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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion
Kickdown
You can also use kick down for maximum
ac ce ler ation in ma nualdrivep rogram M.
! AMGve hicles :ki ck down is not pos sible in
th e manual gearshift progra m.
6 Depress th eac ce lerator pedal beyond
the pressure point.
The tran smissi onshiftst oalo we rgear
depending on the engine spee d.
6 Once the desired sp eedh asbeen
re ac hed, shift up again.
i Ifyo uapply fullth rot tle, the automa tictran s-
mi ssion shifts up tothe nextgear at maximum
engine speed. Th isprevent sth e engine from
overre vving.
! AMGve hicles :In them anual gearshift pro-
gram ,the aut oma tictransmis sion does not shift
up on its own eve natthe ma ximum perm issible
speed forth e respec tive gear. Whenthe engine
speed limi tis reac hed,thef uel supply is int er-
rupted toavoid overrevv ingtheengine. Makeab-
solu tely ce rtain that the engine speed does not
cl imb tothe red area in therevcount er.If thi s oc-
curs, the engine could be damaged. Dea
ctivat ing
6 Press prog ram selec torbutton 1re-
pe atedly until th elett erSor Cappea rs
in the multi-func tio ndisplay.
or
6 Resta rttheengine. 216_
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Instrumen tcluster
Yo uwi llfind afu llov erview ofthe in stru-
me ntclu ster in the "Ata glan ce" se ction
( = page 12).
6 To activate the dis play:switch on the
ig ni tion.
i The displa yinth e instrumen tcl ust eris also
sw itch ed on when you open thedoors or swi tch
on the lig hts.
Yo uca ncha nge th ela ng uage setting in the
mu lti-func tio ndisplay usin gCOM AND
(= page 199).
1To se t theinstr umen tlighting and the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay
2 To se t theCOMA ND disp lay
6 Brighter: turnclockwise.
6 Dim mer:tur na nti-clockwise.
i Thei nstrum entligh ting au tomat ical ly ad-
ju sts ac cording tothe ambient lig htconditions.
i On veh icles wit h the Nig htView Ass ist* sys-
te m, cont rolkno bs1 and 2do not have a stop
limit. In
stru mentclus ter G
Risk ofaccide nt No me
ssag es can be di splaye difth er eis a
fa ilure ofthe inst rumen tcl us ter and/ orthe
mu lti-fun ction disp lay. You will no tthe nbe
ab leto see informatio nab ou tthe veh icle
status, such asspeed andoutsi detemp era-
tu re ,w arning andindi ca tor lamp s,malfunc-
tion and warni ngme ssa ges or the failur eof
syst ems.Th e ve hicle’ s han dling cha racteris-
ti cs ma y be af fected.
Im medi ately consul taq ualifi ed spe cial ist
workshop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge and tools tocarry ou tthe
work required. Mercede s-Be nz rec ommends
that youuse a Mercede s-Be nz Servic eCen-
tr e fo rthispu rpose .In particul ar,work rele-
va nt tosafety or on sa fety-r elat ed system s
must be carrie dou tat aq ualifi ed spe cial ist
workshop. Setting
the instr ument lighting and
COMAN Ddis play
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Instrum entclust er
Th eco olan t tem peratu regauge is inthe in-
strum entcl us ter on the le ft-h an d side.
Th eco olan t te mperatur emay riseto
12 0° C und ernormal operati ngconditions
an difth eco nc entr ation of antifr ee ze /
co rros ion inh ibitor is correct.
Th ered band inthe re vco unt erind icat es
the engi ne’s ove rrev ving rang e.Th e speed
is restr icte dto prote cttheengine when
the red band is rea ched.
! Donot dri veintheov errev ving range. Doing
so will dam ageth e engine. Th
eou tside temper ature disp lay is lo cated
in the lower left-h an dco rner of the instru-
me ntclus ter. There isashort del aybefore
a ch an ge inthe outsid etem per atur e is dis-
played.
