MERCEDES-BENZ SLC-Class 2017 R172 Owner's Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2017, Model line: SLC-Class, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ SLC-Class 2017 R172Pages: 294, PDF Size: 7.28 MB
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tionc an be activated and deactivated in the
multimedia system.
Driving Assistance package
General notes
The Drivin gAssistance packag econsists of
Blind Spo tAssist (Ypage 159 )and Lane Keep-
ing Assist (Ypage 160).
Blind Spo tAssis t
General notes
Blind Spo tAssist monitors the area soneither
side of the vehicl ethata renot visible to the
driver with two lateral, rear-facing rada rsen-
sors. Awarning displa yinthe exterio rmirrors
draws your attentio ntovehicles detecte dinthe
monitore darea. If youthens witch on the cor-
responding tur nsigna ltoc hange lane, yo uwill
also receive an optica land audibl ewarning.
Blind Spo tAssist supports yo ufromas peedof
approximately 20 mph (30 km/h).
For Blind Spo tAssist to assist you, the radar
sensors ystemm ustbeo perational.
Important safety notes
GWARNING
Blind Spo tAssist does not react to:
Rvehicles overtaken too closely on the side,
placing themint he blind spot area
Rvehicles which approach with alarge speed
differential and overtake your vehicle
As aresult, Blind Spo tAssist mayn ot give
warnings in such situations. There is arisko f
an accident.
Alway sobser ve the trafficc onditions care-
fully, and maintain asafel atera ldistance.
Blind Spo tAssist is onl yanaid.Itm ayfail to
detect som evehicles and is no substitute for
attentiv edriving. Alway sensur ethatt here is
sufficient distance to the side for othe rroad
users and obstacles.
iUSA only:
Thi sdeviceh asbeen approved by the FCC as
a" Vehi cularRadar System" .The rada rsen sor
is intende dfor us einana utomotive radar systemo
nly. Removing ,tamperin gwith, or
altering the devic ewillv oida ny warranties,
and is not permitted by the FCC .Donot tam-
pe rw ith, alter, or us einany non-approved
way.
Any unauthorized modification to thisd evice
could voi dthe user’ sauthority to operate the
equipment.
Radar sensors
Th er adar sensors for Blind Spo tAssist ar einte-
grated into the rea rbum per. Make sure tha tthe
bumpers ar efreef romd irt, ice or slush. The
sensors must not be covered ,for exampl eby
cycle racks or overhanging loads. Following a
sever eimpact or in the event of damage to the
bumpers, have the functio nofthe rada rsen sors
checked at aquali fied specialis tworkshop.
Blind Spo tAssist maynol ongerw orkp roperly.
Monitoring rang eofthe sensors
In particular ,the detection of obstacle scan be
impaire dif:
Rthere is dirt on the sensors or anything else
coverin gthe sensors
Rpoor visibility ,e.g.d ue to fog ,heavy rain,
snowors pray
Rnarrow vehicles ,e.g.m otorcycle sorbicycles
Rthe roa dhasver yw idel an es
Rthe roa dhasnarrow lanes
Ryoua renot drivin ginthe middle of the lane
Rthere ar ebarriers or simila rlan eb orders
Vehicles in the monitoring range ar ethenn ot
indicated.
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Blind Spot Assist monitors the areaupto10ft
(3.0 m)behind your vehicle and directly nex tto
your vehicle, as shown in the diagram. For this
purpose, Blind Spot Assist uses radar sensor sin
the rear bumper.
If the lanes are narrow, vehicles driving in the
lane beyond the lane nex ttoyour vehicle may be
indicated, especially if the vehicles are not driv-
ing in the middle of their lane. This may be the
case if ther eare vehicles driving at the inner
edge of their lanes.
Due to the natur eofthe system:
Rwarning smay be issued in error when driving
close to crash barriers or similar solid lane
borders.
Rthe warning is canceled when driving for an
extended period nex ttolong vehicles, such as
trucks.
Indicator and warning display
:Yellow indicator lamp/red warning lamp
Blind Spot Assist is not activ eatspeeds below
approximately 20 mph (30 km/h). Vehicles in
the monitoring range are then not indicated.
When Blind Spot Assist is activated, indicator
lamp :in the exterior mirrorsl ights up yellow
at speeds of up to 20 mph (3 0km/ h).Ats peeds
above 20 mph (30 km/h), the indicator lamp
goe soutand Blind Spot Assist is operational.
If av ehicl eisd etected within the blind spot
monitoring rang eatspeeds above 20 mph
(30 km/h), warning lamp :on the correspond-
ing sid elights up red .Thisw arning is always
emitted when avehicl eenter sthe blind spot
monitoring rang efrom behind or from the side.
