Page 57 of 214

:
Charac tere ntere dby the user
; Characte rsautoma tically ad de dby the
sy stem
= Listentry thatmos tclo selyma tche sthe
cur rent inputstri ng
? Toswitch tothe selecti onlist
A Todelete an entry
B Characte rsnot currentl yavail able
C Cha racters currently available
D Cha racter bar
E Currently selected chara cter
F Tocancel anentry
G Destination memorylist
Option 2:destin ationmemory listas
sel ection list Destination
memorylist
X Press the: or9 button repeatedly
until thedesi redentry, e.g.MyAddress ,
is
sele cted. X
Irrespe ctiveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yoursele ction.
The address entry menu appears again.
"My address" hasbeen entered.
X To start route calculation :sele ctStart and
press the9button toconfirm.
Once theroute hasbeen calculated,route
gui dance begins(Ypag e65). Sel
ecting adesti nation from thelist of
last dest inations
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 ctDes tination in
thenav igat ion
men ubar usin gth e:=;
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctFro mLas tDes tinations and
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
If th edest inationmem orycontain smor e
th an eight entries ,you willsee thelist of
prev ious destinationswith thec haracter
bar. Otherwise, thelistwill beshown asa
selection list. "Last
destinations" list
: Last destination
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired destination hasbeen
selected. Des
tination entry
55Navigat ionsystem Z
Page 58 of 214

X
Irrespective ofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yourselection.
The address entry menu appears again.The
destination address selected hasbeen
entered.
i Further information on"Las t
destinations" memorycanbefound on
(Y page 80). Enterin
gad esti nation usin gthe map
Call ingupthe map X
To swi tch onnavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Destin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Using Map and
press the9button
to confirm.
You seethemap withthecrossha ir. Map
withcrossha ir
: Current vehicleposi tion
; Cros shair
= Detail sof the crossha irposi tion
? Map scalesele cted
Displ ay= dep ends onthe settings selected
in "Informa tiononmap" (Ypag e84). The
current streetnamecanbeshow n,provi ded
the digital map contains thenecessa rydata ,
or the coordi natesofthe crossha irifthe geo- coordi
natedisplayis swi tched onand the
GPS signa lis strong enough.
Movi ngthe map andselecting the
destin ation X
Scroll themap using the =;9
or : button.
X To set the map scale:press theU or
T button.
The scalebar appears .
X Press theU button tozoom outofthe
map.
X Press theT button tozoom inon the
map.
X To selectad estination: pressth e9
butt on.
If th ecr ossh airislocat edouts idethedigit al
map, itis not poss ibletocalc ulate arout e
to this dest ination.You will see theThe crosshair
isoff themap message.
If
the crosshair islocated overabody of
water, youwillsee themessage: The destination is in a body of water.
Please
selectanother destination. X
Select OK and
press the9button to
conf irm.
If the destination iswithin thelimits ofthe
digital map,COMAND attemptsto assign
the destination tothe map.
If the destination canbeassigned, youwill
see theaddress entrymenu withthe
address ofthe destination .Ifn ot, you will
see theentr yDestination FromMap .
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm. 56
Destination
entryNavigation system
Page 59 of 214

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 Mer cedes-Ben zSer vice R
Hos pital R
Gas Statio n 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: pressthe9button .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Stopove r and
press the9button
to con firm.
Opt ion 1:no interm ediatestop hasbeen
entered yet. Int
ermediate stopcategor ies
X Select acategor y.
Opt ion 2:an interm ediatestop has
alrea dybeen entered .
X Select Change Stopover and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select acategor yusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
COMAND firstsearches inthe select ed
categor yfor destin ations alongtheroute.
If ther eare nodestin ations available there,
COMAND searchesfordestin ations within
a radius of100 kmofthe vehicle position .
If COMAND findsdestin ations, alist
appears onthe right- hand sideofthe
display. Ex
ample ofdisplay with"gas station" categor y
select ed
: Intermediate stophighlighted onthe map
; Current distanceto and name ofthe
int ermediate stop
The listshows intermediate stopdestin ations
On The Route and
Inthe area .Destination
entry
57Navigation system Z
Page 60 of 214

