
Everything under control
64
Everything under control 
Odometer, outside 
temperature display, clock 
When the ignition is off you can briefly acti-
vate the time, outside temperature and 
odometer displays by pressing the knob 3 
at the lower left of the instrument cluster.
Outside temperature display, clock, 
date 1 
The outside temperature and the time are 
displayed from ignition key position 1 
onwards.
You can set the measurement unit 7 or 6 
on the Control Display, refer to Measure-
ment units on page 72.
To call up the date:
Briefly press the CHECK button on the turn 
indicator lever, refer to page 69.
Setting the time and date, refer to page 73.
Ice warning 
A signal sounds when the outside temper-
ature falls to roughly +37.57/+36; this is 
accompanied by a message.
Please bear in mind that the ice warn-
ing does nothing to alter the fact that 
black ice may be present on roads at tem-
peratures higher than +37.57/+36, e.g. 
on bridges and shaded roads.<
Odometer and trip odometer 2 
To reset the trip odometer to zero:
Press button 3 in the instrument cluster.
Tachometer 
The white-striped advance warning field, 
arrow 1, changes depending on the engine 
temperature. The segments disappear in 
sequence as the engine warms to its nor-
mal operating temperature.
Avoid allowing the engine speed to rise as 
far as the advance warning field whenever 
possible.
Engine speeds in the red warning field, 
arrow 2, must be avoided.
In this range, the fuel supply is interrupted 
to protect the engine. 

Reference 199
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
C
California laws
– Event Data 
Recorders 176
– Proposition 65 
Warning 176
"Call" 148
Call
– accepting 147
– display accepted 149
– ending 148
– in absence 149
– starting 147
Calling
– from phone book 148
– from the Top 8 list 149
– redialing 149
– refer to telephone 
Owner's Manual 96
"Call sender" 151
Can holder, refer to 
Cup holders 97
Capacities 193
Car battery, refer to 
Battery 181
Car care, refer to the Caring 
for your vehicle brochure
Car-care products, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
"Car data" 69
Care 175
Cargo, securing 105
Caring for artificial leather, 
refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Caring for leather, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Caring for light-alloy 
wheels, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure'
Caring for plastic, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Caring for the carpet, refer 
to the Caring for your 
vehicle brochureCaring for the vehicle finish, 
refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure'
Car jacking points 181
Car keys, refer to 
Key set 26
Car phone 145
– location, refer to 
Center armrest 96
– refer to 
Portable phone 144
– refer to separate 
Owner's Manual
Car radio, refer to 
Radio 130
Car wash 102
– also refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Catalytic converter, refer to 
Exhaust system 102
"Categories" 135
CBC Cornering Brake 
Control 76
CBS Condition Based 
Service 174
"CD" 127, 137
CD changer 137
– adjusting the tone 127
– controls 126
– fast forward/reverse 140
– installation location 140
– playing a track 139
– random play 
sequence 140
– repeating a track 139
– selecting a CD 137
– selecting a track 138
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127
CD player 137
– adjusting the tone 127
– controls 126
– fast forward/reverse 140
– playing a track 139
– random play 
sequence 140
– repeating a track 139
– selecting a track 138
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127Center armrest
– adjusting the height 96
– front 96
Center console 14
"Central locking" 27
Central locking system 26
– from inside vehicle 29
Changes, technical, refer to 
For your own safety 6
Changing a wheel 181
Changing the language on 
Control Display 73
Changing the 
measurement units on the 
Control Display 72
Changing wheels 181
CHECK button 68
Check Control 66
"Check Control 
messages" 68
Check Gas Cap 162
Checking the air pressure, 
refer to Tire inflation 
pressure 164
Child's seats, refer to 
Child-restraint 
systems 52
Child-restraint system 51
Chrome parts, care, refer 
to the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Cigarette lighter 97
Cleaning, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure
Cleaning windshield, refer 
to Wiper system 61
"Climate" 90
"Climate control" 91
Clock 64
– 12/24 hour mode 73
– setting time and date 73
Closing
– from inside 29
– from outside 27
Clothes hooks, Coupe 96
Cockpit 10
Cold start, refer to 
Starting the engine 54
"Communication" 146 

