night vision MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER 2018 Owner's Manual

Important safety notes
The rear viewcamera is only an aid. It is no ta
replacemen tfor your attention to your immedi-
ate surroundings. You are always responsible
for saf emaneuverin gand parking .Makes ure
that there are no persons, animals or objects in
th em aneuverin garea when you are maneuver-
ing or parking .
Under th efollowin gcircumstances, th erear
vie wc amera will no tfunction ,orwill function in
al imite dmanner:
Rif th etrunk lid is open
Rin heav yrain ,sno worf og
Rat night or in ver ydark places
Rif th ecamera is exposed to ver ybright ligh t
Rif thearea is lit by fluorescent bulbs or LE D
lighting (the display may flicker)
Rif there is asudde nchang eint emperature,
e.g. when driving int oaheated garage in win -
te r
Rif th ecamera len sisdirtyoro bstructed.
Observ ethe note sonc leaning
(
Ypage 242)
Rif th erear of your vehicl eisdamaged. In this
case, hav ethe camera position and setting
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The field of vision and other function softherear
vie wc amera may be restricted due to additional
accessories on th erear of th evehicl e(e.g.
license plat eholder, bicycle rack) .
On vehicles wit hheight-adjustable chassis,
leaving th estandard height can result in inac-
curacie sint
he g
uide lines, depending on tech -
nical conditions.
iThe contras tofthedisplay may be affecte d
by th esudde npresence of sunligh torother
ligh tsources, e.g. when exiting agarage. Pay
particular attention in this situation .
iIf usabilityisseverely restricted, e.g. due to
pixel errors ,have th edisplay repaire dor
replaced.
iThe rear vie wcamera is protected from rain -
drops and dust by mean sofaflap.W hen th e
rear vie wcamera is activated, this flap opens.
The flap closes again when :
Ryou havefinishe dthe maneuverin gprocess
Ryou switch off th eengine
Ryou open th etrunk
Observ ethe note sonc leaning (
Ypage 242). Fo
rtechn ical reasons, th eflap may remain
open briefly after th erear vie wcamera has
been deactivated.
Activating/deactivating th erearv iew
camera
XTo activate: makesuret hatthe SmartKey is
in position 2in th eignition lock.
XMak esuret hatthe Activatio nbyRgearfunction is selected in th emultimedia system;
see th eDigital Owner' sManual.
XEngage revers egear .
The rear vie wcamera flap opens. The multi-
media system shows th earea behind th evehi-
cle wit hguide lines.
The imag efromt herear vie wcamera is avail-
able throughout th emaneuverin gprocess.
To deactivate: ther ear vie wcamera deacti -
vates if you driv eforwards ashort distances or
shif tthe transmission to j.
The inner segments of th ewarning indicator are
displayed in red if there is acom plete system
failure. The indicator lamp in th ePARKTRONIC
butto nlights up.
If th erear system fails :
Rther ear segments are displayed in red when
reversing
Rth er ear segments are no tdisplayed when
driving forwards
Display sinthemultimedi asystem
The rear vie wcamera may sho wadistorted vie w
of obstacles, sho wthemi ncorrectl yornotat all.
The rear vie wcamera does no tsho wo bjects in
th ef ollowin gpositions:
Rver yclose to th erear bumper
Runder th erear bumper
Rin close range abov ethe handle on th etrunk
lid
!Objects no tatground level may appear to
be further away than they actually are, e.g. :
Rtheb umper of aparked vehicl e
Rthed rawbar of atrailer
Rth eb all couplin gofatrailer to whitch
Rther ear section of an HGV
Ras lante dpost
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