MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS 2020 Owners Manual

X
To avo id/use route options:sel ect
Avo idOptions Avo
idOptions.
X Sel ect arou teoptio n.
Note sfor routeoptio ns:
R Use TollRoa ds Use
TollRoa ds
The routecal cul ation incl udes roa dswhich
req uire youto paya us ag efee (toll).
R Num ber ofOccupants inthe Vehicle: Num
ber ofOccupants inthe Vehicle:
(o nly availab lein the USA)
Pre requisite: your veh iclemee tsthe acce ss
cond itions forcarpoollanes.
Ca rpo ollanes willbe incl uded ifthe carpool
la nes optio nis acti vate d.
En teri nganaddres s Mu
ltimed iasystem :
X Sel ect Navi Nav
i007BN avigation Nav
igation.
The mapsho wsthe vehicle's current posi-
tio n.
X Sli de 6 thecontro ller.
X Sel ect Destination Des
tination007B AddressEnt ry Add
ressEnt ry.
Enter anaddre ss, e.g.as follows :
R city orZIP code,stre et,hou senum ber
R sta te/p rovince, cityorZIP code
R city orZIP code,cente r
R stre et,city orZIP code,inte rsectio n
X Sel ect City Cit
y.
The cityinwh ich the vehicleis cur rentl y
lo cate d(cu rrentveh iclepo sitio n)isat the
top. Below this,yo uwi llsee locati ons for
wh ich routeguidance hasal rea dybeen car -
rie dou t.
X Enter thecity.
The 0043symbo l:the locati onisconta inedon
the digital map multiple time s.
X To switchto the list: slid e 5 thecontro l-
le r.
X Sel ect the locati on.
If ava ilab le,the ZIPcodeis sho wn. Ifther e
are differ ent ZIPcodesava ilab lefor the
lo cati on, the corr espond ingdigits are dis-
pl ay ed with an X X.
X Enter thestre etand housenum ber.
The addre ssisin the menu .
Furth eropti onsfor des tinatio nen try:
R sea rch forakey word The
keywordsea rch findsde stina tions using
fra gme ntsofwo rds .
R sel ect the last destina tion
R sel ect aconta ct
R sel ect aPOI
Yo ucan search foraPOI bylocati on, nam e
or telephone number.
R sel ect destina tionon the map
R enter interme diate destina tion
Yo ucan mapthe routeto the destina tion
yo ursel fwi th up tofou rinte rme diate desti-
nati ons.
R sel ect destina tions from Mercedes-B enz
App s
R sel ect geo-coo rdinate s
Cal culatin gthe route Pre
requisite: the addre sshasbe en enter ed
and isin the menu .
X Sel ect Start Sta
rtorCon tinue Con
tinue.
The routeiscal cul ate dwi th the selecte d
rou tetyp eand theselecte drou teoptio ns.
If rou teguidance hasal rea dybeen acti va-
ted ,a pro mpt willap pe ar asking whethe r
yo uwi sh toend thecurrent routeguidance .
X Sel ect Cancel Active RouteGuidance Can
cel Active RouteGuidanceor
Set asIntermediate Destination Set
asIntermediate Destination.
Can cel Active RouteGuidance Can
cel Active RouteGuidancecance ls
the current routeguidance andstarts rou te
cal cul ation tothe new destina tion.
Set asIntermediate Destination Set
asIntermediate Destinationadds
the new destina tionin ad ditio nto the exist-
ing destina tionand opens theinterme diate
de stina tions list. Co
nnectin gamob ile phon e
(C OMA ND)
Requ iremen ts For
telephony viathe Bluetoo th®
inte rface, you
req uire aBlu etoo th®
-cap ablemob ile pho ne.
The mob ile pho nemu stsupp ort Hand s-Free
Pro file 1.0 orabove .
Mu ltimed iasystem :
X Sel ect Vehicle Veh
icle007BS ystemSet‐ Sys
tem Set‐
tin gs tin
gs007B ActivateBluetooth Act
ivateBluetooth.
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
0073. Ope
ratin gsys tem
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Mobile
phone:
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
and, ifnecessary, Blue-
tooth ®
visibili tyfor other devices (seethe
manufacturer's operatinginstructions).
The Bluetooth ®
device names forallofone
manufacturer's productsmightbeidentical. To
make itpossible toclearly identify yourmobile
phone, change thedevice name(seetheman-
ufacturer's operatinginstructions).
