2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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Sea ts Re
ar head restraints
Fol ding down
Yo uca nfo ld thehe ad restrai ntsdo wn us-
ing th ebutton on the centr eco nsol e. 1
Tofoldd own there ar head restraints
6 Make sure the key isin position 2in the
ign itio n lock .
6 Press button 1briefly.
Th erear se athe ad res trai nts arefo lded
down. G
Risk of inj ury Ma
kesure that the se atbackrest isen-
gage d.Th es eatbe ltwill not work unless the
backre stisen gage d. If thebackre stisnot
engaged ,the "Fro nt righ tseat bac krest not
loc ked" or "Front left seat backrest not
loc ked" me ssa geappe ars in th e mul ti-func-
ti on di splay. Stop immedi ately, payi ngatte n-
ti on tothe trafficc ond itions, andr em ove
any ob jects whic h are obstructing th eseat
backre st. Re
ar seats G
Risk of inju ry Ma
kesure that th eheadrestra intsaref old-
ed up ifthe rear seatsa reoccupied. The
ba ck ofthe occ upants'head swo uld ot her-
wi se not be suppor tedin th e eve ntofa col-
li sion. Thepersons sittin g on th erearseats
wo uld conse quently be at risk ofinjury. G
Risk of inju ry Make su
re thatno body can be come trapped
as you fold the headrestrai nts upand down. P91.16-2447-31216_R
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Con
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Seats
Fo lding uppneumatically*
i If a rear pas senger inserts the belt in to the
bu ckle, thehe ad rest rainton the co rrespondi ng
se at folds up automatically.
6 Pres sa nd hold button 1until the head
rest raints are folded up.
Fo lding upmanually
6 Pull the head rest raintup by hand until
it engages in plac e. G
Risk of inju ry Ma
kesure that th ehead restraint sar e en-
gaged. The ba ckofthe head willotherwise
not be suppor tedin theev en tof arear im-
pact andth ere ar passen gers cou ldbe in-
jured. P91.16-2448-31 216_R
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238 Con
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Steering wheel
i When adj usting the stee ring wheel,ma ke
sure thatyo uca n:
! reac hthe stee ring wheel wit hyour arms
sli gh tly bent
! mov eyo ur legs freely
! see all the displa ysinthe instrumen t clust er
cl ea rly 1
Steering column fore -and-a ftad just-
ment
2 Steerin gco lumn height
6 Makesure that theke yis in po sition 1
or 2in the ignition lock or the driver ’s
door isope n.
6 Push thelev erin the direct ion of ar-
rows 1and 2until th esteering
wheel hasrea che d th edesir edpos i-
tion.
Yo u will find fu rtherinfor ma tion inthe
"Control s"secti on:
! Easy-ent ry /e xitfe at ur efo r the dri ver
( = page 234)
! Storing settings ( =page 242) Th
esteering wheel heati ng heats the leath-
er area sof the steerin gwh eel.
1 Toswitcho nthe steeri ng wheel heating
2 Toswitchof fthe steerin gwh eel heat-
ing
3 Indica torla mp
6 Tosw itch on oroff:ma ke sure the key
is in po sition2in thei gn itio nl ock.
6 Turn the lever inthed irec tion of arrow
1 or2 .
i The steeri ngwheel heating swit ches off au-
to matically aft erapproximately 24 minut es.Steering
wheel G
Risk of acc ident The
steerin gwheelcanb ead just edwhen
ther eisn oke y in the ignition loc kand the
dr iver ’s do or isop en. Donot, therefor e,
leav ech ildren unsupervised in the vehicleas
th ey could be trapped asthe st eering wheel
is adjusted .Only adjust the ste eringwheel
when the vehi clei ss tati ona ry. Adj
usting the steering wheel
P46.15-2233-31 Ste
eringwheel heati ng*
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Con
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Mirrors
Befo restar ting off, adjust there ar-v iew
mi rror an dthe exterior mi rrors insuch a
way that youc an get a good ove rview of
ro ad and traff iccond itions.
