2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ignition

10 Index
Instru
mentligh ting . ..... . . . . . . .271
In te llige nt Ligh tSy stem ... . . . . . .249
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .435
Int eriorligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .251
Ambi ent lighting . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ambi ent lighting (C OMAND) . . . . . .206
Control unit . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ins trum ents . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .271
Interior ligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .206
Re adingl am p. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
In te rior motion sensor .... . . . . . . . .55
In te rm ittent wipe . . . . .... . . . . . . .253
ISOFIX child seat securing
syst em.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .43 J
Jack .... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .401
Jum p-st ar ting . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .497 K
Key Battery checklamp ... . . . . . . . . . .223
Chang ing the batter y.. . . . . . . . . . .474
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Fa ctory setting . ..... . . . . . . . . . .222
Lo cking /unloc king centra lly. . . . . .222
Los ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .464
Modify ing theprogra mming . . . . . .223
Po sitions in th eignition lock . . . . . .229
Star ting the eng ine. .. . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Key po sitio ns . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .229
KEYLESS GO . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Button . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Checking th ebatte ry .. . . . . . . . . . .226
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .429
Faul t. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .466
Ke y. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ke y pos itio ns. . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Loc king . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .225
Mo difying th eprogra mming . . . . . .226
Starting the engine ... . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Unloc king . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ki ck do wn . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 267, 270 L
Lane reco mm endation . . . . . . . . . ..169
Language . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..199
Li ce nc e plate li ghting
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..433
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477
Ligh tsw itch ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Ligh ting . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Exter ior lighting
See also Interior lighting
Ligh ts
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Ext erior lighting. . . . . . . ..247
See also Interior lighting . . . . . . . ..247
Linguatronic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..198
Lo cator ligh ting
Setting (COMAND ). . . . . . . . . . . ..207
Lo cking
Auto matic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Setting autom atic (COMA ND).. . .. 208
Lo cking button
Inside (centra lloc king ). . . . . . . . ..227
LOG IC7 . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...69
Lumbar supp ort .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..232
COMAN D...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..216 216_R
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28 Safety
Oc
cupant safety i
Inmany cou ntries there are law sconcerning
the use of seat belts and child res train tsys tems.
Th eSR S(S upplemental R estrain
t S yste
m)
co nsists of:
! Warning lamp =
! Belttens ioners
! Beltfor ce limi ters
! Airb ag syst emwith:
! Airbag contro lun it
! Airbags Warn
ing la mp =
Th eS RS perform sa self -test atregul arin-
ter vals when the ignition isswi tche don
an dt he engine isrunning. Mal funct ions
ca nthere fore be de tected ingood tim e.
The = warning lam pinth einst ru ment
clus ter (
= page 12) lig hts up when you
sw itch on the ignition and go esout a few
se co nds after the eng ine is sta rted. Pe
rsons unde r1.50 mtall orunde rtwelve
years of ageca nnot wear the seat belts
prope rly. Th ey therefo rereq uire ad ditional
su itabl erestr aint syst emsfitt ed on appro-
pr iate seatsfo rprotect ionin an accident. Al-
wa ys follow the ma nufact ur er’s installation
in st ru ctions when fitting a childs eat. G
Risk of inj ury A
seat belt onl yof fer s its intend eddegree
of protect ion if the backr estis po sitione das
cl ose to the vertic al aspossi ble and the
occ upantiss itting upr ight .Av oid sea tpos i-
ti ons that do not allow theseat beltto be
ro uted correctl y.Po sition theb ackres t as
close tothe vertical as possible .Don otdrive
with the backrest recline dto ofa rba ck.O th-
er wi se, yo ucouldbe seriously or even fatall y
in jur ed intheev ent ofan accident orsudden
br ak ing. G
Risk of inju ry Th
es eatbe ltca nn otfunc tion correc tly if the
bel torbuckle isdirty or damaged. Keep the
be lt an d bu ckle clean, othe rwise the belt
to ng ue ca nnot engage correctly.
Re gularly ch eckth ese at belts to make sure
th at they:
! are no tdamag ed
! aren otrouted over sharp edges
! arenot trap ped
Otherwise, the bel tco uld tear inthe ev entof
an accident. You or ot herscould be serious-
ly or fatall yin ju re d.
Ha ve se atbelts wh ichh aveb eend amag ed
or subject edtoheav ylo ad sin an accident
re place dan dhave theiranch orag es
ch ec ked.
