MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE 2012 Owners Manual

Useful information
i This Owner's Manual describes all mod-
els, series and optional equipment for your
vehicle that were available at the time of
going to press. National variation sare pos-
sible. Not ethat your vehicle may not be
equipped with all of the function sdescri-
bed. This is also the case for system sand
function srelevan ttosafety.
i Read the information on qualified special-
ist workshops: (Y page 23). Important safet
ynotes G
WARNING
Only use the on-board computer when road
and traffic condition spermit .You would oth-
erwise be distracted and unable to concen-
trate properly on driving, and could cause an
accident. G
WARNING
No messages will be displayed if either the
instrument cluster or the multifunction dis-
play is inoperative.
As aresult, you will not be able to see infor-
mation about your driving conditions, such as
speed, outside temperature, warning and indi-
cator lamps, display messages or system fail-
ures. Drivin gcharacteristics may be impaired.
Adjust your driving style and vehicle speed
accordingly.
Contact aqualified specialist workshop
immediately. G
WARNING
The on-board computer only records and dis-
plays malfunctions and warnings from certain
systems. For this reason, you should always
make sure that your vehicle is safe to use. You
could otherwise cause an accident by driving
an unsafe vehicle. G
WARNING
The operating safety of your vehicle could be
impaired if maintenance work is carried out
incorrectly. This could cause you to lose con-
trol of your vehicle and cause an accident.
Moreover, the safety systems may no longer
be able to protect you or others as they are
designed to do.
Always have service work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop.
For an illustration of the instrument cluster,
see (Y page 30). 208
Important safety notesOn-board computer and displays

Display
sand operation Instrument cluster
Instrumen
tcluster: kilometres
: Speedometer wit hsegments (Y page 210)
; Multifunction display (Y page 211)
= Rev counter (Y page 210)
? Coolant temperature ( Ypage 210)
A Fue lgauge Instrumen
tcluster: miles
: Speedometer wit hsegments (Y page 210)
; Multifunction display (Y page 211)
= Rev counter (Y page 210) Display
sand ope ration
209On-boardcomputer and displays Z

?
Coolan ttemperature (Y page 210)
A Fuel gauge Coolant temperature gauge
The coolant temperature gauge is in the
instrument cluster on the left-hand side
(Y page 30).
Under normal operatin gconditions and with
the specified coolant level, the coolant tem-
perature may rise to 120 †.
At high outside temperatures and when driv-
ing uphill, the coolant temperature may rise
to the end of the scale. Rev counter
! Do not drive in the overrevving range.
Doin gsow ill damage the engine.
The red band in the rev counter indicates the
engine's overrevving range.
The fuel supply is interrupted to protec tthe
engine when the red band is reached. Outside temperature display
G
WARNING
At temperatures just above freezing point, the
street may be icy, especially in wooded areas
or on bridges. If you do not adapt your driving
style to the conditions, the vehicle could skid.
For this reason, adapt your driving style and
speed to the weather conditions.
The outside temperature displayisint he mul-
tifunction display( Ypage 211).
Changes in the outside temperature are dis-
played after ashort delay. Speedometer with segments
The segments in the speedometer indicate
which speed range is available.
R Cruise control activated (Y page 165):The segments light up from the stored
speed to the maximum speed.
R VariableS PEEDTRONIC activated
(Y page 168):
The segments light up from the start of the
scale to the selected limit speed.
R DISTRONIC PLUS activated (Y page 170):
One or two segments in the set speed
range light up.
R DISTRONIC PLUS detects avehicle in front:
The segments between the speed of the
vehicle in fron tand the stored speed light
up. Operatin
gthe on-board computer
Overview :
Multifunctio ndisplay
; Right control panel
= To switc honLINGUATRONIC; see the sep-
arate operating instructions
? Bac kbutton
A Left control panel 210
Display
sand operationOn-board computer and displays

X
To activate the on-board computer: turn
the key to position 1in the ignition lock.
Yo uc an contro lthe multifunctio ndisplay and
the settings in the on-board computer using
the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel.
Left control panel =
; R
Calls up the men uand men ubar 9
:
Pres
sbriefly:
R Scrolls through lists
R Selects asubmen uorfunction
R In the Audio menu: selects a
stored station ,anaudio track or
av ideo scene
R In the Tel (telephone) menu:
switches to the phon ebook and
selects aname or telephone
number 9
:
Pres
sand hold:
R In the Audio menu: selects the
previous/next station or selects
an audio track or avideo scene
using rapid scrolling
R In the Tel (Telephone) menu:
start srapid scrolling if the phone
book is open a R
Confirms selection/display mes-
sage
R In the Tel (telephone) menu:
switches to the telephon ebook
and start sdialling the selected
number
R In the Audio menu: stops the
station searc hfunction at the
desire dstation Righ
tcontrol panel ~ R
Reject sorendsac all
R Exits telephone book/redial
memory 6 R
Makes or accept sacall
R Switche stotheredial memory W
X R
Adjust sthe volume 8 R
Mute Back button
%
Press briefly:
R
Back
R Switche soff LINGUATRONIC;
see th eseparate operating
instructions
R Hide sdisplay messages/calls
up th elast Trip men
ufunction
used
R Exits th etelephone book/redial
memory %
Press and hold:
R
Calls up th estandar ddisplay in
the Trip menu
Multifunction display
:
Description field
; Men ubar
= Drive program (Y page 149) Displays and operation
211On-boardcomputer and displays Z

