Avoiding An Area - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

Additional settings
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Traffic information on the map
Delimits the section of the route affected
:
Indicates an incident on the route (traffic
;
flow)
If you subscribe to the SIRIUS XM Satellite
Radio Traffic Message Service, traffic infor-
mation can be displayed on the map. You can
select three categories for the display.
To switch the display on/off: press W
X
the COMAND controller to show the menu.
Select Navi Navi in the main function bar by
X
sliding ZV and turning cVd the COMAND
controller and press W to confirm.
Select Traffic Traffic Information
X
press W to confirm.
Select Incidents Incidents
X
and/or Free Flow Free Flow
firm.
Depending on the previous status, switch
the option on O or off ª.
Information On On Map Map
and/or Speed & Flow Speed & Flow
and press W to con-
Traffic
information
Incidents
Speed &
Flow
Free Flow
Additional settings

Avoiding an area

General information
and
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.
Display on the map
Road sections with traffic
incidents are illustrated
with a yellow line and
arrows.
Road sections with traffic
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 flowing road sections
are illustrated with a green
line and arrows.