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6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Di stronic Plus is activat ed and adjusts
the vehicle ’sspeed to the last speed
st or ed.
Dis troni cPlusdisp laysin the sp
eedo meter
1 Speedof the vehicle in front
2 Stored speed
Wh en you activa te Distronic Plus, triang le
2 indi cates the stored speed.
i The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic Plus. If
Distroni cPl us detects aveh icle in front,
the spee dometer range lig htsup betwe en
the spee dof the vehicl e in front 1and
st or ed speed 2.
The l distance warningsyst em la mpin
the instru ment clu ster lights up ifthe di s-
tanc eto th evehicle in front is too small. Dis
tron ic in theon-board co mputer
You can select thedistance disp lay and
switc hth eDistroni cPlus dista ncewarning
si gnal on or off inthe "Assistance" menu
( = page 284) of the on-board compu ter.
Di sp lay wi thDist ronic Plus activated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Di stroni cPl us is activated, youwi ll
see thef ollowing disp lay inthem ulti-
fu nction display. Whenactivating
Di stro nicPlus ,yo uwi ll see theset
sp ee dfo rap pro ximat elyfive seco nds.
P54.32-3685-31 G
Risk ofaccide nt If
Di stro nicPl us iden tifies arisk ofcollis ion,
an intermittent warning ton esound sin ad di-
tion to the ldistance warning lamp.
Br ak eto avoid a collisi on.
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Cross traffic
Dis tron icPlu sm ay inco rrec tly evaluate a
si gnal from avehi cle cros singy ouro wn
pa th. Ifyo uac tivate Distronic Plus while
st opped attra ffic lights wi thtra ffic cross-
in g, forex am ple, you r vehicle ma yina d-
vertently pull away. Sp
eedtro nicis used toma kesure that you
do not exceed a set spee d.You can set a
variabl eor permane ntlim itspe ed:
Va riab le for speed limits, e.g. in built-
up areas
Pe rm anent for long -term speed restric-
tions, e.g. for driving on win-
ter tyres i
The sp eed displa yed in thespeedometer
may dif fer sligh tlyf rom thel im it speed stored
wi th Speedtronic. Va
riable Spee dtro nic
The cruise contro l le veris used tooperat e:
! Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! Variab leSp eedtro nic
Th eLIM ind icatorlamp on the cru isecon-
tro llev er indi cates which syste myoucan
sele ct:
! LIMi ndicat or la mpoff:
Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! LIMi ndicat or la mplit:
Variab leSp eedtro nic
Yo uca nset an ylim itspeed above
30 km/h usin g thecr uise control lever
wh en the engine isrunning.
The cruise contro l le veris the upperm ost
le ve ron the left of the steerin gwheel.
P54.70-2339-31 Speedtronic
G
Risk ofaccide nt Sp
eedtro nicis on lyan ai d design edtoassist
dr ivin g. You arere spon sible forth e ve hicle’ s
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1 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed orahigher
sp eed
2 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed oralo wer
sp eed
3 Todeactiv ateSp eedtron ic
4 To resume the last spee dstor ed
5 To swi tchbe twe encruise contr ol,
Distroni c*or Dis troni cPlu s* and
Sp eedtr onic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
6 To activ ate:check ifthe LI Mindi cator
la mp is lit. If it is ,yo uc an acti vate
Sp eedtr onic. If it is not,pr ess the
cr uise co ntro l le verin thed irection of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM in dica tor lamp in the cruise
co ntrol leve rlight sup. 6
Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The road sp eed is sh owninthe disp lay
an d is stored. Speedtron icrou ndsthe
speed up to thene xt highest orlowe st
mult iple of 10 km /h.
The speedo meter ra nge li ghts upfrom
the star t of the scale up to th estored
speed. Sel
ecting astored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
Adjust mentin1k m/ h increments
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses.
Adjustment in10 km /hincrements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed.
De activating variable Speed tron ic
Th ereare variou swa ysof de activating var-
iable Speedtroni c:
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 3.
Va riable Spe edtroni cis dea ctivated.
or
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Risk of accident If
there is a chang eofdriver s, ad vise the
ne w driver ofthe limi ts pe ed stor ed.
