2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE service

200 COM
AND
CO MA ND system settings
! "Tow-away protection" *
Yo uca nuse theprogram mable button
to prime or de activate tow-a waypr o-
te ction*.
! "Interior motion sensor" *
Yo uca nuse theprogram mable button
to prime or de activate the interior mo-
tion sensor*.
! "Tow-away protection /inte rior motion
sensor" *
Yo uca nuse theprogram mable button
to prime or de activate tow-a waypr o-
te ction an d the interior motion sensor.
! "Repeat na viga tion comman d"*
Yo uca nuse theprogram mable button
to re call the last recom mendation of
the nav igation system*.
6 Select "Vehicle" "System settings"
 "Favou rite" .
Th elist ofpredefin edfunc tio ns ap-
pe ars. The Rdot in front of the list en-
try ind icat es the cu rrent setting.
6 Tochange the setting: turnymz and
se lect thedesir edfuncti on.
6 Tostor ethe setting and exit the
me nu: press n. Ge
neral informa tionab ou tBl ue tooth
Bl uetooth technology is th estand ardfo r
sh ort-ra ngewi reless data tra nsmi ssio nof
up to approxim ately10 metres. Bluetooth
ca n be used to ex changevCards or make
calls using a headsetor hand set,for exam-
ple. Sw
itching Blu etooth on oroff
6 Select "Veh icle" "System settings"
 "Se rvice s"  "Deactivat e
Blu etooth" .
You have switch ed Blue tooth on or off.
A tick appears when Blue tooth is
switc hedof f. Con
necti ng Blueto othde vic es
i Toconne ctaBl uet oot hde vice, theBl ue-
to othfu nc tion mu stbe switch ed on inCOMA ND
and in thed evice concerned. Th eBluetoot hde-
vi ce must also be "visible" to COMAND in order
for COMA ND to fi ndand display it.Fo rthe set-
ti ng procedures ,please see theo perating in-
stru ctions forth eBl ue toothdev ice. It
is po ssible toestablish aBlueto othco n-
nectio n betwe enCOMAND and the fol low-
ing types of devic e:
! Mobile ph one(only fo rtra nsferri ng
vCards)
! Handset
! Headset
! Lapto p/PDA
Yo uca nco nne ctup to twe lve device sto
COMA ND.
Th e connection proce ss in cludes search-
ing for the devic ean d its sub sequ ent au-
thori sation.
Calling upthe Blue too thdevic elist and se
arch ingfor devic es
6 Tocallup the li st:select "Vehicle"
"Syste m settings" "Service s" 
"S ea rch for Blu etooth devic es".
Wh enyou call upthe list for the first
ti me aft ersw itching on COMA ND, the
sear chfor de vice sint he rec eption
range st arts au tom atical ly. You will see
a di sp lay to this effe ct.
Th edev ice listappears af ter a short
whi le. Blu
etooth* settin gs 216_R
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Wea ring seat belts
1 Belt guide
2 Belt to ngue
3 Buc kle
4 Rele ase button
6 Pullthe beltsm oothl yfrom be lt
gu ide 1.
6 Route the belt over yo urshou lder.
6 Engage beltto ng ue 2 in bu ckle 3 .
6 Pull the shoulde rbelt upwards to tight-
en thebe ltac ross yo urbody. 6
Torelease theseat belt,p ress release
bu tton 4and guide the belt tongue
ba ck to the belt guid e.
The< seat belt warnin glam pin thein-
stru mentclus ter re minds you to makesure
al loccupants have fa sten ed the irse at
belts .Th es eat belt warning lamp <
ma ylight up continuo usly orflas h.Awa rn-
ing to nemay also sound.
The < seatbeltwa rningl am p go esout
and thew arning tone stops as soon as the
driver andfront passenger have faste ned
their seat belts.
P91.40-2669-31 G
Risk ofinju ry You could be
injur ed inan ac cident ifyou
us ese at belts which:
! aredama ged
! have bee nsubject edto a load in an ac-
cid ent
! have bee nmodified
The seat belts ca n then neither operate as
intend ednor perform their protective func-
tion as int ended.
