2014 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Owner's Manual

the search (Y
page 340), the POI list with
character bar appears.
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 397).
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 on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Guide Guidein 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
on the map varies according to the icon. Navigation
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You can select the icons that you want
COMAND to display.
If no points of interest are available, you will
see a message to this effect.
i You also see this message if you have
selected the No
No Symbols Symbols menu item under
"Map display" (Y page 372).
X To confirm the message: press0098the
COMAND controller.
X To select a POI: selectNext
Next orPrevious
Previous
and press 0098to confirm.
X To show details for the selection: select
Details
Details and press 0098to confirm.
X To change to the map: slide00970052the
COMAND controller.
You can move the map and select the map
section.
X To start route calculation: selectStart
Start
and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether the point
of interest should be used as the
destination.
X Select Yes
Yes orNo No and press 0098to confirm.
i Cont.
Cont. is displayed instead of Start
Startwhen
Calculate Alternative Routes
Calculate Alternative Routes is
activated in the navigation menu
(Y page 354). Personal POIs
General notes i
The use of personal POIs for displaying
traffic surveillance equipment is not
permitted in every country. Please observe
the country-specific regulations and adapt
your speed accordingly when driving. Settings Calling up the "Personal POIs" menu
"Personal POIs" menu
X
To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi Naviin the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Personal POIs
Personal POIs and press0098to
confirm.
Displaying personal POIs on the map The personal POIs are shown on the map with
an icon according to their category.
X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 344).
X Select Display Personal POIs On Map Display Personal POIs On Map
in the menu and press 0098to confirm.
You can select different categories. 344
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Selection Explanation
0053Not
Not
Classified
Classified Standard entry for
personal POIs
0053COMAND
COMAND
Online Online Personal POIs
(destinations, routes) that
you have imported via the
online function
(Y
page 422). If you have created your own categories (e.g.
"Fishing", "Hotels"), they are also displayed
(Y
page 345).
X Select a category and press 0098to confirm.
The icon display is switched on 0073or off
0053, depending on the previous status.
i The icons will be displayed in the following
map scales:
R 1/16 mile (50 m)
R 1/8 mile (100 m)
R 1/4 mile (200 m)
R 1/2 mile (500 m)
Visual warning for personal POIs Example: visual warning for a personal POI
If the vehicle is approaching a personal POI,
this is highlighted on the map. The display for
the corresponding category must be
activated for this. X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 344).
X In the "Personal POIs" menu, select
Visual Warning For Personal POIs
Visual Warning For Personal POIs
and press 0098to confirm.
The menu displays the available categories.
X Select a category and press 0098to confirm.
This will switch the visual warning for all
personal POIs of this category on 0073or off
0053, depending on the previous setting.
Acoustic notification for personal POIs
A gong sounds when the vehicle is
approaching a personal POI. The function for
the corresponding category must be
activated for this.
X Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 344).
X In the "Personal POIs" menu, select
Acoustic Notification for Acoustic Notification for
Personal POIs Personal POIs and press0098to confirm.
The menu displays the available categories.
X Select a category and press 0098to confirm.
This will switch the acoustic notification for
all personal POIs of this category on 0073or
off 0053, depending on the previous setting.
Managing categories for personal points
of interest X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 344).
X In the "Personal POIs" menu, select
Manage Categories For Personal Manage Categories For Personal
POIs POIs and press 0098to confirm. Navigation
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X
To create a new category: selectNew
Newand
press 0098to confirm.
X Enter the name of the category. Character
entry (Y page 304).
X Select the 0054icon and press 0098to
confirm.
A list with icons appears. You can assign an
icon to the category.
X Select a symbol by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
You have created a new category with a
name and icon. This category appears
when selecting the display on the map or
when selecting the destination.
X To rename a category, to change an
icon: select Rename
Rename orChange Icon Change Icon and
press 0098to confirm.
X Proceed as described under "To create a
new category".
X To delete a category: selectDelete
Delete and
press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether the
category should be deleted.
i If you delete a category, all points of
interest of this category are also deleted.
X Select Yes Yesand press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the category will be
deleted.
If you select No
No , the process will be
canceled. Managing personal POIs
X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 344).
X Select Manage Personal POIs Manage Personal POIs in the
menu and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Not Classified Not Classified, COMAND Online
COMAND Online
or your own category and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select a personal POI and press 0098to
confirm.
The personal point of interest is displayed.
For further information on managing personal
POI categories (Y page 347):
R Renaming
R Changing the category
R Deleting
Saving personal POIs There are three ways to save personal points
of interest. You must insert an SD memory
card to do so. The
No NoMemory
Memory Card
Cardmessage
otherwise appears.
