment is can-
celled. The system recalculates the
route.The Stop-over function offers the option of
selecting a stop-over destination while
route guidance is active.
A stop-over destination can be, for exam-
ple, a gas station, a rest area, or a hospital,
but also a regular destination. Once the
stop-over destination has been reached,
the system automatically calculates the
route to the final destination.
Show the soft key displays
(
page 158).
.
Stop-over
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The St-over soft key display indicates
whether route guidance to a stop-over
is already active.
= not active.
= active.