2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Owner's Manual

Avoiding
asection of the route blocked
by a traffic jam This function blocks a sectio
nofthe route
ahead of you. You can set the length of the
blocked route section. If possible, COMAND
calculates a detour around the blocked
section of the route.
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Detour and press
0021to confirm.
X To block a section of the route: select
More or
Less repeatedly and confirm using
0021 until the desired section has been
selected.
i The total length of the section that can be
blocked is defined by the digital map. The
menu items are available accordingly.
X To start route calculation: selectStart and press
0021to confirm.
X To delete the blockeds ection:select
Delete while the message is shown and
press 0021to confirm.
COMAND calculates the rout ewithout the
block.
Selecting an alternative route With the "Alternative route" function, routes
other than the original one can be calculated.
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm. X
Select Alternative Route and press
0021
to confirm.
You see the selected route. The display now
shows a split-screen view. On the left-hand
side, one or more alternative routes are
shown from start to destination. The
current route is highlighted dark blue; other
alternative routes appear light blue. 0002
Distance, expected arrival time and
expected journey duration
0003 Displays incidents which are on the route
0026 Displays the selected route settings
X To select the next or previous
alternative route: selectNext or
Previous and press
0021to confirm.
Possible alternative routes are shown in the
following order: Current Route ,
Fast Route ,
Eco Route ,
Short Route and
Alternative Route .
X To select the original route: selectBack a corresponding number of times and press
0021
to confirm.
X To start route guidance using the
selected alternative route: selectStart and press
0021to confirm.
COMAND accepts the alternative route.
i The change of route mode in the
alternative route menu only applies to the
current route guidance. For example, if the
original route was a shor troute, the next
route will also be calculated as a short
route. This is also the case if a dynamic
route is selected in the alternative route
menu. Navigation
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Displaying destination information
Prerequisite: you have entered a destination
(Y page 157) and possibly an intermediate
stop (Y page 165).
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Info in the menu bar by turning
0031001C0032 the COMAND controller and press
0021 to confirm.
Destination information is displayed. Example display: destination information
0002
Distance to intermediate stop
0003 Estimated time of arrival at the
intermediate stop
0026 Expected remaining journey time to
intermediate stop
0025 Intermediate stop
0023 Distance to main destination
0024 Estimated time of arrival at the main
destination
0014 Expected remaining journey time to main
destination
0015 Main destination
If a telephone number is entered for the
address displayed, you can also selec tand
call the numbe rusing COMAND.
X To call the destination: select the
telephone number using the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm. X
To close the destination information:
slide 003C001C003D the COMAND controller or press
the 0001 back button.
Route overview You can use the overview of the route to move
along the route section by section and to see
details of the route sections.
You have entered a destination
(Y
page 157) or a point of interest
(Y page 166) and possibly an intermediate
stop (Y page 165).
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Route Info and press
0021to
confirm. Example display: route overview
0002
Marked route sections
At the top of the display, you will see
information aboutt he highlighted route
section, for example the distance to be driven
on the road and road designation. The
highlighted route section is marked in white
with a red border on the map.
X To view the next or previous route
section: selectNext or
Previous and
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If the first or last route section is
highlighted, you cannot select Previous or
Next .
X To zoom in or out of the map: select000B
or 000A and press 0021to confirm.
X To close the route overview: select
Back and press
0021to confirm.
Where am I? You can view yourc
urrentposition whether
or not route guidance has been interrupted. 0002
Current position
0003 Next intersection or exit
0026 Most recent intersection or exit
0025 Current street
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
X Select Where am I? and press
0021to
confirm.
Off-road Important safety note
G
WARNING
The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may not be capable of traversing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver's sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their
appropriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consideration
by the COMAND system.
Route guidance to adestination that is not
on a digitized road
COMAND can guide you to destinations
which are within the area covered by the
digital map, but which are not themselves
recorded on the map.
These destinations are known as off-road
destinations, which you can enter using the
map, for example. In these cases, COMAND
guides you for as long as possible with
navigation announcements and displays on
roads known to the system. Example display: route guidance to an off-road
destination
0002
Off-road destination
0003 Off-road route sectio n(dashed blue)
0026 Current vehicle position (the tip of the
triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction
of travel)
0025 Off-road (no street names available)
If the vehicle reaches an area which is not part
of the digital map, the display appears as a
split-screen view. On the right-hand side, an
arrow appears which points to off-road Navigation
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destination
0002.You will hear the
announcement:" Please follow the arrow on
the display".
Route guidance from an off-road location
to a destination
If the vehicle position is within the area
covered by the digital map, but the map does
not contain any information about that
location, the vehicle is in an off-road location.
COMAND is also able to guide you to a
destination even from an off-road location.
At the start of the route guidance, you will see
the Street unknown message, an arrow and
the distance to the destination. The direction
arrow shows the linear direction to the actual
destination.
The continuous blue line on the map starts at
the street which you left last.
As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance
continues in the usual way.
Off-road during route guidance
Due to roadworks, for example, there may be
differences between the data on the digital
map and the actual course of the road.
In such cases, the system will temporarily be
unable to locate the vehicle position on the
digital map and thus considers the vehicle to
be in an off-road position.
In the display, you will see the Streetunknown message, an arrow and the distance
to the destination. The arrow shows the
compass heading to the last road you were
driving on.
As soon as the system can assign the vehicle
position to the map again, route guidance
continues in the usual way.