Th e fuel gaug eisinth einst ru me ntclus ter
on th eleft-h an d side. Theye llow res erve
fu el segment displ aylights upif th efuel
level drops into the reserve range. Coolant temperat
ure ga uge Rev counter Outside tem
perature dis play G
Risk of accident When
thetem perature display ed isjust
ab ovefreezin gpo int, the roa dsu rface may
be icy, espe cially in wooded areas or on
br idge s.The vehicle cou ldskid if you fail
to ad apty ourd rivi ng styl e. You should
therefo realwa ysada ptyou r driving style
and spe edto suit the weather condi tions. Fuel ga
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On-board computer
Th eon-board com puteris ac tivate das
so on asyou turn th ekey to position 2in
the ignition lock. You can use the on-board
computer to look up info rm ation relating to
yo ur vehicle and to make adjust me nts.
1 Line forba sic me nus
2 Text fiel don themult i-funct ion disp lay Se
ttings, functions ,sub menus anda ny
faul tswh ich occurar edi sp layed in the text
fiel d.
Yo uca nco ntrol th emulti-f un ctiond isplay
an d the settings inthe on-board com puter
with th ebuttons on the multi-fun ction
st ee ring wh eel.
Severalfunctions are grouped the matica lly
in the menus.In the "Setting s"me nu, for
ex ampl e,yo uwi llfind functions for making
se tting sfo ryo ur vehicle. You ca nuse a
fu nction to ca llup in form ation or to chan ge
settings for your vehicle.
You can think of th eorder of the basic
menus as a loop: On-bo
ard computer G
Risk of accide nt Only
use the on -board comp uter when road
an dtraf fic co nditio nspermit .Yo uwo uldot h-
er wise be distract edfrom thetraf fic condi-
tions around you and cou ldcause an
acc iden t. Mu
lti-f un ction di sp lay P5
4.32 -3384-31 Multi-
function stee ring wheel
P46.10-2755-31 1 Multi-
func tio ndisplay 2 s
Acceptsa cal l*
t Endsa ca ll*
æ Increases thevol ume
ç Decrea ses the volu me
o Mute 3 !
Switcheson voi ce contro l* 4 L
Back/switches off voice
con trol* 5 $
Scrolls up
% Scrollsdown
& Moves right
( Moves le ft
# Confirm sa selecti on 216_R
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6 Press the& or( button repeat-
ed ly to cha nge the basic me nus.
Th enumbe rof menu sdepends on the op-
tiona leq uipment in your vehicle.
The L back button will take you upone
menu leve l.
Fr om the top menuleve l,yo uwi ll al waysgo
to the la stactiv escree nfrom the "Trip"
me nu. If yo upress the back button L
agai n,you wil lchang eto th est an da rd di s-
play.
You can con firm messag es ab out malfunc-
tions with #orL .Th ese areth en
st or ed in themessage memor yand can be
called upifne cessar y (
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Yo uwi ll fi nd the exp lana tions forth e in di-
vi du alme nus in th efollo wing table. Basic
menus
P54.32-3664- 00Commands/basic me nus Trip (
=pa ge 277) Na
viga tio n* ( =pa ge 278) Au
dio( =page 280) Teleph
one* ( =pag e282) Standard
disp lay Na
vigation tips Se
lect radio station Answe
rca ll Trip
comput erafte r start Op
erating CDplayer /CD
cha nger/a udio DVD* /MP3 Se
lect a phon ebook entry Trip
comput erafte r reset Ope
rating vid eoDVD Re
dial Range Oper
ating the TV* Digi
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P54.32-3963- 00Commands /basic menus Assist
ance*( =pa ge 284) Service (
=page 285) Set
ting s (=page 286) AMG
* (=page 287) Dista
ncedispl ay*for
Di stroni c* /
Distroni cPlu s* Call
upmessag es Dayti
medriving lights Ge
ardisp lay
En gine oi lte mp erature
Ve hicle elect ricalsyst emvolt-
age Di
stan ce warningsyst em* for
Distroni c* Tyre
pres sure Intelligent
Ligh tSy stem RA
CETIMER PRE
-SAFE ®
Brake for
Distroni cPlu s* AS
SYST PL US Speedtronic
Rever
sing came ra* En
gin eoil le vel* Add
itiona lsp eedom eter Ra
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On-board computer
.
i You will find a menu over view on
( = page 275).