If the mobile phonesupports thePBAP (Phone
Book Access Profile) andMAP (Message
Access Profile)Bluetooth ®
profiles, thefollow-
ing information willbetransmit tedafter you
conn ect:
R Phone book
R Call lists
R Text messages ande-mail
i Further
information onsuitable mobile
phones canbefound at:http://
www .mer<004600480047004800560010004500480051005D001100460052005000120046
0052> nnect
i In
the USA, youcan getintouch withthe
Mercedes-Ben zCustomer AssistanceCenter
on 1-80 0-FO R-MERCedes
(1-800 -367-637 2).
In Canada ,you can getintouch withthe
Customer Relations Center on
1-80 0-387-0100.
Searching forand auth orizing (con-
necting) amobile phone Before
usingyourmobile phonewiththemulti-
media system forthe first time, youwillneed
to search forthe phone andthen authorize
(connec t)it. Depending onthe mobile phone,
authorization eithertakesplacebymeans of
Secure SimplePairing orby enterin gapass-
key. Themultimedia systemautomatically
makes theprocedure thatisrelevant foryour
mobile phoneavailable.Themobile phoneis
alwa ysconn ected automatically afterauthori-
zation. Further information onusing amobile
phone withthemultimedia system(seethe
Digital Operator's Manual).
If the multimedia systemdoesnotdetect your
mobile phone, thismay bedue toparticular
security settingson your mobile phone(see
the manufacturer's operatinginstructions).
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected to
the multimedia systematany one time.
Searching foramobile phone Multimedia
system:
X Select Tel/ Tel/00A7007BConn. Conn.
Device Device007BSearch
forPhones Search
forPhones007BStart Start
Search Search.
The availa blemobile phones aredisplay ed.
Symbols inthe device list Sym-
bol Explanation
00D3
New
mobile phonefound, notyet
authorized. 00DC
Mobile
phoneisauthorized, butis
not conn ected. Conne
ctingamobile phone
Authorizat ionusing Secure SimplePairing:
X Select mobile phone.
A code isdisplay edinthe multimedia sys-
tem andonthe mobile phone.
X Ifcodes match:select Yes Yes
onthe multime-
dia system.
X Confirm codeonthe mobile phone. Depend-
ing onthe mobile phoneused,confirm the
conn ection tothe multimedia systemand
for the PBAP andMAP Bluetooth ®
profiles.
The prompt toconfirm maytake uptotwo
minutes tobe display ed(see themanufac-
turer's operating instructions).
X Ifthe codes aredifferent: selectNo No
on the
multimedia system.
The process iscanceled.
Repea tauthorization.
Authorizat ionbyenterin gapasskey (pass-
code):
X Select theBluetooth ®
name ofthe mobile
phone.
The input menu forthe passkey isdisplay ed.
X Choose aone tosixteen- digitnumber com-
bination asapasskey.
X Ent erthe passkey onthe multimedia sys-
tem.
X Press 0054toconfirm .
X Ent erand confirm thepasskey onthe
mobile phone. Depending onthe mobile
phone used,confirm theconn ection tothe
multimedia systemandforthe PBAP and
MAP Bluetooth ®
profiles. Theprompt to
confirm maytake uptotwo minutes tobe 250
Operat
ingsystemMultim ediasystem

displayed
(seethemanufac turer'soperatin g
inst ruct ions). Media
mode
General notes If
you wish toplay external media sources, the
appropriate mediamodemustalready be
turn edon. Furt herinfor mation onmedia mode
(see theDigit alOperator 'sManual).
The following external media sources canbe
used:
R Apple ®
devices (e.g.iPhone ®
)
R USB devices (e.g.USBstick,MP3 player)
(Y page 251)
R CD
R DVD (COMAND )
R SD cards
R Via devices connected byBluetoot h®
i Inf
ormat iononsingle CD/DVDdrive or
DVD chang er(see theDigit alOperator 's
Manual).
Selecting usingthedevice list Multimedia
system:
X Select Media Media007B
Devices Device
s.
The available mediasources willbeshown.
The 003Bdot indicat esthe curren tsett ing.
X Select themedia source.
Playable filesareplayed.
Inserting/r emovinganSD card Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
SD cards aresmall parts. Theycanbeswal-
lowed andcause choking.This poses an
incr eased riskofinjury oreven fatalinjury.
Keep theSDcard outofthe reach ofchil-
dren. IfaSD card isswallowed, seekmedi-
cal atte ntion immediately.
