2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class navigation system

X
Sel ect Positi on in
the navi gation menu
ba ru sing the:=; buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Compass and
press the9button to
confirm.
Depending onthe previous status,you
switch theoption onO oroff ª. Example
display:compass
: Current direction oftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded tothe nearest 50m)
= Current vehicleposition: longitude
coordinates
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinates
B Currently setsteering angleofthe front
wheels
i Todispla ycurrent height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. SteeringangleBcan bea
maximum of35° inboth directions. Updat
ingthe digital map
Introduction The
digital mapsgenerated bythe map
software becomeoutdated inthe same way
as conven tionalroadmaps. Optimal route
guida ncecanonly beprovided by
the navigation systeminconj unction withthe
most up-to-date mapsoftware. Information
aboutnew version sof the digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCenter .You canhave the
digital mapupdated therewith aDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
map software. Duringthis time, youwill
only beable toswitch onradio mode and
to accept incomingcalls. Theupdate willbe
complet edmore quickly ifthe vehicle is
stat ionary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengin e
switch edoff and thestart erbatter yhas
insuffic ientpower, COMAND may
automatic allyswitch offduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe batter y.Ifthis
occ urs, restartthe update withtheengin e
runn ing. G
WARN
ING
Never runtheengin ein an enclos edspace.
The exhaust fumescontain poisonous carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustfumesis
hazardous toyour health andcanlead toloss
of con sciousnes sand death.
Upda tingprocess X
Inser tthe DVD (Ypage 127).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compat iblewith thenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, COMAND
start supdating thedigital map.
If the map data hasalready beeninstalled,
the display showsversion dataanda
message tothis effec t.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe9
button .
X Eject the DVD .
While theupdate isrunn ing,youwillsee a
message tothis effec tand apro gressbar.The Addi
tional settin gs
89Navigation Z

nav
igati on system isnot opera tional unti lthe
up date iscomp lete.
i Youcanno teje ctthe DVD during the
up date. Ifyo usw itch offCOMAND during
the update, the update isinte rrupte d.It
then continuesfrom where itwa s
inte rrupte dwh en the system isres tarte d.
CO MAND maypro mpt youto cha nge theDVD
du ring theupdate.
X Pre ssthe V load /eje ctbutton.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
X Inse rtthe requested DVD.
Once theupdate hasbe en succes sfully
comp leted ,yo uwi llsee ames sage tothis
eff ect.
X To confi rm the mes sage:pre ssthe 9
bu tton.
X Ta ke the DVD outof the slot.
The update iscomp lete.
If the updateisnot succes sfully comp leted ,
yo uwi llsee ames sage tha tthe map update
is not possible.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe9
button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. 90
Additional
settingsNavigation

Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle and
switching offCOMAND. "Continuing routeguidance"refers to
switching COMAND backonand driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 68).
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problems
withthenavigation system
91Navigation Z

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
Navigation unavailable message
appea rs. COMAND
hasanintegrated harddrive onwhich thedigital mapis
stored.
To protect thehard drive fromdamage, COMAND switchesitoff
at very high temperatures. Thenavigation systemwillthen be
temporarily unavailable.
X Let the vehicle andCOMAND cooldown.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain. If
an area ofthe hard diskhasamalfunction ,COMAND canno
longer access themap data inthis area, forexample when
calculating aroute.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain.
The navigation systemwillbeoperational againuntilithas to
access thefaulty areaofthe hard drive oncemore. Themessage
will then reappear.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
seeamessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe9button.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thesystem software updatedatan authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty orscratc hed.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddrive isfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 92
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigation

i
Save entry is
shown ingray ifthe
selected listentry hasalrea dybeen saved.
X Select Add and
press the9button to
confirm.
X Select acategory forthe number, e.g.
Home ,
and press the9toconfirm.
X Select acategory forthe phone, e.g.
Mobile ,
and press the9toconfirm.
X Select Save .
The search menuforaddress bookentries
appea rs.
X Search forthe desired entry(Ypage 103).
X Press the9button whenyouhave finished
searching.
COMAND storesthedata ifthere arefewer
than fivenumbers assigned tothe entry you
are searching forinthe selected number
category.
You willsee amessage tothis effect.
If five numbers arestored forthe entry you
are searching for,aprompt willappea r
asking whether youwish tooverwrite one
of the existing numbers.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm.
If you select Yes ,
a selection listwith the
five existing numbers isdispla yed.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
X Select thenumber tobe overwritten from
the listusing the9: buttonsand
press the9button toconfirm.
COMAND overwrites theselected number
with thenew data. Del
eting calllists
i The stored calllists remain inCOMAND,
even ifyou useCOMAND withanother
mobile phone. Forthis reason, youshould
delete anycalllists before handing overor
selli ngthe vehicle. X
Select Calllists in
the telephone basic
menu usingthe:=; buttons
and press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Delete calllists and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe ryou wish
to delete allcall lists.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to conf irm.
If you select Yes ,
the call lists aredeleted.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted. Using
theaddress book Introdu
ction G
WARNIN
G
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremost tothe traffic situation youarein.
Before yourjourney, pleasefamiliarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMAND whenroadandtraffic
condit ionspermit youtodo so. Otherwise you
could beinvolved inan accident inwhich you
or others couldbeinjured.
The address bookorganizes andstores
entr ieswhich areenter edfrom different
sources (mobilephone,SDmemory card,
COMAND telephone book,navigation
system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Each address bookentryconsist sof a
surname, firstname andcompany, andcan
cont ainuptofive telephone numbers,one
home address andone business address.
The address bookcanstore around 900
entr ies.
i Address bookentriesremain storedwhen
the mobile phoneisdisconn ected.
Therefore, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 43). 108
Using
theaddress bookTelephone

Star
ting route guidance toan entry
Option 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 109)withthe¤symbol andselect
it from thelist.
X Display detailsforanaddress bookentry
(Y page 110).
X Select theaddress datafieldusing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to conf irm.
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 109)withthe¤symbol andselect
it from thelist.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Navigate and
press the9button
to conf irm.
If the address dataiscomplete andit
matches thedigital map,route guidance
starts.
Subsequent operationwilldepend onhow
complete theaddress dataitems areand
whether theycorrespon dwith thedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspon d,for example, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(Ypage 191). Once you have
assign edavoic etag toan addre ssbook entry,
you can callupthis ent rywith avoic e
com man dand dialaphon enum ber, for
exam ple.You canadd onevoic etag per
addre ssbook entry. X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ symbo l)
(Y page 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAdd or
Cha nge and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emguides you
thr ough thedialogs.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres s9 tocon firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,
the process willbeaborted.
Listening toav oice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 109).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctLis ten and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
You hear thevoic etag . 112
Using
thead dress bookTelep hone

X
Sel ect Aux us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The audioAUX menu appe ars .You will hear
the medium inthe exter nalaudio source if
it is conn ected andswitched toplayb ack. For
operation ofthe exter nalaudio source,
please seethecorrespon dingoperating
instr uctions.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 27)
and sound (Ypage 27)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNIN
G
Ext ernal audio sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually. 148
Audio
AUXmodeAudio

Showing/
hidingthemenu
X To show: pressthe9button.
X To hide: press the9 button, select
Full Screen and
press the9button to
conf irm. Volume
andsound settings
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 27)
and sound (Ypage 27)settin gsinthe "Ata
glance" section. G
WARNING
Ext ernal video sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announcem entsand
navigation systemannouncem entsaremuch
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually .
i Itmay bethe case thatadevice whichis
conn ected asan extern alvideo source
seems quieter orlouder inthe vehicle, or
that theusua lmaximum volumecannotbe
reached. Thevolume ofsome devices can
be set separately. Inthis case, startata
medium volumeandthen raise itslowly .
This enables youtohear ifthe system can
play themusic without distortion evenat
high volumes. 158
Video
AUXmodeVideo