?
Transmission position (Y page 149)
A Permanen tdisplay: outside temperature
or speed (Y page 221)
X To show th emenu bar ;:press the
= or; button on the steerin gwheel.
Menu bar ;disappears after afew seconds.
Text field :shows the selected menu or
submenu as well as displaym essages.
The following messages can appearint he
multifunction display:
XjY Active Parking Assist
(Y page 187)
¯ Cruise control (Y page 165)
È SPEEDTRONIC (Y page 168)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Ypage 117)
À ATTENTION ASSIST
(Ypage 192)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 144)
Ä Speed Limit Assist
(Ypage 193)
à Lane Keeping Assist
(Ypage 199)
à Active Lane Keeping Assist
(Ypage 204)
ë HOLD function (Y page 179)
Ä PRE-SAFE®
Brake (Y page 68)
120 km/h! Maximum permissible speed
exceeded (only for certain coun-
tries)
Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select
am enu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 210). Depending on the equipment fitted in the
vehicle, you can call up the following menus:
R
Trip menu (Y
page 212)
R Navi menu (navigation instructions)
(Y page 214)
R Audio menu (Y
page 215)
R Tel menu (telephone) (Y
page 217)
R Assist. menu (assistance) (Y
page 218)
R Serv. menu (Y
page 220)
R Settings menu (Y
page 221)
R AMG menu in AMG vehicles (Y
page 228)
The Audio ,
Navi and
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with an audios ystem and in vehi-
cles with COMAND Online. The examples
given in this Owner's Manual apply to vehicles
equipped with COMAND Online. Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the
steering wheel until the Trip menu with
trip meter :and total distance
recorder ;is shown. 212
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

Trip compute
r"From start" or "From
reset" Example: "From start" trip computer
:
Distance
; Time
= Averag espeed
? Averag efuelconsumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Fro mstart or
Fro mreset .
The values in the Fromstart submenu are
calculate dfromt he start of ajourney, whilst
the values in the From reset submenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset (Y page 214).
The From start trip computer is automati-
cally reset if:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded.
The From reset trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours
or 99,999 kilometres.
ECO display Example: ECO display X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
ECO DISPLAY .
When the ignition is switched off for more
than four hours, the ECO displayisa utomat-
ically reset.
For further information on the ECO display,
see (Y page 161).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
current fuel consumption (not for AMG
vehicles) and the approximate range.
The approximate range which can be covered
depends on the fuel level and your current
driving style. If there is only asmall amount
of fuel left in the fuel tank,t he displayshows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of the
range.
Digital speedometer :
Digital speedometer
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
digital speedometer. Menus and submenus
213On-board computer and displays Z

Resetting values
Example
:resetting the trip compute r"Fro ms tart"
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
function that yo uwishtor eset.
X Press the abutton.
X Press the :button to select Yes and
press the abutton to confirm.
Yo uc an reset the value softhe following func-
tions:
R trip meter
R trip compute r"Fro ms tart"
R trip compute r"Fro mr eset"
R ECO display
i If yo ureset the value sinthe ECO display,
the values in the "From start" trip computer
will also be reset. If you reset the values in
the "From start" trip computer, the values
in the ECO displayw ill also be reset.Navigation menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi menu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instructions. For more
information on the navigation system, see the
separate operating instructions.
X Switch on the audios ystem with Becker®
MAP PILOT or COMAND Online; see the
separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Navi menu.Route guidance not active :
Direction of travel
; Current street
Activated route guidance No change of direction announced
:
Distancetot he destination
; Distancetot he next change of direction
= Current street
? Symbol indicating "follow the road's
course"
Change of direction announced without a
lane recommendation :
Road to which the change of direction
leads
; Distancetoc hange of direction and visual
distance display
= Change-of-direction symbol
When achange of direction has been
announced, you will see visual distance dis-
play ;next to the symbol for change of
direction =.This shortens from the bottom 214
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