Whe nyou overtake avehicle, the warning only
occurs if the difference in speed is less than
7m ph (12 km/h).
The yellow indicator lamp goe soutif reverse
gea rise ngaged .Inthis event, Blind Spot Assist
is no longer active. The brightness of the indicator/warning lamps
is adjuste
dautomaticall yaccording to the ambi-
ent light.
Collisio nwarning
Ifav ehicl eisd etected in the monitoring rang eof
Blind Spot Assist and yo uswitch on the corre-
sponding turn signal ,adoubl ewarning tone
sounds. Re dwarning lamp :flashes. If the turn
signal remains on, vehicles detected are indica-
ted by the flashing of red warning lamp :.
There are no further warning tones.
Switchin gonBlind SpotA ssist
XMake sure that Blind Spot Assist
(Ypage 171 )isa ctivate dinthe on-board
computer.
XTurn the SmartKey to position 2in the ignition
lock.
Warning lamps :in the exterio rmirrors light
up red for approximately 1.5 seconds and
then turn yellow.
Lan eKeeping Assist
General notes
Lane Keeping Assist monitors the are ainfront of
your vehicl ewithc amera :,which is mounted
at the top of the windshield .Lane Keeping Assist
detects lane markings on the roa dand warns
yo ub efore yo uleave your lane unintentionally.
If yo uselect km
on the on-board compute rinthe
Display Unit Speed-/Odometerfunction
(Ypage 172), Lane Keeping Assist is active
starting at aspeed of 60 km/h .Ifthemiles
display uni tiss elected ,the assistance range
begins at 40 mph.
Aw arning may be given if afront wheel passes
ove ralanem arking. It will warn yo ubymeans of
intermittent vibration in the steering wheel for
up to 1.5 seconds.
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Important safety notes
GWARNING
LaneK eepin gA ssist may no talways clearly
recognize lane markings.
In this case, LaneK eepin gA ssist may:
Rgiveanu nnecessaryw arning
Rnotg iveaw arning
Thereisar iskofana cciden t.
Always pay particula rattentio ntothetraff ic
situation and stay inlane ,inp articula rif
warned byLaneK eepin gA ssist.
GWAR NING
The LaneK eepin gA ssist warning does not
return th evehicle to th eoriginal lane .Therei s
ar iskofana cciden t.
You should always steer,b rakeora ccelerate
yourself, inparticula rifwarned byLaneK eep-
ing Assist.
If you fail to adapt your driving style, LaneK eep-
ing Assist can neither reduce th eriskofana cci-
dentn oroverr idethel aws of physics .Lane
Keepin gAssist canno ttak ei ntoa ccountt he
road ,tra ffic and weather conditions. LaneK eep-
ing Assist ismerely an aid.You are responsible
for th edistanc etotheveh icle in front, for veh i-
cle speed, for braking ingood tim eand for stay-
ing inyour lane.
The LaneK eepin gAssist does no tkeept he veh i-
cle inthel ane.
The system may beimpaired or may no tfunction
if:
Rthere ispoor vis ibility, e.g .due to insuff icient
illumi nation of th eroad ,ord ue to snow, rain,
fog or spray
Rthere isglare, e.g .fro mo ncom ingt raffic, the
sun or reflections (e.g. when th eroad surface
is wet)
Rthew indshield is dirty, fogged up, damaged or
covered, for instance byasticker, inthev icin-
ity of th ecamera
Rthere are no ,several or unclear lane markings
for alane ,e.g.ina reas withroad construction
work
Rth el ane markings are worn away, dark or cov-
ere dup,e.g .byd irt orsnow
Rthed istanc etothevehicle infrontist oosmall
and th elane markings thus canno tbedetec-
ted
Rth el ane markings chang equickly, e.g. lanes
branch off ,cross onea nother or merge
Rther oad isnarrow and winding
Rthere are stron gshadows cas tontheroad
Switching on Lane Keeping Assist
XSwit ch on Activ eLaneK eepingA ssist using
th eo n-bo ard computer; to do so, select
Standard
or Adaptive(Ypage 171).
If you driv eatspeeds above4 0mph
(60 km/ h)and lane markings are detected,
th el ine sint heassistance graphicsd isplay
(
Ypage 171) are showning reen. LaneKeep-
ing Assist is ready for use.
Standard
If Standardis selected, no warning vibration
occurs if:
Ryou switch on th eturns ignals. In this event,
th ew arning sare suppressedf orac ertain
period of time.
