2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class ESP

COMAN
Dfea tures
Thes eOper atingIn st ruc tions desc ribeall
st andar dand optionalequipm enta vail able
for you rCOMAND systematthe time of
purcha se.Cou ntry-specifi cdeviation sare
possible. Pleasenotethat your COMAND
system maynotbeequipped withallthe
features described. Introd
uction Safet
ynotes G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenteradestin ation
when thevehicle isstat ionary. Whenthe
vehicle isin motion ,ap assen gershoul dent er
th edest ination.Stud yma nua land select
rou tebefor edri vin g.
Bea rin mi nd tha tat asp ee dof jus t30 mph
(a pp roxi mately50 km/h) ,yo ur veh icleis
cove ringadi sta nce of44 feet(appro ximately
14 m)ever ysec ond.
COMA NDcalc ulate sth erout etothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following:
R Traffic lights
R Stop andright- of-way-signs
R Lane merging
R Parking orstopping prohibited areas
R Other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
R Narrow bridges G
WARNING
COMAND maygiveincorr ectnavigation
commands ifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not correspon dwith theactual road/traff ic
situation. Digitalmapsdonot cover allareas
nor allroutes withinanarea. Forexample, if
the traffic routing hasbeen changed orthe
direction ofaone-way roadhasbeen
reversed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtraffic rulesand regulations
duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generated bythe system. G
WARNING
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
consultin gthe map display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident . General
notes
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system The
navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestored.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Amon
gother things, correctfunct ioning of
the navigation systemdepends onGPS
reception .Inc ertain situation s,GPS
recept ionmay beimpaired, theremay be
int erferen ceorther emay beno recept ionat
all, e.g. intunn elsorparkin ggarages.
Input restriction On
vehicles forcert aincount ries,thereis a
rest riction onent ering data.
The restriction isactiv eabove avehicle speed
of about 3mph.The restriction isdeactiv ated
as soon asthe vehicle speeddropsbelow
about 2mph.
When therest riction isactiv e,cert ainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicat edbythe 48
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ion

Dep
endingonthe sequ ence inwh ich you
ente rthe address andonthe data status of
the digital map,some menu itemsmaynotbe
availa bleatall ormay notyetbeavaila ble.
Example: afteryouhave entered thestate/
province, theNo. ,
Center ,
Intersection ,
Save and
Start menu
itemsarenot yet
availa ble;theZIP menu
itemwillnotbe
availa bleunless thedigital mapcontains zip
codes.
Selec tingastate/ province X
Sel ect State/Prov in
the addre ssentry
menu byturning cVd theCOMAND
contro ller and pressW toconfi rm.
Am enu with theavailable listsappears:
R Last States/ Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinc es(Canada ) X
To select alist :turn cVd theCOMAN D
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
The select edlist shows theavailable
ent ries.
X To select astate/ province :tur ncVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm.
The addre ssentry menu appe arsag ain. The
sta te/p rovince selecte dha snow been
ente red.
En teri ngthe city X
Sel ect City in
the addre ssentry menu by
tur ning cVd theCOMAND controller and
pre ssW toconfi rm.
Yo uwi llsee thecity list either with the
cha racter bar(option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:city listwith chara cterbar
X En ter NEW YORK .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact erscan befound inthe "Ent ering
charact ersinnavigation mode(enterin ga
city)" section (Ypage 27). Option
2:city listasselection list City
list
X Select anentr yby turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
conf irmyour selection.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
city hasnow been entered.
Entering astr eet name X
Select Street in
the address entrymenu
by turnin gcVd andsliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
You willsee thestreet listeither withthe
charact erbar (option 1)or as aselection
list (option 2).
Option 1:street listwith chara cterbar
X En ter BROADWAY .
Inst ruction sfor enter ing
charact ersusing cityinput asan example
can befound inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
navigation mode(enterin gac ity)" section
(Y page 27). 52
Destina
tionentryNavigat ion

