2012 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class Comand Manual

X
Sel ect astate ,e.g. Florida ,
and confi rm
by pre ssing W. X
Sel ect acate gory,e.g. DaytonaBea ch ,
and pressW toconfi rm.
The informa tion chartsho wsthe weath er
fore castfor the selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station.
Option 2:selec tingthearea inthe
weather map X
Call upthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Move theweather mapsothat the
crosshair isover thedesired area
(Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The inform ationchart shows theweather
forecast forthe selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station. Memory
functions
Storing thearea inthe weather memory For
areas thatarefrequently calledup,10
presets (0,1–9 )are available inthe weather
memor y.
X In thep res etmemo ry:select the area for
the weath erfor eca st(Y page 197) .
Th ese lected area issho wnatthe top inthe
sta tus bar.
X Sel ect Position in
the inform ation cha rt
by turning cVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect the presetb ytur ning cVd orslid ing
ZVÆ theCOMA NDcontro ller .
X Pre ssand holdW theCOMA NDcontro ller
unt ilth eare ais en tered inthesele cted
pre set.
X To stor era pidl y: inthedaily forec ast
(Y page 197)pre ssand holdanum berkey,
e. g. l, untilth epre set position num ber
is sho wninthest at us bar infron tof the
are anam e.
i You canalso usethis fun ction inthefiv e-
day forec ast (Y page 197), and inthe
det ailed info rm ation view(Y page 197).
Select inganarea from theweat her
me mo ry X
Fro mtheweat hermemo ry:in the
in fo rm ation chart ,sele ctPos ition by
tur ning cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller and
pre ssW toconfirm .
X Se lec tMem ory and
pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec ta pre set that contain san entry by
tur ning cVd orslid ingZVÆ theCOMA ND
co ntro ller and pressW toconfirm .
The weat herdataof thesele cted are ais
sho wn.
X Ra pids election :if th ere isan ent ry
available intheweath ermem ory,e.g.when SIRIUS
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the
daily for eca stissho wn, brieflypre ssa
num berk ey, such asl.
The weather dataofthe select edarea is
shown. Weat
hermap
Calling upthe weather map X
Select Map in
the infor mation chartby
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
The weather mapappears inthe 500 km
scale. Weather
map(example)
i For themap display, youcan activat ethe
topogr aphicmapstyle (Ypage 103).
Moving theweather map X
Slide XVY, ZVÆoraVb theCOMAND
con troller.
The weather mapmoves inthe
corr espondin gdirect ionunder the
cross hair.
Changing thescale X
As soon asyou turn cVd theCOMAND
con troller, youseethescale bar.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. Showing/hiding
themenu inthe
weather map X
To show: pressWthe COMAND controller
in the weather map. X
To hide: slideupZV theCOMAND
con troller .
Selecting aweather stationinthe map X
Move theweather mapandcross hairtothe
desired position (Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The menu isshown.
X Confirm Display Weather by
pressing
W.
COMAND receivestheweather dataforthe
select edposition fromthenearest weather
stat ionand displays itautomatic allyasa
daily forecast. 200
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Switching
layersonthe map on/off You
canswitch ondiffering layers,for example todisplay therain radar, weather frontsand
the course oftropical stormsonthe map.
X Display themenu onthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND controller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Am enu appears. X
Select thelayer byturn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆtheCOMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
Switc hthe display onO oroff ª.
Explana tion Layer Map
displa y Selectable
scales Radar
Map Shows
therain radar asacolored areaonthe map,
for anexplanat ionofthe colors, seethe"Legend"
sect ion(Ypage 204). All
Storm
Charact
eristic s Shows
thecharact eristicsof astor m
Character isticsare:
R torn adic storm:
stor mcellwith strong winds (super cells),from
which atorn ado (also know astwist er)can
develop.
R cyclon e:
stor mcells, fromwhich atorn adic stormcan
develop
R hailstorm
R the likelihood ofahailstorm All
Atmosph
eric Pressur
e Shows
theposition ofhigh andlow-pressure areas
(H, L),weather frontsand isobars 200
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Layer Ma
pdisp lay Select
able
scales Tro
pical Sto
rmTracks Sho
wsthepath /directionalmov emen tspeed ofa
tro pical stormwith time andstrengt hinfor mation All
Winds Shows
thewind direct ionand wind speed 5
km There
areanumber ofillustrate dexamples inthe following section.