Me rced es-Ben z recom mendsth at, for saf ety
re as ons ,you only use seat belts which have
bee nspeci allyapproved foryour vehicle by
Me rced es-Ben z. SRS
(Sup ple me ntal Restrai nt
Sy stem) 216_R
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31
Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
Wh en the igni tion issw itche don, the belt
tensi oners ar eactivated:
! onlyw henth erestr aint syste msare op-
er ationa l (the = warninglamp li ghts
up after the ignition isswitc hedo nan d
go es out onc eth een gine isrunning)
( = page 28)
! foreach seat beltwh en thebe ltto ng ue
is engage din the bu ckle
! and triggered in the event ofahea d-on
or rear-end collisio nif the vehicl e de-
ce ler ates oraccelerates rapidly in a
lo ng itudi naldi rectio ndurin gthe initial
st ag es ofthe collision
! and triggered incerta in situations if the
ve hicl eovertur ns, if additiona lprot ec-
tion can be provi ded
! and triggered in a serious head-o nco l-
lisi on, i.e. if the vehicle de celerates or
ac celerates extre mely qui cklyin alon-
gi tudinal direction atthe st art of anim-
pa ct
Wh en the belt tensi onersa re tr igger ed,
yo uwi ll hear a bang,w hich isnot harm ful
to you rhearing ,an dasm all amount of
po wder may al sobe released. The =
war ning lamp com eson. I Airbag sy
stem G
Risk ofinju ry Ha
ve belt tens ioner swhic h hav ebeen trig-
ge redre plac ed ataq ualifi ed speci alist
workshop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge and tools tocarry ou tthe
work required. Mercede s-Be nz rec ommends
that youuse a Mercede s-Be nz Servic eCen-
tr e fo r this purpose.
In par ticu lar, work relevant tosafety or on
saf ety-rela tedsyste ms mu stbe carried out
at a qualifie dsp ecialis tworks ho p.
Com ply with saf ety regu lations when dis-
posing of belt tens ioners.
An yMe rced es-Benz Servic eCe ntre canpr o-
vi de de tailsofthes eregulati ons. G
Risk of inj ury To
reduce the risk of serious or fatal injuries
in the event ofan ac cide nt with a high rate
of deceleration, e.g. injuries cau sedby an
ai rb ag inflat ing within millisec ondsor su d-
den br aking, please observe th e fol lowi ng
poi nts:
! Allveh icle occ upantsmu st se lect a seat
po sition that allow sth eseat belt to be
worn correctl yan dthat is as far away
fr om the airb agaspossi ble. The driver ’s
seat position must allow the ve hicleto
be dr iven safel y.Th edr iver’s arms must
be sligh tly be nt wh en holding th estee r-
in g wheel. The driver mustma intain a
di st an ce from the peda ls that allo ws
hi m/ her to depress them fu lly.
! Allve hicl eoc cupants should alw ays
wear theirsea tbe ltcor rectly an d posi-
tion their backrest as close to theve rti-
cal aspossible .Th ehead restrain t
shou ldsuppo rt th eba ck of yo urhead at
abou tey e level. ==216_R
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68 COM
AND
COMAND introduc tion
Sw itching off the radio data syste mand
navigati onanno unceme nts compl etely
6 Radio data syst em: press andho ld
th eo button until"TA" disapp ears
from thedisplay.
6 Navig ation annou ncem ents: press
and holdthe o button duringanan-
no unceme ntun tilthe announc ementis
swi tche doff.
i Theannouncement sre ma insw itche d
off even if you st arta new route guidanc eorif
COMA ND is swi tchedoffand on with th e
o
bu tton .
If yo u sw itch COMA NDoffbyremov ingth ekey
from the ignition loc kand then swit ch theigni-
ti on back on af termo rethan 3mi nute s,thean-
nouncement sare au tomaticall y switched ba ck
on. Ad
justi ng the volume
1 Thumb wheel
6 To adj ust:turn thumbw heel1.
The vol umeof the au dio so urce cu r-
re ntly select edchan ges.
Vo lume oftraf fic and na vigati on
an no un ceme nts
Yo u can adjust the vol umeof traff icand
navigation announc ements inde pe ndently
of the vol umeof the audio source.
