MERCEDES-BENZ M-CLASS SUV 2011 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2011, Model line: M-CLASS SUV, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ M-CLASS SUV 2011Pages: 389, PDF Size: 9.22 MB
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Menus and submenus
Men
uoverview
The number of menu sshown depends on the optional equipment in the vehicle. Function
:
Trip menu (Y
page 239) ;
Navi menu (navigation instructions) (Y
page 240)=
Audio menu (Y
page 241) ?
Tel menu (telepho
ne)(Y page 24 2) A
Assist. me
nu (assistance) (Y page244) B
Serv. menu (Y
page246)
R call supd isplay messages (Y page 253)
R tyre pressure loss warnin g(Ypage 36 0)or checks the tyr epressure elect ron-
ically (Y page361)
R ASSYST PLUS service interval display (Y page322) C
Settin
gs menu (Y
page 246) D
ON&OFFROAD menu (Y
page 252) 238
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The
Audio ,
Navi and
Tel menus differ slightly in vehicles with an audio system and vehicles
with COMAN DOnline. The example sgiven in this Owner' sManual 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
total distance recorder :and trip
meter ;is shown.
Trip computer "From start" or "From
reset" The values in the
From start submenu are
calculated from the start of ajourney, whilst
the values in the From reset submenu are
calculated from the last tim ethe submenu
was reset (Y page 240).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to select From start or
From reset .
Tri
pc omputer "From star t"(example)
: Distance
; Time
= Average speed
? Average fuel consumption The
From start trip computer is reset auto-
matically when:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 999 9kilometres have been exceeded.
The From reset trip computer is reset if the
trip exceeds 999 9hour sor9 9,999 kilome-
tres.
Displaying the rang eand cur rent fuel
consumption X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
curren tfuel consumption and approximate
range. :
Approximate range
; Current fuel consumption
Approximate range :is calculated accord-
ing to curren tdriving style and th eamount of
fue lint he tank. If ther eisonlyasmal lamount
of fue lleft in the fuel tank ,the display shows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of
range :.
Digital speedometer X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
digital speedometer. Menus and submenus
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:
Digita lspeedom eter
Resetting values Yo
uc an reset the values of the following func-
tions:
R trip meter
R trip compute r"From start"
R trip co mputer"From reset"
X Press the =or; buttononthe steer-
ing whee ltoselect theTrip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
functio nthat you wish to reset.
X Press a. Resettin
gthe trip computer "From start" (example)
X Press :to select Yes and press
a
to confirm. Naviga
tion menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi menu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instruc tions. For more
information ,see the separate operating
instructions.
X Switch on the audio system with Becker ®
MAP PILOT or COMAN DOnline (se ethe
separate operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Navi menu.Route guidance not active
:
Direction of travel
; Curren tstreet
Activated route guidance No change of direction announced
:
Distance to the destination
; Distance to the next change of direction
= Current street
? Symbol for "follo wthe road' scourse"
Change of direction announced without a
lane recommenda tion :
Road to which the change of direction
leads
; Distanc etochange of direction and visual
distanc edisplay
= Change-of-direction icon
When achange of direction has been
announced, you will see visual distanc edis-
play ;next to the symbol for change of
direction =.This decreases in size as you
approach the announced change of direction. 240
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Change of direction announced with a
lane recommend
ation
Lan erecommendations are only displaye dif
the relevan tdata is available on thed igital
map. :
Road to which the change of direction
leads
; Distanc etochange of direction and visual
distanc edisplay
= Lane recommendation
? Change-of-direction icon
On multi-lane roads, lane recommendation
= may be shown for the next change of
direction. Durin gthe change of direction,
additiona llanes may be displ ayed. :
New lane durin gachange of direction
; Lane con tinues throug hchange of direc-
tion
Other sta tusindicators of the naviga-
tion system R
O:y ou have reached the destination or an
intermediate destination.
R Ne wr oute... or
Calculating route :a
new route is being calculated. R
Off map or
Off road :t
he vehicle position
is outside the area of the digital ma p(off-
ma pp osition).