Only useSpeedtron ic if yo uwill noth aveto
accel eratesu dde nlyto a sp eeda bove that
stor edas the limit spee d. You could ot her-
wi se ca usean ac cide nt.
You can on lyex ce ed thes tore dlimit speed
if you switch off variable Speedtron ic,e .g.
by depr essing theac cel erator peda lbeyond
the pres su re point(ki ckdo wn ).
It is not possi ble to deactivate va riab le
Speedt ronicby br aking. 216_
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Ul trason icsou rces such as a lorry ’scom-
pres sed-air brake s,apneu matic drill oran aut o-
mat iccar was hco uld cau sePar ktronic to
malfun ction.
i The se nsors mustbe freefrom dirt ,ice and
slu sh,ot he rwise they are not abl eto work prop-
erly .Clean thesenso rs regularl y,taking care not
to sc ratch or da mage them.
Mi nimum dist an ce
Al lwa rnin g displays light upandawa rning
tone sound sif th erei san obsta clew ithin
this ra nge.Ifyo ur vehicle’ sdis tanc ef alls
below the minim umdista nce, it sco nti nued
ap proa chwillno longer beshown. Warning
displays
The warnin g displays sh owthedist an ce
between the bump erand the obsta cle. Th e
wa rning display fo rthe fr ontarea is inthe
ins trumen tcl us ter. The warni ngdisplay for
th e rea rareais at the re arin the roof trim. Fr
ont area warni ng display
1 Left-h an dside of the ve hicle
2 Righ t-ha ndside of th evehicle
3 Oper ationa lre adin ess sy mbol
Th ewarn ingdi sp layfo r ea chside of the ve-
hicl eisdivided into five yellow and two red
segments. Parktro nicis op era tion alif yel-
lo w info rm ation displ ays3 under the seg-
ments li ghtu p.
Th etra nsmi ssion pos itio n de termines
whic hwarning displ ayisac tive: One
ormo resegm ents ligh tupas thev ehi-
cl ea pproaches an obstacle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdista nc efrom the obstacle.
Wh en the firs tre dse gm entlight sup,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twa rnin gsignal
fo ra pproxi mately two se conds. After the
se co nd red segm ent lights up, you wil lhear
a co ntinuo us warning sig nal.Yo uha ve
rea che d th eminim um dista nce. Centre ap
prox. 20 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 15 cm P54.32-3397-31 Autom
atic
tr an sm is-
si on in Wa
rnin gdi splay D Fr
ont area activated R Fr
ont and rear areas act i-
va ted N Wi
th the el ectric parki ng
brake applied: no areas
ac tiv ated.
Wi th the el ectric parki ng
brake released: front and
re ar ar easact ivat ed P No
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Th e war ning disp layforea ch sideof th eve-
hicl e is divid ed into five yell ow and two red
se gm ents. Park Assis tis op era tiona lif ye l-
lo w info rmationdi sp lays 3underth ese g-
men tslight up.
Th e tra nsmi ssio npositio ndeter mines
wh ich wa rning display is activ e:One or
moresegm ents light upasthe veh i-
cl e ap proa chesan obst acle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdis tanc efro mthe obsta cle.
Wh en the first red seg ment lights up,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twarning sign al
fo rap proxim atelytwo seconds .After the
se co nd red segment lights up, you will hear
a co ntinuous warning sign al.Yo uha ve
re ac hed the minimum di stanc e.
i The warning display sand warningto nes may
be triggered as a result of heavy rain, e.g .by wa-
ter running of fin the area around thesenso rs. Collision
warning
Par kAs sist ca ndetect object sfrom aco n-
si derable dista nce. If you reverse towards
an obsta cle, youwi llhe ar awa rning. You
mu stthen brake to avoid acollision .The
co llisio nwarning does notso und if yo uare
ver yclo seto the ob stac le.Yo u will th en
hear the relevant warning tone fort he
wa rning display inther earar ea.
i Aco llision war ning ma ybetriggered as a re-
sult of heavyrain, e.g. by water running off in the
area arou ndthes ensors. De
acti vatin g/activa ting
1 Todeactiv ate/ activ ate Park Ass ist
2 Indicat orlamp
6 Pressbutton 1.
Park Ass isti sde activated if ind icat or
la mp 2islit. Aut
omatic
tran smis-
sion in Warning
display D Fr
ont area activ ated R Fr
ont and re arareas acti-
vated N Wi
th the electri cparking
brake appli ed:no areas
ac tivated.