Route guidance on roads that are not
completely digitalized
COMAND attempts to avoid roads that have
not been completely digitalized. If the
vehicle's position or the destination is located
in an area that has not been completely digitalized, then no active route guidance is
performed. Instead, the map shows a dashed
route along the roads and the target direction
is shown with an arrow. You hear the
announcement
:"You will enter an area,
where turn-by-turn guidance can not be
provided. Please follow the arrow on the
display". Once these roads have been left,
regular route guidance is resumed. Traffic reports
Prerequisite i
The SatRadio mode described below
requires optional satellite radio equipment
and a subscription to SIRIUS XM Satellite
Radio Traffic Message Service .Further
details on SatRadio are available in the
"SatRadio" section (Y page 221).
COMAND can receive traffic reports via
SatRadio and incorporate them in the
navigation system. Traffic messages and map
symbols can then be shown in the COMAND
display.
COMAND uses high quality traffic data.
Nevertheless, there may be differences
between the traffic reports received and the
actual road and traffic conditions.
Switching traffic reports on/off X
To switch on: set the route type to
Dynamic Route 7
(Y page 156).
X To switch off: select theFast Route or
Short Route route type (Y
page 156).
i COMAND calculates a new route if you
change the route type setting with route
guidance active. If you change the route
type setting when route guidance is
inactive, COMAND uses th enew setting for
the nextr oute guidance.
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Real-time traffic reports on the map
COMAND can show certain traffic incidents
on the map .The incidents are shown on the
map at a scale from 1/16 mi to 20 mi.
X Set the map scale (Y page 186).12
Icon display for the section of route
affected
3 Icon for incident on the route
4 Current position and direction of travel
5 Map scale
i COMAND uses corresponding icons to
highlight the entire section of the affected
route, regardless of how long the incident
actually is. The icons are placed on the side
of the road affected by the incident. Navigation
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Icon for real-time traffic reports
Icon Description Traffic reports in the map display
Warning (red) Aw
arning appears, for example, relating to lost
cargo. Cautio
n(yellow) Aw
arning appears, for example, relating to
roadwork that does not affect the flow of traffic. Slow-moving traffic This appears at the beginning of a traffic jam
(average speed 25
-45mph) if route guidance is
active and the route leads through an area of
congested traffic.
Yellow car icons may appear in conjunction with
this icon. Traffic jam on the
route This appears at the beginning of a traffic jam
(average speed
5-20mph) if route guidance is
active and the route leads through an area of
congested traffic.
Red car icons may appear in conjunction with this
icon. Blocked route section
on the route Appears at the beginning of a blocked route
section if route guidance is active and the route
leads through the blocked section.
The XXXX icons may appear in conjunction with
this icon. Yellow line
with arrows Incidents Possible traffic blocks (e.g. roadwork)
Appears on the side of the road affected (direction
of travel) Green line
with arrows Unimpeded traffic
flow No delays
Only appears on the side of the road (direction of
travel) on which traffic flow is unimpeded Slow-moving traffic
(stop/start traffic)
(yellow vehicle) High volume of traffic, average speed
40 – 72 km/
h(25 – 45 mph). In order to indicate
the volume of traffic, more than one symbol may
appear. Traffic jam on the
route (stop/start
traffic) (red vehicle) Very high volume of traffic, average speed
8 – 32 km/h (5 – 20 mph). XXXX Blocked route section Unusable section of road. In order to indicate the
length of the blocked section, more than one
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Displaying real-time traffic reports
X
If necessary, switch to navigation mode
and show the menu (Y page 156).
X Select Traffic in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the COMAND
controller and press 0021to confirm.
If you see the No traffic messages. message:
This means that:
R
no traffic reports have been received yet.
R no traffic reports are available.
X To cancel the search: selectCancel .
X To close the message window: select
OK .
If there are any traffic reports, a list is shown.
The conten tofthe list varies depending on
whether route guidance is active or not.
List of traffic reports X
To show the traffic report list: select
Display All Messages by turning
0031001C0032
the COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
The list shows all the roads, areas or regions
for which traffic reports are available. 1
State or province recognition
2 Road affected
i A traffic report may refer to an area or a
region, e.g. if visibility is impaired due to
fog.
X To read a traffic report: select a road, an
area or a region.
X To show a traffic report: select a road, an
area or a region and press 0021to confirm.
You will find an example of a traffic report
below.
X To exit the list: slide003C001C003D the COMAND
controller once or several times.
Example: traffic report 1
Country code
2 Road, area or region affected by traffic
reports
3 Direction
4 Report 1 of 8 for the road affected
5 Last exit/intersection before the affected
route section starts Navigation
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Repor ttext
0014 First exit/intersection after the affected
route section ends
X To scroll within arepor tort o access
the next report: turn0031001C0032 the COMAND
controller.
X To return to the list of messages: press
0021 or slide 003C001C003Dthe COMAND controller.
Showing icon information Example display
0002
Affected section of freeway
0003 Icon for an event
X To show the next/previous incident:
select Next or
Previous (if available) and
press 0021to confirm.
X To show the detailed view: select
Details and press
0021to confirm.
X To scroll the map: selectMap and press
0021 to confirm.
You can move the map (Y page 164) to
enable further traffic reports to be
displayed. Destination memory
Home address (My address) Entering the home address via address
entry
X Enter the home address as a destination,
e.g .as a city, street and house number
(Y page 157). Then, save the home address without starting route guidance
(Y
page 160).
Adopting an address book entry as a
home address
X To activate navigation mode: press the
0011 function button once or twice.
X To show the menu: press0021the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning 0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
X Select From Memory and press
0021to
confirm.
X Slide 002A001Cthe COMAND controller
repeatedly until the destination memory
list appears as a selection list. X
Select My Address by turning
0031001C0032the
COMAND controller and press 0021to
confirm.
i If you have not yet entered any
characters, the My Address entry is
automatically highlighted in the selection
list.
If no home address has been stored yet, you
can now assign an address book entry. If a
home address already exists, it is displayed
and you can alter it.
i If you select New Entry , you are also
offered the option of entering the home
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