6 Turn thumbwheel 1during a traffic or
nav igation anno uncement. Adjusti
ngthevo lum efor telephone calls
Yo uca nad just thevol um efo r hands-free
mo deduri ngatele phoneca ll.
6 Turn thumbw heel1 during atel e-
ph one call.
or
6 Press theæ orç button on the
mu lti-fu nction stee ring whe elduring a
tel ephone call. Ma
king sou ndsettings
Yo uca nma kevariou sso un d sett ings for
th edi fferent audioand vide oso urce s.Yo u
ca n re ach th ere spec tive soun d menu via
the submen uin wh ichy ou wi sh to make
the settings.
Ex am ple:
"Audio" "Aud io""Rad io""So und"
P6
8.20-3556-31 216_R
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229
Con
trols
Key po sitions
Ig nition lock
0 Toremove thekey
1 Power supply forso me consu mers,e. g.
th esea tadjustment func tion
2 Ignition (pow ersupply for all consu m-
ers) and dr ive po sition
3 Tosta rt th een gine (
=page 256)
i The indicat orand warning lamp sinth e in-
st ru me ntclus ter lig htup when you swi tchonthe
ignition. They go out when the engine isrunning.
This shows that the indicator and warning lamps
fo rea ch sys tem are operational. Pre
ssin g the KEYLESS GO button without
depressing th ebrake pedal corre spon ds to
the differen t key po sitions in the ignition
lock.
Th eengi nestarts im mediat ely if yo ude-
press the brake ped alwh ile pressing the
KEYLESS GO button.
1 KEYL ESSGO button Positi
on 0
Th eon- boardelec troni cshave the
st at us 0,thesa me asthe ke yhavi ng
been re movedfrom th eignition lock,
unti lKEYLESS GObutton 1 ispres sed. Positi
on 1
6 PressKEYLESS GObutton 1once.
The seatsca n now beadjusted ,fo r ex-
amp le.
i Ifyo unow pre ssKEY LESS GO button 1
tw ice in thi sposition an dthe driver’s door is
op en, the power supply is swit ched off again. Positi
on2(igni tion)
6 PressKEYLESS GObutton 1twice.
i Ifyo unow pre ssKEY LESS GO button 1
once inthis position and thed river’s door is
open, the power supply is swit ched off again. Ke
ypo sitio ns Key
with remo tecontr ol
P54.25-5003-31 KEYLESS GO*
P80.61-2195-31 216_R
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232 Con
trols
Sea ts
6 Make sure the key isin pos ition 1or 2
in the ignition lock orthat the respec-
ti ve door isope n.
Head restraint height
6 Hig heror lower: slideswitch 1upor
down.
i Theh ead restraint heigh tisa utoma tica lly
adj usted relativ etoth e seat fore-and-af tadj ust-
ment.
i Thehead restrain tof the fron t-passe nger
seat au tomatically mo ves to its lowermost posi-
ti on while theve hicle is in motion if the seat is
unoc cupied. You will then have a bet ter all round
view.
Seat hei ght
6 Slide sw itch 2 upor down inthedi re c-
tion of the arrow.
Seat cus hion angle
6 Up or do wn:slide sw itch 3 upor
down inthed irec tion of th earrow until
yo ur thig hsare lightl ysupported.
Se at cu shion length
6 Forwards orbackwards: slide sw itch
4 left or right inthe di rection of the ar-
row. Se
at fore-an d-aft adjust ment
6 Forwards orbackwards: slide
switch 5to the le ftor right.
i Thehe ad re strain t he ight is au tomati cally
adj usted relativ eto the seat fore-and-aft adj ust-
me nt.
Ba ckrest angle
6 Slide switch 6left or right inthedi re c-
tion of th ear row.
He ad re straint angle 6
Graspth etop of th ehe ad restraint and
pull itforward sor push it backwards. Lumbar
supp ort
Yo uca nad just thelumbar supp ortus ing
COMA ND (
=page 216). Mu
lti-co ntour se at*
Yo uca nset thec haracter istics ofthemul-
ti-contour se atfor th edrive ran dfront pas-
se ng er usingCO MAN D (
=pa ge 216).
P91.16-2446-31 G
Risk of inju ry Ma
kesure th attheba ck of you rhead issu p-
po rte dat about eye level bythe centre of
th ehe ad restrai nt.This will re duce therisk
of injur yto yo urhead and ne ckinthe ev ent
of an acciden tor si milar sit uations.
