2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Motor

Th
ank you for choosing
Me rced es-Ben z.
Befo re yo udrive off,fami liar ise yourself
wi th your Me rced es-Benz an d readthis
Ow ner’s Ma nual.T hiswi ll help you to ob-
ta in themax imum pleas urefrom your
ve hicle an d to avoid end ange ring yourself
an d oth ers.
It em sof op tion al equi pmentare marked
wi th an aste risk *.The equipment in yo ur
ve hicle ma yvary, de pending on th emode l,
co untry specific ations andav ailabil ity.
Me rce des-Be nz isconstantl y updating its
ve hicle sto th estate of the artan dt here-
fo re rese rve sthe righ t to introduce cha ng-
es in design ,equip mentandt echn ical
featur es atanytime. Yo
uca nnot, therefore ,basean y cl aims on
the data, illu strations or des criptions in
thi sOw ner’s Ma nual.
Th eOw ner’s Ma nual,br iefinstructi onsan d
the "Service" book let belong to thev ehicle.
You shou ldalway ske ep the minthe ve hi-
cle andpa ss the mon to th enew owner if
yo use llthe vehicle.
Please co nsulta Me rcedes -Ben zSe rvice
Centre if youhave anyq uestions.
The technic aldo cumen tation team at
DaimlerC hrysle rAGwi sh es you safe and
pleasant motoring. i
You can al soget toknow thei mportant fea-
tu res of your CL-Class in German and English in
th einte rac tive Ow ner’s Ma nual on the In tern et
at :
www. mercede s-benz .de/
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11
Index M
Main-beam headlamps
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .433
Re plac ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .478
Sw itching on/ off. . . .... . . . . . . . .249
Malf unction memory ..... . . . . . . .285
Malf unct ion message –see Display
me ssage
Manual release
El ec tric parking brak e. ... . . . . . . .472
Mass agefu nc tion . ..... . . . . . . . .219
Ma ximum permissi blegr oss ve hicle
we ight . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .518
Mem oryfu nc tion . . . .... . . . . . . . .242
Mes sages – see Dis play me ssage
Min ispa re . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .402
Mirr ors
Se eExte rior mi rrors or
Rear -view mirror
Mis firi ng . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .456
Mobile pho ne
Ha nds-free mo de . . ..... . . . . . . .364
In se rting into th ebrack et . . . . . . . .364
Remo vingfrom the bracke t. . . . . .365
Ru n-on tim e. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .365 MOEx
tende dru n-flat
syst em. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .38 2,492
Motorway mode ..... . . . . . . . . . . .250
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Menu ove rview .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Op eration . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Ope ration (on-board com puter) . ..281
Pl ay ba ck options .... . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Se lect ing afol der. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Se lect ing amedium . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Se lect ing atra ck... . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Multi- conto urdynamic driving seat
COMA ND. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Multi- conto urseat
Fr ont . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .21 6,232
Multi-function disp lay . . . . . . . . . . .273
Multi- function stee ring wheel
Bu ttons . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .273 N
Na viga tion syst em. . . . . . . . . . . ...129
Ba sic settings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...139
Chang eof dire ction . . . . . . . . .16 7,279
Des tina tion entry . . . . . . . . . . . ...143
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . ...181
Hiding/ showing the me nu
syste m. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Ins trum entcl uste r.. . . . . . . . . . ...278
Lane re comm endation . . . . . . . ...169
Map displa y.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...136
Op erati on.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...137
Pr evi ousd estin ations . . . . . . . . ...185
Ro ute guidan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...167
Special destination entry . . . . . ...159
Traf ficjam func tion . . . . . . . . . . ...175
Traf fic rep orts (RDS -TMC ).. . . . ...176
Ni gh tVi ew Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . ...329
Chang ing the IRemit ter. . . . . . ...479
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...435
Fa ult. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...469 216_R
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48 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
tra ffic situation. PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated si-
mu ltane ouslyif BA SPlus reque sts a parti c-
ul ar ly high braking pressure.
6 Keep the brake pedaldepressed until
the emergen cysitua tion isove r.
ABS prev en ts the wheels fr omlocki ng.
Th ebrake sfu nction again as normal whe n:
! you relea sethe brake pe dal
! there areno ob stac lesde tecte d inthe
path of your vehicle
! there is nolong er arisk ofcollision
BA S Pl usisthen de activa ted.
BA SPlus also react sto stationar yob sta-
cl es at spe edsofup toapprox imate ly
70 km /h,e. g. stopped or parked ve hicles.
