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At a glance
 11Reference
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
7Buttons on the steering wheel
Portable phone:
>Press briefly:
Accept call or terminate call
as well as dial if an entry has been 
selected from "A - Z", "Top  8", "Redial", 
"Received calls" or "Missed calls"
>Press longer: redial
Volume 
Voice command system
Fast forward/reverse
>Radio 
Press briefly: change radio station 
Press longer: manual tuning or auto-
matic station-search function scan
>CD 
Press briefly: select track
Press longer: fast forward/reverse
>Portable phone
Press briefly: select entry in "A - Z", 
"Top 8", "Redial", "Received calls" or 
"Missed calls"
Individually programmable49
Individually programmable498Instrument cluster12
10Ignition lock54
11Horn: the entire surface
14Releasing the engine hood170
15Opening the luggage compartment 
lid30
16Head-Up Display83 
9
Windshield wipers61
Rain sensor61
12
Steering wheel heater49
Steering wheel adjustment48
13
Cruise control63
17
Parking lamps85
Low beams85
Automatic headlamp 
control85
Adaptive Head Light86
18
Instrument lighting87
Front fog lamps86 
     
        
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Controls
 49Reference
At a glance
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Automatic steering wheel 
adjustment 
In conjunction with seat, mirror and steer-
ing wheel memory.
The steering wheel automatically moves as 
high up and far forward as possible to ease 
driver entry and exit before then returning 
to the standard position or stored memory 
setting.
This automatic feature is governed by the 
driver's door and the ignition lock.
Steering wheel heater* 
In ignition key position 2, press the button.
The indicator lamp within the button lights 
up when the steering wheel heater is in 
operation.
Programming button function 
Depending on your vehicle's equipment, an 
individual function can be assigned to each 
of the two programmable function buttons 
in the steering wheel.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Open the   menu
2.Select "Vehicle settings" and press the 
controller
3.Select "Steering wheel buttons" and 
press the controller.A list with different functions is dis-
played:
>"Navigation" 
Voice instructions for the navigation 
system
>"Air recirculation on / off" 
In this mode, you can continuously 
block the supply of outside air, refer 
to AUC Automatic recirculated-air 
control on page 89
>"Mute on / off" 
Mutes the audio sources
>"Screen on / off" 
Switches the Control Display on/off
>"Short cut / Telephone"
Display/hide phone book
>"Next entertainment source"
Changes audio source
4.Select the desired function
5.Press the controller
6.Select button if necessary
.
7.Press the controller.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
You can operate the selected function 
using the corresponding button. 
     
        
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A congenial climate
90 rently within the vehicle. AUC executes this 
function automatically.
Press the button repeatedly to run through 
the following control sequence:
>Indicator lamps off: outside air flows 
into the vehicle continuously
>Right indicator lamp on, AUC mode: the 
system detects pollutants in the outside 
air and responds by blocking the supply 
of outside air when required.
Depending upon air quality require-
ments, in the automatic mode the sys-
tem alternates between its outside-air 
and recirculated-air modes
>Left indicator lamp on, recirculated-air 
mode: the supply of outside air into the 
vehicle is continuously blocked.
If condensation starts to form on the 
inside window surfaces during opera-
tion in the recirculated-air mode, you 
should switch it off while also increasing 
the air volume as required.
The recirculated-air mode should not be 
used over a longer period of time, as the air 
quality inside the vehicle deteriorates con-
tinuously.<
Residual heat mode 
If you press this button with the 
engine switched off, the system 
uses the warmth stored in the 
engine to heat the interior, for 
instance, while the vehicle is 
stationary at a school to pick up a child.
You can adjust the automatic climate con-
trol settings as of ignition key position 2.
Provided that the engine has warmed to its 
normal operating temperature and the bat-
tery is charged, you can use this function 
for up to 15 minutes after switching off the 
ignition. The LED within the button lights up 
to confirm compliance with both of these 
conditions.
Switching off automatic climate 
control 
The air volume, the heater and 
the cooling function are all 
switched off. You can restart 
the automatic climate control 
by pressing any of its buttons 
except the REST button.
Settings using Control Center 
Ignition key:
>On vehicles with separate drives for 
audio CDs and navigation DVDs, igni-
tion key in position 2
>On vehicles with one drive for audio 
CDs, ignition key in position 1.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Press button.
The start menu is opened
2.Move the controller to the left to open 
"Climate".
You can set the following:
>Separate air distribution for driver and 
front passenger
>Adapting the temperature in the upper 
body region
>Intensity of the AUTO program.
Manual air distribution 
You can combine your air distribution your-
self and also individually adjust the air tem-
perature in the upper body area.