2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET display

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delays
On lyappear son theside oftheroad
(dir ection oftravel) onwhic htraff ic
flo wisunim peded (Not
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arr ows Warn
ing
mes sage In
cid enton road
Ap pear son theside ofther oad
affect ed(direction oftravel) (Not
availa ble) (Not
availa ble) Displaying
real-timetraffic repor ts
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Traffic by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
If the dialog fieldshows theNoTraffic Messages message,
thismeans that:
R no traffic reports havebeen received yet.
R no traffic reports areavaila ble.
X To cancel thesearch: selectCancel and
press Wtoconf irm.
X To close thereport window: selectOK and
press Wtoconf irm.
If traffic reports exist,alist isshown.
The cont entofthe listvaries depending on
whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
List when routeguidance isnot active The
listshows allthe roads, areasorregions
for which reports areavaila ble. A
traffic report mayrefer toan area ora
region, e.g.ifvisibility isimpaired duetofog.
X To read atraffic report :select aroad,
area orregion byturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
List when routeguidance isactive The
first listshows theroads, areasand
regions thatliealong theroute andforwhich
traffic reports areavaila ble. 80
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affic repor tsNavigation system

Exam
ple displ ay
: Road conce rned
; Icon forreport type,e.g .traf ficflow
mes sage
X Sel ect Next or
Pre vious by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller and pressW to
confi rminord erto conti nuehighl ighti ng
traf ficicons.
X To chang ethe map scale :sel ect Map by
sl id ing ZV theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now zoom inor outof the map.
X To sho wthe detai ledv iew: select
Detai ls and
press Wtocon firm . Ex
ample display: traffic iconinformat ion
X To close thedet ailed view: slideXVY the
COMAN Dcon troller. Hav
ingtraff icrep ortson therou te
rea dout
Intr oduct ion The
read- aloud functionisonly available while
rout eguidanc eis act ive. Itreads outtraffic
repor tsaffec tingthe curr entrout e.You can
set the language (Y page 47)and theread-
aloud speed (Ypage 44).
You canstartthe read-aloud function
manually orset itto automatic.
Star ting theread- aloud function
manua lly X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Traffic by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND readsoutthereports insequence.
i Ifthere arenoreports forthe route, the
Read out all messages on route menu
item isshown ingray andcannot be
selected.
X To switch offthe read- aloud function:
select Cancel read-aloud function and
press Wtoconfirm orpress the8
button.
COMAND readsthecurrent reportaloud
and then exits theread-aloud function.
Automat icread- aloud function X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton. 82
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affic report sNavigat ionsystem

The
MyAddress ent
ryislisted asthe first
ent ryinthe destinat ionmemory.
X Select MyAddress by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
i Ifyou have notyetentered any
charact ers,theMyAddress ent
ryis
automatically highlightedinthe selection
list.
If no home address hasbeen stored yet,you
can now assign anaddress bookentry.Ifa
home address alreadyexists,it is display ed
and youcan alter it.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofent ering thehome
address forthe first time. Youcanthen
save thehome address withoutstarting
route guidance.
X To enter thehome address forthe first
time: select Assign toAddress Book Entry and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
conf irm.
X To change thehome address: select
Change and
press Wtoconf irm.
X Select Assign toAddress BookEntry and
press Wtoconf irm.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofchangin gthe home
address byent ering anaddress. Youcan then
save thehome address without
start ingroute guidance.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
conf irm.
In both cases, youwillsee theaddress book
either withthecharact erbar oras a
selection list.
X To select anadd ress book entry:
proceed asdescribed inthe "Searching for
an address bookentry" sect ion
(Y page 117).
X To confirm theselection: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
If no home address hasbeen stored,
COMAND savestheentry.You willsee a
message andthen theaddress menuwith
the selected address. Start is
highlighted
automatically.
If ahome address hasalready beenstored,
you willsee aprompt askingyouwhether
the MyAddress ent
ryshould be
overwritt en.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND overwrites the
destinat ion.You willsee amessage and
then theaddress menuwiththeselected
address. Start is
highlighted
automatically.
If you select No ,
the listwill appear again.
Selecting thehome address forrout e
guidance X
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Selectin ga
destinat ionfrom thedestinat ionmemory"
sect ion(Ypage 59). Storing
adesti nation inthe
dest inationmem ory
Not es This
function also stores thedest inationin
th eaddres sbook . 84
Destina
tionmem oryNaviga tion system

