2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Comand Manual

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Navigation
Important notes
The following applies if you interrupt your
trip and continue later on:
Trip is continued within 2 hours:
The system will automatically resume
route guidance.
Trip is continued after more than
2 hours:
Press
E to confirm Continue
Route Guidance
in the
Navigation main menu
(
page 130).
Trip interruption during route
guidance
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Trip interruption means the vehicle is
parked and COMAND is switched off.
Trip continuation means the vehicle is
moving and COMAND is switched on
again.

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Navigation main menu

Navigation main menu
Press b.
The Navigation main menu will appear.
Use G or g to select a menu item.
Press E.
or
Press one of the soft keys. Available
soft keys (
page 131).
The selected menu or the function of
the selected soft key appears. Selectable Menu Items
Continue Route Guidance:
Resumes interrupted or aborted route
guidance.
Activating the Navigation main
menu
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If a navigation submenu is displayed,
you need to press the button twice.
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If route guidance is active, a message
appears instead asking you whether
you wish to resume route guidance
(
page 159).
If route guidance has been interrupted
for more than 2 hours, the entry
Continue Route Guidance will be
on top of the list.
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This menu item appears if you:
have aborted route guidance
(
page 159) and less than 30
minutes have elapsed since the
guidance process was aborted
have interrupted your journey and
continue it after more than 2 hours

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Navigation main menu
Destination Memory
You can select destinations from the
Destination Memory (page 174).
Destination Entry
Activates the Destination Entry
menu (
page 136).
Last Destinations
You can select last destinations from
the
Last Destinations memory
(
page 171).
POIs:
Brings you to the
POIs input menu
(
page 176).
POIs are e.g. gas stations, parking
facilities or airports. Available soft keys
Home soft key:
You can edit the home address and
start route guidance (
page 150).
Mode soft key:
Brings you to the route mode setting
for the next route guidance
(
page 132).
Setting soft key:
Here, you can make audio settings for
the navigation announcements (treble,
bass, balance) (
page 133)

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Navigation main menu
The COMAND calculates the route as
Fastest route.
Including or avoiding traffic routes
In the Navigation main menu
(
page 130), press the
Mode soft key.
The
Mode menu will appear. Selectable traffic routes
Minimize Freeways:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing freeways.
Min. Ferry/Auto-Train:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing ferry connections
or railfreight.
Minimize Toll Roads:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing toll roads.
Minimize Tunnels:
The system calculates the route with/
without minimizing tunnels.
Use g or G to select a traffic route.
Press E.
Switches the option on or off. You can
switch on more than one option.
Press the Back soft key to confirm.
The setting is saved. The Navigation
main menu will appear.
Setting the route mode
OptionSymbol
OnQ
Off q

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Navigation
Navigation main menu
You can set the following for the navigation
announcements:
Bass and treble control (page 133)
Balance (page 133)
Volume (page 134)
In the Navigation main menu
(
page 130), press the Setting soft
key.
The Settings menu will appear.
The announcement
Navigation Is
Not Active
is made. Adjusting bass and treble
In the Settings menu, press the Bass
or
Treble soft key.
Press H or h .
You adjust bass or treble.
Press E or the Back soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu appears. Adjusting balance
In the Settings menu, press the
Balance soft key.
Cross-hairs are displayed. The vertical
line indicates the fader setting. The
horizontal line indicates the balance
setting.
Press H or h .
Move the cross-hairs horizontally and
adjust the balance.
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements
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Balance defines the sound center left/
right.

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Navigation main menu
Press E or the Back soft key.
or
Wait until the display changes.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu will appear.
Adjusting the volume
The automatic navigation announcements
override the currently active audio source.
You can adjust the volume difference. The
setting will reduce the volume of the
currently active audio source for the
duration of the announcement.
In the Navigation main menu, press the
Setting soft key.
The Settings menu will appear.
In the Settings menu, press the
Nav.Vol. soft key.
Options for the reduction of audio
volume are displayed.
Use G or g to select an option.
Press E.
Wait until the Settings menu is
displayed again or press the
Back soft
key.
The new setting is saved. The
Navigation main menu will appear.
Press c.
The full view of the map appears. You
will see the vehicle’s current position.
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
Saving current position
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If a map submenu is displayed, you
need to press the button twice.

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Navigation
Navigation main menu
Press the Memory soft key.
A window appears with the
message
Position Saved as
MemPt
.
The system saves the current position
as a destination in the
Last
Destinations
memory
(
page 171).
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Such destinations are marked in
the
Last Destinations memory
with _.
For permanent storage you can save
the destination in the regular
Destination memory (
page 172).
You can save up to 20 such
destinations.

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Destination input

Destination input
Activating the Navigation main menu
(
page 130).
Press g or G to select the menu
item
Destination Entry.
Press E.
Either of the following appears:
the Select Region list, if no
destination has been entered
previously
the Destination Entry menu
(
page 137)
Select Region list
Selecting the region
Press g or G to select a region.
Press E.
If not more than 12 destinations are
available for the selected region, you
can now select the destination
(
page 139).
If more than 12 destinations are
available, the main Destination Entry
menu appears.
If you have selected another region, the
destination last input is deleted. The
destination in the region which comes
first in the alphabet is displayed.
Activating the Destination Entry
menu
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You can also select a region by
pressing the
Region soft key in the
Destination Entry menu.