2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class Comand Manual

Exam
ple displ ay
: Road conce rned
; Icon forreport type,e.g .traf ficflow
mes sage
X Sel ect Next or
Pre vious by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller and pressW to
confi rminord erto conti nuehighl ighti ng
traf ficicons.
X To chang ethe map scale :sel ect Map by
sl id ing ZV theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now zoom inor outof the map.
X To sho wthe detai ledv iew: select
Detai ls and
press Wtocon firm . Ex
ample display: traffic iconinformat ion
X To close thedet ailed view: slideXVY the
COMAN Dcon troller. Hav
ingtraff icrep ortson therou te
rea dout
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 theread-
aloud speed (Ypage 40).
You canstartthe read-aloud function
manually orset itto automatic.
Star ting theread- aloud function
manua lly X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Traffic by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND readsoutthereports insequence.
i Ifthere arenoreports forthe route, the
Read out all messages on route menu
item isshown ingray andcannot be
selected.
X To switch offthe read- aloud function:
select Cancel read-aloud function and
press Wtoconfirm orpress the8
button.
COMAND readsthecurrent reportaloud
and then exits theread-aloud function.
Automat icread- aloud function X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton. Tr
affic report s
79Navigat ion Z

X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contro ller.
X Sel ect Navi by
slid ing ZV andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect ReadTra fficMes sages Aut
omatically and
pressW toconfi rm.
Dep endingonthe previous sta te, switch
the optio no nO oroff ª. Recalculating
therout edynam ically
If you have selected Dynamic Route ,
traffic
reports affectingthe route aretaken into
account forroute calculation.
If you have selected Dynamic RouteOnly After
Request and
COMAND recalculates
the route, aprompt willappear. X
To accept thenewly calculated route:
press Wthe COMAND controller.
X To continue alongtheoriginal route:
select Reject by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm. Destination
memory Home
address (Myaddress)
Entering thehome address viaadd ress
entry X
En ter the home address asadestination ,
e.g. asacity, street andhouse number (Y
page 51).Then, savethehome address
without startingroute guidance
(Y page 54).
Adopting anadd ress book entry asa
home address X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
X Select FromMemory and
press Wto
conf irm.
You willsee thedestination memorylist
either withthecharact erbar (option 1)or
as aselection list(option 2).
Option 1:destinat ionmemor ylist with
char acter bar X
Slide ZVtheCOMAN Dcon troller
repeat edlyuntilthe dest inationmemor y
list appears asaselect ionlist.
Opt ion 2:dest inationmem orylistas
selection list
The MyAddre ss ent
ryislisted asthe first
ent ryinthe dest inationmemor y.
X Selec tMy Addre ss by
turn ingcVd the
COMAN Dcontroller andpress Wto
conf irm.
i Ifyou have notyetenter edany
charact ers,theMyAddress entr
yis 80
Destination
memoryNavigation

auto
maticall yhigh light edinthes election
list.
If no home address hasbeen storedyet, you
can now assign anaddress bookentry.Ifa
home address alreadyexists,itis displayed
and youcan alter it.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofent ering thehome
address forthe first time. Youcanthen
save thehome address withoutstarting
route guidance.
X To enter thehome address forthe first
tim e:select Assign toAddress Book Entry and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
con firm.
X To change thehome address: select
Change and
press Wtocon firm.
X Select Assign toAddress BookEntry and
press Wtocon firm.
i Ifyou select NewEntry ,
you arealso
offered theoption ofchangin gthe home
address byent ering anaddress. Youcan
then save thehome address without
start ingroute guidance.
X Select Home or
Work and
press Wto
con firm.
In both cases, youwillsee theaddress book
either withthecharact erbar oras a
select ionlist.
X To select anadd ress book entry:
proceed asdescribed inthe "Searchin gfor
an address bookentry" sect ion
(Y page 112).
X To confirm theselection: pressWthe
COMAND controller.
If no home address hasbeen stored,
COMAND savestheentry.You willsee a
message andthen theaddress menuwith
the select edaddress. Start is
highlighted
automatic ally.
If ahome address hasalready beenstored,
you willsee aprompt askingyouwhether the
MyAddress ent
ryshould be
overwrit ten.
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtocon firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND overwritesthe
destin ation. Youwillsee amessage and
then theaddress menuwiththeselect ed
address. Start is
highlighted
automatic ally.
If you select No ,
the listwill appear again.
Selecting thehome address forrout e
guida nce X
Proceed asdescribed inthe "Select inga
destin ationfromthedestin ationmemory"
sect ion(Ypage 57). Stor
ingadesti nation inthe
dest inationmem ory
Not es This
function also stores thedest inationin
th eaddre ssbook .
When theaddre ssbook isfull, nodest inations
can besaved inthedest inationmem ory.You
must first delet eaddre ssbook entries
(Y page 113).
Aft erdest inationentr y X
The dest inationhas been entered andis
shown intheaddre ssent rymen u
(Y page 54).
X Sele ctSav e by
slidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpres s
W tocon firm.
You cannowselec tstora geoptio ns
(Y page 82) .
Du ringrou tegui danc e X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contr oller. Dest
inationmemo ry
81Navi gatio n Z

