2008 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Vehicle

227 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (entering a destination)
Entering predefined destinations
Select “Navi”
“Destination”

“Stopover”.
If a stopover has already been entered,
you can change it.
Changing: Select “Change Stop-
over”.
You can now select a category.

Selecting a category:
Select category, e.g. “Gas station”.
COMAND first looks for destinations
within the immediate vicinity of the ve-
hicle and near the vehicle’s route. If
there are no destinations available
there, COMAND searches for destina-
tions in an area around the vehicle po-
sition.
If COMAND does not find any destina-
tions, you will see a message to this ef-
fect.

Select “OK”.
You can now select a different
category.
If COMAND finds destinations, you will
see a list of the destinations and details
of how far away they are in the
right-hand side of the display. The in-
formation about how far away the des-
tinations are can take a few seconds to
be displayed.
The left-hand part of the display shows
the destinations on the map. The desti-
nation marked in the list is highlighted
in the map.

Selecting a destination: Select the
desired destination from list.
The address of the destination ap-
pears.

Starting route calculation:
Select “Start”, see also (
page 222).Entering another destination as a stop-
over

Select “Navi”
“Destination”

“Stopover”.

Entering: Select “Other”.
You can select between the following
menu items:

“Address Entry”


“From Memory”


“From Last Destinations”


“From POIs”

Select a menu item.

230 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (Point of interest entry)
Selecting another state (USA) or
province (CDN): Select the first list
entry.
A list of states/provinces appears.

Select desired state (USA) or province
(CDN).
If there are no POIs for the selected
state (USA) or province (CDN), you will
see a corresponding message.
Closing message: Select “OK”.
You can again select a state (prov-
ince).
If there are POIs, you will see the cate-
gory list again.

Proceed as described in the “Selecting
a category” paragraph in the “Main cat-
egory list without input characters”
section (
page 232).
Designating a POI category
The categories and POIs available depend
on the distance from the vehicle position
you have set for the POI.

POI in the surrounding area:
categories sorted alphabetically and
POIs sort ed by d is tanc e withi n a rad iu s
of about 12 mi around the vehicle posi-
tion are available. You can extend the
search radius using the list options
(page 235).


POI within a given city:
If you have only entered the state (USA)
or province (CDN) and the city, alpha-
betically sorted categories and alpha-
betically sorted POIs within the city are
available.If you have entered more than the state
(USA) or province (CDN) and the city,
alphabetically sorted categories and
POIs sorted by distance within a radius
of about 12 mi around the address en-
tered are available. You can extend the
search radius and the category selec-
tion using the list options
(
page 235).


POIs in a different region:
Alphabetically sorted categories and
alphabetically sorted POIs are avail-
able.
Entering a category
Depending on the number of available cat-
egories, the main category list appears for
category entry either with or without input
characters (
page 232).


235 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (Point of interest entry)
POI list without input characters
Selecting a destination: Slide qmr or
rotate ymz.

Canceling selection: Select “Back”
and press n.
or

Press back button L in the center
console (
page 88).

Confirming selection: Press n.

Starting route calculation:
Select “Start”, see also (
page 222).List options
Options in category and POI lists
If you enter a POI in the surrounding area,
initially, only categories and POIs within a
radius of approximately 12 mi around the
vehicle position are available.
The same applies if you enter a POI within
a given city and have previously entered
more than the state (USA) or province
(CDN) and the city.
If you expand the list, the search radius in-
creases to around 90 mi. This gives you ac-
cess to all categories and POIs within a
radius of about 90 mi.

Expanding list: In one of the lists se-
lect “Options”
“Expand Search”.
The list is expanded.
Options only in POI lists

Displaying details of the selected
entry: Select “Options”
“Details”.
The detailed view appears.

Closing detailed view: Select “OK”.

236 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (Point of interest entry)Entering a POI from the map
Select “Guide” in the map view with the
menu system displayed (
page 196).
You will see POI symbols on the map,
depending on whether POIs are avail-
able and which map scale is set.
The scale at which the symbols are dis-
played on the map varies according to
the symbol.
You can set which symbols COMAND
should display (
page 198).
The POI closest to the center of the
screen is automatically marked.If there are no POIs available, the
“Back” menu item is automatically
highlighted and you cannot select oth-
er menu items.
1Highlighted POI
2Information about the highlighted POI

Selecting a POI: Select “Next” or “Pre-
vious”.
The next or the previous POI is marked.

Displaying details of the selection:
Select “Details”.

Starting route calculation:
Select “Start”, see also (
page 222).
A prompt appears asking whether the
POI should be used as the destination.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
If you select “Yes”, the route calcula-
tion begins. If you select “No”, you can
select a new POI.
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If the crosshair is shown on the map, you
can enter POIs in the vicinity of the crosshair.
If the crosshair is not shown on the map, you can
enter POIs in the vicinity of the vehicle’s current
position.