The co nvex ext eriormi rror sgi ve a larg er
fi el d of vi sion.
i Your ex terior mirror sare au tomatic ally he at-
ed at low out side temp eratures. 1
To se lect the right or left-ha ndexterior
mirror
2 Adjust me nt butt on
3 Tofold the exterior mirrors in or out
6 Toadjus t:make sure the key is in po-
si tion 1or 2in the ignition lock .
6 Pressbutton 1repeatedlyun til the
de sired exterior mirror is selec ted.
Th e le ftor right ind icat or lamp inthe
bu tto nis lit.
6 Pressthefront, back, le ftor right of ad-
ju stment button 2until the mirror is
ad juste dto th eco rrect pos itio n.
i Youcan store the set ting sf or the
ex terio rm irrors using the memory func tion
(= page 242). i
Theexterior mirror onthe dri ver’s side is al-
wa ysselec tedwh en you press bu tton 1 forthe
first time.
The choic eof mirror re mains ac tive forup to
15 sec onds af ter you have adjusted theexterior
mirror.
6 Tofold in or out: press button 3.
Th etwo exterior mi rrors fol din or out.
Fol ding the exte rior mir rorsinor out automati
cally
If the appropri atefu nction is activ ated in
COMA ND (=
page 203):
! the exter iormirrors fold in autom atical-
ly as soon as yo ulock the vehicl efrom
the outside
! the exterior mi rrors fold out again au to-
mat ical ly as soon astheve hicl eis un-
lo ck ed andt henthe dri ver’sd oor or the
front-pas seng er door ope ned
i Themi rrors do not fold ou tif th ey wer epre-
vi ously folded in manuall y. Mi
rror s Ex
terior mirrors G
Risk of accide nt The
exteri ormirr orsreduce the size of the
imag e.The objec ts ar eac tually clo ser th an
th ey appea r.Yo uc ould mi sjudge the di s-
ta nce fr omvehicle s dr iving be hind and
cau sean ac cident,e.g. wh enchanging lane.
For this reas on,makesure ofthe actual
dist ance from the ve hicled rivi ng beh ind by
gl ancin goveryo ur shoulde r. P88.70-2397-31216_R
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Mirrors
Th ean ti-d az zle function of the re ar-vi ew
mirror andt he exterior mirror on the dri v-
er ’s side opera tesif th eign itio nis sw itched
on and in cide nt light from head lamps
strikes the sensor in the rear-vi ewmirror.
Th emi rror s’au tom atic an ti-d az zle function
do es not op erateifre ve rse gear isen gage d
an d the int erior lighting is switched on.
!If ele ctrolyte from a brok enmirror drips
on to thev ehicle ’s paint work, im mediately rinse
th epai ntwo rkthor ou ghlywith cl eanwa ter. Oth-
erwise, the elec trolyte could da magethe paint-
work.
El ec troly tecan only be rinsed off before it has
dried. To
ma kepark ingeasier ,th eex terior mirror
on the front-p asse ng er side swings into
parkin gposition as soon as re verse gear is
engaged.
You can onl yuse this park ing aid after sav-
ing th eparking position of the exterior mir-
ror on the front-pas seng er sid ewith the
memor yfunct ion(
=page 243).
1 Selectio nbut tonfo r right-ha nd orleft-
ha nd exterior mirror
6 Make sure the key isin position 2in the
ign itio n lock. Autom
atic an ti-dazzle mirr ors G
Risk of acc ident The mirr
ors’ au tomati can ti-d azzle func tion
wi ll not wor kif th eincide nt ligh tfr om head-
lamp sis un able to hit thesen sorin the inte-
ri or mirr orif,f or example, the rear window
bl ind* is ex tended.
In cide nt light co uld th en dazzle you. This
ma yprevent youfrom observingth et raffic
con dition s,thereb yca us ing an acc iden t. G
Risk of inju ry Elec
trolyt ema yesca peif th eglas sin an au-
toma tic anti-daz zlem irror brea ks.