When
theaddress bookisfull, nodestin ations
can besaved inthe destin ationmemory. You
must firstdelete address bookentries
(Y page 117).
After destina tionentry X
The destin ationhasbeen entered andis
shown inthe address entrymenu
(Y page 56).
X Select Save by
sliding VÆandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
You cannow select storage option s
(Y page 85).
During routeguidance X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpressing Wtocon firm.
X Select Save Destinat
ion and
press Wto
con firm.
You cannow select storage option s
(Y page 85).
From thelistofprevious destina tions X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpressing Wtocon firm.
X Select FromLastDestinat ions and
press Wtocon firm.
The listoflast destin ations appears.
X Select adestin ationbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The destin ationaddress isshown.
X Select Save and
press Wtocon firm.
You cannow select storage option s. Selecting
storingoptions X
To save thedestina tionwithout a
name: selectSaveWithout Name and
press Wtocon firm.
COMAND storesthe destin ationinthe
destin ationmemory anduses theaddress
as the destin ationname.
X To save thedestina tionasMy add ress:
select Saveas"My Address" and
press
W tocon firm.
COMAND storesthe destin ationinthe
destin ationmemory asMy Address .
If the
selected addressbookentryalready
con tains address datathatcanbeused for
navigation (Licon), aprompt willappear
asking whether youwish tooverwrit ethe
exist ingdata.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
the entryisoverwrit ten.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
X To save thedestina tionwith aname:
select SaveWithName and
press Wto
con firm.
X Select acategor y,e.g. Home ,
and press W
to con firm.
The input menu appears withdata fields
and thecharact erbar. Ex
ample display: savingadestin ation withaname
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
charact ersusing thecharact erbar" inthe Destination
memory
85Navigation system Z

Setting
themap tothe vehicle
position, destination orintermed iate
stop
Centering themap onthe vehicle
position X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Vehicle Position Map and
press
W toconf irmor,ifthe crosshair isshown,
press thek backbutton.
This hides thecrosshair.
Centering onthe destination This
funct ionrequires thataroute toa
destination hasbeen calculated.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press Wtoconf irm.
The crosshair iscent ered onthe
destination.
Centering onanintermed iatestop
position This
funct ionrequires thataroute toa
destination hasbeen calculated.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturnin gcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. X
Select Center MapOnStopover and
press Wtoconf irm.
The crosshair iscent ered onthe
interm ediate stopposition. Map
display
Setting themap orientation Map
orientation
: Current maporientation
The following displaymodesarepossible:
R 0 North orientation (themap view is
display edsothat northis alwa ysup).
R ¤ Orientat ionindirection oftravel (the
map isdisplay edsothat thedirection of
travel isalwa ysup; the orange pointofthe
icon points north).
R ¤ Bird's-eye view(themap isdisplay edso
that thedirection oftravel isalwa ysup; the
map project ionreproduces thecurvature
of the earth andtheorange pointofthe icon
points north).
R ¤ 3D map (themap isdisplay edsothat
the heading isalwa ysup; atascale of
1k mo rless, themap displays elevation
and terrainmodeling; theorange pointof
the icon point snort h) Map
opera tionandsettings
89Navigation system Z