R No route :nor
oute coul dbecalculated to
the selected destination. Audio menu
Selectin garadio station Yo
uc an only change the waveband and store
new stations using the audio system or
COMAND Online.
X Switch on the audio system or COMAND
Online and select Radio (se ethe separate
operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audio menu.
:
Wav eband
; Station 19
X To selec tastoredstation: brieflypress
the 9 or: button.
X To select astation from the station
list: press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
X To select astatio nusing station
search 20
:press and briefl yholdt he 9
or : button.
i DAB radio mode ( DigitalAudioBroadc ast-
ing); see the separate operating instruc-
tions.
19 If the statio nhas been stored ,the memory po sition will also be displayed.
20 Onl yifnos tation list is received. Menus and submenus
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Audio player or audio media operation
Audio dat
afromv arious audio device sor
media can be played, depending on the equip-
ment fitted in the vehicle.
X Switch on the audio system or COMAND
Online and select the audio de vice or
medium (see the separat eoperating
instructions).
X Press the =or; buttononthe steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Audio menu.
CD changer display (example)
:
Curren tCDint he CD changer
; Curren ttrack
X To sele ctthe next/previous track:
bri efly press the 9or: button.
X To select atrack from the track list
(rapid scrolling): press and holdthe
9 or: button until the desired track
has been reached.
If you press and hold the 9or: but-
ton ,the rapi dscrolling spee disincreased.
Not al laudi od evices or media support this
function.
If track information is stored on the audio
device or medium, the multifunction display
will show the numbe rand name of the track.
The current track does no tappear in audio
AU Xm ode (Auxiliar yaudio mode: external
audio source connected).
TV operation X
Switch on COMAND Online and select TV
(see the separate operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Audio menu. :
Current station
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.
Vid eoDVD operation X
Switch on COMAND Online and select
video DVD (see the separate operating
instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Audio men
u. DVD change
rdisplay (example)
: Curren tDVD in th eDVD changer
; Current scene
X To select the next or previous scene:
briefl ypres sthe 9 or: button.
X To selec tascene from th escene list
(rapid scrolling): press and hold the
9 or: button until th edesired
scene ha sbeenr eached. Telephon
emenu
Introdu ction Functions and display
sare dependen tonthe
optional equipmen tinstalled in your vehicle. 242
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You can place your mobile phone in the
mobile phone bracket (Y
page 310), or set
up aB luetooth ®
connection to the audio sys-
tem or COMAN DOnline(see the separate
operating instructions).
i You ca nobtain fur ther information about
suitabl emobile phones and connecting
mobile phones via Bluetooth ®
:
R in any Mercedes Ben zServic eCentre
R on the Internet at http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect G
WAR
NING
Observe the lega lrequir ements of the country
in which you are cur rently drivin gregarding
the use of mobile phones in the vehicle.
If it is permitted to use mobile phones while
the vehicle is in motion, you should only use
the mw hen the roa dand traffic conditio ns
allow. Otherwise, you may be distrac tedf rom
th et raffic conditions, caus eanaccident and
injure yourself and others.
X Switch on the mobile phone and audi osys-
tem or COMAND Online (see the separate
operating instructions).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Tel men
u.
Yo uw ills ee one of the following display mes-
sage sint he multifunction display:
R Please enter PIN :t
he mobile phone has
been placed in the mobile phone bracket
and the PIN has not been entered.
X Enter the PIN usin gthe mobile phone, LIN-
GUATRONIC ,the audio system or
COMAN DOnline.
The mobil ephone will search for anetwor k.
R Telephon eready or th
ename of the net-
work provider: the mobile phone has found
an etwor kand is ready to receive.
R Telephone No Service :non
etwor kis
available, or the mobile phone is searching
for anetwor k. Accepting
acall If someone call
syou when you are in the
Tel menu,
adisplay message appears in the
multifunction display ,for example: X
Press the 6button on the steering
wheel to accept an incomin gcall.
If you are not in the Tel menu, you can still
accept acall.
Rejecting or ending acall X
Press the ~buttonont he steer ing
wheel.
If you are not in the Tel menu, you can still
reject or end acall.
