MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 2020 AMG Owner's Manual

Selec
tingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system setting
Yo ucan selectfrom thre edif fere nt suspe nsion
se ttings :
R COMF ORT ensuresa comf ortable suspen‐
sion setting. Select this suspen sionsetting if
yo upr efer aco mf ortable driving style.
R SPOR Tensur esafirm ersuspension setting.
Select this suspen sionsetting when employ‐
ing aspor tydrivin gst yle, e.g. onwinding
count ryroads.
R SPOR TPL US ensures ave ry firm suspension
se ttin g. #
Press displa ybutt on1.
The displa ybutt onsho wscurrentl ysel ect ed
su spe nsion setting 2:
R ä C(blue) :CO MF ORT
R ä S(yello w): SPOR T
R ä S+(red): SPOR TPL US The
select edsuspension settin gis sho wnin
th emultifunc tiondispla yas amessag e:
R AMG Suspension SystemCOMFORT
R AMG Suspension SystemSPORT
R AMG Suspension SystemSPORT+ Pa
rking Assis tPA RK TRONI C Fu
nction ofParking Assis tPA RK TRONI C Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis an elec tron ic
par kingassi stanc esy stem withultr asound. It
monit orsth ear ea around your vehicle using mul‐
tiple sensor s1 onthefront bum perand onthe
re ar bum per.Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Csho ws Dr
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uth edis tance betwee nyo ur vehicle anda
de tected obs tacle visually and audibly .
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis on lyan aid. Itis
no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐
ing and parking remains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at ther ear eno per sons, animals orobjec tsin
th emaneuv ering area while maneuv ering and
par king in/exitingpar king spaces. Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cwa rning displa y(v ehi‐
cles without front and rear vie wcam era) Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cwa rning displa y(v ehi‐
cles withfront and rear vie wcam era)
If Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cde tects anobs ta‐
cle inthepat hof theve hicle, apop-up window
wit hth eappr opriatewa rning displa yappear sin
th emedia displayat speeds belowappr ox‐
imat ely6 mp h(1 0 km/h).
The color segments showthedis tance betwee n
th esensor sand theobs tacle detected:
1 Yello wwa rning disp lay: obs tacle sat adi s‐
ta nce ofbetwee nap prox .2.0 ft(0.6 m)and
3.3 ft(1.0 m) 2
Orang ewa rning disp lay: obs tacle sat a
med ium dist anc ebe tween appr ox.1. 0 ft
(0.3 m)and 2.0ft(0.6 m)
3 Redwa rning disp lay: obs tacle sat ave ry
shor tdis tance ofapprox .1. 0 ft (0.3 m)or
less
When Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis oper ational
and noobj ectis de tected, noseg ments are
sho wninthewa rning displa y.
% Ifth eent ire sy stem fails, theint ernal seg‐
ment sof thewa rning displa yar esho wnin
re dand theé symbol appearsin themul‐
tifun ction displa yin theins trument cluster.
If Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva ted,
th ewa rning displa yfa des out.
In thest andar dse tting ,an intermit tent wa rning
to ne sou nds from adi st anc eof appr oximat ely
1. 0 ft (0.3 m)toan obs tacle infront and approx ‐
imat ely3. 3ft (1.0 m) toan obs tacle beh ind. A
continu ouswa rning tone sou nds from adi st anc e
of appr oximat ely0. 7ft (0.2 m).Using theWa rn
ear lysettin g,youcan setth ewa rning tone in
th emultimedia system sothat itwill soun dear‐ 15
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atagr eat erdis tance ofapprox imat ely3. 3ft
(1 .0 m) (/ page15 2).
% The Warnear lysettin gis alw aysactiv eat
th ere ar oftheve hicle.
Sy stem limit s
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdoes notne cessa‐
ri ly take intoacc ount thefo llo wing obstacle s:
R Obs tacle sbel ow thede tection rang e, e.g .
pe rsons, animals orobject s.
R Obs tacle sab oveth ede tection rang e, e.g .
ove rhang ingloads, overhang sor loadin g
ra mp sof truc ks.
As are sult ofadditional accessories(e.g. license
plat ebr ac ketor bicy cle rack )th eactual distance
to an obs tacle mayno tcor respond tothedis‐
ta nce mea suredby Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
und ercertain con dition s.
The sensorsmus tbe free ofdir t,ice and slush .
Ot her wise, they ma yno tfunction correctly .
Cl ea nth esensor sre gular ly,ta king careno tto
scr atc hor damag eth em. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPa rking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
* NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. #
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe
sensor s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s.
The vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. If
indicat orlam p1 isno tlit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis lit
or theé symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa y,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no t
act ive. #
Press button2.
% Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theve hicle isstar ted. Dr
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jus tingthe warning tones ofParking
Assis tPA RK TRONI C
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Set Warning Tones
Ad jus tingthe volum eof thewa rning tones #
Select Warning ToneVolume. #
Seta va lue.
Ad jus tingthe pitchof the warning tones #
Select Warning TonePitch.
Se ta va lue.
Specif yingthest ar ting pointfo rthe warning
to nes
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwa rning tones should comm ence
wh en theve hicle isfur ther aw ay from anobs ta‐
cle . #
Sele ctWa rnEarl y. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofa deo ut
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be
re duced whenParking AssistPA RK TRONI Cgiv es
an audible warning. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Fr
ont and rear vie wcamer a Fu
nction ofthefront cam eraand rear vie w
camer a
The front camer aand rear vie wcam erasuppo rt
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cand help youto
avo idobs tacle swhe nmane uvering.
Whe nau tomatic operation ofthere ar vie wcam ‐
er ais act ivat ed inthemultimedia system, the
imag efrom there ar vie wcam erais sho wnauto‐
mat icall yne xt to thePa rking AssistPA RK TRONI C
wa rning displa ywhen reve rsege ar iseng aged . The
fron tcam eravie wcan becalle dup usin g
butt on1 orusin gth esof tkey sin themultime‐
dia system.
% Youcan also switchbetween thefront cam‐
er aand rear vie wcam eravie ws usin gth e
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons (/page14 6). 15
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Ifth ere ar vie wcam erais act ive and you
shif tfr om reve rsege ar to thedr ive position ,
th evie waut omaticall yswitc hesfrom the
re ar vie wcam erato thefront camer a.
The front camer aand rear vie wcam eraar eon ly
an aid. Theyar eno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att en‐
tio nto thesur round ings.The responsibili tyfor
saf emaneuv ering and parking remains withyo u.
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno per sons, animals or
objec tsetc., inthemaneuv ering area while
maneuv ering and parking .
The area behind theve hicle isdispla yedas a
mir rorimag e,as intheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Yo ucan switchbetween various views inthe
multime diasystem, notjus tbe tween thefront
camer aand rear vie wcam era. 1
Front camer a,wide-ang levie w
2 Front camer a,standar dvie w
3 Rear vie wcam era, standar dvie w
4 Rear vie wcam era, wide- anglevie w
Dyn amic guide linesin thecamer aimag esho w
th epat hth eve hicle willtake wit hth esteer ing
wheel inits cur rent positio n.Thi shel psyouto
or ient yourself and toavoid obstacles when
mane uvering. 1
Yello wlane markingth ecour sethetir es will
ta ke atthecur rent steer ing wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yello wguide line,vehicle width(dr iven sur‐
fa ce) dep endi ngon thecur rent steer ing
wheel angle(dynamic)
3 Redguide lineatadis tance ofapprox imat ely
1 in (0. 3m) from there ar area
4 Markat adis tanc eof appr ox.3.3 ft(1.0 m)
The guide linesinthemedia displaysho wthe
dis tances toyour vehicle. Thedistances dis‐
pl ay ed onlyapply toroad leve l. Dr
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stem limit s
The came raswill notfunction orwill only parti‐
ally function inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The ambient lightcondit ionsarepoor ,e.g. at
night.
R The respectiv ecamer alens isobs truct ed,
dir tyor fogg ed up. Obser vetheno teson
cleaning thecamer as(/ page299).
R Camer as,orvehicle component sin whic h
th ecamer asareins talled, aredamag ed.In
th is eve nt,have thecamer as,their position s
and their setting checkedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop.
The field ofvision andother funct ionsofthere ar
vie wcam erama ybe restrict ed dueto addit ional
acc esso ries (e.g. license platebr ac ketor bicy cle
ra ck ).
% The displa ycon tras tma ybe impair eddue to
inc ident sunligh tor other light sources. In
th is case, paypar ticular attent ion. %
Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consi derablyrestrict its
us e.
Sw itchin gre ar vie wcamer aaut omatic mode
on/ off
The rear vie wcam erais on lyan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no
per son s,anim alsorobj ect set c. arein the
maneu vering rang e. Payatt ention toyour sur‐
ro und ingsand beready tobrak eat all times.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Auto. RearView Cam. #
Switc hth efunc tion on0073 oroff0053. AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST
AT TENTION ASSISTassis tsyouon long,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e.g. onhighw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSISTde tects indicatorsof fati‐ gu
eor incr easing laps es inconce ntration onthe
par tof thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr ea k.
AT TENTION ASSISTis onl yan aid. Itcann ot
alw aysde tect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno ta subs titutefo ra we ll-
re sted and attent ive dr iver .On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sin good timethat allo wfor
adeq uatere cup erati on.
