2012 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class display

Exam
ple:enterin gan address The
followin gis ast ep- by-s tepexam pleof
how toentera na ddress. Thedestin ation
address isas follows:
Germany
Berlin
Unst rutst raße 1
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 tonavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9butt on.
X Select Destin ation using
the :=; buttons and press the
9 butt ontocon firm.
X Select Addres sEntry and
press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The address entrymenu appears. Ifyou
have previously entered adestin ation, this
will beshown inthe display. Addres
sent rymenu
i Some menuitemswillnotbeavailable, or
not beavailable yet,dependin gon the
lett ers entered forthe address orthe digital
map data.
Ex ample:
Aft eryou have entered thestat e/prov ince,
the No. ,
Center ,
Inters ection ,
Save andStart menu
itemsarenot yetavailable; the
ZIP menu
itemisnot available ifthe digital
map does notcontain ZIPcodes.
Selecting astate/ province i
The state/p rovince inwh ich the vehicleis
lo cate dis se lected bydefault.
X Sel ect State/Prov in
the addre ssentry
menu using the =;9 :
bu ttons andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
Am enu with theavailable listsappears:
R Last States/ Provinces R
States (U.S.A.) R
Provinc es(Canada ) X
To select thelist: press the9
or : button andpress the9button to
con firm.
The listofselect edstat es/prov inces
appears.
X To select thestat e/province: pressthe
9 or: button andpress the9
button tocon firm.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
stat e/prov inceselect edisent ered
automatic ally.
Entering acity i
Enter ing acit ywill delete aprevio usly
ent ered ZIPcode.
X Selec tCity in
the address entrymen u
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9butt ontocon firm .
You willsee thecitylist eith erwith the
char acterbar (optio n1)or as aselect ion
list (option 2).
Opt ion 1:city listwith thechar acter bar
X En ter BERLI N .
Ins truct ions forenterin g
charac terscan befound inthe "Entering
charac tersin navigat ionmode (enteringa
cit y)" sect ion(Ypage 22). Destinat
ionentr y
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X
Irrespective ofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yourselection.
The address entry menu appears again.The
destination address selected hasbeen
entered.
i Further information on"Las t
destinations" memorycanbefound on
(Y page 80). Enterin
gad esti nation usin gthe map
Call ingupthe map X
To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Select Destin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Select Using Map and
press the9button
to confirm.
You seethemap withthecrossha ir. Map
withcrossha ir
: Current vehicleposi tion
; Cros shair
= Detail sof the crossha irposi tion
? Map scalesele cted
Displ ay= dep ends onthe settings selected
in "Informa tiononmap" (Ypag e84). The
current streetnamecanbeshow n,provi ded
the digital map contains thenecessa rydata ,
or the coordi natesofthe crossha irifthe geo- coordi
natedisplayis swi tched onand the
GPS signa lis strong enough.
Movi ngthe map andselecting the
destin ation X
Scroll themap using the =;9
or : button.
X To set the map scale:press theU or
T button.
The scalebar appears .
X Press theU button tozoom outofthe
map.
X Press theT button tozoom inon the
map.
X To selectad estination: pressth e9
butt on.
If th ecr ossh airislocat edouts idethedigit al
map, itis not poss ibletocalc ulate arout e
to this dest ination.You will see theThe crosshair
isoff themap message.
If
the crosshair islocated overabody of
water, youwillsee themessage: The destination is in a body of water.
Please
selectanother destination. X
Select OK and
press the9button to
conf irm.
If the destination iswithin thelimits ofthe
digital map,COMAND attemptsto assign
the destination tothe map.
If the destination canbeassigned, youwill
see theaddress entrymenu withthe
address ofthe destination .Ifn ot, you will
see theentr yDestination FromMap .
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm. 56
Destination
entryNavigation

Ent
erin gan interm edia testop
Intr odu ction When
routeguidan ceisact ive, you can enter
an interm ediat est op. Inte rm ediat est ops can
be pred efineddest inationsfrom thefoll owin g
cat egor iesthat COMA NDoffers forselec tion:
R Mer cedes-Ben zSer vice R
Hos pital R
Gas Statio n R
Par kingLot R
Res taurant Howe
ver,you can also enterd estin ations
other thanthepredefined ones.Todo this
select themenu itemOther .
You canusetheintermediate stopfunctionto
influenc eroute guidance tothe main
destin ation. Whenyouhave reached your
int ermediate stop,COMAND automatically
recalculates theroute tothe main
destin ation.
Entering predefined destinations X
To switch tonavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Stopove r and
press the9button
to con firm.
Opt ion 1:no interm ediatestop hasbeen
entered yet. Int
ermediate stopcategor ies
X Select acategor y.
Opt ion 2:an interm ediatestop has
alrea dybeen entered .
X Select Change Stopover and
press the
9 button tocon firm.
