Vehicle Equipment; Introduction - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Online Supplement Manual

Introduction

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Vehicle equipment

i These Operating Instructions describe all
standard and optional equipment available
for your vehicle at the time it was pur-
chased. Please note that your vehicle may
not be equipped with all features descri-
bed.
Introduction
Safety notes
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Risk of accident
For safety reasons, only enter a new destina-
tion when the vehicle is stationary. You may
otherwise be distracted from the traffic con-
ditions, cause an accident and injure yourself
and others.
COMAND calculates the route to the destina-
tion without taking account of the following,
for example:
traffic lights
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stop and give way signs
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parking or stopping restrictions
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lane narrowing
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other road and traffic rules and regulations
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COMAND may give incorrect driving recom-
mendations if the data on the digital map does
not correspond to the actual conditions. For
example, a route may have been diverted or
the direction of a one-way street may have
changed.
For this reason, you must always observe the
respective road and traffic rules and regula-
tions during your journey. Road and traffic
rules and regulations always have priority
over system driving recommendations.
General notes
Operational readiness of the navigation
system
In vehicles for certain countries, the naviga-
tion system is not operational immediately
after delivery because the digital map is not
pre-installed.
If this is the case, the following message
appears in the display after you switch to nav-
igation mode:
Please insert the map DVD to acti‐
vate navigation.
X
To install the map software: proceed as
described in the "Updating the digital map"
Y
section ( page 107).
The navigation system must determine the
position of the vehicle before first use or
whenever operational status is restored.
Therefore, you may have to drive for a while
before precise route guidance is possible.
GPS reception
Correct functioning of the navigation system
depends, amongst other things, on GPS
reception. In certain situations, GPS recep-
tion may be impaired, there may be interfer-
ence or there may be no reception at all, e.g.
in tunnels or multi-storey car parks.
Entry restriction
On vehicles for certain countries, there is a
restriction on entering data.
The restriction is active above a vehicle speed
of about 5 km/h. The restriction is deactiva-
ted as soon as the vehicle speed drops below
about 3 km/h.
When the restriction is active, certain entries
cannot be made. This will be indicated by the
fact that certain menu items are greyed out
and cannot be selected.