Sam pledispla ysofweather datain the
ma p Rain
radar
The Radar Map display
layerisactiv ated
(Y page 201)and weather dataisavailable. Weather
mapshowing therain radar
The precipit ationradar legend canbecalled
up at(Y page 204).
Stor mchar acter istics
The Storm Characteristics display
layer
is activ ated (Ypage 201)and weath erdata is
av ailabl e. We
ath erma psho wing aha ilstor mandtorna dic
storm swi th the path and directi onalmove ment
spe ed(examp le) Wea
ther map showing aha ilstorm (examp le)
The storm sle gend canbecalled up
(Y page 204) .
Di spl aying additi onalinformati on
X Sli de XVY ,ZVÆ oraVb theCOMAND
control lerand move thecros shaironto a
corre sponding symbo l.
X Pre ssW the COMAND controller. 20
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Weather
mapwithinform ationonacyclone
(example)
The following informationisshown (if
availabl e):
R categor yof the tropic alstorm
R date andtime ofobservation (timestamp)
R direct ionalmovemen tspeed andpath
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellmoves.
Weat herfront s
The Atmosph ericPressur e display
layeris
activat ed(Ypage 201)and weather datais
available. Weather
mapshowing theposition ofhigh andlow-
pressure areas(H,L),weather frontsand isobars
(example)
i Isobars arelines thatshow where theair
pressure isthe same. Weather
fronts(legend)
: Cold front(blue linewith blue triangles)
; Warm front(red line with redsemi-circl es)
= Stationary front(red-b lueline with red
semi-circl esand bluetriangl es)
? Occlusi on(vio letline with aviol etsemi-
circle andtriangl es) Weather
front Explan
ation Col
dfront If
acold front moves in,the
wea ther remai nschangea ble
and there areoften rain
show ersand thunderstorms .
The airtempera ture
decrea ses. Warm
front This
canmean longer periods
of rain andcanleadto an
increase inclou dcover anda
slow increase intempera ture. Stationary
front The
weather front moves
minima lly.T he weather
remains changeable inthis
area. Occlusion This
occurs whenafaster cold
front reaches anadvancing
warm frontandcombines
with it.The weather remains
changeable andrainy within
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Path
oftrop icalstorm s
The Tropical StormTracks display
layer
is activated (Ypage 201)andweather datais
availa ble.
Symbol ?shows thecurrent position ofthe
tropical cyclone.
Ad ashed linesho wsthepat htodate andthe
predicted pathofthe cyclone.
More inform ation;can beshown onthe
following positions:
R positions ofprevious path=
R current position ?
R positions onthe predicted routewith
inform ationondate :
X In the map, slideXVY, ZVÆoraVb the
COMAND controller andslide thecrosshair
to ; or=.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller. Weather
mapshowing thepath ofatropical low-
pressure areaandfurther informat ion(example)
Showing information;(ifavaila ble):
R name ofthe tropical stormandcategory
R time stamp
R direction almovemen tspeed andpath
(Wind )
R maximum windspeed (Max. WindSpeed )
i The direct ionalmovem entspeed isthe
speed atwhich thestor mcellofatropic al
stor mmoves.
At ropica lstorm issepa rated intodiffere nt
categori esaccordi ngtothe loca tion atwhi ch
it devel ops. Regi
onof
origi n Categ
ory Atlantic,
North and
South Pacific
Oceans Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
RainZone Tropical
Storm Hurrican
eCategory 1 to
Hurrican eCategory 5
Northwes
t
Paci fic Tropical
Low Pressure
System Tropical
Cyclone Typhoon
Super-Ty
phoon Wind
directi onsand windspee ds Wea
ther map showing wind directi onsand wind
spe eds (exa mple)
Le ge nd (pre cipitati onradar andstorms) X
Disp laythe menu onthe weathe rmap
(Y page 200).
X Sel ect Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroll erand pres sW to
co nfirm .
X Sel ect Legend and
pres sW toconfirm . 204
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The symbol foratorn adic storm isalso
valid foracyclone (mesocyclone). Precipita
tiontype Color
scale Rain Seven
colorlevels
from light(light
green) toheavy (red) Mixed Light
(light violet) to
heavy (violet) Snow Light
(light
turquoise) toheavy
(turquoise) Time
stamp The
time stamp shows whentheweather data
was created bythe weather station.
X Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Timestamp and
press Wto
conf irm. The
time stamps correspon dto the time at
the vehicle's currentposition. Thechange
over from summer timetostandard timeis
performed automatically.
Changing tothe informa tionchart X
Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Display Weather and
press Wto
conf irm. SIRIUS
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