X
Sel ect Dest. in
the navi gation system
menu barby turni ngcVd theCOMAND
control lera nd pre ssing W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Sav e Des
tin ation and
pressW to
confi rm.
Yo ucan now select stor ageop tio ns
(Y page 82) .
Fro mt helisto fprev ious des tinations X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssW the COMAND
contr oller.
X Sel ect Dest. in
the navigati on syste m
men uba rby turning cVd theCOMAND
contr ollera nd pre ssing W toconfi rm.
X Sel ect FromLas tDes tinations and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
The list of last destinati ons appe ars.
X Sel ect ade stinati onbyturning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
The destinati onaddre ssissho wn.
X Sel ect Save and
pressW toconfi rm.
Yo ucan now select stor ageop tio ns.
Se lecti ng sto ringopti ons X
To sav ethe destinatio nwi thou ta
name :sel ect SaveWit houtNam e and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
CO MAND storesthe destinati oninthe
de stinati onmem oryand uses the addre ss
as the destinati onnam e.
X To sav ethe destinatio nas My addre ss:
sel ect Saveas "My Address" and
press
W toconfi rm.
CO MAND storesthe destinati oninthe
de stinati onmem oryasMy Address .
If the
sel ecte dad dre ssbook entry alrea dy
conta insaddre ssdata tha tcan be used for
nav igat ion(L icon), apro mpt willappear ask
ing whet heryou wish toove rwritethe
ex ist ing data.
X Sel ect Yes or
No and
pres sW toconfirm .
If you selec tYes ,
th een try is ove rwritten .
If you selec tNo ,
th epro ces swill beabor ted.
X To sav eth edes tination with anam e:
selec tSav eWit hNam e and
pres sW to
co nfirm .
X Sel ect acat egor y,e.g .Hom e ,
and pres sW
to confirm .
The inputmen uappear swit hdat afiel ds
and thech arac terbar. Ex
ample display:savi ngadestin ation withaname
: Select eddata fieldwithcursor
; Character bar
X Proceed asdescribed under"Entering
charact ersusing thecharact erbar" inthe
"Ent ering charact ersinnavigation mode
(ent ering acity)" section(Ypage 27).
X Then, select ¬andpress Wtocon firm.
COMAND storesthe destin ationunder the
name entered.
Assigning adesti nation toan address
book entry An
addre sswith completeaddre ssdata that
is suit able fornav igat ioncan beassign edto
a pre- existing addre ssbook entry.You can
th en late rstar troute guidance tothis address
straight fromtheaddress book
(Y page 115).
X Select Assign toAddress BookEntry and
press Wtoconf irm. 82
Destination
memoryNavigation

X
Sel ect acate gory,e.g. Home ,
and pressW
to confi rm.
Yo uwi llsee theaddre ssboo keithe rwith
the char acterbar oras aselec tionlist.
X To select anaddress book entry:
proc eedasdesc ribed inthe "Searc hingfor
an address bookentry" sect ion
(Y page 112).
COMA NDstores thedata ifthe address
book entryselec teddoes notyetcontain
navig ableaddress data.
If the selec tedaddress bookentryalready
con tain snavig ableaddress data,aprom pt
will appear askingwhet heryou wish to
over writethe exis tingdata.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press Wtocon firm .
If you selec tYes ,
COMA NDstores thedata. Deleting
adesti nation orthehom e
ad dress from thed esti nation mem ory
X To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
g function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sW theCOMA ND
con troller .
X Sele ctDes t. in
thenav igat ionsyst em
men ubar byturnin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres singW tocon firm.
X Sele ctFro mMem ory and
pres sW to
con firm.
You willsee thedest inationmem orylist
eit her with thechar acterbar (opt ion1)or
as aselec tionlist (opt ion2).
X Opt ion 1:dest inationmem orylistwith
char acterbar :proc eedasdesc ribed inthe
"En tering char acters using thechar acter
bar" section(Ypage 27).
X Opt ion 2:dest inationmem orylistas
selection list:selec tadestination by
turn ingcVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm.
You seetheaddress dataofthe select ed
ent ry. X
Select Delete and
press Wtocon firm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete thedestination .
X Select Yes or
No and
press Wtoconf irm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
destination .You will see amessage tothis
effec t.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
i Ifthe navigable addressdataforthe
destin ationbeing deleted isalso assigned
to an address bookentry,COMAND will
also delete thisdata from there.Ifthe
corr espondin gaddress bookentrydoes
not contain anyfurth erdata, suchas
telephon enumbers, COMAND deletesthe
ent ireaddress bookentry. Previous
destinations Introd
uction
COMAND automaticallystoresthe previous
destin ations forwhich theroute calculation
was start ed.Ifthe memory isfull, COMAND
deletes theoldest destination. Youcanalso
stor eone destin ationfromthelistofprevious
destin ations inthe destin ationmemory. Itwill
be stor edther epermanen tly. Stor
ingadesti nation permanent lyin
th edest inationmem ory
X Proc eedasdesc ribed inthe"Fr om thelist
of prev ious destinations"sec tion
(Y page 82). St
orin gth evehicle positioninthelist
of previous destinations
X To switch onnav igat ionmod e:pres sth e
g function butt on.
X To show themen u:pres sW theCOMA ND
con troller . Pr
evious destinations
83Naviga tion Z

