2011 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class ESP

X
Sel ect Route in
the navi gation menu bar
us ing the :=; buttons and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect RouteBrowser and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
At the top ofthe displ ay,yo uwi llsee
info rma tion abou tthe highlighted route
section, forexample thedistance tobe driven
on the road androad designation. The
highlighted routesection ismarked inwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
press the9button toconfirm .
i Ifthe first orlast route section is
highlighted, youcannot selectPrevious or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map :select N
or M and press the9button toconfirm .
X To close theroute browser: selectBack and
press the9button toconfirm . Off-r
oadand off-ma p
Route guidance toan off-road
destination G
Warning
The COMAND navigation systemmaydirect
you tooff-road routesthatyour vehicle may
not becapable oftraversing throughwithout
damaging yourtires, wheels orvehicle. Itis
the driver’s soleresponsibility todetermine
the suitabili tyof the route. Off-roadroutes
may beofvarying condition sand their
appropriateness foruse may beaffected by
various factorssuchastime ofday, time of
year andimmediate weathercondition sthat
cannot bejudged ortaken intoconsideration
by the COMAND system.
COMAND canguide youtodestinations
which arewithin thearea covered bythe digital
map,butwhich arenot themselves
recorded onthe map.
These destinations areknown asoff-r oad
destinations, whichyoucan enter using the
map, forexample. Inthese cases, COMAND
guides youforaslong aspossible with
navigation announcemen tsand displa yson
roads known tothe system. Example
display:route guidance toan off-r oad
destination
: Off- road destination
; Off- road section ofthe route
= Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel
? Off- road, nostreet names available
Short lybefore youreach thelast known point
on the map, youwillsee theArea of destination
reached message
andan
arrow. Thedirection arrowshows the
compass headingtothe destination .
Route guidance fromanoff-road
location toad esti nation If
th evehi cleposit ioniswith inthearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, butthemap does
no tcon tain anyinform ationabout that
locat ion,th evehi cleisin an off-road locat ion.
COMA NDisalso able toguide youtoa
dest inationeven from anoff-road locat ion.
At thest art oftherout eguidan ce,you willsee
th eOff Mapped Road mes
sage, anarro w
and thedist anceto thed estin ation. Thearrow
shows thecompass headingtothe actual
destin ation. 72
Rout
eguida nceNavigation system

Icon
forreal-tim etraf fic rep orts Icon Descr
iption Tr
affic rep ortsin thema p
dis pla y Tr
affic rep ort
list Tr
affic
rep ort Warn
ing
(re d) N/
A En
try typ e:
warn ing En
tryt ype:
warn ing Caut
ion
(yello w) N/
A En
try typ e:
caut ion En
tryt ype:
caut ion Tra
ffic jam
(sp eed &flow) Appe
arswhen approac hinga
tr affic jam(averag espeed
betwe en25 and 45mph) ifrout e
guidanc eis act ive and therout e
passes through thearea affec ted
by the traffic jam.
This icon mayappear in
con junction with yellow vehicle
icon s. En
try type:
tr affic jamon
rout e(speed &
flow) En
tryt ype:
tr aff icjam
on route
(sp eed &
flo w) Tra
ffic jam on
th ero ute Ap
pear swhen approachinga
tr aff icjam( aver agespee d
bet ween 5and 20mph )if rout e
guidan ceisact ive and therout e
passe sth roug hth earea affect ed
by thetraff icjam .
This iconm ayappear in
co njunc tionwit hred vehicle
ico ns. En
try type :
tr aff icjam on
rout e En
tryt ype:
tr aff icjam
on route Blo
cked
sec tion on
ro ute Ap
pear sat thebeg inni ng ofa
bloc kedsec tion ifro ute
guida nceis act ive and thero ute
pass esthro ugh thebloc ked
are a.
The XXXXico ns can appe arin
co njunc tion withth is ico n. En
try typ e:
bloc kedro ute
sec tion En
tryt ype:
bloc ked
ro ute
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Tr
affic rep ortsNavi gatio nsy ste m

