MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

R
Ifth ew rong gear isselec ted.
Dr iveA wayA ssistisact iveu nder thef ollo wing
condition s:
R IfPa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisac tiv ated .
R Everyt imet he gear isch ang edto005E or005B
when thev ehicle isat as tands till.
R Ifth ed etect edobs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
R Ifth em aneuv ering assis tant func tionisa cti‐
va tedi nt he multimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
The perform anc eofDrive Aw ayAssi stislimit ed
on inclines .
% Also obser vethes ysteml imits ofParking
Ass istP ARK TRON IC(/ page 233).
Fu nction ofCross Traf ficA lert
% Alsoread thei nstruction sonB lind Spot
Assis t(/ pag e256). Ve
hicl eswith Blind SpotAssist: Cr oss Traf fic
Ale rtcan warndriver so fany crossing traffic
when backingu po utofap arkin gspace. The
ra dar sensor sint he bum peralso monit orthe
ar ea adjac enttothev ehicle. Ifac ritical situation
is de tected, symbo l1 appea rsinthem edia dis‐
pla y.Ifth ed rive rd oes notrespond tothew arn‐
ing, thev ehicle's brak es can beapplied automat‐
ically . If
th er adar senso rsareo bstruct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tp ossib le.
Cr oss Traf ficA lertisa ctive und erthef ollo wing
condition s:
R IfBlind SpotAssisti sa ctivat ed.
R Ifth ev ehicle isbac king upatwa lkin gpace.
R Ifth em aneuv ering assis tant func tionisa cti‐
va tedi nt he multimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
Cr oss Traf ficA lertisn otavailable onincline s.
% Alsoo bse rvet he system limits ofActive
Bli nd Spo tAssist(/ pag e256).
Deactiv ating/a ctivating maneu vering assis‐
tance
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Maneuverin gAssist . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Maneuv ering assis tance mustbe activ efor
th ef unc tion ofDriveA wayA ssist
( / pag e248) and Cross Traf ficA lert
(/ page 249). Dr
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AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST
AT TENTION ASSISTa ssis tsyouo nlon g,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e .g. on highw aysa nd trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSISTd etects indicat or so ffati ‐
gue orincr eas ing lapse sinc once ntration onthe
par tofthe driver ,its ugg ests taking abreak .
AT TENTION ASSISTi so nlya na id. Itcann ot
alw aysd etect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno tas ubstitutef or aw ell-
re sted and attent ived rive r.On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sing ood time that allo wfor
adeq uaterecuper ation.
Yo uc an choose between twos ettings:
R Standar d:nor mal system sensit ivity.
R Sensitiv e:higher system sensit ivity.The
dr iver iswa rned ear lier and thea ttent ion
le ve ld etect edbyATTENTION ASSISTi sa dap‐
te da ccor dingly.
If dr ow siness orincr easing lapsesinconcen tra‐
tion ared etect ed, theATTE NTION ASSIS T:Take
aB reak !wa rning appear sint he Instrument Dis‐
pla y.Yo uc an ackn ow ledg ethe messag eand tak
eab reak wher eneces sary.Ifyo ud on ottake
ab reak and ATTENTION ASSISTc ont inues to
de tect incr easing lapse sinc oncentr ation, you
will bewarned again afte ram inimu mof
15 minut es. Yo
uc an have thef ollo wing status informat ionfor
AT TENTION ASSISTd ispla yedi nt he assis tance
menu oftheo n-boar dcom put er:
R The lengt hofthe jour neys ince thel ast
br eak .
R The attent ion leve ld eter mined byATTENTION
ASS IST. If
AT TENTION ASSISTi su nable tocal cul atet he
att ention leve la nd can notissue awarning ,the
System Suspendedmes sage appear s.
If aw arning isgiv en intheI nstrument Display,
th em ultimedia system offers to sear chforar est
ar ea. Youc an sele ctar esta reaa nd star tn aviga‐
tio nt ot his rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te da nd deactiv ated inthem ultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTi sd eactiv ated, theÛ
symbol appearsint he assis tance grap hici nt he
Ins trument Displaywhen thee ngine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv ated aut omaticall y
when thee ngine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lremain sstore d.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv eint he 37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124m ph(200 km/h) speedrang e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTi s
re strict ed, and warnings maybed elayedo rnot
occ uratall inthef ollo wing situations:
R Ifyo uh ave been driving forl ess than appr ox‐
imat ely3 0m inut es. 250
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R
Ifth er oad condit ionispoor (unevenr oad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er ei sas tron gs idew ind.
