MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER 2008 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2008, Model line: SL ROADSTER, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER 2008Pages: 317, PDF Size: 5.35 MB
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dcomputer 118
X
Press the æorç buttontos elect
kilometres ormiles as the unit of meas-
urement for distance.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Selecting the distance units for the dig-
ital speedometer This function is not available on vehicles with
speedometers in mph.
X
Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Inst. cluster submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electDigital
speedometer.
X Press the æorç buttontos elect
kilometres ormiles as the unit of meas-
urement for distance.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay. Selecting the language X
Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Inst. cluster submenu.
X Press jto select Language.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
desired language.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Selecting the status line display Vehicles for the United Kingdom
:this func-
tion is not available.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Inst. cluster submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electSelect
display . X
Press the æorç buttontoselect the
status line display: outside temperature
(Outsid etemp.)ors peed (Speed).
The selected display now appears con-
stantly in the status line of the speedome-
ter. You can see the display you have not
selected by scrolling through the Standard
display menu (Y page 110).
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Setting constant headlamp mode If you have set constan
theadlamp mode and
the light switch is in position MorU,
the side lamps, dipped-beam headlamps and
licenc eplate lightin gare switched on auto-
matically when the engin eisrunning. Turning
the light switch to adifferen tposition
switches on the correspondin glights. Make
sure the light switch is set to BorU if
you switch off the constan theadlamp mode
while driving at night.
In countries in which constan theadlamp
mode is alegal requirement, Constantis the
factory setting. Controls
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dcomputer 119
X
Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Lighting submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electHeadlamp
mode.
X Press the æorç buttontos et the
switch-on mode for the headlamps to Man-
ual orConstant (constantheadlamp
mode).
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Switching the locator lighting on or off If the locator lightin
gisswitched on, the fol-
lowing lights will be switched on automati-
cally in the dark after you have unlocked the
vehicle using the key:
R the side lamps
R the tail lamps
R the licenc eplate lighting
R the fron tfoglamps The locator lightin
gswitches off automati-
cally if you open the driver's door or after
40 seconds.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Lighting submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electLocator
lighting.
X Press the æorç to switch the
Locator lighting on or off.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Activating or deactivating the exterior
lighting delayed switch-off Using the
Headlamps delayed switch-
off function ,you can set whether the exterior
lightin gshould remain on for 15 seconds after
the doors are closed when it is dark. If none
of the doors are opened after the engin eis
switched off or if an open door is not closed,
the exterior lightin ggoes out after 60 sec-
onds. When you have set
adelayed switch-off time
and then switch off the engine, the following
remain lit:
R the side lamps
R the tail lamps
R the licenc eplate lighting
R the fron tfoglamps
You can reactivate this function by openin ga
door within 10 minutes.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press æorç to select the Light-
ing submenu.
X Press the jbuttontoselect Headlamps
delayed switch-off.
X Press the æorç buttontoa ctivate
or deactivate the Headlamps delayed
switch-off function.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
To temporarily deactivate the delayed switch-
off: Controls
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dcomputer 120
X
Befor eleaving the vehicle, turn the key to
position 0in the ignition lock.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock and back to position 0.
Delayed switch-off is deactivated.
Delayed switch-off is reactivated as soon as
you restart the engine.
Activating/deactivating the interior
lighting delayed switch-off Using the
Interiorlightin gdelayed
switch-off function,you can set whether
the interior lightin gshould remain on for
10 seconds after the key is removed from the
ignition lock when it is dark.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Lighting submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electInterior
lightin gdelayed switch-off. X
Press the æorç buttontoa ctivate
or deactivate Interiorlighting
delayed switch-off.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Activating/deactivating the Intelligent
Light System* When you activate the
Intelligent Light
System,y ou activate the following functions:
R motorway mode
R activ elight function
R extended range foglamps
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Lighting submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electIntelli-
gent Light System.
X Press the æorç buttontoa ctivate
or deactivate the Intelligent Light
System. Activating/deactivating the automatic
door locking feature The
Automatic door locking feature
allows you to set whether your vehicle will
lock centrally from aspeed of about
15 km/ hupwards.
i For more information on automatic lock-
ing, see (Y page 68).
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the jbuttontoselect Automatic
door locking .
X Press the æorç buttontoa ctivate
or deactivate the Automatic door lock-
ing feature.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay. Controls
*optional
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dcomputer 121
Priming/deactivating the interior
motion sensor* Vehicles for the Netherlands: this function is
not available. The interior motion sensor is
alway
sprimed, even when the roof is open.