Never travel with outac orrectly adj usted
an d engaged headrestraint. 216_R
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234 Con
trols
Sea ts
seat heating is not swit ched off af ter 20 minu tes
if th es eatve ntilation is swit ched on simu ltan e-
ous ly.
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Toswitcho n:press button 1repeat-
ed ly until the desired heati ng leve lis
se t.
6 Toswitch off:pr ess button 1repe at-
ed lyun tilall the indicator la mps go out.
i Ifthe battery voltag eis too low ,the seat
he atingma y swi tchoff.
Adj usting the front-pa ssenger seat fr
om the driver ’s seat* Yo
u ca nad just thefront -passe nger seat
with th ese at sw itches onthedr iver ’s side.
1 To ad just the front-passenger se at
6 To switc hon or of f:press button 1.
Th efo llowing func tion sfo rt he fron t-pa s-
se ng er seat ar eav ailable if the in dica tor
la mp in butt on1 ison:
! seat adjus tment
! seat he ating/ venti lation
! memor yfu nc tion Easy
-entr y/exit feat ure
Th e eas y-en try/ exit feature allo wsyou to
get into andout of the ve hicle more ea sily.
Th e st eering wheel swings upwa rdsand
the dri ver’s seat* movesba ck when you
sw itch off the ignition and op enthe driver ’s
door or remo vethe ke yfrom the ignition
lo ck.
i The st eerin gwheel onl ymo ves upwards ifit
is not already at its uppermos tposition. The driv-
er’s seat only moves ba ckwards if it is not al-
ready in its rearmost position.
Th e st eering wheel andt he driver ’s seat*
ar emo ved to the position previous lyset
wh en yo uinsert the key into th eign ition
lock if th edriver’s door is closed, depend-
ing onyour settin gs.
i If youpull away ,th e adj ustm ent procedure
is in terrupted. G
Risk of inj ury When adj
usting the fron t-pa ssen ger
seat while it is occu pied, makesure the
fr on t-pass enger se atis posit ione da sfa r
away as possi blefrom thefron t-pa sseng er
ai rb ag. The front pa ssengercould otherwise
be seriously or fatal lyinju re d in the eventof
an ac cident or sudde nbr ak ing.
Make sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
as you adjust th ese at. The
front-passeng erseat canbe adjusted
with thekeyr em oved from the igni tion lock
an dado or op en.For this reas on, chil dren
should neverbe left un supe rvise din theve-
hi cle. They co uld be trap ped by asea tad-
justment movemen t.
P54.25-5123-31 216_R
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238 Con
trols
Steering wheel
i When adj usting the stee ring wheel,ma ke
sure thatyo uca n:
! reac hthe stee ring wheel wit hyour arms
sli gh tly bent
! mov eyo ur legs freely
! see all the displa ysinthe instrumen t clust er
cl ea rly 1
Steering column fore -and-a ftad just-
ment
2 Steerin gco lumn height
6 Makesure that theke yis in po sition 1
or 2in the ignition lock or the driver ’s
door isope n.
6 Push thelev erin the direct ion of ar-
rows 1and 2until th esteering
wheel hasrea che d th edesir edpos i-
tion.
Yo u will find fu rtherinfor ma tion inthe
"Control s"secti on:
! Easy-ent ry /e xitfe at ur efo r the dri ver
( = page 234)
! Storing settings ( =page 242) Th
esteering wheel heati ng heats the leath-
er area sof the steerin gwh eel.
1 Toswitcho nthe steeri ng wheel heating
2 Toswitchof fthe steerin gwh eel heat-
ing
3 Indica torla mp
6 Tosw itch on oroff:ma ke sure the key
is in po sition2in thei gn itio nl ock.
6 Turn the lever inthed irec tion of arrow
1 or2 .
i The steeri ngwheel heating swit ches off au-
to matically aft erapproximately 24 minut es.Steering
wheel G
Risk of acc ident The
steerin gwheelcanb ead just edwhen
ther eisn oke y in the ignition loc kand the
dr iver ’s do or isop en. Donot, therefor e,
leav ech ildren unsupervised in the vehicleas
th ey could be trapped asthe st eering wheel
is adjusted .Only adjust the ste eringwheel
when the vehi clei ss tati ona ry. Adj
usting the steering wheel
P46.15-2233-31 Ste
eringwheel heati ng*
P46.11-2041-31 216_R
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