2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE AUX

214 COM
AND
CO MA ND automatic air con dition ing Au
xiliary heating ,depart uretime*
Yo uca nuse the "Auxiliary heating, depar-
ture time" func tion to:
! ente ra depa rture time at whic hth eve-
hicl eis pre heated bythe auxiliary heat-
ing
! select atime from the three stored de-
part uretimes
Auxi liar yheating, depa rtur etime
sub menu
6 Air-cond itioning function lineAir-
condi tioning centr almenu sele ct
"Auxiliary heating, departure time" .
Th eau xiliary heating ti merfu nc tio nca lcu-
lates the switch- ontime ac cording to the
ou tside tempera ture so that the vehicl eis
preheated bythe de parture ti me.Wh enthe departure tim
eis re ache d, the auxiliar y
heati ngconti nues tohea tfor afu rther
5m inut es and th en switchesof f.
Selec ting adeparture time
6 Air-condi tioni ng function line Air-
condi tioning centr al menu select
"Auxi liary heating, depar ture time" .
Th ecu rrent setting is indi cated by a
dot.
6 To se lect a departu retime: slide
q m ror tu rnymz .
6 Toconfirm the select ion: press n.
Th eyello windic ator lamp ( =page 341)
lights upon the butt onfor th eau xiliary
heati ngon the centre console.
i Asel ected departure time is on lyinitiat ed
onc eand is not repeated daily. Once you have
switched on a departure time, theauxiliary heat-
ing hasth e" No pre-sele ction" option. Desele
ctingadepar ture time
6 Air-condi tioning fu nction line Air-
con ditioning centr al menuselect
"Auxiliary heating, depar ture time" .
Th ecu rrent setting is ind icatedby a
dot.
6 Toselect "Nopre- selection": slide
q m ror tu rnym z.
6 Toconf irm thes elec tion: press n.
En tering a depa rtur etime
6 Air-condi tioning fu nction line Air-
con ditioning centra lmenu "Auxiliary
he ating ,depar ture time" select "Set
time" .
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Op ening and closing . . .... . . . 222
Ke ypos itions . . . . . . . . .... . . . 229
Se ats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ..231
St eerin gwhee l. . . . . . .... . . . 238
Mi rrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 239
Me mo ry functio n.. . . . .... . . . 242
We aring seat belts . . . .... . . . 244
Li gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 247
Wi ndscreen wiper s.. ..... . . . 253
Si de wind ow s. . . . . . . .... . . . 254
Driving and pa rking . ..... . . . 256 Automatic tran
smission . . . . . . 261
Instrumen tcl us ter . . . . . . . . . . 271
On -board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . 273
Dr iving system s.. . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Air vents . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Automatic air conditioning . . . 336
Auxiliar yheatin g/
ve ntilation* . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Boo t.. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Sl iding /tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 349
Loading and stowing .. . . . . . . . 353
Fe atures . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 361 216_
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Driving systems
i Thei mage from the rev ersing camera is no
longer displayed if youac tiva te anothe rfu nc tion
using COMAN Dwh en rev ersing or parking in par-
allel .To reactivat eth e im age, disengage and re-
engage rev erse gear. Re
ver sing orparking
This auxiliar y function assist syou when
yo uare rev ersing in a st raight lineo rpark-
in gi nr everse at anyan gle.
1Guid eline forve hic lewidth
2 4.0m guideline
3 1.0m guideline
4 Red0 .25 m guide li ne
Re d0. 25 m guide li ne4,1m guide li ne
3 and 4. 0mguide line 2correspond to
the dista nce to th erear endo fthe veh icle.
Guid eline forve hicle width 1shows the
wi dthn eede dfo r the vehicle. 6
Engage reve rsege ar.
Th ear ea behind theve hicle is sho wnin
the COMAN D displaywith guide li nes
fo rth emo strece ntly select ed parking
fu nc tion.
6 Make sure that th efu nction for re verse
parki ngis select edinCO MA ND.
1 Blue guide li neforr ev ersin g in a
str aight line
2 Yellow guide li neforc orne ring
Wh enyou turn the steerin gwh eel, the
space neede dby the vehicl e is sh own
by theyello wguide li ne2.
6 Reverse carefully. G
Risk of acc ident Bear
inmin dth at ob jects that are not touc h-
in g the ground may ap pear furthe raw ay
th an they actually are (e.g. thebu mp erof a
ve hiclep ark ed beh ind, atraile rtow baror
th erear of alorry) .In this case, yo ushould
no tuse the gui deline sto measure the di s-
ta nc e,since there would otherw ise be a risk
of accid ent.
P54.32-3401-31 Th
erefor e, do notap proach anobst acle
cl ose r thanup toredg uide line 4 (0.2 5m
gui de line ),as you coul dotherwise alre ad y
co me into contac t with the obstac le.