This function allows you to prime the interior
motion sensor ,even when the roof is open.
However, false alarms can be caused by fall-
ing leaves or insects, for example.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings... menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos electInterior
motion sensor with roof open.
X Press the æorç buttontop rime or
deactivate the Interiormotion sensor
with roof open.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay. Activating or deactivating the easy-
entry/exit feature i
For more information on the easy-entry/
exit feature, see (Y page 79). G
Risk of injury
The steering wheel moves when the easy-
entry/exit feature is active. There is arisk
of occupants becomin gtrapped. Before
activating the easy-entry/exit feature,
make sure that nobody can become trap-
ped.
Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they are secured in achild
restraint system. The children could open
the driver's door and thereby unintention-
ally activate the easy-entry/exit feature
and become trapped.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press the æorç buttontoselect the
Convenience submenu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect the EASY-
ENTRY system. X
Press the æorç buttontoa ctivate
or deactivate the EASY-ENTRY system.
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay.
Activating/deactivating the Fold in mir-
rorsw hen locking* function The
Fold in mirrors when locking func-
tion allows you to determine whether the
exterior mirror sshould fold in when you lock
the vehicle. When you switch on the ignition,
the exterior mirror sfold out again.
If you have switched the function on and you
fold in the exterior mirror susing the button
on the centre console (Y page 80), they will
not fold out automatically. The exterior mir-
rors can then only be folded out using the
butto nont he centre console.
X Press èor· to select the Set-
tings menu.
X Press the jbuttontos elect submenus.
X Press æorç to select the Conve-
nience submenu.
X Press jto select Fold in mirrors
when locking . Controls
*o ptional
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dcomputer 122
X
Press æorç to activate or deacti-
vate Fold in mirrors when locking .
X Press the j,èorÿ buttonto
select adifferen tdisplay. Trip computer menu
You can use the Trip computermenu to call
up or reset statistical data for your vehicle.
i You can select KilometresorMiles as
the unit of measuremen tfor distance
(Y page 117).
i Menu overview: see (Y page 109).
Use the buttons on the multi-function steer-
ing wheel.
Consumption statistics from start The values refer to the start of the journey.
X Press èor· to select From
start. 1
Kilometres
2 Average speed
3 Time
4 Average fuel consumption
If the vehicle is parked for more than 4hours,
the From start consumption statistic sare
reset (key in position 0of the ignition lock or
removed).
The values will not be reset if you turn the key
to position 1or 2during this time.
Consumption statistics from the last
reset The values refer to the last reset of the func-
tion.
X
Press the èor· buttontos elect
From start.
X Press jork to select From
reset. 1
Kilometres
2 Average speed
3 Time
4 Average fuel consumption
Resetting the consumption statistics X
Using èor·,s electFrom start.
X Press the jork buttontoselect the
function that you wish to reset.
X Press and hold the reset butto nonthe left
of the instrument cluster until the values
are reset to "0".
The From reset consumption statistic sare
reset automatically after 9,99 9hours or
99,999 kilometres. Controls
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dcomputer 123
Calling up the range X
Using èor·,s electFrom start.
X Press the jork buttontos elect
Range:.
The multi-function display shows the esti-
mated distanc ethat can be covered by the
vehicle, based on your curren tdriving style
and the amount of fuel remainin ginthe
tank.
If ther eisonlyasmall amount of fuel left in
the fuel tank ,the display shows avehicle
being refuelled ¿instead of the range. Telephone menu*
Function sand displays depend on the
optional equipment installed in your vehicle.
You can place your mobile phone in the
mobile phone cradle* (Y page 166), or set up
aB luetoot hconnection to COMAND ;see the
separate operatin ginstructions. G
Risk of accident
Observe the legal requirements of the
country in which you are currently driving
regarding 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
them when the road and traffic conditions
allow. You may otherwise be distracted
from the traffic conditions, cause an acci-
dent and injure yourself and others.
i Menu overview: see (Y page 109).
Use the buttons on the multi-function steer-
ing wheel.
X Switc hont he mobile phone and COMAND;
see the separate operatin ginstructions.
X Press the èor· buttontoselect the
Telephone menu.
Mobile phone on PIN code not yet entered
Onc
eyou have inserted the mobile phone into
the mobile phone cradle* ,the multi-function
display shows the message PIN.
X Enter the PIN via the mobile phone, Lingua-
tronic* or COMAND.
The mobile phone will search for anetwork. Mobile phone operational
The multi-function display shows the mes-
sage
Ready or the name of the GSM network
provider. If the operational readiness symbol
goes out, your vehicle is outside the trans-
mission and reception range. In this case, the
message No service appears in the multi-
function display.
