MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2020, Model line: S-CLASS, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020Pages: 602, PDF Size: 54.61 MB
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st
eer ing wheel orthem irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tohead
re stra int sw hicha renotins talled orare
adjus tedi nco rrect ly
If head restra int sa renotins talled orare
adjus tedi ncor rectly ,the head restra int sc an‐
no tp rovide protect ion asintended.
Ther eisa nincr eased risk ofinjur yint he
head andneckarea, e.g. inthee vent ofan
acci dent or wh en braki ng. #
Alw aysd rive wit hthe head restra int s
ins talled. #
Befored rivin go ff,m akes uref or every
ve hicle occupant that thec ent erofthe
head restra int suppor tstheb acko fthe
head atabout eyel eve l. Do
notint er ch ang ethe head restra int so fthe
fr ont and rear seat s.Ot her wise, youw illno tb e
able toadjus tthe height andangleof theh ead
re stra int sc orrectl y. Ad
jus tthe head restra int fore -and -aftp osition so
th at itis as clo seasposs ibletotheb acko fyour
head . #
Tomo veforw ards: pullthe head restra int
fo rw ards. #
Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 1
and push theh ead restra int bac kwards. Ad
jus tingthe fron t-se atlux uryh ead
re stra ints mechanica lly #
Toadjus tthe sideb olsters of theh ead
re stra int :pull orpush right orleft-han dside
bols ter2 . #
Tomo veforw ards: pullthe head restra int
fo rw ards. Seat
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Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 1
and push theh ead restra int bac kwards.
Ad jus tingthe EASY ADJUS Tlux uryh ead
re stra ints onthef ront seat smechan icall y #
Toadjus tthe sideb olsters of theh ead
re stra int :pull orpush right orleft-h and side
bols ter1 .
% The fore -and -aftp osition oftheh ead
re stra int will beadjus teda utomatic allywhen
yo ua djus tthe bac kres tu sing theb uttons on
th ed oor control panel. Lo
we ring ther ear seat head restra ints elec‐
tr icall yfromt hefront com partment
Re quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on. #
Press ü button1.
% Dependi ngon them odel, theü buttonis
locat edon thed oor control panel onthe
dr iver's side. %
Ifall ther ear seat head restra int sa relow‐
er ed and button1 ispressed again, the
out errear head restra int sw illmo veintot he
las tstore dp osition (/page111).
Ext ending theouterrear seat head restra ints
electr icallyfromt hefront
Re quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on.
This function isavailable onvehicles withe lectr i‐
cally adjus table rear seat s. 11
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#
Press and hold ü button1 until the
head restra int sh avee xtende dupwards .
% Depend ingo nthe model, theü buttonis
locat edon thed oor control panel onthe
dr iver's side.
Ext ending theo uter rear seat head restra ints
to thel asts toredp ositio n
Re quirement s: R
The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on.
This function isavailable onvehicles withe lectr i‐
cally adjus table rear seat s. #
Brief lypress ü button1.
The head restra int slow er. #
Brief lypress ü button1 again.
The head restra int sw illmo vetothel ast
st or ed position. %
Depending onthem odel, theü buttonis
locat edon thed oor control panel onthe
dr iver's side.
Ad jus tingthe rear seat outerhead restra ints
mec hanica lly #
Tomo veforw ards: pullthe head restra int
fo rw ards. Seat
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#
Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 1
and push theh ead restra int bac kwards.
Ad jus tingthe outerl ux uryh eadr estraints of
th er ear seatsm echanic ally #
Toadjus tthe sideb olsters:pu sh orpull
ri ght and/or left-h and side bolster1 into
th ed esir edposition . #
Toadjus tthe ang leof theh ead restra int :
pull orpush theh ead restra int inthed irec‐
tion ofarrow 2. At
tac hin gand remo ving the supp lemen tary
cush ionofthel uxu ryhead restra int inthe
re ar passe nger comp artment
The supplement aryc ushi onisavailable onvehi‐
cles withe lectr ically adjustable rear seat s.
