DinB

Hi, can someone that has a navigation system in the new coupe tell me if you can turn on 3d/bird eye view while navigating? I could only figure out how to turn on the 2D map view but not the 3d view while I was playing in a demo car. If you happen to have a picture even better.

johnny--2k

go to the top of the nav screen, under the map section, then map view (i think) then select the view that you want (heading up, north up, birds eye, 3d)

Note: The 3d view is kind of cool, but when in cities with highrise buildings, they can block approacing street names.

jctevere

Yeah, I found it more of a "cool" feature rather that a "useful one". Especially when driving in NYC. Also to note, is that in a city such as new york city, 3D mode only shows when zoomed in to a certain degree (I think it is the nearest two zoom setting only). Anything further out than that, and it reverts to the 2D mode...

johnny--2k

just go with the birds eye view, it's the best of the choices for daily driving.

DinB

Thanks guys, just wanted to make sure. I don't currently use the 3D view in my car since it gets in the way. I was more concerned about the bird eye view which I find much more intuitive than the old-school flat, 2D maps. Mercedes brochures should show more pictures showing their COMMAND features.

acr2001

The 3D view sucks for usability! I think they could have done a much better job. It's also very laggy when you pan the map in 3D mode.