2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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Con
tents In
trod uction . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .1 At
agla nce . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .5 Safety
.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .25 COMAND
. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .57 Con
trols . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .221 Opera
tion . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .371 Practical advice
. . . . ...... . . . . . .399 Te
chn ical data . . . . . ...... . . . . . .505 216_R
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Index A
ABC ... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .313
Di spl ayme ssag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .414
Oi lleve l.. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .378
Su spens ion tuning . ..... . . . . . . .314
Vehi cle level . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .313
ABS ... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .46
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .415
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .445
Wa rning la mp. . . . . ..... . . . . . . .445
Acceler ation. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Acce lerator pe dalposi tion . . . . . . .267
Ac tive Bo dyContro l– se e ABC . . ..313
Ac tive ligh tfu ncti on.... . . . . . . . .250
Di spl ayme ssag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .432
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . ..... . . . . . . . . .50
Ad aptive brake lamps .... . . . . . . . .48
Ad dress bo ok
Calling up. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .186
Ch anging anentry . ..... . . . . . . . .190
Cre ating anentry . . ..... . . . . . . .186
De leting anentry . . ..... . . . . . . .189
Deta ilsabou tan entry ... . . . . . . .189 Deta
ilsf rom an entry inthe phone
book on themobileph one . . . . . . .190
Im po rting data .... . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Making aca ll. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . .186
Sear ching for anentry . . . . . . . . . .187
St art ing rou teguida nce. . . . . . . . .192
Vo ice entry . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Wr iting a te xtme ssag e.. . . . . . . . .192
Ad vanc edDistronic
Menu (on-board comp uter) . . . . . . .305
Air filter
Disp laymess age. ... . . . . . . . . . . .419
Ai rpr es su res – seeTy re pr essu res
Air pu mp, electric ... . . . . . . . . . . .401
Airba gs. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Activating . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Control unit . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Fr ont . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Fr ont-p asse ng er ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
PAS SAIR BAG OFF wa rning
la mp . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .42, 441
Si debags . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Wi ndowb ags. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Air-re
circ ulation mode. . . . . . . . ...339
Ala rm
Swi tching off ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....54
Ambient lighti ng. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...252
Setting (COM AND) . . . . . . . . . . ...206
An ti-lo ck brak ing syst em–se eABS
An ti-theft alarm syst em. . . . . . ....54
Wa rning signal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...451
An ti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . ....54
Asht ray. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...361
ASSYST PLUS ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...393
Query (on-board comp uter). . . . ...286
Aud io(COMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . ....77
AUX mode.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....87
CD mode . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
DVD mod e.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
MP3 mode.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
Autom atic airco nditioning . . . ....336
COMA ND..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...210
Ov erview . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...332
Swi tching on/of f.. . . . . . . . . . . ...337
Autom atic car wash . . . . . . . . . . ...394
Autom atic hea dlam pmo de. . . . ...248 216_R
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Autom
atic tr ansm ission ... . . . . . .261
Dri veprogram . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .268
Dri ving tip s. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .267
Hi ll st artassist . . . . ...... . . . . . .267
Ki ck down . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .267
Oi lle ve l. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .378
Pr ogra mselec torbu tton ... . . . . . .268
Sh ift range s.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .266
Steerin gwh eel gearshift
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .264
Steerin gwh eel gearshift
padd les. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .264
AUX Audio .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .87
Vi de o. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .105
Auxiliary heating . . . . .... . . . . . . .341
Cha nging the re mote control
batter y.. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .475
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .468
He ater booster syste m.... . . . . . .345
Remo tecontrol . . . . . ..... . . . . . .342
Setting (COM AND) . . ..... . . . . . .214
Auxiliary ventila tion . ..... . . . . . . .341 B
Ba ck butt on
COMA ND. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .66
Multi- function steering wh eel. . . . .273
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .47
BAS Plus . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .47
Battery Changi ng(auxiliary heati ng
rem oteco ntrol )..... . . . . . . . . . . .475
Changing (ke y)..... . . . . . . . . . . .474
Charging (ve hiclebatte ry). . . . . . . .495
Check la mp(key)... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Check la mp(KEY LESS GO key).. . .226
Checking (key )..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Checking (KEY LESS GO key) . . . . . .226
Di sc onnec ting thest ar ter
batter y.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .495
Fitting th estarter battery . . . . . . . .496
Reconnecting th estarter
batter y.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .496
Remo ving the starter battery . . . . .495
Switch ing of fthe interna lfu nctions
of thev ehicle network . . . . . . . . . . .495 Belt
forc elimiters . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...29
Be ltten sione rs... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...29
Bluetoo th
Settings . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..200
Bonnet . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..375
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..420
Boot Em erge ncyr elease . . . . . . . . . . . ..471
Ke y. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Po wer closing ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Re mo teclosing .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..225
Stora gespa ce... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..359
Boot lid
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..420
Opening limi ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..348
Boot lid ope ning limiter . . . . . 209, 348
Br ak eAssist – seeBAS
Brake As sistPlus –se e BAS Plus
Brake fluid . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..524
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..421
Brake la mp
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..435
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477 216_R
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Index
Br ak epads/l inings
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .422
Br ak esy stem
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .422
Dr iving tips . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .390
El ec tric parking brak e. ... . . . . . . .258
Wa rning la mp. . . . . ..... . . . . . . .447
Br ak e-power dis tribution, electroni c–
se eEBV
Bulbs Front . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .477
Re ar . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .477
Re plac ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .476 C
Cap acities . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .519
Care Automati cca r wash ..... . . . . . . .394
Di stroni c.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .396
Di stroni cPl us . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .396
He adlamp s. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .396
Hi gh -pre ssur eclea ners ... . . . . . . .395
Ni ght View Assist . . ..... . . . . . . .398
Pa rk Ass ist . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .397
Pa rktronic . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .397
Re versi ngcame ra. . .... . . . . . . . .398
Wi ndows . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .395 Wi
nds cree n. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .395
Wi per blades . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .395
CD . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Ej ecting. . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Lo adi ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Pl ay ba ck options .... . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Se lect ing amedium . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Se lect ing atra ck... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
CD cha nger
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
CD player
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
Central lo cking
Bu tton . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .227
Ke y. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
KE YLES SGO . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Sw itching on/o ff(C OM AND) . . . . .208
Centre console Ov erview, lower se ction . . . . . . . . . .19
Ov erview, upper se ction. . . . . . . . . .18
Chang e of direction .. . . . . . . .16 7,279
Changing a wheel–se e Flat ty re
Changing the Re plac ing . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .479
Ch assis numb er.... . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Child seat
Auto matic re cogn ition .. . . . . . . ....42
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...409
For ward-fac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....43
IS OF IX. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....43
Po sition . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....40
Rear ward- facing. . . . . . . . . . . . ....42
Re comm endation s. . . . . . . . . . ....41
Children Auto matic ch ilds eatre co gn ition ...42
In the ve hicle. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....37
Re straint syste ms. . . . . . . . . . . ....38
Ciga rette ligh ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...361
Cleanin g–se e Ca re
COMAND Back button .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....66
Ba sic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....67
Components ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....59
Control ler .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....60
Displ ay. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....59
Function bu tton s. . . . . . . . . . . . ....62
Lingu atroni cse ttings . . . . . . . . ...198
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....63
Op erati ngexam ple . . . . . . . . . . ....66
Ph one book .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...117
Sw itchin gco oling wi th air
de humidifi cation on/ off. . . . . . ...212
Ve hicl e. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...203 216_R
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