2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class navigation system

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
ynote G
WARN
ING
For safety reasons, onlyenteranew
destin ationwhen thevehicle isstat ionary.
You may other wisebedistrac tedfrom the
traff iccon ditions ,cause anacciden tand
injur eyourself andother s.
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takingaccoun tof the
following, forexample:
R traff iclights
R stop andgive waysigns
R parkin gor stoppin grest rictions
R lane narrowin g
R other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
COMAND maygiveincor rectdriving
recom mendat ionsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorr espond tothe actual
con ditions .For example, aroute mayhave
been diverted orthe direction ofaone-way
street mayhave changed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve the
respectiv eroad andtraffic rulesand
regulations duringyourjourney. Roadand
traffic rulesandregulations alwayshave
priority oversystem driving
recommen dations. 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
information
Operat ionalreadiness ofthe navigation
system In
vehicles forcert aincount ries,the
navigation systemisnot operational
immediately afterdelivery because thedigital
map isnot pre-inst alled.
If this isthe case, thefollowing message
appears inthe display afteryouswitch to
navigation mode:
Please insertthemapDVDto activate
navigation. X
To install themap software: proceedas
described inthe "Updating thedigital map"
section (Ypage 89).
The navigation systemmustdetermin ethe
position ofthe vehicle beforefirstuseor
whenever operational statusisrestored.
Therefore, youmay have todrive forawhile
before precise routeguidance ispossible.
GPS reception Correct
functioning ofthe navigation system
depends, amongstotherthings, 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.
Entry 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. 46
Intr
oduct ionNavigat ion

Search
&Send
Not es i
Touse Sear ch&S end, your vehicle needs
to be equipped withmbrace, anavigation
system andavalid mbrace subscript ion.
"Search &Send" isaservic eassistin gyou in
ent ering destin ations forthe navigation
system. Thismbrace servicecan send a
destin ationaddress directlyfrom theGoogle
Maps ®
website tothe navigation systemof
your vehicle.
Selecting andsending adesti nation
ad dress i
Obse rvetheno teson ent erin gand
sen ding anaddre ssprov ided onthe
res pec tivewebsit e.Eac hwebsit eoper ates
in adiff eren twayand issubj ecttochang es
and amen dmen ts.
X Ac ces sth eht tp://m aps.google. com
websi teand entert he destination address
in the address entryfield.
X Click thecorresponding buttontosend the
destination addresstothe e-mail address
registered withmbrace.
X Ent erthe e-mail address youspecified
when settingup your mbrace account into
the corresponding fieldinthe "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send".
Calling upadestination address X
Press thembrace information buttonto
begin downloadi ngthe destination address
to your vehicle's navigation system. i
Ifyou have sentmore thanone
destination addresstoyour vehicle's
navigation system,youwillneed tocall up
the information individuallyfor every
address tobe downloaded .
X Select Yes when
theprompt forstartin gthe
navigation systemisshown. Thewindow
for startin gthe navigation systemappears
(Y page 51). X
Select Start .
or
X Select No if
you want tostore the
downloaded destinationinthe From Memory destination
listforlater use. Des
tination entry
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direct
ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atte ntion from driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t.
Repea tingnavigat ionannouncement s i
Audible navigationannoun cementsare
muted duringatelephon ecall.
If you have missed anannoun cement,you can
call upthe curren tannoun cementat any
time.
X To show themenu: presstheØ
func tion butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
Switching navigationannouncement s
on/off X
To switch off:press the8 button
during anannoun cement.
You willbriefly seethemessage: The guidan
ceinstru ctions havebeen muted .
X To switch on:press theØ function
butto n.
X Select +inthe navigat ionmenu barusing
the :=; buttonsand press the
9 butto nto con firm.
i COMAND automaticallyswitch esthe
navigat ionannoun cementsback onwhen:
R itreceiv esRDS- TMC trafficreport s
during traffic-dependen troute guidance
and recalculates theroute (Ypage 51).
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 mainmenu barusing the
9=; buttonsand press the9
button tocon firm.
X Select Audio fadeout and
press the9
button tocon firm.
Depen dingonthe previous status,the
func tion isswitch edon O oroff ª.
Sett ingthe volume manually X
Adj ust the volume usingtheqcon trol
kn ob during anavigation announcement.
or
X Select +inthe map view withthemenu
shown andadjust thevolume usingthe
q con trol knob. Nav
igation system displaysinthe
mult ifunction display
Calling upthe navigat ionsystem menu X
Press theV orU button repeatedly
until Navi appears
inthe display.
