2009 Mercedes CL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 145

Control systems COMAND navigation system (real-time traffic) COMAND navigation system (realtime traffic) Introduction A RDS-TMC (Radio Data System-Traffic Message Channel) radio transmitter broadcasts traffic reports COMAND can receive and incorporate into the navigation system. Traffic report messages and map symbols can then be viewed in the COMAND display. Events displayed are those within receivable range of the vehicle's location. 1 Blocked route section 2 Current vehicle position; the triangle indicates the vehicle's direction of travel 3 Information about the blocked route section i Actual road and traffic conditions may be different from the received messages. Real-time traffic notifications in the map COMAND can display certain traffic events in the map. The notifications are shown at the map scales from 0.05 mi (50 m) to 500 mi (500 km). X Set the map scale: Turn ymz until the desired map scale is set. Turning clockwise enlarges the map, turning counterclockwise reduces it. Example illustration: Display for a traffic jam on the route 1 Symbol for event on the route 2 Marker symbols for the affected route section 3 Current vehicle position and direction of i Blocked route section 1 is always highlighted in red/white. The information about blocked route section 3 shows which section of the route is blocked and the length of the blocked section. X travel 4 Map scale Starting route calculation: Select Start, see also (Y page 123). X Deleting blockage: Select Navi £ Route £ Detour £ Delete. X Select Back. i COMAND marks the entire route section affected with appropriate symbols 2, independently of its actual length on the route section. Symbols 2 are shown in the direction of travel on the left or right of the route.Thus, they also indicate which side of the roadway is affected by the event. Z 143