2011 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class display

X
To scrol lthe map: pressthe =;
9: buttons.
X To setthe map scale :pre ssthe U or
T button.
The scaleba ra ppears.
X Press theU orT buttonagain.
The map view iszoom edinor out.
X To add anarea tobe avoided :press the
9 butt on.
Ar ed square onthe map delimits thearea
to be avoided. X
To set the size ofthe squa re:press the
U orT button .
The square isenlarged orreduced.
X To confirm asett ing: pressth e9 butt on.
The listappears .The previously selected
area tobe avoided hasbeen added and
activated.
X Ifyou want touse listfunct ions, proceed
according tothe instruct ionsdescribed
under "Option 2:the listappea rs". Option
2:the listappears Example
display:"Avoi dare a"list
X Sel ect AvoidNew Area us
ing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
The map with the cros shairap pe ars .
X Pro cee dacco rding tothe instr uctions
und er"Opti on 1:the map appe ars "if yo u
wa ntto addanew areato be avo ided .
The followi ng illu stra tions hows anexample
with twoareas thataretobe avoided. :
Area current lybeing avoided
; New areatobe avoided, thesize ofwhich
can stillbeadjusted
Switching anavoided areaon/o ff X
Select anentr yin the listusing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
The avoided areaisswitched onO oroff
ª, depending onthe previous status. 86
Additional
settingsNavigationsystem

X
Sel ect Off -road Rou
te Mem
ory and
press
the 9button toconfi rm. Off-ro
adrou tememo rymenu
X Sel ect Off -road Rou
te Mem
ory Use
d and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ab arsho wsthemem oryusage asa
perc entag e.
X To close thedis pla y:pres sth eß
fun ction button.
i When themem oryisco mple tely full, you
can notselec tth eOff -roadRoute Mem
ory men
uite m.
Deleti ngtherou temem ory X
To swit chon nav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function button.
X To show themen u:pres sth e9 button.
X Sel ect Navi in
themain function bar usin g
th e9=; buttons and pres sth e
9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect SaveOff -roadRoute and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Off -road Rou
te Mem
ory and
pres s
th e9 buttonto confirm .
X Sel ect Delete Off-roadRouteMemory and
pres sth e9 buttonto confirm .
Aq uery appear sask ing whet herthe
mem oryshould bedelet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No .
If you selectYes ,
th emem oryisdelet ed. If
you selectNo ,
th epro ces swill be
can celed. Free
way information
When drivingonfreeways, youcan have the
ne ares tgas statio ns,res tareas, etc.,aswel l
as you rcurr entd istanc efrom them, shown
on the right-hand sideofthe disp lay.
X To swi tch onnavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Navi in
the main function barusing
the 9=; buttonsandpress the
9 button toconfirm.
X Select Highway Information and
press
the 9button toconfirm.
Dependi ngon the previ ousstate, switch
the option onO oroff ª. Example
displaywith function active
: Icons forfreew ayservice facilities
; Name offreew ayservice
= Distance fromcurrent vehicleposi tion
i Ifthe digitalmap does notsupplyany
data ,only astyli zed road witho utfreew ay
informati onisvisib leon the right-hand side
of the disp lay. 88
Additio
nalsetting sNavigatio nsystem

Comp
assfunct ion
You canseethecur ren tvehicle position and
direct ionoftravel inthe compass view.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Positio n in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Compass and
press the9button to
con firm.
Depen dingonthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Ex
ample display: compass
: Current directionoftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded tothe nearest 50m)
= Current vehicleposition :longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s. Upda
tingthedigital map
Introdu ction The
digital mapsgenerated bythe map
software becomeoutdated inthe same way
as conv ention alroad maps. Optimal route
guidance canonly beprovided bythe
navigation systeminconj unct ionwith the
most up-to- datemapsoftware.
Infor mation aboutnewversions ofthe digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthorized
Mercedes-B enzCenter. Youcanhave your
digital mapupdated therewithaDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
map software. Duringthistime, youwill
only beable toswitch onradio mode and
to accept incomin gcalls. Theupdate willbe
completed morequickly ifthe vehicle is
station ary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengine
switched offand thestart erbattery has
insufficient power,COMAND may
automatically switchoffduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe battery. Ifthis
occurs, restarttheupdate withtheengine
runnin g. G
War
ning!
Never runtheengine inan enclosed space.
The exhaust fumescontainpoisonous carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustfumesis
hazardous toyour health andcanlead toloss
of consc iousness anddeath.
Upda teprocess X
Insert theDVD (Ypage 129).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compatible withthenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, the
COMAND startsupdating thedigital map. Additional
settings
89Navigation system Z

Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle and
switching offCOMAND. "Continuing routeguidance"refers to
switching COMAND backonand driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 68).
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problems
withthenavigation system
91Navigation system Z

