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sponsi bleforcom plying withro ad tra1c regula -
tions anddriving atasuit ablespe ed.
The speedada ptatio nmade bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particu larlyin thefo llo wing
situations:
R The road's coursenotclear lyvisi ble
R Road nar rowing
R Varying maximum permissible speedsinindi-
vidual lanes, forex am ple attollplazas
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
In these situations thedr iver must interve ne
ac cor dingl y. &
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NGRisk ofaccid ent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadaptation
Ro ute-based speedadaptation canmalfunc-
tion orbe temp orarily una vailable inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalculat ed
ro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup-t o-dat eor availabl e R
Intheev ent ofroadw orks
R Inbad weather orroad cond itions
R Ifth eacceler ator pedal isdepr essed
R Intheev ent ofelectr onicall ydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adaptth espeed tothetra1c situation. SeSe
tting r tting
rout out
e-based speedadapt e-based
speedadaptation ation
R R
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
R ECOAssist isactiv e.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Rou te-based Speed #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
When thefunction isactiv e,theve hicle speed
is adju sted depen dingon thero uteev ents
ahead.
% Further informatio non therout e-based speed
adap tation (/page170) . AA
ctiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist isonl yav ailabl eup toa
speed of130 mph (210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntions .Dep ending on
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assist usesthe
ve hicles ahead andlane marking sas are fere nce.
% Dep ending onthecountr y,in thelowe rspeed
ra ng eAc tiveSt eer ing Assist canusethesur -
ro unding tra1c asare fere nce. Ifnece ssary,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist canthen also prov ide
assist ancewhen driving awayfrom thecent er
of thelane, forex am ple, toform are scue
lane .
If th ede tection oflane marking sand vehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assist switches
to passiv emode. Thesystem prov ides nosuppor t
in this case.
St St
atus displa atus
display of A y
of Activ ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist int t
in the he
Ins Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display
R Ø (gra y): acti vatedand passiv e
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e Dr
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Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (white,redhands): "handsonthesteer -
ing wheel" prom pt
% Duringthetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus, theØ symbol issho wnasenlar ged
and 0ashing. Oncethesy stem ispassiv e,the
Ø symbol issho wnasgray intheInstr u-
ment Displa y.
% Depending ontheselect edvehicle setting s,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist maybe una vailable.
S S
t t
eer eer
ing and t ing
and touc ouc
hde t h
de tection ection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st ee ring wheel atall time sand beableto inter-
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hi-
cle and keep itin lane. Thedriver must expect a
ch ang efrom activ eto passiv emode orvice versa
at anytime . If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page173) .
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con/ rmation tothesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. R
Depen dingon t Depen
dingon the coun try he
coun try: :
th edr iver presses
a steer ing wheel buttonoroper ates Touc h
Contr ol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n. 172172
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R
The wind shield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co veredin thevicinity ofthecamer a,e.g. bya
sti cker.
R No, orseveral,unclear lanemarkings arepr es-
ent forone lane, orthemar kings chang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacons tructi onarea or
int ersecti ons.
R The lane marking sar ewo rnawa y,dar kor cov-
er ed up, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R The roadis na rrow and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacles onthelane orprojecting
out intoth elane, suchas object markers.
The system doesno tpr ov ide assist anceinthefo l-
lo wing conditions:
R Ontight curvesand when turnin g.
R When crossin gint ersecti ons.
R Atroundabouts ortollst ations.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyst ops function ing
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor will keep theve hi-
cle inlane . #
Alwayske ep your hands onthesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra1c carefull y. #
Alwaysst eer theve hicle paying attent ion
to tra1 cco nd itio ns . &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyint erve nes
The detection oflane marking sand obje cts
ma ymalfu nctionand cause unexpect edsteer -
ing interve ntions . #
Steer accor dingtotra1 cco nd itio ns . AA
ct iv ct
ivat ing/ deact iv at
ing/ deact ivat ing A at
ing Act iv ct
ive St e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but isno tint erve ning. R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Select 004FSteering Assist. FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eEmer g e
Emer gency St ency
Stop Assist op
Assist If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle,
or giv es no con/r mation tothesy stem, awa rning Dr
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to
ne sou nds inadd itionto thevisual warning mes-
sag e.
