MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2017 Owners Manual

Instrument displa
yoverview &
WARNING Risk of accident du etoan
instrumen tdispla ymalfunction
If th ei nstrument displa yhasfailed or mal‐
functioned, youm aynotrecognise function
re strictions applying tosaf etyr ele vant sys‐
te ms.
The operating saf etyofy ourvehicle ma ybe
impaired. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have thev ehicle checkedi mmediately
at aq ualified specialis tworks hop. Mercedes‑AMG
vehicles: observet he no tesin
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ognise dangers.
If th eo perating saf etyofy ourvehicle is
impaired, par kthe vehicle safel yassoon as pos‐
sible. Contact aqualified specialis tworks hop. Instrument display
1
Speedome ter
2 Multifunction display
3 Revc ounter
4 Coolant temp eratur edisplay
5 Fuel le vela nd fuel filler flap locatio nindica‐
tor
% This displa yisanexamp le. In stead of rev
counter 3other displa ysarea lso possible.
The segment sinspeedome ter1 indica tethe
sy stem status fort he following:
R Cruise control (→ page172) R
Limi ter( →pag e173)
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
(→ page 176)
Ve hicles with Traf ficS ign Assis t:de tected
instructions and traf fics igns appea rinthe
speedome ter( →pag e207).
* NO
TEEngine dama gedue toexcessively
hig he ngine speeds The engine will be damaged if
youd rive with
th ee ngine in theo verrev ving range. #
Do no tdrive with th eengine in theo ver‐
re vving range. In
revc ounter 3theo verrev ving rang eiss hown
in red. When theo verrev ving rang eisr eached,
th ef uel supply is inter rupte dtop rotect the
engine.
During normal operating conditions ,coolant
te mp eratur edisplay 4mayrise to120° C. 218
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&
WARNING Danger of bu rnsw hen open‐
ing theb onnet
If yo uo pen thee ngine bonn etwhen the
engine has overheated or during afireint he
engine compartment, youc ould come into
contact wit hhotgases or other escaping
operating fluids. #
Befor eopening theb onnet ,allowt he
engine tocool down. #
Inthee vent of afireint he engine com‐
partment, keep thee ngine bonn et
closed and cal lthe fire service. Overvie
wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel 1
¤ Backbutton, on-boar dcomputer
2 Touc hC ontrol, on-boar dcompu ter
3 Control panel forc ruisec ontrol/limiter or
Ac tiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
4 Control panel form ultimedia sy stem:
£ LINGU ATRO NIC or voice control sys‐
tem
ß Displaysf avo urites
VO L: control knob, adjusts thev olume or
switches thes ound off 8
6 Makes/accepts acall ~
Rejects/end sacall
5 ò Callsupt he home screen
6 Touc hC ontrol
7 % Backbutton Overvie
wofdisplaysinthem ultifunction
display 1
Outside temp erature
2 Driv eprogram
3 Transmission position
4 Time
5 Displa ysection Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 219

%
The position of thed ispla ysdeviates from
th ose displa yedh ere.
Fu rther displa ysinthem ultifunction display:
Z Gearshif
trecommendatio n(→pa ge151)
ë ActiveP arking Assis tactivated
é Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC deactivated
¯ Cruise control (→
page 172)
È Limi
ter( →pag e173)
ç ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONIC
(→ page 176)
a Ac
tiveS teering Assis t(→ pag e182)
ë HOL
Dfunctio n(→pag e188)
_ Ad
aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus
(→ pag e122)
ð Maximu
mpermissible speed exceeded
(for cer tain countries only) Ad
justin gthe in stru men tlighting #
Turn brightness control 1up or down.
The lightin gofthe Instrument Displa yand in
th ec ontrol element sinthevehicle interior is
adjus ted. Menus and submenus
Fu
nctions in theS ervice menu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Service #
Toselect thef unction: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Fu nctions in theService menu:
R Messag ememor y(→pag e418)
R Tyres :
- Restartin gthe tyr epressur eloss warning
sy stem (→ page394)
- Checking thet yrep ressur ewitht he tyre
pressur emonitoring sy stem
(→ pag e389)
- Restartin gthe tyr epressur emonitoring
sy stem (→ page390)
R ASSYST PLUS:c alling upthes ervice due
dat e(→pag e347) 220
Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer

