2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class ECO mode

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layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane B
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane C
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lane. Gray Gray
Cancel
ingorcontinuing route
guidance
Cancel ingroute guidance 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 barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Select Cancel Route Guidance and
press
W toconfirm .
Continuing routeguidance 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 barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm . X
Select Continue RouteGuidance and
press Wtoconfirm .
COMAND calculates theroute. Destination
orarea ofdestination
reached
When youreach yourdestination, COMAND
displa ysacheck eredflagand route guidance
is automatically ended.
For certain pointsofinterest (airports or
freeway intersections),youwillsee the
message: Areaofdest. reached in
addition tothe check eredflag. Navigat
ionannouncements
Repeating navigation announcements G
WARNING
Navigation announcemen tsare intended to
direct youwhile driving without diverting your
attent ionfrom theroad anddriving. 70
Route
guidanceNavigat ion

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
71Navigation Z

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

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 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

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

X
To switcho nnavigat ionmode: pressthe
g func tion button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Navi in
the main function barby
sliding ZVandturningcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
X Select Block Area and
press Wto
con firm.
If you have notyetsetany area tobe
avoided, youwillsee themap withthe
cross hair(option 1).
If you have previously setone ormore areas
to be avoided, youwillsee alist (option 2).
Opt ion 1:the map X
To scroll themap :slide theCOMAND
con troller XVY,ZVÆoraVb.
X To set the map scale: assoon asyou turn
cVd theCOMAND controller, thescale bar
appears. Turningclockwisezooms outfrom
the map, turningcount er-clockwise zooms
in.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset.
X To app lyablock: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
Ar ed square appears onthe map. X
To adj ust the size ofthe squa re:turn
cVd theCOMAND controller.
The square isenlarged orreduced. X
To confirm thesettings: pressW.
The listappears. Thepreviously selected
area tobe avoided hasbeen added and
activ ated.
X Follow theinst ruct ions listed under "Option
2: the list".
Opt ion 2:the listappears X
Select Avoid NewArea by
turn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The map withthecross hairappears.
X Proceed asdescribed under"Option 1:the
map" ifyou wish toset anew area tobe
avoided.
Switching anavoided areaon/off X
Select anent ryinthe listbyturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm.
The avoided areaisswitch edon O oroff
ª, depending onthe previous status.
Displaying andchanging anavoided
area X
Select anent ryinthe listbyturn ingcVd
the COMAND controller.
X Select Options by
sliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
con firm. 90
Addit
ional settingsNavigation