Use thes upplement aryc ushion onlyw hen the
ve hicle isstatio nary.The supplement aryc ushion
is in thev ehicle. #
Position theh ead restra int asfarf or wa rdsa s
poss ible. #
Toattac hthe suppl ementa rycush ion:
hold supplem entaryc ush ion 1agains tthe
head restra int and push press studs 2into
th ec ount erpieces. #
Toremo vethes upplem entar ycush ion:
re lease press studs 2and remo vesupple ‐
ment aryc ushion 1. 11
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Ext
endin gorretra cti ng the rear seat center
head restra int electr ically #
Press and hold button1 untilth eh ead
re stra int has extende dorretra cted . Se
ttin gthe center head restra int intop osi‐
tion mechanica lly #
Pull theh ead restra int upunt ilit eng ages. Conf
iguringthes eat settings Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
a Seats #
Select Driver'sSeat orPassenger Seat. Ad
jus tingthe bac kres ts ideb olste rs #
Select SideB olsters . #
Select thes etting.
Ad jus tingthe seat contou rint he lumb ar
re gion ofthes eat backres t(lum bar) #
Sele ctLumbar . #
Adjus tthe air cushion.
Se tting thes hou lder section #
Sele ctSho ulders . #
Sele ctthes ettings.
Se tting thes eat heat ingbala nce #
Sele ctSeat HeatingBalan ce. #
Sele ctthes ettings.
Memor yfunction #
Save thes eat adjus tmentswit hthe memor y
function (/page120). Seats
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Se
tting automatic adjustment ofthel ater al
sup port(act ivem ulticont ourseat ) Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
a Seats
Wi th this func tion,the lateral suppor tofthe
activ emultico ntour seat isaut omat icallyadjus ‐
te dt ot he driving andcorner ing dynamics ofthe
ve hicle. #
Select Driver's SeatorPassenger Seat. #
Select Dynamic Seat. #
Selec tsetting: Off,Level 1or Level 2. Ov
ervie wo fmassag eand workout prog rams Mas
sageprograms
The follo wing progr ams canbeselec ted:
R Hot Relaxing Back
R Hot Relaxing Shoulder
R Activat ingMassage
R Classic Massage
R Mobilizing Massage Ac
tiv eW orko ut
The Act.Work outBackpr ogram requ ires your
act ivec ooperation .Alter nat ing between tensi ng
and releasing helpstoimprov eb lood flow to
yo ur musc les.Press agains tap ress urep ointas
soo nasyou feel it. Selecting
them assag eprogram fort he fron t
se ats Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
a Seats #
Select Driver'sSeat orPassenger Seat. #
Select Massage. #
Select amassag eprogram.
The massag eprogram runs fora pproxima tely
8t o1 8m inutes,depe nding onthes etting. #
Tosetthe massag eintensit y:switc hHigh
Int ensit yon 0073 oroff0053. Re
setting thes eat and massag esettings Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
a Seats 5
Reset #
Select YesorNo.
% Onlythe cur rentl ys elect edsea tisr ese t. Switc
hingthes eat heat ingon/of f &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsd ue torepeat‐
edl yswitc hing onthes eat heating
Re peat edly switc hingonthes eat heating can
cause thes eat cushion andseat backres t
padding tobecome very hot.
The healt hofpersons withlimit edtemp era‐
tur es ensit ivityoralimit edability toreact to
high temp eratur esma ybea ffect edorthey
ma yevens ufferb urn-lik ei njur ies. #
Donotrepeat edlyswitc honthe seat
heating. To
protect agains toverheating, thes eat heating
ma ybetem por arilyd eactiv ated afte ri tis
swi tched onrepeat edly. 11
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NO
TEDama getothes eats caused by
object sordocument swhen thes eat
heating isswitc hedon When
thes eat heating isswitc hedon,over‐
heati ngmayoccur duetoobject sordocu‐
ment splaced onthes eats, e.g.seat cush‐
ions orchild seats .This could cause damag e
to thes eat surface. #
Makesur ethat noobjects ordocu‐
ments areo nthe seats when thes eat
heating isswitc hedon. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis switc hedon. #
Toswitc hon/incr easethel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thed esir edheating
le ve liss et.
