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Off-road and off-map
Route guidance to an off-road
destination G
Warning!
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
appropriateness 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 consideration
by the COMAND system.
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 announcements and displays on
roads known to the system.
Shortly before you reach the last known the
point to leave 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 indicated with a dashed line after a certain
length. It simply shows the direction to the
off-road destination without taking account of
any type of obstacles in the way. :
Current vehicle position; the triangle
indicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
; Off-road section of the route
= Off-road destination
? Direction arrow, shows compass heading
to destination
On the off-road section of the route, direction
arrows showing the compass heading to the
destination guide you. You will also see the
Direction to destination display.
Route guidance from an off-road
location to a destination If there is no road available on map at current
position of the car, vehicle is off road.
COMAND is also able to guide you to a
destination from such a location.
At the start of the route guidance, you will see
the
Off Road message and a direction arrow.
The direction arrow shows the compass
heading to the actual destination.
The route is highlighted blue from the nearest
road known to the system.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance
continues in the usual way.
Off-road during route guidance The road geometry may differ from the data
on the digital map, due to road construction,
for example.
In such cases, the system cannot allocate the
vehicle position to the digital map and the
vehicle is therefore in an off-road position.COMAND navigation system (route guidance)
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Displaying info
X Select Info in map view with the menu
system displayed ( Y page 89).
The route information appears. Example illustration: Display with main destination
and stopover
:
Distance/estimated time of arrival/
estimated journey time to the stopover
destination
; Stopover destination P
= Street, city and state/province
? Main destination O
A Distance/estimated time of arrival/
estimated journey time to the main
destination
i COMAND uses the time set in COMAND
as the basis for calculating the estimated
arrival time. The clock must be set correctly
in COMAND (Y page 79). The arrival time is
displayed in local vehicle time, based on
the time zone set in the vehicle.
The following data cannot be seen until the
route calculation has been completed:
R Distance to destination
R Estimated arrival time
R Estimated remaining travel time If the destination is located within a
partially digitized area, the following data
may differ from the facts:
R
Distance to destination
R Estimated arrival time
R Estimated remaining travel time Displaying route information
X Select Route Q Route Info in map view
with the menu system displayed
(Y page 89).
The route information appears. :
Information for highlighted portion of
route
; Highlighted portion of route
= Next portion of route
X Closing route info: Select Back and press
W or press back button % in the center
console (Y page 75).
X Displaying next or previous route
section: Select Next or Previous.
X Zooming into or out of route: Select N
or M. Where am I?
You can display your current position while
route guidance is active as well as when route
guidance has been canceled. COMAND navigation system (during route guidance)
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:
Blocked route section
; Current vehicle position; the triangle
indicates the vehicle’s direction of travel
= Information about the blocked route
section
i Blocked route section : is always
highlighted in red/white. The information
about blocked route section = shows
which section of the route is blocked and
the length of the blocked section.
X Starting route calculation: Select Start,
see also ( Y page 107).
X Deleting blockage: Select Navi Q
Route Q Detour Q Delete. Alternative Route
You can calculate and display alternative
routes in addition to the route that COMAND
displays automatically. The original route is
displayed in light blue while the alternative
route is dark blue.
X With the menu system displayed
(Y page 89), select Route Q
Alternative Route. :
Route distance, time, and time of arrival
for the currently selected alternative
route marked in deep blue
; On the Route: Symbols indicate special
parts, such as tunnels, ferries or toll
roads, on the displayed alternative route.
= Mode: Current settings for the displayed
alternative route
Avoid: Symbols of route parts to avoid,
for example tunnels, ferries or toll roads
X Displaying/selecting other alternative
routes: Select Previous or Next.
X Accepting the currently selected, deep
blue route for route guidance: Select
Start. COMAND navigation system (real-
time traffic)
Traffic messages
i A subscription to SIRIUS XM Satellite
Radio service provider is required for the
satellite radio reception referred to here.
You can find more information on satellite
radio in chapter “Satellite Radio”
(Y page 157).
COMAND can receive and incorporate traffic
messages via satellite radio into the
navigation system. Traffic report messages
and map symbols can then be viewed in the
COMAND display. COMAND navigation system (real-time traffic)
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X
Back to list: Select Back.
X Displaying previous or next traffic
message: Select Previous or Next.
X Displaying details for selected traffic
message: Select Details.
