X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contro ller.
X Sel ect Navi in
the mainfunctio nba rby
sl id ing ZV theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Ann ounce Str
eet Nam
es and
press
W toconfi rm.
Dep endingonthe previous sta tus ,the
fu nctio nisswitched onO oroff ª. Cance
lingorcontinuin groute
guidance
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
X To cance lroute guidance: selectCancel Route
Guidance and
press Wtoconfirm.
or
X To continue routeguidance: select
Continue RouteGuidance and
press W
to confirm.
COMAND calculatesthe route. Destination
orarea ofdestination
reached
When youreach yourdestination, COMAND
displa ysacheckered flagand route guidance
is automaticall yended.
If the destination isnot inclose proximity to
a digitized street,theArea of destination
reached message
appears
when thedestination isreached. Navigation
announcements
Repeating navigation announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcement sare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consulting themap displa yfor directions.
Consulting thesymbols ormap displa yfor
directions maycause youtodivert your
attent ionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident.
i Audible navigation announcement sare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannouncement ,you can
call upthe current announcement atany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select RPT in
the navigation systemmenu
bar byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/o ff X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannouncement .
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select RPT in
the navigation systemmenu
bar byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm.
i COMAND automaticall yswitches the
navigation announcement sback onwhen:
R you have anew route calcula ted.
R you switch COMAND backonagai nor
start theengine. Route
guidance
81Navigation Z
Reduc
ingvo lume duringan avig ation
anno uncemen t The
volu meofan active audio orvide osou rce
can beautomatica llyredu cedduring a
navig ationannou ncement.
X Sele ctNavi in
the mainfunction barby
sli ding ZVandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
X Sele ctAudio Fadeout and
pres sW to
confirm.
Depend ingonthe previ ousstatus ,the
function isswi tched onO oroff ª.
Settin gthe volume manuall y X
Adjust thevolu meusing the qcontrol
knob during anavig ationannou ncement.
or
X Sele ctRPT on
the map displa ywhe nthe
menu isshown, andsetthe volume withthe
q cont rolknob. Avoiding
asection oftherou te
blocked byatraf fic jam
This function bloc ksasec tiono fthe route
ahead ofyou. Youcansetthe length ofthe
blocked routesection. Ifpossible, COMAND
calculates adetour around theblocked
section ofthe route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Detour and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To block asection ofthe route: select
Longer or
Shorter repeatedly
andconfirm
using Wuntil thedesired sectionhasbeen
selected. i
The total length ofthe section thatcanbe
blocked isdefined bythe digital map.The
menu itemsareavaila bleaccordingly.
X To star troute calculation: selectStart and
press Wtoconfirm .
X To delete theblocke dsection: select
Del ete while
themess ageisshown and
pres sW tocon firm.
COMA NDcalc ulates therout ewitho utthe
block . Selecting
analterna tiveroute
Intr odu ction With
the"Alternativ erout e"func tion,rout es
oth erthan theorigin alone canbecalc ulated.
Opt ion 1 X
To switch onnavig ation mod e:press the
Ø function button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tAlte rnativeRoute and
press W
to con firm .
On the right -handside, youwillsee
inf orm ation onthe curr entlyselec ted
alter native rout e,e.g. distance,est imat ed
remain ingdrivin gtim eand estimat edtim e
of arriv al.Route sections used (e.g.
fre eways, tunnels )are displayed as
symbols . 82
Rou
teguid anceNavigat ion
Exam
ple: rou te1
The routeissho wninthe mapwi th ada rkblue
li ne.
Ro ute s1t o3a recalcu lated withthecurrent
settings forthe route typeandroute options
(Y pag e52). Route4is the economic route
(eco route) . Rou
te4( example: ecoroute)
The eco route isshown onthe alternat ive
route mapwithagreen line.
Opt ion 2 X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Calculat eAlternat iveRoutes and
press Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,the
func tion isswitched onO oroff ª. Function
isactivat ed:alternat iveroutes
are calculated directlyafter thedestin ation
is ent ered.
Menu functions X
To select thenext orprevious
alter native route:select Next or
Previous and
press Wtocon firm.
X To star trout eguidance usingthe
selected alternative route:select Start and
press Wtocon firm.
COMAND startsroute guidance onthe
chosen alternativeroute. Displaying
destinationinform ation
You candisplay destinationinformation for
the destin ation, forboth waypoints andfor
the inter mediate stop,ifthey arepart ofthe
route.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Destinat ionInformat ion and
press Wtocon firm.
Dest ination information isdisplayed. Ex
ample: destinationinform ation Rout
eguidance
83Navigation Z
The
example shows:
R the destinat ionO
R two waypoi nts
R the relevant informationondistanc e,
estimated timeofarrival andestimated
remaining drivingtime
i Ifamobile phoneisconn ected to
COMAND (Ypage 116)andaphone
number isincluded inthe destinat ion
inform ation,youcan callit.
X To call upfurther destinat ion
informa tion:turncVd theCOMAND
cont roller.
X To close thedestinat ioninforma tion:
slide XVY theCOMAND controller orpress
the k button . Route
overview
You canusetheroute overview tomove along
the active routesectionbysect ionand view
inform ationanddetails abouteachsectionof
the route.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Route Browser and
press Wto
conf irm.
At the top ofthe display ,you willsee
inform ationabout thehighlighted route
sect ion,forexample thedistanc eto be driven
on the road androad designation. The
highlighted routesectionismarked inwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
press Wtoconf irm. i
Ifthe first orlast route sectionis
highlighted, youcann otselect Previous or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map :select N
or M and press Wtoconf irm.
