2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-Class display

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
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fact
that certain menuitemsaregray edout
and cannot besele cted.
The followi ngentries arenot possi ble,for
examp le:
R entering thedesti nation cityand street
R entering adesti nation viathe map
R entering inthe vicini tyof acity orvia a
name search
R edi ting entries
R dire ctentry using the numbe rkeypad
Other entries arestill possible, suchas
ent ering pointsof int erest inthe vicin ityofthe
destin ationorcurren tposition. Switching
tonavigation mode
X Press thegfunct ionbutton .
or
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar by
sliding ZVandturnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
In both cases, youwillsee themap either
with orwithout themenu shown. Map
showing themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Stat usbar
; Main functionbar
= Current vehicleposition
? Navigation menubar Map
without themenu; routeguidance inactive
: Current vehicleposition
; Map orientat ionselected
= Map scale selected
"Route guidance active"meansthatyouhave
enter edadestination andthat COMAND has
calculated theroute. Thedisplay showsthe
route, changes ofdirection andlane
recomm endations. Navigation
announc ementsguide youtoyour
destination .
"Rou teguidance inactive"meansthatno
destination hasbeen enteredand that no
route hasbeen calculated. Showing/hiding
themenu
X To hide themenu: slideZVtheCOMAND
cont roller and,when theFull Screen menu
itemisshown, pressWtoconf irm.
The map canbeseen inthe full-screen
display .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller when themap isshown infull-
screen . Introdu
ction
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Dest
ination ent ry Int
rodu cti on todes tina tion ent ry G
WAR
NING
Fo rs afet yreas ons,on lyent eranew
dest inationwhen theveh icle isstatio nary.
You couldot her wise bedist ractedfrom the
tr aff iccon dition s,caus ean acc iden tand
inj ure yours elfand other s.
The followin gdest inationentryopt ionsare
available :
R ent erin gadest inationbyaddre ss
R ent erin gadest inationfrom thedest ination
mem ory
R ent erin gadest inationfrom thelist oflast
dest inations
R ent erin gadest inationusin gthe map
R enterin gan intermediate stop
R enterin gapoint ofinterest
R enterin gadestination using"Search &
Send" (Ypage 66) Entering
adesti nation byaddress
Intr odu ction When
enterin gan addre ssas thedest ination,
you have thefollo wing options:
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/ZI Pcod e
and street
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/z ipcod e
and center
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/z ipcod e,
st reet andhouse number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,cit y/z ipcod e,
st reet andinters ect ion
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street ,cit y
and house number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street and
house number
R ent erin gth est ate/ province,street and
int ers ect ion i
You canonlyent erthose cities, street s,
zip cod esetc. that are stored inthedigit al
map. Thismean sth at for som ecoun tries,
you cannote nter zipcod es,forexa mpl e.
Ex ample :en teri nganaddres s The
followi ng isastep -by-step exampl eof
how toente rana ddress. Thedestin ation
address isas follows:
New York (state)
New York (city)
40 Broadway
You canofcourse enterany count ry,city,
str eet and house number desiredandenter,
for example, yourhome address (My
address).
Calling upthe address entrymenu X
To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
g func tion button.
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Destin ation by
turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and pressin gW to
con firm.
X Select Addres sEntry and
press Wto
con firm.
The address entrymenu appears. Ifyou
have previously entered adestin ation, this
will beshown inthe display. Addres
sent rymenu Destinat
ionentr y
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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
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:
Curr entv ehicle position
; Crosshair
= Details ofthe cross hairposition
? Map scale select ed
Display =depends onthe settings select ed
in "Map information inthe display"
(Y page 87).Thecurren tstr eet name can
be shown, provided thedigital mapcontains
the necessary data,orthe coordin atesofthe
cross hairifthe geo-c oordinat edisplay is
switch edon and theGPS signal isstr ong
enough.
Moving themap andselecting the
destina tion X
To scroll themap :slide XVY, ZVÆor
aVb theCOMAND controller.
X To set the map scale: assoon asyou turn
cVd theCOMAND controller, thescale bar
appears.
X Turn cVd untilthedesired scaleisset.
Turnin gclock wisezooms outfrom themap;
turn ingcount er-clockwise zoomsin.
X To select adesti nation: pressW the
COMA NDcontroller onceor seve raltim es.
You willsee either theaddres sent rymen u
with thedest inationaddres sor, ifCOMA ND
is unable toassign aunique address,a
selec tionlist. X
Selec tadestination byturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
If the destin ationiswithin thelimits ofthe
digital map,COMAND attempts toassign
the destin ationtothe map.
If the destin ationcanbeassigned, youwill
see theaddress entrymenu withthe
address ofthe destin ation. Ifnot ,you will
see theDestin ationFromMap ent
ry.
