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Driving systems Sw
itch ingon or off
Yo uca n onl ysw itch Night View Assist on if:
! the key isin po sition 2in the ig nition
lock
! it is dark
! thelight switc his set to *orB
or ifthe daytime drivin glights are
sw itche don
! the autom atic tr ansmission is not atR
1 Toswitch Night View Assist on or off
6 Press ro cker sw itch 1upordown.
Th eNight View Assist im ageissh own
in themu lti-fun ction disp lay. i
Theinf rare dhe adlamps only switch on
at speeds above 15 km /h.You do not therefore
ha ve full use of thev iewi ngrange and it is not
possible to checkthatNi gh tView Assist is work-
ing correc tly when theve hicle is stationary. Image in the
multi-f un ction di splay
Wh enyousw itchon Night View Assist, the
sp ee d di splay view cha nges in the multi-
fu nc tio ndispl ay. Th espeed disp lay
is shown as abar at the lower edge of the
mult i-fu nc tion display. Thero w of basic
menu sis no longe rava ilab le.If yo uwi sh to
ch an ge asettingu sing the ste ering wheel
buttons, yo umu stsw itch of fNight View
As sist. 1
Night View Assist im age
2 Speed displ ay
Ad jus ting thebr igh tnes sof themu lti-
fun ction display
1 Control knob
P5
4.00-2546-31 P5
4.32-3396-31 P5
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6 Dim mer or brighter: makesure that
Nigh tView Assist issw itche don.
6 Turn cont rolkn ob 1 to the left or right.
i Cont rolknob 1 hasn o stop limit. Misted up or di
rty wi nd screen
If the windscreen infront of the came rais
mi sted up or dirty on the inside or outs ide,
thi swil limpair th eNight View Assist im-
age.
6 Todemi st: check the autom atic air
cond itio ning setting (
=page 337) and
fo ld down th eca me racover
( = page 398).
6 Toclean the wind scre en on the in-
side: fold down the camera cover and
clea nth ewind screen in fr ont ofthe
came rawith a sof tcloth (
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Air ven ts Air ven
ts
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Air ven ts Fun
ction 1 Si
de window demi ster vent,
le ft-h an d side 2 Swivelli
ngside airvent, left-h an d
side 3 Sw
ivelli ngcentr eair vent, left-ha nd
side 4 Ce
ntre airve nt thum bwheel,
le ft-h an d side 5 Windscreen
de
mister vents 6 Ce
ntre airve nt thum bwheel,
right- hand side 7 Sw
ivelli ngcentre air vent,
right- hand side Fun
ction 8 Sw
ivellin gside air vent, right-h and
side 9 Si
de window de mister vent,
rig ht-han d side a Automatic
air condi tioning control
panel b Sw
ivellin grearair vent, left-h an d
side Fun
ction c Sw
ivellin g rear air vent, right-hand
side d Th
um bwheelfor rear airvent,
rig ht-han d side e Th
um bwheelfor rear airvent,
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Air ven ts
Obse rveth e fo llowing no tes to ens urethat
the automatic air condi tioning functio ns
co rre ctly:
! Keep theair inl etbetween the bonnet
an d winds cree nfree of dep osits, e.g.
ice or snow, to gua rant ee the supply of
fr es hair into the vehicle interi or.
! Never cover the vents or airinle tand
ou tle tg rilles in the vehicle interi or. i
For prac tically draug ht-free ventilat ion,
mo vethe sliders on the centre and side air vents
to the centr al position. Cen
treair ve nts
6 To ope nor close: turn thu mbwheels
4 and 5upward sor downwards.
Th ecorre spond ing centre airvents are
opene dor clos ed. Side ai
rve nts
6 To ope nor close: turn thu mbwheels
2 and 9upward sor downwards.
Th eco rrespondi ngside air vents are
opene dor clos ed. Re
ar air vents
1 Slider forrear ai rvent, left-ha ndside
2 Slider for rear air vent, right-hand side
3 Toopen or clos erear air ve nt,right-
hand si de
4 Toopen or clos erearai rvent, left-hand
side
6 To ope nor clos e:tur nthu mb wheel 3
or 4 to the right or le ft.
Th eco rrespondi ngrear air vents are
ope nedor clos ed. G
Risk of inj ury Wh
entheauto matic ai rconditionin gis in
op eration, very hotor very cold aircan flow
fr om the ven ts.Th isco uld caus eb urns or
fros tbite to bare skin in theimmed iatevici n-
ity ofthe vents. Ke epbare skin away from
thes eairou tlets. Ifne cessa ry,u se the air-
di st ribu tion control todirect theairflow
away toadi fferen tarea of the ve hicle interi-
or. Ope
ning and closing airvents
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Air ven ts
Th e stowage comp artm ent und erthe cen-
tr e ar mr est can be venti late dwh en theau-
to mat icair co nditio ning issw itch ed on, for
ex amp leforco oling.
Th eairflow admitted depends on:
! theair distribut ion set
! the airflo w set
Th eair tempera ture correspon dsapprox i-
mat elyto that of the airflowing out of the
centr eair vent s.Itis not possib leto setthe
air temp erature separa tely.
! Thetemp erature in the stowage compart-
ment may be extrem e. In heating mode,sw itch
off the air ve nts in the stowage comp artm ent if
he at-sensitiv eitems are bei ngtranspor tedin it. 1
Toswitch off ventil ation
2 Toswitch on ventil ation
6 Toswi tcho n:press lowe rse ction 2
of the ro cker sw itch.
