2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE headlamp

6 Index
COMAN
Dco ntr oller . ..... . . . . . . . .60
Op erati on. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .61
COMAN Ddis play . . . ..... . . . . . . . .59
COMAN Dme nu
Auto matic airco nditi oning . . . . . . .210
Ca r. .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .203
Navig ation syst em. . . ..... . . . . . .129
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .63
Syste msettings . . . . ..... . . . . . .196
Telephone . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .106
Te xt messages (SMS ).... . . . . . . .122
TV ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .96
Vi de o. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .88
Combinat ion sw itch . ..... . . . . . . .249
Con sump tion . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .521
Con sump tion stat istics .... . . . . . .277
Conveni enceopeni ng/closing . . . .352
Air -recir culation mode.... . . . . . . .340
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .. 37 9,523
Checking th eleve l.. . .... . . . . . . .379
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .430
Te mp erature gaug e. ..... . . . . . . .272
Coo lbox . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .362
Cor nering light function ... . . . . . .250
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .477
Re plac ing . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .480
Cruise contr ol. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .290
Displ ay(instrum entcl uster) . . . . . .292 Dis
playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .413
Cup holder . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . .358 D
Dashboard . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Date Setting (COM AND) ... . . . . . . . . . .197
Dayt imedr ivin gl ights . . . . . . . . . . .247
Setting (on-bo ard comp uter ). . . . . .286
De laye dswit ch-off
Ex terior lighting (CO MAND). . . . . . .205
Interior lighting (CO MAND) . . . . . . .206
Demisti ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .338
Des tina tion entry ..... . . . . . . . . . .143
Des tina tion memory .. . . . . . . . . . .181
Di gital TV . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .101
Dimensions . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . .517
Dipped -beamheadlamps
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .432
Dri ving abroa d...... . . . . . . . . . . .392
Ov ervie w. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .477
Sw itch ing on/of f.... . . . . . . . . . . .247
Sy mm etrica l. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .392
Dire ction of rotation (t yres) . . . . . .382
Display me ssage .... . . . . . . . . . . .404
Di stance re corder
Re set (on-board comp uter) . . . . . . .278
Dist ance warn ing system. . . . . . . . .51Distronic
. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..293
Cle aning th esensors . . . . . . . . . . ..396
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..405
Di stanc ewarn ings ystem . . . . . . ...51
Drivi ngtips.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..298
Menu (on-bo ardco mputer) .. . . . ..297
Warnin glam p. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..446
Distronic Plus ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..300
Cle aning th esensors . . . . . . . . . . ..396
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..407
Drivi ngtips.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..307
PR E-SAF EBrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...51
Warnin glam p. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..446
Door Auto matic loc king . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Di sp lay message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..421
Lo cking/unl ocking . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Po wer closing ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . ...21
Drinks hol der– see Cup holder
Drive program .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..268
Driving abroad ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..392
Driving onfloo ded roads . . . . . . . ..391
Dr ivin g safe tysyst em. . . . . . . . . ...46
ABS . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...46
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . ...50
Adaptive brake lamp s. . . . . . . . . ...48
BAS . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...47 216_R
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Index
Fu elfiller flap
Op ening/ closi ng. . . .... . . . . . . . .373
Fu nction buttons (COMAND) . . . . ..62
Fuse box
Dashbo ard . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .504
En gine compar tment. ... . . . . . . .503
Rear compar tment . ..... . . . . . . .503
Fuses .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .502 G
Gara gedoor opener ..... . . . . . . . .367
Fr equenc ies . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .525
Gl ove comp artm ent ..... . . . . . . . .355
GPS Rece ption . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .133
GSM ... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .106 H
Handb rake –se e Parkin gbrake
(e lectric)
Hands -fre emode . . ..... . . . . . . . .364
Haz ard warning lamps... . . . . . . . .251
He ad restraint
Adjusti ngthe angle. .... . . . . . . . .232
Rear compar tment . ..... . . . . . . .236
He adlamp flasher. . . ..... . . . . . . .249 Headlamps
Cleanin g. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .396
Cleaning syst em... . . . . . . . .24 9,379
