2007 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class Comand Manual

112 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Press 4.
The Navigation main menu appears if
no route guidance is active.
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Use% or & to select a menu item
and press ';
or
Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,
Destination memory:
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory (page 153),
Destination entry:
Provides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 115),
Last destinations:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 151), or of such that
have been saved as current locations
(
page 130).
POIs:
(P
oints of Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 155). POIs include gas sta-
tions, airports, rest areas, hospitals,
etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menu
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If route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 135).
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This menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 135), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 110).
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Destination memory (page 152) and
Last destinations
(page 151) can be
selected only if destinations are al-
ready stored in the system.

113 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Selectable soft keys
Home soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 116),
Mode soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (
page 113),
Setting soft key
Provides access to adjusting the
acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume and bal-
ance) (
page 113).
Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.
Press the Mode soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 112).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.
Use% or & to select an option.
Press '.
This will switch the option ON or OFF.
Upon completion, press the Back soft
key.The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:
Bass/Treble/Balance
Volume (page 114)
Press the Setting soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 112).
The Setting Mode menu appears.
Avoiding certain road typesi
Empty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements

114 Navigation*
Navigation main menu
Setting bass, treble or balance
In the Setting Mode mode menu press
the
Bass, Treble or Balance soft key.
Press# or $.
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass, treble, or the balance accord-
ingly.
Press' o r t h e Back s o f t k e y , o r w a i t f o r
the screen to change.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
Adjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu (page 113),
press the
Nav.Vol. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.
Press the% or & key to select the
desired setting.
Press'.
The new setting is stored.
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The solid circle shows the current
setting.

115 Navigation*
Destination entry

Destination entry
Entering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu
Use#, $, %, &,6 or 8 to
select a character.
Press '.
The character is entered.Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad
Use the ! - " keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession:
After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
Entering data
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For more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.
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Symbol “ ” represents a space.
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Use" to enter a space.


116 Navigation*
Destination entry
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.
Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character.
The selected character appears black.
Wait until the character display disap-
pears, or press'.
The character is entered.
Deleting a character
Press the Delete soft key if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys-
tem is deleted.Confirming the data entry
After entering all the characters the data
entry must be confirmed.
Press and hold' for approx. 2 sec-
onds;
or
Use$ or & to select the sym-
bol and press'.
.
One frequently used destination address
can be established as the home address.
Open the Navigation main menu
(
page 112).
Press the Home soft key.
A message
No home address stored ap-
pears;or
If a home address has already been es-
tablished, the home address appears.
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Do not confuse the Delete soft key (de-
letion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
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The symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the entry.
Entering a home address
ok
ok

117 Navigation*
Destination entry
Start route guidance to an established
home address (
page 131);
or
Enter or change the home address, us-
ing the
Change soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap-
pears.Selectable menu items
Destination memory:
You can select destinations from the
Destination memory (page 152), only if
destinations have already been stored.
Destination entry:
You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu
(
page 118),
Last destinations:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 151), only if the sys-
tem has already stored destinations.
POIs:
You can enter POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals (
page 155).
Current location
Provides access to save the current lo-
cation as home address, or select a
home address using the map.Saving current location as home
address
Use% or & to select the
Current location menu item.
Press '.
To s a v e t h e d i s p l a y e d a d d r e s s a s h o m e
address, press '.
Selecting a home address using the
map
Use% or & to select the
Current location menu item and
press'.


118 Navigation*
Destination entry
Press the Map soft key.
Proceed as described under “Moving
the map and selecting a destination”
(
page 127).
Or, to store the selected destination as
home address, press '.
Open the Navigation main menu
(
page 112).
Use% or & to select the
Destination entry menu item.
Press '.
The Destination entry menu appears.
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted (
page 120), or another
location can be entered (
page 120).
Open the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.Besides entering the name of a city
(
page 119), the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:
Selectable soft keys
Map soft key
Provides access to destination input di-
rectly via road map (
page 127),
Region soft key
Provides access to the region input
(
page 119),
Destination entry menu
Entering a destination

119 Navigation*
Destination entry
Street soft key
Provides access to the input of the des-
tination street (
page 122),
CityCtr soft key
Provides access to the input of a city
section (center) (
page 121),
POIs soft key
Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest) (
page 155),
List soft key
Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list (
page 120).In the Destination entry menu
(
page 118) the region currently selected
is indicated by the characters in parenthe-
sis in the status bar.
To change the region press the Region
soft key.
The region list appears.
Use% or & to select a region.
The selected region appears black.
Press '.
Selecting a different region deletes the
city last entered. The first city of the
newly selected region appears (in al-
phabetical order).
The Destination entry menu (
page 118)
represents the starting point.
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The Street, CityCtr and POIs soft key
functions refer to the city on display.
If you wish to choose global POIs not
referring to a city (
page 155).
Selecting the region
Entering a city