2014 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class navigation system

Selecting a destination from the des-
tination memory (e.g. My address)
Introduction The destination memory always contains an
entry named "My Address". You may wish to
assign your home address to this entry, for
example (Y page 69), and select it for route
guidance. This entry is always located at the
top of the list in the destination memory.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and pressing 0098to
confirm.
X Select From Memory
From Memory and press0098to con-
firm.
You will see the destination memory list
either with the character bar (option 1) or
as a selection list (option 2).
Option 1: destination memory list with
character bar 0043
Character entered by the user
0044 Characters automatically added by the
system
0087 List entry most closely resembling the
characters entered so far
0085 Switches to the selection list
0083 Deletes an entry 0084
Characters not currently available
006B Character bar
006C Currently selected character
006D Cancels an entry
006E Characters currently available
X Enter a destination, e.g. "My Address".
Character entry, using city input as an
example (Y page 36).
Option 2: destination memory list as
selection list Destination memory list
X
Select My Address My Address by turning00790052007Athe
COMAND controller.
X Irrespective of the option, press 0098to con-
firm your selection.
The address entry menu appears again.
"My Address" has been entered.
X To start route calculation: selectStart
Start
and press 0098to confirm. Entering a destination from the list of
last destinations
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe 70
Destination inputNavigation

Defining the position for the point of interest search
Selection Characteristic Instructions
Near Destina‐
Near Destina‐
tion tion Entry is only possible
when route guidance is
active. X
Select Near NearDestination
Destination from the POI
menu and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a POI category (Y page 79).Current Posi‐
Current Posi‐
tion tion The system looks for a
point of interest in the
vicinity of the current
vehicle position. X
Select Current Position Current Position in the POI
menu and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a POI category (Y page 79).Other City
Other City After entering a city, the
system looks for the POI
within the city. Option 1
X Select Other Other City
Cityin the POI menu and
press 0098to confirm.
X If desired, select the state/province
(Y page 64).
X Enter the city. Proceed as described in
the "Entering a city" section
(Y page 64).
X Select a POI category (Y page 79).
Option 2:
X Enter a city in the address entry menu
(Y page 64).
X Select POI
POI and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a point of interest category. Search By Name Search By Name You can call up all the
points of interest in the
digital map or focus your
search on the three pre-
viously selected posi-
tions. X
Select Search Search By
ByName
Name in the POI menu
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select All
AllPOIs
POIs or one of the three pre-
viously selected positions.
The point of interest list with character
bar appears.
X Proceed as described in the "POI list with
character bar" section (Y page 80).Search Search
By
ByPhone
Phone
Number
Number This function gives you
access to all points of
interest that have a
phone number. X
Select Search By Phone Number Search By Phone Number and
press 0098to confirm.
You will see a list of phone numbers.
X Proceed as described in the "POI list with
character bar" section (Y page 80).78
Entering a POINavigation

Depending on your selection, you can select
all available points of interest on the digital
map or the points of interest in the vicinity of
the selected position.
X Proceed as described in "Searching for a
phone book entry" (Y page 138).
If COMAND can assign the characters
entered to one entry unambiguously, the
address entry appears automatically.
X To start route calculation: selectStart
Start
and press 0098to confirm. ZAGAT
®
survey service The Z icon before a search result shows that
a ZAGAT ®
rating is available for this entry. 0043
ZAGAT ratings
0044 To display details
X Select an entry with the "Z" icon by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press
0098 to confirm.
The ZAGAT evaluations appear. ZAGAT example description
X
To show the information: select
Details Details and press 0098to confirm. Selecting a POI using the map
Point of interest on the map
You can select points of interest that are
available in the selected (visible) section of
the map. The POI is highlighted on the map,
you will see further information on the upper
edge of the display.
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Guide
Guide in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
If points of interest are available:
Depending on the map scale selected,
point of interest icons appear on the map.
The scale at which the icons are displayed Entering a POI
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X
Hide the menu to show the map in full
screen mode (Y page 61).