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Auxiliary heating /ventila tion*
The auxiliar yheating heatsor ventilat es
the vehicle inter ior until the te mperature
yo u have setus ing th ete mp eratu recontrol
is reac hed.
i Youca nnot useth e au xiliary ventila tion to
co oltheve hicle inte rior toa lo wertemp erature
th an theo utside temp erature.
Yo uc an use COMA ND an dth ere mo tecon-
trol to set up to three switch-o ntime s,one
of wh ichmay be selected at anyone time
( = page 214).
You can switch theauxiliary heat ingo nand
of fs traight away using the button on the
centr econsol e (=
page 341) or the remo te
contr ol (
=page 342). If yo
uha ve switched ontheau xiliar y heat-
in g usin gthe re motecontr olor the button
on thece ntre consol e, it willsw itch off
au tom atically after 50 minutes .Yo u can
ha ve thistimech an ged. Todo this, vis it
aq ualified specialistwor ksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre.
i Thetank mu st be at least full tothe reserve
fuel lev elto ensure thatth ea uxiliary heating
fu nc tions.
i The auxiliary heating orventilat iona utoma t-
ically adj usts to ch anges in thetemp erature and
th eweat herco ndit ions . For this reason, the au x-
iliary heating could sw itch over from ventilation
mode toheating mode or from heating modeto
ve ntilat ion mode.
6 Itis prefer able to set the airc ondition-
in g to autom atic mo de (=
page 338).
i The auxiliary heating or ventilat ioncan also
be switchedon manuall y. Ho wever , optimum
co mf ort cano nly beobt ained when the au tomat-
ic air conditioning isin au tomatic mode. 6
Set the inte rior temperatu reto the de-
si red val ue (
=pa ge 338).
Th eau xiliary heatingo rventila tion
au tom atically adjus tsto the set tem-
peratur e.
i It is best tosetth etemp erature to22 °C.
1 Toswitch theau xiliary heatingon or off Auxiliar
yhe ati ng /ventilation* G
Risk offire and poi soning Ex
haus tfume sar ep rodu cedwh en the aux-
ilia ry heating is in operatio n.Yo ush ou ld
therefor eswitch offth eau xiliary heating in
con fine dspac eswith out an extract ion sys-
te m, e.g. agarage.
Au xiliary heating operation isproh ibited at
fi lling stati onsor wh en your vehicle isbe ing
re fuel led. Yo umu sttherefore switch offthe
au xiliary heat ing at filling stations. Be
fore sw itch ing on Button
onthe centre console
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Auxilia ryhea ting /ventilation*
Th eindicator lamp sin the button maylight
up in blu e,red or yellow.
6 Make sure tha tthe engine is notru n-
ning.
6 Todeactivate /activate: briefly press
up per or lower se ction of rocker
sw itch 1.
Th ered or blue indi cator lamp in rock er
button 1islit. Th eau xiliary heati ng or
vent ilati on is sw itch ed on. Yo
uma yper form the following usingt he
remote contr ol:
! switc hthe auxiliary heating/
venti lation on /off
! check th esta tusof the auxiliary
heating /ventila tion
! sele ctadeparture time
! set a departure ti me
Th e remot econt rol has a maximum range
of app roxima tely 300 metres.The range
ma ybe redu ced by:
! sou rces of radio inter fere nce
! solido bjects betwe enthe re mote con-
tr ol an d the vehicle
! the re mote control being inan unf a-
vour ablepo sition in rel ation to th eve-
hicle
! transmit ting from an enclose dspace
i Theo ptim umrange can only be ac hieved
if you holdtheremot eco ntrol vertically upwards
when you press one ofthe bu ttons.Y our ve hi-
cl e’s equipment include sone remot eco ntrol.
Two more remot eco ntrol smay be used for ea ch ve
hicl e.Forfu rthe r information, consu lt a quali-
fied spe cialist workshop, e. g.a Mercede s-Benz
Ser vice Centre.
i Whenthe ba tteries in the remote control are
nearly disc harged, abatte ry icon appears on the
rig ht ofthe disp lay. Re place the remot eco ntrol
ba tteries (
=page 475).
1 Displ ay
2 Tocallup the statu sor set departu re
time
3 OFF button
4 ON button
5 Tocallup the statu sor set departu re
time In
dica tor la mp Auxiliary
heating Blue Auxili
aryvent ila-
tion switche don Red Auxili
aryhe ating
switc hedon Yellow Swi
tch-on time
presele cted
( = page 214) Rem
ote co ntrol
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Auxiliary heating /ventila tion*
Sw itch ingon auxi liar yhe atin g/
ventilation
6 Press the ONbutton on the remote
contr ol.
