screen MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class 2012 W166 Owner's Manual

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The
infrared lampsswitch on
automatically fromaspeed ofabout 6mph
(10 km/ h).This means thatyoudonot have
the fullvisual rangewhilethevehicle is
stat ionary andcann otchec kwhether Night
View Assist Plusisworking.
Pedestrian recognition G
WARNING Pedestrian
recognitionmay beimpaired or
inoperative if:
R pedestrians arepartially orentirely
obscured byobject s,e.g. parked vehicles.
R the silhouette ofthe pedestrian inthe Night
View Assist Plusdisplay isincomplete or
interrupted, e.g.bypowerful light
reflections.
R pedestrians donot cont rast with the
surroundings.
R pedestrians arenot standing upright,for
example, ifthey aresitting, crouching or
lying down. i
Animals
arenot recogniz edbypedestrian
recognit ion.
Night ViewAssist Plusisable torecogniz e
pedestrians bytypical characterist ics,e.g. a
silhouette inthe shape ofap erson .
Pedestr ianrecogn itionisthen switch edon
automatic allyif:
R Night ViewAssist Plusisactivat ed.
R you aredriving fasterthan6mph
(10 km/ h).
R the surroundin gsare dark, e.g.when
driving outside built-up areaswithout
str eet lighting.
If pedestrian recognitionisactive,
symbol ?appears. Ifpedestrian sare
recogn ized,theyareframed =and thereby
highlighted. Ifthe pedestrian recognition
system hasbrought apedestrian toyour
atten tion,look through thewindshield to
evaluate thesituation .The actual distance toobject
sand pedestrians cannotbegauged
accurately bylooking atascreen.
It may bethe case thatobject sare highlighted
as well aspedestrians.
Fogg edup ordirt ywindsh ield If
the windsh ieldinfro ntofthe camer ais
fogge dup ordirt yon the inside oroutsid e,the
Night ViewAssistPlus display isaffec ted. G
WARN
ING Please
donot forg etthat your primar y
respo nsibilit yis to drive thevehic le.Ad river's
attention tothe road must alwaysbe his/he r
prima ryfocus whendriving.For yoursafety
and thesafety ofothers, stopbefore tryingto
remove windowfoggi ngorclea ning the
winds hieldin front ofthe Night ViewAssist
Plu scamera .
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(ap proxima tely50km/h), yourvehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet
(approximately 14m)every second.
X To defr ost: chec kthe automatic air
con ditionin gsett ings (Ypage 132)and fold
do wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323) .
X To def ros tthe inside ofthe winds hield:
fol ddo wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323)
and clean the windsh ield (Y page 321) . Dri
ving sys tems
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