6 Toswitch off:press uppe rse ction 1
of the ro cker sw itch. Ve
ntila ted stowag ecom partme nt
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Au tomati cair cond itio ning Au
toma tic aircond itioning Au
toma tic ai rcond itio ni ng cont rol
panel
P68.20-3420-31 1 Auto
matic air distribution and
airflow control, le ft-h an d side 2 Incre
ases/reduc esthe
te mperat ure, left-h an dside 3 In
cr ea ses/ reduc esthe airflo w,
le ft-h and side 4 Dem
isting 5 Air-re
circulati onmode 6 Automatic
airco nd itio ning on /off
Resi dualhe at on /o ff 7 Au
xiliar yheating * (=page 341) /
he ater booster syst em*
( = pa ge 345) 8 Rear
window heating( =page 339) 9 Incr
ease s/redu ces the ai rflo w,
ri ght- hand side a Incr
ease s/redu ces the
te mper ature, ri ght-handside b Autom
atic airflo w an dair
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Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
(= page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 (= page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
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Au tomati cair cond itio ning
6 Toswitcho n:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch ligh tsup.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
or
6 Adjust th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211).
or
6 Adju stthe airflo w ( =page 338).
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch goes out. Thea utom atic air
condi tioning issw itch ed off.
Yo uca nco ntrol th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211) or airflow manually.
Th etemperatu recanbe set separa tely for
ea ch side ofthe vehicle usin gtem peratu re
tu mb ler switch 2and a. Va
ry the tem perature setting s in small in-
cr em ents only. 22 °C istheideal temper a-
tur eto sta rtwith.
6 To in crease or reduce the temp era-
tur e:press the tem perature control
swit chup ordown.
Th eautomat icaircondi tioning adjusts
to the set tem peratu re.
i Youcana lso set the te mperature using
COMAND ( =page 210).
6 Toswitcho n:press the Qairflo w
co ntrol switchu por down.
Th eairflow is increased or redu ced.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
switc hgo es out.
i You can also setth e airflow using COMAND
( = page 211).
i You should only re tain this se tting until the
windscree niscl eared again.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ;rocker
switc hupor down.
Th eindi cator lamp in the rocke rswitch
com eson. Th
eau tom atic air cond itio ning switch-
es tothe followi ngfunc tions:
! Cool ing with dehumi dification on
! High airflow
! High tem perature
! Air dist ribution in the dire ctionof
the wind screen andfro ntside win-
dows
6 Toswitch off:press the ;rocker
sw itch up or down.
Th eindi cator la mpin the button go es
ou t.Th e previo uslyselect ed setting s
take effect again. The cooling fu nction
wi th dehumidifica tion remai nson.
i The fu nction canalso beswit ched off usi ng
th ete mp erature control swit ches orthe airflow
co ntrol swit ches. Wi
ndows mis tedup on the inside
6 Make sure tha t the"+ "fu nction in
CO MA ND is switch ed off (
= page 212).
6 Make sure that air-re circ ulat ion mode
is switch edoff (
= page 339).
6 Make sure tha tau tom atic mo deis
sw itch ed on (
=page 338). Contr
olling the air conditioning
automa tica lly Setting
the tem perature Sett
ingthe airflow manually Demis
ting Wind
ows mi sted up 216_R
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Auto matic air conditioning
If th ewindows arestill mist ed up:
6 Toswitch ondemi sting: press the
; rockersw itch up or down.
i You sh ould only retain this set ting until the
wi ndscreen is clea red again. Winds
cree n mist edup on the outside
6 Switchon thewinds cree nw iper s
( = page 253).
6 Make sure that autom atic mo de is
sw itche don (
=page 338).
The rear window heating onl yco me son at
lo w temperat ures if the in terior iswa rmed.
Th e rear window heatingi ssw itchedo ffau-
tom atically after acerta intime .Th e heat-
in g tim edepends on the outside
te mp erature and the drivin gcond itio ns. i
The rear window heating has a high current
draw .You should therefore swi tchoffthehe at-
ing as soon as the rear wi ndow is clear.
6 Tosw itch on: make sure the ignition is
sw itche don.
6 Press the< rocke rswi tchup or
do wn (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
co mes on.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres st he < rock er
swi tchup ordown (
=page 336).
Th e in dica torlamp in the rocke r swit ch
goe sout.
i Ifth e ba ttery voltage is too low, the rear win-
dow heating may swit choff.
You can switch off th eflow of fre sh airif
un pleasa ntsm ells are enteri ngthe vehicle
fr om outside. No morefres hair will be tak-
en in an dth eair in side theve hicle willbe
re circulated. 6
To switc hon or of f:press the ,
rocke rsw itch up or down.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son or go esout.
! Air-re circ ulatio n mo deswi tchesoffau to-
matically:
! afte r approximately five minut esat ou tside
temp eratures below approxi mately 5 °C
! afte r approximat ely fi veminute sif th eco ol-
ing func tion issw itch ed off ( =pag e212)
! afterapproximately 30 minut esat ou tside
temp eratures above approxi mately 5 °C Rea
rwi ndo wheating G
Risk of accide nt Clear all
wind ows of ice or snow be fore set-
ti ng off. Impa iredvisibi lity could othe rwise
en danger yoursel fan dot hers . Ai
r-re circ ulat ionmo de G
Risk of acc ident On
ly switch over to air-recir culati on mode
br iefly if theoutsid etem perature isbe low
5° C. Ot herw ise, the wi ndows could mistup,
th us impairing visib ility anden dangering
you rselfand others. Thi sma y pre vent you
fr om ob serving the traffic conditions, there-
by causi ng an ac cident. 216_R
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