Fo rBA SPlus to assist you when driving,
the radar sensor syste mmust beswitched
on andop era tiona l.Yo uca ncheck thisby
switc hing on Distroni c Pl usor vi athe "Ra-
dar sensor" menu on the on-board comp u-
ter. i
Information about switch ing on the radar
sen sors ystemc anbe fo und on (= page 287).
Fo llowing ase vere impact or intheevent
of damag e to the front of the vehicle as a
re sult of an acci dent, have th e setting and
function of the radar sensor sche cked at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre. If BA
SPlus isno ta vailable due to amal-
fu nc tion in the radar sensor system, the
bra king syst em rem ains available with full
bra keboos ting effectand BA S.
i The adaptiv ebr ake lamps are only available
in ce rtain coun tries.
Th ebrake lamps flas hin quick su cces sion
if the vehicl e is braked sudd enlyfrom a
spee dof more than 50km /h orifBAS or
BAS Plus *inter vene sdurin gbraki ng. Th is
wa rnspas sing vehicl es.
Th e hazar dwa rning lamps switch on auto-
ma tically and th ebra kelightsco me onper-
ma nently wh en they ar eap plied agai nif
the vehicle is braked to haltfrom asp eed
of mo rethan 70km /h inthis wa y.
Th eha zard wa rnin gla mp s sw itchof f again
auto matica lly wh en yo uex ceed a spee dof
10 km /h. G
Risk of accident BAS Plus
onlyco nsider scl earl ydete cted
ob jects when provid ing br akin gass ista nc e.
Det ection can be impa ired inpa rtic ular if:
! thesensors aredirty or co vered
! itis snow ing or rain ing heav ily
! there is interfere ncef rom an othe rradar
sou rce
! there is stron gra da r re flec tion, e. g.in
multi- storeyvehi clep arks
BAS Plus does not react to:
! people or animals
! oncom ingve hicles and cross traf fic
BA SPlus ma y no tdetect nar rowv ehicle s,
e. g. motor cyclesandve hicles travelling on
ap arall elbu t offset cou rse. Ad
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133
COM
AND
CO MAND navigati onsystem *(introduct ion)
Operati onalread ines sof the naviga tion syst
em
Aft erdelivery of the veh icle
In vehicl esfor certain countri es, th enavi-
gati onsyst em is notop eratio nalimmed i-
at ely afte r delivery bec ausethemap
so ftw areis not pre-in stalled there.
If this is theca se,yo uwi ll be madeawar e
of this fact by the follo wing messag eap-
pe aring when yo usw itcht on avigat ion
mod e:"The map software must beinstalled.
Please insert the DVD containing th emap
software" .
6 To install them apsoftwa re:proc eed
as described in th e"Updati ngthe map
so ftwa re" sect ion(
=page 129).
i Plea se not ethat the updat em ust be allo wed
to runt ot he end in this ca se. If yo uca nc elit, the
na vigation sys tem willco ntinue tobe non- opera-
ti onal. Af
tera syst emsoftwa re up date
Af ter asyste msoftwa reupdate by a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre, th ein-
st alled mapso ftwa rema ynolong er
be comp atible. If this isthe case, th enavi-
gati onsyst emwillnot beoperationa l.
If this is th ecase ,yo uw ill be madeawar e
of th isfact by the fol lowing me ssage ap-
pear ing when you sw itch to navigation
mod e:"The syst emsoftware has been up-
dated. Th e mapsoftware must be updated
now. Please ins ertt he DVD containing the
map softwar e."
6 Toupdate the mapsoft ware: pro-
ce ed as des cribed in the "Updati ngthe
map software" secti on (
=page 129 ).
Us emap software whi chiscom patible
with th esyste msoftware.
i Plea se notethat theup dat em ustbe allow ed
to run to th e end in this ca se. If you cancel it ,the
nav igation system willco ntinue tobe non-oper a-
ti onal.
Th enavi gatio nsyste mmust determine the
pos itio n of the veh iclebefore first use or
wh enever opera tiona lst atu sis restore d.
Yo umay ha veto dr ive fo ra wh ile before
precise ro ute guidan ceispo ssible. GPS
recep tion
Correct functioning of th enaviga tion sys-
te m depends among stother thing son GPS
re ce ption. Ince rtain situations, GPS rece p-
tion may be impaired, there maybe inte r-
ferenc eor the remay be no rece ptionat all,
e.g. intunn els,inmu lti-storey car parks or
du eto snow on the GPS aerial. If there is
sn ow on the GPS aeri al,yo ush ou ldremove
it. TheGP Sae rial is integ rated in theboot
lid.
Route guidan ceafte rve hicle tran
sporta tion
COMA NDhasto red eter mi ne the position
of the vehicl eif the vehicl ehasbee ntrans-
ported (e.g. by ferry, by motor ailor after
to wing). Ge
nera lno tes 216_R
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142 COM
AND
COM AND navigat ionsystem* (introducti on)Se
ttin gro ute opt ions
i This func tion allows you toset th e following
options for route guidanc e:
! "Avoid moto rways"
! "Avoid toll roads"
! "Avoid rou tesrequiri ngspecial toll stic ker"
! "Avoid tunnels"
! "Avoidfe rries /motorail trai ns"
6 Select "Navi" "Nav i" "Mode".
Th emo delist ap pears. A tic kindi cates
an option wh ich has been select ed.It is
po ssib le to selec tmo rethan one op-
tion.
6 Toselect /d eselec tan option:
choo sethe de sired option.
Th eoption isse lecte dor deselecte d,
depend ing on the previou sst atu s. 6
To exit the menu: slide om p.
COMA NDwillve rify whe ther itcan
im plem entthe options ifyo uselect ed
the mwith route guid ance active.
If itcan, CO MAND calcu late sa ne w
ro utewh ile im plem entin gthe options
sele cted.
If itcan not,you will see and hear a co r-
respond ing me ssag e.
6 Select "OK".
CO MA ND calcu late sa new route.
Onl ythose options whi chcan be
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COM
AND
CO MA ND naviga tio nsyste m*(route gui dance)
i The filled-in se ction of distanc egraphic 3
gets sh orterthe ne areryouget to th eannou nced
change ofdire ction. Manoeuvre phase
CO
MA ND annou nces the imminent change
of dire ction. Based on the ex ampled ispl ay
be low, thec hangeof dire ction is an-
nou nced 40 metres be fore the chan ge of
di re ction with the "Nowtur nleft" messa ge.
The disp lay isalso split into twohal ves,as
for the announcement pha se.
i Once th emanoeuvre is comp lete d,
COMA NDautoma tica lly switch es ba cktothe
non-s plit sc reen.
1 Grap hica l representation of the dis-
tance to the next cha ngeof dire ction
2 Distanc eto the next cha nge of direc-
tion On
multi -lan e ro ads, COMA ND candis play
la ne recom mendations for the next ch ange
of di rection. The re levant dat amu stbe
av ailable inthedigital map.Thisis curre nt-
ly onl yavailable forGe rman mo torw ays
an d airpor ts.
Th efo llowing exampledi splays are for
ro ute guidan ceon the A81 motorway to
the Stutt gartmo torwayinter section, th en
on theA8 towa rds Mu nich .A cha ngeof di-
re ction is required atpoints 1and 2.
COMA NDdisplays la nereco mm endatio ns
6 ,7 and 8based on the next two
cha nges ofdire ction. 1
Point of th enext chan ge of dir ection
2 Point of th ech an ge of dir ection after
next
3 Nextchan ge of direction, turn rig ht
he re
4 Grap hica l representati onof the dis-
tanc eto th enext ch ange of direction
5 Dist ance to the next ch ange of direc-
tion
6 Recomm ende dlane
7 Pos sibl elane
8 Lane not recom mende d.
9 Curre ntposition of theve hicle; the tri-
an gle points in the veh icle 's dire ction
of travel
i Thei nstrum entcl us teral so display slane
recom mendations. Only therecom mended lanes
are displayed here.
P8
2.86- 5196-31 Lan
ere comm endations
P82.86-5339 -31 216_R
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176 COM
AND
COMAND navigat ionsystem* (dynamic route guida nce wit hRD S-TMC)
An RDS -TMC radio stat ion tr ansm its free-
of -cha rge RDS-TMC tra ffic reports inaddi-
tion to th eradi oprogra mme.CO MA ND can
re ce ive th eRD S-TMC tra ffic reports and
take the minto consi deration fordy na mi c
ro ute guida nce. Thena vigatio nsyste mis
thu sab le to, for exa mple,guide youar ound
a traf fic jam.
Th erem aybe dif ferences betwe enthe re-
po rts receiv edandt he actual traf fic sit ua-
tion.
6 Toswitcho n:select the"Dynamic
ro ute" route type 1
.
Pr oceed as described in th e"S elec ting
th ero utet ype" section (
=page 141). 6
Toswitch off:select the"Fastest
ro ute" or"Short ro ute".
Pr oceed as described inthe"Selecti ng
the ro ute type" sectio n (
=pa ge 141).
i COMA ND calculates a new route if you
change the rou tetype setting with rou teguid-
anc eact ive.
If yo uch ange the route type set ting when rou te
guidan ceis inac tive ,COMA ND uses the new set-
ti ng for then extroute guidanc e.
Th eRD S-TM Csta tusindi catorislo ca ted
in the lower right- hand corner of the
COMA NDdisplay.
1 RDS -TMC statusind icator
He re you can se ethe disp lays wh ich ar e
pos sible. 1
AnRDS-T MC radio station can be re-
ce ived
2 Dynam icroute guidanc eis sw itche don
3 Thereis an RDS-TM Ctra ffic report
rega rding slow-moving traff icon the
ro ute (th e letters TMCarei ny ello w)
4 Thereis an RDS- TMCtra ffic report re-
garding atra ffic jamo n the route (the
letter sTMC are in red)
5 Thereare warnings concerning the
rou te(e.g. motorist dri ving against the
tr af fico nthe mo torw ay,an im als on the
ca rria ge wa y) CO
MAND na viga tio nsyst em*
(dyn amicroute guidance with RDS-
TMC) Sw
itch ingdy na mi c rout egui dance
on /o ff 1R
DS-TMC and dyna mic route guidanc earenot
available in al lcou ntrie s. RD
S-TM Cst at us indica tor
P6 8.20-5083 -31 P6
8.20-5188 -31 216_R
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250 Con
trols
Li gh ts Ac
tive light function
Fo r th eActive light function, the dipp ed-
be am headlamps swivel ho rizo ntally. The
an gle is ad justed inacco rda ncewi th the
curr ent driving situ ation.
i Thea ctive light functi on isnotac tive wh en
th eve hicle is stationary. Cor
nering light function
Sp ecia lhe adlamp s fulfil th eco rnering light
fu nction. Intight corner s, they lightup the
ar ea ofthero ad into which yo uare tur ning.
6 Make sure the engine isrunning.
6 Make sure that thed ipped -bea m head-
lamps aresw itch ed on wh enit is dark
( = page 247).
i If you are driving slower than40 km /h,the
co rnering li ghtfun ction is swit ched on byboth
th etu rn signa l andthe tu rningof the steer ing
wheel. Whendriving at speeds of bet ween
40 km /h and 70 km /h,the co rnering ligh tfu nc-
ti on is on lyswit ched on by turning the steering
wheel. Above 70km/h,the corneri ngligh tfu nc-
ti on is swit ched off.
6 Toswi tchon: switch on the tur nsignal
with th ecom bina tion switch
( = page 257). The
cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
turn signal go eson.
or
6 Turn the steering wh eelin thedes ired
direc tion.
The cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
ca rc losest to the corner goes on.
i If you sw itch on thetu rn signa lfo ro ne side ,
bu t tu rnthes teer ingwh eel inthe othe rdir ection ,
th eco rnering ligh tw ill go on on the side of the
tu rn sign al.
i Ifyo utu rn thes teer ing wheel in one dire c-
ti on and then imm ediately turn it in the ot her,the
co rner ing ligh tson bo thsides of theve hicle will
be switche d on tempo rarily at the sa metime.
i Thec ornering ligh ton the outside of the
bend goes on ifyou engage rev ersegear. The
tu rn signal has no eff ecton the cornering ligh t.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch of fthe tur nsig-
na lwi th the comb inat ion sw itch.
The cornerin glig ht goes out.
or
6 Turn the steering whe elba ck to the
st ra ight-ahea d position.
i Theco rnering li ghtfu nc tion remai nson unt il
you swit choff the tu rnsignal ,eve nif th e steering
wheel is in the straigh t-ah ead position. The
cornering ligh tfu nc tion may remain on for a
short time. Thecornering ligh tfunc tion remains
on for a max imum ofthre eminute s. Itisthen
swit ched off even if thetu rn si gnal is still
swi tchedon or you have turned thes teer ing
wh eel tofull loc k. Motorw
aymode
Motorw aymo de im prove sthe illumi nation
of th ero ad by:
! controlling the brigh tness
! adjust ing thehe adlamp ran ge
! switchin gon a mo torw ay spotlight 1
i The mot orway spot ligh tis sw itch ed on if you
are driving fas terth an 110k m/hand do not
ma keany large steerin gmo vement sfor approxi-
ma tely 1,000 m.Your vehicle the nha stw o addi-
ti on al ligh tsourc eson the inside of the
he adlamp. 1O
nve hicle swith Night ViewAssist, th emo torway
spotl ight is replace dby th einfrare dlight source. 216_R
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