! If
the SDcard isno longer inuse, you
should takeitout and remov eit from the
vehicle. Hightemper aturescandamage the
card. Inserting
anSD card
The SDcard slotislocated onthe control
panel.
X Inser tthe SDcard intothe SDcard slotuntil
the SDcard engages. Theside with thecon-
tact smust facedown.
Removing anSD card
X Press theSDcard.
The SDcard isejec ted.
X Remove theSDcard.
Connecting USBdevices X
Connec tthe USB device tothe USB port.
There aretwo USB ports inthe stowage
space underthearmrest .
X Select themedia source (Ypage 251). Oper
ating system
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Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
R Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove box X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
In the glove box,there areacoin holder, a
map holder andapen holder.
i The
glove boxcanbevent ilated
(Y page 123). The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pressbutton 0043.
Amrest 0044folds out.
In the stowage compartmen t,there isastow-
age tray.
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AMedia Inter-
face isauniversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. 252
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areasStowage andfeatu res

Eyegla
ssescomp artm ent X
To open :pres smar king0043.
Eyeg lasse scom partmen t0044 open s.
Mak esure that theeyeglas sescom partmen tis
always closed while theveh icle isin mot ion.
St owage compartm ent inthecent er
console X
To open :pres sth etrim elem enton
cov er0043.
X To rem ove theru bber mat:gras pth etab s
on therubbe rmat andpulluptorem ove.
X To inser tth eru bber mat:pres sth erubbe r
mat intoth ehousi ng.
X To close: swingcov er0043 down wards untilit
eng ages.
You canremove therubbe rmat from thest ow-
age com partmen tto cle an it.Clean withclear,
luke warm wateron ly.
De pen dingon theveh icle'sequipm ent,th ere
is acup holde rand anasht rayinthecen ter
con sole stowage compartmen t. Um
brella hold er Ex
ample :veh icle side, left
Ther eare umbr ellaholde rsinthedoor stow-
age com partmen tson bot hsides oftheveh i-
cle .On ecom pact umbr ellacan bestowed per
side.
X To rem ove: grabstrap 0044and pullumbr ella
holde r0043 out ofthest owage compartmen t
in thedire ction ofthearr ow.
X To inser t:push umbrellaholde r0043 inthe
oppo sitedire ction tothearr ow, intoth e
st owage compartmen tunt ilit eng ages.
You canremove theumbr ellaholde rto cle an
it. Clean withclear, luke warm wateron ly.
St owage compartm ent intherea r
pa ssenger compartm ent cent ercon-
sole X
To open :slide cover0043 inthedire ction of
th earr ow.
On veh iclesequippe dwith abot tleholde r,the
bot tleholde ris loc ate din thest owage com-
part men t(Y page 256). St
owage areas
253Stowage andfeatures Z

Stowage
compartment inthe rear
passenger compartment Only
theleft side ofthe vehicle features arear
stowage compartmen t.
X Open theseat beltguide andremove the
seat belt(Ypage 99).
X Move theleft-hand frontseatforward
(Y page 100)andfold theseat backrest
forward.
X To open: pressrelease button0044.
Cover 0043folds up.
X To close :fold down cover 0043and letit
engage.
X Fold back theseat backrest ofthe left-hand
front seatandmove theseat back
(Y page 100).
X Insert theseat beltback intotheseat belt
guide. Stowage
net There
isastowage net0043inthe front -
passenger footwell. Loading
aidinthe trunk
Raising/low eringtheroof G
WARNING
Body parts canbecome trappedwhenthe
roof isbeing raised orlowered. Thereisa
risk ofinjury.
When raising orlowering theroof, make
sure thatnoparts ofthe body areinthe
vicinity ofmoving parts.Presstheswitch
again ifsomeone becomestrapped.
! Only
close thetrunk oncetheroof islow-
ered completely. Otherwise,youcould dam-
age theroof.
If you close thetrunk lidbefore theroof is
lowered completely, theloading aidswitch
lights upand awarning tonesounds. To
make iteasier toload your luggage ,you
can raise thestowed roofafter youhave
opened thetrunk lid.
You canonly raise roof0044when thetrunk lid
is fully open.
X To raise theroof: press switch 0043.
Roof 0044israised slightly andtrunk partition
0087 moves tothe open position. Switch0043
lights upbrightly.
X To lowe rthe roof: press switch 0043.