X
Sel ect Destination in
the navi gation
menu baru sing the:=;
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select FromMemory and
press the9
button toconfirm.
You willsee thedestination memorylist
either withthecharacter bar(option 1)or
as aselection list(option 2).
X Option 1–d esti nation mem orylistwith
char acterbar :proc eedasdesc ribed inthe
"En tering char acters" section(Y page 23).
X Opt ion2–d esti nation mem orylistasa
selecti onlist :selec tadestination using
the 9: buttons and press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The address dataappears forthe select ed
ent ry.
X Select Delete and
press the9butt onto
con firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete thedestination .
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to conf irm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
destination .You see amessage tothis
effect .
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled.
i Ifthe navigable addressdataforthe
destinat ionbeing deleted isalso assigned
to an address bookentry,COMAND will
also delete thisdata from there. Ifthe
correspon dingaddress bookentrydoes
not cont ainany further data,suchas
telephone numbers,COMAND deletesthe
entir eaddress bookentry. Previous
destinations Introdu
ction
COMAND automatically storestheprevious
destinat ionsforwhich theroute calculation
was start ed.Ifthe memory isfull, COMAND deletes
theoldest destination .You can also
store onedestination fromthelistofprevious
destination sin the destination memory.Itwill
be stored therepermanent ly. Storing
adesti nation permanent lyin
th edest inationmem ory
X Proc eedasdesc ribed inthe"Fr om thelist
of prev ious destinations"sec tion
(Y page 78). St
orin gth evehicle positioninthelist
of previous destinations
X To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
Ø function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sth e9 butt on.
X Sele ctPos ition in
thenav igat ionmen u
bar usin gth e:=; buttonsand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctSav e Veh
icle Pos
ition and
pres s
th e9 butt ontocon firm.
COMA NDstores thecur ren tveh icle
posit ionasadest inationinthelist of
prev ious destinations. St
orin gth ecross hairposit ioninthe
list ofprevious destinations
Rou teguid ance notactive Ac
rossha irapp ears onthe map ifyou have
moved themap manua lly.Y ou can store the
crosshair positionasadestination inthe list
of previous destination s.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select SaveCrosshair Position and
press the9button toconf irm. 80
Previous
destinationsNavigation system

Route
guidanc eis acti ve X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssthe 9button.
X Sel ect Posi tion in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press the9button toconfirm.
You willsee themap withacrosshair atthe
destination.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SaveCrosshair Position and
press the9button toconfirm.
COMAND storesthecrosshair positionas
a destination inthe listofprevious
destinations. Del
eting oneofthe previous
destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select FromLastDestinations and
press the9button toconfirm.
The listofprevious destinations appears.
X Select thedesired destination andpress
the 9button toconfirm.
The destination addressappears.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
confirm.
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould bedeleted. X
Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Map
operation andsettings Notes
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos forthe map does notindicate approval,
support oradvertisement ofthe navigation
system bythe respective companies. Adjust
ingthe map scale
X To call upthe scale bar:press theU
or T button.
The map scale appea rsat the upper edge
of the screen.
X To zoom inthe map :press theU
button asoften asnecessary.
X To zoom outthemap :press theT
button asoften asnecessary. Map
withscale
: Map scale
; Currently setmap scale asindicated by
the needle onthe scale bar
= Current mapscale expressed asanumber
with unit Map
operat ionand settings
81Navigationsystem Z

Unit
ofmeasurement =inthe COMAND
displa ydepends onthe selection madeforthe
instrument cluster(seethevehicle
Operator's Manual). Moving
themap
Showin gthe crosshair X
To hide themenu: pressthe9 button
and when theFull Screen menu
itemis
shown, pressthe9button.
X To scroll themap: press the=;
9: buttons.
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map. Ifyou
press oneofthe buttons again,the map
moves underthecrossha irin the
correspo ndingdirection. :
Current vehicl eposi tion
; Cross hair
= Detail sof the crossha irposi tion
? Map scale selected
Displ ay= may bethe name ofastreet, for
exampl e,provid edthe digitalmap contains
the necessary data.Oritm aysho wthegeo-
co ord inat eposi tiono fthe crosshair ifthe
Geo-coordinates displa
yis switched on
(Y page 85). Hiding
thecrosshair andcentering the
map onthe vehicle position or
destination X
Press thek button.
The crosshair disappearsand themap is
set tothe vehicle position.
or
X Set themap tothe vehicle position; seethe
explanation below. Centering
themap onthe vehicle or
destination position
Centering themap onthe vehicle
position X
To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Vehicle Position Map and
press
the 9button toconfirm or,ifthe crosshair
is shown, pressthe% backbutton.
This hides thecrosshair.
Centering onthe destination X
To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm .
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press the9button toconfirm .
The crosshair iscent ered onthe
destination. 82
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ionsystem

X
Sel ect Reception Volume or
Tra nsmission Volume and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
X Sel ect avol ume settingusing the
9: buttons.
X To clos ethe scale :pre ssthe 9or=
bu tton. Tel
epho neope ratio n In
co ming call
Reje cting oracc epti ngacall When
thereisan incomi ngcall ,you seea
corresp ondingwindow inthe displa y. X
To rejec t:sel ect Rejec t usi
ng the =
bu tton andpres sthe 9button toconfirm.
or
X Press the~ button onCOM AND.
X To acc ept: confirm Accept by
pres sing the
9 button.
or
X Press the6 button onCOM AND.
i You canalso accep tthe call byvoice
command usingVoice Control System (see
the separate operating instructions).
Once youhave accepted thecall, youcan
conduct yourtelephone callusing thehands-
free system. Thecallvolume canbeadjusted
(Y page 28).Formore information ,see the
"Function sduring asingle callconn ection"
section (Ypage 101). The
displa yshows thephone number orthe
name andphone number (ifthe entr yis stored
in the address book)orshows theCall from
Unknown (phone
number withheld)
message.
i You canalso accept acall using the
6 button whenCOMAND isshowing the
displa yof adifferent mainfunction.The
displa yswitches tothe telephone display
after youaccept thecall. Afterthe call is
finished, youseethedispla yofthe previous
main application again. Making
anoutgoing call
Entering ateleph onenum berusin gth e
num berkeyp ad X
Call upthebasic telepho nemen u
(Y page 99).
X En tert he digits usingthenumber pad.
X To conne ctac all: press the6 button
on COM AND.
Ente ring ateleph onenum berusin gth e
telep hone basicmen u X
Call upthete lepho nebasic menu
(Y page 99).
X En tert he required digits.Proceed as
described inthe "Ent ering characters inthe
address andphone books" section
(Y page 23).
X To conne ctac all: select °inthe
chara cterbarand press the9button to
confirm.
Redial s X
Ca llup the basictelep hone menu
(Y pag e99). 100
Tele
phone operationTele phone

