2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class WAGON navigation

X
Sel ect acate gor yand pre ssW toconfi rm.
The icond isplay isswitc hedonO oroff
ª,d ependingonthe prev ious status.
i The iconsaredisplayed onthe map at
scales of1/ 16 mi, 1/8m iand 1/4m i.
Visu alinfor mation forpersonal points
of inter est When
thevehic leisapproac hingaperso nal
point ofinterest andthedisplay ofthe
relev antcategory isswitc hedon,itis
highligh tedonthe map.
X Selec tVisu alWarn ingFor Personal POIs in
the men uand press Wtocon firm .
X Press Wtocon firm theentry.
This willswitc hthe visual inform ation for
the perso nalpoint sofint erest ofthis
cat egory onO oroff ª,d ependingonthe
prev ious setting. Ex
ample: visualinform ation foraperso nalpoint of
int erest
Man aging categories forpersonal
point sofinter est X
Selec tMana geCate goriesFor Pers
onal POIs in
the men uand press W
to con firm . X
To crea tean ew category :selec tNew and
pres sW tocon firm.
X En ter then am eofthe cat egor y.Proc eedas
desc ribed under "Entering char acters" in
th e" Enter ing char acters inthea ddres sand
phon ebook s"sec tion(Ypage 31).
X Select the¬ iconandpress Wto
con firm.
Al ist with iconsappears. Youcanassign an
icon tothe category. X
Selec tanicon byturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
You have created anew category witha
name andicon.This category appears
when selecting thedispla yonthe map or
when selecting thedestination.
X To rename acategory ortochange an
icon: select Rename or
Change Icon and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Proceed asdescribed under"Tocreate a
new category". Personal
pointsofinterest
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X
To del ete acate gory: select Delete and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe
category shouldbedeleted.
i Ifyou delete acategory, allpoints of
interest ofthis category arealso deleted.
X Select Yes and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,t
he category willbe
deleted.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled.
Managing personalpointsofinterest X
Select Manage Personal POIs in
the
menu andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select NotClassified ,
COMAND or
your
own category andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select apersonal pointofinterest and
press Wtoconfirm .
The personal pointofinterest isdispla yed.
The following functionsaredescribed inthe
"Select asdestination" section
(Y page 75):
R renaming
R changing thecategory
R deleting Saving
personal pointsofinterest
There arethree waystos ave personal points
of interest .You must insert anSD memory
card todo so. The No Memory Card message
otherwise appears.
i Personal pointsofinterest androutes are
written tothe memory cardinad ata format
based uponopenformat GPX(GPS
Exchange Format).Geodataissaved inthis
format. Option
1
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Hide themenu (Ypage 51)todispla ythe
map infull screen mode.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The current position ofthe vehicle issaved
as ap ersonal pointofinterest onthe SD
memory cardinthe "Unclassified"
category.
i The crosshair positionissaved while
scrolling themap (Ypage 61).
Option 2
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 61).
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select SavePosition AsPersonal POI or
Save Crosshair Pos.As Personal
POI ("Move
map"function
active) andpress Wtoconfirm .
The listofpersonal categories appears.
X Select acategory andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Name forthe personal pointofinterest .
Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
characters" inthe "Ent ering characters in
the address andphone books" section
(Y page 31).
Option 3
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Select Save from
theaddress entrymenu
and press Wtoconfirm .
X Select SaveAsPersonal POI and
press
W toconfirm .
X Select acategory.
X Ent erthe name.
The current address issaved asap ersonal
point ofinterest onthe SDmemory card. 74
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pointsofinterestNavigation

Selec
tingasthe destination
X Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Destination in
the navigation
system menubarbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select FromPersonal POIs and
press
W toconf irm.
Al ist with thecategorie sfor perso nal
point sofint erest appears. X
Selec tane ntry and press Wtocon firm . Selection Expla
nation Not
Clas
sified St
andard entryfor
perso nalpoint sof
int erest . COMA
ND This
function isnot
available inthe USA and
Canada. Coff
ee Shop
s Ico
na nd category that
you have created yourself
(Y page 73). In
the exam ple,theCoff eeShop s cat
egory
has been selected.
The perso nalpoint sofint erest forthis
cat egory areshown . X
Selec tapersonal pointofinterest and
press Wtocon firm. X
To renam eapersonal point ofinter est:
select Rename and
press Wtocon firm.
X To change thecategor y:select Change Catego
ry and
press Wtocon firm.
X To change tothe map:select Map and
press Wtocon firm.
The position ofthe person alpoint of
int erest isshown inthe map.
i Anicon isdisplayed accordingtothe
"Displaying personalpoint sofint erest on
the map" setting(Ypage 72).
X To star trout ecalculat ion:select Start and
press Wtocon firm.
If route guidance hasbeen activated, a
prompt willappear askingwhether you
wish toaccept theperson alpoint of
int erest asthe destin ation. Personal
pointsofinter est
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If
route guidance hasnotbeen activated,
route calculationforthe personal pointof
interest willstart immedi ately.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm.
If you select Yes ,t
he personal pointof
interest isaccepted asthe destination.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled.
