2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE warning lights

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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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Driving safety sys
tems
The distance warning syst em lamp in the
instr umen tcl uste rlights up ifthe dist an ce
to th e vehi cle in front is too small. If yo u
ap proa chaveh icle infront at high spee d,
yo u will alsohear an inte rmit tent si gnal. If yo
udo not brak eor steer yo urself ,the
ve hicl e is auto matically braked ge ntly.
If th ereis an increase drisk ofcollisio n,
PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated ( =page 36).
Yo umu st ap plyt he bra kesyo urself in or-
der to mainta in the correct dista nce to the
ve hicle infront andto avoid aco llisio n.
Th ePR E-SA FE®
Br ake als ore ac ts to sta-
tionary ob stacl es atspee ds of upto
appro xima tely70 km /h, e.g .stopped or
parked veh icles. 6
To switc hon or of f:swit ch the PRE-
SA FE®
Br ak eon or off using the on-
board comp uter (
=page 284).
The : symbol appea rson the left of
the driver 'sdis play afte rswitching on
the dista ncewa rning system.
In comp lexroad and tra ffic co nditions the
PRE-SAFE ®
Br ak eca nno tal wa yscorrectly
id en tify dange rous situations. Ifvisu al
an d/ oraudible warnings are given or ifth e
ve hicl ebr ak es slightly when the drivin gsit-
uati onisnot critic al ,it is po ssib le to st op
the PR E-SA FE®
Br ak e interven ing at any
point during th is if yo u:
! depress theac ce lerator pedal furthe r
beyond the pressure point or activate
kickdown.
! relea sethe brake pe dal G
Risk of acc ident A
warning is onlygive n an d braking assist-
ance is on lyprovide dby the PR E-SA FE®
Bra keif objects can be de tected clea rly. De-
te ction can beimpaire din pa rticu lari f:
! thes ensors aredir tyor cov ered
! itis snow ingorrain ing heav ily
! thereis inte rferen cefrom anothe rrad ar
sou rce
! ther eis stron gra da r refl ection, e. g.in
multi- storeycarpa rks
The PR E-SA FE®
Br ak edo es not reac t to:
! people an danimals
! oncom ing veh icles and cross traf fic
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak ema yno td etec t narrow ve-
hi cles ,e .g. moto rcyc lesand veh iclestravel-
ling onapa rallel but offset cou rse. G
Risk of accident PRE
-SAFE ®
Br ak eDistronic brak es your ve-
hi cle, depe nding on itss peed,at ama ximum
of 4m /s².Th is cor respon dsto ap proxi-
mately 40%of you rvehi cle’ sm axim um brak-
ing power. You mu stthen al sobrake to
avoi da col lisi on. G
Risk of accident If
no visual or audible warnings aregiven in
a critica ldr ivin gsit ua tion ,this means the
PRE -SAFE ®
Bra kehas no t detected the risk
of collisi on,is de activa tedor has faile d.
Yo um ust then brak eyou rselfto avoid a col-
li sion. 216_R
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On-board computer
P54.32-3963- 00Commands /basic menus Assist
ance*( =pa ge 284) Service (
=page 285) Set
ting s (=page 286) AMG
* (=page 287) Dista
ncedispl ay*for
Di stroni c* /
Distroni cPlu s* Call
upmessag es Dayti
medriving lights Ge
ardisp lay
En gine oi lte mp erature
Ve hicle elect ricalsyst emvolt-
age Di
stan ce warningsyst em* for
Distroni c* Tyre
pres sure Intelligent
Ligh tSy stem RA
CETIMER PRE
-SAFE ®
Brake for
Distroni cPlu s* AS
SYST PL US Speedtronic
Rever
sing came ra* En
gin eoil le vel* Add
itiona lsp eedom eter Ra
darse nsor syste m* 216_R
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On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
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Driving sys tems i
The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic.
If Distr onicde tectsa ve hicle infront, the
sp eedom eter range ligh ts up betwe enthe
sp eed ofthe vehicle in front 1and st ored
sp eed 2.
The l dist an ce warning syst em lampin
the instr umen t cluster lights up if thedis-
tance to the vehi cle in front is toosm all.
Di stro nicP lusin the on-board comp
uter
Yo uca nse lect the dista ncedispl ayand
swi tch the Distr onicdist anc ewar ning on
or off inthe "Assistan ce"menu
( = page 284)of the on-board compu ter. Displa
ywi th Distro nic activat ed
6 Select the"Distanc edisp lay" func tion
usin gth eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 284).
If Di stro nicis ac tiva ted, yo uwi ll see thefo l-
lo wi ng display inthe multi-fu nc tio ndisplay.
When activating Di stroni c,yo uwi ll see the
se t speed fo rapp roximat elyfive seco nd s.
Vehi cles with Distr onic
1 Distr onicac tiv ated
2 Own vehicle
3 Specified min imum dist an ce to th eve-
hicle infront
4 Vehicle in front ,if detec ted Di
sp lay wi thDist ronic deactivated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Distron ic isdeacti vated, yo uwil lsee the
fo llo wing displayin the multi-fu nc tio ndis-
play.
1 Symb olforac tiv ated
dista ncewarning function
2 Vehi cle in front, if det ected
3 Actualdi st an ce to the ve hicle infront
4 Specifie dmi nimum distance to theve-
hicle infront
5 Own vehicle G
Risk of accide nt If
Di stro nicid en tifies arisk of col lision, anin-
term ittentwarnin gtone sounds in addition
to the l dist an ce warning lamp .Bra keto
avoi daco llisi on. P54.32-3388-31 P54.32-4268-31216_R
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6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Di stronic Plus is activat ed and adjusts
the vehicle ’sspeed to the last speed
st or ed.