X Press 0098the COMAND controller for longer
than two seconds.
The current position of the vehicle is saved
as a personal POI on the SD memory card
in the Not Classified
Not Classified category.
i The crosshair position is saved in the
scrolling map function (Y page 108).
Option 2:
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Position
Position in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save Position As Personal Save Position As Personal
POI
POI orSave Crosshair Pos. as Per‐
Save Crosshair Pos. as Per‐
sonal POI
sonal POI ("Move map" function active)
and press 0098to confirm.
The list of personal categories appears.
X Select a category and press 0098to confirm.
X Name for the personal point of interest.
Character entry (Y page 34).
Option 3
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 64).
X Select Save Savefrom the address entry menu
and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Save As Personal POI
Save As Personal POI and press
0098 to confirm.
X Select a category.
X Enter the name.
The current address is saved as a personal
point of interest on the SD memory card. Importing personal POIs via the online
function
You can import personal POIs (destinations,
routes) via the online function (Y page 163).
When importing, you can choose whether to
write files to the SD memory card or to file
them in the address book. The imported per-
sonal POIs have their own icon and are filed
in the COMAND Online COMAND Online category. Selecting as the destination
X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 191).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination
Destination in the navigation sys-
tem menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
X Select From Personal POIs
From Personal POIs and press
0098 to confirm.
The categories of personal POIs appear. Personal POIs
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Selection Explanation
Not Classi‐
Not Classi‐
fied fied Standard entry for per-
sonal points of interest.
COMAND COMAND
Online Online Personal POIs which you
have imported via the
online function
(Y
page 163). Coffee Coffee
Shops Shops Symbol and category that
you have created yourself
(Y
page 83). In the example, the
Coffee Shops Coffee Shopscategory
is selected.
The personal points of interest for this cate-
gory are shown. X
Select a personal POI and press 0098to con-
firm.
X To rename a personal POI: select
Rename
Rename and press 0098to confirm.
X To change the category: selectChange Change
Category
Category and press0098to confirm. X
To change to the map: selectMap
Mapand
press 0098to confirm.
The position of the personal point of inter-
est is shown in the map.
i A symbol is displayed according to the
"Displaying personal POIs on the map" set-
ting (Y page 82).
X To start route calculation: selectStart Start
and press 0098to confirm.
If route guidance has been activated, a
prompt will appear asking whether you
wish to accept the personal point of inter-
est as the destination.
If route guidance has not been activated,
route calculation for the personal point of
interest will start immediately.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the personal POI is
accepted as the destination.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed.
X To make a call: selectCall
Calland press 0098
to confirm. COMAND switches to tele-
phone mode (Y page 133).
i Call Call is available if the personal POI has a
telephone number and a mobile phone is
connected to COMAND (Y page 126).
X To delete a personal POI: selectDelete Delete
and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish
to delete the point of interest.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the personal POI is
deleted.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed. Search & Send
Notes
i To use Search & Send, your vehicle needs
to be equipped with mbrace, a navigation
system and a valid mbrace subscription. 86
Search & SendNavigation

Search & Send is a service assisting you in
entering destinations for the navigation sys-
tem. This mbrace service can send a destina-
tion address directly from the Google
Maps ®
website to the navigation system of
your vehicle. Selecting and sending a destination
address
Please also refer to the notes about address
entry online: maps.google.com.
X Call up the maps.google.com website and
enter the destination address in the
address entry field.
X Click the corresponding button to send the
destination address to the e-mail address
registered with mbrace.
X Enter the e-mail address you specified
when setting up your mbrace account into
the corresponding field in the "Send" dialog
window.
X Click "Send". Calling up destination addresses
X
Press the 00D9mbrace information button.
Downloading of the destination address to
the navigation system of your vehicle
begins.
i If you have sent more than one destina-
tion address to your vehicle's navigation
system, you will need to call up the infor- mation individually for every address to be
downloaded.
