2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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On-board computer Re
diall ing
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
Th eon- boardco mpu terst ore sthe last
names or phone nu mbers dialled from the
mo bilep hone. Thismean sth at you do not
have to sea rch throug hthe entirephone
book.
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Te leph on e" menu.
Th enam eofthe appropriate GSM net-
wor kpr ovi der appears in the display.
6 Press sto cha ngeto the most re-
cent lydialle d numbe ror name inthe
redial memory.
6 Press %or$ toselect the
numb eror nam e youare search ing for.
6 Press sor# tostar tdi alling.
If a co nnectio nis made ,th ena me will ap-
pear in the display, provi ded itis st ored in
the phone book, or the phone nu mberdi-
al led. In
the "Assistan ce"menu, youca n change
yo ur driving system se ttings. Display
ingthe dis tanc e display*
Th isfunc tion isonl yav ailable with the Dis-
tronic* 1
or Di stro nicP lus* 1
op tions.
6 Press ( or& to select the
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to select the
"D istanc edispla y"func tion.
6 Press # .
The Distro nic* orDist ronic Pl us *dis-
ta nc ed isplay appea rsinthe multi -fun c-
tio ndisplay.
Activati ngand dea ctivating the di
stanc ewa rningsyst em* 2
6 Pr
ess ( or& to select the
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to select the
"Distanc ewarning" func tion.
6 Press # . 6
Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
Acti vatin g/ deacti vating the PRE-SAFE
®
Br ak e*3
6 Pr
ess ( or& to sele ctthe
"A ssistance" menu.
6 Press % or$ to sele ctthe
"P RE -SAF EBrak e"func tion.
6 Press # . Ass
ista nc eme nu* 1N
ot available in all countries
2O nlyveh icle sw ith Di stro nic* 3O
nlyve hicles with Distro nic Plus*
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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.
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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
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On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
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On-board computer Setting per
manent Speedtr onic
Fo rho w to set Spe edtroni c,please ref erto
th e" Drivin gsyste ms"se ction
( = pa ge 311).
Hiding or show ing the ad ditional speed- ome
ter
Yo uca nsh ow anaddit ional di gital speed-
om eter inthem ulti-f un ction disp lay. The
sp eed isdispl ayed inmiles per hour. Vehi-
cle swith a milesspeedom eter: the addi-
tiona l spee dome ter indicates km /h.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"Sett ings" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ct
"A ux. speedo meter" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Th ead dition alspeedom eter isac tiv at-
ed or deactivated acco rding to its pre-
viou s stat e. Ac
tivating anddeactivating the radar se
nsor syst em*
If yo ur vehi cle is equip pedwith a 24GHz
radar sensor system, youca n deactivate or
ac tiva te it.
! Youm ustdeac tivatethe24 GHz rada rs en-
sor sys temi nce rtain coun tries and nearto radio
ast ronomical inst allations (
=page 528) .
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Set-
ting s"menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct"Radar
sensor" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
If yo u deac tiva te the radar se nsorsystem,
the following systems ared eactivated:
! Distr onic Plus*
! BAS Pl us*
! Park As sist*
! Parkin gGu ida nce*
! Dista nce warning*
! PRE-SAFE ®
Brake*
i The set tings are re tained eve naf te ryo u re-
st art the engine. i
OnlyAMG vehicl eshave this funct ion.
The first disp layintheAM Gme nushows:
! the ge arsele cted
! the engine oil te mperatu re
! theve hicle elec tric al syst emvoltage
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
1 Gear indi ca tor
2 Upshift instruc tion
3 Engin eoil te mp erature
4 Vehi cle electri calsystem vol tage
Wh enthe engi nereac hesthe overspe ed
ra ng ein the man ual shift pr ogram, youc an
see the upshift in str uction "up" next to
gear indic ator 1 . AMG
menu*
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i Theen gine oil temperature displa yis blu eif
th e en gine oiltemp eratur eh asnot yet reached
80° C.Avoid driving at full engin epowerduring
th is time.
% or$ canbe used toselec t thefol-
lo wing functions inthe AMG menu:
! RACE TIMER
! Overall ev alua tion
! Lap eva luat ion RAC
ETIMER
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
6 Press %until the RACETIME Rap-
pe ars.
Th eRACE TIMER isas topwatch for
ho urs, minu tesa nd seco nd s. 1
Gear indi ca tor
2 RACE TIMER
3 Second sind icat or
4 Lap
i Youcanst art the RACETIM ERwhen the en-
gine is runnin gor th ekeyis in pos ition 2in the
ignit ion loc k.
i While theRACETIM ERis displayed, thevo l-
ume cannot beregu lat ed with the æand
ç buttons.
6 Sta rtin g: sta rtthe RACET IMER with
æ .
6 Display ing the elap sedtime: call up
the elap sed ti mewith ç .
The elap sed time is disp layed forfive
se co nd s.
6 Tostop: stop the RACET IMER with
æ . 6
Tosele cta di ffer ent display, press
$ ,( or& .
i If you stopthev ehicle an dtu rn theke y to
position 1in the ignition loc k,the RA CETIM ERin-
te rrupt stime meas urem ent.Time measuremen t
is co ntinued if you turn the key toposition 2or 3
and then press æ.
Sa ving thelap time and starting a new
lap
i Amax imum of16 laps can besaved.
6 Call up th eelapsed tim ewith ç dur-
ing ti memeas urem ent.
Th eela psed time isdisplayed fo rfive
se co nd s.
6 Press ç again with infive seconds.
Th eela psed time which is disp layed is
saved asthe lap tim e.
Ti me measurement fora new lap is
sta rted.Time me asure mentfor the
new lapruns from calling upthe
elapsed tim e.
