2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET navigation system

Ent
erin gan interm edia testop
Intr odu ction When
routeguidan ceisact ive, you can enter
an interm ediat est op. Inte rm ediat est ops can
be pred efineddest inationsfrom thefoll owin g
cat egor iesthat COMA NDoffers forselec tion:
R ATM /CAS HMAC HINE R
Hos pital R
Gas Station R
Par kingLot R
Res taurant Howe
ver,you can also enterd estin ations
other thanthepredefined ones.Todo this
select themenu itemOther .
You canusetheintermediate stopfunctionto
influenc eroute guidance tothe main
destin ation. Whenyouhave reached your
int ermediate stop,COMAND automatically
recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation.
Entering predefined destinations X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Stopove r and
press Wtocon firm.
Opt ion 1:no interm ediatestop hasbeen
entered yet.
X Select acategor y;see option 2.
Opt ion 2:an interm ediatestop has
alrea dybeen entered .
X Select Change Stopover and
press Wto
con firm. X
To select acatego ry:select acatego ryby
turning cVdtheCOM AND controll erand
press ingWtoconfirm.
COM AND firstsearches inthe selected
catego ryfor desti nations along theroute .
If there arenodesti nations available there,
COM AND searches fordesti nations within
a rad iusof up to100 kmofthe vehi cle
posi tion.
If COM AND finds destinations, alis t
app earson the right-hand sideof the
dis pla y.
The intermed iate stops arelisted accord ing
to increa singdistance fromthecurrent
vehi cleposi tion. They aredispla yedin the
form ofaname andtheir position inrela tion
to the route andyourdire ction oftravel .
i For intermed iate stops thatarenot
loca tedalong thecalcu lated route ,the
line ardis tance isshow n.
If COM AND doesnot find anydesti nations,
you willsee amessa getothis effect.
X Confi rmOK by
press ingW.
X Sele ctadiffe rent catego ry.
X Sele ctthe intermed iate stop byturning
cVd theCOM AND controll erand press ing
W toconfirm.
The address entry menu appears,show ing
the desti nation address.
X To start route calcul ation :sel ect Start and
press Wtoconfirm.
Ente ring anothe rdesti nation asan
int erm edia testop X
To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sW theCOMA ND
con troller .
X Sele ctDes t. in
thenav igat ionsyst em
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres singW tocon firm.
X Sele ctSto pover and
pres sW tocon firm. 62
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tionentryNaviga tion system

X
Sel ect Other and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Addres sEnt ry ,
Fro mMem ory ,
Fro mLas tDes tinations or
Fro mPOI s .
Se
lecti on Ste
p Add
ressEnt ry X
Enter a
de stina tionby
ad dre ss
(Y page 53). Fro
mMem ory X
Sel ect a
de stina tionfrom
the destina tion
memo ry
(Y page 59). Fro
mLas t Des
tinations X
Sel ect a
de stina tionfrom
the list of last
de stina tions
(Y page 60). Fro
mPOI s X
Enter apoi ntof
inter est
(Y page 63). X
To start route calcul atio n:once youha ve
enter edade stina tion, select Start and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
De letin gan interme diatestop If
an inter mediate stop hasal rea dybeen
enter ed,yo ucan delete it.
X To switcho nnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destinat ion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Stopover and
press Wtocon firm. X
Select Delete Stopover and
press Wto
con firm.
COMAND deletestheinter mediate stop
and recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation. Entering
apoint ofint eres t Init
iating point ofint eres tentr y
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select From POIs and
press Wtocon firm.
Am enu appears. Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofthe destina tion
En terin gapoint ofinterest inthe vicin ityof
the destin ationisonly possible whenroute
guidance isactive.
X Select NearDestina tion from
themenu
and press Wtocon firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 64). Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofthe curr entposition
X Select Current Positio
n and
press Wto
con firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 64). Entering
apoint ofint eres t
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Selec
tingapoint ofint eres tusing the
map
You canselect points ofinter estthat are
available inthe selected (visible)sectionof
the map.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Guide in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If points ofinter estare available:
Depen dingonthe map scale selected,
point ofinter esticons appear onthe map.
The scale atwhich theicons aredisplayed
on the map varies accordin gto the icon.
You canselect theicons thatCOMAND will
display (Ypage 90).
If no points ofinter estare available, youwill
see amessage tothis effec t.
i You also seethis message ifyou have
selected theNo Symbols menu
itemunder
"Map display" (Ypage 90).
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller. Point
ofinter estonthe map
: Information aboutthehighlighted pointof
inter est
; Highlighted pointofinter est
X To select apoint ofint erest :selec t
Nex t or
Pre vious and
pres sW tocon firm. X
To show details fortheselecti on:selec t
Det ails and
pres sW tocon firm.
X To sta rtrou tecalcu lation: selec tSta rt and
pres sW tocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe point
of interest shouldbeused asthe
destination.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
route guidancestarts.
If you select No ,
you can choose anew point
of interest . Search
&Send Not
es
i Touse Sear ch&S end, your vehicle needs
to be equipped withmbrace, anavigation
system andavalid mbrace subscript ion.
"Search &Send" isaservic eassistin gyou in
ent ering destin ations forthe navigation
system. Thismbrace servicecan send a
destin ationaddress directlyfrom theGoogle
Maps ®
or Yahoo LocalMaps®
websites tothe
navigation systemofyour vehicle. Selecting
andsending adesti nation
ad dress
i Obse rvetheno teson ent erin gand
sen ding anaddre ssprov ided onthe
res pec tivewebsit e.Eac hwebsit eoper ates
in adiff eren twayand issubj ecttochang es
and amen dmen ts.
X Ac ces sth eht tp://m aps.google. comor
ht tp://m aps.ya hoo. com websi teand
en tert he destination addressintothe
address entryfield.
X Depending onthe website used,clickthe
corresponding buttontosend the
destination addresstoyour mbrace e-mail
address.
X Ent erthe e-mail address youspecified
when settingup your mbrace account into 68
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&SendNavi gatio nsy ste m