The
inter mediate stopsarelisted accordin g
to increasin gdistanc efrom thecurren t
vehicle position.
i For inter mediate stopsthatarenot
located alongthecalculated route,the
linear distanc eis shown.
If COMAND doesnotfind anydestinat ions,
you willsee amessage tothis effect .
X Confirm OK by
pressing the9button .
X Select adifferent category.
X Select theinter mediate stopusing the
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
The address entrymenu appears, showing
the destinat ionaddress.
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm.
Entering anotherdestinationasan
interm ediate stop X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destinatio n in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Stopover and
press the9button
to conf irm.
X Select Other .
X Select Address Entry ,
From Memory ,
From LastDestinatio ns or
From POIs . Selection Step
Address
Entry X
En ter a
destinat ionby
address
(Y page 48). From
Memory X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the destinat ion
memory
(Y page 54). From
Last Destinatio
ns X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the listoflast
destinat ions
(Y page 55). From
POIs X
En ter aspecial
destinat ion
(Y page 60). X
To star trout ecalc ulatio n:once youhave
entered adesti nation, select Start and
press the9button toconfirm.
De leting aninte rmediate stop If
an intermed iate stop hasalread ybee n
entered ,you can delete it.
X To swi tch onnavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Sele ctDestin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Sele ctStopov er and
press the9button
to confirm.
X Sele ctDelete Stopover and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
COM AND deletes theintermed iate stop
and recal culatesthe route tothe main
desti nation. 58
De
stinati onentryNavigatio nsyste m
Page 61 of 214

The
mbrac esys tem
i The mbrace system iscal ledT ELEAID in
Ca nad a.
Se arc h&S end 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 ®
website tothe navigation systemof
your vehicle.
Selecting andsending adesti nation
ad dress
i Obser vethenot eson ent erin gand
sen ding anaddres sprov ided onthe
resp ective websit 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. com
websi teand entert he destination address
in the address entryfield.
X Click thecorresponding buttontosend the
destination addresstothe e-mail address
registered withmbrace.
X Ent erthe e-mail address youspecified
when settingup your mbrace account into
the corresponding fieldinthe "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send".
Calling upadestination address
X Press thembrace information buttonto
begin downloadi ngthe destination address
to your vehicle's navigation system. 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 51). X
Select Start .
or
X Select No if
you want tostore the
downloaded destinationinthe From Memory destination
listforlater use. Des
tination entry
59Navigat ionsystem Z
Page 62 of 214

i
The destinat ionaddresses are
downloaded inthe same orderasthey are
sent .Ify ou own several Mercedes-B enz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destinat ion
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
registered foryour mbrace account. 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: pressthe9button .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
menu barusing the=;:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X Select From POIs and
press the9button
to con firm. 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 the9button tocon firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 61). Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofthe curr entposition
X Select Current Position and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Contin uewith assigning thepoint of
int erest categor y(Y page 61). Entering
apoint ofint eres tinthe
vicinity ofac ity
Opt ion 1 X
Selec tOthe rCity and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .
X Ifdesired, selectthe state/prov ince
(Y page 49).
X To enter acity: select City and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
Proc eedasdescr ibedinthe "Entering a
cit y" sect ion(Ypage 49).
X After enterin gthe city,assign thepoint of
int erest category (Ypage 61).
Opt ion 2 X
En ter anaddress inthe address entrymen u
(Y page 49).
X Selec tPOI and
press the9butt onto
con firm .
X Ass ign apoint ofinterest category
(Y page 61). Enter
ingapoint ofint eres tusing
name search
This function gives youaccess toall points of
inter estavailable inthe digital map.
X Select Search ByName and
press the9
button tocon firm.
You willsee alist ofall points ofinter est. 60
Entering
apoint ofint eres tNavi gatio nsy ste m
Page 63 of 214