Funct
ionrestrict ions
You willnotyet be able touse thetelephon e
in the following situations:
R when themobile phoneisnot yet
con nected toanet work Thetelephon e
automatic allyattem ptstolog intoa
net work. Ifno net work isavailable, youwill
not beable tomake a"911 "emergen cy
call. Ifyou attem pttomake anoutgoing
call, theNoService message
willappear
for ashort while. 911
emergency call G
War
ning
The 911 emergen cycall system isapublic
servic e.Using itwithout duecause isa
crimin aloffen se.
The following conditions mustbefulfilled in
order tomake a911 emergen cycall:
R the mobile phonemustbeswitch edon.
R anet work must beavailable.
R avalid andoperation alSIM card must be
insert edinthe mobile phone.
R the mobile phonemustbecon nected to
COMAND viathe Bluetoot h®
int erface
If you cann otmake anemergen cycall, you
must arrange rescuemeasures yourself.
X En ter the number usingCOMAND .
X Press the6 button .
The telephon emakes theconnection .
X Wait untiltheemergen cycall center
answers anddescribe theemergen cy
situation . Telephony
viathe Bluet ooth®
interf ace Conditions
Mobile phone For
telephon yvia COMAND 'sBluetoot h®
int erface, aBluetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phone isrequired.
i Not allmobile phones available onthe
market areequally suitable. Formore
infor mation onsuitable mobilephones and
on con nectingBluetoot h®
-c apable mobile
phones toCOMAND ,visit
htt p://ww w.mbu sa-mobile.com orcall
the Mercedes- BenzCustome rAssistance
Center under
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes(1-800- 367-6372)
(US) orCustomer Relations under
1-80 0-387-0100(Canad a).
The battery ofthe mobile phoneshould be
kept sufficiently chargedinorder toprevent
malfunctions.
In preparation fortelephoning viathe
Bluetooth ®
interface, youshould checkthe
followi ngitems onyour mobile phone(seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions):
X Hands-Fr eeProfile
The mobile phonemustsupport Hands-
Free Profile 1.0orabove.
i Some displays(e.g. thesignal strengt h)
depend onthe supported versionofthe
Hands-Fr eeProfile.
X Bluetooth ®
visibil ity
On certain mobilephones, thedevice itself
must bemade "visible"for other devices,
as well asactivating theBluetooth ®
function (seethemobile phoneoperating
instruct ions).
X Bluetooth ®
device name
Every Bluetooth ®
device hasitsown
Bluetooth ®
device name.Thisdevice name
is freely definable, butcan beidentical for
all devices fromthesame manufacturer. It Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interface 95Telephone Z

is
the refore recomm endedthat youchan ge
this name sothat youcan easily recogn ize
your mobile phone(see themobile phone
operat inginst ruct ions ).
X Swit chon the mobile phone(see themobile
phone operating instructions).
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
function sand, where
necessary, Bluetooth®
visibil ityon the
mobile phone(seethemobile phone
operating instructions).
COMAND X
Act ivate theBluetooth ®
function in
COMAND (Ypage 40). Conne
ctingamobile phone
Gener alinfor mation Bef
ore usin gyour mobilephon ewith
COMA NDforthefir st tim e,you willneedto
con nectit.
When youauth orizeanew mobi lephon e,itis
con nectedautom atically.
Conn ecting com prises:
R sear ching for aBluet ooth®
-c apable mobile
phon e
R auth orizing theBluet ooth®
-c apable mobile
phon e
You canconnectupto ten mobile phones.
Search ingforam obile phone X
Pres sth e% function butt onon
COMA ND.
X Sele ctPho ne in
thete lepho nebasic menu
usin gth e:=; buttonsand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctBlu etooth Phones and
pres sth e
9 butt ontocon firm. X
Sele ctUpd ate and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
COMA NDsear chesfor Bluet ooth®
te lepho neswith inran geand adds them to
th eBluet ooth®
telepho nelist.
The durat ionofthesear chdepen dson the
num berofBluet ooth®
telepho neswith in
ran geand their char acteris tics. Ex
ample ofdisplay: Bluetooth®
tel epho nelist
: Curre ntly con nected# and auth orized
mobi lephon eL
; Dev icenotw ithin rangebut prev iously
author ized(Lappears ingray)
= Newly detected mobile phonewithin
rang ebut not yetauthor ized(noicon yet)
The Bluet ooth®
telep honelist shows all
mobile phoneswithin rangeand allprev iously
author izedmobile phones,whet herornot
the yare inrang e.
i Ifthe Bluet ooth®
telep honelist isalready
full, youwillberequest edtode-aut horizea
mobile phone(Y page 98).If COMA ND
does notfindyour mobile phone,ext ern al
author ization (Ypage 97)may be
nec essary.
i When called upagain, thetelep honelist
may nolong ershow allmobile phones
because, forexam ple,amobile phonehas
been removedfromthe vehic lein the
mean time.In this case, start anew searc h
to update theBluet ooth®
telep honelist . 96
Telep hony viatheBlu etoot h®
inter faceTelep hone

