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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
me ntclu ster wil lbe lit ifthi sis th eca se.
The front -pas se nger fron tairbag isdeac ti-
vate d.
iThe windowb ag,th e sidebag and theb elt
te nsioner on the fron t-passenger side are still ac-
ti ve even if the fron t-passeng erfront airbag
is deac tiva ted. ISOFIX
child se atsecu ring syst emin the
rear
IS OF IXis a stan da rdised secu ring syst em
fo rspecial chi ldse ats in ther ear.The reare
se cu ring rings fort wo childrestraint sys-
te ms between the seatcushion and the
ba ckrest on the le ftand right-ha nd side sof
the outer re arseats. G
Risk of inju ry If the
9 warning lamp does notlig ht
up wh enthe chil drestraint syste misfitted,
this meansth efront -pas senge rfr ont airbag
ha s no tbeen dea ctivat ed . The ch ild could
suff erlife- threat eningi njur ies if thef ront-
pa sseng erfront airbag is inflat ed .If the
warn ing lamp does no tlight up,proce ed as
fo llow s:
! Donotu se a rearwa rd-fa cing child re-
str aint syst emonthefron t-pas seng er
se at.
! Fita rearwa rd-faci ng ch ild restrai ntsys-
tem on a su itab lerear seat.
or !
Only usea forward -facing chi ldrestrain t
syst emon th efront-pas senge rseat and
move thefron t-pass enger seat to its
rear most position.
! Have the automa tic ch ild se at reco gn i-
ti on checked ataq ualified sp ec iali st
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe-
ci alis t knowledge andto ols tocarry
ou tthe work requ ired .Me rced es-Benz
re co mmend sth at youuse a
Me rced es-Benz Service Ce ntre for this
pu rpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf ety or on saf ety-relate dsystems
must becar ried out at a qualifie dsp e-
cia list wor ksho p.
To ensure that the automa tic ch ild se at
recog nition system functions correct ly,n ev-
er pla ceobjects (e.g.acu shion) under
th ec hild restr aint syst em.Th een tire base
of thechi ldrestr aint sys tem mu st alw aysbe
rest ingo nth e veh icle seat cushion. Anin-
cor rectly fitted child restraint sys tem cannot
perfo rmits protec tive fun ction in the event
of an accident, and cou ldeven le adto inju-
ries. G
Risk of inj ury Ac
hild restraint sys tem secu red by the
IS OFIX childseat se curing syste mdoe snot
pr ovid esuffi cien tpr otecti onforc hild ren
weighi ngmo re th an22 kg. For this re ason,
do not secure childr enweig hing mo rethan
22 kgin a child re straint system secure d by
th eIS OFIX child seat securing syste m. Ifthe
chil dweighs morethan 22 kg, sec urethe
chil drestrai nt sys temu sing alap- sh ould er
bel t. 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety Ov
erride feat ur efor controls inthe rear
Yo uca ndisable the rear side window con-
trols for the re arcompar tment. 1
Ove rride sw itchfor the rear compart-
ment
2 Indic ator la mp
6 Toswitchon or off: press button 1.
In dic ator la mp2inthe button lights
up .The ove rride feat ur e in there ar pas-
se ng er co mpar tmentis en abled.
i Ifthe override feature is enabled, it is still
possible toopen the rear side win dows usin gthe
swit ches on the driv er’s door. G
Risk of inju ry Do
not leav ech ildre nun supervi sed in the
ve hicle, eve nif they are secu red in a child
restrai ntsys tem. They could:
! injuret hemselve son parts of the ve hicle
! beseverel y or ev en fatally inju redby
prolonged exposur eto inte nseh eat G
Risk of accide nt Ac
tiva te the override feature for ther ear
com partme ntwhen chil dren aretrav ellin gin
the vehicle. The childr en can otherwis eopen
wi ndows whilethev ehicle is in moti onand
th ereb yin ju re them selves andothers. P54.25-5001-31216_R
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48 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
tra ffic situation. PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated si-
mu ltane ouslyif BA SPlus reque sts a parti c-
ul ar ly high braking pressure.