R Ifyo ua dop tas portydrivin gstyle (highc or‐
ner ing speeds orhigh rateso facceler ation).
R Ifth eS teer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveD is‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctive.
R Ifth et ime hasbeen setincor rectly .
R Inacti vedriving situation s,ifyo uc hang e
lanes andvary your spee dfrequ ently.
The ATTENTION ASSISTt iredness oraler tness
assessment isdele teda nd restar tedw hen con‐
tin uing thej our neyint he follo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo us wit ch offt he engine.
R Ifyo uu nfas teny our seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.chang ingdriver so rtaki ng
ab reak ). Se
ttin gATTENTI ONASSIST
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 ATTE NTION ASSIS T
Se tting options #
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sugg esting aresta rea #
Select SuggestRes tArea. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate thef unc tion 0053.
If AT TENTION ASSISTd etects fatig ue or
incr easing lack ofatt ention ,its ugg ests a
re st area inthev icinit y. #
Selec tasuggestedr esta rea: youa regui‐
ded tothes elect edrest area. Tr
af ficS ign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf ficS ign Assis t Sin
ceTraf ficS ign Assi stalso uses thed ata
st or ed inthen avigation system, itcan updat e
th ed ispla yint he follo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fics igns:
R Whe nthe vehicle chang esroads, e.g.ona
high waye ntry or exitro ad. Dr
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R
When avillag eorcity boundar ywhichis
st or ed inthed igitalmap ispassed.
The camer aalso detects traf fics igns with a
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af ficS ign Assi stisonl yana id. The driver is
re sponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce from the
ve hicle infront, forv ehicle speed andforb raking
in good time.
Wa rning when them axim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyoui fyou unint entionall y
ex ceed them aximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youc an spec ifyinthem ultimedia system
by howm ucht he maximum permissible speed
can beexceed edbef oreaw arning isissued. You
can specify whether thew arning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Displa
yint he Instrument Display Ins
trument Displayint he Widescr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther ei sar estricti on
3 Addition alsign withrestricti on
% Ve
hicl eswith astan dard Ins trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lnexttoat raffics igni nt he
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fics igns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthem edia displa yand
op tion ally intheh ead-up display. Tr
af ficS ign Assi stisno ta vailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th es peedome ter.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Ifth er ei sp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofther oad, ifth er ea re
highl yvariable shade condition sorinr ain,
sno w,fogo rheavy spr ay.
R Ifth er ei sg lare,e.g. from oncom ingtraf fic,
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R
Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fthe multifunc‐
tion camer aisd irty ,o rift he camer aisf og‐
ge du p,damag edorcovered.
R Ifth et raffic signs areh ardt od etect, e.g.due
to dir torsnow, orbecause they arec ove red
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth ei nfor mation inthen avigation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth es igns area mbiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo ut urns har ply, when passin gtraf fics igns
ou tsid ethe camer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf ficS ign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Fora utomat icado ption ofspeed limits:
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gautomati cadop tion
of spe edlimits #
Select LimitAdo ption. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The speed limitsdetected byTraf ficS ign
Assi starea utomat icallyadop tedb yActiv e
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fics igns inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCOMA ND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Ifone ofthef ollo wing systems isactiv ated,
th es peed detected can bemanu ally ad op ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
Fu rther information (/page214). Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thes peed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setthe desir edspeed. Dr
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Nig
htView Assis t Fu
nction ofNight View Assis t Wi
th thea idof camer a2,N ightView Assi st
helps yout or ecog nizethec our seofther oad or
obs tacle sint he dar k.The multifunct iondispla y
th en sho wsam onochrome imageofthe sur‐
ro und ingarea infron to fthe vehicle. Infrared camer
a1 helps detect ped estria ns and ani‐
mal s.
Nig htView Assi stisonl yana id. The driver is
re sponsible fort he distance tothev ehicle in
fr ont, forv ehicle speed, forb raking ingood time
and fors taying inlane.
% Asinfrare dl ight isno tv isible totheh uman
ey e, Night View Assi stcan remain activated
when ther ei so ncoming traf fic.
The infrared headlam psswi tcho nint he
dar kfroms peeds ofappr oximat ely5m ph
(1 0k m/ h).This means that, while statio n‐
ar y, yo ud on othave thef ull visual rang ea nd
canno tchec kwhether Night View Assi stis
wo rking.