Misti ngup . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .459
To ppi ngup the wash erflui d. . . . . .379
Heater Air -recir culation mo de . . . . . . . . . .339
Au xiliary heating ... . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Demisti ng. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Ov erview . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .336
Re ar window . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .339
Seat heating . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .233
St eering wheel heating. . . . . . . . . .238
Wi ndows misted up .. . . . . . . . . . . .338
He ater boost ersyst em. . . . . . . . . .345
Hig h-pr es sure cl eane rs. . . . . . . . . .395
Hill star tassist ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .267
HOLD . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .311
Disp laymess age. ... . . . . . . . . . . .419
Ho me Link . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .367 I
Ign ition . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .229
Imm obiliser . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Inc ande scent bulb s–see Bulbs In
dica torand warn inglamp
ABS warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . ...445
Ba ttery check la mp(on the key) ...464
Br ake syst emwarn ing lamp . . . ...447
Di stance warning syst em lamp .. . .446
El ectri cparking brake indicator
la mp . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...446
El ec tric park ing br akewa rning
la mp . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...446
En gine diagnos tics warning
la mp . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...448
ESP warning la mp. . . . . . . . . . .49, 443
Main-be amindicat or lamp . . . . .13, 15
PAS SAIR BAG OFF wa rning
la mp . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 441
Se atbelt..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...449
Se atbeltwarn ing la mp . . . . . . . ...449
SR Swar ning lamp . . . . . . . . . . .28, 447
Turn signal indi cator lamp . . . . . .13, 15
Tyre pressure warni nglamp . . . ...449
In dica tor lamp – see Indicat orand
wa rninglamp
Instru mentclus ter. . . . . . . . . . .12, 271
Ov erview . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ....12
Selecting the lang uage
(COMA ND). ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...199 216_R
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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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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 Au
tomatic air condi tioning
Ce ntre consol e,up per
se ction 336
18 3 Ov
erh eadco ntrol panel 252
4 COMA
NDdisp lay 59
5 Con
trol panel with
bu ttons androtary
co ntro ls for Vehicle
level 313
ESP
® 49
Park
tronic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Swivels the CO
MAND
disp lay 59
Se
tting thei nstrumen t
lighting and COMAND
di spl ay 271 Fun
ction Page
6 Co
mb inat ion sw itch
! Main-beam headlamps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwipers 249
257
253
7 Cru
isecontro l le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Spe edtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavailabl ein all countries 290
309
293
300
8 Multi
-fun ction st eering
whe el 273
9 In
st rum entcl uster 271
a Selecto
rlev er 261 Fun
ction Page
b Light switch 247
c Door con
trol panel 21
d Night View
Assis t* 329
e El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g To
adjust the stee ring wh eel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
h Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
j CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
k Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19216_R
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Con
trols
Li gh ts
Fo r reasons of safety, Mercedes -Ben zrec-
om mends that you drive with th elights
sw itchedo neven duringthe daytime.
In some coun tries ,de viati ons inthe opera-
ti on are possible du eto legal requi rements
an d self -imp osed obligati ons.In these
co unt ries , the dipped-beam headlamps
ar es witched on whe nthe engi neisstar t-
ed.
In co un tries in which da ytime drivin g lights
are no ta lega lre quir ement,you can
cha ngethis setting using th eon-boa rd
compute r (
= pa ge 286).
i If you drive in countries in whic htraffic
drives on the opposite side of the road tothe
co untry where theve hicleisr egiste red ,oncom-
ing traffic maybe dazzled bythe asy mmetrical
dipped- beam headlamps. Hav eth ehe adlamps
changed tosymm etrical dipped beam when driv-
ing in these countries. You can ob tain infor ma-
ti on about this from any Mercedes -Benz Service
Cent re. M
Lightsoff/ daylight driving lights
* Automatic he adlamp mo de /
dayt ime dr ivin gm ode
C Sidelamps, li cenc eplat ean din-
st rume ntlighting on
B Dipped-be am headlamp s or main-
beam headlamp son
ˆ Right- hand parki nglamp on
‚ Left-h an d park ing lamp on
C Side lamp indi ca torlamp
† Rearfoglamp indi ca tor la mp
‡ Front fog lamps in dica tor lamp i
Awa rning so un ds ifyou remo vethe key
from the ignit ionloc kand open the driv er’s door
wh ilethe side lamps or dipped- beam headlamps
are swit ched on. The "Swit choff ligh ts"m essa ge
appears in the mul ti-func tion display. Dip
ped-bea mheadlam ps
6 Toswitcho n:turn the light sw itch to
B .
The C greenside lamp indic ator
la mp next to the light swi tchlights up. Dayt
imedr iving lights
Make sure that daylig htdrivin g lig htsar e
se t on th eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 286)1
.
