warning MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Guide

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Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fthe multifunc‐
tion camer aisd irty ,o rift he camer aisf og‐
ge du p,damag edorcovered.
R Ifth et raffic signs areh ardt od etect, e.g.due
to dir torsnow, orbecause they arec ove red
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth ei nfor mation inthen avigation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth es igns area mbiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo ut urns har ply, when passin gtraf fics igns
ou tsid ethe camer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf ficS ign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Fora utomat icado ption ofspeed limits:
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gautomati cadop tion
of spe edlimits #
Select LimitAdo ption. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The speed limitsdetected byTraf ficS ign
Assi starea utomat icallyadop tedb yActiv e
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fics igns inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCOMA ND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Ifone ofthef ollo wing systems isactiv ated,
th es peed detected can bemanu ally ad op ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
Fu rther information (/page214). Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thes peed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setthe desir edspeed. Dr
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th
et urns ignal indicat orinthec orresponding
dir ection, awarning tone sou nds once .The red
wa rning lam pint he outside mirrorf lashes. Ifth e
tur ns igna lind ica torr emain sswitc hed on,all
ot her detected vehicles arei ndicat edonlybythe
fl ashin gofthe redw arning lamp.
If yo uo vertak eav ehicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssist
Bli nd Spo tAssistdoes notreact tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyou atag reatly
di ffer ent speed.
As aresult, BlindSpotAssis tcanno twarn
dr iver si nt his situa tion. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintainas afed is‐
ta nce atthes ide ofthev ehicle. Blind
SpotAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
ar eo nly aids. Theym ayfailto detect some vehi‐
cles andaren osubs titut efor att entiv edriving. Alw
ayse nsur ethat ther ei ss ufficie ntdist anc eto
th es ide foro ther road user sand obs tacle s.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybelimit edinthef ollo wing situa‐
tions:
R The sensor saredir tyor covered.
R Poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain,
sno worspray .
R Narrow vehicles, e.g.bicycles, arew ithin the
monit oring rang e.
Wa rnings maybeissued inerro rw hen driving
close tocrash barrier so rsimilar solidlanebor‐
der s.Wa rnings maybeinter ru pte dw hen driving
alongside longvehicles, fore xamp letruc ks,for a
pr olong edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tisn otoper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Fu nction ofbrak ea pplication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
% The brak ea pplication functionisonl yavaila‐
ble forv ehicles withaD riving Assis tance
Pa ckag e. If
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdetects arisk ofas ide
im pact inthem onit oring rang e, ac ourse-co r‐
re cting brak ea pplica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youa void ac ollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion isavaila‐
ble inthes peed rang eb etwe en approx imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125m ph(200 km/h). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak ea pplication ofActiveB lind Spo t
Assi st
Ac ourse-co rrect ing brak ea pplication cannot
alw aysp reve nt ac ollisi on. #
Alw ayss teer,b rake oraccelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciall yifA ctiv eBlind Spo t
Assi stwa rnsy ou ormak esac ourse-
co rrect ing brak ea pplication. #
Alw aysm aint ainasafed ista nce atthe
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdoes notreact tothe
fo llo wing:
R Ifve hicles overtak et oo closel yonthe
side, placing them intheb lind spotarea
R Vehicles approaching andovertakin gyou
at ag reatly differ ent speed
As aresult, ActiveB lind Spo tAssistma ynei‐
th er giv ew arning snorinterve ne insuch sit‐
uations. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintainas afed is‐
ta nce atthes ide ofthev ehicle. If
ac our se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion occu rs,
th er ed warning lam pflashes intheo utside mir‐
ro ra nd aw arning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,ad is‐
pl ay 1 indic atingthe dang erofas ide collision
appear sint he multifunction display.
In rare case s,thes ystemm aymak eaninappr o‐
pr iat eb rake application. Thisbrak ea pplication
ma ybeinter ru pte datany time ifyo us teer
slightl yint he opposit edirect ion oraccelera te. Sy
stem limit s
Eit her acour se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion
ap propr iate to thed riving situation ,orn onea t
all, mayoccur inthef ollo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacle s,e.g. crash barrier s,are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Avehicle approaches tooc losely onthes ide.
