
X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 82).
X In the "Personal POIs" menu, select Man‐
Man‐
age Categories For Personal POIs
age Categories For Personal POIs
and press 0098to confirm. X
To create a new category: selectNew Newand
press 0098to confirm.
X Enter the name of the category. Character
entry (Y page 33).
X Select the 0054icon and press 0098to con-
firm.
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 con-
firm.
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 cat-
egory should be deleted.
i If you delete a category, all points of inter-
est of this category are also deleted. X
Select Yes
Yes and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the category will be
deleted.
If you select No No, the process will be can-
celed.
Managing personal POIs X
Call up the "Personal POIs" menu
(Y page 82).
X Select Manage Categories for Per‐ Manage Categories for Per‐
sonal POIs
sonal POIs in the menu and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select Not Classified
Not Classified, COMAND
COMANDor your
own category and press 0098to confirm.
X Select a personal POI and press 0098to con-
firm.
The personal point of interest is displayed.
For further information on managing personal POI categories (Y page 85):
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
Ex change) format.
Option 1
X Insert the SD memory card (Y page 196).
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button. 84
Personal POIsNavigation

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
driving instructions have been
driving 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
91Navigation Z

Route demonstration
You can see the route before starting your
journey. This function is only available when
the vehicle is stationary.
X To switch to navigation mode: press the
00BE button.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Route Routein the navigation system
menu bar by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select Route Demonstration
Route Demonstration and press
0098 to confirm.
The map with the crosshair appears.
X To get to the destination: press0098to
confirm the highlighted symbol.
X To stop the route demonstration: con-
firm the 00CFsymbol by pressing 0098. Example: route display stopped
0043
Road name and city display when route
display has been stopped
0044 Distance of the crosshair from current
vehicle position
X To get to the current vehicle position:
press 0098to confirm the symbol for the cur-
rent vehicle position.
X To change the map scale: selectScale Scale
and press 0098to confirm.
The scale bar appears.
X Turn 00790052007A the COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm. Recording the route
Notes If you have activated COMAND and the SD
memory card has been inserted, you should
not take it out of the slot.
You can store up to 100 routes.
When you record a route, COMAND uses so-
called support points and displays the route
as a series of lines. If the route is then calcu-
lated, COMAND attempts to align the recor-
ded route with the digital map.
The support points of the route may not be on
a digitized road.
This is often the case for routes that have
been calculated using map data from other
sources. Route guidance
95Navigation Z

Calling up the Routes menu
X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 196).
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 Routes
Routes .
Starting/ending recording X
Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X To start recording : selectStart
Start
Recording
Recording in the Routes menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
During the recording, the recorded route is
shown behind the current vehicle position
with gray strokes (symbol for tire tracks). X
To end recording: selectStop StopRecording Recording
in the Routes menu by turning 00790052007Athe
COMAND controller and press 0098to con-
firm.
Displaying and editing the recorded
route X
Insert the SD memory card (Y page 196).
X Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X Select List Listin the Routes menu by turning
00790052007A the COMAND controller and press 0098
to confirm.
Previously recorded routes are displayed. X
Select a route and press 0098to confirm.
The map appears with a menu. The recor-
ded route is shown in the map with a blue
dotted line.
X To view a demonstration of the route on
the map: selectDemo
Demo by turning 00790052007Athe 96
Route guidanceNavigation