The view inthe multifunc tiondisplay depends
on whether routeguidance isactive ornot .
Rout eguida nceisinactive: thedirect ionof
travel and,ifkn own, thename ofthe road you
are curren tlytravelin galong areshown inthe
multifunc tiondisplay.
Rout eguida nceisactive: thedisplay inthe
multifunc tiondisplay depends onwhether a
change ofdirect ionisannoun cedornot .
When achange ofdirect ionisannoun ced,you
will see asymbol forthe change ofdirect ion
and adistanc egraphic. Thedistanc e
indicat orshort enstowards thetop ofthe
display asyou approach thepoint ofthe
announ cedchange ofdirect ion. Rout
eguida nce
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X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssthe 9button.
X Sel ect Route in
the navigati on menu bar
us ing the :=; buttons and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Routebrowser and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
At the top ofthe displ ay,yo uwi llsee
info rma tiona bout thehighlighted route
sect ion,forexample thedistan cetobe driven
on the road androad designat ion.The
highlighted routesectionismark edinwhite
with ared border onthe map.
X To view thenext orprevious route
section: selectNext or
Previo us and
press the9butt ontocon firm.
i Ifthe first orlast route sectionis
highlighted, youcann otselect Previo us or
Next .
X To zoom inor out ofthe map:select N
or M and press the9butt ontocon firm.
X To close therout ebrowser: selectBack and
press the9butt ontocon firm. Off-
road andoff-m ap
Rout eguida ncetoan off-r oad
destina tion G
WARN
ING
The COMAND navigationsystem maydirect
you tooff- road routes thatyour vehicle may
not becapable oftrav ersing through without
damaging yourtires,wheels orvehicle. Itis
the driver' ssole respon sibility todeterm ine
the suitability ofthe route. Off-road routes
may beofvarying condition sand their
appropriaten essforuse may beaffect edby
various factorssuch astime ofday, time of
year andimmediate weathercondition sthat
cann otbe judged ortake ninto consi derati on
by the COMAND system . CO
MAND canguide yo uto destina tions
wh ich arewi thi nt he area 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. Example
display:route guidance toan off-r oad
destination
: Off- road destination
; Off- road section ofthe route
= Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel
? Off- road, nostreet names available
Short lybefore youreach thelast known point
on the map, youwillsee theArea of destination
reached message
andan
arrow. Thedirection arrowshows the
compass headingtothe destination .
Route guidance fromanoff-road
location toad esti nation If
th evehi cleposit ioniswith inthearea
cov ered bythedigit almap, butthemap does
no tcon tain anyinform ationabout that
locat ion,th evehi cleisin 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 72
Rout
eguida nceNavigation

shows
thecompass headingtothe actual
destination.
The route ishighlig htedblue, starting from
the last recognized streetthevehicle wason
before itleft themap.
As soon asthe vehicle isback onaroad
known tothe system, routeguidance
cont inues inthe usua lway .
Route guidance fromanoff-map
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 ishighli ghted bluestarting atthe
nearest roadknown 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 report s Condition
s
i The satellite radioreception described
below requires optionally available satellite
radio equipment aswell asasubscription
to SIRIUS XMSatellite RadioTraffic
Message Service.Furtherdetailson
satellite radioareavail able inthe "Satellite
radio" chapter (Ypage 121).
COMAND canreceive trafficreports via
satellite radioandincorporate theminthe
navigation system.Trafficreports andmap
icons canthen beshown inthe COMAND
displa y. Real-time
traffic report son the map
COMAND canshow certain trafficincidents
on the map. Theincidents areshown onthe
map atascale from1/16 mito20 mi.
X Press UorT repeatedly untilthe
desired mapscale hasbeen set. 1
Icon displa yfor the section ofroute
affected
2 Icon forincident onroute
3 Current position anddirection oftravel
4 Icon delimi tingtheaffected sectionofthe
route
5 Map scale Tr
affic report s
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1
Toshow alltraff icreports (including those
not affect ingthe route)
2 Tohave trafficreports readout,seeread-
aloud function(Ypage 73)
3 Affected roads, areasorregions (only
availab lewhen therearetraff icreports for
the route)
X To show alltraffic repor ts:use the
9:=; buttonsto select
Display AllMessages and
press the
9 button toconf irm.