X To star trout ecalculat ion:select Start and
press Wtocon firm. Entering
aninter media testop
Intr oduct ion When
routeguidance isactiv e,you can enter
an intermediate stop.Intermediate stopscan
be predefin eddestin ations fromthefollowing
categ oriesthatCOMAND offersfor select ion:
R ATM /CASH MACHIN E R
Hospit al R
Gas Statio n R
Parkin gLot R
Restau rant However
,you can also enterdestin ations
other thanthepredefin edones. Todo this
select themenu itemOther .
You canusetheintermediate stopfunctionto
influen ceroute guidance tothe main
destin ation. Whenyouhave reached your
int ermediate stop,COMAND automatically Destinat
ionentr y
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X
Sel ect the entry with the Zico nby turni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfi rm.
The ZAGATeva luati ons appe ar. 1
ZAG ATrati ngs
2 Todispl aydetai ls
X To sho wad escri ption: selec tDet ails and
pres sW tocon firm. ZAGA
Texam pledesc ription Point
ofint erest listwith characterbar If
you have selected"Entering apoin tof
int erest withname search"(Y page 62),the
list ofall available pointsof interest onthe
digit almap appears.
i IfCOMA NDcan assign thechar acters
ent ered toone entryunambig uously,the
address entryappears automatically.
X To sta rtrou tecalcula tion:selectStar t and
press Wtocon firm . Selecting
apoint ofint eres tusing the
map
You canselect points ofinter estthat are
available inthe selected (visible)sectionof
the map.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
g func tion button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller.
X Select Guide in
the navigation system
menu barbyturn ingcVd theCOMAND
con troller andpress Wtocon firm.
If points ofinter estare available:
Depen dingonthe map scale selected,
point ofinter esticons appear onthe map.
The scale atwhich theicons aredisplayed
on the map varies accordin gto the icon.
You canselect theicons thatCOMAND will
display (Ypage 87).
If no points ofinter estare available, youwill
see amessage tothis effec t.
i You also seethis message ifyou have
selected theNo Symbols menu
itemunder
"Map display" (Ypage 87).
X To confirm themessage: pressWthe
COMAND controller. Entering
apoint ofint eres t
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X
Sel ect Yes wh
enthe prompt forstar ting the
navi gation system issho wn. The window
for star ting thenavi gation system appe ars
(Y page 54). X
Sel ect Start .
or
X Sel ect No to
store thedow nloaded
de stina tioninthe destina tionmemo ryfor
la ter use. i
The destina tionaddre sse sare
dow nloaded inthe same orderas they are
sent. Ifyo uow ns everal Mercedes- Benz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destin ation
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
register edfor your mbrace account. Rout
eguida nce General
notes G
WARN
ING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takinginto accoun tthe
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop and right- of-way signs
R Lane mergin g
R Parkin gor stoppin gprohibited areas
R Other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincor rectnavigation
comm andsifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not corr espond withtheactual road/traffic
situation .For example, ifthe traff icroutin g
has been changed orthe direct ionofaone-
way road hasbeen revers ed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtrafficrules and
regulations duringyourjourn ey.Road and
traff icrules andregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generat edbythe system.
Route guidance beginsoncear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 54).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destination by
means ofnavigation commandsinthe form
of audib lenavigation announcementsand
route guidance displays.
The route guidance displayscan only beseen
if the display isswitched tonavigation mode.
If you donot follow thenavigation
announc ementsor ifyou leave thecalculated
route, COMAND automatically calculatesa
new route tothe destination .
If the digital mapcontains thecorrespon ding
inform ation,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access, Rout
eguidance
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e.g.
roads closed tothr ough trafficand non-
resident s.
R roads thathave timerestrictions (e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holidays) are
avoided forroute guidance. Change
ofdir ection
Introd uction Changes
ofdirect ionhave three phases:
R preparation phase
R announ cementphase
R change-of- directionphase
Prepar ationphase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection. Basedonthe example
displa ybelow, thechange ofdirection is
announced withthePrepare toturn right message.
Youseethefull-screen map. Example
display:prepa ration phase
: Next road
; Point atwhi chthe change ofdirectio n
takes place(light bluedot)
= Current vehicl eposi tion (the tipofthe
triangle indicatesthe vehicl e’sdirectio n
of travel)
? Current road
Displa y? depe ndsonthe setting selected
for "Informati oninmap" (Ypag e87). Ann
ounc ement phase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
directio n.Based onthe exampl edisp lay
belo w,the change ofdirectio nisannounced
with thePlease turn right in 900 ft.
and
follow the message.
The announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersect ion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:announcement phase
: Next road
; Point atwhich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right displa ys)
= Graphi crepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Change ofdirect ion(turn righthere)
A Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
B Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn 68
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