! Do not rou tethebe ltstrap across sharp
ed ges .It co uld tear in the eve ntofan ac-
cid ent.
! Make sure thattheseat belt isnot
cau ght in th edoor or in theseat adj ust-
me nt me chan ism. It could be damaged.
! Yous hould ne vermo dify theseat belts
you rself. The ymight not func tion prop-
erly any more. !
Alwa yshave seat be lts whic hhave been
damaged or subjec tedto a heav ylo ad in
an ac cide nt re plac ed at a qualifie dspe-
cial istworkshop which has the neces-
sary spec iali stknowle dgean dt oolsfor
th ewo rk re quired .Me rced es-Be nzrec-
om mendsthatyou use a
Me rcede s-Be nz Service Centre forthis
purpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf etyor on saf ety-relate dsys tems
must be ca rried out at aqualified sp e-
cial istworkshop. 216_R
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Li gh ts
Fo r reasons of safety, Mercedes -Ben zrec-
om mends that you drive with th elights
sw itchedo neven duringthe daytime.
In some coun tries ,de viati ons inthe opera-
ti on are possible du eto legal requi rements
an d self -imp osed obligati ons.In these
co unt ries , the dipped-beam headlamps
ar es witched on whe nthe engi neisstar t-
ed.
In co un tries in which da ytime drivin g lights
are no ta lega lre quir ement,you can
cha ngethis setting using th eon-boa rd
compute r (
= pa ge 286).
i If you drive in countries in whic htraffic
drives on the opposite side of the road tothe
co untry where theve hicleisr egiste red ,oncom-
ing traffic maybe dazzled bythe asy mmetrical
dipped- beam headlamps. Hav eth ehe adlamps
changed tosymm etrical dipped beam when driv-
ing in these countries. You can ob tain infor ma-
ti on about this from any Mercedes -Benz Service
Cent re. M
Lightsoff/ daylight driving lights
* Automatic he adlamp mo de /
dayt ime dr ivin gm ode
C Sidelamps, li cenc eplat ean din-
st rume ntlighting on
B Dipped-be am headlamp s or main-
beam headlamp son
ˆ Right- hand parki nglamp on
‚ Left-h an d park ing lamp on
C Side lamp indi ca torlamp
† Rearfoglamp indi ca tor la mp
‡ Front fog lamps in dica tor lamp i
Awa rning so un ds ifyou remo vethe key
from the ignit ionloc kand open the driv er’s door
wh ilethe side lamps or dipped- beam headlamps
are swit ched on. The "Swit choff ligh ts"m essa ge
appears in the mul ti-func tion display. Dip
ped-bea mheadlam ps
6 Toswitcho n:turn the light sw itch to
B .
The C greenside lamp indic ator
la mp next to the light swi tchlights up. Dayt
imedr iving lights
Make sure that daylig htdrivin g lig htsar e
se t on th eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 286)1
.
6 Turn the light switch to Mor* .
The dipped -beam head lamps, side
la mp sand lice nce pl ate lighting are
sw itchedon wh en the engin eisru n-
ning.
i Ifyo ut urnt he ligh t sw itch to anotherpo si-
ti on apar tfrom M or* ,th e appropriate
ligh tswit ches on. Li
gh ts Light
switch P5
4.25- 5009-31 1T
hisdoe snotapply in coun trie sin wh ich th ereis
a legal require mentto us edayli ghtdr ivi ng lights. 216_R
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On-board computer
P54.32-3963- 00Commands /basic menus Assist
ance*( =pa ge 284) Service (
=page 285) Set
ting s (=page 286) AMG
* (=page 287) Dista
ncedispl ay*for
Di stroni c* /
Distroni cPlu s* Call
upmessag es Dayti
medriving lights Ge
ardisp lay
En gine oi lte mp erature
Ve hicle elect ricalsyst emvolt-
age Di
stan ce warningsyst em* for
Distroni c* Tyre
pres sure Intelligent
Ligh tSy stem RA
CETIMER PRE
-SAFE ®
Brake for
Distroni cPlu s* AS
SYST PL US Speedtronic
Rever
sing came ra* En
gin eoil le vel* Add
itiona lsp eedom eter Ra
darse nsor syste m* 216_R
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On-board computer
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Sw itchin gon ther ever sing came ra*au- tom
atical ly
i The view from thereversing camera is
sh ow nin theCOMA ND display.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"A ssis tanc e" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ctthe
"Rea r-vie wca mera" func tion.
