
X
Sel ect Start .
or
X Sel ect No to
store thedow nloaded
de stina tioninthe destina tionmemo ryfor
la ter use. i
The destina tionaddre sse sare
dow nloaded inthe same orderas they are
sent. Ifyo uow ns everal Mercedes- Benz
vehicles equipped withanmbrace
subscriber account,each destin ation
address canbedownloaded byeach
vehicle associated withthee-mail address
register edfor your mbrace account. Rout
eguida nce General
information G
WARN
ING
COMAND calculates theroute tothe
destin ationwithout takinginto accoun tthe
following, forexample:
R Traffic lights
R Stop and right- of-way signs R
Lane mergin g
R Parkin gor stoppin gprohibited areas
R Other roadandtrafficrules andregulations
R Narrow bridges
COMAND maygiveincor rectnavigation
comm andsifthe data inthe digital mapdoes
not corr espond withtheactual road/traffic
situation .For example, ifthe traff icroutin g
has been changed orthe direct ionofaone-
way road hasbeen revers ed.
For this reason, youmust alway sobserve
applicable roadandtrafficrules and
regulations duringyourjourn ey.Road and
traff icrules andregulations alwayshave
priority overthenavigation commands
generat edbythe system.
Route guidance beginsoncear oute hasbeen
calculated (Ypage 57).
COMAND guidesyoutoyour destination by
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
inform ation,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
considered forroute guidance ondays
when theyareopen. Forthis purpose, the
relevant timesmustbecorrec tlystored in
the database. Rout
eguidance
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Cha
nge ofdir ection
Int rod uction Chan
gesofdire ction have three phase s:
R Pre parat ionphase
R An nounc emen tphase
R Chan ge-of-dire ction phase
Pr epa ration phase COMA
NDprep ares youfortheupco ming
ch ang eof dire ction .Based ontheex ample
displ aybelow, thech ang eof dire ction is
ann oun ced withth ePre pareto turn rig
ht mes
sage. Youseethefull- scree nm ap. Ex
ample display:preparat ionphas e
: Nex troad
; Poin tatw hich thechange ofdirection
takes place(lightbluedot)
= Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
? Current road
Display ?depends onthe settin gselected
for "Information inmap" (Ypage 102).
Announc ementphase COMAND
announces theimminent changeof
direction. Basedonthe example display
below, thechange ofdirection isannounced
with thePlease turn right in 500 ft.
and
follow the
announced distancetothe next change
of direction dependsonthe type ofroad and
its permissible speedlimit.
The displa yis now split intotwosectors. In
the left half, youseethenormal mapview.
The right halfshows anenlarged sectionof
the area around theintersec tion(Crossing
Zoom) ora3D image ofthe road's course with
the route indicating thenext maneuver. Example
display:annou nceme ntpha se
: Next road
; Chang eof directi on(turnright her e)
= Graphicrepresent ationofthe distanc eto
the nextchange ofdirect ion
? Dist ance tothe nextchange ofdirect ion
A Route (highlighted inblue, shown inboth
the left and right displays)
B Point atwhich thechange ofdirect ion
takes place(lightbluedot,shown inboth
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in sectionofvisual display for
distanc e= gets short erthe nearer youget
to the announ cedchange ofdirect ion.
Change-of- direction phase COMAND
announcestheimminen tchange of
direction. Inthe example, theNow turn right announcemen
tis made 150ft.before
the change ofdirection.
The displa yis split intotwohalves, asinthe
announcemen tphase. 78
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guidanceNavigat ion

Exam
ple displ ay:c hange-of-direct ionphase
: Current vehicleposition (thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel)
; Graphic representation ofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
= Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
Once thechange ofdirection iscompleted,
COMAND automatically switchesbacktofull-
screen display. Example
ofad ispla ywithout changes
of dir ection :
Route (highlight edinblue)
; Curren tvehicle position
= Current road
? Map orient ationselect ed
A Map scale select ed Lane
recomm endations
Overview On
multilane roads,COMAND candisplay
lane recom mendat ionsforthe nextchange of
direction. Thecorresponding datamust be
availa bleinthe digital map.