Elec trolyt e is an ag gressive irrita ntandm ust
not beallo wedto come into contac t with
your skin,eyes or resp irat or y organs .If ele c-
tr olyt eco me sin to contact wi thyou reyes or
sk in,ri ns e thoro ughly with clean water im-
me diately. Con sulta doct orifnecessa ry. Ex
terior mirrorparking position
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Mirrors
6 Makesure the"Lower mirrorwh en re-
versing" func tio nis sw itchedon inthe
"E xte rior –mirror convenienc esettings"
submen u inCOMA ND.
6 Engage rever segear.
i Whenyouengage rev ersegear, th emos tre-
ce ntly selec ted ext erior mirror is sele cted au to-
matic ally.
6 Press button 1rep eatedly until the ex-
te rior mirror on the front-passenger
si de is selec ted.
Th e exterior mirror on the front-pas-
se ng er side swings to th est or ed park-
in g po sition.
Th e exter ior mirror on th efront-passenger
si de swi ngs ba ckto its orig inal po sition:
! as soon as you excee dasp eed of
10 km /h
! about te nsecon ds after rever segear is
dese lect ed
! if yo u press button 1for th eexter ior
mi rror on the driver ’sside
i If you adj ustth e ext erior mirror while it is
in the parking posi tion, this new positio nwill be
st ored as then ew parking posi tion. 216_R
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Memory function
Yo u ca nst ore up to three di fferent settings
using th ememory button.
The followi ngsett ings are stor ed as a si n-
gle memo ry preset for the driver’s seat:
! Seat position and lumb arsuppor tad-
ju st ment
! Dynami cdriving seat*:acti vated/
de activated
! Multi -contou r seat*: last se ttingsto red
! Stee ring wheel po sition
! Exterior mirror position on th edriver’s
si de and front-passenger side
The memo rybutto nand thestor ag epo si-
tion buttons arel oc ated on th edoor con-
trol panel. M
Memo rybutton
1, 2, 3 Storage position butt ons
6 Makesure that theke yis in po sition 1
or 2in the ignition lock or ado or is
ope n.
6 Tostore: adjust the se at (=page 231).
6 Onthedriver’s side ,al so adjust the
steering wheel (
=page 238)andth e
mi rror s (
=page 239).
6 Press theMme morybutton.
6 Press one of storage pos itio nsw itches
1 ,2 or 3wi thi nt hree seconds.
Th esettings arestored inthi sstor age
pos itio n. 6
Press andho ld rele vantstor ag e po si-
tion switch 1,2 or 3un til the se at,
ste erin g wheel andmi rrors have mo ved
to th e stored position.
i The seat ,steering wheel and mirror se tting
pro cedure isint errupted as soon as you release
th e storage posi tion swit ch.The multi-con tour
seat *se tting or thel um barsu pport adj ustm ent
ar e still carried out. Mem
oryfu nc tion G
Risk of acc ident On
ly ac tivate them emoryfunc tion on the
dr iver ’s side when the vehi cle is stationar y.
You could ot herwis e be dist racted by a
spontaneous movementof the ste ering
wheel or seat. P54.25-5102-31 Calling
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Memory function
To make parking ea sier ,you cans et the
po sition of the exterior mirro ron the front-
passen gersi de sothat yo ucan see the
re ar wheel on th epassenger-s ide as so on
as you en gage reverse gear.
You wi llfind info rm ation about act ivating
the park ing pos itio n on (
=page 240).
1 Mme morybutton
2 Adjus tment button
3 Tosele ctthe right-hand or le ft-ha ndex-
terior mirror 6
Make sure that the vehicle is stationary
an d the key is in po sition 2in theigni-
tion lock.
6 Pressbutton 3repea tedlyun til th eex-
terior mirror on the front-passenger
si de isselected.
6 Adjust the exter iormi rror by pressing
bu tton 2sothat the re arwh eel and
th eke rb are visi bl e in themi rror.
6 Pressme mo ry button 1.
6 Pressone of th earrows onadj ustm ent
bu tton 2within thre ese co nds.
Th e parki ngposition is stor edif the
mirror does not mov e.
i Ifthe mirror doe smove, repeat thestep s.
You cana djus tth e mirror again afte r storing the
settin g. St
orin gthe ext eriormirror parking
po sition*
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