Opt
ion 2:str eet listasselection list Str
eet list
X Select astr eet byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
If an ent ryfeatures theGicon, itcann ot
be uniquely assigned andaselect ionlist
will open, allowing youtoselect thedesired
ent ry. X
Select anent ryby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller. X
Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press Wto
con firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
str eet has now been entered.
Entering thehouse number It
is not possible toent erahouse number until
a str eet has been entered.
X Select No. in
the address entrymenu by
turn ingcVd andsliding ZVÆthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
You willsee thehouse number listeither
with thecharact erbar (option 1)or as a
select ionlist(option 2).
Opt ion 1:house number listwith
chara cterbar
X En ter 4 and
0 .
Inst ruct ions forentering
charact ersusing cityinput asan example
can befound inthe "Ent ering charact ersin
navigation mode(entering acity)" section
(Y page 27). Opt
ion 2:house numberlistasselection
list Destina
tionentry
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Hous
enumb erlist
X Sele ctan entry byturning cVdthe
COM AND controll er.
X Irresp ective ofthe option,pres sW to
confirm your sel ection.
The addres sentry menu appea rsaga in.The
hou senumb erhas now beenentere d.
Starti ngroute calcula tion Yo
ucan now have CO MAND calcul ate the
rou teto the addre ssente redorsave the
ad dre ssfirst, e.g.asyour home address (My
address) (Ypage 54). Address
entrymenu withdestination address
: Destination address
; Tostart route calcula tion
X In the address entrymenu, confirm Start by
pressing W.
If no other routehasbeen calcula ted,route
calcula tionstarts immediately (Option1).If
another routehasalrea dybeen calcula ted
(route guidanceisactive), aprompt
appea rs(option 2). Option
1–n orou teguid ance active: route
calc ulatio nstarts. Wh ile rou tecal culatio nis
in progr ess,anarrow willindic atethe
direc tiontoyour destination. Below this,you
will see amess age,e.g.Calc ulating Fast
Rout
e... .
Onc ethe rout ehas been calculated, route
guidanc ebegin s.Ifthe vehic leistravelin gon
a non -digit izedroad, thesyst emdisplays the
linear distanceto the dest ination, the
direc tionofthe dest inationand theOff Mapp
edRoad mess
age.Inthis case, the
display willbegrayed out.
Opt ion 2–rou teguid ance isalr ead y
act ive: ifrout eguidanc eis already active, a
prom ptwill appear askingwhet heryou wish
to ter min ate the curr entlyact ive rout e
guidanc e.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press Wtocon firm .
If you selec tYes ,
COMA NDwill stop rout e
guidanc eand start rout ecalc ulation forthe
new destination.
If you selec tNo ,
COMA NDwill continue
with theactive rout eguidanc e.
i Route calculation takesacer tain amoun t
of tim e.The timedepen dson the distance
fro mt hedestination, forexample.
COMAND calculates theroute using the
digital mapdata.
The calculated routemaydiffer fromthe
ideal route, e.g.due toroadwork or
incomplete mapdata. Please alsorefer to
the notes about thedigital map
(Y page 93).
Entering andsaving yourhome address You
caneither enteryourhome address for
the first time (option 1)or edit apreviously
stored homeaddress (option2).
X Option 1:enter theaddress, e.g.acity,
street andhouse number (Ypage 52).
X Once youhave entered theaddress, select
Save in
the address entrymenu byturning 54
Des
tination entryNavigat ion

cVd
andslidingZVÆ theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
X Select Saveas"My Address" and
press
W toconfirm.
COMAND storesyourhome address asMy Address in
the destination memory.
X Option 2:proceed asdescribed under
"Option 1".
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe
current homeaddress shouldbe
overwritten .
X Select Yes and
press Wtoconfirm .
Aft erselecting Yes ,
the Saving Procedure
Successful message
appea rs.
Entering aZIPcode En
terin gaZIP code will delet eapre viously
en tered city.
X Se lec tZIP in
theaddr essentry men uby
tur nin gcVd andslidingZVÆ the
COMA NDcontrol ler and pressW to
co nfirm .
You willsee thezip co de list either withth e
ch arac terb ar(opt ion1)or as aselec tion
list (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:ZIP code listwith character bar
X En tera ZIP code. Inst ruc tions for enterin g
ch arac ters usin gcit yinp utas an example
can befoun din the"En terin gch arac ters in
nav igat ionmod e(en terin gac ity)" section
(Y page 27). :
Digit sent ered bythe user
; Digit sautom atically added bythe syst em
= List entrymost closelyresem blingthe
char acters entered sofar
? Toswitc hto the listwitho utthe char acter
bar
A Todelet ethe entireent ry:press andhold;
to delet ethe last char acter: press briefly
B Available characters
C Selec tedchar acter
D Unav ailable characters
E Charact erbar
F Tocan celanent ry
G List
Opt ion 2:ZIP code listasselection list ZIP
code list
X Selec tthe desired zipcode byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
confirm yourselection.
If COMAND isable toassign theZIPcode
unambiguou slytoaspecific address, the Des
tinat ionentry
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addre
ssentrymen uappear sagain .The ZIP
code appea rsinplace ofthe city's name.
If COMAND cannotassigntheZIPcode
unambiguou slytoaspecific address, the
address entrymenu alsoappea rsagain.
The ZIPcode isautomatically entered.You
can now enter thestreet foramore precise
location. Onlystreets inthe area covered
by the entered ZIPcode areavaila ble.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 54).
Entering acenter En
terin gacen terw ill,for exam ple,delet ea
prev iously entered street .
X Selec tCent er in
the address entrymen u
by turnin gcVd andslidin gZVÆ the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
You willsee thecenterlist eith erwith the
char acterbar (opt ion1)or as aselec tion
list (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:center listwith characterbar
X En ter acen ter.In st ruct ions forenterin g
char acters using cityinput asan exam ple
can befoun din the "Entering char acters in
navig ation mode (enteringac ity)" section
(Y page 27). Opt
ion 2:center listasselection list X
Selec ta cen terbyturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller.
X Irr espec tiveof the option, press Wto
con firm your selec tion.
The address entrymen uappears again.The
cen terselec tedhas been entered.
X Start rout ecalc ulation (Ypage 54).
Enter inganinter section name En
ter ing anintersec tionwilldelet ea
prev iously entered house number.
X Selec tInte rsection in
the address entry
men uby turnin gcVd andslidin gZVÆ the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm .
You willsee theintersec tionlisteith erwith
the char acterbar (opt ion1)or as a
selec tionlist(opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:inter section listwith character
bar
X En ter anintersec tion.In st ruct ions for
ent erin gchar acters using cityinput asan
exam plecan befoun din the "Entering
char acters innavig ation mode (enteringa
cit y)" sect ion(Ypage 27). 56
Destina
tionentryNavigat ion

