2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Comand Manual

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Navigation
POIs (Points of Interest)
POIs main menu
You can select between the following
menu items:
Current Position:
Select a POI around your current
position.
Different City:
Select a Point of Interest around any
location (
page 178).
Global Destinations:
Select a POI from regional categories
(
page 179). Initially, selection is
restricted to the region in which you
presently are. However, you can
change the region.
In the POI menu, select menu item
Current Position.
Press E.
A list with POI categories is shown from
which you can select a category. Selecting a POI category
Press
G or g to select a POI
category.
Press E.
A list with POIs is shown from which
you can select a destination.
Selecting a POI around your current
location
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You can select a POI around your loca-
tion up to a distance of 10 miles, or 60
miles if category airport is chosen.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Press G or g to select a POI.
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.
Sort soft key:
Sorts list entries either by increasing
distance or alphabetically.
Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(
page 151).
In the Point of Interest menu
(
page 177), select menu item
Different City.
Enter a location as described in
paragraph “Entering destination
address” (
page 137).
Selecting a POI around another
location

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Navigation
POIs (Points of Interest)
After entering the location, proceed as
described in paragraph “Selecting a
POI around your current location” at
“Selecting a category” (
page 177).
In the POI menu (page 176), select
menu item
Global Destinations.
The list of global destinations
categories will appear.
Now you can
select a special destination category
(
page 179)
select another region (page 179) Selecting another region
Press the Region soft key.
The Select region list will appear. See
“Selecting a region” (
page 136).
Selecting a category
Press G or g to select a category.
Press E.
Depending on the number of POIs in a
category, you can now enter a POI
name or select a POI.
Entering a POI name
Proceed as under “Entering destination
address” (
page 137).
To do this, press E longer than 2
seconds.
You will hear a confirmation beep if the
beep tones option was activated in the
system settings (
page 217).
Following the entry or avoidance of the
entry, you can select a POI.
Selecting a POI around a global
destination
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If you do not know the name of the POI,
you may avoid the entry.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Press G or g to select a POI.
The list also shows the straight-line
distance to and the direction of the
Point of Interest.
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the POI are shown.
Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(
page 151).
Press c.
or
In the Destination Entry menu
(
page 136), press the Map soft key.
The full view of the map will appear.
Your current position and the special
destinations are indicated by symbols.If required, move the map pressing
H , h , g , G ,F and f.
If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
Selecting a POI on the map
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You will see the symbols only if the map
scale is 0.05 mi/inch, 0.1 mi/inch,
0.2 mi/inch or 0.5 mi/inch
(
page 153).
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You can define which symbols will be
shown on the map (
page 168).
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If the system does not find any POI, the
message
No POIs Found will appear.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the POIs soft key.
One of the POI is marked in color. The
name belonging to it and the distance
are 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 Route Guidance menu will appear
(
page 151).

182 Navigation
Software Updates

Software Updates
You can update the system with a new
navigation DVD. The new DVD may include
new maps and/or new device software.
Starting an update
Switch the COMAND on (page 34).
DVDs are loaded and ejected at the
navigation computer. Ejecting
Press
l.
The navigation computer ejects the
DVD.
Loading
Insert the new navigation DVD into the
DVD slot with the label side up.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated Please Wait
will
appear. After that, the COMAND loads the
software on the DVD.
Shortly after that, the progress bar
appears. After some time, the progress
bar reaches 100%.
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated Please Wait
appears after
the system is switched on:
for a short time
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
for a longer time
COMAND was unable to update the
software.
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Updating may take several minutes.
During updating, the operation of
COMAND is restricted. You cannot
switch off the system.
After updating, the car should remain
outside under open sky for 10 minutes
with the ignition on.
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The navigation computer is located on
the left side in the trunk (
page 127).
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If you do not remove the DVD from
the slot within around 15 seconds, the
COMAND will pull the DVD into the
drive.

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Service
Service main menu
SMS (Mail)
Address book Tele Aid
Entering data

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Service main menu

Service main menu
Press C.
The Service main menu will appear.
Service main menu
You can use the soft keys to open other
menus
SMS soft key:
Opens the SMS Inbox Folder
(
page 185).
Addr.Bk soft key:
Opens the address book (
page 192).
Scr.Off soft key:
Press the Scr.Off soft key.
The screen is switched off.
Press any soft key or button.
The screen is switched on again.
System soft key:
Opens the system settings
(
page 214).
Activating the Service main menu
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You can use this function if you have a
Mercedes-Benz specified integrated
mobile telephone (TDMA/CDMA or
GSM).