X Switching to map view: Select Map. COMAND navigation system
(destination memory)
My address
i The destination memory always contains
an entry called My Address. You can save
your home address, for example, under this
entry.
Assigning your address for the first
time or changing your own address Assigning and/or changing your own
address
X
Select Navi Q Destination Q From
Memory.
Depending on the number of entries in the
destination memory, you will see the
destination memory list with or without
predictive speller. Example illustration: Destination memory list
without predictive speller
In the destination memory list without
predictive speller, the
My Address entry is
automatically highlighted. Example illustration: Destination memory list with
predictive speller
:
In the destination memory list with predictive
speller :, the predictive speller is
automatically activated.
X Destination memory list without
predictive speller: Press W immediately.
or
X Destination memory list with
predictive speller: Slide ZV repeatedly
until the predictive speller disappears.
The list entry My Address is automatically
highlighted as long as you have not entered
any characters using the predictive speller.
If you have entered characters from the
predictive speller: Rotate cVd or slide
ZV repeatedly until the list entry My
Address is highlighted.
X Press W.
Further operation depends on whether you
want to enter the address manually or use an
address book entry as your own address.
Entering an address manually
X If you want to assign your own address
for the first time: Select Create New
Entry.
or
X If you want to change your own
address: Select Change Q Create New
Entry.
In both cases, the address input menu
appears. 130
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Destination memory list without
predictive speller
In the destination memory list without
predictive speller, the
My Address entry is
automatically highlighted.
X Press W.
If your own address has already been
assigned, you will see the menu for starting
route guidance with your own address data.
X Starting route calculation/guidance:
Select Start and press W
or
X Exiting menu: Select %.
Destination memory list with predictive
speller In the destination memory list with predictive
speller
:, the predictive speller is
automatically activated.
X Slide ZV repeatedly until the predictive
speller disappears.
The list entry My Address is automatically
highlighted as long as you have not entered
any characters using the predictive speller. If you have entered characters from the
predictive speller: Rotate cVd or slide
ZV repeatedly until the list entry
My
Address is highlighted.
X Press W.
If your own address has already been
assigned, you will see the menu for starting
route guidance with your own address data.
X Starting route calculation/guidance:
Select Start and press W
or
X Exiting menu: Select %. Saving a destination in the
destination memory
i This function also saves the destination in
the address book. There COMAND creates
an address book entry containing
complete, navigable address data. You can
then select this entry in the address book
and start navigation to the address.
For information on how to enter a destination
from the destination memory, see
(Y page 107).
Saving after the address has been
entered X
Select Save after entering the address
(Y page 94).
You can now select save options.
Saving during route guidance X
Select Destination Q Save
Destination during route guidance.
You can now select save options. 132
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¯ Memory card entry
G Entry containing multiple phone
numbers
; Two-row predictive speller
B Changing predictive speller
language
p Changing character set
F Deleting selection
¬ Confirming selection
% Back
Selecting contacts from list
X Phone book: Select Name.
X Address book: Select Data/Connections
Q Address Book.
X Changing from predictive speller to
list: Press ZV until the predictive speller
disappears.
or
X Select ¬.
X Selecting contact: Slide ZVÆ or rotate
cVd and press W.
Selecting contacts via predictive speller
X Phone book: Select Name.
X Address book: Select Data/Connections
Q Address Book.
X Changing from list to predictive
speller: Select Back from the list.
or
X Press %.
X Selecting character: Slide ZVÆ or XVY
and press W. Repeat this procedure until
COMAND changes to the list automatically.
The first character you enter determines
the first letter of the entry you are
searching. When similar entries exist, the
next character that is different is
highlighted and thus offered for selection.
i You can also enter the characters via the
telephone keypad in the center console. Displaying contact details
X
Select Options Q Details.
The contact details appear.
X Back to list: Slide XVY until the list is
highlighted.
Creating/editing contacts i
This function is not available at a vehicle
speed of above approximately 3 mph
(5 km/h). When the vehicle speed is below
approximately 2 mph (3 km/h), the
function is available again.
i You can create address data in the
address book directly. When you save
phone numbers to the phone book, they are
created in the address book. When you
save a destination for navigation, COMAND
creates an address book entry that
contains the entire data usable for route
guidance. X
Select the contact 17
(Y page 147).
X Select Options Q New Entry or
Change.
The input menu with the data fields
appears.
17 For changing contact only. 148
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Audio DVDs differ from recordable DVD-
R and DVD-RW discs.