Rad riving safety system intervenes, sucha s
ABS, BA SorESP®.
Adaptive
When Adaptiveis selected, no warning vibra-
tio no ccurs if:
Ryou switch on th eturns ignals. In this event,
th ew arning sare suppressedf orac ertain
period of time.
Rad riving safety system intervenes, e.g .ABS ,
BA SorE SP®.
Ryou accelerate hard,e .g.k ickdown.
Ryou brak ehard.
Ryou steer actively, e.g .swerve to avoid an
obstacle or chang elane squickly.
Ryou cut th ecorner on asharpb end.
In orde rtha ty ou are warned only when neces-
sary and in good tim eifyou cross th elane mark-
ing ,the system recognize scertain conditions
and warn syou accordingly.
The warning vibratio noccurs earlieri f:
Ryou approach th eouter lane markin gona
bend.
Rth er oad has ver ywide lanes, e.g .ahighway.
Rthes ystem recognize ssolid lane markings.
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The warning vibration occurs later if:
Rthe road has narrow lanes.
Ryou cut the corner onabend.
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Important safety notes
GWARNING
If you operate information systems and com-
munication equipmen tintegrate dinthevehi-
cle while driving ,you will be distracte dfrom
traffic conditions. You could also lose control
of th evehicle. Ther eisariskofana ccident.
Only operate th eequipmen twhen th etraffic
situation permits. If you are no tsuret hatthis
is possible ,park th evehicl epayin gattention
to traffic condition sand operate th eequip-
men twhen th evehicl eiss tationary.
You must observ ethe legal requirements for th e
country in whic hyou are currentl ydriving when
operating th eon-bo ard computer.
GWARNIN G
If th einstrumen tcluste rhas faile dormal-
functioned, you may no trecognize function
restriction sinsystems relevan ttosafety. The
operating safet yofyour vehicl emay be
impaired .Ther eisar iskofana ccident.
Drive on carefully. Hav ethe vehicl echecked
at aq ualified specialist workshop immedi-
ately.
The on-board computer only shows message sor
warning sfromc ertai nsystems in th emultifunc-
tion display. You should therefor emakes ure
your vehicl eisoperating safely at all times .
If th eoperating safet yofyour vehicl eis
impaired ,pull ove rassoonasitiss afetodos o.
Contac taqualified specialist workshop.
Fo rano verview, see th einstrumen tpanel illus-
tration (
Ypage 31).
Display sand operation
Instrumen tcluster lighting
The lighting in th einstrumen tcluster, in th edis-
plays and th econtrols in thevehicl einterior can
be adjusted usin gthe brightness control knob.
The brightness control knob is locate donthe
botto mleftoft heinstrumen tcluste r
(
Ypage 31).
XTurn th ebrightness control knob clockwise or
counter-clockwise.
If you tur nthe ligh tswitch (
Ypage 93 )tot he
Ã, TorL position ,the brightness
will depend upon th ebrightness of th eambi -
en tlight.
The ligh tsensor in th einstrumen tcluste r
automatically control sthe brightness of th e
multifunction display. In daylight, th edisplays
in th einstrumen tcluste rare no tilluminated.
Speedometer with segments
The segments in th espeedometer indicat e
whic hspee drange is available.
RCruis econtro lactivated (Ypage 138):
The segments ligh tupfromt hestore dspee d
to th emaximum speed.
RDistanc ePilot DISTRONI Cisactivated
(Ypage 140):
On eort wo segments in th eset spee drange
ligh tup.
RDistanc ePilot DISTRONI Cdetects avehicl ein
fron tmoving mor eslowly than th estored
speed:
The segments between th espee doft hevehi-
cle in fron tand th estoreds pee dligh tup.
Tachometer
!
Do no tdriveint heoverrevving range, as this
could damag ethe engine.
The red ban dinthetachometer indicates th e
engine's overrevving range.
The fuel suppl yisinterrupted to protect th e
engin ewhen th ered ban disreached.
Outsidet emperatur edisplay
You should pay special attention to road condi-
tion swhen temperatures are aroun dfreezing
point.
Bea rinm indt hatthe outside temperature dis-
play indicates th etem perature measured and
does no trecord th eroad temperature.
The outside temperature display is in th emulti-
function display (
Ypage 165).
Ac hang eint heoutside temperature is shown in
th em ultifunction display after adelay.
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Coolanttemperatur egauge
GWARNING
Opening th ehood when th eengineiso ver-
heated or when there is afireint heengine
compartmen tcoul de xpose you to hot gases
or other servic eproducts. Thereisar isko f
injury.
