2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class navigation

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
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oduct ionNavigat ion

When
therestr iction isactive, certainentries
cann otbe made. Thiswillbeindicated bythe
fact that certainmenu itemsaregrayed out
and cann otbe selected.
The following entries arenot possible, for
example:
R ent ering thedestin ationcityand street
R ent ering adestin ationviathe map
R ent ering points ofinter estinthe vicinit yof
a city orvia aname search
R editing entries
R using thenumber keypadfordirect entry
Other entries arepossible, suchasent ering
points ofinter estinthe vicinit yof the
destin ationorcurren tposition. Switching
tonavigation mode
X Press theØ functionbutton .
or
X Select Navi in
the main functionbar using
the =;9 buttonsand press the
9 button toconf 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/
hidingthemenu
X To hide themenu: pressthe9 button
and conf irmtheFull screen menu
item
by pressing the9button .
The map canbeseen inthe full-screen
display .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button
when themap isshown infull-screen . Basic
settings Route
mode
Setting routeoptions X
To call upthe rout emode menu: press
the Ø functionbutton . Basic
settings
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Opt
ion 2:city listasselection list :
Select ionmarker
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired cityisselect ed
(MANORVI LLE in
the example).
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press the9
button tocon firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.
MANORVIL LE has
now been entered.
Entering astr eet name i
Enterin gthe name ofastr eet deletes a
previously entered centername.
X Select Street in
the address entrymenu
using the=;9: buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
You willsee thestreet listeither withthe
charact erbar (option 1)or as aselect ion
list (option 2).
Opt ion 1:str eet listwith chara cterbar
X En ter ACCESS BLVD .
Inst ruct ions for
ent ering charact erscan befound inthe "Ent
ering charact ersinnavigation mode
(ent ering acity)" section(Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closely resembling the
charact ersentered
; Character bar
Opt ion 2:str eet listasselection list Str
eet list
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until AEXT, AVENUE is
select ed.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option ,press the9
button tocon firm your select ion.
The address entrymenu appears again.A EXT,
AVENUE has
now been entered.
Entering thehouse number i
Enterin gahouse number willdelete a
previously entered intersection.
En terin gan inter sectionwill delete a
previously entered house number. 50
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F
Tocanc elan ent ry
G List
X Complete theentryand callupthe listasa
selection list(Ypage 24).
Option 2:ZIP code listasselection list ZIP
code list
X Press the9 or: button repeatedly
until thedesired ZIPcode hasbeen
selected.
X Irrespec tiveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconf irmyour selection .
If COMAND isable toassign theZIPcode
unambiguously toaspecific address, the
address entrymenu appears again.TheZIP
code appears inplace ofthe city's name.
If COMAND cannotassign theZIPcode
unambiguously toaspecific address, the
address entrymenu alsoappears again.
The ZIPcode isautomatically entered. You
can now enterthe street foramore precise
location. Onlystreet sin the area covered
by the entered ZIPcode areavailab le.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 51).
Entering acenter X
Sele ctCen ter in
theaddre ssent rymen u
usin gth e=;9 :buttonsand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
You willsee thecen terlist eith erwith the
char acterbar (opt ion1)or as aselec tion
list (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:center listwith characterbar X
En ter acen ter.In st ruct ions forenterin g
char acters can befoun din the "Entering
char acters innavi gatio nmode (enterin ga
city)" section (Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closely resembling the
charact ersenter edsofar
; List
= Character bar
X Complete theentr yand callupthe listasa
selection list(Ypage 24).
Option 2:center listasselection list X
Select acent erusing the9:
button s.
X Irrespect iveofthe option, pressthe9
button toconf irmyour selection.
The address entrymenu appears again.The
cent erselected hasbeen entered.
X Start route calculation (Ypage 51). Destination
entry
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Ent
erin gan inters ection name En
terin gan inters ect ion will delet ea
prev iously entered house number.
X Sel ect Intersection in
theaddre ssentry
men uusin gth e=;9 :
butt onsand pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
You willsee theint ers ect ion listeither with
th ech arac terbar (opt ion1)or as a
selec tionlist (opt ion2).
Opt ion 1:inter section listwith character
bar
X En ter anintersec tion.In st ruct ions for
ent erin gchar acters can befoun din the
"En tering char acters innavig ation mode
(ent eringacit y)" sect ion(Ypage 22). :
List entrymost closelyresem blingthe
char acters entered sofar
; List
= Charact erbar
X Complet ethe entryand callupthe listasa
selec tionlist(Ypage 24).
Opt ion2:inter section listasselection list X
Selec tan intersec tionusing the
9: buttons.
X Irr espec tiveof the option, press the9
butt ontocon firm your selec tion.
The address entrymen uappears again.The
int ersec tionselec tedhas been entered.
X Start rout ecalc ulation (Ypage 51). Selecting
adesti nation from the
dest inationmem ory(e.g. Myaddress)
Intr odu ction The
dest inationmem oryalways contain san
ent rynam ed"My addres s".You may wish to
assign yourhomeaddres sto this ent ry,for
exam ple,and selec titf or route guidance. This
entr yis alwa yslocated atthe top ofthe listin
the destination memory.
X To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destination in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select FromMemory and
press the9
button toconf 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
Selec tadestination byent ering charac ters
in navigat ionmode (entering acit y)
(Y page 23),e.g.theMyAddres s ent
ry. 54
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ionentr yNavigat ion

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
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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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The
inter mediate stopsarelisted accordin g
to increasin gdistanc efrom thecurren t
vehicle position.
i For inter mediate stopsthatarenot
located alongthecalculated route,the
linear distanc eis shown.
If COMAND doesnotfind anydestinat ions,
you willsee amessage tothis effect .
X Confirm OK by
pressing the9button .
X Select adifferent category.
X Select theinter mediate stopusing the
9: buttonsand press the9button
to conf irm.
The address entrymenu appears, showing
the destinat ionaddress.
X To star trout ecalculation: selectStart and
press the9button toconf irm.
Entering anotherdestinationasan
interm ediate stop X
To switch tonavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Destinatio n in
the navigation
menu barusing the:=;
button sand press the9button toconf irm.
X Select Stopover and
press the9button
to conf irm.
X Select Other .
X Select Address Entry ,
From Memory ,
From LastDestinatio ns or
From POIs . Selection Step
Address
Entry X
En ter a
destinat ionby
address
(Y page 48). From
Memory X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the destinat ion
memory
(Y page 54). From
Last Destinatio
ns X
Select a
destinat ionfrom
the listoflast
destinat ions
(Y page 55). From
POIs X
En ter apoint of
inter est
(Y page 60). X
To star trout ecalc ulatio n:once youhave
entered adesti nation, select Start and
press the9button toconfirm.
De leting aninte rmediate stop If
an intermed iate stop hasalread ybee n
entered ,you can delete it.
X To swi tch tonavig ation mode: pressthe
Ø function button.
X To show themenu: pressthe9button.
X Sele ctDestin ation in
the navig ation
menu barusing the =;:
buttons andpress the9button toconfirm.
X Sele ctStopov er and
press the9button
to confirm.
X Sele ctDelete Stopover and
press the
9 button toconfirm.
COM AND deletes theintermed iate stop
and recal culatesthe route tothe main
desti nation. 58
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