ON appears in thedisplay when/if
th ea uxilia ryheat ing or ve ntila tion is
sw itche don.
i It is not pos sible toswit chon the au xiliary
he ating if themessage FAIL appears
(= pag e468).
Switc hing off auxi liar y he ating/ven tila-
ti on
6 Press the OFFbutton on the rem ote
contr ol.
6 OFF appea rsin the display. Th eau xilia-
ry he ating or ventil ationissw itche doff.
Ch ecking the status ofthe auxilia ry
he ating
6 Press the por obu tton on therem ote
contr ol.
You wi llsee one of the fol lowing dis-
pl ay sinth ere mo tecontr oldispl ay,
de pendi ngon the op erating statu sof
th eauxiliary heating or ve ntilatio n. Display Meaning
Th
e au xiliar yhe atingor
ve ntilat ion is sw itched
off Th
e au xiliar yhe atingor
ve ntilat ion is sw itched
on. A
fault occur red with the
auxiliary hea ting or the
heating is defect ive.
Th ere is insufficie ntfuel
in the fuel tank or insu ffi-
cie ntcharge inthe bat-
tery. Th
ere is interferen cein
th esign altran smissi on
betwe enthe re motecon-
tro lan da uxiliary
heati ng/v entila tion. Th
e au xiliar yvent ilat ion
is sw itched on.
Th en umber in the re-
mo tecontro ld isplay in-
dicates the rema ining
time fo rthe au xiliary ven-
tilation. Th
eau xiliary heating is
sw itche don. Thenu mber
in the rem otec ontrol dis-
play indi cates the re-
ma ining ti mefort he
auxiliar yhea ting. A departu
retim eis se-
le ct ed. The ti meshown
in the disp lay isthe de-
partur e time. A departu
retim eis se-
le ct ed. The auxiliar yv en-
til at ion is cu rre ntly
sele cted. The time
sh own in thedisplay is
the departure ti me. A departu
retim eis se-
le ct ed. The auxiliary
he atingi scu rrently se-
le ct ed. The ti meshown
in the disp lay isthe de-
partur e time. Display Meaning216_R
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Ac tivatin gthe setdepa rture time
6 Press thep or obutton on th erem ote
co ntrol repeatedl yunt ilthe desired
depart ure time appears in the display.
6 Press theON button on the remo te
control.
The Xicon and the departure ti me
ap pear onthed isplay.
Dea ctivat ingthe set departure ti me
6 Press thep or obutton on th erem ote
contr oltwi ce.
6 Press theOFF button on the remo te
control.
The Xicon goe soff inthedi splay. The
departure time is deactiv ated.
Se ttin g a depa rtur etime
6 Press thep or obutton on th erem ote
co ntrol repeatedl yunt il you have se-
le cted the de parture ti meyou wis hto
se t.
6 Press theON and OFF buttons on the
re mo tecontrol simu ltane ously.
The Yicon flash esin the re motecon-
trol di splay. 6
Set the desired de parture ti meusin g
the por obu ttons on the remo te con-
trol.
i The long er you press thep or obut tons, the
fa ster the display edtime changes.
6 Press theON and OFF buttons on the
remo tecontrol si multan eo usly.
Th enew departu retim eis stored. 216_R
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Hea ter boost ersystem (vehicl eswith auxiliary heating*)
Th ehe ater booster syste mhelps the en-
gine to re ach its operati ngtem pera ture
mo re qui cklyafter it is st arted, andhe lps
the interior to warm upmo requickly.
Th ehe ater booster syste mswitche sits elf
on if:
! theou tside te mperat ureis belo w8°C
! the coolan t te mperatu reisbelow
70 °C
i Thetank mu stbe filled uptothe reserve fuel
le ve l at least toensure theheater boos tersy s-
tem wo rks. 1
Toswitch th ehe ater bo oster syste mon
or off
2 Indic ator la mp
You can also switch on the heate rbooster
syst emmanual lyto crea te a mor ecomfort-
ab letemper ature, e. g.at outsidet em pera-
ture sab ove9°C.
6 To switc hon or off: makesure th e en-
gine isrunning.
6 Push rocke rswi tch1 brief lyup or
do wn. He
ater booster syst em
(v ehicles with au xiliary heati ng*) G
Risk offire and poi soning Ex
haus tfum esare pro ducedwhen the heat-
er boost ersys temi sin op eration. Sw itch off
the heater booster system theref ore incon-
fi ne dsp aces without an extraction system,
e. g. in garages.
Op eratio n of the heater booster systemis
pr ohib itedat filling stat ions orwhen yourve-
hicle isbe ing refuelled. Youmu sttherefore
sw itch off the engine atfillin gs tati ons. In
dica tor la mp Hea
terboo ster
sy stem On sw
itche don Off sw
itche doff P83.70-4943-31216_R
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