COMAND displayslane recommen dations
B based onthe next twochanges of
direction. Thenumber oflanes appliestothe
point atwhich thenext change ofdirection is
required. Example
display
: Point ofthe next change indirection (light
blue circle)
; Point ofthe change ofdirection afternext
= Next change ofdirection (inthis case, turn
off tothe right)
? Graphic representat ionofthe distance to
the next change ofdirection
A Distanc eto the next change ofdirection
B Possible lane(light blue)
C Recommended lane(dark blue)
D Lane notrecommen ded(gray)
E Current vehicleposition: thetipofthe
triangle indicates thevehicle’s direction
of travel Route
guidance
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Disp
layandd escri ption oflane recom mendation s The
colo rsused inthelane recomm endatio ndisplay varydepen dingonwhet herday ornigh t
design isswitc hedon. Lane Day
design Nigh
tdesign Recom
mendedlane C
In this lane, youwillbeable tocom pleteth e
nex ttwo chan gesofdirec tionw itho ut
chan ginglanes. Dar
kblue Light
blue Possib
lelane B
In this lane, youwillonly beable tocom plete
the nextchange ofdirection without
changing lanes. Light
blue Dark
blue Lane
notrecommen dedD
In this lane, youwillnotbeable tocomplete
the next change ofdirection without
changing lanes. Gray Gray
HOV
orcarpool lanes
Ar oute maybecalculated takingthe use of
HOV orcarpool lanesintoaccount .You can
use HOV orcarpool lanesdepending onthe
number ofpersons inthe vehicle aswell as
the local andtime limitation conditions.
i This inform ationisstored inthe map data.
i You canenter thenumber ofpersons in
the vehicle (Ypage 53).Inthis section ,you
can also findmore inform ationonHOV or
carpool lanes.
When thesystem guidesyouontoor away
from HOVorcarpool lanes,COMAND issues
visual andacoustic drivinginstructions. :
HOV symbol onthe road sign
; HOV symbol onthe carpool lane Announci
ngstreet names
If the funct ionisswitched on,the name ofthe
street whichyouareturnin ginto is
announc ed.
Ann ouncemen tsare not made inthese
languages inall count ries.They aremade
when relevant streetnames forthe selected
language areavaila bleinthe database.
X To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton . 80
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eguidanceNa vigation

Exam
ple: rou tedispl aystop ped
: Road nam eand citydispl aywhen rou te
di spl ayhasbe en stop ped
; Distance ofthe cros shairfrom current
veh iclepo sitio n
X To gettoth ecur rent vehicle position:
pres sW tocon firm thesymbo lfor the
cur ren tvehicle position .
X To change themap scale: selectScale and
press Wtocon firm.
The scale barappears.
X Turn cVd theCOMAND controller and
press Wtocon firm. Recording
therout e
Notes If
you have activated COMAND andtheSD
memory cardhasbeen insert ed,you should
not take itout ofthe slot.
When yourecor daroute, COMAND usesso-
called support pointsand displays theroute
as aseries oflines. Ifthe route isthen
calculated, COMANDattemptstoalign the
recor dedroute withthedigital map.
The support pointsof the route maynotbeon
a digitized road.
This isoften thecase forroutes thathave
been calculated usingmapdata from other
sources. Calling
upthe Rout esmenu X
Inser tthe SDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
con troller .
X Select Destina tion in
the navigation
system menubarbyturn ingcVd the
COMAND controller andpressing Wto
con firm.
X Select Record Routes .
Sta
rting/ending recording X
To star trecord ing:select Start Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W tocon firm.
Durin gthe recor ding, therecor dedroute is
shown behind thecurren tvehicle position
with gray strokes (symbol fortire tracks). X
To end record ing:select Stop Recordi
ng in
the Routes menubyturn ing Rout
eguida nce
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cVd
theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
Displaying andediting therecorded
route X
Insert theSDmemory card(Ypage 157).
X Select List in
the Routes menubyturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
Previousl yrecorded routesaredispla yed. X
Select aroute andpress Wtoconfirm.
