MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2020 Owner's Manual

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Ifth ero ad con dition ispoor (unevenro ad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis ast ro ng side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydrivin gst yle (high cor‐
ner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R Ifth eSt eer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve.
R Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectly .
R Inacti vedriving situation s,ifyo uch ang e
lane sand vary your spee dfreq uen tly.
The ATTENTION ASSISTtir edness oraler tness
assessment isdele tedand restar tedwhen con‐
tin uing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uswit choffth eengine.
R Ifyo uunf astenyo ur seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.chang ingdriver sor taking
a br ea k). Se
ttin gAT TENTI ONASSIST
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 ATTE NTION ASSIS T
Se tting options #
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sugg esting are st area #
Select SuggestRes tArea. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate thefunc tion 0053.
If AT TENTION ASSISTde tects fatig ue or
incr easing lack ofatt ention ,it sugg ests a
re st area inthevicinit y. #
Selec ta sugg estedre st area: youar egui‐
ded totheselect edrest area. Tr
af fic Sign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf fic Sign Assis t Sin
ceTraf fic Sign Assistalso uses thedat a
st or ed inthena vig ation system, itcan updat e
th edispla yin thefo llo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fic sig ns:
R Whe nth eve hicle chang esroads, e.g.on a
high wayen try or exitro ad. Dr
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When avillag eor city boundar ywhic his
st or ed inthedigit almap ispassed.
The camer aalso detects traf fic sig ns with a
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af fic Sign Assistisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsible forke eping asaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed andforbr aking
in good time.
Wa rning when thema xim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyouif yo uunin tentio nally
ex ceed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan spec ifyinthemultimedia system
by howmuc hth emaximum permissible speed
can beexceed edbef oreawa rning isissued. You
can specify whether thewa rning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Displa
yin theIns trum ent Displa y In
stru ment Displa yin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther eis are striction
3 Addition alsign withre striction
% Ve
hicl eswith ast andar dIns trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lne xt to atraf fic sig nin the
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fic sig ns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthemedia displayand
op tion ally inthehead-up display. Tr
af fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. 21
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Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etraf fic sig ns areha rd todetect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,orbecause they areco vered
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar ply, when passin gtraf fic sig ns
ou tsid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Foraut omat icado ption ofspeed limits:
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cadop tion
of spe edlimits #
Select LimitAdo ption. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fic signs inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCOMA ND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th espeed detected can bemanu ally ad op ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
Fu rther information (/page17 6). Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Dr
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Nig
htView Assis t Fu
nction ofNight View Assis t Wi
th theaid ofcamer a2, Night View Assi st
helps youto recogni zethecour seofthero ad or
obs tacle sin thedar k.The multifunct iondispla y
th en sho wsamon ochrome imageof thesur‐
ro und ingarea infron tof theve hicle. Infrared camer
a1 helps detect ped estria ns and ani‐
mal s.
Nig htView Assi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsible forth edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Asinfrare dlight isno tvisible tothehuman
ey e, Night View Assi stcan remain activated
when ther eis onc oming traf fic.
The infrared headlam psswi tchon inthe
dar kfrom speeds ofappr oximat ely5 mp h
(1 0 km/ h).This means that, while statio n‐
ar y, yo udo notha ve thefull visual rang eand
canno tch eckwhe ther Night View Assi stis
wo rking.
Sy stem limita tions
Night View Assi stcanno tdi spl ayobject sdir ectl y
in front ofor directl yne xt to theve hicle. Itma y
be thecase that obj ect sar ehigh light edaswell
as pedes trians oranimals .
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing instances:
R inpo or vis ibility ,e.g .sno w,rain, fogor hea vy
spr ay. R
thewindshield isdir tyinthevicin ityofthe
came ra.
R thecamer ais fogg ed up, damag edorcov‐
er ed.
R theinfra redcamer ain thera diat orgrill is
damag ed,dirty,fo gg ed up orcovered.
R onbends, onhillt ops orindips.
R athigh ambient temp eratur es.
Fu nction ofpedes trian and anima lde tection
of Nig htView Assis t
Nigh tVi ew Assi stcan detect ped estria ns using
typ icalch aract eristic s,e.g .th ebody contour s
and postureof aper son standi ngupr ight .
Lar geanim als,e.g.deer ,co ws orhor ses, can
also bedetected. Smal lerani mal s,e.g. dogsor
cats, areno tde tected.
Pe des trian and animal detection isau tomatical ly
switc hedonwhen thefo llo wing requ iremen ts
ar efulf illed:
R Night View Assi stisact ivat ed.
