2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class navigation system

Please
alwaysuse this feature instead of
cons ulting themap display fordirection s.
Consulting thesymbols ormap display for
direction smay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an accident .
i Audible navigation announcementsare
muted duringatelephone call.
If you have missed anannounc ement,you can
call upthe curren tannounc ementatany
time.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off:press theBbutton during
an announc ement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The driving
instructio nshave been muted .
X To switch on:press Wthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select +inthe navigation systemmenu
bar byturn ingcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
i COMAND automatically switchesthe
navigation announcementsback onwhen:
R you have anew route calculated.
R you switch COMAND backonagain or
start theengine.
Reducing volumeduring anavig 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 ct+ inthe map view with the menu
show nand adjus tthe volume usingthe
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
g funct ionbutton.
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 . Route
guidance
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You
have entered adest ination(Y page 51)
or apoint ofint erest (Ypage 61)and possibly
an interme diate stop(Y page 59).
X To switch onnaviga tionmod e:press the
g func tion button.
X To show themenu :press Wthe COMA ND
con troller.
X Selec tRout e in
the navig ation system
men ubar byturn ingcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm .
X Selec tRout eBrow ser and
press Wto
con firm .
At the top ofthe display, youwillsee
inf ormat ionabout thehighlight edrout e
sect ion,forexam plethe dist anceto be drive n
on the road androad design ation.The
highlighted routesection ismarked inwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
press Wtoconfirm .
i Ifthe first orlast route section is
highlighted, youcannot selectPrevious or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map :select N
or M and press Wtoconfirm .
X To close theroute overview: select
Back and
press Wtoconfirm . Off-r
oadand off-ma p
Import antsafety note G
WARNING
The COMAND navigation systemmaydirect
you tooff-road routesthatyour vehicle may
not becapable oftraversing throughwithout
damaging yourtires, wheels orvehicle. Itis
the driver's soleresponsibility todetermine
the suitabili tyof the route. Off-roadroutes
may beofvarying condition sand their
appropriateness foruse may beaffected by various
factorssuchastime ofday, time of
year andimmediate weathercondition sthat
cannot bejudged ortaken intoconsideration
by the COMAND system.
Route guidance toadestination thatis
not onadigitized road COMAND
canguide youtodestinations
which arewithin thearea covered bythe
digital map,butwhich arenot themselves
recorded onthe map.
These destinations areknown asoff-r oad
destinations, whichyoucan enter using the
map, forexample. Inthese cases, COMAND
guides youforaslong aspossible with
navigation announcemen tsand displa yson
roads known tothe system. Route
guidance toan off-road destination
(example)
: Off-r oaddestination
; Off-r oadroute section (dashed blue)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Off-r oad(nostreet names available)
Short lybefore reaching thelast known point
on the map, youwillhear theannouncemen t:
You will enter anarea with unreliable
mapdata inxxmiles .
If the vehicle reaches anarea which isnot part
of the digital map,thedispla yappea rsas a
split-screen view.Onthe right-hand side,an
arrow appearswhich points tooff-r oad
destination :.Youwill hear the Rout
eguidance
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ann
oun cem ent:"Please follow thearr ow on
th edispl ay".Astheveh icle appro achesthe
dest ination,th eAre aof destination rea
ched mes
sage appear s.
Rou teguid ance from anoff-road
locat iontoad esti nation If
th eveh icle posit ioniswith inthearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, butthemap does
no tcon tain anyinform ationabout that
locat ion,th eveh icle isin an off-road locat ion.
COMA NDisalso able toguide youtoa
dest inationeven from anoff-road locat ion.
At thest art oftherout eguidan ce,you willsee
th eOff Mapped Road mes
sage, anarro w
and thedist anceto thed estin ation. Thearrow
shows thecompass headingtothe actual
destin ation.
The route ishighlighted blue,startingfrom
the last recogn izedstreet the vehicle wason
before itleft themap.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
kn own tothe system, routeguidance
con tinues inthe usual way.
Rout eguida ncefrom anoff-m ap
location toad esti nation If
th eveh icle posit ionisouts idethearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, then theveh icle
is in an off-map locat ion.COMAND isalso
able toguide youtoadestination evenfrom
an off-map location.
At the start ofthe route guidance,youwillsee
the Off Mapped Road message,
anarrow
and thedistance tothe destination. Thearrow
shows thecompass headingtothe road left
last.
The route ishighlig htedbluefrom thenearest
road known tothe system.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway . Off-road
duringrouteguidance Due
toroadworks, forexample, theremaybe
differences betweenthedata onthe digital
map andtheactual course ofthe road.
In such cases, thesystem willtemporarily be
unable tolocate thevehicle position onthe
digital mapandthus considers thevehicle to
be inan off-road position.
In the displa y,you willsee theOff Mapped Road message,
anarrow andthedistance to
the destination. Thearrow shows the
compass headingtothe last road youwere
driving on.
As soon asthe system canassign thevehicle
position tothe map again,route guidance
cont inues inthe usua lway . Tra
ffic reports Condition
s
To receive real-time trafficreports via
satellite radio,yourequire:
R optionally available satellite radio
equi pment
R asubscription toSIRIUS XMSatellite Radio
Traffic Message Service
Further information onsatellite radiois
avail able inthe "Satellite radio"section
(Y page 121).
COMAND canreceive trafficreports via
satellite radioandtake these intoaccount for
route guidanceinthe navigation system.
Received trafficreports aredispla yedinthe
map either astext oras icons. Real-time
traffic report son the map
COMAND canshow certain trafficincidents
on the map. Traffic reports areshown onthe
map atscales of0.05 mito20 mi. 74
Tr
affic report sNavigat ion

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

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
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memoryNavigation

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
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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
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opera tionandsettingsNavigation