override MERCEDES-BENZ SL500 2004 R230 Owner's Manual

201 Controls in detail
Driving systems
1Set speed
2White DTR indicator lamp ESetting the current speed

Accelerate or decelerate to the desired
speed.

Briefly lift or depress the cruise control
lever.
The current speed is set.

Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.Setting a higher speed

Briefly tip the cruise control in direction
of arrow1 (
page 200) to increase
the vehicle speed in increments of
5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
iThe vehicle speed displayed on the
speedometer can briefly vary from the
speed setting on the distronic system.
iIf you do not take your foot off of the
accelerator completely, the following
message will appear in the speedome-
ter display field:DTR override
.
The distance to slower moving vehicles
in front of you will not be set. Your ve-
hicle speed will then be determined
only by the accelerator pedal position.
iDepressing the accelerator pedal does
not deactivate Distronic. After brief ac-
celeration (e.g. for passing), the cruise
control will resume the last speed set.