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1 Gea rind icat or
2 RACE TIMER
3 Bes tlap
Re settin gthe curren tlap
6 Stop the RACET IMER with æ.
6 Reset thelap tim eto"0 " with ç.
Dele ting all la ps
i Youcannot delet ean indiv idual lap which
ha s bee nsav ed.
6 Stop the RACET IMER with æ.
6 Press çforatleast 3 se cond s.
6 Star t the RACETIMER with æ .
All laps are deleted. Dis
play ing the overall evaluation
i This func tion is only availabl e if youhave
sav edat least one lap and have stopped the
RA CETIM ER.
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
6 Press $untilthe overa lleva luat ion
ap pe ars.
1 RACETIME Rove rallev alua tion
2 Tota ldriving time
3 Maximum speed
4 Total di stancerec order
5 Averag esp eed
6 Toselec ta dif ferent displa y,press
$ ,( or& . Display
ing thelap eval uation
i Thisfunc tion is only available ifyou have
sav edat leas ttw o laps and have stopped the
RA CETIM ER.
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
6 Press $until the lap eva luat ion ap-
pe ars.
1 Lap
2 Laptime
3 Maximu mspeed
4 Lap length
5 Average lap speed
6 Use $ or% to sele ctadi ffer ent
lap evaluati on.
6 To sele cta di fferen tdisp lay,press
( or& .
Ea ch lap is display edin a separat esubmenu. The
fas test lap is indicat edbyflas hing icon 1.
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Yo ur vehicle’ sdri ving syste ms ar e de-
scribed on thefo llowi ngpage s:
! Cruise cont rol,Dis tron ic*, Dis tron ic
Pl us *a nd Speedtroni c,with wh ich you
can control your vehicle’s speed
! HOL D,wh ich ma kesst op ping and pull-
ing away easier, particularly on st eep
uphill gradie nts
! ABC, which ca nbe used tocontrol your
ve hic le’s suspen sion
! Parktro nic, wh ich assist syou wi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Park As sist*,wh ich assist syo uwi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Parking Guidanc e*
! Rever sing came ra*
! Night View Assist*
The ABS, BAS ,BAS PLUS*, ESP®
,EB V,
ADAPT IVE BRAKE, di stan ce warning *and
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak e dri ving safety syste ms
ar e described in the "S afet y" (
=page 46)
se ction. Cru
isecontrol regu late st he vehicl e’s
speed fo ryou.
Use cruise contro l ifroad and tr affic cond i-
tions makeitap propriate to mainta in a
ste adysp eed for a prolonged period. You
can store any road spee dabove 30km /h. Driving systems Cruis
eco ntr ol G
Risk of accident Cr
uise con trol cannot take acco untof road
an dtraf fic conditions. Alwa yspay attention
to traf fic con ditions even wh encru isec on-
tr ol isac tiva ted. Cr uise con trol isonly anaid
designe dto ass istdri ving. Youar eresponsi-
bl e for the vehicle’ ss peed andf or brak ingin
go od ti me. G
Risk of accident Do not
usecr uise con trol:
! inroad andtraf fic condition swhic h
do not allowyoutomainta inaco nstant
speed (e.g. heavytraf ficorwind ing
ro ad s). You could ot herw isecaus ean
accid ent. !
on sl ipper yroads. Th edrive wheels
co uld lose trac tion when br aking or ma-
no euvring and the vehi clec ouldskid
! when there ispo or visi bility ,e.g. due to
fog, heav yrain or sn ow G
Risk of accident Th
e br akep edalisdepressed when cruise
co ntro l bra kes.The movemen tof thep edals
must not be impa ired inanywa y.
! Do not place any obj ects in th e footwell.
! Makesure thatfloormats an dcarp etare
firmly se cured.
! Donot place you r footunder neatht he
br ak e peda l,ot herw ise it co uld become
trap ped.
Yo ucou ldotherw isecause an accide ntand
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uis econtro lle ver
Th ecr uise control lev er is used toopera te
cr uise control and variable Spe edtronic.
Th e LIM indi cator la mpon the cruis econ-
tr ol leve r in dica teswh ich syste myouc an
select:
! LIM indi cator lamp off:
Crui secontrol
! LIM indi cator lamp lit:
Va riabl eSp eedtron ic
Th ecr uise control le ver is the upper most
le ve ron the left -han d side ofthe stee ring
col um n. 1
Tostore the current speed orahigh er
sp eed
2 Tostore the current speed oralo we r
sp eed
3 Toswitch offcr uise co ntrol
4 Toactiv atec ruise control or to ca ll up
th el astspeed stored
5 Toswitc hbetween cruis eco ntrol and
Spee dtronic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
6 Toswitcho n:check wheth erLIM indi-
cato rla mp 6isoff.Ifit is,yo uca nac-
tivate cruise control .If it is not, pr ess
th ec ruise control lever in the dire ction
of arrow 5.
Th e LIM indi ca tor la mpin the cruise
control lever isno long er lit. Yo ucan
ac tiv ate cruise contr ol. 6
Accel erate the vehicle tothe desired
sp ee d.
6 Press thec ruisec ont rolle ve rbr iefly up
or down inthed irec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
6 Remov e yourfoot from the acc elerator
pedal.
Th evehicl eau tom atical ly mai ntains the
st or ed spee d.
i Cruise control may be unable tomain tain
th e stored spe edon uphill gradients. The spe ed
is re sume dw henth egr adi entev ens out.
Cru isecontrol isnot availa bl ewhen:
! you are brak ing
! your vehicleis se curedwi th the electric
parki ngbrake
! the autom atic tr ansmission is inpo si-
tion P, R orN
! you de activ ateE SP®
! the ve hicle is moving slowe rthan
30 km /h
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