6 Press #. 6
Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
You swi tchbe tween:
! "Automat icin R gear" : thereversing
came rasw itch es on automa tically
wh en rever segea ris eng aged.
! "Off":th e re versingca mera does
not switch on.
In the"Ser vice" menu, youcan:
! callup messag es
! check* or monitor the tyr epressure
! callup ASS YST PLUS
! check theengine oi l level Calling
upmes sages
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
Yo uca ncall up malfun ctions wh ich ha ve
oc curred. The display shown depe nds on
wh ether amalfu nc tion hasoc curre dor
not. 6
Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
If ma lfun ctions have oc curred,the follo w-
ing entry, for ex ample,wil lappear inthe
disp lay: "2 me ssag es".
6 Press %or$ toselect the entry.
6 Press #to conf irm.
Yo u can scrol lthroug hthe messag es with
% or$ .Th epossible malfun ctions
ar e des cribed in the "Pra ctical advic e" sec-
tion ( =page 405).
i Ifyo utu rn thek eytoposition 0in the igni-
ti on loc kand then back to position 2,al lth e mes-
sages are del eted from themalfu nction me mory.
P54.32-3379-31 Service
menu G
Risk of acc ident The on-
boardc om puter only records and
di sp lay sma lfun ctions andwarn ings from
certain syst ems. For thisreason, yous hould
al wa ysma kesure th atyou rveh icle is safe to
use. Youco uldot herw ise ca us e an accident
by dr ivin g an uns afe ve hicle. 216_R
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Driving sys tems
Drivi ng
If there is novehicle in front, Distroni c Pl us
op era tesin the same wayas cruise control
(= page 290).
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmoreslowl y,itwi llca use
yo ur ve hicle to br akean d thu sma inta in the
pr eset dista ncefrom theve hicl ein fr ont.
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmorequickly ,it wi llca use
yo ur vehicle to accelerate up tono mo re
th an the stor ed sp eed. Stopping
If DistronicPlus detects th atthe vehicl ein
fr ont has st opped, itwil lca use your veh icle
to brake andco me to a halt.
On ce yo urvehicl eis stat iona ry, itwi ll re-
ma inso without you ha ving to depress the
brake ped al.
i Your vehiclew ill be secur edwith th e elec tric
park ing br ak eaf te ra sh ort time to relieve the
load on the service brake.
i Depending on the specified minimum dis-
ta nc e se tusi ng theth um bwheel on thecruise
co ntrol lev er, your vehiclew illco me toah alt
wit hin a distance of approximately 4 mfro mthe
vehi cle in fron t. G
Risk of accide nt Depressi
ngthebr ak e peda ldea ctivat es Dis-
tr oni cPl us ,u nles st he vehicle is stat ionary.
Di stro nicP lus will then no longer caus e your
vehi cle to brak e.You are re spon sibl e at all
ti me sfo ryou rvehicle ’s distance fr om other
vehi cles ,the spee dof your veh icle an dfo r
br ak ing in go odtime. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
eD istronic Plus bra king effect iscan-
cell edandth e ve hicle cou ldrol laway if:
! Distro nicP lusis de activated with the
cru ise cont rolle ver
! you accelerate
! thes yst em orthepow ersupply is dis-
ru pted , e.g. due tobatter y fa ilure
! theelectric alsyst em in the engine com-
partment orthefuses have been tam-
pe redwith
! thebatter y is disc on nected G
Risk of acc ident Ne
ver getout of the vehiclew hen Di stro nic
Pl us is ac tivate d.
Distronic Plus mus t neverbe ope ratedo rde-
activate d byapa ssenger or from outsi dethe
vehi cle.
Di stro nicPlus does not repla cethe elec tric
pa rkingb rak ean d must not be used for
pa rking.