Depe ndingonthe heating leve l,up tothre e
indic ator lam pswill light up. Seat
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#
Toswitc hoff/r educe thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thed esir edheating
le ve liss et.
If all indic ator lam psareo ff,t he seat heating
is switc hedoff.
% The seat heating willautomaticall yswitc h
do wn from thet hree heating leve ls afte r8 ,
10 and 20min utes unt ilth es eat heating
switc hesoff.
% Ifyo us wit ch thep owersupply offa nd on
ag ain within 20minut es,thep reviou ssetting
of thes eat heating fort he driver's seat will
re main active.
% Youc an setthe distribution oftheh eat ed
sect ions ofthes eat cushions andseat
bac kres ts on thef ront and rear seat susing
th em ultimedia system (/ page116).
% Vehicles withthe WarmthComf ortP ackage :
yo uc an adj ustthe heating ofthec ent ercon ‐
sole andthed oor armr ests using them ulti‐
media system (/ page116). Se
ttin gthe pane lheatin g Re
quirement s:
R The seat heatin giss witc hed on
(/ page114).
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Panel Heatin g #
Select oneormor eseats.
The armr ests of thes elect edseats andthe
cent erconso leareh eated. Switc
hingthes eat ventilat ionon/of f Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on. 11
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#
Toswitc hon/incr easethel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thed esir edventil a‐
tio nleve liss et.
Depe ndingonthe ventil ation leve l,up to
th re ei ndicat orlam pswill light up. #
Toswitc hoff/r educe thel evel: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thed esir edventil a‐
tio nleve liss et.
If all indic ator lam psareo ff,t he seat ventil a‐
tio niss witched off.
% Ifyo us wit ch thep owersupply offa nd on
ag ain within 20minut es,thep reviou sseat
ve ntil ation setting fort he driver's seat will
re main active. Ste
ering wheel Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel electrically &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th ev ehicle settin gswhile thev ehicle isin
mo tion
Yo uc ouldlose contro lo fthe vehicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra int ,the steer ing wheel orthem irro r
while thev ehicle isin mo tion
R ifyo uf asteny our seat beltwhilethe vehi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Befores tarting thee ngine: adjustthe
dr iver's seat, theh ead restra int ,the
st eer ing wheel orthem irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment forc hil‐
dr en when adjustingthes teer ing wheel
Childr encould injurethemselv esifth ey
adjus tthe steer ing wheel. #
Neverlea ve childr enunat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alwayst ake
th eS mar tKey wit hyou and lockthe
ve hicle. The
steer ing wheel canbeadjus tedw hen the
po we rsupp lyis disco nnect ed. Seat
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Toadjus tthe distance tothes teer ing wheel
2 Toadjus tthe height #
Save thes ettings withthe memor yfunc tion
(/ page120). Swi
tching thes teer ing wheel heateron/of f Re
quirement s: R
The powe rsupp lyor thei gnition isswitc hed
on. #
Turn thel eve rint he direction ofarrow 1or
2.
If indicat orlam p3 lights up,thes teer ing
wheel heaterisswitc hedon.
When yous wit ch thei gnition off,th es teer ing
wheel heaterwill switc hoff. Easy
entryand exitfeatur e Usi
ngthee asy entr yand exitfeatur e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendrivi ng
of fw hile ad jus ting thee asy exitfeatur e
‑I fy ou driveo ffwhile thee asy entryand exit
fe atur eism aking adjus tment s,yo uc ould
lose contro lo fthe vehicle. #
Alw aysw aitunt ilth ea djus tmen tproc‐
ess iscom pletebef ored riving off. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whi lead jus ting thee asy entryand exit
fe atur e
When thee asy entryand exitfeatur eadjus ts
th es teer ing wheel andthed rive r's seat, you
and other vehicle occupants –particular ly
ch ildr en–could becom etrapped. #
Dur ing thea djus tmen tprocess ofthe
easy entryand exitfeatur e,mak esure
th at no oneh asanyb ody partsinthe
sw eep ofthes eat orthes teer ing wheel. 11
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