You seealist ofall roads, areasandregions
for which trafficreports areavailab le,even
if the reports donot affect yourroute. X
To display arepor t:select aroad, anarea
or aregion fromthelist.
X To close thelist: press the; or=
button onceorrepeatedly. Examp
le:traffic repor t 1
Dependin gon your selection :Messages On
Route or
All Messages 2
Report 1of 1for the road affect ed
3 Beginn ingofthe affect edroute section
4 Endof the affect edroute section
5 Text ofreport
6 Road, areaorregion affectedbytraff ic
reports
C Icon forreport type,e.g.warning message
D Country code
X To scroll within themessage ortothe
next message: pressthe9 or:
button .
X To retu rntothe message list:press
the ; or= button . Read-
aloud function
The read-aloud functionisonly availab lewhile
route guidance isactive. Itreads outtraff ic
reports affectingthe curren troute. Youcan
adjust thetext reader volume (Ypage 27).
If the automatic read-aloud functionfortraff ic
reports isactivat ed,received trafficreports
are read outautomatically.
X Ifnecess ary,switch onnavigation mode
and show themenu system (Ypage 47).
X Use the9:=; buttonsto
select TMC and
press the9button to
conf irm.
X Select Readoutallmessages on route and
press the9button toconf irm. 76
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affic repor tsNavigation

Route
guidanc eis acti ve X
To sho wthe men u:pre ssthe 9button.
X Sel ect Posi tion in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Destination PositionMap and
press the9button toconfirm.
You willsee themap withacrosshair atthe
destination.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select SaveCrosshair Position and
press the9button toconfirm.
COMAND storesthecrosshair positionas
a destination inthe listofprevious
destinations. Del
eting oneofthe previous
destinations
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Position in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select FromLastDestinations and
press the9button toconfirm.
The listofprevious destinations appears.
X Select thedesired destination andpress
the 9button toconfirm.
The destination addressappears.
X Select Delete and
press the9button to
confirm.
Ap rompt appears, asking whethe rthe
entr yshould bedeleted. X
Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
the entr yis deleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canceled. Map
operation andsettings Notes
Company logosdisplayedonthe map are
trademarks ofthe respective companies and
used solely forthe purpose ofindicating the
location ofthese companies. Theuseofsuch
logos forthe map does notindicate approval,
support oradvertisement ofthe navigation
system bythe respective companies. Adjust
ingthe map scale
X To call upthe scale bar:press theU
or T button.
The map scale appea rsat the upper edge
of the screen.
X To zoom inthe map :press theU
button asoften asnecessary.
X To zoom outthemap :press theT
button asoften asnecessary. Map
withscale
: Map scale
; Currently setmap scale asindicated by
the needle onthe scale bar
= Current mapscale expressed asanumber
with unit Map
operat ionand settings
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Geo-c
oordinate display Geo-coord
inatedisplayactive
: Current heightabo veavera gesea level
(rou nded tothe nearest 100ft)
; Current vehicle position: latitude
coordina tes
= Current vehicle position: longitu de
coordina tes
? Numbe rofG PS satellites currentlybeing
used
There mustbesufficient GPSrecept ionforall
displays tobe shown. Ifthis isnot thecase,
the display willbegrayed out.Height
display :may varyfrom theactual value,
because thenavigation systemusestheGPS
signal forthe calculation.
"None" menuoption Display
switched off
: Currently setmap orient ation
i During the"Move map"function,youcan
see additional datadepending onthe
position ofthe crosshair, suchasaroad
name, ifthe digital mapsupports thisdata. Additional
settings Avoiding
anarea
General information COMAND
makesitpossible toavoid areas
you donot wish todrive through.
If you activat eor deactivat earoute block
while route guidance isactive, COMAND will
calculate anew route. Ifyou activat eor
deactivat earoute block whileroute guidance
is inact ive,COMAND willuse thenew setting
for the next route guidance.
i Freeways withinblocked areasarealway s
taken intocons ideration inthe route
calculation.
This funct ionisnot availabl ewhile the
vehicle isin motion .
X To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar using
the 9=; buttonsand press the
9 button toconf irm.
X Select Block area and
press the9
button toconf irm.
If you have notyetsetanarea tobe
avoided, themap withthecrosshair
appears (option1).
If you have already setone ormore areas
to be avoided, alist appears (option2).
Option 1:the map appears Addit
ional settings
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