to the top of the displa
yasyouapproach the
point of the announced change of direction.
Chang eofdirection announced with a
lan erecommendation :
Road to which the change of direction
leads
; Distanc etochange of directio nand visual
distance display
= Lane recommendation
? Lane continue sthroug hchange of direc-
tion
A New lane during achange of direction
B Change-of-direction symbol
On multilane roads, the system can display
lane recommendation =for the next change
of direction. During the change of direction,
additional lanes ma ybedisplayed.
Lane recommendations ar eonlyd isplayed if
the relevant data is availabl eonthe digital
map.
Other status indicators of the naviga-
tion system R
O:y ou have reached the destination or an
intermediate destination.
R New route... or
Calculating route :
calculating anew route
R Off map or
Off road :t
he vehicle position
is outside the area of the digital map (off-
map position).
R No route :nor
oute could be calculated to
the selected destination. Audio menu
Selecting aradio station :
Waveband
; Station frequency with memory position
i Station ;is displayedw itht he station
frequency or statio nname. The memory
position is only displayeda long with sta-
tion ;if this has bee nstored.
X Switch on the audi osystemorC OMAND
Online and select Radio; see the separate
operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audio menu.
X To select astore dstation: brieflypress
the 9 or: button.
X To select astation from the station
list: press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
If no statio nlist is received:
X To select astatio nusing the station
search: press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
i For informatio nonswitchin gwavebands
and storin gstations ,see th eseparate oper-
atin ginstructions.
i DABradio mod e(Digital Audio Broadcast-
ing): see th eseparate operatin ginstruc-
tions. Menu
sand submenus
215On-boardcomputer and displays Z

Audio player or audio media operation
Example: CD/DV
Dchanger display
: Current track
Audio data from various audiod evices or
media can be played, depending on the equip-
ment fitted in the vehicle.
X Switc hont he audio system or COMAND
Online and activat eaudio CD/DVD mode
or MP3 mode; see the separate operating
instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audio menu.
X To select the next/previous track:
briefly press the 9or: button.
X To select atrack from the track list
(rapid scrolling): press and hold the
9 or: button until desired
track :has been reached.
If you press and hold the 9or: but-
ton,t he rapid scrollin gspeed is increased.
Not all audio devices or media support this
function.
If trac kinformation is stored on the audio
device or medium, the multifunction display
will show the number and title of the track.
The curren ttrack does not appear in audio
AUX mode (Auxil iary audio mode: external
audio source connected). TV operation :
Channel frequency with memory position
i The memory position is only displayed
along with station :if this has been
stored.
X Switch on COMAND Online and select TV;
see the separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audio menu.
X To selectas toredstation: brieflypress
the 9 or: button.
X To select astation from the station
list: press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
i Storing aTVchannel :see the separate
operatin ginstructions.
i Depending on the digital TV broadcaster,
radio stations can also be received. The
multifunction display shows TV (RADIO) .
Video DVD operation Example: CD/DVD changer display
:
Current scene
X Switc honC OMAND Online and select
video DVD;s ee the separate operating
instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audio menu.216
Menus and submenusOn-boar
dcomputer and displays

X
To select the next or previous scene:
briefl ypress the 9or: button.
X To select ascene from th escene list
(rapid scrolling): press and hold the
9 or: buttonuntil desired
scene :hasb eenr eached. Telephon
emenu
Introduction G
WARNING
Observ ethe lega lrequirements of the country
in which yo uarecurrentl ydriving regarding
the us eofm obilephonesint he vehicle.
If it is permitted to us emobilephonesw hile
the vehicl eisinmotion, yo ushoul donlyu se
them when the roa dand traffi cconditions
allow. Otherwise, yo umaybe distracted from
the traffi cconditions, cause an accident and
injure yoursel fand others.
X Switch on the mobil ephone (se ethe sep-
arate operating instructions).
X Switch on the audi osystem or COMAND
Online ;see the separate operating instruc-
tions.
X Insert the mobil ephone into the bracket
(Y page 286).
or
X Establis haBluetooth ®
connectio ntothe
audi osystem or COMAND Online ;see the
separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Tel menu.
Yo uw ills ee one of the following display mes-
sages in the multifunctio ndisplay:
R Please enter PIN :t
he mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not been entered.
When you enter your PIN via the mobile
phone, LINGUATRONIC, the audios ystemor COMAND Online, the mobile phone
searches for
anetwork.
R Telephone ready or the name of the net-
work provider: the mobile phone has found
an etwork and is ready to receive.
R Telephone No service :t
here is no net-
work available or the mobile phone is
searching for anetwork.
i You can obtain further information about
suitable mobile phones and connecting
mobile phones via Bluetooth ®
:
R from any Mercedes Benz Service Centre
R on the Internet at: http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect
Accepting acall Example: incoming call
X
Press the 6button on the steering
wheel to accep tanincoming call.
If someone calls yo uwheny ou areint he
Tel menu
,adisplay message appear sinthe
multifunctio ndisplay.
You can accept acall even if you are not in
the Tel menu.
Rejecting or ending acall X
Press the ~button on the steering
wheel.
You can end or reject acall even if you are not
in the Tel menu.
Dialling anumber from the phone book X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Tel menu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to
switch to the phone book. Menus and submenus
217On-board computer and displays Z