X
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Point of
inter estlistwith charact erbar" section
(Y page 64). Entering
apoint ofint eres tusing the
phone number search
This function gives youaccess toall points of
inter estthat have aphone number.
X Select Search ByPhone Number and
press the9button tocon firm.
You willsee alist ofphone numbers.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Point of
inter estlistwith charact erbar" section
(Y page 64). Assigning
apoint ofint eres tcatego ry
Intro ductio n The
catego riesand points ofinteres t
ava ilable dep end onthe distance fromthe
vehi cleposi tion youhave setforthe pointof
interes t.
R poi ntofinteres tin the vicini tyof the
desti nation:
Alpha betica llysorted categoriesare
ava ilable ,as wel las poi nts ofinteres tint he
vicinity ofthe destination positionarranged
by distance.
R point ofinterest inthe vicinity ofthe current
position:
Alphabetically sortedcategories are
availa ble,aswell aspoints ofinterest inthe
vicinity ofthe vehicle position arranged by
distance.
R point ofinterest withinagiven city:
If you have onlyentered thestate/prov ince
and thecity, alpha betically sorted
categories andalpha betically sortedpoints
of interest withinthecity areavaila ble.
If you have entered moreinformation than
the state/prov inceandthecity,
alpha betically sortedcategories andpoints of
interest sortedbydistance withinthe
vicinity ofthe address enteredare
availa ble.
R point ofinterest usingname search:
An alpha betically sortedlistofall points of
interest isavaila ble.
Selec tingacatego ry Depend
ingonthe numbe rofcate gor ies
availabl e,you willsee themain categor ylist
eit her withth ech arac terb ar(opt ion1)or as
a selec tionlist (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:ma incat egory listwith
char acterbar
X Selec tacategory.Pro ceed asdes crib edin
the "Enter ingcharacte rs"secti on
(Y page 22). :
Icon formai ncate gory
; Chara cter entere dby the user
= Chara cters added bythe system
? Listentry mostclosely resemblingthe
char acters entered bythe user
A Main category list
B Charact erscurr entlynot available for
selec tion
C Charact erbar
D Selec tedchar acter
E Charact ersavailable forselec tion
Opt ion 2:ma incat egory listasselection
list
X Selec tama incategory using the
9: buttons. Ente
ring apoint ofint eres t
61Navi gatio nsy ste m Z
Page 64 of 214

X
Irrespective ofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yourselection.
If the selected maincategory doesnot
contain anysub-catego ries,thepoint of
interest listapp ears.
If the selected maincategory containssub-
categorie s,you willsee thelistofsub-
categorie seither withthecharacter bar
(option 1)or as aselection list(option 2).
The follo wing illustration showsthe
RESTAURANT main
category withavailable
sub-catego riesasan exampl e. :
Tocall upallentries inthe RESTAURANT main
category
; Tocall upallentries inthe BREWPUB subca
tegory
= Cha racter bar
X Option 1:select acategory .Proceed as
descri bedinthe "Sea rching foraphone
book entry" section (Ypag e104).
X Option 2:sele ctacategory using the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
The point ofinterest lista ppears. It
con tains thepoint sof interest thatare
available inthe subcatego ryand arewithin
the search radius.
i Searc hradius means: COMAND searches
within aradius ofapproximat ely100 km
and ceases searchin gwhen 50point sof
int erest havebeen found.
If COMAND doesnotfind anypoint sof
int erest within thisradius, itext ends its
search rangetoapproximat ely200 km.If COMAND
findsonepoint ofint erest within
this radius, itfinish esthe search.
i Ifyou select theALL list
item, thepoint of
int erest listcon tains allpoint sof interest
for allsubcatego riesinthe RESTAU RANT main
categ orywhich liewithin thesearch
radius.
If you select theOTHER RESTAURANTS list
item atthe end ofthe list, thepoint sof
int erest contains allpoint sof interest
which cannotbe assigned toany
subcatego ryof the RESTAU RANT main
categ oryand which liewithin thesearch
radius. Point
ofinter estlist
Intr oduct ion The
illustration belowshows anexample
of the point ofinterest listforthe
RESTAU RANT main
categ oryand BREWPU B subcatego
ryinthe vicin ityofthe curren t
position . :
point ofinterest
; Compass headingtothe point ofinterest
= Linear distancetothe point ofinterest
? Select edcateg oryorsubcatego ry
i Display =isnot visible ifyou have
ent ered apoint ofinterest within agiven
cit yand only thecount ryand cityhave been
ent ered. 62
Entering
apoint ofint eres tNavi gatio nsy ste m