If th edr iver still does notre spond tothewa rning,
th eBeginning Emergency Stopmessag eappear s
in theInstr ument Display.Ifth edr iver still does
no tre spond ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
re duces thespeed. Thevehicle isdecel erated in
st ag es toast ands till.
Depen dingon thecountr y,at speeds below
40 mph(6 0km /h)th ehazar dwa rning lights
switc hon automaticall y.
When theve hicle isstation ary, thefo llo wing
actions arecar ried out:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ended.
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis pla ced tothe
Mercede s-Benzemergency callcent er.
The driver can cancel thedeceler ationatanytime
by per form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions:
R Steer ing R
Braking oracceler ating
R Deactiv atingActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C AA
ctiv ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane ChangeAssi st e
Assi st FF
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane ChangeAssi st e
Assi st
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stsupp orts thedr iver
when chang inglane sby appl ying steer ing torq ue
if th edr iver activ ates atur nsignal indicat or.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155) .
Assis tance when chang inglane sis prov ided ifall
th efo llo wing conditions areme t:
R Youar edr iving onafree wa yor road withmul-
tip lelane sin thedir ection oftrav el.
R The neighbor inglane issepar ated byabr ok en
lane marking .
R Novehicle isde tected intheadjacent lane.
R The vehicle speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/h )and 110 mph(1 80 km/h). R
ActiveLane ChangeAssi stisswi tched onin
th emultimedia system.
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e.
If no vehicle isde tected intheadjacent laneanda
lane chang eis per mitt ed,thelane chang ebeg ins
aTer thedr iver has activ ated thetur nsignal indi-
cat or.This issho wntothedr iver wit hagr een
ar ro w ne xt to the± steer ing wheel symbol.
The Lane Change tothe Left messag e,forex am-
ple, also appear s.IfAc tiveLane ChangeAssi st
has been activatedwit hth etur nsignal indicat or
but alane chang eis no timmed iatelypossibl e,a
gr ay arro w appear sne xt to the± steer ing
wheel symbol, whichre mains green.
When lanechang eassis tance star ts, thetur nsig-
nal indicat orisaut omaticall yactiv ated along with
th edispla yin theInstr ument Display.
If th eassist ancegraphic issho wnwhen chang ing
lane s,an addit ionalarro w appear sin itpoin ting
to wa rdsth eadjacent lane(/page165).
If alane chang eis no tpossibl e,thear ro w isfaded
out aTer afew secon dsand ane wlane chang e
mus tbe initiat ed. Animmed iatelane chang eis 174174
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ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
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Eva-
siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lamplights upintheinst rument
clust er.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
: :
dependi ngon thecoun-
tr y, an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur sin the
fo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning oftheseat
belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone occ ur
sim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
0046004F0055> braking assistance occur
s.The brak epr essur eincr eases uptomaxi-
mum full-sto pbr aking ifnecessar y.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155 ). If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1
appear sin theInstr ument Displayand then aut o-
maticall ygoes outaTer ashor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua-
tion-dependen tbr aking assistanceistrigg ered,
additional prev entiv emeasur esforoccupant pro-
te ction (PRE-SAFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedby
limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcom plextra1c situations.
In suc hcases ,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. Also
observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. 176176
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Yo
ucan prev ent theassist anceatanytime by
activ elyst eer ing.
Cor Cor
ner ner
ing funct ion (onl ing
funct ion (onl yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving ivi
ng
Assis t Assis
tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
If th esy stem detects arisk ofacolli sion withan
oncom ingvehicle when turnin gacr oss anonco m-
ing lane ,aut onom ousbraking canbeinitiat edat
speeds below9mp h(1 5km /h)be fore youha ve
leT thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident despiteEv a-
siv eSt eer ing Assist
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist cannotalw aysre cog-
niz eobje ctsorcom plextra1c situat ions
clear ly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist isno tsu1cien tto
avo idacollision. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Evasiv eSt eer ing
Assist alone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. #
End thesuppor tby activ elyst eer ing in
non -critical situ atio ns. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedestr iansclose tothepat hof your
ve hicle. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Fu llsy stem perform ance isno tye tav ailabl efo ra
few secon dsaTer switchingontheve hicle oraTer
dr ivi ng o..