238 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (route guidance)Preparation phase
COMAND prepares you for the upcoming
driving maneuver. Based on the example
display below, the driving maneuver is an-
nounced with the “Prepare to turn left”
message. The display is not split and
shows the map over the full screen.
1Point at which the driving maneuver
takes place (light blue dot)
2Route (highlighted blue)
3Current vehicle position; the triangle
points in the vehicle’s direction of
travelAnnouncement phase
COMAND announces the next driving ma-
neuver. Based on the example display be-
low, the driving maneuver is announced
700 feet in advance with the “Turn left in
700 feet to your destination” message.
The display is divided in two. In the left
half, you see the normal map view. In the
right half, there is either an enlarged view
of the area surrounding the intersection
(intersection zoom) or simply a symbol for
the next driving maneuver.
The following example illustration shows
the intersection zoom in the right half.1Next road
2Driving maneuver (turn left)
3Graphical representation of the dis-
tance to the driving maneuver
4Point at which the driving maneuver
takes place (light blue dot, shown in
both the left and right displays)
5Information about distance to the next
driving maneuver
6Route (highlighted in blue; shown in
both the left and right displays)
7Current vehicle position; the triangle in-
dicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
(shown in both the left and right dis-
plays)
8Street on which you are currently driv-
ing, if included on the digital map
9Destination
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The filled-in section of distance graphic 3
gets shorter the nearer you get to the announced
driving maneuver.

239 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (route guidance)
Maneuver phase
COMAND announces the next driving ma-
neuver. Based on the example display be-
low, the driving maneuver is announced
150 feet in advance with the “Now turn
left” message. The display is also split into
two halves, as for the announcement
phase.
1Graphical representation of the dis-
tance to the next driving maneuver
2Information about distance to the next
driving maneuverExample of a display without driving
maneuvers
1Main destination <
2Stopover = (only visible if a stopover
has been entered)
3Route (highlighted blue)
4Current vehicle position; the triangle in-
dicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
5Set map orientation – for an explana-
tion and settings, see (
page 198)
6Set scale – for an explanation and set-
tings, see (
page 196)Destination or destination area
reached
Once you have reached your destination,
you will hear the announcement “You have
reached the destination”. For certain POIs
(airports or highway junctions), you will
hear the announcement “You have reached
the destination area”. In addition, you will
see a corresponding display and route
guidance is automatically ended.
1Destination on the map
2Destination flag
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Once the maneuver is completed, COMAND
automatically switches back to the non-split
screen.

240 Control systemsCOMAND navigation system (route guidance)Partially digitized areas If the destination is within a partially
digitized area
COMAND guides you through fully digitized
areas for as long as possible. Route guid-
ance is conducted in the usual manner, i.e.
with navigation announcements and route
guidance displays.
Before the vehicle reaches a partially digi-
tized area, COMAND notifies you of this
with the following announcements:


“Be prepared to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid-
ed.”


“In 700 feet you will enter an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”


“You are about to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid-
ed.”Route guidance within a partially digi-
tized area
If you start route guidance in this type of
area, you will hear the following announce-
ment: “You are currently in an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provided.”
Route guidance is provided by means of a
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination. COMAND will
not generate automatic navigation an-
nouncements.
If you try to call up an announcement man-
ually, (
page 243) you will hear the an-
nouncement “You are currently in an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be pro-
vided.”.
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The digital map may contain areas that are
only partially digitized although they are within a
digitized region.Warning!
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Due to incomplete digitization, the route
shown on the map may differ from the actual
road/traffic situation.
If you follow the route shown on the map, for
example, it is possible that you could drive
the wrong way down a one-way street or
that a street cannot be driven on.
When using route guidance in a partially dig-
itized area, you must therefore be sure to
observe all relevant traffic regulations and
the course of the road.
All relevant traffic regulations and the
course of the road always take priority over
the route shown on the map.
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The indicated distance can be seen here by
way of example. In reality, it may be different.
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When you call up the route info to this type
of destination, (
page 245) the following data
shown there may differ from the actual situation:


Distance to the destination


Estimated driving time to the destination


Estimated arrival time

241 Control systems
COMAND navigation system (route guidance)
During route guidance, the display is divid-
ed. On the right-hand side you will see the
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination.
On the left-hand side of the display you will
see the map with the suggested route. The
suggested route is highlighted blue. How-
ever, it may not be possible to follow the
suggested route because, for example, the
road is closed or not open for car traffic.
If, during route guidance, COMAND leads
you back into a fully digitalized area, route
guidance will simply continue in the usual
manner.
Off-road and off-map
Route guidance to an off-road
destination
COMAND can guide you to destinations
within the area covered by the digital map,
even if a destination is not located at a
road known to the system.These destinations are shown as off-road
destinations, which you can enter using
the map, for example.
In these cases, COMAND guides you for as
long as possible with navigation announce-
ments and displays on roads known to the
system.
Shortly before you reach the last known
the point to leave the digitized road net-
work, you will hear the announcement “The
destination is nearby. Follow the arrow on
the display”.
You will then see an arrow that indicates
the direction to the off-road destination.
When the off-road destination is close to
the road, “Area of dest. reached” appears
in addition below the arrow.
The section of the route from the last
known point on the map to the off-road
destination is indicated with a dashed line
after a certain length. It simply shows the
direction to the off-road destination with-
out taking account of any type of obstacles
in the way.Warning!
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The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
not be capable of traversing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver’s sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their ap-
propriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consider-
ation by the COMAND system.