X
Sel ect Position in
the navi gation system
menu barby turni ngcVd theCOMAND
control lera nd pre ssW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Sav e Veh
icle Pos
ition and
press
W toconfi rm.
CO MAND storesthe current vehicle
po sitio na sa destination inthe listof
previous destinations. Storing
thecrosshair positioninthe
list ofprevious destinations
Route guidance notactive 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.
Route guidance isactive 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 Destination PositionMap and
press Wtoconf irm.
You willsee themap withthecrosshair at
the destinat ion.
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.
COMAND storesthecrosshair positionas
a destination inthe listofprevious
destination s. Dele
ting oneofthe previous
destinat ions
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
g funct ionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Destination in
the navigation
system menubarbyturnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select FromLastDestinations and
press Wtoconf irm.
The listofprevious destination sappears.
X Select thedesired destination andpress
W toconf irm.
The destination addressappears.
X Select Delete and
press Wtoconf irm.
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould 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. 84
Map
operat ionand settingsNavigat ion

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 =appears.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset. :
Set map scale asanumber withunit
; Currently setmap scale asindicated by
the needle onthe scale bar
= Map scale
Unit ofmeasurement :inthe COMAND
display depends onthe selection madeforthe
instrumen tcluster (seethevehic le
Operat or'sManual). Moving
thema p
Showing thecrossh air X
To hid ethe menu: slide ZV theCOMAND
controlle rand, when the FullScr een menu
itemi sshown, pressW.
X To scroll themap :slide XVY, ZVÆor
aVb theCOMAND controller.
Ac rossha irapp ears onthe map. Ifyou slide
it aga in,the map moves inthe
correspo ndingdirection under the
crossha ir. Map
withcrossha ir
: 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.Itm ayalso showthegeo-
co ord inat eposi tiono fthe crosshair ifthe
Geo-coordinates displa
yis switched on
(Y page 88).
Hiding thecrosshair andcentering the
map onthe vehicle position or
destination X
Press thek backbutton twice.
The crosshair disappearsand themap is
set tothe vehicle position.
or
X Set themap tothe vehicle position; seethe
explanation below. Setting
themap tothe vehicle
position, destination orintermediat e
stop
Centering themap onthe vehicle
position X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Position in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturning cVd Map
operat ionand settings
85Navigation Z

the
COMAND controllera nd pre ssW to
confi rm.
X Sel ect VehiclePos itionMap and
press
W toconfi rmor,ifthe cros shairis sho wn,
pre ssthe k back button.
Thi shi de sthe cros shair.
Ce nte ringon the destinatio n Thi
sfu nctio nrequires thataroute toa
destin ationhasbeen calculated.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Positio n in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Destina tionPositio nMap and
press Wtocon firm.
The cross hairiscen tered onthe
destin ation.
Centering onaninterm ediatestop
pos ition Thi
sfu nctio nrequires thataroute toa
destin ationhasbeen calculated.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Positio n in
the navigation system
menu barbysliding VÆandturningcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
X Select Center MapOnStopove r and
press Wtocon firm.
The cross hairiscen tered onthe
int ermediate stopposition . Map
displa y
Sett ingthe map orienta tion Map
orient ation
: Current maporient ation
The following displaymodesarepossible:
R 0 Nort horient ation(themap view is
displayed sothat northis alway sup).
R ¤ Orient ationindirect ionoftravel (the
map isdisplayed sothat thedirect ionof
travel isalway sup; the orange pointofthe
icon point snort h).
R ¤ Bird's- eyeview (themap isdisplayed so
that thedirect ionoftravel isalway sup; the
map projec tionreproduces thecurvat ure
of the earth andtheorange pointofthe icon
point snort h). Ex
ample display: Bird's-eyeview
: Current crosshairposition
; Current maporient ation
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller .
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm. 86
Map
opera tionandsettingsNavigation