X To make acall:select Call and
press W
to confirm. COMAND switchesto
telepho nemode (Ypage 122).
i This menu itemisavai lableifthe personal
point ofinterest hasatelepho nenumber
and ifam obilephone isconnected to
COMAND (Ypage 116).
X To delete apersonal pointofinterest:
select Delete and
press Wtoconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete thepoint ofinteres t.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,t
he personal pointof
interest isdeleted.
If you select No ,t
he process willbe
canceled. Search
&Send Not
es
i Touse Sear ch&S end, your vehicle needs
to be equipped withmbrace, anavigation
system andavalid mbrace subscript ion.
Searc h&Sendisas ervic eassistin gyou in
ent ering destin ations forthe navigation
system. Thismbrace servicecan send a
destin ationaddress directlyfrom theGoogle
Maps ®
website tothe navigation systemof
your vehicle. Selecting
andsending adesti nation
ad dress
i Please observethen otes on ent erin gan
addre sson thema ps.google. com
websit e.
X Call upthema ps.google. comwebsit eand
dest inationaddre ssinthea ddress entry
field .
X Click thec orres pon ding buttontosen dthe
dest inationaddre sstothee -mail address
regi stered withmbrace.
X En tert he e-mail address youspecified
when settingupyour mbrace account into
the corresponding fieldinthe "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send". Calling
upadestination address
X Press theï mbrace information button
to start downloadi ngthe destination
address ontothenavigation systemofyour
vehicle. i
Ifyou have sentmore thanone
destination addresstoyour vehicle's
navigation system,youwillneed tocall up
the information individuallyfor every
address tobe downloaded .
X Select Yes when
theprompt forstartin gthe
navigation systemisshown. Thewindow
for startin gthe navigation systemappears
(Y page 57). 76
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&SendNavi ga
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X
Sel ect Start .
or
X Sel ect No to
store thedow nloaded
de stina tioninthe destina tionmemo ryfor
la ter use. i
The destina tionaddre sse sare
dow nloaded inthe same orderas they are
sent. Ifyo uo wn severalM ercedes- Benz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destin ation
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
register edfor your mbrace account. Rout
eguida nce General
information G
WARN
ING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takinginto accoun tthe
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop and right- of-way signs R
Lane mergin g
R Parkin gorstoppin gprohibited areas
R Other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincor rectnavigation
comm andsifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not corr espond withtheactual road/traffic
situation .For example, ifthe traff icroutin g
has been changed orthe direct ionofao ne-
way road hasbeen revers ed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtrafficrules and
regulations duringyourjourn ey.Road and
traff icrules andregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generat edbythe system.
Route guidance beginsoncear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 57).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destination by
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 ementsorify ou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
information, thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, 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
considered forroute guidance ondays
when theyareopen. Forthis purpose, the
relevant timesmustbecorrec tlystored in
the database. Rout
eguidance
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Cha
nge ofdir ection
Int rod uction Chan
gesofdire ction have three phase s:
R Pre parat ionphase
R An nounc emen tphase
R Chan ge-of-dire ction phase
Pr epa ration phase COMA
NDprep ares youfortheu pco min g
ch ang eofdirection .Based onthee xample
displ aybelow, thec hang eo fdirection is
ann oun ced withthe Pre paret oturn rig
ht mes
sage. Youseethef ull- 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 102).
Announc ementphase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
direction. Basedonthe example display
below, thechange ofdirection isannounced
with thePlease turn right in 500 ft.
and
follow the message.The
announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yisn ow split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersec tion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3 Dimage ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:annou nceme ntpha se
: Next road
; Chang eofdirecti on(turnright her e)
= Graphicrepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
A Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
B Point atwhich thechange ofdirect ion
takes place(lightbluedot,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
tism ade 150 ft.before
the change ofdirection.
The displa yiss plit into twohalves, asinthe
announcemen tphase. 78
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Exam
pled ispl ay :c hange-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc etot he 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 Lane
recomm endations
Overview On
multilane roads,COMAND candisplay
lane recom mendat ionsforthe nextchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc etot he next change ofdirection
B Possible lane(light blue)
C Recommended lane(dark blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel Route
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthel ane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pletethe
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 lanes. Gray Gray
HOV
orcarpool lanes
Ar oute maybecalculated takingthe use of
HOV orcarpool lanesintoaccount .You can
use HOV orcarpool lanesdepending onthe
number ofpersons inthe vehicle aswell as
the local andtime limitation conditions.
i This inform ationisstored inthe map data.
i You canenter thenumber ofpersons in
the vehicle (Ypage 53).Inthis section ,you
can also findmore inform ationonHOV or
carpool lanes.
When thesystem guidesyouontooraway
from HOVorcarpool lanes,COMAND issues
visual andacoustic drivinginstructions. :
HOV symbol onthe road sign
; HOV symbol onthe carpool lane Announci
ngstreet names
If the funct ionisswitched on,the name ofthe
street whichyouareturnin ginto is
announc ed.
Ann ouncemen tsare not made inthese
languages inall count ries.They aremade
when relevant streetnames forthe selected
language areavaila bleinthe database.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton . 80
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eguidanceNavigation