Wi th the electri cparking
brake rel eased:front and
rear area sa ctivat ed P No
area sa ctivat ed P5
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tching on therever sing came ra
6 Make sure the ignition isswitched on.
6 Make sure that the "Automati cin R
gear" settingf orthe rever sing ca mera
is select edin th einstru me ntclus ter
( = page 285).
6 Engage reverse ge ar.
Th eare abe hind th evehi cleis sh own in
th e CO MAND display with guide li nes
fo r the most re cently sele cted parki ng
funct ion. G
Risk of accide nt The
reversing came ra is only an ai dan dma y
distor tpe rspectiv e,show object sina ccu-
rately or not show them at all.Thereve rsing
ca mer adoes notrelieve youo fthe res ponsi-
bil ity to pay attention. The cam era may not
sh ow ob ject sint hefollowin gar ea s:
! Veryclose to the rear bump er
! Under there ar bumper
! Above the bo otlid ha ndle
Yo ua re alwa ys respo nsibl efo rsa fety and
must continu eto pay attention to you rim-
me diat e sur round ings when pa rking an d
manoe uvring .Thisap plies tothe area be-
hi nd, infront of and beside theve hicle. Ot h-
er wi se, you could enda nger yourse lfan d
others. G
Risk of inju ry Make sure
thatnopersons or ani malsare
in the manoe uvring ran ge.O therwi se ,they
cou ldbe injur ed. G
Risk ofaccide nt The reversing cam
erado es not func tion or
its fun ctions arere stricted if:
! the boot lid is op en
! itis raining veryhard, snowing orfoggy
! it is nigh t ti me oryouar edr ivin gyou rve-
hi cle in a very dark area
! thec am erai sexposed tover ybright
white lig ht
! yourimmed iatesurround ings areillu mi-
na ted with fluore scen tlight, e.g. fr om
fluo rescent tubes (the display mayflic k-
er)
! there isaver ysu dde nch an ge intemper-
atur e,e.g. ifyou drive int oaheat edga-
rage from the cold in winter
! the cam era lens isdirty or co vered
! the rear of your vehicle is dama ged. If
this is the case, have thepo sition and
se tting of thecam erachecked ata qu al-
ifie dsp ecialist workshop.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmen dsthat you
use a Merced es-Ben zSe rvice Centr efor
th is pu rpose Op
eratio nof the reversing came rama ybe
li mi tedon icy, slip per yan d sno w-co vered
ro ads. The ve hiclem ayslip andth ereb y
leav eits calculated rou te.
Do not uset he reve rsing cam era in such
situations .Yo ucou ldotherwise injure other
peopl edur ing pa rking or damage objects
an dyou rve hicle.
If you fitothe rw heelso rtyres to your vehi-
cl e, this cou ldpre vent ther ever sing cam era
fr om workin gcorrectly .Ther efor e, get infor-
ma tion in ad vanc e from a Merced es-Benz
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Ni ght View Ass ist illum inat es the road with
in frar ed light, in addit ion to th enorm al
he adlamp s. A ca meraatthe top of the
winds cree n pi cksu p th einfra red light and
sho wsa blac kand whi teview inthemu lti-
fu nc tio ndisplay. The im ageint he multi-
function di splay corre spond sto the vi ewof
th eroad provided by th ema in-bea mhead-
lamps. The
Night View Assist im age in the multi-
fu nc tio ndisplay is notimpai red:
! bythe head lamp sof oncomin g vehicles
! if you cannot swi tch on the main-b eam
he adlamp s due to onc oming tra ffic
Th is en ables yo utoa nticip ate the course
of th eroad andr ecogni seobs tacles ea rli-
er. i
Infrared ligh tisno tvisible tothehu ma n
eye and canth erefore remain switch ed on at all
ti me swi thou tdaz zlin gon coming tr affic.