If you wish to leav ethe vehi cle fo ra short
ti me or pa rk it, deactiva te Dist ronicP lusan d
us ethe elec tricpa rkingbr ake to securethe
ve hicle against rolling awa y. 216_R
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Driving systems Ra
ngeof the sensors
Side view
Vi ew from above
i Dueto the extensive de tection ra nge of the
sen sors, there is a possibili tythat Park Assist
may also det ectth efo llowing obstacles and is-
su e a warnin g: !
objects intheg round, e.g. manhole covers,
rail s,road bumps or gut ters
! object sm oving upwards rapidly ,e.g. rolling
service doors
Fro ntsen sors
Rear sens ors
! Pay par ticular at tent ion toobj ects above or
belo wthe sensors when parkin g,suc has flower
pot s,ah ighe rmo unte dcr os sba ro ratr ailer tow-
bar. Park Assist does notdetec tsuc hobje cts
when they are in theimme diate vic inity of the ve-
hi cle. You could dam ageth e ve hicle or the ob-
jects. i
ThePark Assist sensors are inte grated in
th ef ront and rear bump ers. Ma kesure that the
bumper isfree ofdirt ,ice or slush in thear ea of
the senso r,otherwise Park Assis tma yno t fu nc-
ti on corre ctly (
=page 397). Warn
ingdi sp lays
Th ewa rning di splays show thedist an ce
betwee nthe sensor and the obsta cle. The
wa rning displ ayfor the front area isin the
in st rum entcl uste r.Th ewarning dis play for
th ere ar ar eaisat the re arin th eroof trim.
Fr ont area warning disp lay
1 Left-h an d side of the veh icle
2 Right-h andside ofthev ehicle
3 Operationa lre adin ess sy mbol
P54.65-3125-31
P54.65-3126-31 Display
area Centre approx.
100cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm Display
area Centre approx.
125cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm P54.32-3397-31216_R
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Fea tures
i Toensu re op timum mobile phon ere ce ption
qu ality in the vehicle and minim ise the mutu alin-
te rfere ncebet ween the vehicle ele ctro nics and
mo bile phones, Mercedes-Benz re comme nds
using an approv edexterior aerial. Anexterior
ae rial conduc tsthe elec tromagnetic fields emit-
te d by themo bile phone tothe ou tsidean dthe
field stre ng th inside theve hicle decreasesi n
compari son wit hoperation wit hout an ext erior
ae rial.
i Variou smobile phone bracket sare available
for installa tion in your vehicle. You can obt ain
th ese bra cketsfrom a qualified spe cialist work-
shop, e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre .The
fu nc tions and servi cesa vailable when you use
th e phone depend on your mo bile ph onem odel
and your service prov ider. Th
ebracket is in the centre armrest.
6 Ope nthe telephone com partment
( = page 356).
Inserti ngamo bile phonein to the bracket
If
th emo bile ph oneisinse rted inthe
bra cket, youca n onl yspeak to the person
yo uare callin gi nh ands-fre emo de.
! Donotat temp tto remo vethemo bile phone
and the bracket toget her.Yo uco uld ot he rwi se
damag ethe brac ket.
6 Ifth ereis one, remo vethe ro undco ver
on th eback of the mobi leph one and
keep it in asa fe place. Read the mobile
phone op erating inst ructions. Exa
mple
1 Toengage the mobile phone
2 Con nector conta ct
3 Brac ket
6 Slide the bottom endof the mobile
ph one into lu gs2 of br acket 3.
6 Pressthe front of themo bile phone in
the directi onofarro w 1 until it eng ag-
es in bra cket 3 .
Th emo bile ph oneis co nnected to
th eh ands-fre esyst em an dth emult i-
fu nction stee ring wh eel.
Th ebat tery is charged dep ending on
the cha rgest at us and the pos itio n of
the key in the ignition lock .The
progres sof th ech arging process is
sh own in the mobile phonedispl ay. G
Risk of inj ury Ex
cessive elec troma gnetic radiat ion ca n
co nstitute ahealth ha zard to your selfand
others .Use of anexterior aerial give scon-
side ration to sci entific discussion su rround-
in g th ep ossible healthrisk posed by
elec trom agne tic fie lds.
prov isio nal exa mple il lust ra tion 216_R
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