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinoper ative
due toamalf unct ion,th e00C7 warning lamp
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction,
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis glar e,
in dir ect sunlight oringreatl yva rying ambient
light.
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co vered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfere nce
fr om other radar sour ces, e.g.strong radar
re 0ectio nsinapar kingga rage . R
Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor amalf unctionin g
tir ehas been detected and displa yed.
R Incom plextra1c situations whereobjects
canno talw aysbe clear lyident i/ed.
R Ifpedestr iansorvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifped estr ians arehid den byother objects.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedestr iancanno tbe
distin guished from thebac kgroun d.
R Ifapedestr ianisno tde tected assuc h,e.g .
due tospecial clothing orother objects.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stene d.
R Oncurves withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsens orsadjust auto-
mati callywhile acer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl ypar -
tiall yav ailabl edur ing thete ac h-in process.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssis t e
Assis t
R R
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uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isswitc hedon. Dr
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Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Ass istan ce
5 ActiveBrak eAss ist #
Selec tth edesir edsetting .
The setting isretained when thedr ive sy stem
is ne xt star ted.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
% Itis recommen dedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stacti vated. #
Select Off.
The distance warning function, theaut ono-
mous braking function andEvasiv eSt eer ing
Assist aredeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, themiddle
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeac tivated, the00D4
symbol appearsin thestatus baroftheInstr u-
ment Displa y. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t FF
unct ionof unct
ionofTr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
Tr a1c Sign Assis tde tects tra1c signswit hth e
multif unctioncamer a(/ page155) .It assists
yo uby displa yingdetected speed limitsand over-
ta king restr iction sin theInstr ument Display.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155) .
Sin ceTra1c Sign Assis talso uses thedat astor ed
in thena vig ation system, itcan updat eth edispla y
in thefo llo wing situations without detectin gtra1c
sign s.
The camer aalso detects tra1c signswit ha
re str iction indicat ed byan addit ionalsign (e.g.
when wet).Thes ear eonl ydisp laye difare str ic-
ti on appliesor ifth esy stem canno tclear lyde ter-
mine whether there str iction applies.
W W
ar ar
nin gwh en t nin
gwh en the maximu mper he
maximu mpermi ssible spee dis mi
ssible spee dis
ex ex
ceeded ceeded
The system can warnyouifyo uunint entionall y
ex ceed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan specify inthemultimedia system by
ho wmuc hth emaximum permissible speedcan be
exceeded beforeawa rning isissued. Youcan
specify whether thewa rning isto be justa visual
wa rning oran acoustic oneaswell.
Displa Displa
yin t y
in the Ins he
Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display Instr
ument Displayin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenther eis a
re str iction
3 Additional signwithre str iction 18
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ehicles wit ehicles
withast h
ast andar andar
dIns d
Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display: :
A + +
symbol next to atra1c signintheInstr u-
ment Displa yindicat esthat addit ionaltra1c
sign sha ve been detected. These canalso be
displa yedin themedia displayand optionall y
in theHead-up Display.
If Tra1c Sign Assis tcann otdeterm ine themaxi-
mum permissible speed(e.g.duetomissing
signs), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y: This
isdis pla yedcontinu ouslyif th eve hicle isin a
coun try wher eTra1c Sign Assis tis no tsuppor ted.