6 Keep the brake pedaldepressed until
the emergen cysitua tion isove r.
ABS prev en ts the wheels fr omlocki ng.
Th ebrake sfu nction again as normal whe n:
! you relea sethe brake pe dal
! there areno ob stac lesde tecte d inthe
path of your vehicle
! there is nolong er arisk ofcollision
BA S Pl usisthen de activa ted.
BA SPlus also react sto stationar yob sta-
cl es at spe edsofup toapprox imate ly
70 km /h,e. g. stopped or parked ve hicles.
Fo rBA SPlus to assist you when driving,
the radar sensor syste mmust beswitched
on andop era tiona l.Yo uca ncheck thisby
switc hing on Distroni c Pl usor vi athe "Ra-
dar sensor" menu on the on-board comp u-
ter. i
Information about switch ing on the radar
sen sors ystemc anbe fo und on (= page 287).
Fo llowing ase vere impact or intheevent
of damag e to the front of the vehicle as a
re sult of an acci dent, have th e setting and
function of the radar sensor sche cked at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre. If BA
SPlus isno ta vailable due to amal-
fu nc tion in the radar sensor system, the
bra king syst em rem ains available with full
bra keboos ting effectand BA S.
i The adaptiv ebr ake lamps are only available
in ce rtain coun tries.
Th ebrake lamps flas hin quick su cces sion
if the vehicl e is braked sudd enlyfrom a
spee dof more than 50km /h orifBAS or
BAS Plus *inter vene sdurin gbraki ng. Th is
wa rnspas sing vehicl es.
Th e hazar dwa rning lamps switch on auto-
ma tically and th ebra kelightsco me onper-
ma nently wh en they ar eap plied agai nif
the vehicle is braked to haltfrom asp eed
of mo rethan 70km /h inthis wa y.
Th eha zard wa rnin gla mp s sw itchof f again
auto matica lly wh en yo uex ceed a spee dof
10 km /h. G
Risk of accident BAS Plus
onlyco nsider scl earl ydete cted
ob jects when provid ing br akin gass ista nc e.
Det ection can be impa ired inpa rtic ular if:
! thesensors aredirty or co vered
! itis snow ing or rain ing heav ily
! there is interfere ncef rom an othe rradar
sou rce
! there is stron gra da r re flec tion, e. g.in
multi- storeyvehi clep arks
BAS Plus does not react to:
! people or animals
! oncom ingve hicles and cross traf fic
BA SPlus ma y no tdetect nar rowv ehicle s,
e. g. motor cyclesandve hicles travelling on
ap arall elbu t offset cou rse. Ad
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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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52 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
The distance warning syst em lamp in the
instr umen tcl uste rlights up ifthe dist an ce
to th e vehi cle in front is too small. If yo u
ap proa chaveh icle infront at high spee d,
yo u will alsohear an inte rmit tent si gnal. If yo
udo not brak eor steer yo urself ,the
ve hicl e is auto matically braked ge ntly.
If th ereis an increase drisk ofcollisio n,
PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated ( =page 36).
Yo umu st ap plyt he bra kesyo urself in or-
der to mainta in the correct dista nce to the
ve hicle infront andto avoid aco llisio n.
Th ePR E-SA FE®
Br ake als ore ac ts to sta-
tionary ob stacl es atspee ds of upto
appro xima tely70 km /h, e.g .stopped or
parked veh icles. 6
To switc hon or of f:swit ch the PRE-
SA FE®
Br ak eon or off using the on-
board comp uter (
=page 284).
The : symbol appea rson the left of
the driver 'sdis play afte rswitching on
the dista ncewa rning system.