The map appea rswith amenu. The
recorded routeisshown inthe map witha
blue dotted line. Tur
ning offfrom theroute onthe map
X Select Demo by
turning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The map withthecrosshair appears.
X Proceed asdescribed inthe "Rou te
demonstration" section(Ypage 84). Start
ingroute calculation
X Select Start in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm.
COMAND attemptstoalig nthe recorded
route withthedigital map.
Editing theroute
You canchange theroute name andtheicon.
X Select Edit in
the menu byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . X
To change theroute name: select
Rename and
press Wtoconfirm .
i The name cannot bechanged whilethe
vehicle isin motion.
X To change theicon: select Change Icon and
press Wtoconfirm .
X Ad escript ionforboth entries canbefound
in the "Personal POIs"sectionunder
"Managing categoriesforperson alPOIs"
(Y page 73).
Changing directionforrout ecalculation
You cansetthe icon forthe route tothe
start ingpoint ortothe destin ation, thereby
changin gthe direct ionforroute calculation .
i Durin groute calculation ,one- way streets
or turn restrictions, forexample, aretaken
int oaccoun t.Therefor e,the outward and
return routes maydiffer fromeach other. 86
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eguida nceNavigation

X
Show allmessages: selectAll Messages by
turnin gcVd theCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconf irm.
You seealist ofall roads, areasandregions
for which traffic reports areavaila ble,even
if the reports donot affect yourroute. X
To show atra ffic report :select aroad,
area orregion andpress Wtoconf irm.
X To close thelist: slide XVY theCOMAND
cont roller.
Example: traffic report 1
Depending onyour selection: Messages On
Route or
All Messages 2
Report 8of 16 for the road affected
3 Report text
4 Road, areaorregion affected bytraffic
reports
5 Icon forstate/pr ovince
6 Icon forreport type,e.g.traffic flow
message X
To scroll within arepor tortoaccess
th enext report:tur ncVd theCOMA ND
con troller .
X To returnto therep ort:slide XVY the
COMA NDcontroller .
Displa yingtraf fic rep ortson thema p X
Sele ctTra fficSym bol Information by
tur nin gcVd theCOMA NDcontroller and
pres sW tocon firm. Traf
ficsymbo linf orm ationonthe map (example)
: Affec tedroads withindication ofdirection
; Icon forreport type,e.g.traffic flow
message
X Select Next or
Previous by
turning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm inorder tocont inue highlighting
traffic icons.
X To change themap scale: selectMap by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND controller and
press Wtoconfirm .
You cannow zoom inor out ofthe map.
X To show thedetailed view:select
Details and
press Wtoconfirm . 92
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affic report sNavigat ion

X
To acc ept the suggeste droute :pre ss
W the COMAND controller.
X To conti nue along the original route :
sel ect Reject by
turning cVd the
CO MAND controller and pressW to
confi rm. De
stinati onmemo ry Home
addres s(My addres s)
En teri ngthe home addres svi aaddres s
en try X
Initi ally pro cee das descri bedint he
"Adopting anaddress bookentryas ahome
address" andconfirm MyAddress by
pressing W.
X To enter thehome addressforthe first
time: confirm NewEntry by
pressing W.
X To change thehome address: select
Change in
the menu showing thehome
address byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm .
X Confirm NewEntry by
pressing W.
X In both cases, enterthehome address asa
destination, e.g.asacity, street andhouse
number (Ypage 54).Then, savethehome
address (Ypage 57).
Adopting anadd ress book entry asa
home address X
To switch onnavigation mode:pressthe
Ø functionbutton. X
To show themenu: pressWthe COMAND
cont roller.
X Select Dest. in
the navigation system
menu barbyturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpressing Wtoconfirm .
X Select FromMemory and
press Wto
confirm .
You willsee thedestination memorylist
either withthecharacter bar(option 1)or
as aselection list(option 2).
Option 1:destination memorylistwith
character bar X
Slide ZVtheCOMAND controller
repeatedly untilthedestination memory
list appea rsas aselection list.
Option 2:destination memorylistas
selec tionlist The
MyAddress entr
yis listed asthe first
entr yin the destination memory.
X Select MyAddress by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm . 94
Des
tination memoryNavigat ion