Personal POIs and routes are saved on the
memory card in the same data format in
which the geographical data is stored. This
format is based on the open GPX (GPS
Exchange) format.
Option 1
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 448).
X To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X Hide the menu to show the map in full
screen mode (Y page 324).
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
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Option 2:
X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 448).
X To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function 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
Save Crosshair Pos. as
Personal POI
Personal 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 304).
Option 3
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 448).
X To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X Call up the address entry menu
(Y page 327).
X Select Save
Save from 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 422).
When importing, you can choose whether to
write files to the SD memory card or to file
them in the address book. The imported
personal 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 448).
X To switch on navigation mode: press the
00BE function button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Destination Destination in the navigation
system menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select From Personal POIs
From Personal POIs and press
0098 to confirm.
The categories of personal POIs appear. Selection Explanation
Not
Not
Classified Classified Standard entry for
personal points of
interest.
COMAND COMAND
Online Online Personal POIs which you
have imported via the
online function
(Y
page 422). Coffee Coffee
Shops
Shops Symbol and category that
you have created yourself
(Y
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In the example, the
Coffee Shops
Coffee Shopscategory
is selected.
The personal points of interest for this
category are shown. X
Select a personal POI and press 0098to
confirm.
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
interest is shown in the map.
i A symbol is displayed according to the
"Displaying personal POIs on the map"
setting (Y page 344).
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
interest 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
canceled.
X To make a call: selectCall
Calland press 0098
to confirm. COMAND switches to
telephone mode (Y page 393).
i Call Call is available if the personal POI has a
telephone number and a mobile phone is
connected to COMAND (Y page 386).
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
canceled. Search & Send
Notes i
To use Search & Send, your vehicle needs
to be equipped with mbrace, a navigation
system and a valid mbrace subscription.
Search & Send is a service assisting you in
entering destinations for the navigation
system. This mbrace service can send a
destination 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:
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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
destination address to your vehicle's
navigation system, you will need to call up
the information 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 331).
X Select Start Start.
or
X Select No Noto store the downloaded
destination in the destination memory for
later use.
i The destination addresses are
downloaded in the same order as they are
sent.
If you own several Mercedes-Benz vehicles
equipped with mbrace and a valid
subscriber 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
destination without taking account of the
following, for example:
R
traffic lights
R stop and give way 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
COMAND may give differing navigation
commands if the actual street/traffic
situation does not correspond with the digital
map's data. For example, if the road layout or
the direction of a one-way street has been
changed.
For this reason, you must always observe
road and traffic rules and regulations during
your journey. Road and traffic rules and
regulations always have priority over the
system's driving recommendations.
Route guidance begins once a route has been
calculated (Y page 331). Navigation
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COMAND guides you to your destination by
means of navigation announcements in the
form of audible navigation announcements
and route guidance displays.
The route guidance displays can be seen if the
display is switched to navigation mode.
If you do not follow the navigation
announcements or if you leave the calculated
route, COMAND automatically calculates a
new route to the destination.
If the digital map contains the corresponding
information, the following applies:
R during route guidance, COMAND tries to
avoid roads with restricted access. Those
roads, for example, that are closed to
through-traffic.
R roads that have time restrictions (e.g.
closed on Sundays and public holidays) are
considered for route guidance on days
when they are open. For this purpose, the
relevant times must be correctly stored in
the database.
Displays during route guidance Change of direction
Changes of direction have three phases:
R preparation phase
R announcement phase
R change-of-direction phase Example: preparation phase
0043
Next road
0044 Point at which the change of direction
takes place (light blue dot) 0087
Current vehicle position (the tip of the
triangle indicates the vehicle’s direction
of travel)
0085 Current road
Display 0085depends on the setting selected
for "Map information in the display"
(Y page 373).
COMAND prepares you for the upcoming
change of direction. Based on the example
display below, the change of direction is
announced by the Prepare to turn
Prepare to turn
right right message. You see the full-screen map. Example: announcement phase
0043
Next road
0044 Change of direction (turn right here)
0087 Graphic representation of the distance to
the next change of direction
0085 Distance to the next change of direction
0083 Route (highlighted in blue, shown in both
the left and right displays)
0084 Point at which the change of direction
takes place (light blue dot, shown in both
the left and right displays)
i The filled-in section of visual display for
distance 0087gets shorter the nearer you get
to the announced change of direction.
COMAND announces the imminent change of
direction. Based on the example display
below, the change of direction is announced
beforehand by the message: Please turn
Please turn
right in 500 ft. and follow the right in 500 ft. and follow the
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