6 Turn the light switch to Mor* .
The dipped -beam head lamps, side
la mp sand lice nce pl ate lighting are
sw itchedon wh en the engin eisru n-
ning.
i Ifyo ut urnt he ligh t sw itch to anotherpo si-
ti on apar tfrom M or* ,th e appropriate
ligh tswit ches on. Li
gh ts Light
switch P5
4.25- 5009-31 1T
hisdoe snotapply in coun trie sin wh ich th ereis
a legal require mentto us edayli ghtdr ivi ng lights. 216_R
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trols
Li gh ts Autom
atic hea dlam pmo de
The side lamps, dipp ed-bea m headlamps
an dlic en ce plate li ghtingaresw itched
on or off automa tica lly, depe nding on the
brightnes sof the ambient light. 6
Toswitcho n:turn the light sw itch to
* .
The side lamps aresw itched on or of f
au tom atica llywh en the key is inpo si-
tion 1in theignition lock.
Th edip ped-be am headlamp s, si de
la mp sand lice nce plate lighting are
swit chedon or off automatic ally wh en
the engine isrunning.
i Ifthe side lamps or dipped-b eamhe adlamps
ar e swit ched on automat ically, thegree nside
lamp indicat orlamp C nexttoth eligh tswitch
also ligh tsup. Fr
ont foglamps and rear foglamp
i Whenthe lig htswit chis at * ,you cannot
swit chon the fron tor rear foglamps. Inthis ca se,
tu rn the lightswit ch to B. 6
Toswitchon: turn th elight swit chto
B .
The C gree nside la mpindi ca tor
la mp next to the light sw itch lights up.
Front fog lamps
6 Pullthe light sw itch out to the first
sto p.
The ‡ green front fogla mp indicator
la mp next to the light sw itch lights up. G
Risk of acc ident If
the ligh tsw itch is at position *:
! the headlamp scould automati cally
switch offte mporarily as a conse quence
of stro ng glar e(e.g. from oncomi ngtraf-
fi c)
! the li ghtsdo not switch onautoma tical ly
in foggy conditions
Tu rn the light switch toB ingo od time ,
ot herw ise yo uc ould endanger yoursel fan d
others.
When it isda rk,onl yturnth el ight sw itch
fr om * toB when theve hicle is sta-
ti onary .You could oth erwi se cau sean acci-
dent if theheadl ampswere to switch off
temp orarily.
The automat ichead lamp fe atur eis only an
ai d. The dri verisr espo nsi ble for the vehicle
li gh ting at all time s. G
Risk of accident Wh
enit is dark, only turn the light switch
from * toB when the vehi cle is sta-
ti on ary. Youcou ldotherwise ca usean ac ci-
de nt if thehead lampswere to switch off
temp orarily.
Turn the light switch toB beforest ar ting
a jou rney in foggy conditions. Othe rwis e,
yo ur veh icle ma yno tb es eenan d yo ucould
therefo reendan geryo urse lfan dot he rs. 216_R
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Con
trols
Li gh ts
Swi tching on ther ear fo glamp
6 Pull the light switch out to the second
de tent.
The † yellow re arfoglam pind icat or
la mp next to the light switch lig htsup.
1 Clea ning the he adlamps
6 Makesure theke yisin po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Push rocke rswi tch1 briefly up or
do wn.
Th e headla mps are clea nedwi th a high-
pr essure water jet.
i Theheadlamps are clea ned automatically if
at thesa me time: !
the en gine is ru nning
! thel ights are switchedon
! youha ve wiped with wa sher fluid fifteen
times
If you swit choff the ignition or press bu tton 1,
th ea utom atic headlamp clea ning mode is re set
and counting is resum edfrom 0.
1 Main -bea m headlamps
2 Headla mpflasher Main-beam
headlamps
6 Turn the light switch to Bor*
( = page 247). 6
Push thecombin ation sw itch inthedi-
re ction of arrow 1.
The main- beam headlam pscome on.
The A main-b ea m indi cator lamp in
the instru ment clu ster lights up. Headlamp flas
her
6 Pullthe comb inat ion sw itchbrie fly in
the dire ction of arrow 2.
Th eIntellige ntLight System adap ts the il-
lu mi nation of the front hea dlam psto the
resp ectiv ed riving situation so that the
ro ad is illum inat ed better.
i TheI ntelligent LightSy stem is only active
when it is dark.
Th eIntellige ntLight System consists of:
! Active light function
! Corne ring light function
! Mot orwa ymo de
! Extende drange foglamps He
adlam pclea nin gsyst em
P5 4.25 -5010-31 Combination
switch
P5 4.25 -5011-31 In
te llige nt Ligh tSy stem 216_R
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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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