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POIs (Points of Interest)

POIs (Points of Interest)
This function allows you to select Points of
Interest such as gas stations, parking
facilities or shopping centers.
Activating the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Push the joystick to G t o s e l e c t m e n u
item
Points of interest.
Press E.
The Select POI category menu will
appear.
Selecting a POI category
Select POI category menu
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You can also select a POI
in the Start route guidance menu
(
page 121) or during route
guidance (
page 140)
on the map (page 160)
by entering a phone number
(
page 161).
Entering POIs

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Available soft keys
Name soft key:
Brings you to the Enter POI menu
(
page 159).
Details soft key:
Shows all information about the POI
category.
Page V and Page v soft keys:
Use the
Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
Push the joystick to G or g to
select the desired POI category.
Press E.
The Find menu will appear.
Find menu
You can select between the following
menu items:
Sort by distance:
The Select POI list will appear.
Within a city:
The Enter city menu will appear
(
page 159). Select a Point of Interest
around any location.
By name:
The Enter POI menu will appear
(
page 159).
Press E to confirm Sort by
distance
.
The Select POI list will appear.
Selecting a POI
Select POI list
The list shows the available POIs with
direction, distance and name. The nearest
POI is on top of the list.
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the POI are shown.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Push the joystick to G or g to
select the desired POI.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
Entering a city
In the Find menu, push the joystick to
G to select menu item Within a
city
.
Press E.
The Enter city menu will appear
(
page 119).
Enter the city and press E to confirm.
A list showing the available POIs within
the entered city will appear.
Select the desired POI from the list and
press
E to confirm.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
Entering a POI by name
In the Select POI category menu, press
the
Name softkey.
or
In the Find menu, push the joystick to
G to select menu item By name.
The Enter POI menu will appear.
Enter POI menu
Enter the POI name and press E to
confirm.
A list showing the entered POI name
will appear.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
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If menu item By name is chosen, the
corresponding category symbol will
appear in first line.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Press c.
The full view of the map will appear.
Your current position and the special
destinations are indicated by symbols.
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
If required, move the map pushing the
joystick to
H, h, g, G,F or
f.
Press the POIs soft key.
One of the POI is spotlighted. The name
belonging to it is shown on the status
bar.
Use the Next or Prev. soft key
to select the desired POI.
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the POI selected are shown.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
Selecting a POI on the map
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You can define which symbols will be
shown on the map (
page 148).

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POIs (Points of Interest)
If a phone number is associated with a POI,
the number can be used to select a
destination and making a call. The
database uses phone numbers in the USA
and Canada.
Activating the Navigation main menu
(
page 108).
Push the joystick to G to select menu
item
Phone number.
Press E.
The
Enter POI phone number menu will
appear.
Use the number keys 1 through 0
to enter the phone number.
or
Push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the numbers. After each
selection, press
E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select numbers diagonally.
When the number is complete, the
(
field is highlighted.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
Entering a POI by phone number
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The menu always appears with the “1”
prefix in first line.
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Numbers not available for entry are
greyed out.
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Multiple matches to a phone number
can occur if several businesses share a
number, or if a central number is used
to cover multiple locations. In these
cases, you will see a list to choose
among them.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Dialing the POI phone number
Press the Call soft key in the Route
guidance menu.
Dialing will begin. In the status bar, the
off-hook symbol will appear. If the
person called answers the call, the call
is active. You talk over the hands-free
set.
Press K to end the call.
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The Call soft key is visible if vehicle is
equipped for phone operation and
Mercedes-Benz specified mobile
telephone* is inserted in phone
cradle*.

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Today’s plan

Today’s plan
The today’s plan memory can be used to
save destinations for which routes can be
calculated one after the other.
The memory can save a maximum of 18
destinations.
You can add a destination to today’s plan
from the Route guidance menu
from the Last destinations memory and
from the Destination memory.
Press the Plan soft key in the
corresponding menu.
The message
The

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Today’s plan
Available soft keys
Bestway soft key:
Sorts entries to obtain the most
efficient route through all the
destinations (
page 164).
Rnd trip soft key:
Sorts entries to obtain a route that
circles through all the destinations and
eventually ends at the starting position
(
page 164).
Del. all soft key:
Deletes all entries.
Save soft key:
Saves an entry to the destination
memory.
Details soft key:
Shows the entry in full.
Page V and Page v soft keys (if
available):
Use the
Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Delete soft key:
Deletes the selected entry.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
Best way
Press the Bestway soft key in the
today’s plan memory.
The today’s plan memory is sorted to
obtain the most efficient route through
all the destinations.
Round trip
Press the Rnd trip soft key in the
today’s plan memory.
The today’s plan memory is sorted to
obtain a route that circles through all
the destinations.
The current vehicle location is placed
at the bottom of today’s plan as
Starting position entry.
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The Starting position can be represen-
ted by e.g. a parking lot or an off road
location.