Accepting acall If someon
ecalls you while you are in the
Telephone menu, the following message
appears in the multi-function display: X
Press the sbuttontoa ccept the call.
Rejecting or ending acall X
Press the tbutton. Controls
*o ptional
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tems 124
Diallin
ganumber fro mthe phone book If your mobil
ephone is operational ,you can
select and dial anumbe rfro mt he phone book
at any time. It is onl ypossibl etoe nternew
numbers into the phone book using the
mobil ephone.P leas erefer to the separate
operating instructions for information on how
to do this.
X Press the èor· button to select the
Telephone menu.
X Press the jork button to call up
the phone book.
X Press the jork button to select the
desired name. To scroll throug hthe tele-
phone book faster, press and hold the
j ork button for longe rtha n1s ec-
ond.
X Press the sbutton to start dialling.
The Connectin gcall... message
appear sinthe multi-functio ndisplay.
Th en umbe rdialled is stored in the redial
memory.
When the connectio nism ade, the nam eof
the perso nyou arec allin g(ifit is stored in
the phone book) or the telephone number yo
uh aved ialled will appear in the multi-
functio ndisplay.
or
X If yo udon ot wish to make acall, press the
t button.
Redialling Th
eo n-board computer stores the last phone
numbers which were dialled.
X Press the èor· button to select the
Telephone menu.
X Press the sbutton to call up the most
recentl ydialled numbe rinthe redia lmem-
ory.
X Press the jork button to select the
desired nam eornumber.
X Press the sbutton to start dialling. Driving systems
Overvie
wofdrivingsystems
Th ev ehicle' sdriving systems ar edescribed
on the following pages:
R Cruise control ,Distronic* and Speedtronic,
which ar eusedtoc ontrol the spee dofthe
vehicle
R SBC Hold, which makes pulling away eas-
ier, particularl yonsteep uphill gradients
R RAC ESTAR Tont he SL 63 AMG ,which
makes pulling away on race tracks easier
R *Active Bod yControl *(ABC), which is used
to adjus tthe vehicle' ssuspe nsionsystem
R Parktronic* ,which assists yo uinparking
and manoeuvring
Th ef ollowing driving safety systems: ABS,
BAS, adaptiv ebrake lights, ESP ®
and SBC TM
and SBC ®
ar ed escribe dint he "Safety "sec-
tio n(Ypage 53). Controls
*optional
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Driving sys
tems 125Cruis
econtrol
Cruise control maintains aconstant road
spee dfor you. It brakes automaticall yinorder
to avoi dexceeding the se tspeed .Onlonga nd
steep downhil lgradients ,especially if the
vehicl eisladen ,you must select shift range
1, 2or 3in good time. In thi swayyouw ill
make us eofthe braking effect of the engine,
which relieves the load on the brake system
and prevents the brakes fro moverheating
and wearing too quickly. G
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Do not change down for additional engine
braking on aslipper yroads urface. This
could caus ethe drive wheels to lose their
gri pa nd the vehicl ecould skid.
Use cruis econtrol onl yifroada nd traffi ccon-
ditions make it appropriate to maintain a
stead yspeed foraprolonge dperiod. Youc an
store any roa dspeed above 30 km/h. G
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Cruise control cannot take account of road
and traffi cconditions.
Alway spayattentio ntotrafficconditions
eve nw henc ruis econtrol is activated. Cruise control is onl
yanaiddesigne dto
assist driving. Yo uareresponsibl efor the
vehicle' sspeed and for braking in good
time. G
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Do not us ecruis econtrol:
R in roa dand traffi cconditions which do
not allo wyouto maintain aconstant
spee d(e.g. heav ytraffi corw inding
roads). Yo ucould otherwis ecause an
accident.
R on slippery roads .Braking or accelerat-
ing could caus ethe drive wheels to lose
tractio nand the vehicl ecould the nskid.
R when there is poor visibility, e.g .due to
fog ,heavy rain or snow
Cruis econtro ldispla yinthe instrument
cluster When cruis
econtrol is activated, the multi-
functio ndisplay in the speedomete rshows
CC and the stored speed. 1
Display for activate dcruis econtrol
2 Stored speed
Cruis econtro llever Yo
uc an operate cruis econtrol and variable
Speedtroni cwitht he cruis econtrol lever.