R Youh avea dop tedas portydriving stylew ith
high corner ing speeds.
R Youb rake oracc elerat esign ifican tly.
R Adrivi ng safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP ®
or ActiveB rake Assi st.
R ESP ®
is de acti vated.
R Aloss oftirep ressur eoraf aulty tirei s
de tected.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlind Spo tAssisto r
Ac tiv eB lind Spo tAssist
Mu ltim ed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Blind SpotAssist #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . 258
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Ac
tiv eL aneK eeping Assist Fu
nction ofActiv eL aneK eeping Assist Ac
tiveL aneK eeping Assistmonit orst he area in
fr ont ofyour vehicle bymeans ofmultifu nction
camer a1.I tserve st op rotect youa gains tunin ‐
te ntio nallylea vingy our lane. Youw illbe warned
by vibr ation pulses inthes teer ing wheel andgui‐ ded
byac our se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion
ba ck intoy our lane.
Yo ua rewa rned byvibr ation pulses inthes teer‐
ing wheel inthef ollo wing circums tances:
R ActiveL aneK eeping Assistdetects alan e
mar king.
R Afront whe eldrives ove rthis lane marking.
Yo uw illalso beguided backintoy our lane by
means ofac our se-cor recting brak ea pplica tion
if th ef ollo wing condition sareme t:
R ActiveL aneK eeping Assistdetects lane
mar kingson both edg esofthel ane.
R Afront wheel drives over as olid lane mark‐
ing.
Yo uc an act ivat eo rdeac tivatet he ActiveL ane
Ke eping Assistwarning .
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assistcan neit her reduce
th er isk ofan acci dent ifyo uf ail toadap tyour
dr iving stylen orove rride thel aws ofphysics. It
can nottak ei ntoa ccount road, weather ortraf fic
condi tions.Activ eLaneK eeping Assistiso nlya n
aid. Youa reresponsible form aint ainingasafe
dis tance tothev ehicle infront, forv ehicle speed,
forb raking ingood timeandfors taying
in lane.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAssistanc ePacka ge or
Dr ivi ng Ass istan cePlus Packag e:Ac tiveL ane
Ke eping Assistcan bring thev ehicle backinto
th el ane withal ane-c orrecting brak ea pplica tion.
In thec ase ofab roke nl ane marking being
de tected, abrake applica tion willonly bemad eif
av ehicle hasbeen detected inthea djacen tlane.
Onc oming vehicles, overtakin gvehicles andvehi‐
cles inadjacent lanescanbedetected.
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assistisa vailable inthe
speed rang eb etwe en 37 mph(60 km/h) and
12 4m ph(200 km/h). Dr
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gActive Lan eKeeping
Assis t &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assistwarning
Al ane- correcting brak ea pplica tion canno t
al wa ys bring thev ehicle backintot he origi‐
nal lane. #
Alw ayss teer,b rake oraccelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciall yifA ctiv eLaneK eeping
Assis twarns youo rm akes alane -cor‐
re cting brak ea pplica tion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite inter‐
ve ntio nofActiv eLaneK eeping Assist
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assistdoes notd etect
tr af ficc ondi tions orroad user s.In very rare
case s,thes ystem maym akea ninappr opri‐
at eb rake application, e.g.afte ri nt entional ly
dr iving overas olidl ane marking.
The brak ea pplica tion canbeinterru pte dat
an yt ime ifyo us teer slightl yint he opposit e
dir ection. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat ther ei ss uffi‐
cie ntdist anc etot he side foro ther traf‐
fi co robstacle s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Lane
Ke eping Assist
Lane Keeping Assistcann otalw aysc lear ly
de tect lane mar kings .
In such case s,Lane Keeping Assistcan:
R givea nu nnec essar ywarning
R notg iveaw arning #
Alw aysp aypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fics ituation and keep within the
lane, espec iallyifA ctiv eLaneK eeping
Assis taler tsyou. Be
suretoo bser vethes ystem limit ations of
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assist. #
Press butt on2.
