Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster 2012 Owner's Manual page 370

Displaying all traffic reports
Example: list showing all currently available traffic
reports
To switch to navigation mode: press the
X
Ø button.
To show the menu: press W the COMAND
X
controller.
Select Traffic Traffic in the navigation system
X
menu by turning the
cVd COMAND controller and press W to
confirm.
Select Display all messages Display all messages
X
W to confirm.
A list is shown containing all roads, areas or
regions affected by traffic reports. Roads,
areas or regions not on the route also
appear in the list.
To show a traffic report: select a road, an
X
area or a region and press W to confirm.
The traffic report is displayed. If there is
more than one traffic report for a section of
the route, this is indicated by 1/2, for
example.
You can find an example of a traffic report
here: ( page 366).
Y
To exit the report: slide XVY the
X
COMAND controller once or several times.
Reading out traffic reports on the route
Calling up traffic reports
The text reader function is only available
when route guidance is active.
You can select from the following text reader
properties:
language (
R
text reader speed (
R
To switch to navigation mode: press the
X
Ø button.
To show the menu: press W the COMAND
X
controller.
Select
X
menu by turning the cVd COMAND con-
troller and press W to confirm.
Select
X
route route
COMAND Online reads out the messages in
sequence.
i The Read out Read
menu item has no function if there are no
reports relating to the route.
To cancel the read-aloud function: select
X
Cancel Cancel read-aloud
W to confirm.
and press
The current traffic report is read out to the
end and then the function is deactivated.
or
Briefly press the 8 button.
X
The function is deactivated immediately.
i
COMAND Online interrupts the read-
aloud function automatically as it recalcu-
lates the route following a new RDS-TMC
traffic report.
Automatic read-aloud function
You can have TMC traffic reports on your
route read aloud automatically. Announce-
ments are made as you approach traffic inci-
dents.
To switch to navigation mode: press the
X
Ø button.
To show the menu: press W the COMAND
X
controller.
To switch the automatic read-aloud
X
function on/off: select
navigation system menu bar by turning the
Navigation
page 313)
Y
page 312)
Y
Traffic Traffic in the navigation system
Read out all messages on Read out all messages on
and press W to confirm.
out all all messages messages on on route
read-aloud function function
Traffic Traffic
367
route
and press
in the
Z