Let an overheate denginec ooldown before
opening th ehood.Ift here is afireint he
enginec ompartment, keep th ehood closed
and contac tthe fired epartment.
!Ad isplay message is shown if th ecoolant
temperatur eistoohigh.
If th ecoolant temperatur eisover2 48 ‡
(12 0† ), do no tcontinue driving .The engine
will otherwise be damaged.
The coolant temperatur egage is in th einstru-
men tcluste ront heright-hands ide (
Ypage 31).
The Hmarkin ginthecoolant temperatur egauge
corresponds to acoolant temperatur eof
approximately 24 8‡(120† ).
Under normal operatin gconditionsa nd at the
correc tcoolant level, th ecoolant temperature
gauge may ris etotheHmarking.
Operatin gthe on-boar dcomputer
Overview
:Multifunction display
;Right control panel
=Leftc ontrol panel
XTo activate th eon-boar dcomputer: turn
th eS ma rtKey to position 1in th eignition lock.
You can control th emultifunction display and
th es ettings in th eon-board computer usingt he
buttons on th emultifunction steering wheel.
Left control panel
=
;RCalls up th emenua nd men ubar
9
:Press briefly:
RScroll sinlists
RSelect sasubmenuorf unction
RIn theAudiomenu: select sthe
previous or next station, when the
preset list or statio nlist is active,
or an audio track or vide oscene
RIn the Tel(telephone )menu:
switches to th ephoneb ook and
selects anam eort elephone num-
ber
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9
:Press and hold:
RIn theAudiomenu: selects apre-
set list or astation list in the
desired frequency range, selects
an audio track or video scene using
rapid scrolling
RIn the Tel(Telephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone
book is open
aRConfirms the selection or display
message
RIn the Tel(Telephone) menu:
switches to the telephone book
and starts dialing the selected
number
%Press briefly:
RBack
RSwitches off voice-operated navi-
gation or the Voice Control System
RHides display messages or calls up
the last Tripmenu function used
RExitsthe telephone book/redial
memory
%Press and hold:
RCallsupt he standard display in the
Tripmenu
Right control panel
~RRejects or ends acall
RExitst he telephone book/redial
memory
6RMakes or accepts acall
RSwitches to the redial memory
W
XRAdjusts the volume
8RMute
?RSwitches on voice-operated navi-
gation or the Voice Control System
Vehicles with the Audio 20 multimedia system:
you can find further information on voice-oper-
ated navigation in the manufacturer's operating
instructions.
Vehicles with the COMAND multimedia system:
you can find further information on the Voice Control System in the separate operating
instructions.
Multifunction display
:Drive program (Ypage 122)
;Transmission position (Ypage 122)
=Text field
?Menu bar
ATime
BOutside temperature or speed
(Ypage 172)
Set the time using the multimedia system (see
the separate operating instructions).
XTo display menu bar ?:press the =
or ; button on the steering wheel.
If you do not press the buttons any longer,
menu bar ?is faded out after afew seconds.
Text field =shows the selected menu or sub-
menu and display messages.
Possible displays in the multifunction dis-
play:
RZ Gearshift recommendation, when shifting
manually (Ypage 127)
Rj Parking Guidance (Ypage 152)
RCRUISECruise control(Ypage 138)
R_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist (Ypage 96)
RèECO start/stop function (Ypage 118)
RëHOLD function (Ypage 148)
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Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Using the=or; button on the steering
wheel, open the menu bar.
Operating the on-board compute r(
Ypage164).
Depending on the vehiclee quipment, you can
select the following menu:
RTripmenu (Ypag e166)
RNavimenu (navigatio ninstructions)
(Ypag e167)
RAudiomenu (Ypag e168)
RTelmenu (telephone) (Ypag e169)
RDriveAssistmenu (assistance)
(Ypag e170)
RServmenu (Ypag e172)
RSettmenu (settings) (Ypag e172)
RAMGmenu (Mercedes-Benz SLC 43 AMG)
(Ypag e175)
Trip menu
Standard display
XPress and hold the %button on the steer-
ing whee luntil the Tripmenu with trip odom-
eter :and odometer ;appears.
Trip computer "From Start" or "From
Reset"
:Distance
;Driving time
=Average speed
?Average fuel consumption
XPress the =or; button on the steering
whee ltoselect the Tripmenu.
XPress the 9or: button to select
From Startor From Reset.
The values in the From
Startsubmenu are cal-
culated from the start of ajourney whilst the
values in the From Reset
submenu are calcu-
lated from the las ttime the submenu was reset
(
Ypag e167).