In comp lexroad and tra ffic co nditions the
PRE-SAFE ®
Br ak eca nno tal wa yscorrectly
id en tify dange rous situations. Ifvisu al
an d/ oraudible warnings are given or ifth e
ve hicl ebr ak es slightly when the drivin gsit-
uati onisnot critic al ,it is po ssib le to st op
the PR E-SA FE®
Br ak e interven ing at any
point during th is if yo u:
! depress theac ce lerator pedal furthe r
beyond the pressure point or activate
kickdown.
! relea sethe brake pe dal G
Risk of acc ident A
warning is onlygive n an d braking assist-
ance is on lyprovide dby the PR E-SA FE®
Bra keif objects can be de tected clea rly. De-
te ction can beimpaire din pa rticu lari f:
! thes ensors aredir tyor cov ered
! itis snow ingorrain ing heav ily
! thereis inte rferen cefrom anothe rrad ar
sou rce
! ther eis stron gra da r refl ection, e. g.in
multi- storeycarpa rks
The PR E-SA FE®
Br ak edo es not reac t to:
! people an danimals
! oncom ing veh icles and cross traf fic
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak ema yno td etec t narrow ve-
hi cles ,e .g. moto rcyc lesand veh iclestravel-
ling onapa rallel but offset cou rse. G
Risk of accident PRE
-SAFE ®
Br ak eDistronic brak es your ve-
hi cle, depe nding on itss peed,at ama ximum
of 4m /s².Th is cor respon dsto ap proxi-
mately 40%of you rvehi cle’ sm axim um brak-
ing power. You mu stthen al sobrake to
avoi da col lisi on. G
Risk of accident If
no visual or audible warnings aregiven in
a critica ldr ivin gsit ua tion ,this means the
PRE -SAFE ®
Bra kehas no t detected the risk
of collisi on,is de activa tedor has faile d.
Yo um ust then brak eyou rselfto avoid a col-
li sion. 216_R
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COM
AND
CO MA ND introd uction
Yo uca nuse COM ANDto op eratethef ol-
lo wing inyour vehicl e:
! The audio functions
! Thena vigatio nsyste m*
! The telep hone*a nd comm unicat ion
fu nc tion s(te xtme ssages*)
! DVD vi deoan dTV*
! Variou svehi cle se ttings
COM AND consists of:
! the CO MAND disp lay
! theCO MA ND contro ller
! the CO MAND func tion buttons
! the tel ephone* keypad COMA
NDdisp lay
Th eCO MA ND displ ayshows thef unction
cu rrently selec teda nd itsasso ciate dme n-
us .Th eCO MA ND disp lay isdivided in to
se veralar eas. 1
Status line
2 Main func tions
3 Main area
4 Submenus
5 Air-cond itio ning function line
Th eacti vearea is highlighted inwh ite.
Once youha ve selecte damain function,
the main area is activ e.
i The layou tof theme nus may vary depending
on the equ ipme ntinthe vehicle. Theme nus for
af ully-equipped vehicle are shown in these in-
struc tion s.
Sw ivelling the COMAN Ddisplay
Yo uca nsw ivel theCO MA ND display to the
le ft or to the rig ht.Th ebu ttons are located
to the right of the instru ment clu ster. 1
To sw ivel the display to the left
2 To sw ivel the display to the right
Sets the bri ghtnes sof the COMA ND
display
1 COMA NDdisplay brightness Component
sof COM AND
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COM
AND
CO MA ND introd uction Menu over
view
Be low is th elayo utofthe mainfu nc tions and their basic menus.