The trunk partition movestothe closed
position androof 0044lowers slightly.
Switch 0043lights updimly.
Vehicles withtrunk lidremote closing
featur e:when thetrunk lidisopened, the
loading aidraises automatically. Itlowers
automatically whenthetrunk lidisclosed.
Vehicles withKEYLESS-GO andHANDS-
FREE ACCESS:when thetrunk lidis 254
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areasStowage andfeatu res

opened,
theloading aidrises automatically.
When theroof isclosed, thetrunk partition
remains inthe open position. Thetrunk par- tition
moves tothe closed position automat-
ically when theroof islowered.
Problems withtheloading aid Problem
Possible
causes/conse quencesand0050 0050
Solutions It
is no longer possible
to lower thestowed
roof inthe trunk using
the loading aid. You
cann otclose thetrunk anymore.
X Call aquali fiedspecialist workshop. Stowage
wellunder thetrunk floor X
To open: opentrunk partition 0044
(Y page 93).
X Swing trunkfloor0087upusing loop0043.
The TIREFIT kit,tire-c hange toolkit,etc. is
located inthe stowage compartm ent. Featur
es Cup
holder
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmentare
stowed incorrectly, theycanslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupant s.In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebracket scann otalway s
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection . R
Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
start ingajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk . G
WARNING
The heating elements ofthe cup holder can
become veryhot.Youcould burnyourself on
them.
There isarisk ofinjury.
Do not touch thehot heating elements of
the cup holder. Alwaysmakesurethatchil-
dren cannotaccess thehot heating ele-
ment sof the cup holder. Neverleavechil-
dren unsupervised inthe vehicle.
! Only
usethecup holders forcont ainers of
the right sizeandwhich havelids.The
drinks couldotherwise spill.
! Do
not expose drinksbottles inthe cup
holder inthe cent erconsole tocont inuous,
stron gand direct sunlight. Thepassenger
compartm entinthe area ofthe cent ercon-
sole canotherwise bedamaged bythe con-
cent rated andreflect edsunlight. Featur
es
255Stowage andfeatu res Z

Cup
holderinthecent erconsole X
To open :open thest owage compartmen t
(Y page 253).
X To rem ove theinser t:slide catches 0043
inwar dsinthedire ction ofthearr ow.
X Remo vethecup holde rins ert upward s.
X To re-inst alltheinser t:plac eth eins ert in
th est owage space.
X Slid ecat ches 0043 outwards inthedire ction
of thearr ow untilth ey engage.
You canremove thecup holde r'srubbe rmat
for cleanin g.Clean withcle ar, luke warm water
on ly.
Reduc er0044 can berem oved.Lar geand smal l
con tain erscan then be plac edinthecup
hold er.
X To rem ove: graspreduc er0044 and pull
upward sin thedire ction ofthearr ow.
X To inser t:ins ert reduc er0044 intoth ecup
hold erintheoppo sitedire ction ofthearr ow
and pres sit down firmly. Bot
tlehold er
Obse rveth e"Imp ortant safe tyno tes" inthe
"St owage compartmen ts"sec tion
(Y page 252). X
To open :open thest owage compartmen t
(Y page 253).
X To rem ove theinser t:slide catches 0043
inwar dsinthedire ction ofthearr ow.
X Lif tbot tlehold erins ert 0044upand remove.
X To re-inst alltheinser t:plac eins ert 0044in
th est owage compartmen t.
X Slid ecat ches 0043 outwards inthedire ction
of thearr ow untilth ey engage.
The bottlehold erdoes notsec ure thebot tles;
it mer elyprev ents them from tippin gove r. Sun
visor s
Over view G
WAR
NING
If th emir ror coverofthevan itymir ror isfol-
ded upwhen theveh icle isin mot ion,you
coul dbe blin ded byinciden tlight .Ther eis a
ris kof an acc iden t.
Always keep themir ror coverfold eddown
while driving. 0043
Mirr orlight
0044 Brack et 256
Feat
uresSt owage andfeatures

0087
Retaining strip, e.g. for apark inglottick et
0085 Van ity mir ror
0083 Mirror cover Asht
ray X
To open :open stowage compar tment0043
(Y page 253).
X To rem ove theinser t:pull insert 0044upin
th edire ction ofthearr ow, outofthecup
hold er.