Yo ucan choose between twose ttings:
R Standar d:nor mal system sensit ivity.
R Sensitiv e:higher system sensit ivity.The
dr iver iswa rned ear lier and theatt ent ion
le ve lde tected byATTENTION ASSISTis adap‐
te daccor dingly.
If dr ow siness orincr easing lapsesinconcen tra‐
tion arede tected, theATTE NTION ASSIS T:Take
a Break !wa rning appear sin theIns trument Dis‐
pla y.Yo ucan ackn ow ledg eth emessag eand
tak eabr eak wher eneces sary.Ifyo udo notta ke
a br eak and ATTENTION ASSISTcont inues to
de tect incr easing lapse sin concentr ation, you
will bewarned again afte ra minimu mof
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ucan have thefo llo wing status informat ionfor
AT TENTION ASSISTdispla yedin theassis tance
menu oftheon- boar dcom puter:
R The lengt hof thejour neysince thelas t
br eak .
R The attent ion leve lde term ined byATTENTION
ASS IST.
If AT TENTION ASSISTis unable tocal cul ateth e
att ent ion leve land cannotissue awa rning, the
Sys tem Suspend edmes sage appear s.
If awa rning isgiv en intheIns trument Display,
th emultimedia system offers to sear chfora re st
ar ea. Youcan selectare st area and star tna vig a‐ tio
nto this rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTis deactiv ated, theÛ
symbol appearsin theassis tance grap hicin the
Ins trument Displaywhen theengine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ated aut omaticall y
when theengine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lre mains stor ed.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ein the37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124mp h(200 km/h) speedrang e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTis
re strict ed, and warnings maybe dela yedor not
occ uratall inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox‐
imat ely30 min utes.
R 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 etime hasbeen setincor rectl y. R
Inactiv edr iving situations, 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, Sensitive orOff.
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 inthevicin ity. Dr
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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 Tr
af fic Sign Assistdetects traf fic sig ns with mul‐
tifunction camera1. Itassi stsyo uby displa y‐
ing detected spe edlimits andovertakin gre stric‐
tions intheins trument cluster. Since
Traf 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
fr ee wa yen try or exitro ad.
R When avillag eor cityboun darywhic 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 ).
% Traf fic sig ns areonly displ aye dwit hth e
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign in
th efo llo wing cases :
R The traffic sig ns mus tbe obs erve dwit h
th ere striction.
R The system isunable tocle arly de term ine
whe ther there striction applies.
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 15
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af fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th espeedome ter.
% IfTraf fic Sign Assistisunable todeterm ine a
maxim umspeed from anyof theav ailable
sour ces,no spee dlimit isdispla yedin the
ins trumen tclus 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.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, 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.traf fic sig ns
on cons tructi onsites 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
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Displa yingdetected traf fic signs inthe
me diadispla y #
Select DisplayinCOM AND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blind
SpotAssis t Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis t
At speeds aboveappr oximat ely18 mp h
(30 km/ h),Blind SpotAss istuses twolat eral,
re ar-facin gra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea up
to 10 ft(3 m) behind your vehicle anddirectl y
ne xt to your vehicle. Below18 mp h(30 km/h),
th esy stem isno tactiv eand vehicles inthemon‐
it or ing rang ear eno tde tected.
If Bli nd Spo tAssi stisact ivat ed, thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorlig hts upyello wat
speeds ofup to18 mp h(30 km/h). Atspeeds
abo veappr oximat ely18 mp h(30 km/h), the
wa rning lam pgoes outand BlindSpo tAss istis
opera tional.
If ave hicle isde tected within themonit oring
ra ng eat spe edsab ove 18mp h(30 km/h), the
wa rning lam pin theoutside mirrorlig hts upred.
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto your vehicle in
th elat eral monit oring rang eand youswit chon
th etur nsignal indicat orinthecor responding
dir ection, awa rning tone sou nds once andthe
wa rning lam pin theoutside mirrorflashes red. If
th etur nsignal indicat orremains switchedon,all Dr
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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 tis onl yan aid. Itma yfa ilto
de tect some vehicles andisno ta subs titutefo r
att ent ive dr ivin g.Alw aysensur eth at ther eis suf‐
fi cie ntdist anc eto theside forot her road user s
and obstacle s. Sy
stem limit s
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.
R Ifth elanes areve ry nar row or very wide,
espec iallyif ve hicles areno tdr iving inthe
middl eof their lane.
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. 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. Lane
Keeping Assist Fu
nction ofLane Keeping Assist Lan
eKe eping Assistmonit orsth ear ea infront of
yo ur vehicle bymeans ofmultifu nctioncamera
1. Itser vesto protect youag ains tunin tentio n‐ 15
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