sensor MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 2020 AMG User Guide

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stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R The windsh ieldinthear ea ofthecamer ais
dir ty,fo gg ed up, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth era dar sensor sar edir tyor covered.
R Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphill ordownhill gradients.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront, suchas
bicy cles ormo torcyc les.
In addition ,on slipper yro ads, brakin gor acc el‐
er atin gcan caus eon eor severalwheels tolose
tr act ion and theve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from acce ler‐
ati on orbraki ng byActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el‐
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsaway usin gAc tiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI C.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand is
consider ablyfa ster or slo werth an the
cur rently driven spe ed.
R IfAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
lo ng er detects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt objects. #
Alw ayscar efully observethetraf fic con‐
di tions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoacc ount thetra ffic situat ion
bef orecallin gup thestor ed speed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto insuf ‐
fi cie ntdece lera tio nby ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es
yo ur vehicle withup to50% ofthemaximum
possible deceleration.Ifth is decele ratio nis
no tsu fficien t,Ac tiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Caler ts youwit havis ual and
aco ustic warning. #
Inthese cases, adjustyo ur spee dand
ke ep asuf ficie ntdist anc e. #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eact ion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifde tection
functi onofActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis impai red
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cdo es not
re act orhas alimit edreact ion:
R when drivin gon adif fere nt lane orwh en
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topedes trians, animals, bicycles orsta‐
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacles
R tocom plex traf fic condi tions
R tooncom ingvehicles andcrossing traf fic
As are sult, ActiveDis tance Assist
DIS TRONI Cma ynei ther giv ewa rnings nor
int erve ne insuch situations. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic con dition s
car efull yand react accordin gly. Oper
ating Activ eDi stance AssistDI ST RO NIC
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
R ESP®
is act ivat ed and isno tint erve ning .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B.
R Allthedoor sar eclosed.
R The checkof thera dar sensor system has
been success fullycom pleted(vehicle travel‐
ing faster than 12 mp h(20 km/h)) R
Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no tbein g
used topar kth eve hicle ortoexitfrom a
par kingspace.
R The vehicle does notskid. #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate Activ eDi stance
Ass istDI ST RO NIC :press button 1. #
Toactiv ateAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :press rock er switc h3 up(SET +)
or down (SET -),or press rock er switc h4
up (RES). Remo veyour foot from theacceler‐
at or pedal.
The current spe edisstor ed and maint ained
by theve hicle.
or #
Toactiv ateAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC with ast or ed speed :pr ess
ro ck er switc h4 up(RES). Remo veyour foot
fr om theacceler ator pedal. #
Topull away wit hAc tiv eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :re mo veyour foot from the
br ak epedal andactiv ateAc tiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C. #
Press rock er switc h4 up(RES).
or #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal brief lyand
fi rm ly.
The funct ionsofActiveDis tan ceAssi st
DIS TRONI Cconti nuetobe car ried out. Dr
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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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yo
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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Tr
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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Ther
ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and traffic
condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R The subsc ript ion informatio nsho wsthest a‐
tus (/ page23 0).
In fo rm atio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toDai mle rAG .The data isimmed iatelyre n‐
de redanon ymous byDai mle rAG and forw arded
to thetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin gth is dat a,traf‐
fi c re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's position are
sent totheve hicle. Thevehicle actsasasensor
fo rth eflow oftraf fic and helpstoimprove the
qu alit yof thetraf fic re por ts.
If yo udo notwish totrans mityo ur vehicle posi‐
tion, youcan have this ser vice deact ivat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er. Displa
yingsubscr iption informa tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The subscr iption expir ation dateis aut omatic ally
displa yed:
R one mont hbef oreth eex pir ation date.
R one week bef oreth eex pir ation date.
R ontheex pir ation date. #
Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthest atus ,on eof thefo llo wing
mess ages appear s:
R theper iod ofvalidity forth esubscr iption
is displa yed.
R thesubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R atan author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er R
viaanMB Infocall totheMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center
Di spl aying thetraf fic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati on:theve hicle is
eq uipped withacommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIM car d.
R When theve hicle isstar ted, thecomm unica‐
tion module automaticall yes tablishes an
Int erne tcon nection .Tr af fic inf ormati onis
mad eav ailable shortly af te rw ards.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activateº 0073.
Th etraf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple: 230
Multimed iasystem

No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Ext erior lighting
Cleanthelenses withawe tsp ong eand mildcle ani ng agent,
e.g .car shampoo. Onl
yuse cleaning agents orcleaning clothsth at aresuit able
fo rpla stic lens es.
Sensor s
Cleanthesensor sin thefront and rear bum perand inthe
ra diat orgrill wit hasof tclo thand carsham poo. When
usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainaminimum distance of
11 .8 in(30 cm).
Re ar vie wcamer a
and front camer a Use
cleanwa terand asof tclo thtocle an thecamer alens. Donotuse apo we rwa sher .
Ext endable rear
wi ng R
Extend there ar wing when washing byhand
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R Clean there ar wing withasof tcar spon geand mild clean‐
ing agent ,e.g .car sham poo.
R Retract there ar wing completely afte rdr ying
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notuse apo we rwa sher .
Ta ilpip es
Cleanwithaclean ingagent recomme ndedforMer cedes-
Benz, especiallyin thewint erand afte rwa shing theve hicle. Do
notuse acidic cleaning agents. 300
Maintenance andcare

Ti
re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Ev erytir e, incl uding thespar e(if prov ided),
should becheckedwhen coldatleas tonc ea
mont hand inflated tothepr essur ere com‐
mend edbytheve hicle manuf acturer(see
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don the
B-pil laron thedr iver ’s side orthetir epr es‐
sur elabel ontheinside ofthefuel filler flap
of your vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires ofa
dif fere nt size than thesize indicat edon the
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor the
tir epr es su re table, youne ed todeterm ine
th epr oper tirepr essur efo rth ose tires.
As anadded safetyfe atur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withatir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneor mor eof
yo ur tires aresign ifican tly unde rinf late d.
Ac cor ding ly,if th elow tirepr essur eindicat or lam
plights up,yousho uld stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nas poss ible, andinflate
th em tothepr oper pressur e.Driving ona
signif icantlyund erinf lated tirecaus esthetir e
to ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion andreduces tiretread life, and may
af fect theve hicle's handling andbraking abil‐
ity .Please note that theTPMS isno ta subs ti‐
tut efo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis the
dr iver's responsibili tyto maint aincorrect tire
pr ess ure, even ifunder inflation hasnot
re ac hed theleve lto trig ge rill umina tionof
th eTPMS low tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th elow tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.When
th esy stem detects amal functi on,theindica‐
to rlamp willfl ash forapp roxima tely amin ute
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists. When
themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen tor alternat etir es orwheels
on theve hicle that prev ent theTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct ionwarning
lam paf te rre placing oneormor etir es or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur eth at the
re placemen tor alternat etir es and wheels
allo wtheTPMS tocontinu eto function prop‐
er ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es installed ontheve hicle
by means ofatir epr essu resensor .
Ne wtirepr essur esensor s,e.g. inwint ertires,
ar eaut omaticall yta ught -indur ing thefirs tjou r‐
ne yth ey areused.
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur e
appear inthemultifunc tiondispla y
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Wheels andtires