If indicat orlam p1 lights up,ActiveL ane
Ke eping Assistisa ctiv ated, thel ane mark‐
ings ares hown aslight inthea ssis tance
gr ap hic. Whe nActiv eLaneK eeping Assistis
activ e,thel ane marking saresho wningreen
in thea ssis tance grap hic.
% Dep endingonthec ount ry,y ou mayhave to
pr ess and hold theb utton todeactiv ate. Dr
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Se
tting thes ensit ivityofActive Lan eKeep‐
ing Assis t
Multi media system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act .Lane Keep. Assist #
Select asetting.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe warning #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Lane Depart.
Warning.
Yo ud on otrecei veanyw arning when leaving
al ane ifth el ane keeping warning system is
deactiv ated. Ve
hicl etow ing instruct ions
The vehicle isno ts uit able fort he use oftowb ar
sy stems that areu sed forf lat towing ording hy
to wing, fore xamp le.Attach ing and using towb ar
sy stems canlead todamag eonthe vehicle.
When youa retowing avehicle withtow bar sys‐
te ms, safed riving charact eristic sc anno tb e
guar anteed fort he towing vehicle orthet owe d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywiththe per‐ mitt
edtowing methods (/page436) and the
ins truct ions fort ow ing withb otha xleso nthe
gr ound (/page438). 262
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1
Setting currently select ed
2 Digital spe edome ter
3 Traf ficS ign Assi st
4 Navig ation displays Head-up
Display Fu
nction oftheH ead -up Displa y Mer
cedes‑ AMGvehicl es:Obser vethen otes in
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm aynotrecog ‐
niz ed angers.
The Head-upD isplayp rojects informati onfrom
th en avigation system, thed rive ra ssis tance sys‐
te ms and some warning mess ages abo vethe
coc kpit intot he driver's field ofvision.
Displa yelements 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed 3
Detected instructi ons and traf fics igns
4 Setspeed inthed rive ra ssis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
When your eceiv eacall,the0061 Incoming Call
messag eappear sonthe Head-up Display.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythef ollo wing condi‐
tions:
R Seat position
R The positioning ofthed ispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetroads
R Object sonthe displa ycover
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthed ispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youc an correct this
by switc hingtheH ead-up Displayoffand on
ag ain. 27
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom put er

%
Ifaut omatic softwareu pda tesa reactiv ated,
th es ystemu pdat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ pag e310).
As soo nasanu pdatei sa vailable ford ow nloa d,
ac orresponding messageappea rson them edia
displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollo wing selection options:
R Download
The updat ewillbe downloaded intheb ack‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthep ending system
updat eisd ispla yed.
R Later
The updat ecan be downloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page310).
If th ed ownload iscom pleteda nd theu pdat eis
re ady fori ns tallation ,you will beinformed ofthis
af te rt he next ignition cycle, fore xamp le.
% Park thev ehicle safely inas uitable location
bef ores tartin gt he installation . Re
quiremen tsfort he installation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eisn otrunning .
R Notesa nd warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingb rake isapplied.
If all requ iremen tsarem et,t he updat ewillbe
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theu pdat eisb eing installed and
ve hicle functionsarer estrict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring thei nstallation ,the
multimedia system automaticall yattem ptst o
re stor et he prev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tp ossible ,asymbol
appear sonthe multimedia system displa y.
Please consultaqualif iedspec ialistworks hop to
re solv ethe problem. Re
setfunction Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal dataisd eleted, fore xamp le:
R Statio nprese ts
R Con nectedm obile phones #
Select Yes.
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, apromp tappear s
ask ing ifyo ua lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settin gsdur ing arese t. #
Select Yes. #
Enterthec urrent PIN .
The PINisrese t.
or #
Select No.
The current PIN stay st he same afte rr ese t‐
ting.
% Ifyo uh ave forg otteny our PIN,ana uthor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCenterc an dea ctivatet he
PIN protect ion fory ou. Multimedia
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The
Automat icTraffic JamAvoidanc eand Askin
the Even tofTraffic JamAvoidanc ese ttings are
no ta vailable ineve rycou ntry.
The settings enable thef ollo wing:
R Automat icTraffic JamAvoidance
The routei sc alc ulat edwiththe cur rentl ys et
ro utet ype.