Sy stem limita tions
Night View Assi stcanno tdispl ay object sdirectl y
in front ofor directl ynexttot he vehicle. Itma y
be thec ase that obj ect sarehigh light edaswell
as pedes trians oranimals .
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing instances:
R inpo or vis ibility ,e .g.s no w, rain, fogo rheavy
spr ay. R
thew indshield isdir tyinthev icin ityofthe
came ra.
R thec amer aisf ogg edup, damag edorcov‐
er ed.
R thei nfra redc amer aint he radiat orgrill is
damag ed,dirty,f ogg edup orcovered.
R onbends, onhillt ops orindips.
R athigh ambient temp eratur es.
Fu nction ofpedes trian and anima ldetection
of Night View Assis t
Nigh tViewA ssistcan detect ped estria ns using
typ icalchar acteristics, e.g.theb ody contour s
and postureo fap erson standi ngupr ight .
Lar geanim als,e.g.deer ,cows orhor ses, can
also bedetected. Smal lera nimal s,e.g. dogsor
cats, aren otdetected.
Pe des trian and animal detection isau tomatical ly
switc hedonwhen thef ollo wing requ iremen ts
ar ef ulfilled:
R Night View Assi stisact ivat ed.
R The drivin gspeed isat leas t5mph
(1 0k m/ h). 25
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R
Itis dar k. 1
Night View Assi stdispla y
2 Standb ysymbo lfor activ epede strian detec‐
tion
3 High lighti ng
4 Pedes trian detected
If ped estria nd etecti onisact ive, standb ysymbo l
2 appear s.Ther eisn osepar ates ymbo lfor ani‐
mals. Detected ped estria ns orani mal sarehig h‐
li ght edbyac olor frame.
Ac tiv atin gordeac tivatin gNight View Assis t
Re quirement s: R
The vehicle hasbeen star tedo rthe ignition
is switc hedon.
R The light switc hisint he 0058 or0058 posi‐
tion.
R Reverseg ear has notb een engaged. #
Press butt on1.
The appr opriateN ightViewA ssistdispla y
appear sint he multifunction display. %
The infrared headlam psared eactiv ated at
speeds below3mph(5k m/h) .The Night
Vi ew imag econtin ues tobe displa yedu ntil
yo us wit ch itof fb yp ressing button1.
Switc hingautomat icactiv ation on/of f
Re quirement s:
R Pedes trian detection isacti ve(/ pag e254).
R The roadw ayisno tlit.
R The speed isat leas t37m ph(60 km/h).
If all ther equir ements aref ulfilled, then ight
vision imageisa utomatic allys hown inthem ulti‐
func tion displa yassoon aspeople oranimals
ar ed etect ed.
Multime diasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Aut. Night ViewAssist #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Spo tlight function
The spotlight function isan additional function
fo rN ight View Assi st.I tr uns intheb ackg round
and flashes theh eadlam psatdetected per sons Dr
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hfour shor timp ulses. Thisattracts thed riv‐
er's attent ion toappr oachingp edes trians .
Displ ayinthea ssis tance graphic 1
Spotligh tfunction switched onbut noto per ‐
ating
2 Spotligh tfunction switched onand oper ating The
pedestria ns ymb olinthea ssis tance grap hic
ind icatest he status ofthes potlight function.If
th ep edes trian symbol isdispla yedd ark1,t he
funct ionisswitc hedon.Ifth es ymbol isdis‐
pla yedb right 2,t heconditions fort he Spo tlight
function area lso fulfilled.
Sy stem limita tions
The spotlightfun ction does notflash atanimals.
The spotlight functionisno ta ctiveo risa ctive
on lyto alimit edextent if:
R Youa redrivin ginc ityt raffic.
R Thep edestria ns are loca tedi nt he area ofan
oncoming vehicle orav ehicle infront.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe spo tlight func ‐
tio n
Re quirement s:
R Pedes trian detection isacti ve(/ pag e254).
R The roadw ayisno tlit.
R The speed isat leas t37m ph(60 km/h).