X Select acategor yusing the9:
button sand press the9button tocon firm.
COMAND firstsearches inthe select ed
categor yfor destin ations alongtheroute.
If ther eare nodestin ations available there,
COMAND searchesfordestin ations within
a radius of100 kmofthe vehicle position .
If COMAND findsdestin ations, alist
appears onthe right- hand sideofthe
display. Ex
ample ofdisplay with"gas station" categor y
select ed
: Intermediate stophighlighted onthe map
; Current distanceto and name ofthe
int ermediate stop
The listshows intermediate stopdestin ations
On The Route and
Inthe area .Destination
entry
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X
Irrespective ofthe option, pressthe9
button toconfirm yourselection.
If the selected maincategory doesnot
contain anysub-catego ries,thepoint of
interest listapp ears.
If the selected maincategory containssub-
categorie s,you willsee thelistofsub-
categorie seither withthecharacter bar
(option 1)or as aselection list(option 2).
The follo wing illustration showsthe
RESTAURANT main
category withavailable
sub-catego riesasan exampl e. :
Tocall upallentries inthe RESTAURANT main
category
; Tocall upallentries inthe BREWPUB subca
tegory
= Cha racter bar
X Option 1:select acategory .Proceed as
descri bedinthe "Sea rching foraphone
book entry" section (Ypag e103).
X Option 2:sele ctacategory using the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
The point ofinterest lista ppears. It
con tains thepoint sof interest thatare
available inthe subcatego ryand arewithin
the search radius.
i Searc hradius means: COMAND searches
within aradius ofapproximat ely100 km
and ceases searchin gwhen 50point sof
int erest havebeen found.
If COMAND doesnotfind anypoint sof
int erest within thisradius, itext ends its
search rangetoapproximat ely200 km.If COMAND
findsonepoint ofint erest within
this radius, itfinish esthe search.
i Ifyou select theALL list
item, thepoint of
int erest listcon tains allpoint sof interest
for allsubcatego riesinthe RESTAU RANT main
categ orywhich liewithin thesearch
radius.
If you select theOTHER RESTAURANTS list
item atthe end ofthe list, thepoint sof
int erest contains allpoint sof interest
which cannotbe assigned toany
subcatego ryof the RESTAU RANT main
categ oryand which liewithin thesearch
radius. Point
ofinter estlist
Intr oduct ion The
illustration belowshows anexample
of the point ofinterest listforthe
RESTAU RANT main
categ oryand BREWPU B subcatego
ryinthe vicin ityofthe curren t
position . :
point ofinterest
; Compass headingtothe point ofinterest
= Linear distancetothe point ofinterest
? Select edcateg oryorsubcatego ry
i Display =isnot visible ifyou have
ent ered apoint ofinterest within agiven
cit yand only thecount ryand cityhave been
ent ered. 62
Entering
apoint ofint eres tNavi gatio n

Dep
endingonthe point ofinte rest
se lected ,CO MAND uses diffe rent
ref ere nce points inde term ining the linea r
di sta nce tothe destinati on:
R vicini tyof cur rent positio n:the linea r
di sta nce isthe dista nce ofthe point of
inte restfro mthe current vehicle
po sitio n.
R vicini tyof de stinati on:the linea rdistanc e
is the distanceof the point ofinterest
fro mt hedestination entered.
Long names ofpoints ofinterest are
abbreviated. Aninformation iconisshown
after theentr y.
X To call upthe complete display:press
the ; button.
Selec tingapoint ofint eres t X
Sele ctapoin tof interes tusin gth e
9: buttonsand pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
The fulladdre ssofthepoin tofintere st
sel ecte dap pe ars. :
Pointofinte restwith address
; Tostart rout ecalc ulation
= Tostore anaddress inthe dest ination
memo ry
? Todisplay details
A Tomak eacall (when available)
B Tocan celselec tion
C Toshow anaddress onthe map X
To sta rtrou tecalcula tion:selectStar t and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
X To stor ean address inthedest ination
mem ory:selec tSave and
press the9
butt ontocon firm .You cannow selec t
st orage options (Ypage 79).
X To show thedet ailed view: select
Deta ils and
press the9butt onto
con firm .
X To connect acall: select Call and
press
the 9button toconfirm (avai lable ifthe
poi ntofinterest entrycontains aphone
numbe r).
X To callup the map: select Map and
press
the 9button toconfirm.
X You canscroll themap andselect a
desti nation (Ypag e56).
ZAGA T®
rating service Entries
featuringtheZicon contai naddition al
ZAGAT information .ZAGAT rates restau rants,
for instance ,in reg ardto the quality ofthe
foo d,furnis hing, service,and provides an
av era gepricing level aswellas age nera l
de scri ption. After
selecti nganentry with aZ ico n,yo uc an
call uptheZAGA Trat ing inthesubse quent
sc ree n. Ent
ering apoint ofint eres t
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1
ZAGA Trat ings
2 Todisplay details
X To disp laythedescr iption: selec t
Deta ils .