In the "Trip" me nu, youcan show an add i-
tiona ldisplay for the speedometer and call
up or reset st atistica lda ta for your ve hicle. Standard display
Yo
u ca nsee thetri pme ter and the tot al
di sta ncere co rder in the st andard disp lay.
1 Total dista ncerec order
2 Trip meter Co
nsum ption st atistics afte rstart
i You will find a menu over view on
( = page 275).
6 Press (or& to select the "Trip"
menu. 6
Press %or$ tosele ct"After
start" .
1 Distanc edriven sinc estart
2 Time elapsed sinc e sta rt(swi tchi ng on
the ignition)
3 Averag esp eed si ncestart
4 Ave rage fu elcons umption sinc estart
i Allva lues relat ingto th ela st eng inestar tare
re se tif yo u leave the veh icleparked for lo nger
th an four ho urs(k ey in position 0in the ignition
loc kor remov ed).
i Thevalue swill not bereset if you turn the
ig niti onkey ba ck to position 1or 2during this
ti me.
The consum ption statistic ssinc e start
are automat ically reset aft er999 hours or
9,999 kilometres. Con
sump tion stat istic ssin cethe last re
set
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Trip"
menu.
6 Press %or$ toselect "After re-
set" .
1 Dista ncedri ven sinc elast reset
2 Time elap sed si ncelastreset (w itht he
ig ni tio nsw itchedo n)
3 Average speed si ncelast reset
4 Ave rage fuel cons umptionsince lastre-
set Trip
menu
P54.32-3362-31 P5
4.32-3366-31 P54.32
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Theconsum ption statistics sinc et he lastre-
set are autom aticall yreset af ter 9,999 hours or
99,999 kilometres. Callin
gupthe range
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Trip"
menu.
6 Press %or$ toselect
"Distanc e".
Th eappro xima te dista nceis displ ayed
whi chcan be covere dbythe tank’s
co ntents with yo urcurrent dri ving
st yle. Digital
speedo meter
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Trip"
menu.
6 Press %or$ toselect th edi gital
sp eedom eter. 1
Digital speedom eter Res
etting the values
i Youwill find a menu overvie won
(= page 275).
6 Press ( or& tosele ct the "Trip"
menu.
6 Press % or$ to select thefu nc-
tion th atyou wish to res et.
6 Press # .
Il lu st ra tion: "Reset tri pmeter" function 6
Press % toselect "Yes"and # to
confirm.
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
Th ed isplay inthe "Navi" menudepe ndson
wh ethe r ro utegu idan ceisac tive or not.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe "Navi"
menu. Rout
egu idance not active
Th ed irecti onof tra veland the na meofthe
ro ad you are curre ntly driving on appears
in the display, aslong asthis is kn ownto
the navigation system.
1 Direction of trav el
2 Road curre ntly be ing dr iven on
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4.32-3370-31 Naviga
tion* menu
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On-board computer Route guid
anceac tive
Th e displ ayin the multi-fu nc tio ndisplay
de pe nd son whe ther ach ang eof di rection
is anno unced or not.
No ch ange ofdire ction anno unced
Exampl edi sp lay
1 Dista nce to the desti nation
2 Icon for "fol low th eroad"
3 Distance un tilthe next chang eof dire c-
tion
4 Road currently being driven on Change
ofdirect ionann ounced wit hout
lane recommendati on
Exampl edi sp lay
1 Roa dto which the cha nge of direction
leads
2 Change ofdir ection icon
3 Distanc etoth ec hang eof dire ction and
di st an ce grap hic
If a chan ge of dir ection is annou nced , dis-
tanc egra phic3 appear snex t to th e
cha nge of dire ction icon. The distance
gr ap hic isredu cedfrom bottom to top as
yo uco ntinue to approa ch the announc ed
cha nge of dire ction. Ch
ange ofdire ction anno uncedwith
la ne rec omm endat ion
Exampl edisp lay
1 Roa dto wh ich the cha ngeof direction
le ads
2 Change ofdir ection icon
3 Distanc eto th echang eof dire ction and
di st anc egr aphic
4 Lane recommendati on
On mu lti-lane roads, COM ANDma y dis play
lane re comm endation 4for thenext
chang eof dire ction. Du ring the chang eof
directi on,additiona lla nes maybe dis-
played.
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