Aut
horizing (regist ering) amobile
ph one X
Sele ctas yet unaut horizedmobi lephon e
= intheBluet ooth®
telepho nelist usin g
th e9: buttons.
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAut horize and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
The passc odeentrymen uappears . The
passc odeisany oneto six teen- digit
num bercom binatio nwhich youcan
determine yourself.Youmust enter thesame
number combination inCOMAND andinthe
Bluetooth ®
-capable mobilephone(seethe
operating instructionsofthe Bluetooth ®
-
capable mobilephone).
i Some mobile phones requiretheinput of
a four-digit passcode orlonger character
strings.
If you want tore-authorize amobile phone
following <0004000500270001001500140008000F00120009001E000100140009000F000E
0035> youcan select a
different passcode.
X To enter apassc odeinCOMA ND:press
the numbe rkeys inturn.
¬ ishigh lighted after thefirst numbe r
has beenentere d.
or
X Sel ect the digits using the =;
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The n,sel ect ¬. X
To confi rm anentry inCO MA ND: press
the 9button.
X Now enterthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone.
To enter inthe mobile phone:ifthe
Bluetooth ®
conn ection issuccessful, youwill
be prompted bythe mobile phonetoenter the
passcode (seethemobile phoneoperating
instruct ions).
X Ent erthe same passcode inthe mobile
phone asalready entered inCOMAND.
i Afterenterin gthe passcode, youmay also
need toenter aconfirm ationinyour mobile
phone toconn ectcalls. Check thedispla y
of your mobile phone.
If the COMAND displayshows the
Authorization Procedure Unsuccessful message,
youmay have
exceeded theprescribed timeperiod.
Repea tthe procedure.
The mobile phoneisconn ected toCOMAND
(authorized). Youcannow make phone calls
using theCOMAND hands-free system. External
authorizat ion
If COMAND doesnotdetect yourmobile
phone, thismay bedue toparticular security
settin gson your mobile phone. Inthis case,
check whether yourmobile phonecanfind
COMAND. TheBluetooth ®
device nameof
COMAND isMB Bluetooth .
Observe thefollowing: somemobile phones
require thatyoureconn ecttoCOMAND after
you have entered thepasscode (seethe
mobile phoneoperating instructions).The
mobile phonecanotherwise notbe
authorized.
X Press the% functionbutton.
X Select Phone in
the telephone basicmenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm . Telephony
viathe Bluetooth ®
interface 97Telephone Z

X
Sel ect Bluetooth Phones and
pressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Update and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Opt ions us
ing the ; button and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect ExternalAuthorization and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Start theBluetoo th®
sea rch onthe mob ile
pho ne(seethe mob ile pho neope rating
instr uctions) .
X Sel ect COMAND (MB Bluetooth )
on the
mob ile pho ne.
X Enter thepassco deon the mob ile pho ne
wh en req uested toand then inputitin
CO MAND. Auto
matic reconnecti on
CO MAND alwa yssea rche sfor the last
connecte dmob ile pho ne.
If no connecti oncan bemad eto the mos t
rece ntlyconnecte dmob ilep hone, thesystem
searches forthe mobile phonewhichwas
conn ected before thatone. Conne
ctinganother mobilephone
If you have authorized severalmobilephones,
you can switch between theindividua l
phones.
i You canonly switch toanother authorized
mobile phoneifno phone callisactive.
X Select themobile phoneinthe Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the9: buttons
and press the9button toconfirm .
The selected mobilephoneissearched for
and conn ected ifit is within Bluetooth ®
range andifBluetooth ®
is activated.
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected
at any one time. Thecurrent lyconn ected mobile
phoneisindicated bythe #dot in
the Bluetooth ®
telephone list(Ypage 96). To
display details
X Press the% functionbutton on
COMAND.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetooth ®
telephone listusing the
9: buttons.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Details and
press the9button to
confirm .
The following information concerning the
selected mobilephoneisshown:
R Bluetooth ®
name
R Bluetooth ®
address
R availa bility
R authorization status
X To close thedetailed display:pressthe
= or; button. Deregis
tering(de-aut horizing) a
mobile phone
Mercedes-Ben zrecomm endsde-
authoriz ationinCOMAND andonthe mobile
phone. Subsequent authorizationmay
other wisefail.
X Select thedesired mobilephoneinthe
Bluetoot h®
telephon elist using the
9: buttons. 98
Telephony viatheBluet ooth®
interf aceTelephone