X
Select Yes Yeswhen the prompt for starting the
navigation system is shown. The window
for starting the navigation system appears
(Y page 69).
X Select Start Start.
or
X Select No Noto store the downloaded desti-
nation in the destination memory for later
use.
i The destination addresses are down-
loaded in the same order as they are sent.
If you own several Mercedes-Benz vehicles
equipped with mbrace and a valid sub-
scriber account: each destination address
can be downloaded by each vehicle. This
requires each vehicle to be registered with
an e-mail address in your mbrace account. Route guidance
Important notes
COMAND calculates the route to the destina-
tion without taking account of the following,
for example:
R traffic lights
R stop and yield signs
R merging lanes
R parking or stopping in a no parking/no
stopping zone
R other road and traffic rules and regulations
R narrow bridges Route guidance
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HOV or carpool lanes
0043
HOV symbol on the road sign
0044 HOV symbol on the car pool lane
A route may be calculated taking the use of
HOV or carpool lanes into account. You can
use HOV or carpool lanes depending on the
number of persons in the vehicle as well as
the local and time limitation conditions.
i This information is stored in the map data.
i You can enter the number of people in the
vehicle (Y page 62). In this section, you can
also find more information on HOV or car-
pool lanes.
If the system guides you to or from a carpool
lane, COMAND provides you with visual and
acoustic driving instructions. Navigation announcements
Repeating navigation announcements Navigation announcements are intended to
direct you while driving without diverting your
attention from the road and driving. Please
always use this feature instead of consulting
the map display for directions. The symbols
or the map display could distract you from
traffic conditions and driving.
If you have missed an announcement, you can
call up the current announcement at any
time.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller. X
Select RPT
RPT in the navigation system menu
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
Switching navigation announcements
on/off X
To switch off: press the0063button dur-
ing an announcement.
You will briefly see the message: The
The
guidance instructions have been guidance instructions have been
muted. muted.
X To switch on: press0098the COMAND con-
troller.
X Select RPT
RPTin the navigation system menu
bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND control-
ler and press 0098to confirm.
i COMAND automatically switches the nav-
igation announcements back on when:
R you have a new route calculated.
R you switch COMAND on again or start the
engine.
Switching announcements and audio
fadeout on/off X
Select Navi Naviin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Announcements
Announcements and press0098to
confirm.
A menu appears.
You can activate/deactivate the following
functions:
R Announce Street Names Announce Street Names
Street names are announced during
route guidance.
R Audible Info During Phone Call Audible Info During Phone Call
During a phone call, navigation
announcements and traffic reports are
audible in the background.
R Audio Fadeout Audio Fadeout Route guidance
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X
Select Route
Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Detour
Detour and press 0098to confirm.
X To block a section of the route: select
Longer
Longer orShorter
Shorter repeatedly and press
0098 to confirm 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
Start
and press 0098to confirm.
X To delete the blocked section: select
Delete
Delete while the message is shown and
press 0098to confirm.
COMAND calculates the route without the
block.
Selecting an alternative route With the "Alternative Route" function, routes
other than the original one can be calculated.
Routes 1 to 3 are calculated with the current
settings for the route type and route options
and are shown with a dark blue line
(Y page 62).
Route 4 is the economic route (eco route) and
is shown with a green line.
On the right-hand side, you will see informa-
tion on the currently selected alternative
route, e.g. distance, estimated remaining
driving time and estimated time of arrival.
Route sections used (e.g. highways, tunnels)
are displayed as symbols.
Option 1
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route
Route in the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm. X
Select Alternative Route Alternative Route and press0098
to confirm. Examples for route 1 (above) and route 4 (eco
route)
Option 2:
X
To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi
Navi in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
X Select Calculate Alternative Routes Calculate Alternative Routes
and press 0098to confirm.
The function is switched on 0073or off 0053,
depending on the previous status.
Function is activated: alternative routes
are calculated directly after the destination
is entered. Route guidance
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