Callin
gupthe Assistance graphic display On-board computer:
, Assistance
% When youh ave setthe styletoProgressive,
yo uc an vie wthe assis tance graphi cmenu
contents in thel eft-hand portion of the
instrumen tdispla y.
The following displa ysarea vailable from the
Assi stanc egraphic menu:
R Assis tance graphic
R Attentio nleve l(→ pag e206) #
Toswitc hbetwe en thed ispla ys:swipe
up wa rdsord ownw ards on thel eft-hand
To uc hC ontrol. St
atus displa ysintheA ssis tance graphic:
R é:A TTENTION ASSIS Tdeactivated
R æ:A ctiveBrake Assi stdeactivated
R Light lane markings: ActiveL aneK eeping
Assis tactivated
R Green lane markings: ActiveL aneK eeping
Assis tactive R
Grey radar wavesn exttov ehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactivated
R Green radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactive
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cdispl ays
( → pag e176). Calling up displa
ysintheT ripm enu On-boar
dcomputer:
, Trip
% When youh ave thes tyle se ttoProgressive,
yo uc an vie winformation on thej ourne yin
th el eft-hand area of theI nstrument Displa y. #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Displa ysinthe Trip menu:
R standar ddisplay
R rang ea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
Ar ecuperation displa yisalsoavailable for
cer tain engines. If ther eiso nlyas mall
amount of fuel lef tinthe fuel tank ,the dis‐ Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 221

pla
yshows avehicle being refuelled ins tead
of ther ange.
R ECOd ispl ay ( →pag e146)
R trip computer From startandFrom reset
R digital speedome ter
% The digital speedome tero nly appear sinthe
Classic andSport styles. Example:
standar ddisplay
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totald ista nce recorder
Ve hicles without a48Von-boardelectrical
sy stem (EQ Boos ttechnology): Example: trip computer
1
Totald ista nce recorder
2 Driving time
3 Averag espeed
4 Averag efuel consum ption Re
setting values in theT ripm enu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa y. Yo
uc an rese tthe values of thef ollowing func‐
tions:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip computer "F roms tart"a nd "F romr eset"
R ECOd isplay #
Toselect thef unction tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand
To uc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand Touc hC on‐
trol, thef unction will be rese timmediately. 222
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Callin
gupn avigation instructions in theo n-
boar dcompu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Navigation Example: no
chang eofd irection announced
1 Distance tothen extd estination
2 Estimated ar riva ltime
3 Distance tothen extc hang eofd irection
4 Current road Example:
chang eofd irection announced
1 Road towhic hthe chang eofd irection leads
2 Distance tothec hang eofd irection
3 Chan ge-of-direction symbol
4 Recommended lane and ne wlaned urin ga
ch ang eofd irection (white)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane no trecommende d(dark grey)
Fu rther possible displa ysinthe Navigation
menu:
R Calculate new route orCalculating route... :a
ne wr out eisc alculated. R
Road no tmapped :the road is unknown, e.g.
newl ybuilt roads.
R No route:nor outecould be calculated tothe
selected destination.
R O:y ou ha vereached thed estination or an
intermediat edestination. #
Toexitth em enu: press theb ackb utton on
th el eft.
In the Navigation menu,youc an also star tn avi‐
ga tio ntoo ne ofthep reviou sdestinations: #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Toselect thed estination: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance is star ted.
If ro uteg uidance has already been activated,
ar eques twill appear asking whe ther you
wish toend thec urrent routeg uidance. #
Select Yes. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance is star ted. Instrument Displa
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Selecting
radio station susin gthe on-board
comp uter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Radio 1
Frequency range
2 Station
3 Name of track
4 Name of artist
When yous elect astatio nint he presets, the
prese tappear snexttot he statio nname. When
yo us elect asave dstatio nint he frequency
ra nge, an as terisk appears nexttothes tation
name. #
Toselect aradio station: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Selecting frequency rang eors tationpreset
list #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Toselect thef requ ency range/station
prese tlist: swipe upwards or down wardson
th el eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. Playing bac
kmedia usin gthe on-boar dcom‐
pu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Media 1
Media source
2 Current trac kand trac knumber
3 Name of artist
4 Name of album #
Tochang etrack sint he activ emedia
source: swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand Touc hC ontrol. 224
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%
This is ho wtochangethe channel on the
media sourc eTV.
Changing them edia source #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Toselect amedia source: swipe upwards
or down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC on‐
trol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. Dialling
telephone number susing theo n-
boar dcompu ter Re
quirement:
R The mobile phon eisconnec tedtot he multi‐
media sy stem. On-boar
dcomputer:
, Telephone &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipment integrated in thev ehicle
when driving, youw ill be distracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thi scould also cause youto
lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits. #
Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y. When
telephoning, youm usto bse rvet he legal
re qu irements fort he countr yinwhichyou are
cur rentl yd riving.
The mos trecen ttelephone connection s(dialled,
re cei veda nd missed calls) ar edispla yedint he
Telephone menu. #
Toselect thet elephone number: swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand
To uc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
If th ereiso nlyo ne telephone number
sa ve dtoane ntry:thet elephone number is
selected. #
Ifth erea remultiple telephone numbers
sa ve dtoane ntry:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol to
select thed esired telephon enumber. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
The telephon enumber is dialled.
The following displa ysma yappear ins tead of the
te lephon enumber sdialled:
R Please wait... :the applicationiss tarting.
When aBluetooth ®
connection tothem obile
phone is no testablished, them enu for
authorisin gand connectin gamobile phon eis
displa yedint he multimedia sy stem
(→ pag e292).
R Importing contacts... :the contacts from the
mobil ephone or from astorage medium are
being impor ted. Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 225