Everything from A to Z
200 "Communication 
interface" 155
Compact disc
– refer to CD changer 137
– refer to CD player 137
Computer 69
– clock, 12/24 hour 
mode 73
– displays on Control 
Display 69
– hour signal 73
"Concert hall" 128
Condition Based Service, 
CBS 174
"Confirmation" 28
Confirmation signals for 
locking and unlocking 28
"Confirm unlock code" 147
Connecting a vacuum 
cleaner
– refer to Lighter socket 97
– refer to Power socket 97
Consumption display, refer 
to Average fuel 
consumption 69
"Continue guidance to 
dest.?" 119
Control Center 16
– adjusting the 
brightness 72
– assistance window 19
– automatic climate 
control 90
– changing settings 18, 72
– changing the menu 
page 18
– confirming selection or 
entry 18
– controller 16
– display, menus 16
– language selection 73
– menu guidance 17
– menu item selection 18
– operating elements 16
– selecting units of 
measurement and display 
format 72
– setting time and date 73
– start menu 17
– status information 19
– symbols 17Control Display 16
Controller, refer to 
Control Center 16
Controls, refer to 
Cockpit 10
Convenience operation
– convertible top 27, 29
– glass roof 27, 29
– windows 27, 29
Convenience start, refer to 
Starting engine 54, 55
Convertible program for 
automatic climate 
control 91
Convertible top 37
– care, refer to the Caring 
for your vehicle brochure
– convenience operation 29
– emergency closing 39
– manual closing in the 
event of an electrical 
malfunction 39
– opening and closing 38
Coolant 172
– level 172
Cooling, maximum 89
Cornering Brake Control, 
CBC 76
Country of destination for 
navigation 110
Courtesy lamps 87
Cruise control 62
Cruising range 69
Cup holders 97
Curb weight, refer to 
Weights 190
"Current position" 109
Current position
– displaying 109
– entering 114
– storing 114
"Customer Relations" 157
Cylinders, refer to 
Engine data 190
D
Dashboard, refer to 
Cockpit 10
Data 190
– capacities 193
– dimensions 191
– engine 190
– weights 190
"Date" 74
Date 64
– setting 74
"Date format" 74
Daytime driving lamps 85
DBC Dynamic Brake 
Control 78
Deactivating front 
passenger airbag, 
Coupe 51
Decommissioning the 
vehicle, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure
Defect
– convertible top 39
– door lock 29
– fuel filler door 162
– glass roof 36
– luggage compartment 
lid 30, 31
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 58
Defrosting windows 89
Defrosting windows and 
removing 
condensation 89
Defrosting windshield, refer 
to Defrosting windows 89
Defrost position, refer to 
Defrosting windows 89
"Delete address book" for 
navigation 116
"Delete address" for 
navigation 115
"Delete all numbers" for 
portable phone 150
"Delete data" for 
navigation 116
"Delete" for portable 
phone 149 

Reference 201
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Destination address
– deleting 115
– entering 110
Destination for navigation
– destination list 113
– entry 110
– selecting from address 
book 115
– selecting using 
information 113
– storing 114
Destination guidance 118
– bypassing route 
sections 120
– canceling voice 
instructions 50
– changing specified 
route 116
– displaying route 119
– distance and arrival 118
– interrupting 118
– starting 118
– terminating/
continuing 118
– voice instructions 119
– volume of voice 
instructions 119
Destination list 113
Destinations recently 
driven to 113
"Dial" for portable 
phone 147
"Dial number" 147
Digital clock 64
Dimensions
– Convertible 192
– Coupe 191
Dipstick for engine oil 171
Directional indicators, refer 
to Turn signals 60
Direction announcements, 
refer to Voice 
instructions 119
Direction instructions, refer 
to Voice instructions 119
Directory, refer to 
Phone book 148
Directory for navigation, 
refer to Address 
book 114
Disc brakes 103Displacement, refer to 
Engine data 190
Display, refer to 
Control Center 16
"Display off" 19
Displays, refer to 
Instrument cluster 12
"Display settings" 72
Displays on the windshield, 
refer to Head-Up 
Display 83
Disposal, vehicle 
battery 181
Distance, refer to 
Computer 70
Distance to destination, 
refer to Computer 70
Distance warning, refer to 
PDC Park Distance 
Control 75
"Dist. to destination" 70
Door entry lighting 87
Door keys 26
Door lock 29
"Door locks" 27
Doors
– manual operation 29
– remote control 27
DOT Quality Grades 166
Draft-free ventilation 92
"Driver's door only" 27
Driving lamps, refer to 
Parking lamps/
low beams 85
Driving notes 102
Driving route, refer to 
Displaying the route 119
Driving stability control 
systems 77
Driving through water 103
Driving tips, refer to 
Driving notes 102
Drying the air, refer to 
Cooling function 89
DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 77
– indicator lamp 13, 77
DTC Dynamic Traction 
Control 77
– activating 77
– indicator lamp 13, 77DVD for navigation 108
Dynamic Brake Control, 
DBC 78
Dynamic Driving Control 59
"Dynamic route" for 
navigation 116
Dynamic Stability Control, 
DSC 77
Dynamic Traction Control, 
DTC 77
E
Easy Entry, refer to 
Entry to the rear 46, 52
EBV Electronic brake-force 
distribution 76
"Edit address" for 
navigation 115
Eject button, refer to 
Buttons on CD  player 126
Electrical malfunction
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
– convertible top 39
– door lock 29
– driver's door 29
– fuel filler door 162
– glass roof 36
– luggage compartment 
lid 31
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 58
Electric steering wheel 
adjustment 48
Electronic brake-force 
distribution, EBV 76
Emergency assistance, 
refer to Roadside 
Assistance 184
Emergency call 183
Emergency operation, refer 
to Manual operation
– convertible top 39
– door lock 29
– driver's door 29
– fuel filler door 162
– glass roof 36
– luggage compartment 
lid 30, 31