2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE heating

341
Con
trols
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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342 Con
trols
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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343
Con
trols
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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345
Con
trols
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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426 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Pa
rking brake
Se eOwne r's Manual When
you apply or release theelec tric
park ing brake, the redindi ca tor lamp
fo r the electri cparki ngbra keflas he s
fo r approx imately10 se conds. It th en
go es outor rema ins lit. Theyellow
wa rning lamp for the electri cparking
bra keis li t.
Th e el ectri cparkin gbrake hasma lfun c-
ti one d du eto an ove rvoltage orunder-
vol tage orhas overheated ,fo rexamp le. 6
Pullaw ay care fully ( =page 258).
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p.
In the ev entof ov ervol tage orunderv oltage:
6 Rect ifythe causeo fthe overvolta ge or
un der voltag e, e.g. cha rge the battery or
resta rt theengine.
6 Swi tchth e ig nition off and on again and ap-
ply orrelease th eelect ric parkin gbrake.
If you cannot releasethe electri cparking
brake by following theabove instru ctions:
6 Release theelec tric park ingbrak eman ual-
ly ( =page 472).
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p.
In the ev entof ov erheating:
6 Allow the veh icleto cool down but do not
ap ply th eele ctric parki ngbra kedur ing this
ti me.
or
6 Switchth e ig nition off and on again and
th en ap plyor releas e th eele ctric parki ng
brake. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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441
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Pr
ob lem Poss
ible cause Sugge
sted solut ions Th
ere ar window heating hasswi tche dit-
self of fpre maturely or cannot beswitc hed
on. Th
ere is insufficie nt voltage because too
man yco nsum ersare sw itche don, e.g.
re ad ing lamp s,interior lighti ng. 6
Switch of fco nsumers that arenotre-
quired, e.g. read ing la mps,interi orlight-
ing.
The rear win dowhe ating will au tomat i-
cally sw itch back on as soon asthe reis
su fficie nt vol tage again. Th
ecool ingsyst emcannot be switch ed on
using COMA ND. Th
eco oling syst em is lo sing refri geran t. 6
Have th eau tomatic ai rco ndi tioning
check edat a qualifie dspecialist work-
sh op. The
9 warning la mp to the right
of the instru ment clu ster is lit. A ch
ild se atisfitted to thefront-pa ssen-
ger se at. Th efront-passeng erairbag has
th er efor e been deact ivat ed. G
Risk of inju ry
Th ere is no child seat fitted to the front-
passenge rsea t.Th e child seatreco gn ition
is faul ty. 6
Remo ve transponder cards, e.g. ski
passes, from the vi cinity of the seat
cushion.
6 Have thec hild seat reco gnitio nch ec ked
at a qualified specialist worksho p. 216_R
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Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Pr
ob lem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons The key cannot be tur
nedin th eignition
lo ck. The on-board vol
tage istoo low. 6
Switch of fco nsumers that arenotre-
quired, e.g. seat heating orinter iorlight-
ing, and try to turn the key again.
If this does not work:
6 Check the star ter battery and cha rgeit
if ne cessary.
or
6 Jum p-star t the vehicle ( =page 497).
or 6 Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. 216_R
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468 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Auxiliary
heating /ventila tion *and
he ater booster syst em* Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions The auxil
iary heat ing or theh eaterb oos ter
syst em is notfunctioning. The
fuel tank isonl yfilled upto th e re-
se rve ra nge. 6
Refuel atthene ares tfillin gst atio n. The
vehicle batte ryisne arly dischar ged. 6
Charge the ve hicle battery. Th
eauxiliary heating isfaulty. 6
Have the au xiliary he ating ch ecke d at a
qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. The auxiliar
yhea ting cannot beswi tched
on or off usingthe remote control. FA
ILand the¢ symbol are shown on
the re motecontrol display.
Th erei sinterferen cein the sign altra ns-
mi ssion be twe enthe re motecontrol and
auxiliar yhea ting /v entila tion. 6
Stan ds om ewhere else inrela tion to the
vehicl eor mov eclos er to the vehi cle if
nece ssary.
6 Try to sw itch theau xiliar yhe ati ng on or
of fagai nusing the remo tecontro l. FA
ILand the¡ symbol are shown on
the re motecontrol display.
Th efuel leve l in the fuel tank is to olow. 6
Refuel atthene ares tfillin gst atio n. 216_R
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