In the following cases ,the trip compute risauto-
matically reset From Start
:
Rthe ignitionhas been switched off for more
than four hours.
R999 hour shave bee nexceeded.
R9,999 mile shave been exceeded.
When 9,999 hours or 99,999 mile shave been
exceeded, the trip computer is automatically
reset From Reset
.
ECOd isplay
XPress the =or; button on the steering
whee ltoselect the Tripmenu.
XPress the 9or: button to select ECODISPLAY.
If the ignitio nremains switched off for longer
than four hours ,the ECO display wil lbeauto-
matically reset.
For more information on the ECO display ,see
(
Ypag e134).
Displayingt he range and current fuel
consumption
XPress the =or; button on the steering
whee ltoselect the Tripmenu.
XPress9or: to select the display with
approximate range :and current fuel con-
sumption ;.
Approximate range :that can be covered is
calculated according to you rcurrent driving
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style and the amount of fuel in the tank. If
there is onlyasmall amount of fuel left in the
fuel tank, avehicle being refueled C
appears instead of approximate range :.
Recuperation display =shows you if energy
has been recuperated from the kinetic energy in overrun mode and saved in the battery.
Recuperation display =depends on the
engine installed and is therefore not available
in all vehicles.
Digital speedometer
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Tripmenu.
XPress the9or: button to select the
digital speedometer.
Ag earshift recommendation Zmay also
appearint he display.
Observe the information on gearshift recom-
mendation when shifting manually
(
Ypage 127).
Mercedes-Benz SLC 43 AMG: agearshift
recommendation is shown in the status bar of
the multifunction displaya nd not in the digital
speedometer display.
Resetting values
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Tripmenu.
XPress the9or: button to select the
function that you wish to reset.
XPress ato confirm your selection.
XPress :to select Yesand press ato
confirm.
You can reset the values of the following func-
tions:
RTrip odometer
R"From Start" trip computer
R"From Reset" trip computer
RECO display
If you reset the values in the ECO display, the
values in the "From Start" trip computer are also reset. If you reset the values in the "From Start"
trip computer, the values in the ECO displaya re
also reset.
Navigation system menu
Displaying navigation instructions
In the Navimenu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instructions.
Observe the additional information on naviga-
tion in the separate operating instructions of the
multimedia system.
XSwitch on the multimedia system (see sepa-
rate operating instructions).
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Navimenu.
Route guidance not active
:Direction of travel
;Current road
Route guidance active
No change of direction announced
:Distance to destination
;Distance to the next change of direction
=Current road
?"Follow the road's course" symbol
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Change of direction announced without a
lane recommendation
:Road intowhicht hechange of direction
leads
;Distance to change of direction and visual
distanc edisplay
=Change-of-direction symbol
When achange of direction is announced ,you
will see change-of-direction symbol =and dis-
tance graphic ;.The distanc eindicator short-
ens towards th etop of th edisplay as you
approach th epointoft heannounced change of
direction.
Change of direction announced with a
lane recommendation
:Road int owhicht hechange of direction
leads
;Distance to change of direction and visual
distanc edisplay
=Lanes no trecommended
?Recommende dlane and new lane durin ga
change of direction
AChange-of-direction symbol
On multilane roads ,new lane recommendations
can be displayedf or thenextc hange of direction
if th edigital map support sthisd ata. During the
change of direction,n ew lanesmay be added.
Lanen otrecommended =:you will no tbeable
to completet henex tchange of direction if you
stay in this lane.
Recommende dlane and new lane durin ga
change of direction ?:inthisl ane you will be
able to completet henex ttwo changes of direc-
tio nw ithout changingl ane.
Other status indicators of th enaviga-
tion system
The navigation system displays additional infor-
mation and th evehicle status.
Possible displays:
RNew Route...or Calculating Route...
An ew rout eiscalculated.
RRoadN ot Mapped
The vehicle position is inside th earea of the
digital map but th eroad is no trecognized, e.g.
newly built streets, car park sorprivate land.
RNo Route
No rout ecoul dbec alculate dtotheselected
destination.
RO
You have reached th edestination or an inter-
mediate destination.
Audio menu
Selecting aradio station
:Activ estatio nlist
;Statio nfrequency with memory position
The multifunction display showss tation ;with
statio nfrequency or statio nname. The preset
position is only displayeda longwith station ;if
this has been stored.
XSwitch on th emultimedia system and select
Radio (see th eseparate operatin ginstruc-
tions).
XPres sthe = or; button on th esteering
wheel to selectt heAudiomenu.
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