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Navigation
Route guidance
Route guidance to an off-road destina-
tion
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
point in the digitized road network, 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 highlighted blue. It simply
shows the direction to the off-road
destination without taking into account
any type of obstacles in the way.
1 Current vehicle position, the triangle
indicates the vehicle’s direction of
travel
2 Off-road section of the route
3 Off-road destination
4 Direction arrow, shows compass
heading to destination, the distance to
destination and
OFF ROAD indication
Off-road and off-map
WarningG
The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
not be capable of trav ersing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver's sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the ro ute. Off-road routes
may be of varying cond itions and their ap-
propriateness for use may be affected by va-
rious factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into considerati-
on by the COMAND system.
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Tele Aid
If the Tele Aid system could not establish a
voice connection to the Response Center
(e.g. the relevant cellular phone network is
not available) the message
Call failed
appears.
Should this occur, assistance must be
summoned by other means.
Terminating the connection
The connection can only be terminated by
the Response Center who has answered
the call. Roadside Asssistance will assist if
technical problems with your vehicle are
experienced.
Roadside Assistance can only be
requested manually by pressing the
button. Refer to your vehicle Operator’s
Manual for additional information.
After initiating Roadside Assistance, the
message
Connecting Call will appear
on the display and the connection to a
Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance
Center is established. All audio sources are
muted.
If the connection is established, the
message
Call Connected will appear
and a voice connection between the
Roadside Assistance Center and the
vehicle occupants is established soon
after.
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During an active emergency call,
switching to another application is not
possible.
WarningG
If you feel at any way in jeopardy when in the
vehicle (e.g. smoke or fire in the vehicle, ve-
hicle in a dangerous road location), please
do not wait for voice contact after you have
pressed the button. Ca refully leave the ve-
hicle and move to a safe location. The
Response Center will automatically contact
local emergency officials with the vehicle's
approximate location if they receive an auto-
matic SOS signal and cannot make voice
contact with the vehicle occupants.
Roadside Assistance