R The drivin gspeed isat leas t5 mp h
(1 0 km/ h). 21
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Itis dar k. 1
Night View Assi stdispla y
2 Standb ysymbo lfo ractiv epede strian detec‐
tion
3 High lighti ng
4 Pedes trian detected
If ped estria n de tection isacti ve,st andb ysymbo l
2 appear s.Ther eis no separ atesymbo lfo rani‐
mals .De tected ped estria ns orani mal sar ehig h‐
li ght edbyacol orframe.
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gNig htView Assis t
Re quirement s: R
The vehicle hasbeen star tedor theignition
is switc hedon.
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion .
R Reversege ar has notbeen engaged. #
Press butt on1.
The appr opriateNigh tVi ew Assi stdispla y
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. %
The infrared headlam psaredeactiv ated at
speeds below3mp h(5 km/h) .The Night
Vi ew imag econ tinues tobe displa yeduntil
yo uswit chitof fby pressing button1.
Switc hingautomat icactiv ation on/of f
Re quirement s:
R Pedes trian detection isacti ve(/ pag e21 2).
R Thero adw ayisno tlit.
R The speed isat leas t37 mph(60 km/h).
If all there qu iremen tsarefulf illed, thenight
vision imageis aut omaticall ysho wninthemulti‐
func tion displa yas soon aspeople oranimals
ar ede tected.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Aut. Night ViewAssist #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Spo tlight function
The spotlight function isan additional function
fo rNight View Assi st.It ru ns inthebac kground
and flashes theheadlam psatdetected per sons Dr
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wit
hfo ur sho rtim pulses. Thisattracts thedr iv‐
er's attent ion toappr oachingpedes trians .
Displ ayintheassis tance graphic 1
Spotligh tfunction switched onbut notoper ‐
ating
2 Spotligh tfunction switched onand oper ating The
pedestria n symb olintheassis tance grap hic
ind icatesth est atus ofthespo tlight function.If
th epedes trian symbol isdispla yeddar k1, the
function isswi tched on.Ifth esymbol isdis‐
pla yedbr ight 2,thecon ditions forth eSpo tlight
func tion arealso fulfilled.
Sy stem limita tions
The spotlightfun ction does notflash atanim als.
The spotlight function isno tact ive or isact ive
on lyto alimit edextent if:
R Youar edr ivin gin cit ytraf fic.
R The pedestria ns are loca tedin thear ea ofan
onc oming vehicle orave hicle infront.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe spotlight func ‐
tio n
Re quirement s:
R Pedes trian detection isacti ve(/ pag e21 2).
R Thero adw ayisno tlit.
R The speed isat leas t37 mph(6 0km/h).
R AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis tPlus isswit ched
on. If
all there qu iremen tsarefulf illed, theheadlam p
fl ashes four sho rtpulses atapedes trian detec‐
te don ornear tothero adw ay.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ 5
Light Setting s
5 Spot light #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blind
SpotAssis tand Activ eBli nd Spo t
As sist Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist
Bli nd Spo tAssi stuses twolat eral, rear-facin g
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea up to130ft
(40 m)behind your vehicle and10ft(3 m)
dir ect lyne xt to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto your vehicle in
th elat eral monit oring rang eand youswit chon 21
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th
etur nsignal indicat orinthecor responding
dir ection, awa rning tone sou nds once .The red
wa rning lam pin theoutside mirrorflashes .If th e
tur nsigna lind icatorre mains switchedon,all
ot her detected vehicles areindicat edonlyby the
fl ashin gof there dwa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
As are sult, Blind SpotAssis tcanno twa rn
dr iver sin this situat ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Blind
SpotAssis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ar eon lyaids. Theyma yfa ilto detect some vehi‐
cles andareno subs titutefo ratt entiv edr iving. Alw
aysensur eth at ther eis suf ficie ntdist anc eto
th eside forot her road user sand obstacle s.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe limit edinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The sensorsar edir tyor covered.
R Poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain,
sno wor spr ay.
R Narrow vehicles, e.g.bicycles, arewit hin the
monit oring rang e.