Ac
cepting/rejecting acall
When your eceiv eacall,the Incoming call - mes‐
sag eappear sinthe head-up displa y.#
Swipe up wardsord ownw ards on thel eft-
hand Touc hC ontrol and select 6(Accept)
or ~ (Reject). #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
The call ma ybeaccepted/rejec tedu sing the
6 or~ buttons on thes teering wheel. Ad
justin gthe head-up displa ysettings in the
on-boar dcom puter On-boar
dcomputer:
, HUD
The following characteristic softhe head-up dis‐
pla ycan be adjus ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Display content #
Toselect characteristics: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Toadjus tthe value: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. 1
Currentl ys elected setting
2 Digital speedome ter
3 Traf ficS ign Assi st
4 Navigation displa ys Setting
thed esign On-boar
dcomputer
, Design
% This function is onl yavailable forv ehicles
wit haw idescreen cockpit.
The following design scan be selec ted:
R Sport
R Classic
R Progressive #
Toselect adesign: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
The instrumen tdispl ayis shown in thes elec‐
te dd esign. Head-up Display
Fu
nction of theh ead-up display Mercedes‑AMG
vehicles: observet he no tesin
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ognise dangers. 226
Instrument Displa yand on-board compu ter

The head-up displa
yprojectsi nformation from
th en avigation sy stem, thed rive ra ssis tance sys‐
te ma nd some warning messages abo vethe
cockpit int othe driver's field of vision.
Displa yelements 1
Navigation messa ges
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructions and traf fics igns
4 Setspeed in thed rive ra ssis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control)
When your eceiv eacall,the 6 Incoming call
messag eappear sinthe head-up displa y.Sy
stem limits
The visibility is influenced bythef ollowing condi‐
tions:
R seat position
R thep ositioning of thed ispla yimage
R light conditions
R wetroad sur faces
R objects on thed ispla ycover
R polarisation in sunglasses
% Inextreme sunlight, sections of thed isplay
ma ybef aded. This can be cor rected by
switching theh ead-up displa yoffand on
again. Switching
theh ead-u pdispla yon/off #
Press button 1. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcomputer 227