2008 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class Page 83

157 Navigation*
Destination input
Confirming a cross street (list)
Press E to confirm.
The Start route guidance menu
(
page 167) will appear.
Entering a city
Press the City soft key in the Enter
street menu (
page 150).
Enter city menu
The most recently entered destination is
shown in the upper area.You can now
enter a city name or
accept the city name shown
Available soft keys:
Map soft key:
Brings you to the destination input
directly above the map (
page 161).
State soft key:
Brings you to the state/province
selection (
page 151).
List soft key:
Brings you to a list of cities with the
previously input street.
Delete soft key:
The character last entered or the
character last accepted by the system
is deleted.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
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The currently set state is identified by
the state code in the middle of the
screen.
If the vehicle location is in Canada, this
soft key appears as
Province.

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Destination input
or
Press the List soft key.
The city list will appear. You can now
select a city.
Selecting a city
Push the joystick to g or G to
select a city.Available soft keys:
Press the Details soft key to see all
information about the city entry.
Use the Page V and Page v soft keys
to display the next or previous page.
Press the Back s o f t k e y t o r e t u r n t o t h e
previous menu.
Press E to confirm your selection.
The Enter street menu will appear. You
can now enter a street.Enter parking
The Start route guidance menu will appear
after entering a destination address.
Here you can select parking nearby.
Start route guidance menu
Press the Parking soft key.
The Parking lot selection map is
displayed.
or
The message
No parking near the
destination
will appear.

160 Navigation*
Destination input
Selecting a parking lot
The map is displayed and shows the
destination and the available parking lots.
One of the parking lot is spotlighted. The
name belonging to it is shown on the
status bar.
Use the Next or Prev. soft key to
select a parking lot on the map.
Press the Details soft key to see
more information about the parking lot.
Press E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 167).

161 Navigation*
Destination input
Selecting a destination using the map
Press c.
Push the joystick to H, h, g, G,
F, f.
or
Press the Map soft key, e.g. in the Start
route guidance menu (
page 167).
The map is shown in full view and
cross-hairs appear.If soft key displays are hidden:
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.Available soft keys
POIs soft key:
Spotlight a POI if POIs are on the map
(
page 198).
Memory soft key:
Set a memory point and saved it in the
Last destinations memory
(
page 149).
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Select a destination using the map
when the vehicle is stationary. If you
choose to confirm a selected
destination by pressing E while the
vehicle is in motion, the message
It
is not possible to set a
destination via map during
driving
will appear in the display.
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The system automatically places the
cross-hairs on the current destination
address.
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c was pressed:
If no soft key is selected within approx.
8 seconds, the soft key display will
disappear again.
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The POIs, Memory and Display soft
keys are available if the
Map soft key
was pressed.

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Destination input
Display soft key:
The Map view display will appear.
(
page 185).
Soft key +:
Enlarge visible map section.
Soft key ):
Reduce visible map section.
Back soft key:
Returns you to the previous menu.
Push the joystick to H, h, g, G
to move the cross-hairs.
Push the joystick to F or f to move
the cross-hairs diagonally.
This allows you to select your
destination.
Release the button.
If the system is able to assign a street
name to the selected location, it is
displayed on the status bar.
If a street name can not be assigned,
COMAND increases the zoom by one
increment each time E is pressed
until a street name can be selected.
Press E.
The system uses the point at the center
of the cross-hairs as destination.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 167).
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If you press the Back soft key, your
selection will be discarded. The system
then uses the data of the previous
destination.
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If a POI is close to the center of the
cross-hairs, a selection list will appear.
You can now select between a POI and
the address destination.

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Destination input
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 146).
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 161)
setting the routing mode
(
page 148)
editing home address (page 163)
starting route guidance
(
page 167)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 193)
entering destination address
(
page 152)
Selecting home address

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Destination input
selecting a destination from the Last
destinations memory (
page 191)
selecting a Point of Interest
(
page 195)
entering a POI by phone number
(
page 199)
selecting a destination from the
Today’s plan memory (
page 201)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 167).If your vehicle is equipped with Navigation
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 146).
or
Activate the Info menu (page 179).
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
(except CLK-Class)

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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 168). The Navigation screens
are visible in the instrument cluster
multifunction display.
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Keep in mind, steering angle 1 and the
steering icon 2 are approximations.