2008 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class key

125 Navigation
Destination input
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Press the Home soft key.
The message
No home address
available! Please enter home
address
will appear.
Press the Change soft key to edit a
home address.
or
The actual home address is shown.Here you can use the following
functions
changing to the map (page 123)
setting the routing mode
(
page 110)
editing home address (page 125)
starting route guidance
(
page 129)
Editing home address
Press the Change soft key.
The Change home address menu will
appear.
You can use the following functions
selecting a destination from the
Destination memory (
page 155)
entering destination address
(
page 114)
Selecting home address

126 Navigation
Destination input
selecting a destination from the Last
destinations memory (
page 153)
selecting a Point of Interest
(
page 157)
entering a POI by phone number
(
page 161)
selecting a destination from the
Today’s plan memory (
page 163)After entering the address the screen may
look as follows
Press E.
The home address is saved.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).If your vehicle is equipped with Navigation
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
or
Activate the Info menu (page 141).
Press the Compass soft key.
The Compass screen will appear.
If your vehicle is not equipped with
Navigation
Press b or c.
The Compass screen will appear.
Displaying the compass screen

127 Navigation
Destination input
To cancel the compass screen in vehicles
with Navigation
Press any soft key, then press the Back
soft key.
or
Press b or c.
To cancel the Compass screen in vehicles
without Navigation
Press the A, B, a or {
buttons.Compass screen
1Pointer shows the steering angle on a
half circle scale in degrees
2Steering icon shows the position of the
vehicle wheels
3Dynamic compass displays the driving
direction at the top of the screen, the
white arrow always points to North
If your vehicle is equipped with Navigation
4Height indication, the scale scrolls as
the vehicle's altitude changes
5Status bar shows GPS coordinates,
height above sea level and the number
of currently received satellites
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Compass screen is activated during
route guidance:
COMAND continues to provide route
guidance via voice instructions
(
page 130). The Navigation screens
are visible in the instrument cluster
multifunction display.
i
Keep in mind, steering angle 1 and the
steering icon
2 are approximations.

132 Navigation
Route guidance
Display example 2:
1Current vehicle location and direction
of travel
y, remaining route section
2Name of the road you are to turn onto
3Symbol for the next driving maneuver,
distance bar and distance to the next
driving maneuver
4The road you are currently driving on
In the right half of the display, the symbol
for the next driving maneuver is indicated
(here: right turn).On the very right side of the display next to
the turn symbol is the distance bar. It
indicates the distance to the next driving
maneuver (here: 800 ft).
The status bar shows the name of the
street after the driving maneuver, if
available, here:
MAIN ST
The destination is marked with a flag $ on
the map, an intermediate destination is
marked with a flag showing the letter
S.
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
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If full view of map is displayed:
Status bar
4 indicates one of the
following depending on which option is
selected in the Display in Map screen
(
page 150)
the estimated time of arrival and
distance to destination
GPS coordinates of the current
position or
the road you are currently driving
on
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Using the control system, the display
unit can be changed between km or
miles (see your vehicle’s Operator’s
Manual).
When the instrument cluster
multifunction display is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate
distances in miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the instrument cluster
multifunction display is set to
kilometers, the COMAND will
indicate distances in kilometers
(km) or meters (m).
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If no other action is taken within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key
displays will disappear again.

133 Navigation
Route guidance
Altering the map scale
The current map scale is indicated on the
left side of the status bar.
Press the + or ) soft key.
The map section is zoomed in or
zoomed out. A bar indicating the map
scale appears on the status bar.
Selecting map orientation
A symbol is shown on the bottom left side
of the status bar.
Heading Up <:
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
or
North Up Y:
Map is displayed facing northYou can select the map orientation
(
page 149).
Changing the map display
While route guidance is active, you can
switch between split view and full view.
Split view:
The map is shown on the left side and
information on the next maneuver on
the right.
or
Full view:
Full view of the map.
Press c.
The display changes with every push of
the button.
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Depending on which option is selected
in the Display in Map screen
(
page 150), the status bat indicates
the estimated time of arrival and
distance to destination
GPS coordinates of the current
position or
the road you are currently driving
on.

140 Navigation
During route guidance

During route guidance
During route guidance you can use the soft
keys to activate additional menus and
displays and make settings.
The soft key displays will automatically
disappear after a few seconds.
During route guidance, press any soft
key.
The soft key displays will appear.Available soft keys
Info soft key:
Brings you to the Info menu
(
page 141).
Detour soft key:
Brings you to the Traffic Jam function
(
page 142).
Stopovr soft key:
Brings you to the stopover destination
function (
page 144).
POIs soft key:
Brings you to the POI function
(
page 160).
Memory soft key:
Brings you to the save current location
function (
page 111).
Display soft key:
Brings you to the Display menu
(
page 147).
Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section
(
page 133).
Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section
(
page 133).
Displaying the soft keys

141 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
Rte list soft key:
Shows a list of the route.
Mode soft key:
Brings you to the route mode selection
menu (
page 110).
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.

142 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 140).
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 143).