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar solidlanebor‐
der s.Wa rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving
alongside longvehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra
pr olong edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Fu nction ofbrak eapp lication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
% The brak eapplication functionisonl yav aila‐
ble forve hicles withaDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e. If
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125mp h(200 km/h). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak eapplication ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st
A cou rse-co rrect ing brak eapplication cannot
alw ayspr eve ntacol lisi on. #
Alw aysst eer ,br ak eor accelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciallyif Ac tiveBli nd Spo t
Assi stwa rnsyo uor mak esaco urse-
co rrect ing brak eapplication. #
Alw aysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tothe
fo llo wing:
R Ifve hicles overtak eto oclosel yon the
side, placing them intheblind spotar ea
R Vehicles approaching andovertakin gyo u
at agr ea tly differ ent speed
As are sult, ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi stma ynei‐
th er giv ewa rnings norinterve ne insuch sit‐
uations. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. If
acour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs,
th ere dwa rning lam pflashes intheoutside mir‐
ro rand awa rning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,adi s‐
pl ay 1 indic atingth edang erofaside collision
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
In rare case s,thesy stem maymak ean inappr o‐
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interru pte dat anytime ifyo usteer
slightl yin theopposit edir ect ion oraccelera te. Sy
stem limit s
Eit her acour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion
ap propr iate to thedr iving situation ,or non eat
all, mayoccur inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Vehicles orobs tacle s,e.g. crash barrier s,are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosely ontheside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving style wit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acc elerat esign ifican tly.
R Adr ivi ng safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP ®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st.
R ESP ®
is de acti vated.
R Aloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tireis
de tected.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBli nd Spo tAs sist or
Ac tiv eBli nd Spo tAs sist
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Blind SpotAssist #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. 21
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Ac
tiv eLan eKe eping Assist Fu
nction ofActiv eLan eKe eping Assist Ac
tiveLa ne Keeping Assistmonit orsth ear ea in
fr ont ofyour vehicle bymeans ofmultifu nction
camer a1. Itser vesto protect youag ains tunin ‐
te ntio nallylea vingyo ur lane .Yo uwill bewarned
by vibr ation pulses inthesteer ing wheel andgui‐ ded
byacour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion
ba ck intoyo ur lane .
Yo uar ewa rned byvibr ation pulses inthesteer‐
ing wheel inthefo llo wing circums tances:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assistde tects alane
mar king.
R Afront whe eldrives ove rth is lane marking.
Yo uwill also beguided backint oyo ur lane by
means ofacour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion
if th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assistde tects lane
mar kings onboth edg esofthelane.
R Afront wheel drives over asolid lanemark‐
ing.
Yo ucan activat eor deac tivateth eAc tiveLa ne
Ke eping Assistwa rning.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistcan neither reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyo ufa ilto adap tyo ur
dr ivin gst yle nor override thelaws ofphysics. It
can notta ke intoacc ount road, weather ortraf fic
condi tions.Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis onl yan
aid. Youar ere sponsible formaint ainingasaf e
dis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hicle speed,
forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ing
in lane.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ckag eor
Dr ivi ng Ass istan cePlus Packag e:Ac tiveLa ne
Ke eping Assistcan bring theve hicle backint o
th elane withalane-c orrecting brak eap plica tion.
In thecase ofabr ok en lane marking being
de tected, abr ak eap plica tion willonly bemad eif
a ve hicle hasbeen detected intheadjacen tlane.
Onc oming vehicles, overtakin gve hicles andvehi‐
cles inadjacent lanescanbedetected.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis available inthe
speed rang ebe twee n37 mph(60 km/h) and
12 4mp h(200 km/h). Dr
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If
alane-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs,dis‐
pla y1 appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
Sensitivity ofActiv eLan eKe eping Assist
% The availabilit yof thefo llo wing function is
coun try- dependen t.
A lane-c orrecting brak eap plica tion also occu rs
in theSens itivesetting inthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assistde tects asol id
la ne mar king.
R Afront whe eldrives ove rth is lane marking.
Sy stem limit s
No lane- correcting brak eap plica tion occu rsin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Youcle arly and activel yst eer ,br ak eor accel‐
er ate.
R Youha ve switc hedonthetur nsignal indica‐
to r(situ ation-dep endent).
R Adr iving safetysy stem interve nes, such as
ES P®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi st. R
Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving style wit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof accel‐
er ation.
R When ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ aye d.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highly variable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane markings ,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed. R
Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane marking sch ang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth ero adw ayisvery nar row and wind ing.
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag eor Drivi ng Ass istan cePlus Packag e:
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistuses radar sensor s
to monit orseveralar eas around theve hicle. If
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir tyor
co veredwit hsno w,thesy stem maybe impair ed
or ma yno tfunc tion.If an obs tacle inthelane in
whic hyo uar edr ivin ghas been detected, no
la ne-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs. 21
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