Dialling anumbe rfrom the phone book If you
rmobile phone is able to receive calls,
you can search for and dial anumber from the
phone book in the audio system or COMAND
Online at any time.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Tel menu.
X Press the 9,:ora button to call
up the phone book.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
desired name.
To start scrolling rapidly ,pres sand hol dthe
9 or: button for longer than one
second. After ashort time, the rapid scroll
speeds up.
Rapid scrolling stops when you release the
button or reach the end of the list. Menu
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X
If only one telep hone number is stored
for aname: press the 6ora button
to start dialling.
or
X If there is more than on enumbe rfor a
particula rname: press the 6ora
button to display the numbers.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
number you want to dial.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X If you do not want to mak eacall:press
the ~ or% button.
Redialling Th
eo n-board compute rsaves the last names
or numbers dialle dinthe redial memory.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Tel menu.
X Press the 6button to switc htothe
redial memory.
X Press the 9or: button to selec tthe
desired nam eornumber.
X Press the 6ora button to start dial-
ling.
or
X If you do not want to mak eacall:press
the ~ or% button. Assistance menu
Introd uction In the
Assist. menu you can:R
display Spee dLimit Assist and activate/
deactivate the message func tion of Speed
Limit Assist
R show the distance display
R activate/deactivate PRE- SAFE®
Brake
R activate/deactivate ATTENTION ASSIST
R activate/deactivate Blind Spo tAssist or
Ac tive Blind Spo tAssist
R activate /deactivate Lan eKeeping Assist or
Active Lan eKeeping Assist
Speed Limit Assist Displaying Speed Limit Assist
In the
SpeedLim. Asst. function
,adetec-
ted speed limi tisdisplayed under certain
conditions (Y page 203).
X Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select Speed Lim.
Asst. .
X Press a.
The multifunc tion display shows Speed
Limit Assist.
Activating/deactiva ting th eSpeed Limit
Assist message function
You can se tSpeed Limit Assist (Y page 203)
to display adetected speed limi tautomati-
cally for five seconds .Other messages in the
multifunction display will be faded out for this
length of time.
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select Speed Lim.
Asst. .
X Press a.
The multifunction display shows Speed
Limit Assist.
X Press :.
The current selection is displayed.
X To activate or deactivate: pressa.
If Speed Limit Assist is operational and the
message function is activated, the multifunc- 244
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tio
nd isplay shows the Äsymbol when the
ignition is switched on.
Showing distance display This function is only available with DIS-
TRONI CPLUS.
X Press =or; on thesteerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Distance display .
X Press a.
The DI STRONIC PLUS distance display
(Y page 177) appears in the multifunction
display.
Activating/deactivatin gthe PRE-SAFE ®
Brake PRE-SAFE
®
Brake is onl yavail able in vehicles
with DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select PRE-SAFE Brake .
X Press the abutton.
The current selection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: pressa
again.
When PRE-SAFE ®
Brake (Y page 66) is acti-
vated, the multifunction displa yshows the
Ä symbol as long as the HOL Dfunction is
not activated (Y page 187).
Vehicles with Active Parking Assist: if
PARKTRONIC is activated and you are driving
at as peed under 35 km/h, the jActive
Parking Assist symbol is shown instead of the
Ä symbol. Activating/deactivating ATTENTION
ASSIST X
Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Attentio nAsst. .
X Press a.
Th ec urrent selection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: pressa
again.
When ATTENTION ASSIST (Y page 202)is
activated, the Àsymbol appears in the
multifunction displ aywhen the ignition is on.
Activating/deactivating Blind Spot
Assist You can use the
Blind Spot Asst. func
tion
to activate or deactivate Blin dSpot Assist
(Y page 208) or Active Blin dSpot Assist
(Y page 212).
X Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select Blind Spot
Asst. .
X Press a.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deactiva te:press a
again.
Activating/deactivating Lane Keeping
Assist You can use the
Lane Keep. Asst. function
to activate/deac tivate Lane Keeping Assist
(Y page 210) or Active Lane Keeping Assist
(Y page 215).
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select Lane Keep.