:
List entry mostclosel yresembl ingthe
characters enteredsofar
; List
= Cha racter bar
Option 2:intersec tionlistassele ction list X
Select anintersection byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective ofthe option, pressWto
confirm yourselection .
The address entrymenu appears again.The
int ersect ionselect edhas been entered.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 54). Selecting
adesti nation from the
dest inationmem ory(e.g. Myaddress)
Intr odu ction The
dest inationmem oryalways contain san
ent rynam ed"My addre ss".You may wish to
assign yourhomeaddres sto this ent ry,for
exam ple(Ypage 54),and selec tit for rout e guidan
ce.This entryisalways located atthe
to pof thelist inthedest inationmem 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 tination in
thenav igat ion
syst emmen ubar byturnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres singW to
con 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 (op tion 2).
Op tion 1:dest inationmem orylistwith
cha racter bar X
En teradestinat ion,e.g. "My address".
Ins truc tionsfor entering charact ersusing
cit yinput asan example canbefound inthe
"Ent ering charact ersinnavigat ionmode
(ent ering acit y)" sect ion(Ypage 27). :
Character entered bythe user
; Character sautomatic allyadded bythe
system
= List entrymost closely resemblin gthe
charac tersentered sofar
? Toswitc hto the select ionlist
A Todelete anent ry
B Character snot curren tlyavailable
C Character scurren tlyavailable Destinat
ionentr y
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Exam
ple displ ay:m ain categor ylist forpoin tsof
int eres t
: Sele cted main categor ywith theG icon
for subc ategories
X Irr espec tiveof theopt ion,pres sW to
con firmy our selection .
If the selected maincategory doesnot
cont ainany sub-categories, thepoint of
inter estlistappears.
If the selected maincategory contains sub-
categories, youwillsee thelistofsub-
categories eitherwiththecharact erbar
(option 1)or as aselection list(option 2).
The following illustration showsthe
RESTAURANT main
category withavaila ble
sub-categories asan example. :
Tocall upallentr iesinthe RESTAURANT main
category
; Tocall upallentr iesinthe BREWPUB subcategory
= Character bar
X Option 1:select acategory. Proceedas
described inthe "Searching foraphone
book entry"section (Ypage 106). X
Option 2:select acategory byturnin g
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressWto
conf irmyour selection.
The point ofinteres tlist appears. It
con tain sthe point sof interest available in
the sub-c atego rythat arewithin thesearc h
radius.
i Sear chradius means:COMA NDsearc hes
within aradius ofapprox imately60miand
cease ssearc hingwhen 50point sof
int erest havebeen found.
If COMA NDdoes notfindany point sof
int erest within thisradius, itext ends its
searc hrang eto approx imately125 mi.If
COMA NDfinds one point ofint erest within
this radius, itfin ishes thesearc h.
i Ifyou selec tthe ALL list
item, thepoint of
interest listcont ains allpoints ofinterest
for allsubcategories inthe RESTAURANT main
category whichliewithin thesearch
radius.
If you select theOTHER RESTAURANTS list
item atthe end ofthe list, thepoints of
interest listcont ains allpoints ofinterest
which cannot beassigned toany
subcategory ofthe RESTAURANT main
category andwhich liewithin thesearch
radius. Point
ofinterest list
Introduction The
illustration belowshows anexample of
the points ofinterest listforthe
RESTAURANT main
category andBREWPUB subcategory
inthe vicinity ofthe current
position. Entering
apoint ofint eres t
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