Exam
ple displ ay:B ird's- eyeview
: Curren tcrossha irposi tion
; Current maporientati on
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select MapOrientat ion and
press Wto
confirm.
A # dot indica testhe current setting. Map
orientati onmenu
X Select North Up ,
Heading Up ,
Bird's- eye
View or
3-D Map by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
A # dot indica testhe new setting.
Setting thepoint ofintere stico nsinthe
map You
cansetthe points ofinterest youwishto
have displayed assymb olsonthe map. Points of
interest are,forexampl e,gas stations,
hotels, cinemas andrestau rants.
The followi ngsettings arepossi ble:
R Standard Symbols Symbol
displaydetermi nedbythe factory
settings.
R Personal Symbols You
candetermi nethe symb olsyou rself.
R No Symbols The
map does notshow anysymb ols.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select POISymbols OnMap and
press
W toconfirm.
X Select Standard Symbols ,
Personal Symbols or
No Symbols .
If you selectPersonal Symbols ,
the listof
points ofinterest appears.
X To swi tch the icondisplay on/off:select
a point ofinterest byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
Dependi ngon the previ ousstate ofthe
symb ols,they willeither beshow nO or
hidd enª.Y oucan switch onthe symbol
display sfor more thanonepoint ofinter est.
i The listshows allsymbols thatare
cont ained onthe digital mapacross all
count ries.However, notallpoints of
interes tare ava ilable inall countries. Asa
resu lt,certain pointofinterest symbols
may notbedisp layed on the map, evenif
the symb oldisp layisswi tched on.
X To exitthe menu: pressthek back
button. 90
Map
operation andsetting sNavigatio nsystem

Map
information inthe display
Show ingtext information During
routeguidance, youcan have map
informati ondisp layed atthe bottom edgeof
the disp lay.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select TextInforma tionOnMap and
press Wtoconfirm.
A # dot indica testhe current setting. X
Select Arrival Time/Distanc e ,
Current Street ,
Geo-coo rdinates or
None and
press Wtoconfirm.
X To exi tthe menu: slide XVY theCOMAND
controlle r.
Arrival time/di stancetothe destin ation Arrival
time/di stancedisplayswitched on
: Icon fordesti nation
; Distance tothe desti nation =
Icon forestima tedtime ofarri val
? Estimated timeofarri val
You canonly seethis displayduri ngroute
gui dance. Whilescroll ingthe map
(Y pag e61), youwillsee additiona ldata ,e.g.
road names, depending onthe crossha ir
posi tion, ifthe digital map supports thisdata .
i During routecalculation, orifthe vehi cle
is travel ingonanon-digi tizedroad,the
linea rdistanc eto the dest inationisshown .
In this case, thedisplay willbegrayed out.
Roa ddisp lay Road
display active
: Road namesor numb ers,e.g.for
highways
Geo-coor dinatedisp lay Geo-c
oordin atedisplay active
: Curren theight above average sealevel,
rounded
; Current vehicleposition :latit ude
co ord inat es
= Curr entv ehicle position :longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
There mustbesufficient GPSreception forall
display sto be shown. Ifthis isnot thecase,
the display willbegrayed out.Height Map
operat ionand settings
91Navigation system Z

display
:may varyfrom theactual value,
because thenavigat ionsystem usestheGPS
signals forthe calculation .
While scrolling themap (Ypage 61),youwill
see thegeo-c oordinat esofthe cros shair
position .Height display :and number of
satellites used?are not displayed.
"None" menuoption Display
switchedoff
: Current maporient ation
i Durin gthe "Move map"function youcan
see additional information depending on
the position ofthe cross hair,such asaroad
name, ifthe digital mapsupports thisdata. Switching
thetopogr aphical map on/
off
The topogr aphical mapuses differen tcolors
to depict elevation. Thecolor keygenerally
reflect sthe topography's dominant
vegetation orthe ground's perceived color
when seenfromtheair,forexample:
R green (grass) forlowland
R yellow ,brown (woodland) forhills
R gray (stone) andwhite (snow) for
mountains.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm. X
Select Topographic Map and
press Wto
conf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Switching
thecity model on/off
When thecity model isswitched on,the map
shows buildingsas3D models.
i The citymodel isonly shown for"Bird's-
eye view" or"3D map".
It is availa bleinmap scales 1/32mi
(50 m)and 1/16 mi(100 m).
The data required fordisplay ingbuildi ngs
is not availa bleforallcities.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select City (3D) and
press Wtoconf irm.
Dependin gon the previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Example
display:citymodel Showing
themap dataversion
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm. 92
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigation system