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Setting the specified minim umdis- ta
nc efor Distro nicP lus
Yo u can set the specif ied mi nimu mdis-
tanc efo rDi stronic Pl usby vary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndeter minesthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicPlus is toma intain fr omtheve hi-
cl e in front, dependin g onyour speed. You
can see this dist anc ein the mu lti-fun ction
displ ay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
2.
6 Toredu ce thesp ecifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
1. i
Makesure that youadh ere to th emi nimu m
distanc erequired by law from the veh icle in
front .Adapt your distanc efrom thev ehicle in
fron tif ne cessary.
i Distroni cPl us does not always clearl yrec-
ognise complex road andtraf fic conditions. You
will then re ceive a false distanc ewarning signal
or non eatall. Se
ttin g a st ored speed
6 Push the cruise contro l le verup 1 for
ah ighe rspee d or down 2foral ower
speed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
unt ilthe desired speed is set. 6
Release the cruis eco ntro l le ver.
Th ene ws peed isstor ed .Di stro nicP lus
is ac tiv ated andad justs th evehicl e’s
speed to th enew stored speed. Adj
ustm entin 1 km/hincrements
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses. Adj
ustm entin 10 km /hincr ements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed. Selec
ting ast ored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
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-5017-31 G
Risk of accident Pa
y even moreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
ti on if the l distanc ewa rning lamp inthe
in stru ment cl uster goes on or an int ermit-
tent warning to ne sounds.
Br ak eo rswe rveto avoi dan yob stac lesif
necessary. G
Risk of accident Only sele
ctast ored speed if youknow what
that spee dis an dwhether it is suitable for
the current situati on.Otherwise, su ddenac-
cele rationorbrak ing cou ld endanger youor
ot he rs. 216_R
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Cross traffic
Dis tron icPlu sm ay inco rrec tly evaluate a
si gnal from avehi cle cros singy ouro wn
pa th. Ifyo uac tivate Distronic Plus while
st opped attra ffic lights wi thtra ffic cross-
in g, forex am ple, you r vehicle ma yina d-
vertently pull away. Sp
eedtro nicis used toma kesure that you
do not exceed a set spee d.You can set a
variabl eor permane ntlim itspe ed:
Va riab le for speed limits, e.g. in built-
up areas
Pe rm anent for long -term speed restric-
tions, e.g. for driving on win-
ter tyres i
The sp eed displa yed in thespeedometer
may dif fer sligh tlyf rom thel im it speed stored
wi th Speedtronic. Va
riable Spee dtro nic
The cruise contro l le veris used tooperat e:
! Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! Variab leSp eedtro nic
Th eLIM ind icatorlamp on the cru isecon-
tro llev er indi cates which syste myoucan
sele ct:
! LIMi ndicat or la mpoff:
Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! LIMi ndicat or la mplit:
Variab leSp eedtro nic
Yo uca nset an ylim itspeed above
30 km/h usin g thecr uise control lever
wh en the engine isrunning.
The cruise contro l le veris the upperm ost
le ve ron the left of the steerin gwheel.
P54.70-2339-31 Speedtronic
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Risk ofaccide nt Sp
eedtro nicis on lyan ai d design edtoassist
dr ivin g. You arere spon sible forth e ve hicle’ s
speed and for br akingin good time. 216_R
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6 Stop the vehicl e as lo ngasthe desired
parki ngspace isind icat ed by th eblue
parki ngspac esy mb ol in th e instru ment
cluster.
6 Engage reverse ge ar.
The following message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Che ck entire
surroundings. Confirm with OK." .6
Confir mwith # on the mu lti-fu nc-
tion steering whe el.
Th einst rume ntclus ter disp lay sw itch-
es to Parki ngGuidan ce.
Steering instructions
1 Redlines show the current steering
whe elang le
2 Yellow line s sh owthere qu ired st eering
wh eel ang le
6 Turn the steerin gwh eelwh ile th evehi-
cle is st ationa ry untilth ered line s1
correspond to the yellow lines 2.
The lines turn gree n. Ifth epark ing
spac eisdisplayed in the inst rume nt
clus ter,awhit ebr ac ke tappear sat the
en dof the gre enlines with an ar row for
the target position. Dr
iving into apa rki ng space
1 Gree nlin es when the steerin gwheel
ang leisco rre ct
6 Maintain the steerin gwh eelang leand
re ve rse carefully.
6 Stop assoon asthe warni ngtone
so un ds.
Th eve hicle hasreached thepo sition
when you nee dto coun terstee r. G
Risk of acc ident Pa
rking Guid ance is onlyan ai dan dmi ght
not detect all obstacl es.P arking Guid ance
might notbeable to detect ob ject sprope rly
at corn ers or on smooth surface s.Pa rking
Gu ida nce does notrelieve youo fyou rre-
sponsibility to pay att ention.
Yo uare always responsib lefor safety and
must payat tentio nto your immed iatesu r-
ro un dings when parkingan d ma noeuvr ing.
Ot he rwis e,you co uld enda nger your selfan d
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6 Turn thestee ring wh eelin su chawa y
th at yell owguide li nes fo rcorne ring 2
appear wi thin the space whe reyou
wish to park.
If nothing projectsa cros sthe yell ow
gu ide li nesor isbe twee nthe yellow
li nes, thi smeans that the spacein
whi chyouwi sh to park iswide enough.
6 Assoon as bl ueguide li ne1 for re-
versi nginas traig htline isparallel to
th espa ceinwh ich yo uwi sh to park,
turn the steering wheel to thestraight
ah ead pos itio n. Para
llelpark ing
Th isau xiliary fu nction assist syou wh en
yo u wis hto park in aline, e.g. in a parki ng
spac eparallel to the road.
6 Stop parallel to and approx im ate ly1 m
from the ve hiclein fron t of the parking
space. 6
Stop in such awaythat th efront of the
pa rke dvehi cle is on aleve lw ith yo ur
re ar wh eel.
6 Engage rever segear.
6 Makesure that thefu nc tion forpara llel
pa rking is selec tedin CO MA ND.
1 Vert ical gu ide li ne
6 Back up carefully, parallel to th eve hi-
cl e parked next to youun til verti cal
guide li ne1 isat theen dof thepa rked
ve hicle.
6 Stop the vehicle. 1
Vert ical gu ide li ne
2 Extension guide line
3 Guide li nesfo rve hicle outline
6 With the veh iclestat iona ry, tur nthe
st eerin gwh eel in the direc tion youwi sh
to park in, unti lextension guide line 2
intersects vertic alguide line 1.
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Risk of acc ident If
the vertica l guid elines are not yet atthe
end of the pa rked ve hiclea nd you begin to
turn the steeri ngwheel ,you could collid e
wi th the parked vehicle.
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Ifth ere is an obs tacle wit hin guide lines for
th eve hicle ou tline 3,th ep arking space is too
small for your vehicle.
If you turn the steeri ngwheel too far, thefollow-
ing message appears in theCO MA ND display:
"S teering wheel turned toof ar.P leas etu rn steer-
ing wheel bac k".Turn the steering wheel ba ck
until the displa ygoesout and ext ension guide
line 2intersec tsvertical guide line 1.If you
rev erse any furt her wit hthis inc orrec tsteering
wheel position ,th e fol lowing message appears
in the displa y: "Steering wheel turned toofa r.
Pa rkAs sist disab led. "D rive theve hicleout of the
parki ngspace again and repeat the parkin gpro-
cedu re.
6 Back up,ke ep ing th e steering wh eel in
the resulti ngpos ition.
A cu rved guide line appears after driv-
ing a shortdist ance. 1
Curved guide li ne
i If you turn the steeri ngwheel while bac king
up, the foll owing mes sage appears in the displa y:
"S teering wheel turned too far. Park Assist disa-
bled. "Drive the veh icleout of the parking spa ce
again and repeat the parkin gprocedure.
6 Reverseun tilcu rved guide li ne1 in-
terse ctsthe limi t of the parki ngspa ce,
e.g. the kerb.
6 Stop the vehicl e.
6 With the veh iclestat ionary, tur nthe
steering wheel intheo pposite direc-
tion to fulllock.
The guide li nesfor reve rsing in a
strai ght li neappear intheCO MA ND
disp lay. 1
Guid eline forco rnering
2 Guide line for re versing in astraight
li ne
6 Reversewi th th est ee ring wh eelinthis
pos ition unt ilgu ide li ne for reversi ngin
a st raigh tline 2ispa rallel to the edge
of the park ing space, e.g. th eke rb.
6 Turn thest eeri ng wh eelto th est raight
ah ead position and back up,le av ing
su fficie nt di stanc ebehind your vehicl e.
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itch ingon or off
Yo uca n onl ysw itch Night View Assist on if:
! the key isin po sition 2in the ig nition
lock
! it is dark
! thelight switc his set to *orB
or ifthe daytime drivin glights are
sw itche don
! the autom atic tr ansmission is not atR
1 Toswitch Night View Assist on or off
6 Press ro cker sw itch 1upordown.
Th eNight View Assist im ageissh own
in themu lti-fun ction disp lay. i
Theinf rare dhe adlamps only switch on
at speeds above 15 km /h.You do not therefore
ha ve full use of thev iewi ngrange and it is not
possible to checkthatNi gh tView Assist is work-
ing correc tly when theve hicle is stationary. Image in the
multi-f un ction di splay
Wh enyousw itchon Night View Assist, the
sp ee d di splay view cha nges in the multi-
fu nc tio ndispl ay. Th espeed disp lay
is shown as abar at the lower edge of the
mult i-fu nc tion display. Thero w of basic
menu sis no longe rava ilab le.If yo uwi sh to
ch an ge asettingu sing the ste ering wheel
buttons, yo umu stsw itch of fNight View
As sist. 1
Night View Assist im age
2 Speed displ ay
Ad jus ting thebr igh tnes sof themu lti-
fun ction display
1 Control knob
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4.32-3396-31 P5
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Air ven ts Fun
ction 1 Si
de window demi ster vent,
le ft-h an d side 2 Swivelli
ngside airvent, left-h an d
side 3 Sw
ivelli ngcentr eair vent, left-ha nd
side 4 Ce
ntre airve nt thum bwheel,
le ft-h an d side 5 Windscreen
de
mister vents 6 Ce
ntre airve nt thum bwheel,
right- hand side 7 Sw
ivelli ngcentre air vent,
right- hand side Fun
ction 8 Sw
ivellin gside air vent, right-h and
side 9 Si
de window de mister vent,
rig ht-han d side a Automatic
air condi tioning control
panel b Sw
ivellin grearair vent, left-h an d
side Fun
ction c Sw
ivellin g rear air vent, right-hand
side d Th
um bwheelfor rear airvent,
rig ht-han d side e Th
um bwheelfor rear airvent,
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Air ven ts
Obse rveth e fo llowing no tes to ens urethat
the automatic air condi tioning functio ns
co rre ctly:
! Keep theair inl etbetween the bonnet
an d winds cree nfree of dep osits, e.g.
ice or snow, to gua rant ee the supply of
fr es hair into the vehicle interi or.
! Never cover the vents or airinle tand
ou tle tg rilles in the vehicle interi or. i
For prac tically draug ht-free ventilat ion,
mo vethe sliders on the centre and side air vents
to the centr al position. Cen
treair ve nts
6 To ope nor close: turn thu mbwheels
4 and 5upward sor downwards.
Th ecorre spond ing centre airvents are
opene dor clos ed. Side ai
rve nts
6 To ope nor close: turn thu mbwheels
2 and 9upward sor downwards.
Th eco rrespondi ngside air vents are
opene dor clos ed. Re
ar air vents
1 Slider forrear ai rvent, left-ha ndside
2 Slider for rear air vent, right-hand side
3 Toopen or clos erear air ve nt,right-
hand si de
4 Toopen or clos erearai rvent, left-hand
side
6 To ope nor clos e:tur nthu mb wheel 3
or 4 to the right or le ft.
Th eco rrespondi ngrear air vents are
ope nedor clos ed. G
Risk of inj ury Wh
entheauto matic ai rconditionin gis in
op eration, very hotor very cold aircan flow
fr om the ven ts.Th isco uld caus eb urns or
fros tbite to bare skin in theimmed iatevici n-
ity ofthe vents. Ke epbare skin away from
thes eairou tlets. Ifne cessa ry,u se the air-
di st ribu tion control todirect theairflow
away toadi fferen tarea of the ve hicle interi-
or. Ope
ning and closing airvents
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