Mercedes-Benz SL SERIES Operator's Manual page 375

Traffic Display on the map
information
Incidents Road sections with traffic
incidents are illustrated
with a yellow line and
arrows.
Speed & Road sections with traffic
Flow jams are represented by yel-
low or red lines.
Yellow lines: traffic jams,
average speed 25 - 45 mph
(40 - 72 km/h)
Red lines: traffic jams, aver-
age speed 5 - 20 mph
(8 - 32 km/h)
Free Flow Free flowing road sections
are illustrated with a green
line and arrows.
Additional settings
Avoiding an area
General information
COMAND enables you to avoid areas you do
not wish to drive through.
If you activate or deactivate a route block
while route guidance is active, COMAND will
calculate a new route. If you activate or deac-
tivate a route block while route guidance is
inactive, COMAND will use the new setting for
the next route guidance.
The calculated route may include an area to
be avoided if:
your destination is located in such an area.
R
the route uses roads that lead through an
R
area to be avoided.
i
Highways within blocked areas are always
taken into consideration in the route cal-
culation.
Defining an area for the first time
To switch to navigation mode: press the
X
Ø button.
To show the menu: press W the COMAND
X
controller.
Select Navi in the main function bar by
X
sliding ZV and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
Select Avoid Area
X
firm.
If you have not previously blocked an area,
a menu appears.
Select Using Map,
X
Personal POIs and press W to confirm.
If you select Using
crosshair appears.
If you select From Memory
sonal POIs, either the destination mem-
ory or the list of categories for POIs
appears.
Destination memory (
R
List of categories for personal POIs
R
( page 344)
Y
Select the desired destination or personal
X
POI and press W to confirm.
When the destination address is displayed,
X
select Continue and press W to confirm.
The map appears.
The crosshair marks the center of the area
that is to be avoided.
To scroll the weather map: slide XVY,
X
ZVÆ or aVb the COMAND controller.
Navigation
and press W to con-
From Memory or From
Map, the map with the
or From Per‐
page 330)
Y
Z
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