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Index A
ABC ... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .313
Di spl ayme ssag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .414
Oi lleve l.. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .378
Su spens ion tuning . ..... . . . . . . .314
Vehi cle level . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .313
ABS ... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .46
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .415
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .445
Wa rning la mp. . . . . ..... . . . . . . .445
Acceler ation. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Acce lerator pe dalposi tion . . . . . . .267
Ac tive Bo dyContro l– se e ABC . . ..313
Ac tive ligh tfu ncti on.... . . . . . . . .250
Di spl ayme ssag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .432
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . ..... . . . . . . . . .50
Ad aptive brake lamps .... . . . . . . . .48
Ad dress bo ok
Calling up. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .186
Ch anging anentry . ..... . . . . . . . .190
Cre ating anentry . . ..... . . . . . . .186
De leting anentry . . ..... . . . . . . .189
Deta ilsabou tan entry ... . . . . . . .189 Deta
ilsf rom an entry inthe phone
book on themobileph one . . . . . . .190
Im po rting data .... . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Making aca ll. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . .186
Sear ching for anentry . . . . . . . . . .187
St art ing rou teguida nce. . . . . . . . .192
Vo ice entry . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Wr iting a te xtme ssag e.. . . . . . . . .192
Ad vanc edDistronic
Menu (on-board comp uter) . . . . . . .305
Air filter
Disp laymess age. ... . . . . . . . . . . .419
Ai rpr es su res – seeTy re pr essu res
Air pu mp, electric ... . . . . . . . . . . .401
Airba gs. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Activating . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Control unit . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Fr ont . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Fr ont-p asse ng er ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
PAS SAIR BAG OFF wa rning
la mp . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .42, 441
Si debags . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Wi ndowb ags. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Air-re
circ ulation mode. . . . . . . . ...339
Ala rm
Swi tching off ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....54
Ambient lighti ng. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...252
Setting (COM AND) . . . . . . . . . . ...206
An ti-lo ck brak ing syst em–se eABS
An ti-theft alarm syst em. . . . . . ....54
Wa rning signal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...451
An ti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . ....54
Asht ray. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...361
ASSYST PLUS ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...393
Query (on-board comp uter). . . . ...286
Aud io(COMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . ....77
AUX mode.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....87
CD mode . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
DVD mod e.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
MP3 mode.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....84
Autom atic airco nditioning . . . ....336
COMA ND..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...210
Ov erview . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...332
Swi tching on/of f.. . . . . . . . . . . ...337
Autom atic car wash . . . . . . . . . . ...394
Autom atic hea dlam pmo de. . . . ...248 216_R
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Con
trols
Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
( = page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 ( = page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
dent. 216_R
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