2013 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN navigation system

Displaying real-time traffic reports
X
If necessary, switch to navigation mode
and show the menu ( Y page 152).
X Select Traffic in the navigation system
menu bar by turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to 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: select Cancel.
X To close the message window: select
OK.
If there are any traffic reports, a list is shown.
The content of the 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 cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
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 W to confirm.
You will find an example of a traffic report
below.
X To exit the list: slide XVY 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
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6
Report text
C First exit/intersection after the affected
route section ends
X To scroll within a report or to access
the next report: turn cVd the COMAND
controller.
X To return to the list of messages: press
W or slide XVY the COMAND controller.
Showing icon information Example display
:
Affected section of freeway
; Icon for an event
X To show the next/previous incident:
select Next or Previous (if available) and
press W to confirm.
X To show the detailed view: select
Details and press W to confirm.
X To scroll the map: select Map and press
W to confirm.
You can move the map ( Y page 160) 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 153). Then, save the home address without starting route guidance
(Y page 156).
Adopting an address book entry as a
home address
X To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select From Memory and press W to
confirm.
X Slide ZV the COMAND controller
repeatedly until the destination memory
list appears as a selection list. X
Select My Address by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
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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save the home address without starting
route guidance.
X To enter the home address for the first
time: select Assign Address Book
Entry and press W to confirm.
X Select Home or Work and press W to
confirm.
X To change the home address: select
Change and press W to confirm.
X Select Assign Address Book Entry and
press W to confirm.
i If you select New Entry, you are also
offered the option of changing the home
address by entering an address. You can
then save the home address without
starting route guidance.
X Select Home or Work and press W to
confirm.
In
both cases, you will see the address book
either with the character bar or as a
selection list.
X To select an address book entry:
proceed

as described in the "Searching for
an address book entry" section
(Y page 205).
X To confirm the selection: press W the
COMAND controller.
If no home address has been stored,
COMAND saves the entry. You will see a
message and then the address menu with
the selected address. Start is highlighted
automatically.
If

a home address has already been stored,
you will see a prompt asking you whether
the My Address entry should be
overwritten.
X Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select Yes, COMAND overwrites the
destination. You will see a message and
then the address menu with the selected
address. Start is highlighted
automatically.
If you select No, the list will reappear. Selecting the home address for route
guidance
X
Proceed as described in the "Selecting a
destination from the destination memory"
section ( Y page 159).
Storing a destination in the destination
memory Note
This function also stores the destination in
the address book.
After destination entry
X
The destination has been entered and is
shown in the address entry menu
(Y page 156).
X Select Save by sliding VÆ and turning
cVd the COMAND controller and press
W to confirm.
You can now select storage options.
During route guidance
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Save
Destination and press W to
confirm.
You can now select storage options.
From the list of previous destinations
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select From Last Destinations and
press W to confirm.
The list of last destinations appears. Navigation
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will appear asking whether you wish to
overwrite the existing data.
X Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select Yes, COMAND stores the data.
Deleting a destination or the home
address from the destination memory X
To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select From Memory and press W to
confirm.
You will see the destination memory list
either with the character bar (option 1) or
as a selection list (option 2).
X Option 1: destination memory list with
character

bar: proceed as described in the
"Entering characters using the character
bar" section ( Y page 129).
X Option 2: destination memory list as
selection list: select a destination by
turning cVd the COMAND controller and
press W to confirm.
You see the address data of the selected
entry.
X Select Delete and press W to confirm.
A
prompt appears asking whether you wish
to delete the destination.
X Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select Yes, COMAND deletes the
destination.

You will see a message to this
effect.
If you select No, the process is aborted.
i If the navigable address data for the
destination being deleted is also assigned
to an address book entry, COMAND will
also delete this data from there. If the corresponding address book entry does
not contain any further data, such as
telephone numbers, COMAND deletes the
entire address book entry.
Previous destinations
Introduction COMAND automatically stores the previous
destinations for which the route calculation
has been started. If the memory is full,
COMAND

deletes the oldest destination. You
can also save a destination from the list of
previous destinations in the destination
memory. It will be stored there permanently.
Storing a destination permanently in
the destination memory X
Proceed as described in the "From the list
of previous destinations" section
(Y page 179).
Storing the vehicle position in the list of
previous destinations X
To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Store Vehicle Position and
press W to confirm.
COMAND stores the current vehicle
position as a destination in the list of
previous destinations. Navigation
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Storing the crosshair position in the list
of previous destinations
Route guidance not active
A crosshair appears on the map if you have
moved the map manually. You can store the
crosshair position as a destination in the list
of previous destinations.
X
To show the menu: press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Save Crosshair Position and
press W to confirm.
Route guidance is active
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Save
Destination and press W to
confirm.
Deleting one of the previous
destinations X
To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning cVd the
COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select From Last Destinations and
press W to confirm.
The list of last destinations appears.
X Select the desired destination and press
W to confirm.
The destination address appears. X
Select Delete and press W to confirm.
A
prompt appears asking whether the entry
should be deleted.
X Select Yes or No and press W to confirm.
If you select Yes, the entry is deleted.
If you select No, the process is aborted. Map operation and settings
Note Company logos displayed on the map are
trademarks