Asst. .
X Press a.
The current selection is displayed.
X Press the abutton to confirm. Menus and submenus
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X
Press :or9 to set Off ,
Standard or
Adaptive .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
When Lane Keeping Assist or Active Lane
Keeping Assist is activa ted, the Ãsymbol
appear sint he multifunction displa ywhen the
ignition is on. Servic
emenu In the
Service menu you can:
R call up display messages (Y page 253)
R reset the tyre pressure loss warnin gsystem
(Y page 360) or check the tyre pressure
electronically (Y page 361)
R call up the service due date (Y page 322)Settings menu
Introduction The
Settings menu can be used for:
R changing the instrument cluster settings
R changing the ligh tsettings
R changin gthe vehicle settings
R changin gthe auxiliary heating settings
R changin gthe con venience set tings
R resto ring the factory settings Instrument cluster Selectin
gthe uni tofmeasurement for dis-
tance
The Displa yunit Speed-/odometer: function allows yo
utochoose whether cer-
tai nd isplays appear in kilometres or miles.
The selected unit of measurement for dis-
tanc eapplies to:
R the digital speedometer in the Trip menu
R the total distanc erecorder and the trip
meter
R the trip computer
R the curren tconsumption and the range
R the navigation instruction in the Navi menu
R cruise con trol
R SPEEDTRONIC
R DIST RONIC PLUS
R ASSYST PLUS service interval display
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Inst .cluster submenu.
X Press the abuttontoc onfirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Displa yunit Speed-/odometer func-
tion.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: km or
miles .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Selecting the permanent display function
i Vehicles for the United Kingdom: this
func tion is not available.
The Permanen tdisplay: function allows
yo utoc hoose whether the multifunction dis-
play always shows the outside temperature
or the speed in mph.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Inst .cluster submenu.
X Press the abuttontoc onfirm. 246
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ure or
Dig. speedo m[mph] .
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You will see the selected setting: outsidetemperat
ure or
Dig. speedo m[mph] .
X Press the abuttontos ave the setting.
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X
Press :or9 to select the Perma‐ nent display function.
You will see the selected setting: outsidetemperat
ure or
Dig. speedo m[mph] .
X Press the abuttontos ave the setting.
Lights Switching the day
time drivin glights on/
off
If you have activated the Daytime driving
lights function and the light switch is set to
Ã,t he daytim edriving lights are automat-
icall yswitched on during daylight hours when
the engine is running. When it is dark, the side
lamps and the dipped-beam headlamps are
also switched on automatically.
X Switc hoff th eengine.
X Pres sthe = or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Light submenu.
X Press the abutton to con firm.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Daytim edriving lights function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: on or
off .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Switching the Intelligent Light System
on/off
If you activat ethe Intell .Light Sys‐ tem: function
,you activa te thefollowing
func tions:
R motorwa ymode
R active light func tion
R cornering light func tion
R exte nded range foglamps
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm. X
Press :or9 to select the Intell. Ligh
tSys. function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: on or
off .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
If you set the dipped-bea mheadlamps for
driving on the right/left (Y page 247),the
multifunction displa yshows the Intell. Ligh
tSystem: System inoperative Inactiv
efor left-side traffic or
Intell. Light System: System inoper‐
ative Inactiv
efor right-side traf‐ fic displa
ymessage instead of the Intell. Ligh
tSystem: functio
nintheLight sub-
menu.
Setting th edipped-bea mheadlamp sfor
driving on the left/right
This function is only available on vehicles with
the Intelligent Light System.
You can use this function to switch between
symmetrical beam and asymmetrical dipped
beam (Y page 106).
If you set the dipped-beam headlamps for
driving on the right/left, then motorway
mode and the extended range foglamps are
not available.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Light submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Dipped beam
sSetting for function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: Right- side traffic or
Left-s idet raffic .
X Press the abuttontos ave the setting.
When you change the setting, conversion
does not take place until the nex ttime the
vehicle is stationary.
You can also have the dipped-beam head-
lamps set for drivin gonthe right or lef tata
qualified specialist workshop. Menus and submenus
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