Ex
ample ofaZAGA Tdesc ription
Point ofinter estlist with characterbar If
you have selected"Sear chingfor apoin tof
int erest byname "(Y page 60)or"Searc hing
for apoint ofint erest byphon enumb er",the
list ofall point sof interest contain edon the
map appears.
Proc eedasdesc ribed inthe "Searc hingfora
phon ebook entry" sect ion(Ypage 103).
i IfCOMA NDcan unambig uouslyassign
the char acters entered toone entry,the
address entryappears automatically.
X To sta rtrou tecalcula tion:selectStar t and
press the9butt ontocon firm . Enter
ingapoint ofint eres tusing the
map
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Guide in
the navigation menubar
using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon 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 83).
If there arepoints ofinter est,youwillsee
a message tothis effec t.
i You also seethis message ifyou have
selected themenu itemNo Symbols under
"Map display" (Ypage 83).
X Press the9button andconfirm the
message. Point
ofinter estonthe map
: Information aboutthehighlighted pointof
inter est
; Highlighted pointofinter est
X To select apoint ofint erest :selec t
Nex t or
Pre vious and
pres sth e9 butt on
to con firm.
X To show details fortheselecti on:selec t
Det ails and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm. 64
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ingapoint ofint eres tNavi gatio n

X
To start route calculati on:sel ect Start and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
Ap rompt appears asking whethe rthe point
of interest shouldbeused asthe
destination.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to confirm .
If you select Yes ,
route calculation begins.
If you select No ,
you can select anew point
of interest . Route
guidance General
informat ion G
WARNING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destination withouttakingaccount ofthe
following, forexample:
R traffic lights
R stop andgive waysigns
R parking orstopping restrictions
R lane narrowing
R other roadandtraffic rulesandregulations
COMAND maygiveincorrec tdriving
recommen dationsifthe data onthe digital
map does notcorrespond tothe actual
condition s,e.g. theroad layou thas chang ed.
For this reas on,you must always observeth e
res pec tiveroad andtraff icrules and
reg ulatio nsdurin gyour journ ey. Road and
tr aff icrules andregulatio nsalways have
prio rityove rsyst em drivin g
rec omm endat ions.
Rout eguidan cebegi nsonce aroute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 51).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destinat ionby
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
informat ion,thefollowing applies:
R when selecting aroute, COMAND triesto
avoid roads thatonly have limited access,
e.g. roads closed tothrough trafficandnon-
residents .
R roads thathave timerestriction s(e.g.
closed onSundays andpublic holiday s)are
avoided forroute guidance. Switching
betweenthefull-screen
map andthechange-of-dir ection
display
X Press theß button .
COMAND switchestothe respect ive
display . Change
ofdirection
Introdu ction Changes
ofdirection havethree phases:
R Preparation phase
R Ann ouncemen tphase
R Change-of- directionphase
Prepa ration phase COMAND
preparesyouforthe upcoming
change ofdirection .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Themap canbeseen inthe
full- scree ndisplay. Rou
teguid ance
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Exam
ple displ ay:initi ation pha se
: Next road
; Pointatwh ich the change ofdirecti on
take spl ace (lig ht blue dot)
= Current vehiclepos ition (the tipofthe
tria ngleind icates the vehicle’sdi recti on
of trav el)
? Current road
Disp lay? depends onthe setti ngselected
for "Inform ation inmap "(Y page 84).
An nounc eme ntphase CO
MAND announcesthe imm inentcha nge of
di recti on.Basedon the followi ng exa mpl e,
the change ofdirecti onisanno uncedwi th the
In 400 meters turnrig htontothe A81 mes
sage.
The displ ayisnow splitinto twosecto rs.In
the left ha lf,yousee thenorma lmap view. In
the righthalf,ther eis an enl arg edviewof the
are asu rrou nding the intersectio n
(i nterse ctionzoom), thechange ofdirection
also being illustrated. Example
display:announc ementphase
: Next road
; Point atwhich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right halfofthe display )
= Graphic represent ationofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
? Change ofdirection (turnrighthere)
A Distan cetothe next change ofdirection
B Route (blueline,shown inboth theleft
and right halfofthe display )
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distance =gets shorter thenearer youget
to the announc edchange ofdirection .
Change-of-dir ectionphase COMAND
announcesthe imminent changeof
direction .Based ontheex ample display
below, thech ang eof dire ction isann oun ced
40 met ersbefore thech ang eof dire ction with
th eTur n rig
ht mes
sage. Thedispl ayissplit
int otwo halves,asintheann oun cem ent
phase . 66
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teguid anceNaviga tion