Car Pool Lanes - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

Basic settings
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Announce Announce COMAND announces the
Street Street names of the streets to which
the impending change of
Names Names
direction will lead.
The function is not available
in all countries.
Audio Audio The volume of an active
Fadeout Fadeout media source is automati-
cally reduced during a navi-
gation announcement.
Gas on Gas on Function activated: once the
Reserve Reserve reserve fuel tank level is
reached, a message appears
in COMAND to help you start
the search for a gas station.
Function activated: if ATTEN-
Atten‐ Atten‐
tion tion TION ASSIST displays a warn-
Assist Assist ing in the multifunction dis-
play, a message appears in
COMAND to help you start
the search for a rest stop.
If a route contains highways,
a rest stop search is started
in the vicinity. The map is
shown with the message
Searching For a Rest Searching For a Rest
Area in the Area in the Vicinity...
service stations are found,
the nearest service station is
highlighted on the map.
Further information about
ATTENTION ASSIST can be
found in the vehicle Opera-
tor's Manual.
Using car pool lanes
You can include carpool lanes (HOV or car
sharing lanes) in the route calculation.
If you use HOV or carpool lanes, please
observe the applicable laws as well as the
local and time limitation conditions.
Carpool lanes may only be used under certain
conditions. They can normally be used when
there are two people in the vehicle. However,
there are also carpool lanes which can only be
used when there are three or more people in
the vehicle. In California, lone drivers can use
a carpool lane if their vehicle's emission level
or fuel consumption is below a fixed thresh-
old.
Carpool lanes may be reserved for specific
times (e.g. during the peak period).
Carpool lanes are indicated by a diamond
symbol on specific road signs and on the road
surface. The road signs may also include the
designation CARPOOL. The lanes are
arranged as a separate lane next to the others
or are built as a physically separate lane.
Depending on the setting under
pool pool Lanes
when calculating the route. COMAND then
guides you in and out of carpool lanes using
visual and acoustic driving directions.
To switch to navigation mode: press the
X
ß button.
To show the menu: slide 6 the control-
X
ler.
To select
X
troller.
Select
X
Vicinity.... If
Select
X
Select
X
Carpool lanes will either be used O or
avoided ª when calculating the route.
Lanes, COMAND uses carpool lanes
Options: turn and press the con- Options
Route Route Settings Settings.
Avoid Avoid Options Options.
Use Carpool Use Carpool Lanes Lanes.
Use Car‐ Use Car‐