1 Night View Assist camera Ni
gh tVie wAs sis t* G
Risk of accide nt Ni
ght Vi ewAssist is only an aid designe dto
as sist dr ivin g, an d do esnot relieve yo uof
th er espo nsibilit yto payattentio n.Do not
rely on the Ni ghtVi ew As sist im age, butco n-
tinue to loo kthro ught he windsc reen .The
responsibility to dri vesafely
and ap prop riate lyforthe current traf fic situ-
ation lies with you at all time s.Othe rwise,
you co uld enda nger your selfan d ot hers.
The NightView Assist image in the multi-
fu nc tion display ma y no tbe asclea ras usual
in fog, rain an dsnow. G
Risk ofaccide nt Ni
ght Vi ewAssist cannot de tect objects lo-
ca tedd irec tlyinf ront or to the si deof
th ev ehicle. When manoe uvring , co ntinue to
lo ok through the windsc reen.Ma kesure
that nopersons or animals are in or near the
area in which you are manoeuvr ing. P5
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itch ingon or off
Yo uca n onl ysw itch Night View Assist on if:
! the key isin po sition 2in the ig nition
lock
! it is dark
! thelight switc his set to *orB
or ifthe daytime drivin glights are
sw itche don
! the autom atic tr ansmission is not atR
1 Toswitch Night View Assist on or off
6 Press ro cker sw itch 1upordown.
Th eNight View Assist im ageissh own
in themu lti-fun ction disp lay. i
Theinf rare dhe adlamps only switch on
at speeds above 15 km /h.You do not therefore
ha ve full use of thev iewi ngrange and it is not
possible to checkthatNi gh tView Assist is work-
ing correc tly when theve hicle is stationary. Image in the
multi-f un ction di splay
Wh enyousw itchon Night View Assist, the
sp ee d di splay view cha nges in the multi-
fu nc tio ndispl ay. Th espeed disp lay
is shown as abar at the lower edge of the
mult i-fu nc tion display. Thero w of basic
menu sis no longe rava ilab le.If yo uwi sh to
ch an ge asettingu sing the ste ering wheel
buttons, yo umu stsw itch of fNight View
As sist. 1
Night View Assist im age
2 Speed displ ay
Ad jus ting thebr igh tnes sof themu lti-
fun ction display
1 Control knob
P5
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Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
(= page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 (= page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
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Auxilia ryhea ting /ventilation*
Th eindicator lamp sin the button maylight
up in blu e,red or yellow.
6 Make sure tha tthe engine is notru n-
ning.
6 Todeactivate /activate: briefly press
up per or lower se ction of rocker
sw itch 1.
Th ered or blue indi cator lamp in rock er
button 1islit. Th eau xiliary heati ng or
vent ilati on is sw itch ed on. Yo
uma yper form the following usingt he
remote contr ol:
! switc hthe auxiliary heating/
venti lation on /off
! check th esta tusof the auxiliary
heating /ventila tion
! sele ctadeparture time
! set a departure ti me
Th e remot econt rol has a maximum range
of app roxima tely 300 metres.The range
ma ybe redu ced by:
! sou rces of radio inter fere nce
! solido bjects betwe enthe re mote con-
tr ol an d the vehicle
! the re mote control being inan unf a-
vour ablepo sition in rel ation to th eve-
hicle
! transmit ting from an enclose dspace
i Theo ptim umrange can only be ac hieved
if you holdtheremot eco ntrol vertically upwards
when you press one ofthe bu ttons.Y our ve hi-
cl e’s equipment include sone remot eco ntrol.
Two more remot eco ntrol smay be used for ea ch ve
hicl e.Forfu rthe r information, consu lt a quali-
fied spe cialist workshop, e. g.a Mercede s-Benz
Ser vice Centre.
i Whenthe ba tteries in the remote control are
nearly disc harged, abatte ry icon appears on the
rig ht ofthe disp lay. Re place the remot eco ntrol
ba tteries (
=page 475).
1 Displ ay
2 Tocallup the statu sor set departu re
time
3 OFF button
4 ON button
5 Tocallup the statu sor set departu re
time In
dica tor la mp Auxiliary
heating Blue Auxili
aryvent ila-
tion switche don Red Auxili
aryhe ating
switc hedon Yellow Swi
tch-on time
presele cted
( = page 214) Rem
ote co ntrol
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