Answ
ering ma chines orothe rdevices canbe
con trolled byDTMF tones, e.g. forremot e
query functions.
X Ifyou would liketolisten tothe messages
on your answering machine,for example,
select thecorr espondin gnumber.
X To transmit individu alchar acter s:onc e
a con nection hasbeen established tothe
answer phone,selectdesired
charact ers?and press the9button to
con firm.
or
X Press thecorr espondin gbutton on
COMAND 'snumber keypad.
Ever ycharact erselect edwill be
tran smitt edimmediately.
X To send aphone bookentry asa
sequence ofchar acter s:select Name using
the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select thedesired phonebookentryand
press the9button tocon firm.
The entryisimmediately sentasa
charact erstr ing.
X To retu rntothe call displa y:select
Back again
andpress the9button to
con firm.
i You canalso send DTMF tonesusing
Voice ControlSystem (seetheseparate
operatin ginst ruct ions). Using
thephone book Introd
uction
The phone bookdisplays thenames and
phone numbers ofall ofthe address book
ent ries saved inthe COMAND addressbook.
If an address bookentryhas nophone
number, theentrydoes notappear inthe
phone book.
You canimport contact sor receive vCards. i
Inaddition, youcan also import contact s
from anSD memory cardifthe SDmemory
card contains vCards.
The func tions:
R Import ingcon tact s
R receivin gvCards
R deleting contact s
are described indetail inthe "Address book"
sect ion(Ypage 111).
i The storedphone bookandthevCards
remain inCOMAND ,even ifyou use
COMAND withanoth ermobile phone. They
can also beviewed without amobile phone.
For this reason, deletethephone book
before sellingortran sferr ingownership of
your vehicle. Calling
upthe phone book
Overview X
Select Name in
the telephon ebasic menu
using the9:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
If the phone bookcontains entries, these
will bedisplayed alphabetically. Character
bar =isactiv e.
The charact erbar serves toreduce the
number ofent ries needed. :
d Icon foraphone bookentryreceived
from amobile phone
; Tocall upoption s
= Character bar 102
Using
thephone bookTelephone

will
appear asking whet heryou wish to
over writeone oftheexis tingnum bers.
X Sele ctYes or
No and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
If you selec tYes ,
a selec tionlist will appear
con tain ingthe five existingnumb ers.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed.
X Selec tthe numb erto be over written using
the 9: buttons and press the9
butt ontocon firm .
An input menuappears. Thedata fieldfor
ent erin gthe new phon enumb eris
highligh ted.
X En ter char acters and save theentry.
Proc eedasdesc ribed under "Entering
char acters" inthe "Entering char acters in
the address andphon ebook s"sect ion
(Y page 22). Using
calllists Intr
odu ction
When telephoningviathe Bluet ooth®
int erf ace, COMA NDdisplays listswith calls
rec eived (including themisse dcalls) orcalls
made.
i The respec tivemen uite mc anonlybe
selec tedifcalls have alread ybeen made or
rec eive din COMA ND.
Dis playin gmis sed calls intheC OMAND
displa yis not supported byallmobile
phones.
These listsremain inCOMAND, evenafter
another mobilephonehasbeen connected. Opening
acall lista nd selecting an
entry
X Press the% function button .
X Select CallLists in
the telephon ebasic
menu usingthe:=; buttons
and press the9button tocon firm.
Am enu appears.
X Select Calls Receive d or
Calls Dialed using
the9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
The correspondin glist appears. Ex
ample display: listofcalls received
: List ofincom ingcalls
; Date/ timeandphone number ofthe
select edent ry
= Tocall upoption s
i You canalso callupthe listofdialed calls
by pressing the6 button whenthe
telephon ebasic menu isshown. Doingso
displays onlynames orphone numbers
without adate ortime.
X Select anent ryusing the9:
button s.
X To dial aphone number :press the6
button .
X To close thelist: press thek button . Displaying
detailsabout alist entr y
COMAN Dcanalso showasho rten ed list entry
in full. Using
calllists
107Telep hone Z