2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Navigation

153 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
POIs main menu Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current
position

Selecting a POI in the local area ( page
153)
.

Select
city

Selecting a POI in any city to be
selected
( page
154)
.

Global
destinations

A POI from global categories can be se
-
lected
( page
154)
. The selection is
restricted to the region entered last;
however, the region selection can be
changed.

In the POIs main menu,
( page
153)

select the
Current position
menu
item.

Press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

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

Press

.
If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate
-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.If you have selected any other catego
-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting POI in the local area of the
current position

154 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)Selecting a POI
Use

or

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

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

In the POIs main menu,
( page
153)
,
select the
Select
city
menu item.

Enter a city as described in the Destina
-
tion entry section
( page
115)
.
.
After entering the city, press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.

Proceed with “
Selecting a POI catego
-
ry” ( page
153)
and “
Selecting a POI
”
( page
154)
.

In the POIs main menu
( page
153)
,
select the
Global destinations
menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
I
Selecting POI for a selected city
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination

155 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)
The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region 
Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears. Please see “Se
-
lecting the region
” ( page
115)
.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.

Press

.
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered
( page
155)
or a POI can
be selected from a list
( page
155)
.
Entering POI names I
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city
( page
116)
.
The entry can be bypassed if the POI
name is not known.
Press and hold

for more than
approx. 2 seconds.
After entering the POI name, or after
bypassing the entry, a POI can be se
-
lected.
Selecting a POI 
Use

or

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

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis
-
tance), and the direction to the POI.


156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.

3 seconds, or when pressing the
De-
tails
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

Press
%
or
In the Destination entry menu ( page
115)
, press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use

, 
, 
, 
, +
,
or
(
to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col
-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected
( page
143)
.
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi

(500 m).To change the map scale (
 page
130).

157 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to se
-
lect the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
You are prompted to confirm the se
-
lected POI as the destination.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

165 System
System settings
Setting the time The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat
-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.

This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use

or

to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.Setting the minutes:

With GPS reception, each time you
press

or

changes the time in in
-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.Setting the hours:

Each time you press

or

, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date 
Use

or

to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press

or

.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the
Back
soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere is no automatic change from day
-
light saving time to standard time.

This has to be changed manually.When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.


166 SystemSystem settings
Setting the format: 
Use

or

to select a format.

Press

.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce
-
ments.
In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the lan
-
guage already set in the vehicle in
-
strument cluster (
 Vehicle
Operator’s manual).

All other options:

The system switches to the re
-
quested language.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList entry 4 and 5: Time formats

(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex
-
ample below.)Solid circle
: format set

Empty circle
: format not set
Setting the language

171 System
System settings
Canceling individualizationYou can cancel individualization at any
time during either the first or second
stage. All existing data remains un
-
changed.
During any individualization stage,
press the
Cancel
soft key.
Individualization is cancelled.
Deleting individualization
From the Individualization menu,
press

to select menu item
Delete
individualization
.

Press

.
A prompt appears, which asks if you re
-
ally want to delete the data.

Press

to select
Yes
.

Press

.
The individualization is deleted.
Actuating the Reset function resets
COMAND to the factory settings. In addition, it deletes:
SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina
-
tion memory and in the Last destina
-
tion memory.
Reset activation
Call up the System menu
( page
164)
.

Press the
Reset
soft key.
iThis function is not available if no indi
-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function