Data on audio DVDs are stored either in
uncompressed format or in lossless
compressed format. The sound quality on
audio DVDs is therefore better than on
recordable DVDs that contain MP3 data
because the
MP3 format uses a lossy type of
compression.
You cannot delete data from or record
additional data to commercially available,
prerecorded audio DVDs.
Please note the following information about
CDs/DVDs and pay special attention to the
notes on copied and/or self-written CDs/
DVDs.
i The last track on many audio DVDs does
not contain audio data. COMAND will then
change to the next medium. This behavior
is system-induced and does not indicate a
system malfunction. Notes about CDs/DVDs
i Audio CDs with copy protection are not
compatible with

the CD audio standard and
therefore may not be able to be played by
COMAND.
There may be playback problems when
playing copied discs.
There is a large variety of discs, disc-writing
software and writers available. This variety
means that there is no guarantee that the
system will be able to play discs that you
have written/copied yourself.
There may be playback problems if you use
CD-R or CD-RW type discs you have copied
yourself with a storage capacity of more
than 700 MB. These CDs are not
compatible with currently applicable
standards.
! Do not affix stickers or labels to the discs.
These could peel away and damage COMAND. COMAND is designed to hold
discs which comply with the IEC 60908
standard.
You

can therefore only use discs
with a maximum thickness of 1.3 mm.
If you insert thicker discs, e.g. those that
contain data on both sides (DVD on one
side and audio data on the other), they
cannot be ejected and can damage
COMAND.
Do not use CDs with a diameter of 8 cm.
Attempting to play discs with a diameter of
8 cm or playing such discs with an adapter
may cause damage COMAND.
Such damages are not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
Only use round discs with a diameter of
12 cm.
Notes about handling CDs/DVDs R
Only hold discs by the edge.
R Handle discs carefully to prevent playback
problems.
R Avoid getting scratches, fingerprints and
dust on discs.
R Clean discs from time to time with a
commercially-available cleaning cloth. Do
not wipe them with a circular motion, but
only in straight lines from the center
outwards.
R Only use

a pen designed for such a purpose
to label discs.
R Place discs back in their boxes after use.
R Protect discs from heat and direct sunlight. Inserting/ejecting CDs and DVD
G
Observe Safety notes, see page 162.
i If the CD/DVD has a printed side, this
must face upwards when the CD/DVD is
inserted. If neither side is printed, the side
to be played should face downwards. COMAND audio CD/audio DVD/MP3
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The sockets for external audio and video
sources (AUX) are located in the glove box.
i
For operation of the external audio and
video sources, refer to the operating
instructions of the respective device. You
may have to adjust the proper video
standard on the external audio and video
source to ensure proper replay.
Do not leave external devices in the vehicle.
Proper function of the device could be
impaired due to excessive temperatures,
for example when exposing to direct
sunlight or when the outside temperature
is extremely low. Mercedes-Benz does not
assume liability for damage to external
devices. G
Warning!
Operating an external audio source while the
vehicle is in motion will distract you. You may
not notice changing road and/or traffic
conditions which may cause an accident.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second.
For your safety and the safety of others, pull
over to a safe location and stop before
operating an external audio source. G
Warning!
Due to the different volumes of the external
audio sources, system messages of the
vehicle may be much louder. You may need to
disable these system messages or adjust the
volume of these messages manually.
i The volume of external audio sources is
extremely variable. It is possible that a
device connected as an external audio
source will sound quieter or louder in the
vehicle or that the usual maximum volume
cannot be achieved. On certain devices the
volume can be set separately. In this case,
start at a moderate volume and increase it
slowly. In this way, you can determine whether the system is capable of playback
without distortion, even at high volume.
X Connect external audio and video sources
as described in the following sections. Audio and video AUX sockets in the
glove box
:
Video AUX socket, yellow socket
; Audio AUX socket, left channel, white
socket
= Audio AUX socket, right channel, red
socket
i Vehicles with media interface: Instead of
the external audio and video sockets, the
media interface ( Y page 183) is located in
the glove box. Switching to audio AUX operation
(COMAND)
X Select Audio Q AUX.
The Audio AUX menu appears. You will hear
the medium in the external audio source
provided it is connected and set to
playback.
You can adjust the following during audio AUX
operation:
R Volume ( Y page 76)
R Balance and fader ( Y page 77)
R Treble and Bass (Y page 77)
R 3D Sound (Y page 77) Audio AUX and video AUX
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