of the respective companies and
used solely for the purpose of indicating the
location of these companies. The use of such
logos on the map does not indicate approval
of, support of or advertising by these
companies for the navigation system itself.
Setting the map scale X
To hide the menu:
slide ZV the COMAND
controller and, when the Full screen
menu item is shown, press W.
X To call up the scale bar: as soon as you
turn cVd the COMAND controller, scale
bar = appears.
X Turn cVd until the desired scale is set. :
Set map scale as a number with unit
; Currently set map scale as indicated by
the needle on the scale bar
= Scale bar
Unit of measurement : in the COMAND
display
depends on the selection made for the
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Moving the map
Showing the crosshair
X
To hide the menu: slide ZV the COMAND
controller and, when the Full screen
menu item is shown, press W.
X To move the map: slide XVY, ZVÆ or
aVb the COMAND controller.
A

crosshair appears on the map. If you slide
it again, the map moves in the
corresponding direction under the
crosshair. Map with crosshair
:
Current vehicle position
; Crosshair
= Details of the crosshair position
? Map scale selected
Display = may be the name of a street, for
example, provided the digital map contains
the necessary data. Or it may show the geo-
coordinate position of the crosshair if the
Geo-coordinates display is switched on
(Y page 186).
Hiding the crosshair and centering the
map

on the vehicle position or destination
X Press the % back button.
The crosshair disappears and the map is
set to the vehicle position.
or
X Set the map to the vehicle position; see the
explanation below. Setting the map to the vehicle position,
intermediate stop or destination
position Centering the map on the vehicle position
X
To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by sliding VÆ and turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Vehicle Position Map and press
W to confirm or, if the crosshair is shown,
press the % back button.
This hides the crosshair.
Centering on an intermediate stop
This function requires that a route to an
intermediate stop has been calculated.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by sliding VÆ and turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Stopover Map and press W to
confirm.
The crosshair is centered on the
destination.
Centering on the destination
This function requires that a route to a
destination has been calculated.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by sliding VÆ and turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Destination Map and press W to
confirm.
The crosshair is centered on the
destination. Navigation
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Geo-coordinate display
Geo-coordinate display active
:
Current height above average sea level,
rounded
; Current vehicle position: latitude
coordinates
= Current vehicle position: longitude
coordinates
? Number of GPS satellites currently being
used
There must be sufficient GPS reception for all
displays to be shown. If this is not the case,
the display will be grayed out. Height
display : may vary from the actual value,
because
the navigation system uses the GPS
signals for the calculation.
While scrolling the map (Y page 183), you will
see the geo-coordinates of the crosshair
position. Height display : and number of
satellites used ? are not displayed.
"None" menu option Display switched off
:
Current map orientation
i During the "Move map" function you can
see additional information depending on
the

position of the crosshair, such as a road
name, if the digital map supports this data. Switching the topographical map on/
off The topographical map uses different colors
to depict elevation. The color key generally
reflects the topography's dominant
vegetation or the ground's perceived color
when seen from the air, for example:
R
green for lowland
R yellow or brown for hills
R gray or white for mountains
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in the main function bar by
sliding ZV

and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Topographical Map and confirm
with W.
Depending on the previous state, switch
the option on O or off ª.
Switching the city model on/off When the city model is switched on, the map
shows buildings as 3D models.
i
The city model is only shown in the "3D
map" map orientation.
It is available for map scales

50 m and
100 m.
The data required for displaying buildings
is not available for all cities.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in the main function bar by
sliding ZV

and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select City
(3D) and press W to confirm.
Depending on the previous state, switch
the option on O or off ª.186
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X
Select Navi in the main function bar by
sliding ZV
and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select Highway Information and press
W to confirm.
Depending on the previous state, switch
the option on O or off ª.
SIRIUS XM service Displaying SIRIUS XM service information
You can display the SIRIUS XM service
information.
X
To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi in the main function bar by
sliding ZV

and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
X Select SIRIUS Service and press W to
confirm.
Registering for the SIRIUS XM traffic
report service
X Call the traffic report provider's phone
number shown on the screen.
i You can also have the satellite service
activated online. To do so, visit the SIRIUS
XM Radio website at
http://www.sirius.com (USA) or
http://www.siriuscanada.com
(Canada).
Once the connection has been established:
X Follow the instructions of the operator.
The activation process may take up to ten
minutes.
If registration is not included when
purchasing the system, your credit card
details will be required to activate your
account. Compass function You can display the current compass
direction heading in which the front of the
vehicle is facing.
:
Current compass heading
; geo-coordinates
In the compass view, you can see the current
direction of travel, the current height above
sea level and the coordinates of the vehicle
position, for example.
X To activate navigation mode: press the
S function button once or twice.
X To show the menu:
press W the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position in the navigation system
menu bar by sliding VÆ and turning cVd
the COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
X Select Compass and press W to confirm.
X To exit the display: confirm Back by
pressing W or press the % button.
Installing new map software The digital maps generated by the map
software become outdated in the same way
as conventional road maps. Optimum route
guidance can only be provided by
the

navigation system in conjunction with the
most up-to-date map software. Information
about new map software versions can be
obtained from an authorized Mercedes-Benz
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