Eac hma infunction ha sa bas icmenu. Each item in thebasic menu ha sse veralsu bme nuitem s. Operati
ngCOMANDCom mands/ basic men us Naviga
tion* Aud
io Te
leph one* Vi
deo Ve
hicle Map displ
ay Ra
dio Teleph
one* TV* Re
ar window blind* Mode CD Add
ress book* DV
Dvideo Ex
terior mi rror
co nveni ence settings Aud
ioDVD* Mes
sage s* Vi
deo off Easy
-entry/e xitfe at ure MP3 Te
lephone off* Ex
terior lighti ng
del ayed switch-off Audio off Interior lightin
gdelayed
switch -off Am
bien tlight* Lo
catorlight ing Auto
matic locking In
te rior motion sensor* Tow-a
wayprot ection* Bo
ot lid ope ning
lim iter* 216_R
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88 COM
AND
COMAND DVD video
If thevehicle is tra vellin gfa ster than ap-
prox imately5k m/ h, the picture autom at-
ic al ly sw itch es offin vide oDVD mode.The
fo llowing messageap pe ars in th edisplay:
"I n orde rnot to distrac t thedriver, the pic-
ture is faded out whilethe veh icle is in mo-
tion" .
As soon asthe ve hicle speed drops below
ab out 5km/ h,the picture switches back
on again.
i There may be playbac kproblem swhen play-
ing copied dis cs.
Th ere is a large variety of dis cs,DV D aut horing
sof tware, dis cburnin gsof tware and burners
available. This variety means that the re is no
guarantee that the system will be abl eto play
discs that you have copied you rself.
! Donotaffix stickers or labels to the discs, as
th ey could peel off and damage COMAND. Stick-
ers can also causeth e disc tobend, whic hcan
result in read errors and disc reco gnition prob-
lems.
! COMAND isdesig ned to hold discs which
co mp lywith th eEN 60908 st andard. You can
th erefore only use discs wit hama ximum thick-
ne ss of 1. 3mm. If you insert
thicker discs, e.g. thos eth at contain
data on bot hsides (D VDon on eside and audio
da ta on the ot her), they cann ot be ejec ted and
ca ndamag eCOMA ND.
Do not use discs wit hadiameter of 8 cm,even
wit han adapt er.
On lyus e round discs 12 cmin dia meter.
! Onlyho ld dis csby theedge.
! Handl edi scs care fully to pre vent pl ay-
ba ck probl em s.
! Avoid getting scratc hes,fingerpr ints
an ddu st on discs.
! Cleandiscs from tim eto ti mewith a
co mm ercial ly-ava ilable clea ning clot h.
Do not wipe the mwith acir cularmo-
ti on, buto nly in st raight li nesfrom the
ce ntre outwa rds.
! Only use a pendesi gned forsu ch a pu r-
pos eto label discs.
! Plac edis csback in their cases afte r
use.
! Protect discs from heat and dire ctsun-
light. COMA
NDDVD video Safet
ynotes G
Risk of inj ury CO
MAN Disclassif ied as aCl ass 1 laser
pr od uct.You mu stnot op en the casing.
There is a ri skofexpo sure to invisibl el aser
ra diatio nifyou open thec asing, or ifthe
casi ngisfaul tyor damaged. COMAN Ddoes
not contain any parts that can beservic ed
by the user. For safety reas ons,haveany
necessa ryma intenanc ewor kcar ried outby
qu alified afters ales tech nicians only. G
Risk of acc ident Do
thefollowing onlywhen thevehic leis
station ary:
! Loadin gthe disc
! Ejec ting the disc
There is a risk ofbeing dist ra cted from the
ro ad andtraf fic con dition sif this is done
wh ile the vehi cle is in mo tion. Aut
omat icpictu re sh utoff No
tes abou tdiscs No
tesab out handl ingdi scs 216_R
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118 COM
AND
COMAND telephone* Selecti
ngan en try
Selec ting usin gthe sm arts peller
6 Switch from the list to th esm artsp eller
if ne cessa ry.
6 Tochange the smart speller lan-
guage: select! .
6 Select the desired language.
6 To chan gethe smart speller charac-
ter set:select #.
Depe nding onthe previo ussettin g, you
will ch ange to letters with speci alcha r-
ac ters or to numbers with special cha r-
ac ters.
6 To enter character s: selec t the cha r-
ac ters on eby one of the entry youare
searchin gfo r.
