2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Navigation

113 Navigation*
Destination entry
Deleting a character
Press the
Delete
soft key, if necessary.
The character last accepted by the sys
-
tem is deleted.
Confirming the data entryAfter entering all the characters data entry
must be confirmed.
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds to confirm the entry;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
One frequently used destination address
can be established as the Home address.
Call up the Navigation main menu ( page
108)
.

Press the
Home
soft key.
A message
No home
address
stored
ap
-
pears or if a home address has already
been established, the home address
appears.

To start route guidance to the estab
-
lished home address press

.
or
To enter or change the home address,
press the
Change
soft key.
The Navigation main menu with menu
items to change the home address ap
-
pears.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last character) with the Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe
symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized data entry.
ok
ok
Entering a home address


114 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable menu items
Destination memory

You can select destinations from the Destination memory
( page
149)
only
if destinations have alreday been
stored.

Destination entry

You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu ( page
114)
.

Last destinations

You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
148)
only if the sys
-
tem has already stored destinations.

POIs

You can input POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals.

Current
location

Provides access to store the current lo
-
cation as home address
( page
114)

or select a home address using the
map
( page
114)
.
Storing current location as home

address 
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item and
press

.

To store the displayed address as
home address, press

.
Select a home address using the map
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item and
press

.

Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “
Moving
the map and selecting a destination
”
( page
124)
.

Or, to store the selected destination as
home adress, press

.

Call up the Navigation main menu ( page
108)
.

Use

or

to select the
Destination
entry
menu item and
press

.
The Destination entry menu appears.Destination entry menu

115 Navigation*
Destination entry
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted
( page
116)
, or another
location can be entered
( page
116)
.

Call up the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city ( page
116)
, the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:
Map
soft key

Provides access to destination input di
-
rectly via road map
( page
123)
.

Region
soft key

Provides access to the region input ( page
115)
.

Street
soft key

Provides access to input of the destina
-
tion street
( page
119)
.

CityCtr
soft key

Provides access to the input of a city
section (center)
( page
118)
.

POIs
soft key

Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest)
( page
152)
.

List
soft key

Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list
( page
117)
.
In the Destination entry menu ( page
114)
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.
Entering a destination
iThe
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
152)
.
Selecting the region


116 Navigation*Destination entry
Use

or

to select a region.

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
114)
represents the starting point.
Enter city
(USA)
appears in the status
bar. The characters in parenthesis indicate
the selected region.
Accepting the displayed destination 
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds.
Entering a different city
Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the city ( page
112)
.
After entering the city a selection list of
cities appears. Now continue with se
-
lecting a city.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a city.
Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin
-
ue with selecting a city.
Entering a city
iDo not confuse the

button with the
symbol in the main screen.
ok

117 Navigation*
Destination entry
Selecting a city
Use

or

to select the destina
-
tion city. The
Page
soft keys allow
scrolling through the list page by page.

Press

.
After selecting the desired city, one of
the following menus appears: 
For larger cities with more than 15
streets:

Enter Street menu
( page
119)
.

For smaller cities with up to
15
streets:

Select Street menu
( page
119)
.

If no streets are registered for the
selected city:

Select City Center menu ( page
118)
.
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
.Besides entering a street name ( page
119)
, the following soft keys are
available for narrowing the destination: 
Map
soft key

Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map ( page
123)
.
iThe selection is cancelled if the
Back

soft key is pressed.
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting city


118 Navigation*Destination entry
CityCtr
soft key

Provides access to the selection of a
section of the city (center) ( page
118)
.

POIs
soft key

Provides access to the input of a POI
referring to the destination city ( page
153)
.
After the destination city (
 page
116) has
been entered, the associated city center
(section of the city) can be selected. 
Press the
CityCtr
soft key.
Enter
center
is displayed in the status
bar.
.Accepting the destination displayed 
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds.
Entering a center 
Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the center ( page
112)
.
After entering the center a selection
list of centers appears. Now continue
with selecting a center.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a center.
Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin
-
ue with selecting a center.
Selecting a city center.
Use

or

to select a city center.
The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
Entering a city center

119 Navigation*
Destination entry

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
128)
appears.
The system accesses one of the following
menus after entering of a destination city ( page
116)
:

For larger cities with more than 15
streets:

Enter Street menu.

For smaller cities with up to 15
streets:

Select Street menu
( page
119)
.

If no streets are registered for the se
-
lected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:

Select City Center menu
( page
118)
.
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
Entering a street 
Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the street ( page
112)
.
After entering the street a selection list
of streets appears. Now continue with
selecting a street.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a street.
Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin
-
ue with selecting a street.
Selecting a street
Use

or

to select a street. The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling through
the list page by page.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears;or If the street extends through several
city centers, the list of city centers re
-
ferring to the street selected appears.
Entering a street in the destination
city

120 Navigation*Destination entrySelecting the city center referring to
the street selectedThe system distinguishes between streets
with the same name in a city by specifying
the center. After selecting a street, a list of
city centers may appear.The status bar shows how many times the
system found the same street name within
a given city.
Use

or

to select a center and
press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears.
The following soft keys are available to
continue narrowing the destination after
entering the street:
Map
soft key

Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map ( page
123)
.

Intrsct.
soft key

An intersection with the destination
street can be entered
( page
121)
.

Hse.
no.
soft key

A house number on the destination
street can be entered
( page
122)
.

POIs
soft key

A POI on or near the destination street
can be entered
( page
153)
.
The following soft keys can also be select
-
ed:
Mode
soft key

For setting the route mode ( page
109)
.

Save
soft key

Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory
( page
150)
.
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting street
iOnly the entry of either an intersecting
road or a house number is possible.