2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class Comand Manual

153 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory
Deleting an entry from the Destination
memory 
Select a destination.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete entry prompt appears.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The system deletes the entry from the
destination memory.
Storing a destination in the

Destination memory 
In the Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
, press the
Save
soft key;
or
Select an entry from the
Last

destinations
memory
( page
151)

and press the
Save
soft key.
The system automatically shows a de
-
fault name (the city if applicable) as
Destination name; however, another
name can be chosen.
Storing under the default name
Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
The system will store the destination
under the default name.
Storing under a different nameFor a name upper and lower case, accents,
special characters and numbers can be en
-
tered.

Press the
Delete
soft key to delete the
default name.
ok
iThe name must have at least one char
-
acter.


154 Navigation*Last destinations and destination memoryTo select lower or upper case or to select
special characters, the following shift
fields on the display are available:
= upper case = lower case = special characters

Use

, 
or

to select one of
the shift fields.

Press

.

Use

, 
, ,

, +
or
(
to
select the characters. Press

after
each selection.

If necessary, press the
Delete
soft key
to delete the character last entered.

Upon completion of the name entry
press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds;
or
Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
The system will save the entry.
ABCabc...
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last character) with the Back
soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
ok

155 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)


POIs (Points of Interest)
Via Navigation main menu 
Open the Navigation main menu ( page
112)
.
The Navigation main menu appears.

Use

to select the
POIs
menu item.

Press

.
The POIs main menu appears ( page
156)
.
Via the map A POI shown on the map can be selected ( page
159)
.
Via Destination entry menu 
Open the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
.
A POI in the vicinity of a city can now be
selected;
or
If a further location detail, e.g. a street,
is to be entered:

A POI in the vicinity of this detailed lo
-
cation can be selected.

Enter the desired details of a destina
-
tion
( page
118)
.

Press the
POIs
soft key.

Proceed as described under “
Selecting
a POI category
” ( page
156)
and “
Se
-
lecting a POI
“ ( page
156)
.
Entering POIsiPOIs include gas stations, airports,
parking areas, rest stops, or hospitals,
etc.

156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)POIs main menu Selection of one of the following menu
items is possible:
Current
position
:
Selecting a POI in the local area;

Select
city:

Selecting a POI in any city to be select
-
ed
( page
157)
;

Global
destinations
:
A POI from global categories can be se
-
lected (
 page
157).

The selection is restricted to the region
entered last; however, the region selec
-
tion can be changed.

In the POIs main menu, select the Current position
menu item.

Press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.

The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press

.
If you have selected the Restaurant
category, another list will be displayed
from which you can select a sub-cate
-
gory, e.g. Chinese food.If you have selected any other catego
-
ry, this will take you straight to the list
of POIs.
Selecting a POI
Selecting POI
in the local area of the
current position

157 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Use

or

to select a POI.

The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
appears.

In the POIs main menu
( page
156)
,
select the
Select
city
menu item.

Enter a city
( page
119)
.

After entering the city, press

.
A list of POI categories appears for the
selection of a category.

Proceed with “
Selecting a POI catego
-
ry“ ( page
156)
and “
Selecting a POI
“
( page
156)
.

In the POIs main menu
( page
156)
,
select the
Global destinations
menu
item.
The list of long-distance POI categories
appears.
Selecting POI
for a selected city
Selecting POI
for a long-distance
destination

158 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region 
Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears.

Please see “
Selecting the region
”
( page
119)
.
Selecting a POI category 
Use

or

to select a category.

Press

.
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered, or a POI can be selected
from a list.
Entering POI names 
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city
( page
119)
.
After entering the name, the list of POIs
referring to the entry appears.
Selecting a POI 
Use

or

to select a POI.

The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis
-
tance), and the direction to the POI.

159 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
appears.

Press
%
;
or
In the Destination entry menu ( page
118)
, press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use

, 
, 
, 
, +

or
(
to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.

Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col
-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected
( page
147)
.
POI symbols are indicated only if the
map scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1
mi (100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi

(500 m).To change the map scale (
 page
133).


160 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to se
-
lect the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
You are prompted to confirm the se
-
lected POI as the destination.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
131)
appears.