Th eL IM indicator lamp on the cruis econtrol
lever indicates which syste myouhave selec-
ted:
R LIM indicator lamp off:
cruis econtrol is selected
R LIM indicator lamp lit:
variable Speedtroni ciss elect ed Controls
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Driving sys
tems 1261
To store the current spee dorahigher
speed
2 LIM indicator lamp
3 To select the current or last store dspeed
4 To store the current spee doralower
speed
5 To switc hbetween cruisecontro land var-
iabl eSpeedtronic
6 To deactivat ecruis econtrol
Sele ctingc ruise control X
Check whether LIM indicator lamp 2is off.
If it is off, cruis econtro lisalready selected.
If it is not, pres sthe cruis econtro llever in
the direction of arrow 5.
LIM indicator lamp 2in the cruis econtrol
leve rgoeso ut.C ruis econtro lisselected. Storin
gand maintainin gthe current
speed Yo
uc an store the current spee difyou are
drivin gfastert ha n30k m/h.
X Accelerate the vehicle to the desired
speed.
X Briefly pres sthe cruis econtrol leve rup
1or down 4.
X Remove your footfromt he accelerator
pedal.
Cruise control is activated. Th evehicle
automaticall ymaintains the store dspeed.
i Cruise control ma ybeunable to maintain
the store dspeed on uphill gradients .The
store dspeed is resume dwhent he gradient
evens out. Cruise control maintains the
store dspeed on downhill gradients by
automaticall yapplyin gthe brakes.
To select the current or last stored
speed G
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Onl yselec tastore dspeed if youknow what
tha tspeed is andwhether it is suitabl efor
the current situation. Otherwise ,sudden acceleration or braking could endange
ryou
or others.
X Briefly pull the cruis econtrol leve rtowards
you 3.
X Remove your footfromt he accelerator
pedal.
Th ef irst tim ecruis econtrol is activate dit
store sthe current spee dorregulate sthe
spee doft he vehicle to the previously
store dspeed.
Settin gaspeed X
Pres sthe cruis econtrol leve rup1for a
higher spee dordown4for alower speed.
X Keep the cruis econtrol leve rpressed until
the desire dspeed is reached.
X Release the cruis econtrol lever.
Th en ew spee disstored.
i Cruise control is not deactivate difyou
depres sthe accelerato rpedal .For exam-
ple, if yo uaccelerate briefl ytoovertake,
cruis econtrol adjusts the vehicle's speed
to the last spee dstore dafter you have fin-
ishe dovertaking. Cont
rols
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Driving sys
tems 127
i
Deceleratio nofthe vehicl ebymeans of
the cruis econtrol lever is assiste dbyauto-
matic applicatio nofthe brakes.
On long downhil lgradients ,the automatic
transmission shifts down as afurthe rmeas-
ure.
Making fine adjustments in 1km/h
increments X
Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever up
1 for ahighe rspeed or down 4for a
lowe rspeed.
Th elasts peed stored is increase dor
reduced.
Deactivating cruis econtrol There ar
eseveral ways to deactivate cruise
control:
X Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever for-
wards 6.
or
X Brake.
or X
Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever in the
directio nofarrow 5.
Variable Speedtroni ciss elect ed.LIM indi-
cator lamp 2in the cruis econtrol lever
lights up.
Cruise control is automaticall ydeact ivate dif,
for example:
R yo ud epress the parking brake
R yo ua redriving at less tha n30km/h
R ESP ®
is intervening or yo udeact ivate
ESP ®
R yo um ovet he selector lever to Nwhil edriv-
ing
If cruis econtrol is deactivated, yo uwillh ear
aw arning tone .You will se ethe Cruise con-
tro loffmessage in the multi-functio ndis-
play of the speedomete rfor approximately
five seconds.
i Thelas ts peed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine. Distronic*
Distroni cregulate sthe spee dand automati-
call ym aintains the distance to the vehicl ein
front. It brakes automaticall yinorder to avoid
exceeding the se tspeed .Onl onga nd steep
downhil lgradients ,especially if the vehicl eis
laden, yo umusts elect shift range 1,2or 3.
By doing so yo uwillm akeu seof the braking
effect of the engine ,which relieves the load
on the brake syste mand prevents the brakes
fro mo verheating and wearing too quickly. G
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Do not change down for additional engine
braking on aslipper yroads urface. This
could caus ethe drive wheels to lose their
gri pa nd the vehicl ecould skid. G
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Distroni ciso nlyana iddesigne dtoassist
driving. Th edriver remains full yresponsible
for the vehicle' sdistance fro mother vehi-
cles, the vehicle' sspeed and braking in
good time. Controls
*o ptional
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