Dis troni cPlusdisp laysin the sp
eedo meter
1 Speedof the vehicle in front
2 Stored speed
Wh en you activa te Distronic Plus, triang le
2 indi cates the stored speed.
i The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic Plus. If
Distroni cPl us detects aveh icle in front,
the spee dometer range lig htsup betwe en
the spee dof the vehicl e in front 1and
st or ed speed 2.
The l distance warningsyst em la mpin
the instru ment clu ster lights up ifthe di s-
tanc eto th evehicle in front is too small. Dis
tron ic in theon-board co mputer
You can select thedistance disp lay and
switc hth eDistroni cPlus dista ncewarning
si gnal on or off inthe "Assistance" menu
( = page 284) of the on-board compu ter.
Di sp lay wi thDist ronic Plus activated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Di stroni cPl us is activated, youwi ll
see thef ollowing disp lay inthem ulti-
fu nction display. Whenactivating
Di stro nicPlus ,yo uwi ll see theset
sp ee dfo rap pro ximat elyfive seco nds.
P54.32-3685-31 G
Risk ofaccide nt If
Di stro nicPl us iden tifies arisk ofcollis ion,
an intermittent warning ton esound sin ad di-
tion to the ldistance warning lamp.
Br ak eto avoid a collisi on.
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Driving systems
Ul trason icsou rces such as a lorry ’scom-
pres sed-air brake s,apneu matic drill oran aut o-
mat iccar was hco uld cau sePar ktronic to
malfun ction.
i The se nsors mustbe freefrom dirt ,ice and
slu sh,ot he rwise they are not abl eto work prop-
erly .Clean thesenso rs regularl y,taking care not
to sc ratch or da mage them.
Mi nimum dist an ce
Al lwa rnin g displays light upandawa rning
tone sound sif th erei san obsta clew ithin
this ra nge.Ifyo ur vehicle’ sdis tanc ef alls
below the minim umdista nce, it sco nti nued
ap proa chwillno longer beshown. Warning
displays
The warnin g displays sh owthedist an ce
between the bump erand the obsta cle. Th e
wa rning display fo rthe fr ontarea is inthe
ins trumen tcl us ter. The warni ngdisplay for
th e rea rareais at the re arin the roof trim. Fr
ont area warni ng display
1 Left-h an dside of the ve hicle
2 Righ t-ha ndside of th evehicle
3 Oper ationa lre adin ess sy mbol
Th ewarn ingdi sp layfo r ea chside of the ve-
hicl eisdivided into five yellow and two red
segments. Parktro nicis op era tion alif yel-
lo w info rm ation displ ays3 under the seg-
ments li ghtu p.
Th etra nsmi ssion pos itio n de termines
whic hwarning displ ayisac tive: One
ormo resegm ents ligh tupas thev ehi-
cl ea pproaches an obstacle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdista nc efrom the obstacle.
Wh en the firs tre dse gm entlight sup,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twa rnin gsignal
fo ra pproxi mately two se conds. After the
se co nd red segm ent lights up, you wil lhear
a co ntinuo us warning sig nal.Yo uha ve
rea che d th eminim um dista nce. Centre ap
prox. 20 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 15 cm P54.32-3397-31 Autom
atic
tr an sm is-
si on in Wa
rnin gdi splay D Fr
ont area activated R Fr
ont and rear areas act i-
va ted N Wi
th the el ectric parki ng
brake applied: no areas
ac tiv ated.
Wi th the el ectric parki ng
brake released: front and
re ar ar easact ivat ed P No
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Driving sys tems
Th e war ning disp layforea ch sideof th eve-
hicl e is divid ed into five yell ow and two red
se gm ents. Park Assis tis op era tiona lif ye l-
lo w info rmationdi sp lays 3underth ese g-
men tslight up.
Th e tra nsmi ssio npositio ndeter mines
wh ich wa rning display is activ e:One or
moresegm ents light upasthe veh i-
cl e ap proa chesan obst acle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdis tanc efro mthe obsta cle.
Wh en the first red seg ment lights up,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twarning sign al
fo rap proxim atelytwo seconds .After the
se co nd red segment lights up, you will hear
a co ntinuous warning sign al.Yo uha ve
re ac hed the minimum di stanc e.
i The warning display sand warningto nes may
be triggered as a result of heavy rain, e.g .by wa-
ter running of fin the area around thesenso rs. Collision
warning
Par kAs sist ca ndetect object sfrom aco n-
si derable dista nce. If you reverse towards
an obsta cle, youwi llhe ar awa rning. You
mu stthen brake to avoid acollision .The
co llisio nwarning does notso und if yo uare
ver yclo seto the ob stac le.Yo u will th en
hear the relevant warning tone fort he
wa rning display inther earar ea.
i Aco llision war ning ma ybetriggered as a re-
sult of heavyrain, e.g. by water running off in the
area arou ndthes ensors. De
acti vatin g/activa ting
1 Todeactiv ate/ activ ate Park Ass ist
2 Indicat orlamp
6 Pressbutton 1.
Park Ass isti sde activated if ind icat or
la mp 2islit. Aut
omatic
tran smis-
sion in Warning
display D Fr
ont area activ ated R Fr
ont and re arareas acti-
vated N Wi
th the electri cparking
brake appli ed:no areas
ac tivated.
Wi th the electri cparking
brake rel eased:front and
rear area sa ctivat ed P No
area sa ctivat ed P5
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