Tr af ficr epor tsvia LiveT raffic Info rm ation are
ta ke ni ntoa cco unt.
Liv eT raffic Info rm ation isno ta vailable inall
coun tries.
R Askint he Event ofTraf ficJam Avoidan ce
Ap romp tappear swhen anew routei sd etec‐
te dw ithas horterj our neyt ime base dontraf‐
fi cr epor ts.Youc an continue touse thec ur‐
re nt routeo ruse thed ynamic routei nstead.
Select ingrout eo ptions
Mul timedi asyst em:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s
Av oiding areas #
Sele ctAreas (/page336). Av
oiding highways,fer ries, motorailtrains,
tu nnels, unpavedr oad s #
Select 0073 ordeselec t0053 avo idop tion .
Using tollro ads #
Select UseTollRoads. #
Select Cash orElectronic Billing orOff .
The routet akes intoa ccount roads that
re qu iret he payment ofau sag efee (toll).
If Off isselect ed,tollro ads aren ottake ni nto
acco unt.
The select edrouteo ptions can nota lway sb e
im plement ed.Ther efor e, ar out em ayinc lude a
fe rry, fori ns tance, eventhough thea void Fer ries
op tion isenabled. Amessagea ppear sand you
will hear acorresponding message.
Using carpool lanes #
Select Number ofOccupants inthe Vehicle. #
Select number .
When usingcarpool lanes, observethea ppli‐
cable legalrequ iremen tsas wellas anyc on‐
dition spertainin gtow hen andwher esuch lanes
maybeu sed. Carpool lanes mayonly
be used ifcer tain con dition sareme t.
These routeo ptions aren otavailable ineve ry
cou ntry.
Selec tingnotifications
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Switc hana nnoun cemen ton0073or off0053.
Yo uc an choose from thef ollo wing announc e‐
ments:
R Announ ceTraffic Warnings
This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries.
R Announc eStreet Name s
The mult imed iasystem announ cesthe
nam esofther oads that will follo wt he
upc omin gchang eofdirect ion.
This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries
and languages.
Displ aying destina tion informa tion
Re quirement s: Multime
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Inf
ormation onthev ehicle's position isregular ly
sent toMer cedes-Ben zAG.Thed atai simmed i‐
at elyr end ered anon ymous byMer cedes-Ben zAG
and forw arded tothet raffic dat aprovide r.Usin g
th is dat a,traf ficr epor tsreleva nt tothev ehicle's
position ares ent tothev ehicle. Thevehicle acts
as as ensor fort he flow oftraf fica nd helpsto
im prov et he qualit yofthe traf ficr epor ts.
If yo ud on otwish totrans mity our vehicle posi‐
tion, youc an have this ser vice deact ivat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er.
Displa yingsubscr iption informa tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withL iveT raffic
Inf ormat ion.
Mul timedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The subscr iption expir ation dateisa utomatic ally
displa yed:
R one mont hbefor et he expir ation date.
R one week bef oret he expir ation date.
R onthee xpiration date. #
Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthes tatus ,one ofthef ollo wing
messag esappear s:
R thep eriod ofvalidity fort he subscr iption
is displa yed.
R thes ubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R atan author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er
R viaanMB Infoc alltotheM ercedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center
Di spl aying thet raffic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForL iveT raffic Info rm ation: thev ehicle is
eq uipped withac ommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIMc ard.
R When thev ehicle isstar ted, thec omm unica‐
tion module automaticall yestab lishes an
Int erne tc onnec tion .Traffic info rm ation is
mad eavailable shortlya fter wa rds. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth em apisdispla yedi nf ull
scr een mode, press theT ouc hControl, the
contr oller or thet ouc hpad .
The map menu appears. #
Activate0073 º.
The traf ficm apsho wsthef ollo wing information,
fo re xamp le:
R Traf fici nci dents ,for exam ple:
- Roadw orks
- Road bloc ks
- Warning mess ages
The symbols fort raffic incide ntsa redis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onther out e)or gra y(offt he
ro ute).
R Traf ficf lowi nfor matio n:
- Traf ficj am (red line)
- Slow-mo ving traf fic( orang eline)
- Hea vytraf fic( yellow line) Mu
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