R AdaptiveH ighbeam Assis tPlus isswit ched
on. If
all ther equir ements aref ulfilled, theh eadlam p
fl ashes four sho rtpulses atap edes trian detec‐
te do nornear tother oadw ay.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ 5
Light Setting s
5 Spot light #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Blind
SpotAssis tand Activ eB lind Spo t
As sist Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAssist
Bli nd Spo tAssistuses twol ater al, rear-facin g
ra dar sensor stom onit orthea reau pto1 30 ft
(40 m)behind your vehicle and10ft(3 m)
dir ect lyne xt to your vehicle.
If av ehicle isde tected atspe eds abovea ppr ox‐
imat ely8m ph(12k m/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent erst he monit oring rang ed irec tly next
to your vehicle, thew arning lampint he outside
mir rorlights upred.
If av ehicle isde tected clos etoy our vehicle in
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th
et urns ignal indicat orinthec orresponding
dir ection, awarning tone sou nds once .The red
wa rning lam pint he outside mirrorf lashes. Ifth e
tur ns igna lind ica torr emain sswitc hed on,all
ot her detected vehicles arei ndicat edonlybythe
fl ashin gofthe redw arning lamp.
If yo uo vertak eav ehicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssist
Bli nd Spo tAssistdoes notreact tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyou atag reatly
di ffer ent speed.
As aresult, BlindSpotAssis tcanno twarn
dr iver si nt his situa tion. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintainas afed is‐
ta nce atthes ide ofthev ehicle. Blind
SpotAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
ar eo nly aids. Theym ayfailto detect some vehi‐
cles andaren osubs titut efor att entiv edriving. Alw
ayse nsur ethat ther ei ss ufficie ntdist anc eto
th es ide foro ther road user sand obs tacle s.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybelimit edinthef ollo wing situa‐
tions:
R The sensor saredir tyor covered.
R Poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain,
sno worspray .
R Narrow vehicles, e.g.bicycles, arew ithin the
monit oring rang e.
Wa rnings maybeissued inerro rw hen driving
close tocrash barrier so rsimilar solidlanebor‐
der s.Wa rnings maybeinter ru pte dw hen driving
alongside longvehicles, fore xamp letruc ks,for a
pr olong edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tisn otoper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Fu nction ofbrak ea pplication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
% The brak ea pplication functionisonl yavaila‐
ble forv ehicles withaD riving Assis tance
Pa ckag e. If
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdetects arisk ofas ide
im pact inthem onit oring rang e, ac ourse-co r‐
re cting brak ea pplica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youa void ac ollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion isavaila‐
ble inthes peed rang eb etwe en approx imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125m ph(200 km/h). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak ea pplication ofActiveB lind Spo t
Assi st
Ac ourse-co rrect ing brak ea pplication cannot
alw aysp reve nt ac ollisi on. #
Alw ayss teer,b rake oraccelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciall yifA ctiv eBlind Spo t
Assi stwa rnsy ou ormak esac ourse-
co rrect ing brak ea pplication. #
Alw aysm aint ainasafed ista nce atthe
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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdoes notreact tothe
fo llo wing:
R Ifve hicles overtak et oo closel yonthe
side, placing them intheb lind spotarea
R Vehicles approaching andovertakin gyou
at ag reatly differ ent speed
As aresult, ActiveB lind Spo tAssistma ynei‐
th er giv ew arning snorinterve ne insuch sit‐
uations. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintainas afed is‐
ta nce atthes ide ofthev ehicle. If
ac our se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion occu rs,
th er ed warning lam pflashes intheo utside mir‐
ro ra nd aw arning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,ad is‐
pl ay 1 indic atingthe dang erofas ide collision
appear sint he multifunction display.
In rare case s,thes ystemm aymak eaninappr o‐
pr iat eb rake application. Thisbrak ea pplication
ma ybeinter ru pte datany time ifyo us teer
slightl yint he opposit edirect ion oraccelera te. Sy
stem limit s
Eit her acour se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion
ap propr iate to thed riving situation ,orn onea t
all, mayoccur inthef ollo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacle s,e.g. crash barrier s,are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Avehicle approaches tooc losely onthes ide.
R Youh avea dop tedas portydriving stylew ith
high corner ing speeds.
R Youb rake oracc elerat esign ifican tly.
R Adrivi ng safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP ®
or ActiveB rake Assi st.
R ESP ®
is de acti vated.
R Aloss oftirep ressur eoraf aulty tirei s
de tected.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlind Spo tAssisto r
Ac tiv eB lind Spo tAssist
Mu ltim ed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Blind SpotAssist #
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