6 To delet eind ividual character s:se-
lect )and press nbriefly.
Each ti meyou enter or de lete ach arac-
ter, the clo sestmatch wi llbe dis played
at the top of thelist.
6 To delet ean entire entr y:select )
and pres sand hold nuntil the entry is
delete d. 6
Tocancel the search: switch from the
sm artsp eller to th elist.
Th eentry atthe top of the list isau to-
matically hig hlighte d.
Se lecting usin gth el ist
6 Switch from the list to the smart speller
if ne cessary.
6 Turn ymz orslide qm runt ilthe de-
sired entry is highlig hted.
Sele cting su bentries
6 Select an address book entry with the
+ symb olan d press n.
The +symb olchan ges to /and the
subentrie sar edisplayed.
6 Turn ymz orslide qm runt ilthe de-
sired subentr yis highlighted. Display
ingde tails abo utan entry
COMA NDcan also show a shortene den try
in full.
6 Select an entry ( =page 118).
6 Select "Options" "Detail s".
Th edet ailed view appe ars.
6 Toclos ethe detailed disp lay: slide
o m por press n. Sta
rting todial the num berof an ent ry
6 Select anentry ( =page 118).
6 Press n.
or 6 Press thes button on th etel e-
phone keypad.
A list ap pearsif the entry co ntains sub-
entries.
6 Select thedes ired subentry.
6 Press nagain.
or 6 Press thes button on the tel e-
phone keypad.
Creating an ent ryin the phone book on th
e mobile phone
i This func tion is not supported byallmo bile
phones.
6 Select "Options" "New entr y"
"Teleph one" in the COMAN Dph one
book.
The input menuappe ars with the data
fiel ds. 216_R
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124 COM
AND
COMAND telephone*
Ch anging thefolder view
The text view in a folder sho wsthe fi rst few
words of a messag e. These nder or re cipi-
ent view in afo lder shows thesend er or
the re cipient ofthemess age.
To switc htose nde ror recipient view:
6 Call up afo lder ( =pa ge 123).
6 Select "Options" "Display send er"or
"D isplay recipient" .
The view chan ges.Ifth e se nder or re-
ci pi en tis stor ed inthead dre ssbook,
the name of the se nder or re cipie ntwill
be displayed. Ifth esender or re cipient
is not stor edin the address book, the
telephone number wi llbe displa yed.
To switch totext view:
6 Call up afo lder ( =pa ge 123).
6 Select "Options" "Display text" .
The view chan ges. Sele
cting a text message
6 Call upafolder ( =page 123).
6 Toselect: turn ym zor slide qm r.
Disp laying det ails
CO MA ND can also show a shortene dsend-
er or recipi ent display infull.
6 Select ate xt message ( =pa ge 124).
6 Select "Options" "Detail s".
Th edet ailed view appe ars.
6 Toclos ethe detailed disp lay: slide
o m por press n.
Del eting a text mess age
i This func tion is not supported by all mobile
ph on es.
6 Select ate xt message ( =pa ge 124).
6 Select "Options" "Delete" .
A deletion pro mptap pe ars.
6 Select "Ye s"or "No" .
Th etext message will either be deleted
or not, depending on your selec tion.
To go back tothebasic te xtmess age
menu
6 Select "Back" . Re
adinga text message (SMS)
6 Select ate xt message ( =page 124)
an dpre ssn.
Th ete xt me ssag eap pe ars.
6 Toscrollth rough thedisplay or se-
le ct telep hone numbe rsin the text:
turn ymz orslide qm r.
Th edispla yscrolls up or down line by
li ne, or skipst othe next or pre vious
tel ephone numb erandau tom atically
hi gh lights it.
6 To go bac kto the folder: press nand
select "Back".
Li st en ing to ate xt message
i Youcans etthel an guageand spe edofthe
read aloud fu nction (
=page 198).
6 Press nand se lect "Read aloud".
COMAND rea ds out the text messag e. 216_
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