X To re-inst alltheinser t:push insert 0044on
th elef t-han dside intoth ecup hold er.
i On
lyre- ins tallins ert 0044onthelef t-han d
side ofthecup hold er. Ciga
retteligh ter G
WAR
NING
You canburn yours elfifyou touch thehot
heat ingelem entor thesoc ketof thecig a-
ret teligh ter.
In addit ion,flam mabl emat erials can ignite
if:
R thehot cigaret teligh terfalls
R ach ild hold sth ehot cigaret teligh terto
obj ects,for exampl e
The reisaris kof fireand injury.
Alw ays hold thecig aret teligh terby the
kn ob. Always mak esur eth at thecig aret te
ligh teris out ofreac hof childr en.Nev er
leav ech ildr enuns uper vised intheveh icle. Your
attention mus talways befoc used onthe
tr aff icco nd ition s.On lyuse thecig aret te
ligh terwhen roadandtraff icco nd ition sper -
mit .
X Turn theSm artKey topos ition 0048intheign i-
ti on lock(Y page 126).
X To open :open stowage compar tment0043
und erthearm rest(Y page 252).
X Pre ssincig aret teligh ter0044.
Cigar ette ligh ter0044 will pop outauto mati-
call ywhen theheat ingelem entis red -hot . 12
Vsocke ts
Gener alnot es X
Turn theSm artKey topos ition 0047intheign i-
ti on lock(Y page 126).
The sockets can beused foracc essories wit h
a max imum drawof18 0W (15 A).Ac cesso ries
inc lude suchitems ascharge rsfor mob ile
phon es.
If you usethesoc kets for longper iods when
th een gin eis swit ched off,th ebat tery may dis-
ch arge .
i An
eme rgencycut -out ensur esthat theon -
boar dvol tag edoes notdro pto olow. Ifth e
on -board voltag eis toolow, thepowe rto
th esoc kets isauto maticallycut .This
en sur esthat there issuf ficien tpowe rto
st art theen gin e. Feat
ures
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Socket
inthe front- passenger footwell X
Lift upthe cover ofsocket 0043.
Socket inthe trunk X
Lift upthe cover ofsocket 0043. Mercedes
meconne ct
General notes A
license agreement mustbeinplace inorder
to activate theMercedes meconn ectservice.
Make surethatyour system isactivated and
operational. Toregister, pressthe00D9 MB
Info callbutton. Ifany ofthe steps mentioned
are not carried out,thesystem maynotbe
activated.
If you have questions abouttheactivation,
cont actone ofthe following telephone hot-
lines:
R USA: Mercedes-B enzCustomer Assistance
Center at1-80 0-FOR-MERCedes
(1-80 0-367-6372)or1-86 6-990-9007
R Canada: Customer Serviceat
1-88 8-92 3-8367 Short
lyafter successfully registeringwiththe
service, auser IDand password willbesent to
you bypost.
USA only: youcan usethis password tolog
onto theMercedes meconn ectarea under
"Owners Online"athtt <0053001D00120012005A005A005A001100500045005800560044001100460052
0050>.
The system isavaila bleif:
R ithas been activated andisoperational
R the correspondin gmobile phonenetwork is
availa blefortransm ittingdatatothe Cus-
tomer Center
R aservice subscription isavaila ble
R the starter battery issufficiently charged
i Determ iningthelocation ofthe vehicle on
a map isonly possible if:
R GPS reception isavaila ble
R the vehicle position canbeforwarded to
the Customer AssistanceCenter
The Mercedes meconne ctsystem To
adjust thevolume duringacall, proceed as
follows:
X Press the0081 or0082 button onthe multi-
funct ionsteering wheel.
or
X Use thevolume controller ofCOMAND.
The system offersvarious services, e.g.:
R Automatic andmanual emergency call
R Roadsid eAssistanc ecall
R MB Info call
USA only: youcan find information anda
description ofall availa blefeatures under
"Owners Online"athttp: //www.mbusa.com.
System self-test Aft
eryou have switched onthe ignition, the
system carriesoutaself-diagnosis.
A malfunction inthe system hasbeen detec-
ted ifone ofthe following occurs:
R The indicator lampinthe SOS button does
not come onduring thesystem self-test .
R The indicator lampinthe 0052 Roadsid e
Assistanc ebutton doesnotlight upduring
self-diagnosis ofthe system.
R The indicator lampinthe 00D9 MBInfo call
button doesnotlight upduring self-diagno-
sis ofthe system. 258
FeaturesStowage
andfeatu res