the
corr espo ndi ngfiel din the "Send" dialog
wi ndo w.
X Click "Send". Ca
llin gup ades tinatio naddre ss
X Pre ssthe ï mbrace inform ation button
to sta rtdo wnl oading the destinati on
ad dre ssonto thenavigati on syste mo fyour
vehicle. i
Ifyou have sentmore thanone
destination addresstoyour vehicle's
navigation system,youwillneed tocall up
the inform ationindividuall yfor every
address tobe downloaded.
X Select Yes when
theprompt forstart ingthe
navigation systemisshown. Thewindow
for start ingthe navigation systemappears
(Y page 56). X
Select Start .
or
X Select No to
store thedownloaded
destination inthe destination memoryfor
later use. i
The destination addressesare
downloaded inthe same orderasthey are
sent .Ify ou own several Mercedes-B enz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destination
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
registered foryour mbrace account. Route
guidance General
notes G
WARNIN
G
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destination withouttakinginto account the
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traffic
situation. Forexample, ifthe traffic routing
has been changed orthe direction ofaone-
way road hasbeen reversed. Rout
eguidance
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For
this reason, youmus talways observe
applicable roadandtraffic rules and
regulat ionsdurin gyour journey. Road and
tr affic rules andregulat ionsalways have
prior ityover thenavig ation command s
gene ratedby the syst em.
Route guidanc ebegin sonc ear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 56).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destinat ionby
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destinat ion.
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
inform ation,thefollowing applies:
R when selectin garoute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents .
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
avoided forroute guidance. Change
ofdirection
Introdu ction Changes
ofdirection havethree phases:
R preparation phase
R announc ementphase
R change- of-directionphase
Prepa ration phase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Youseethefull- scree nm ap. Ex
ample display:preparat ionphas e
: Nex troad
; Poin tatw hich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Current road
Display ?depends onthe settin gselected
for "Information inmap" (Ypage 91).
Announc ementphase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
direction. Basedonthe example display
below, thechange ofdirection isannounced
with thePlease turn right in 900 ft.
and
follow the message.
The announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersec tion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. 70
Route
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Exam
ple displ ay:a nnou nceme ntpha se
: Next road
; Pointatwh ich the change ofdirecti on
take spl ace (lig ht blue dot, showninboth
the left and right displ ays)
= Graphicrepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Change ofdirect ion(turn righthere)
A Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
B Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn right announcemen
tis made 90ft.before
the change ofdirection. Thedispla yis split
into twohalves, asinthe announcemen t
phase. Example
display:change-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
Once thechange ofdirection iscompleted,
COMAND automatically switchesbacktofull-
screen display. Example
ofad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Rout
eguida nce
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colors used inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane B
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lane. Gray Gray
Cancel
ingorcontinuing route
guidance
Cancel ingroute guidance X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Cancel Route Guidance and
press
W toconfirm .
Continuing routeguidance X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . X
Select Continue RouteGuidance and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND calculates theroute. Destination
orarea ofdestination
reached
When youreach yourdestination, COMAND
displa ysacheck eredflagand route guidance
is automatically ended.
For certain pointsofinterest (airports or
freeway intersections),youwillsee the
message: Areaofdest. reached in
addition tothe check eredflag. Navigat
ionannouncements
Repeating navigation announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcemen tsare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving. Route
guidance
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Please
alwaysuse this feature instead of
cons ulting themap display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident .
i Audible navigation announcementsare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannounc ement,you can
call upthe curren tannounc ementatany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannounc ement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructio nshave been muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i COMAND automatically switchesthe
navigation announcementsback onwhen:
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine.
Reducing volumeduring anavig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement. X
Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ct+ inthe map view with the menu
show nand adjus tthe volume usingthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected.
i The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm . 74
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