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
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