COMAND controller and press
0098to con-
firm.
The map with the crosshair appears.
X Proceed as described in the "Route dem-
onstration" section (Y page 95).
X To begin route calculation: selectStart
Start
in the menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
COMAND attempts to align the recorded
route with the digital map. Changing route names and icons
X
Select Edit Editin the menu by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X To change the route name: selectRename
Rename
and press 0098to confirm.
i The name cannot be changed while the
vehicle is in motion.
X To change the icon: selectChange Icon
Change Icon
and press 0098to confirm.
Observe the further information on managing categories for personal POIs (Y page 83).
To change direction for route calculation: you can set the icon for the route to the start-
ing point or to the destination, thereby chang- ing the direction for route calculation.
During route calculation, one-way streets or
turn restrictions, for example, are taken into
account. Therefore, the outward and return
routes may differ from each other.
X Select Swap
Swap in the menu by turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm. X
To delete a route: selectDelete Delete in the
menu by turning 00790052007Athe COMAND con-
troller and press 0098to confirm.
A prompt appears asking whether the route should be deleted.
X Select Yes YesorNo
No and press 0098to confirm.
If you select Yes
Yes, the route will be deleted.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed.
Scanning the memory The SD memory card is inserted.
X Call up the Routes menu (Y page 96).
X Select Memory
Memory Info
Infoin the Routes menu by
turning 00790052007Athe COMAND controller and
press 0098to confirm.
A message such as Off-road Off-roadRoute RouteMem‐
Mem‐
ory 90% Full.
ory 90% Full. is displayed. Off-road and off-map
Notes The navigation system may guide you to off-
road routes that your vehicle cannot drive on
without causing damage to the tires or wheelsor the vehicle itself. It is the driver’s sole
responsibility to determine the suitability of
the route. The condition of the off-road routes
may vary, and their drivability may be affected by different factors such as time of day, sea-
son and current weather conditions, which
the navigation system cannot judge or take
into account. Route guidance
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X
Select Yes
YesorNo
No.
If you select Yes
Yes, the entry is deleted.
If you select No
No, the process will be can-
celed. SIRIUS XM service
Displaying SIRIUS XM service informa-
tion You can display the SIRIUS XM service infor-
mation.
X To show the menu: press0098the COMAND
controller.
X Select Navi
Navi in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm.
X Select SIRIUS Service
SIRIUS Service and press0098to
confirm.
The window on the right half of the display shows the telephone number of the pro-
vider (SIRIUS XM) and the serial number of
your service module.
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).
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 purchas-
ing the system, your credit card details will be required to activate your account. Compass function
You can view the current direction of travel,
the current height and the coordinates of the current vehicle position in the compass view.
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 sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select Compass
Compass and press 0098to confirm. Example: compass
0043
Current direction of travel
0044 Current height above average sea level
(rounded)
0087 Current vehicle position: longitude coor-
dinates
0085 Number of GPS satellites currently being
used
0083 Current vehicle position: latitude coordi-
nates
0084 Currently set steering angle of the front
wheels
i To display current elevation
0044, the sys-
tem must be able to receive at least four
satellites. Steering angle 0084can be a max-
imum of 35° in both directions.
X To exit the display: confirmBack Backby press-
ing 0098or press the 0038back button. Additional settings
117Navigation Z

Country-specific information
You can call up information on the traffic con-
ditions in the country you are currently driving
in via the COMAND Internet and online func-
tion.
The availability of information is country-
dependent. Information can include maxi-
mum speeds, driving with low-beam head-
lamps or legal alcohol limits, for example.
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 sliding 00520064and turning 00790052007A
the COMAND controller and press 0098to
confirm.
X Select Country Information
Country Information and press
0098 to confirm.
When the connection has been made, the
available country information appears.
X To return to navigation: press the0038
button. Displaying the map data version
X
To show the map data menu: press0098
the COMAND controller.
X Select Navi
Navi in the main function bar by
sliding 00970052and turning 00790052007Athe COMAND
controller and press 0098to confirm. X
Select Map Version Map Version and press0098to con-
firm.
The number of the map data version is
shown. Information about new versions of
the digital map can be obtained from an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. Updating the digital map
Important safety notes G
WARNING
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
gases such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling
these exhaust gases leads to poisoning. There is a risk of fatal injury. Therefore never leave
the engine running in enclosed spaces with-
out sufficient ventilation.
Introduction The digital maps generated by the map soft-
ware become outdated in the same way as
conventional road maps. Optimal route guid-
ance can only be provided by the navigation
system in conjunction with the most up-to-
date map software.
Information about new versions of the digital
map can be obtained from an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. You can have the dig-
ital map updated there with a DVD, or you can update it yourself.
Carrying out a manual update i
The update process can take a long time
(over an hour), depending on the size of the digital map. During this time, you will only
be able to switch on radio mode and to
accept incoming calls. The update will be
completed more quickly if the vehicle is
stationary.
If you start the update with the engine
switched off and the starter battery has
insufficient power, COMAND may automat-
ically switch off. This protects the battery. If 118
Additional settingsNavigation

To switch between the active call and the call
on hold (call waiting):
X Select call on hold 0044and press 0098to con-
firm.
or
X Press the 0061button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The previous call on hold is activated.
X To end the active call: select0071in the
telephone basic menu and press 0098to con-
firm.
or X Press the 0076button on COMAND or on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The call on hold is activated.
To interconnect the call on hold and the active call to create a conference call:
X Select Conference
Conference and press0098to con-
firm. To call other participants:
X Select symbol 0043and press 0098to confirm.
You can now switch between the new par-
ticipant and the conference call or add the
participant to the conference call. Switching between a new participant and the
conference call:
X Select Conference Call
Conference Call and press0098to
confirm.
You will change to a conference call. The
new participant is placed on hold.
Adding a new participant to the conference
call:
X Select Conference Conference and press0098to con-
firm. Using the phone book
Introduction
The phone book displays the names and
phone numbers of all address book entries
saved in the COMAND address book. If an
address book entry does not have a tele-
phone number, it does not appear in the
phone book.
The phone book of the mobile phone is auto- matically downloaded to COMAND after con-
nection.
In the telephone book, you can:
R save phone numbers (Y page 139)
R search for entries (Y page 137)
R delete entries (Y page 138)
R import contacts (Y page 152)
R delete contacts (Y page 153)
R receive vCards (Y page 153)
i The stored phone book and the vCards
remain in COMAND even if you use 136
Using the phone bookTelephone