Tr a1c Sign Assis tis no tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
% Also obser vetheinf ormation ondispla ymes-
sag esinTra1c Sign Assis t(/ page337) . Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
dir ect sunlight orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth etra1c signs arehar dto detect, e.g.due
to dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or
because they areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out- of-dat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtra1c signs
outside thecamer a's/eld ofvision. Se Se
tting tting
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
R R
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emen ts: emen
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yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic SignAssist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingaut ating
automatic adop omatic
adoptionof tion
of
speed limits(onl speed
limits(onlyv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist ance ance
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Select LimitAdoption. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
The speed limitsdetected byTra1c Sign
Assis tar eaut omati callyadop tedby Active
Dist ance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected speed canbemanual lyadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control Dr
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Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page167).
Disp la Disp
laying det ying
detect ect
ed ed
tr tr
a1c a1c
signs int signs
inthe medi adis- he
medi adis-
pla y pla
y #
Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
Se Se
tting t tting
the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
ning ning
#
Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
thr hr
eshold eshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic hawa rn-
ing isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
&
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GRisk ofan accident orinjur y
due todist raction ,incor rect or missin g
dat a
The tra1c lightinformation displayis an aid
and canno tre place theobser vation ofthe
actual drivi ng situ atio n. #
Keep theactual tra1c situation con-
st antl yin vie wwhen approaching atraf-
fi c light andwhen chang inglane s. #
Avoid looking attheInstr ument Display
and Head-up Displayfo ra long time. The
Instr ument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailabl e)sho wthetra1c lighticonandremainin g
time 1unti lth ene xt green phase asacountdo wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheInstr ument Display
The displa yis hidden about/veseconds before
th etra1c lights chang eto green.
% The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turning o.beforeth eint ersection
int oacr oss orside street
R When turning beforeth eint ersection
% The direction arro ws aredispl ayeddepending
on thefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsignal isse t
R Alane isrecommen dedduring activ e
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iving andparking

If
nei ther function isactiv e,there mainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase forth elane
str aight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetra1c lightinformation service
re qu ires there gula rtr ans missionof vehicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons toMer cedes-
Benz. Thedatais imm ediately anon ymizedby
Mer cedes-Be nzand forw arded tothepr ov ider
of thetra1c lightinformation service. The
ve hicle positionsand drivi ng directi ons are
dele tedaTer ave ry shor ttime (afew sec-
onds) andareno tper manen tly sa ved.
If yo udo notwa nttotransm itth eve hicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons, youha ve the
fo llo wing options:
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedesme portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice intheAssis-
tance menuinthemultimedia system
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% This tra1c lightinformation service isonl y
av ailabl ein cer tain cities andregions . The
functio nis sup portedunder thefo llo wing con-
ditions:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithamult imedi asy s-
te m featur ingnavig atio nand acommun ication
modul ewit han activ ated, integratedSIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes me
Po rtal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth euser
account.
R The navig ation services option isavailabl e,
subscr ibedtoand activ ated intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The tra1c light dat aser vice belon gstothe
scope ofthena vig ation services.
The current vehicle positionand thedir ection of
tr av el aretransmitt edvia thecommunication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetra1c
light dataser vice prov ider .The prov ider gather s
dat afrom tra1c lights whichtransmit their chang -
ing phases. Whentheve hicle approaches aninter-
secti onwithne tworke dtra1c lights, datais trans-
mitt edtotheve hicle. A
se ttur nsign alleT orright and lane recommen -
dation sdur ing activ ero uteguidance areta ke n
int oaccount forth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand is
no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle funct ions,systems
or com pone nts. Ple ase note that thedispla yed
dat ais no tav ailabl ein all tra1c areas and maybe
inco rrect.
Cer tain light signal systems automaticall yadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent tra1c situa-
tion. Thiscanlea dto asudde nch ang ein the
count down displa y.
The informa tion intheInstr ument Displayis
sho wnaTer selecting thedispla ycont ents inthe
Assi stance men u.Ifano ther menu isselect ed,the
tr a1 cligh tco un tdow nis no tdis pla yed.
Also obser vethefo llo wing information:
R select aspeed adaptedto thetra1c, sur-
ro undings andweather cond itions
R obser veactual tra1c signs
R obser veappli cable tra1c rules and regula -
tions Dr
iving andparking
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