X To close therout eoverview: select
Back and
press Wtoconf irm. Route
display
You canseetheroute before startingyour
journey. Thisfunct ionisonly availab lewhen
the vehicle isstation ary.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Route in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Route Demonstrat ion and
press
W toconf irm.
The map withthecrosshair appears. X
To get tothe destinat ion:press Wto
conf irmthehighlighted symbol.
X To stop therout edisplay: confirmthe
Ë symbol bypressing W. 84
Rout
eguidanceNa vigation
Exam
ple: rou tedispl aystop ped
: Road nam eand citydispl aywhen rou te
di spl ayhasbe en stop ped
; Distance ofthe cros shairfrom current
veh iclepo sitio n
X To gettoth ecur rent vehicle position:
pres sW tocon firm thesymbo lfor the
cur ren tvehicle position .
X To change themap scale: selectScale and
press Wtocon firm.
The scale barappears.
X Turn cVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Recording
therout e
Notes If
you have activated COMAND andtheSD
memory cardhasbeen insert ed,you should
not take itout ofthe slot.
When yourecor daroute, COMAND usesso-
called support pointsand displays theroute
as aseries oflines. Ifthe route isthen
calculated, COMANDattemptstoalign the
recor dedroute withthedigital map.
The support pointsof the route maynotbeon
a digitized road.
This isoften thecase forroutes thathave
been calculated usingmapdata from other
sources. Calling
upthe Rout esmenu X
Inser tthe SDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Record Routes .
Sta
rting/ending recording X
To star trecord ing:select Start Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Durin gthe recor ding, therecor dedroute is
shown behind thecurren tvehicle position
with gray strokes (symbol fortire tracks). X
To end record ing:select Stop Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing Rout
eguida nce
85Navigation Z
Deta
ils on traffics ymbo linform ation (examp le)
X To clos ethe detai ledv iew: slide XVY the
COMAN Dcon troller. Read
ingout traff icrep ortson the
rou te
Intr oduct ion The
read- aloud functionisonly available while
rout eguidanc eis act ive. Itreads outtraffic
repor tsaffec tingthe curr entrout e.You can
set the language (Y page 45)and thetext
reader speed(Ypage 42).
You canstartthe textreader function
manually orset itto automat ic.
Sta rting thetext reader funct ion
ma nually X
To switch onnaviga tionmod e:press the
Ø function button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMAN D
con troller.
X Selec tTMC by
turn ingcVd theCOMAN D
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tRead outallmessa geson route and
press Wtocon firm .
COMAN Dreads outthereport sin sequence.
i Ifther eare noreport sfor the route, the
Read out all message
s on route menu
item isshown ingray andcann otbe
select ed. X
To switch offthe read -aloud function:
select Cancel Read-Al
oud Functio
n and
press Wtocon firm orpress the8
button .
COMAND readsthecurren treport aloud
and then exitsthe read-aloud function.
Autom aticread -aloud function X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi by
sliding ZVandturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
X Select ReadTraffic Messages Automat
ically and
press Wtocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Recalculat
ingthe rout edyna mically
The route types Dynamic Route and
Dynamic RouteOnlyAfter Request (Y
page 52)take allrelevant traffic
messages intoaccoun twhen calculating a
route.
If you have setthe route typeDynamic Route ,
COMAND guidesyouonthe updated
route toyour destination.
If you have setthe route typeDynamic Route
OnlyAfter Request ,
a prompt
appea rs.You candecide whether toaccept
the route suggested byCOMAND, orcont inue
with theoriginal route. Tr
affic report s
93Navigat ion Z
X
To acc ept the suggeste droute :pre ss
W the COMAND controller.
X To conti nue along the original route :
sel ect Reject by
turning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm. De
stinati onmemo ry Home
addres s(My addres s)
En teri ngthe home addres svi aaddres s
en try X
Initi ally pro cee das descri bedint he
"Adopting anaddress bookentryas ahome
address" andconfirm MyAddress by
pressing W.
X To enter thehome addressforthe first
time: confirm NewEntry by
pressing W.
X To change thehome address: select
Change in
the menu showing thehome
address byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Confirm NewEntry by
pressing W.
X In both cases, enterthehome address asa
destination, e.g.asacity, street andhouse
number (Ypage 54).Then, savethehome
address (Ypage 57).
Adopting anadd ress book entry asa
home address X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton. X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm .
X Select FromMemory and
press Wto
confirm .
You willsee thedestination memorylist
either withthecharacter bar(option 1)or
as aselection list(option 2).
Option 1:destination memorylistwith
character bar X
Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthedestination memory
list appea rsas aselection list.
Option 2:destination memorylistas
selec tionlist The
MyAddress entr
yis listed asthe first
entr yin the destination memory.
X Select MyAddress by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . 94
Des
tination memoryNavigat ion
Storing
thevehicle position inthe list
of previous destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Save vehicle position and
press
W toconf irm.
COMAND storesthecurrent vehicle
position asadestination inthe listof
previous destinations . Storing
thecrosshair positioninthe
list ofprevious destinations
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map ifyou have
moved themap manua lly.Y ou can store the
crosshair positionasadestinat ioninthe list
of previous destinations.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select Savecrosshair position and
press Wtoconf irm. Dele
ting oneofthe previous
destinat ions
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 andpressing Wto
conf irm. X
Select Fromlastdestinations and
press Wtoconf irm.
The listoflast destination sappears.
X Select thedesired destinationandpress
W tocon firm.
The destin ationaddress appears.
X Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe entr y
should bedeleted.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconfirm .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Map
operation andsettings Note
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos onthe map does notindicate approval
of, support ofor advertising bythese
companies forthe navigation systemitself. Setting
themap scale
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressW.
X To call upthe scale bar:assoon asyou
turn cVd theCOMAND controller, scale
bar =appea rs.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. 98
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion