Calculating a route
Requirements:
- The destination has been entered.
- The destination address is shown.
- If route guidance is not active, select Start
Route Guidance.
The route to the destination is calculated.
The map shows the route. Route guidance
then begins.
or
- If route guidance is active, select Start New
Route Guidance or Set as Next Way Point.
Start New Route Guidance: the selected destination
address is set as a new destination.
The previous destinations and intermediate
destinations are deleted. Route guidance to
the new destination begins.
Set as Next Way Point: the selected destination
address is set as the next intermediate
destination. Route guidance begins.
Taking alternative routes into consideration
- Select an alternative route.
Other menu functions
- To save the destination: select
Store
in "Previous Destinations".
- To display on the map: select
Map.
- To call a telephone number: select
Call (if available).
- To call up an Internet address: select
www (if available).
Selecting a route type
Multimedia system: Navigation →Route and Position
- Select Route Settings.
- Select the route type.
If route guidance is active, the new route is
calculated with the new route type.
If route guidance is not active, the next route
is calculated with the new route type.
You can choose from the following route types:
Automatic Traffic Jam Avoidance can be
switched on or off
for these route types.
If Automatic Traffic Jam Avoidance is switched
on, Ask in the Event of Traffic Jam Avoidance can
be selected.
The Automatic Traffic Jam Avoidance and Ask in
the Event of Traffic Jam Avoidance settings are
not available in every country.
The settings enable the following:
Selecting route options
Multimedia system: Navigation → Route and Position
→ Avoid Options
Avoiding areas
Avoiding highways, ferries, motorail trains,
tunnels, unpaved roads
- Select
or deselect
avoid option.
Using toll roads
- Select Use Toll Roads.
- Select Cash or Electronic Billing or Off.
The route takes into account roads that
require the payment of a usage fee (toll).
If Off is selected, toll roads are not taken into
account.
The selected route options cannot always be
implemented. Therefore, a route may include a
ferry, for instance, even though the avoid Ferries
option is enabled. A message appears and you
will hear a corresponding message.
Using carpool lanes
These route options are not available in every
country.
Selecting notifications
Multimedia system: Navigation → Options
→ Announcements
Switch an announcement on or off .
You can choose from the following announcements:
Displaying destination information
Requirements:
- A destination is entered.
Multimedia system: Navigation
Selecting an alternative route
Multimedia system: Navigation → Route and Position
Activating a commuter route
Requirements:
- Your home and work addresses are saved as
destinations in the favorites.
Multimedia system: Navigation → Route and Position
- Select Activate Commuter Route
.
Navigation automatically recognizes that the
vehicle is located on the route between
"home" and "work" or vice versa. It automatically
starts a route guidance without voice
output. If the destinations for home and work have
not yet been created, a prompt appears.
For the daily commuter route, traffic incidents
on the route are also reported when
driving without route guidance.
Switching the automatic gas station search
on/off
Multimedia system: Navigation → Options
Using automatic gas station search
Requirements:
The automatic gas station search is activated
.
The prompt Reserve Fuel Do you want to start a
search for surrounding gas stations? appears.
Starting the automatic service station
search
Requirements:
- ATTENTION ASSIST and the Suggest Rest
Area function are activated.
Driving situation
The ATTENTION ASSIST Do you want to search
for a rest area? message is shown.
- Select Yes.
The service station search starts. The available
service stations along the route or in the
vicinity of the vehicle's current position are
displayed.
- Select the service station.
The service station address is displayed.
- If route guidance is not active, select Start
Route Guidance.
The selected service station is set as a destination.
Route guidance begins.
or
- If route guidance is active, select Start New
Route Guidance or Set as Next Way Point.
Start New Route Guidance: the selected
service station is set as a new destination.
The previous destination and all intermediate
destinations are deleted. Route guidance to
the service station begins.
Set as Next Way Point: the selected service
station is set as the next intermediate destination.
Route guidance begins.
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